Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Jack the Ripper 1976

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Terror creeps through the streets of London. Or at least through an alleyway in Switzerland that has to stand in for it a couple of times. Busy filmmaker Jess Franco doesn't keep us in suspense for long about who the mysterious slasher might be, as the credits proudly announce: Klaus Kinski is Jack the Ripper. So we've already got that out of the way.

  Franco gives us atmospheric, fog-soaked images and, compared to some of his other cheaper works, a…

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  Attack of the Blind Dead 1973

  ★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  I always loved the atmosphere of these films. Those crusty templar costumes and the slow motion horses are brilliant.

  You have to admire Amando de Ossorio and his complete disregard for continuty.
  Day? Night? Who cares.
  Do shot locations fit together? Who cares.
  I love that attitude in this series.

Popular reviews

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  Sodomites 1998

  ½ Watched 03 Dec 2013

  It truly takes a 'genius' like Gaspar Noé to turn 7 minutes of butt banging into an unwatchable, unbearably boring mess of nothing.

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  Men Behind the Sun 3: A Narrow Escape 1994

  ★½ Watched 28 Feb 2014

  What the hell, Godfrey? Where are the ninjas?