Scavenger Hunt Challenge #84 | March 2022 (10/31)
Prompt 19: Ask the oldest person you know for a film recommendation. (Retired Co-worker)
I look forward to the next time I see my retired co-worker who recommended this. She was one of the few people who also enjoyed classic movies at my work; we'd chat about them between classes and she would frequently stop by to give me her Parade Magazines, asking me about various movies and what I thought of…
Every year come Oscar season... there's that ONE movie... that one elusive white whale that gets away. Writing with Fire, a film about daring young female Indian journalists, nominated this year for Best Documentary Feature, is that film for 2022. With an official streaming date AFTER the awards broadcast, I had to do some digging in an attempt to watch this before March 27th.
First, I checked all the streaming services, with no luck. Only available for pre-orders.
Then, after…
I got to watch a new 4k version of this with the scream queen herself, Barbara Crampton, in attendance!
This will always be a great horror movie to watch with a packed house. Herbert West is such a perfect wannabe Frankenstein, injecting his proto-Substance substance into any dead thing he can get his hands on. His unethical workaholic snootiness is so fun to watch, and of course the special effects are fantastic.
Just a classic all around. Even though by…
I apparently saw the World Premiere screening of this psychological horror movie at the Boston Underground Film Festival! As such, there was a Q&A afterwards with the director and one of the actors. It's kind of awkward though to be one of the first people to review it, since I wasn't really a fan. Sorry to the director, who pretty much ended the Q&A by asking people to spread the word about how his film really "sticks the landing" at…
