thomaster

thomaster

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  • The Thing

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  • Valdez Is Coming

    ★★★½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

  • Salem's Lot

    ★★½

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

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  • Valdez Is Coming

    Valdez Is Coming

    ★★★½

    this movie is about as "dad has the remote and two hours to kill" as it gets. Pretty paint by numbers western, and unfortunately one of those numbers is on Burt Lancaster's face. Bold move to make the end of the movie be all the characters listing how the movie could have been avoided and then just go to credits.

  • Train to Busan

    Train to Busan

    ★★★★★

    This movie makes every other zombie movie look like bullshit. 10/10 as hell

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

    I really wish this movie had been bad so I could just post "More like Count Snorelok" and call it a day.

    Like most of Robert Eggers stuff it was beautifully shot and had fine acting. Leaned a bit too heavy on the "ahh spooky vampire face!" jumpscare for me to love it love it but I'm not gonna pretend I wasn't having fun watching Willem DaFoe smoke opium and torment Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who I've never seen turn in a bad performance. Extra half a star for having Orlok hang dong.

  • The Thing

    The Thing

    ★★★★★

    "Nobody trusts anybody now. And we're all very tired."

    My favorite horror movie of all time, I always struggle to think of any way it could be improved? The suspense in it works so well, and even though it uses jumpscares which should reduce its quality for me, they all feel more earned.

    It's great that even the characters who are the thing seem surprised when a new one is revealed. Especially in the blood test scene, which has just…