Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sausage Party 2016

  ★★½ Watched 06 Aug 2024

  I'm almost embarrassed at how much I enjoyed the finale food orgy.
  Almost.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Aug 2024

  Body horror as pop art, The Picture of Dorian Gray via contemporary beauty standards, the farce of fame, and the trap of vanity. Fargeat's second feature film is an exquisitely batshit blend of Cronenberg, Yuzna, and Gordon distilled to an enraged contemporary feminist fable.

  Full thoughts: forbiddenroom.co.uk/the-substance/

Popular reviews

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  The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004

  ★★★ Watched 22 Feb 2018

  The anti-Florida Project.

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  The House by the Lake 1976

  ★★★ Watched 11 May 2019

  Brenda Vaccaro is a damn fine heroine. This is one of the least exploitative rape revenge films I’ve seen but also the most cathartic.