Crazy practical work - especially loved the skeleton ripping itself free of a man’s flesh and the snake guy - and the Djinn himself is strikingly charismatic and played with exceptional gravitas and menace. For the most part very ‘of its era’ though, but I can see why this garnered the cult following it did - I’m certainly piqued for the sequels that followed, although I find myself oddly charmed by Tammy Lauren’s leading turn as Alexandra and find myself disappointed to learn she never returned.
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The Punisher 1989
While I don't hate Dolph Lundgren's portrayal, and '80's Action Flick' sounds like the perfect place to put a character like Frank Castle, 80's Action Flicks unfortunately invariably come with terrible writing and oscillating under- and over-acting, and neither are doing the film any favours. The gore and shootouts aren't even that impressive; I should be seeing gallons of red paint scene-to-scene and at least 3 mangled corpses. For Christ's sake, the torture tables don't even actually do anything and…
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My Bloody Valentine 1981
Another classic under the belt. Liked this a lot; felt like it avoided the usual pitfalls of the slasher genre (although there’s still the questionable decision not to bring in reinforcements because of ‘inciting panic’) and the final setting of the mine is a lovely underground maze to get nice and claustrophobic in, plus it’s an active working mine rather than the usual spooky abandoned mine - again, a refreshing switch-up. Fantastic ending, too (although a shame what eventually came of it).
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Monster 2023
Parents as people. Children as people. Teachers as people. People as people. If you only ever get fragments of the truth, can you trust your own judgement? Can you be sure of your path forwards? In the end, you will never know the full truth - but how much does the truth actually matter, in the face of consequence?
A beautiful dissection of perspective, love, identity and moral ambition. Some of the most gorgeous cinematography I’ve seen this year. Authentic, raw,…
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