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  Premonitions Following an Evil Deed 1995

  Rewatched 16 Jan 2025

  Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen.

  I am far too stupid to articulate what made him such a great, singular artist but I do know his work, especially Twin Peaks means so much to me and that watching the return week by week with my brother is the best experience I've ever had with any TV show. Or any work of art even. It felt unbelievable that it was on TV and I know there's some shorts and stuff after it but what an incredible, final major work to leave behind.

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  Kill 2023

  ★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2025

  Always really love it when the title card appears 45 minutes in to the film and this was a particularly good instance of that!

Popular reviews

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  The Other Side of the Underneath 1972

  Watched 30 Oct 2016 3

  "why did you do this?"
  "You tell me"
  "Because you hate us!"

  This film hates you, Jane Arden is an inch from your face and she's screaming in to it.
  The most excruciating film I have ever seen. It's impossible for me to describe because I'm a dumb person but...

  I have quite bad teeth right, and from time to time I get this feeling, not an ache but an itch which emanates from the underneath of one of my…

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★ Watched 20 Sep 2024

  I don't get it.

  I must be missing something as this seemed really stupid and felt never ending. Cool effects though. The tooth and fingernail stuff did feel like going through the body horror motions a bit but it goes admirably bat shit towards the end.

  Not really a plot person generally but what exactly is Elizabeth getting out of the whole deal? At first I had assumed that they'd have a shared consciousness/experience but that doesn't seem to be…