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  Offseason 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Jul 2023

  INSANELY atmospheric movie. Think Christophe Gans' SILENT HILL without the CGI mumbo jumbo and unnecessary jump scares of its second half having a love child with THE BEYOND sans all the gut-munchy, splitty-splatty stuff. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, the set and Sound design are immaculate and the fog machine needs to join a union because it works some serious overtime.
  The story takes a backseat in this one, for sure. It doesn't matter, though, because it ticks all the…

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  Sumikko Gurashi: The Little Wizard in the Blue Moonlight 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Jun 2023

  Nippon Connection Frankfurt. 9th Film.

Popular reviews

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  Climax 2018

  ★★★★ Rewatched 27 Nov 2018

  Just give an Oscar to the whole cast. Insane performances, insane dancing, insane cinematography. This is pure cinema.

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  Eraserhead 1977

  ★★★ Watched 15 Sep 2020 1

  Hooptober 2020 (1/32) - A body horror film

  What I expected: The quintessential David Lynch film, if there is anything like this after all. Loads of weird imagery and a seemingly unsolvable puzzle.

  What I got: A surprisingly tame and straight forward tale of alienation and fatherly care, or the lack thereof. An apocalyptic sound design and weirdly beautiful imaginery of a nightmare in concrete mixed with rather a small dose of nature portrayed in a rather disgusting way.

  What…