6/10

The Fog

1980     89 min     R
75%
55%
6.8
Watched on 12/14/2024
Lots of interesting shots, and a great cast, but the story is sort of dull. Not really for me, but still watchable.
7/10

House

1977     88 min     Not Rated
91%
N/A%
7.3
Watched on 12/14/2024
Wonderfully playful in the way it was shot. Very fun, exciting, and at times bewildering. I agree with Ti West's take, "a scary story told from the POV of a child."
5/10

The Ritual

2017     94 min     TV-MA
74%
57%
6.3
Watched on 12/6/2024
Basically fine but too little too late in the end. Some nice shots where city interiors and forest are comingling in a dreamlike way. Not much else.
7/10

Villains

2019     90 min     R
84%
63%
6.2
Watched on 12/2/2024
I honestly don't know how to describe this but it's really fucking great. Top notch performances across the board. Interesting story. Super weird tone.
7/10

Oculus

2013     104 min     R
75%
61%
6.5
Watched on 12/1/2024
Fun, well done, but a little weak. "It was all just a dream" or stories with proximity to this device tend to undercut any satisfaction they might bring otherwise. This one delivers in spite of this.
7/10

The Substance

2024     141 min     R
90%
N/A%
7.5
Watched on 11/29/2024
I had several problems with the plot overall and had to work overtime to look past them. While I did manage to do it, this one was just a bunch of fun. Kudos to the practical effects team.
6/10

Thanksgiving

2023     106 min     R
84%
N/A%
6.2
Watched on 11/28/2024
Lots of fun. This didn't feel incredibly derivative but still evocative of movies like Scream. Could fit as a part of a double feature with Black Christmas just as easily as with Uncle Sam. Great kills. Good writing.
5/10

A Quiet Place Part II

2020     97 min     PG-13
91%
71%
7.2
Watched on 11/27/2024
Hard to connect with any of the characters. Fairly bland. Nice color though. The shots were well lit too.
3/10

Black Cab

2024     88 min     N/A
27%
N/A%
4.1
Watched on 11/26/2024
I really don't know what this was trying to do, but regardless it didn't work for me.
6/10

Abigail

2024     109 min     R
83%
N/A%
6.6
Watched on 11/23/2024
It was fine, but didn't really work for me. Large sections in the middle were not that memorable.
6/10

Woman of the Hour

2023     95 min     R
91%
N/A%
6.6
Watched on 11/17/2024
Not bad. Pretty good performances from Anna Kendrick and whoever that serial killer dude was played by. He was very good at showing the mask and the mask being dropped. At times, the production design was overboard with 70s pastiche.
6/10

Trap

2024     105 min     PG-13
57%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 11/16/2024
Great start, weird 2nd and 3rd acts. Still it was pretty fun throughout.
4/10

Invitation to Hell

1984     96 min     Not Rated
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 11/15/2024
Just very weird. Sort of Stepford Wives adjacent. There's a demon sending people into a pit and bad versions of them are sent back out into the world and this dude saves his family from the pit in a high-tech spacesuit he made for a Venus mission. What the hell?
8/10

Longlegs

2024     101 min     R
85%
N/A%
6.8
Watched on 11/9/2024
Very fun. The cinematography takes cues from Kubric. Lots of great shots. Centered framing throughout with nice push-ins. Some very nice camera moves. Nic Cage.
5/10

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007     81 min     R
50%
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 10/30/2024
Really felt weak. The interview segments all felt inauthentic and goofy, while the rest seemed like they really just started with some ideas for torture scenes and wanted to string them all together.
7/10

Satan's Little Helper

2004     96 min     R
83%
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 10/25/2024
This was a lot of fun. At times, reminded me of Terror Train.
8/10

MaXXXine

2024     103 min     R
72%
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 10/21/2024
There was a lot to like. Lots of great performances from Goth, Bacon, and others. Some really great shots too.
7/10

Deep Red

1975     127 min     R
93%
89%
7.5
Watched on 10/12/2024
This one is wonderful. I love the mystery of it, and the odd supernatural elements that turn out to be not very supernatural at all.
6/10

Suspiria

2018     152 min     R
65%
64%
6.7
Watched on 10/11/2024
It's fine really. It does some interesting stuff and takes the story in a different direction, but I find the big finale sequence (the red room) to be a total eyesore.
8/10

Re-Animator

1985     84 min     Unrated
94%
73%
7.2
Watched on 10/10/2024
Really fun. Combs steals the show.
8/10

They Live

1988     94 min     R
87%
55%
7.2
Watched on 10/9/2024
Just a load of fun. Aliens and sunglasses.
8/10

The Mist

2007     126 min     R
73%
58%
7.1
Watched on 10/7/2024
Great cast, strong performances, very fun premise.
4/10

The Lawnmower Man

1992     108 min     R
37%
42%
5.4
Watched on 10/6/2024
Probably the worst performance I've seen from Brosnan ever. Lots of dumb shit in here.
4/10

Christine

1983     110 min     R
72%
57%
6.8
Watched on 10/6/2024
Dumb shit. Can't like anyone in this and don't even enjoy the kills. Worthless.
7/10

V/H/S/94

2021     103 min     R
90%
63%
5.5
Watched on 10/5/2024
Hail Raatma!
5/10

V/H/S/Beyond

2024     114 min     Not Rated
89%
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 10/5/2024
Didn't really work for me.
6/10

Cronos

1992     94 min     R
90%
70%
6.7
Watched on 10/5/2024
Another non-sexy vampire movie. What's the point? Ron Perlman was pretty good though.
6/10

Lifeforce

1985     101 min     R
56%
50%
6.1
Watched on 10/5/2024
It's fine, but when it comes to vampire movies I think they should be sexy and this is not very sexy. Should be sexier.
3/10

Portal

2019     75 min     TV-14
0%
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 9/30/2024
Pretty baffling. Not good on several levels.
7/10

Bodies Bodies Bodies

2022     94 min     R
86%
69%
6.2
Watched on 9/28/2024
Comedy/Horror is hard to pull off but this struck a nice balance. Loveed the twist. Twist made up for all the time I spent disliking most of the characters.
7/10

Sinister 2

2015     97 min     R
14%
32%
5.3
Watched on 9/26/2024
It's functional. Not as satisfying as the first movie, but delivers a reasonably consistent continuation without stooping to cashgrab tactics.
8/10

Alice, Darling

2022     89 min     R
84%
65%
5.5
Watched on 9/20/2024
Very effective. At times, it felt like it pulled a page from the Giallo greats with the unrealted search for a missing girl there to just maintain baseline levels of tension.
1/10

The Haunting of Julia Fields

2023     71 min     N/A
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 9/19/2024
Boring, and the color was so washed out it annoyed me so much.
9/10

Night of the Comet

1984     95 min     PG-13
79%
59%
6.3
Watched on 9/15/2024
Just very satisfying. It plays like a much more fun version of Omega Man.
6/10

Jason X

2001     92 min     R
20%
25%
4.4
Watched on 9/13/2024
I rated this very poorly when I saw it in theaters, but today I found it to be approprite and also funny at times.
6/10

We're All Going to the World's Fair

2021     86 min     Not Rated
78%
5.4
Watched on 9/7/2024
2nd viewing. Very sad to watch Casey feel so isolated and struggle to offset it.
6/10

Men

2022     100 min     R
69%
65%
6.1
Watched on 9/4/2024
It's fine, but mostly felt lacking. There's just enough "secret society" Wicker Man type closed community magic to make it interesting but woof I'd rather not see that guy's face all the time.
7/10

Slumber Party Massacre II

1987     77 min     R
49%
4.7
Watched on 9/3/2024
I like this one a lot. More fun that the first one.
5/10

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

1988     80 min     R
62%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 9/3/2024
It's pretty goofy. Not really like the first one.
5/10

The Watchers

2024     102 min     PG-13
32%
N/A%
5.7
Watched on 9/2/2024
It was fine, but honestly there wasn't much to it.
5/10

Fade to Black

1980     102 min     R
42%
54%
6.1
Watched on 8/31/2024
Didn't really keep my attention. Lots of fantasy recreation of other movies, Joe Bob called it "cosplay" and that fits.
4/10

Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

1995     62 min     N/A
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 8/31/2024
Impressive for what it took to make the movie, but not very fun overall.
8/10

When Evil Lurks

2023     99 min     Not Rated
96%
N/A%
6.9
Watched on 8/30/2024
High tension throughout and it basically doesn't stop escalating the entire time. Great edit, and performances. Interesting story.
7/10

The Slumber Party Massacre

1982     77 min     R
48%
51%
5.6
Watched on 8/30/2024
It's a very solid slasher with a jaunty killer who dresses very stylishly.
3/10

The Grudge

2004     91 min     PG-13
41%
49%
5.9
Watched on 8/27/2024
Cat sounds. I really don't care for it. The mystery/investigation part is boring. The jump scares are boring. The lighting for some reason seems to match that of The Ring, lots of cool tones. Why?
2/10

Beyond the Dunwich Horror

2008     104 min     R
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 8/25/2024
Low budget etc, but couldn't hold my attention to even really watch it.
3/10

H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House

2021     82 min     N/A
33%
N/A%
2.6
Watched on 8/25/2024
Very low budget. Not very well executed.
3/10

Treehouse

2014     100 min     TV-MA
N/A%
3.8
Watched on 8/25/2024
Not at all what I wanted from this. Not supernatural at all. Just a bunch of rednecks with guns terrorizing people in the woods.
4/10

The Presence

2010     87 min     PG-13
N/A%
4.4
Watched on 8/23/2024
Just a super weird treatment for any sort of ghost story. Not very satisfying at all.
2/10

The Thaw

2009     94 min     R
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 8/20/2024
Was this made for TV? Direct to video? Sure feels like it. Just terrible script, effects, acting. The whole thing was bad.
7/10

Mulholland Drive

2001     147 min     R
84%
86%
7.9
Watched on 8/19/2024
Arguably horror. Just sort of weird and folding in on itself toward the end.
7/10

Cemetery Man

1994     103 min     R
61%
N/A%
7.1
Watched on 8/16/2024
Very weird and delightful.
7/10

Starry Eyes

2014     98 min     Not Rated
75%
49%
6.0
Watched on 8/15/2024
Fun. Like Rosemary's Baby if Rosemary sold herself to the devil for her career instead of Cassavetes selling her out for his.
5/10

The Devil Below

2021     88 min     N/A
15%
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 8/13/2024
Basicaly fine, but not much more than a grimdark reboot of Tremors.
6/10

Horror in the High Desert 3: Firewatch

2024     88 min     N/A
N/A%
7.5
Watched on 8/10/2024
Repeated, but honestly I like how the mystery is unfolding with each new chapter in the franchise.
6/10

Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva

2023     74 min     N/A
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 8/10/2024
More of the same. Not really much better or worse, but worse for not even trying to do better.
7/10

One Hour Photo

2002     96 min     R
64%
6.8
Watched on 8/9/2024
Wonderful. Robin Williams does a great stalker turned attempted murderer.
5/10

Black Christmas

2019     92 min     PG-13
40%
49%
3.5
Watched on 8/6/2024
Just too far from the original plot for me. The supernatural twist was not very welcome. Really forced-feeling incorporation of metoo/incel nonsense stacked on top of supernatural nonsense. Would probably rate higher if it wasn't billed as a remake of anything. As a completely separate thing, it'd work better.
5/10

Urban Legend

1998     99 min     R
28%
35%
5.6
Watched on 8/6/2024
Sort of wants to be meta in the way Scream or New Nightmare are. Not very effective.
2/10

Leprechaun

1992     92 min     R
35%
17%
4.8
Watched on 8/5/2024
For a horror/comedy it was not a good horror nor was it a competent comedy. Worst of all, it was boring.
4/10

Body Count

1986     90 min     R
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 8/4/2024
Fairly boring take on a slasher.
5/10

Tarot

2024     92 min     PG-13
19%
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 8/3/2024
Sort of basic for a studio-backed big budget horror. Actually reminded me of the made-for-tv Open Graves (derogatory). Was a bit boring.
6/10

Death Game

1977     91 min     R
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 8/2/2024
Apparently Knock Knock was a remake of this. Pretty good.
6/10

Alien: Covenant

2017     122 min     R
65%
65%
6.4
Watched on 7/29/2024
Lots of fucked up little creatures. Story is not as fun as Prometheus though.
6/10

Prometheus

2012     124 min     R
73%
64%
7.0
Watched on 7/29/2024
Functional, but feels like "expanded universe" and not canon.
4/10

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem

2007     93 min     N/A
N/A%
N/A
Watched on 7/28/2024
Mostly mashup fan service nonsense.
5/10

Alien vs. Predator

2004     101 min     PG-13
22%
29%
5.7
Watched on 7/27/2024
It is what it is. Very much just a re-skin of Resident Evil (2002) with a different IP.
5/10

Pandorum

2009     108 min     R
29%
28%
6.7
Watched on 7/26/2024
I'd rather be watching Event Horizon for the nth time.
7/10

Alien: Resurrection

1997     109 min     R
54%
63%
6.2
Watched on 7/25/2024
Not sure if horror, but it's getting grandfathered in. This one is goofy. Not very scary.
3/10

Lost Voyage

2000     96 min     R
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 7/24/2024
Couldn't hold my interest. Barely know what happened.
7/10

Alien 3

1992     22 min     PG-13
N/A%
6.6
Watched on 7/22/2024
Some of the effects are not great, but I enjoy the performances and the story.
6/10

Things Heard & Seen

2021     121 min     TV-MA
38%
49%
5.3
Watched on 7/21/2024
Fun ghost story with some nice layering to the narrative.
4/10

The Lost

2009     95 min     Not Rated
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 7/21/2024
Barely functioning horror/suspense ghost story.
5/10

Solstice

2008     91 min     PG-13
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 7/21/2024
Made for TV or direct to video and it really shows. Not much happening here.
5/10

Piranha

1995     89 min     R
N/A%
4.0
Watched on 7/17/2024
It's fine. I like the original better.
5/10

The Evil Within

2017     98 min     Not Rated
100%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 7/15/2024
Technically pretty bad, but honestly did some weird stuff that deserves a look.
5/10

Black Christmas

2006     95 min     R
22%
4.7
Watched on 7/14/2024
Mostly fine but takes it in a different direction. Ends abruptly in the hospital with the worst staffing I've ever seen.
4/10

Room 6

2006     94 min     Not Rated
20%
N/A%
4.1
Watched on 7/14/2024
It was all just a dream. Knock-off Jacob's Ladder sort of thing mashed up with other stuff.
5/10

Cube

2021     108 min     N/A
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 7/14/2024
More or less on par with the original. Details are different, but the beats are the same. Some weird shit added in which didn't feel right.
4/10

Cube Zero

2004     97 min     R
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 7/13/2024
Really odd. Felt like a longer-than-welcome-Outer-Limits episode. Jarring conclusion that didn't really seem to answer questions as much as raise more perplexing ones, like "what did you mean by this?"
3/10

Cube²: Hypercube

2002     94 min     R
45%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 7/13/2024
I was feeling mostly generous until the twist ending. This was not good.
6/10

Cube

1997     90 min     R
63%
61%
7.1
Watched on 7/13/2024
Pretty good. Nice production economy using a closed set and a good ensemble cast.
7/10

Megan is Missing

2011     85 min     Not Rated
60%
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 7/13/2024
Incredibly hard to watch in the back half, and even earlier. Very authentic-feeling documentary/found footage style.
3/10

Fisher

2021     125 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.5
Watched on 7/12/2024
Yeah, not good. Very convoluted story laid on top of a very straightforward plot. A painfully obvious whodunnit is sort of like a joke without a punchline.
5/10

Late Night with The Devil

2023     93 min     R
97%
71%
7.0
Watched on 7/12/2024
Didn't much care for how the behind the scenes footage was shot (broke found footage rules, so to speak). More like a V/H/S segment but longer.
3/10

15 Cameras

2023     89 min     N/A
71%
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 7/11/2024
They got a different guy to play Gerald this time, and they tried to give him the name "Slumlord" like he's Pinhead or Freddy or something. They added a bunch of story. It didn't work as well as the more straightforward "people watched then terrorized" earlier installments. Not good.
5/10

14 Cameras

2018     90 min     TV-MA
22%
25%
4.7
Watched on 7/9/2024
Amber Midthunder makes this one better than the previous, but not by much.
4/10

13 Cameras

2015     87 min     TV-MA
77%
41%
5.2
Watched on 7/9/2024
Slow burn but doesn't amount to much in the end.
4/10

31

2016     102 min     R
47%
35%
5.1
Watched on 7/8/2024
Rob Zombie has done it again. He made a movie I can only enjoy with my back turned or maybe I'm in a different room doing something else.
4/10

Mothman

2010     91 min     TV-14
N/A%
3.4
Watched on 7/8/2024
Made for TV and it shows. Werid mashup of standard tropes plus a CG Mothman.
5/10

Vanishing on 7th Street

2010     92 min     R
48%
50%
4.9
Watched on 7/7/2024
I expected to like this more, but thought about The Happening a lot and how the campy factor really helped it in comparison.
6/10

Coherence

2013     89 min     Not Rated
88%
65%
7.2
Watched on 7/7/2024
Another fun one. Handheld camera is a little much, but the premise is great with a fun turn at the end.
7/10

Triangle

2009     99 min     R
78%
N/A%
6.9
Watched on 7/7/2024
Fun time loop slasher thing.
6/10

Mine Games

2012     92 min     TV-14
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 7/7/2024
Fairly straight-ahead slasher trope fest, but with a time loop twist. Reminds me of Triangle and Coherence.
5/10

The Ward

2010     89 min     R
33%
38%
5.5
Watched on 7/6/2024
More or less okay, but with an absolute stinker of an ending. Boo.
5/10

Harbinger Down

2015     82 min     R
38%
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 7/6/2024
Elements of Sea Fever and The Thing. On paper I should like this but it drags on and feels boring. Maybe it's the edit?
5/10

Caged Fury

1990     95 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 7/6/2024
Sort of interesting twist. The whole ploy to abduct women and turn them into sex slaves was not obvious from the start.
5/10

Dr Giggles

1992     95 min     R
23%
39%
5.3
Watched on 7/5/2024
So many puns. It's pretty great. Reminds me of Late Jason and Chucky.
4/10

Witchery

1989     95 min     R
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 7/4/2024
Really not sure what happened.
6/10

Carnival of Souls

1962     78 min     PG
87%
N/A%
7.0
Watched on 7/4/2024
Some great suspense and lovely performance by the lead. Mary Henry might be dead, but she takes no shit.
4/10

Army of One

2020     87 min     Unrated
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 7/3/2024
Not great. Sort of a John Wick or Rambo thing with some Revenge or I Spit On Your Grave mixed in.
4/10

Naked Fear

2007     108 min     R
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 7/3/2024
Not very good. I like that she survives the ordeal and starts murdering sex offenders. It's like The Most Dangerous Game meets Angel, or Ms 45.
2/10

Witchouse

1999     72 min     R
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 7/2/2024
Didn't look great, cheaply shot, but worse it was boring and didn't make much sense. Bad performances too.
6/10

Antrum

2018     95 min     TV-14
75%
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 7/1/2024
Enjoyed the mockumentary around the main feature. The movie itself had nice color and was pretty interesting.
5/10

Brain Dead

1990     85 min     R
17%
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 6/30/2024
Very twisty turny. Too much. Still fun, but oy it suffers with the dream within a dream within a dream deal.
5/10

What Lies Below

2020     87 min     TV-MA
50%
35%
4.4
Watched on 6/30/2024
Lovecraftian story with some interesting aspects, but threw away a lot of goodwill toward the end by being utterly confusing.
7/10

Piranha

1978     94 min     R
72%
71%
5.9
Watched on 6/30/2024
Makes me laugh. Some good tension.
5/10

Bats

1999     91 min     PG-13
17%
23%
4.0
Watched on 6/30/2024
Dumb fun.
5/10

Ticks

1993     85 min     R
43%
5.5
Watched on 6/30/2024
I sort of liked this direct to video creature feature. Didn't take on too much, stayed in its lane. Enjoyed the tick puppet work.
5/10

B'Twixt Now and Sunrise

2022     N/A     N/A
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 6/29/2024
Felt cheap, especially in the sets/lighting. Lots of CG set extension. Decent performance from Kilmer. Enjoyed the tone and story.
4/10

Boogeyman

2005     89 min     PG-13
13%
32%
4.2
Watched on 6/29/2024
Mostly worthless. Seems like they bet big on some CG effects that didn't work well.
5/10

Arcade

1993     85 min     R
N/A%
4.7
Watched on 6/28/2024
Very cheap, but honestly very fun. Loved the CG virtual reality world.
5/10

Haunting Fear

1990     88 min     R
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 6/28/2024
Very weird. Reminded me of some of the early 90s Amityville sequels, and also Prom Night 2. Still, it's Troma.
7/10

Haunt

2019     92 min     R
70%
69%
6.3
Watched on 6/26/2024
Tight. Very well executed, leveraging tried and true tropes with fun twists. Slasher meets Saw escape-room type puzzle solving.
3/10

The Toybox

2018     95 min     N/A
31%
N/A%
3.7
Watched on 6/26/2024
This was really bad. Big budget, big name cast and still bad. The story was just so silly.
5/10

The Fanatic

2019     88 min     R
14%
18%
4.1
Watched on 6/26/2024
Like Cable Guy without the comedic beats, and also like Misery. Very derivative. Nice twist at the end but overall didn't work for me.
2/10

The Possessed

2021     97 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 6/25/2024
This one really bothered me and I can't articulate it. Something about the "based on true events" and obvious superheroism antics really offended me.
4/10

House of 1000 Corpses

2003     89 min     R
22%
31%
6.0
Watched on 6/24/2024
Rob Zombie still isn't working for me. Felt like it was trying (hard) to repackage the delight that was Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.
4/10

The Final

2010     93 min     R
14%
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 6/24/2024
Fine really, but a bit flat and boring. Invoking Columbine after a 10 year grace period and for not a great movie. Shame.
6/10

Don't Look Away

2023     84 min     N/A
N/A%
3.8
Watched on 6/23/2024
Pretty good for what feels like it must have been a smaller budget. Good editing. Didn't much like the photography, but it worked overall.
5/10

The Exorcists

2023     85 min     N/A
N/A%
3.0
Watched on 6/23/2024
Pretty fun. Glad Doug Bradley has something post-Pinhead. Good for Doug.
6/10

Exeter

2015     91 min     R
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 6/23/2024
Sort of dumb but still okay.
7/10

Devil's Workshop

2022     86 min     R
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 6/23/2024
I liked this a lot. "A Dark Song" meets "Cabin in the Woods." Fun tone, less serious, lots of attention to the trust between two the main characters.
6/10

The Last Exorcism

2010     87 min     PG-13
71%
63%
5.7
Watched on 6/23/2024
Decent docu-style found footage.
5/10

The Quiet Ones

2014     98 min     PG-13
38%
41%
5.1
Watched on 6/22/2024
Fine, but really felt like a knock off of The Conjuring which released the year before. Hammer didn't do it better than James Wan and WB.
4/10

Invitation

2003     85 min     R
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 6/22/2024
Lance Henriksen gives everyone a drug that makes them trip and think they're dying so they will appreciate their lives. Pretty dumb.
4/10

Frozen

2010     93 min     R
63%
43%
6.2
Watched on 6/22/2024
Felt very dated by music and dialogue. Not very interesting, but there's some good tension building.
3/10

Survival Island

2002     85 min     R
N/A%
2.5
Watched on 6/22/2024
AKA Demon Island. It's like Evil Bong, but they didn't realize it was cringe while they were making it.
1/10

The Legacy of Boggy Creek

2011     70 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.4
Watched on 6/22/2024
AKA Bigfoot Creek. Mostly unwatchable. Poor sound, lights, editing, script, performances, special effects, the whole thing was bad and also very short.
2/10

The Area 51 Incident

2022     81 min     N/A
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 6/22/2024
A low budget nothing. Not the Area 51 you're thinking of. The other one. The British Area 51.
4/10

Open Graves

2009     88 min     R
N/A%
4.2
Watched on 6/20/2024
Pretty fucking dumb. Some sort of riff on Final Destination but not really. A board game causes animals to magically appear and kill people. There's a witch behind it all.
6/10

Scanners

1981     103 min     R
68%
60%
6.7
Watched on 6/16/2024
Pretty good, but not a favorite. Bladder effects in the showdown at the end are great. Nice synth soundtrack.
7/10

Solaris

1972     167 min     PG
93%
93%
7.9
Watched on 6/15/2024
It's a haunting ghost story that isn't a ghost story, but I like the remake better. This one is just too long. Beautiful though.
5/10

The Legend of Hell House

1973     95 min     PG
65%
56%
6.7
Watched on 6/14/2024
Not much to it. I sort of enjoyed the wrap up with the computer based exorcism.
4/10

Demonic

2015     83 min     R
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 6/12/2024
Made me mad to watch this. Too many jump scares. Too many bits lifted verbatim from other movies.
6/10

Firestarter

1984     114 min     R
38%
50%
6.1
Watched on 6/11/2024
X-Men story as told by Stephen King.
6/10

Messiah of Evil

1974     90 min     R
100%
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 6/9/2024
Not bad, but also sort of weird. Not directly related but has a similar vibe to Wicker Man in terms of being snared in some sort of pre-destined trap.
4/10

Assault on Precinct 13

1976     91 min     R
96%
89%
7.3
Watched on 6/9/2024
Not a favorite. I enjoy the bond between Leigh and Wilson.
8/10

Tenebrae

1982     101 min     R
81%
83%
7.0
Watched on 6/8/2024
Great color and camerawork. Lots of fun POV shots. Wonderful soundtrack.
6/10

A Clockwork Orange

1971     136 min     R
87%
77%
8.3
Watched on 6/8/2024
Something about the production design and the photography just makes me want to watch Brazil instead.
1/10

Return to Blood Fart Lake

2011     72 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.5
Watched on 6/6/2024
Just as awful.
1/10

Terror at Blood Fart Lake

2009     76 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 6/6/2024
Just awful, but there's a Fright Rags mention and product placement for some reason.
8/10

Under the Skin

2013     108 min     R
84%
80%
6.3
Watched on 6/5/2024
Really great story and treatment. Johanssen gives a great performance.
6/10

Splice

2009     104 min     R
75%
66%
5.8
Watched on 6/5/2024
Technically better than Mimic, while sort of similar. None of these characters are sympathetic except for Gavin.
5/10

Lord of Illusions

1995     109 min     R
58%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 6/4/2024
One of Barker's most forgettable.
5/10

Dark was the Night

2014     99 min     Not Rated
52%
40%
5.6
Watched on 6/3/2024
Not so bad. I didn't like the color grading (sheer blue for outside, daylight). Wendigos.
4/10

Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues

1983     91 min     PG
N/A%
2.4
Watched on 6/2/2024
Just odd. Bigfoot Babies. Muddy Jeep Problems. Hooched up Old Man Crenshaw.
5/10

The Legend of Boggy Creek

1972     87 min     G
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 6/2/2024
Significant as it's the first bigfoot movie afaik, but it didn't really work for me. Interesting faux documentary style.
4/10

The Unknown

2005     85 min     R
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 6/2/2024
Aka Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch. Made for TV or direct to video. Nothing really special going on here.
4/10

Creature from Black Lake

1976     91 min     PG
N/A%
5.0
Watched on 6/1/2024
Too boring to pay attention to.
5/10

Primal Rage

2018     106 min     R
N/A%
5.0
Watched on 6/1/2024
Bigfoot uses tools, weapons, armor in this one. There's a weird witch character. Didn't really like it.
5/10

Big Legend

2018     89 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.7
Watched on 6/1/2024
Sort of odd. Plays more like a slasher combined with Jaw and Predator. Not very compelling.
6/10

Exists

2014     81 min     R
36%
22%
5.2
Watched on 5/31/2024
Not as good as Blair Witch. Annoying cast, but still fairly decent as these go. Some liberties taken with the found footage format in terms of multi-camera shots, edits, etc.
6/10

Willow Creek

2013     80 min     Not Rated
81%
62%
5.1
Watched on 5/31/2024
A fair found footage. Really nice setup. Stopped paying attention part way through. Plan to rewatch.
8/10

Pearl

2022     103 min     R
93%
76%
7.0
Watched on 5/31/2024
Having not really enjoyed X, this was unexpectedly great. A much more rich narrative and Goth's performances were intense.
5/10

Hoax

2019     96 min     N/A
N/A%
3.8
Watched on 5/30/2024
Not terrible in execution, but still sort of boring. Has a couple twists that I wasn't invested enough to be find impactful.
1/10

Terror at Bigfoot Pond

2020     82 min     TV-MA
N/A%
1.3
Watched on 5/30/2024
Just very bad on every basic level. Sponsored by GoPro.
5/10

Nefarious

2023     97 min     R
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 5/29/2024
Pedestrian.
5/10

Distorted

2018     86 min     R
18%
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 5/29/2024
Fair. Basically a more modern surveilliance state version of Machurian Candidate.
7/10

Glorious

2022     79 min     N/A
87%
60%
5.6
Watched on 5/28/2024
Very fun.
3/10

The Portrait

2023     86 min     R
75%
N/A%
4.4
Watched on 5/28/2024
Slow burn leading to nothing but cringe.
6/10

Mermaid: The Lake of the Dead

2018     87 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 5/27/2024
Sort of interesting "shared POV" but mechanically similar to others like The Ring, etc.
6/10

The Dark Tapes

2016     98 min     N/A
90%
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 5/26/2024
Fairly decent found footage anthology. Some fun stories in here, but they're not all winners.
4/10

Reel Evil

2012     78 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.5
Watched on 5/26/2024
Stiff performances and a bad script make this hard to swallow as found footage.
4/10

Beyond Paranormal

2021     102 min     N/A
N/A%
2.7
Watched on 5/26/2024
Not really sure what this was. Clint Howard is in here as a podcaster, but it's so random and disconnected from the rest.
1/10

Amityville Vampire

2021     92 min     N/A
N/A%
1.9
Watched on 5/26/2024
Technically a movie, but lit so poorly and shot so poorly you might not think it. Bad story too.
4/10

Dark Angel: The Ascent

1994     81 min     R
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 5/25/2024
Not poorly constructed but mostly boring.
5/10

Book of Blood

2009     100 min     R
80%
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 5/25/2024
I complained it was boring right up to close to the end, but it did have a semi-decent payoff. Not planning to watch a 2nd time.
1/10

Bad Building

2015     75 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.0
Watched on 5/25/2024
A bad movie by any metric. Poorly shot, poor sound, poor editing, poor story, poor effects.
5/10

House of Bones

2010     90 min     TV-14
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 5/25/2024
Highly derivative haunted house made-for-tv movie.
5/10

Graduation Day

1981     96 min     R
57%
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 5/24/2024
The story was sort of all over the place but the film still has charm.
7/10

Horror in the High Desert

2021     82 min     N/A
N/A%
5.4
Watched on 5/23/2024
Pretty good fictional documentary, a la Lake Mungo. The interview footage felt authentic. The found footage was well done. The story was slow burn (as expected given the format) but had a decent payoff.
5/10

The Deep House

2021     85 min     TV-MA
74%
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 5/22/2024
Not bad. A novel version of a found footage deal where people investigate an abandoned (haunted) house, but entirely underwater at the bottom of a lake. Weak ending.
3/10

Dark Windows

2023     80 min     N/A
N/A%
4.4
Watched on 5/22/2024
Not very interesting and also the characters are not very well written. Some decent stunt work toward the end, but not enough to make this compelling.
3/10

The Breach

2022     92 min     N/A
82%
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 5/21/2024
Somehow this is a very boring Lovecraft adaptation. Some okay creature effects, but so so boring.
5/10

Dark Nature

2022     85 min     N/A
72%
N/A%
4.4
Watched on 5/21/2024
Folks compare to Descent, and are absolutely correct. The ensemble dynamics are not as interesting here, however.
2/10

A Town Full of Ghosts

2022     67 min     N/A
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 5/20/2024
Has to be the worst found footage ghost story I've seen in a very long time. Acting is bad. Writing is very bad. Effects are bad. The whole thing barely makes any sense at all.
5/10

The Innkeepers

2011     101 min     R
80%
64%
5.5
Watched on 5/11/2024
Not my favorite from Ti West. Fair, but not very memorable.
6/10

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986     91 min     PG-13
20%
49%
5.7
Watched on 5/11/2024
Some great creature effects. Plot was a little iffy.
5/10

Death Spa

1988     88 min     R
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 5/10/2024
Incoherent plot. Some fun visuals. Not something I plan on watching a 2nd time.
5/10

The Tunnel

2011     94 min     Not Rated
100%
N/A%
5.8
Watched on 5/8/2024
Not great.
5/10

Glass

2019     129 min     PG-13
37%
43%
6.6
Watched on 5/7/2024
Not great. Not even a tiny bit horror, but I'm logging it because I logged Split the night before. It was okay for a while but then threw all my goodwill away during the wrap-up.
6/10

Split

2016     117 min     PG-13
78%
63%
7.3
Watched on 5/6/2024
On the fence about whether to log this. Netflix called it "suspense horror" so here it is. Thoughtfully made, and better than I expected. Good editing, color, and I liked Casey's story coming out in tandem with Kevin's.
4/10

The Blackcoat's Daughter

2015     93 min     R
76%
68%
5.9
Watched on 5/3/2024
Slow burn, but ultimately there was no payoff. Really weak. Love several cast members but they couldn't deliver in this.
4/10

The Resonator: Miskatonic U

2021     68 min     TV-14
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 5/1/2024
Full Moon made From Beyond x Van Wilder and it's not great, as expected, but not the worst either.
3/10

Things

1989     83 min     Unrated
N/A%
3.4
Watched on 4/28/2024
It's really bad, but I keep rewatching it.
6/10

The Lazarus Effect

2015     83 min     PG-13
31%
5.2
Watched on 4/28/2024
Event Horizon meets Flatliners. I guess it's fine, but mostly forgettable. Don't really enjoy Duplas.
6/10

Don't Worry Darling

2022     123 min     R
38%
48%
6.3
Watched on 4/27/2024
The Matrix, but Incels instead of "the machines"
4/10

White Noise

2005     101 min     PG-13
7%
30%
5.5
Watched on 4/25/2024
Dead wife tells Keaton though EVPs to save people making this sort of like a tension-free, boring version of The Dead Zone.
6/10

Mimic

1997     105 min     R
65%
55%
6.0
Watched on 4/18/2024
Basically fine. Good editing and pacing overall. This is another I lump in with Species and Splice for some reason. Much better than the former, but not as fun as the latter.
6/10

The Toxic Avenger

1984     82 min     R
71%
42%
6.2
Watched on 4/12/2024
Classic Troma.
5/10

The Exorcist: Believer

2023     111 min     R
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 4/11/2024
It was fine but the story was sort of dumb.
6/10

The Rental

2020     88 min     R
73%
62%
5.7
Watched on 4/10/2024
There have been serveral similar films to this, but this one is set apart by a nice layering of tension unrelated to the main thrust. Additionally, the pacing is great. Slow burn, medium burn, then crazy fast burn.
2/10

Species: The Awakening

2007     103 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.0
Watched on 4/10/2024
Technically better than 3. But still.
2/10

Species III

2004     111 min     R
17%
N/A%
4.2
Watched on 4/9/2024
Picky aliens can't get laid.
3/10

Species II

1998     93 min     R
9%
19%
4.5
Watched on 4/9/2024
All aliens must get laid.
6/10

Grabbers

2012     94 min     Not Rated
70%
62%
6.3
Watched on 4/6/2024
Fun and sweet. The comedic beats are not as meta or slapstick as in something like Shaun of the Dead.
4/10

Species

1995     108 min     R
42%
49%
5.9
Watched on 4/6/2024
Sort of like if you spent millions USD to make a longer than usual episode of The Outer Limits. This alien wants to breed.
5/10

They

2002     89 min     PG-13
39%
31%
4.8
Watched on 4/5/2024
Fine I guess, but pretty boring. A couple of nice shots, but most it was "by the numbers."
2/10

Rottentail

2018     106 min     TV-MA
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 3/29/2024
Not very well shot. Baffling plot. Not really satisfying at all.
5/10

Honeymoon

2014     87 min     R
76%
65%
5.7
Watched on 3/23/2024
I like the plot and script overall, but the performances are not great and I don't like the way it was shot. Too performative, and too many jump cuts.
6/10

Hostel: Part II

2007     94 min     R
44%
46%
5.5
Watched on 3/19/2024
Better than the 3rd but not as good as the first. I like the twist ending.
5/10

Deathstalker

1983     80 min     R
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 3/15/2024
It was fine. Lots of wrestling-type fighting and lots of naked women.
6/10

A Bucket of Blood

1959     66 min     Approved
71%
N/A%
6.7
Watched on 3/15/2024
Dick Miller is great as always. Has a lot in common with Litte Shop of Horrors.
8/10

Ghostwatch

1992     91 min     Not Rated
100%
N/A%
7.4
Watched on 3/8/2024
Love this. Saw it "live" on BBC 1 when I was 11 years old and wasn't really sure it was real or scripted. I was concerned.
7/10

World War Z

2013     116 min     PG-13
66%
63%
7.0
Watched on 3/7/2024
Decent. I don't think this needed Brad Pitt, but I bet the studio had to attach someone like that to justify the VFX budget. Could have done more with less, probably.
6/10

Resident Evil

2002     100 min     R
35%
33%
6.6
Watched on 3/7/2024
Yeah, I don't know. It's fine and dumb at the same time.
4/10

The Wicker Man

2006     102 min     PG-13
36%
3.8
Watched on 3/6/2024
awful
6/10

Se7en

1995     127 min     R
83%
65%
8.6
Watched on 3/5/2024
It's fine. Not great.
8/10

The Lighthouse

2019     109 min     R
90%
83%
7.4
Watched on 2/22/2024
I like it better than The Witch. Love the cast, and the exchanges between them really make it.
6/10

Totally Killer

2023     106 min     R
N/A%
6.5
Watched on 2/21/2024
Fine, but it's a better comedy than a comedy-horror.
6/10

Suitable Flesh

2023     100 min     N/A
N/A%
5.8
Watched on 2/18/2024
I rated this an 8 on the first viewing, but the 2nd time around some of the shine has worn off. The editing (specifically wipes, etc) cheapens the entire thing. Still solid performances from Crampton and Graham.
7/10

The Psychic

1977     90 min     R
N/A%
6.8
Watched on 2/17/2024
This is a very fun Fulci with a great soundtrack. Not sure if it's my favorite, but it's up there for Fulci movies.
5/10

Dracula 3D

2012     110 min     Not Rated
20%
25%
3.6
Watched on 2/16/2024
Aka Argento's Dracula. Very weird looking movie. Feels like a 90s FMV game with lots of crude CG and digital set extensions.
8/10

From Beyond

1986     85 min     R
80%
60%
6.6
Watched on 2/14/2024
Probably my favorite of the Stuart Gordon Lovecraft adaptations. Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, Ken Foree.
5/10

30 Days of Night

2007     113 min     R
51%
53%
6.6
Watched on 2/14/2024
Some of the most punk-ass vampires I've ever seen.
5/10

A Ghost Story

2017     92 min     R
91%
84%
6.8
Watched on 2/12/2024
Hipster A24 Nonsense. I get it but I didn't really enjoy it.
5/10

The Visit

2015     94 min     PG-13
68%
55%
6.2
Watched on 2/10/2024
The grandparents are not the gradparents. Found footage with fair performances but annoying af kids.
5/10

Vamp

1986     93 min     R
40%
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 2/9/2024
Horror/comedy rarely works for me. The plot was incomprehensible at times. Vampire strippers.
4/10

Dracula III: Legacy

2005     86 min     R
43%
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 2/8/2024
Just feels like a made-for-tv stargate with vampires movie.
8/10

Solaris

2002     99 min     PG-13
66%
65%
6.2
Watched on 2/7/2024
Most would not call this horror, I don't think. Still, I do and it's wonderful. To some, hauntings are just our stresses and anxieties given physical manifestation, and that's basically the gist of Solaris.
4/10

Dracula II: Ascension

2003     85 min     R
0%
N/A%
4.7
Watched on 2/7/2024
Unsure of what to say other than I thought this was bad and weird. Vaguely like a cross between Flatliners and a vampire movie.
5/10

Dracula 2000

2000     99 min     R
26%
4.9
Watched on 2/5/2024
Not really any worse than something goofy like Blade, but didn't really have the same heft without the likes of Snipes or Dorff.
5/10

Malignant

2021     111 min     R
77%
51%
6.2
Watched on 2/2/2024
Big budget, weak story. That's a poor combination. Like a big budget and much much worse Basket Case mixed with The Evil Within (1 or 2) and possibly Indigo Prophecy.
6/10

The Toolbox Murders

1978     93 min     R
13%
35%
5.2
Watched on 1/29/2024
A couple of interesting kills. Hammer, covering a guy in gas then threatening him with matches, that sort of thing.
5/10

The New York Ripper

1982     85 min     Not Rated
25%
N/A%
6.3
Watched on 1/27/2024
Fine, I guess. Donald Duck Talkin' serial killer murdering women through the whole thing.
7/10

The Cable Guy

1996     96 min     PG-13
55%
56%
6.1
Watched on 1/25/2024
Satire, horror, comedy. This one is fun.
7/10

Knock Knock

2015     99 min     R
36%
53%
4.9
Watched on 1/25/2024
These women are like gremlins from that Gremlins movie, but they fuck you and ruin your whole life while they wreck your shit.
6/10

Quarantine

2008     89 min     R
55%
53%
6.0
Watched on 1/24/2024
Basically shot-for-shot remake of Rec. Not sure what the point is.
2/10

Dawn of the Beast

2021     82 min     N/A
N/A%
4.1
Watched on 1/22/2024
I hope everyone got paid. They managed to make a movie in spite of not really having a script or good actors.
2/10

Wendigo

2001     91 min     R
60%
63%
5.1
Watched on 1/21/2024
Just very hard to watch and not really worth the effort.
5/10

Puppet Master

1989     90 min     R
43%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 1/21/2024
Not much to it.
4/10

Devil's Pass

2013     100 min     R
50%
49%
5.7
Watched on 1/21/2024
Very weak found footage. University of Oregon students retrace steps of a group of hikers in Russia to find a magic hole in a bunker that teleports them outside and transforms them into ghouls which are then captured and studied by Russian military types.
5/10

Poison for the Fairies

1986     90 min     N/A
N/A%
7.2
Watched on 1/20/2024
I didn't pay much attention, but I don't plan to rewatch. Mostly that kid was not nice and I don't care to dig deeper than that.
7/10

Relic

2020     89 min     R
92%
77%
6.0
Watched on 1/20/2024
Interesting play between the women in this one. Fun sequences where the house interior starts to shift and change.
6/10

Jakob's Wife

2021     98 min     Not Rated
85%
59%
5.5
Watched on 1/20/2024
Fine. Tonally closer to Buffy than Lost Boys. Barbara Crampton steals the show.
6/10

Galaxy of Terror

1981     81 min     R
29%
38%
5.0
Watched on 1/20/2024
Actually pretty good. You'll find yourself thinking of many other, more successful, sci-fi or sci-fi-horror movies while watching this, but still it was fun. Way to go, New World.
5/10

Sea Fever

2019     95 min     TV-14
87%
60%
5.8
Watched on 1/16/2024
Not great. Borrows some from The Thing, but like, at sea.
7/10

Perpetrator

2023     101 min     N/A
63%
4.6
Watched on 1/16/2024
Pretty weird. Found myself thinking of Brazil (1985) while watching wrt how near and far the world was from my own at the same time.
3/10

Alone With You

2021     83 min     Unrated
74%
36%
4.9
Watched on 1/15/2024
Barbara Crampton can't save this. Yet another pandemic indie. Annoying. Script works backwards from "put one person in a place and have them interact with nobody." Lots of facetime/zoom though.
7/10

Kill List

2011     95 min     Not Rated
78%
67%
6.4
Watched on 1/12/2024
Pretty fun. Feels like a modern version of The Wicker Man or something.
3/10

Hellraiser: Revelations

2011     75 min     R
0%
N/A%
2.7
Watched on 1/10/2024
Pretty awful, but tries to track the original movie more closely in terms of plot points. Just terribly executed.
9/10

Alien

1979     117 min     R
93%
89%
8.5
Watched on 1/9/2024
Wonderful cast. Great tension.
5/10

Cabin Fever

2002     93 min     R
62%
56%
5.6
Watched on 1/9/2024
Just dumb and makes me wish I was watching Demon Wind.
7/10

Black Swan

2010     108 min     R
85%
79%
8.0
Watched on 1/8/2024
The body horror was at times hard to watch. Lots of subtle VFX that really keep things tilting towards delerium. Fun!
4/10

The Strangers: Prey at Night

2018     85 min     R
39%
48%
5.2
Watched on 1/6/2024
Really not much better than the first movie.
4/10

The Strangers

2008     86 min     R
49%
47%
6.1
Watched on 1/6/2024
Not much happens, but Liv Tyler spends the duration shrieking and falling apart for seemingly no good reason.
4/10

Dead Silence

2007     89 min     R
21%
34%
6.1
Watched on 12/25/2023
Perfectly halfway between the worst of Saw and the worst of Insidious. The plot is so janky.
7/10

Child's Play

1988     87 min     R
73%
58%
6.7
Watched on 12/19/2023
Very good, and a great way to kick off a beloved franchise.
6/10

Annabelle Comes Home

2019     106 min     R
64%
53%
5.9
Watched on 12/19/2023
Better than the middle one, but still sort of meh.
5/10

Annabelle: Creation

2017     109 min     R
70%
62%
6.5
Watched on 12/18/2023
Bit of a waste of a movie. Boring. Not much to take from it. Just going through the motions. Cash grab.
7/10

Berberian Sound Studio

2012     92 min     Not Rated
86%
80%
6.2
Watched on 12/16/2023
Wonderful soundtrack by Broadcast. Love Toby Jones. Love how this borrows so much from giallo without really being a giallo.
4/10

The Gingerdead Man

2005     70 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.4
Watched on 12/15/2023
Better than the Evil Bong movies, but mostly on the technical aspects. It looked like it took more than a couple days to shoot. Not great otherwise.
6/10

The Brain

1988     94 min     R
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 12/15/2023
I need to give this a 2nd look as I was watching on my phone, on flights and in airports. Wasn't spectacular, but David Gale gave his usual great Mad Scientist performance.
7/10

Silent Hill

2006     125 min     R
33%
31%
6.5
Watched on 12/8/2023
I love that the soundtrack is almost verbatim what's in the game. Many shots feel authentically as the game did too. Plot was not really a match, but that's fine.
7/10

X

2022     105 min     R
94%
79%
6.5
Watched on 12/1/2023
I didn't care for this much the first time I watched, but on this viewing I quite enjoyed it. Love Ti West's attention to detail.
8/10

Misery

1990     107 min     R
91%
75%
7.8
Watched on 11/29/2023
Great tension. Caan and Bates both give incredible performances. Busted Legs never looked so good.
6/10

Body Snatchers

1993     87 min     R
70%
65%
6.0
Watched on 11/28/2023
Not my favorite version of this story. Still sort of fun to see a 90s "Outer Limits" style production.
7/10

Hostel

2005     94 min     R
59%
55%
5.9
Watched on 11/28/2023
Classic. The "torture porn" claims are overstated and it does feel more like a modern adaptation of The Wicker Man imo.
8/10

Midsommar

2019     148 min     R
83%
72%
7.1
Watched on 11/25/2023
Obvious relation to Wicker Man, but not quite as satisfying. Still good.
5/10

Creep

2014     77 min     R
91%
74%
6.3
Watched on 11/25/2023
Technically fair found-footage but the tension isn't really there. Ineffective.
6/10

Renfield

2023     93 min     R
58%
53%
6.4
Watched on 11/23/2023
Basically fine, but not really for me. I barely even qualify this as horror.
5/10

Critters Attack!

2019     89 min     R
41%
N/A%
3.7
Watched on 11/17/2023
Glad they stuck with puppets instead of CG or something, but it still wasn't great. At least it had Dee Wallace.
5/10

Annabelle

2014     99 min     R
28%
37%
5.4
Watched on 11/15/2023
On paper, I should like this but it sort of sucks.
7/10

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992     128 min     R
78%
57%
7.4
Watched on 11/14/2023
I like this one. Unusual for Coppola. Many sequences remind me of Sam Raimi's work. Lots of psychological space and weird multi-plate shots with a mix of forward and reverse footage.
8/10

Aliens

1986     137 min     R
98%
84%
8.4
Watched on 11/13/2023
Love the matte painting work in this one.
6/10

Carrie

1976     98 min     R
93%
86%
7.4
Watched on 11/11/2023
When did De Palma's love for split screen first show up in a feature? This one has some good split screen. Sisters was 1972...
5/10

Children of the Corn

1984     92 min     R
39%
45%
5.6
Watched on 11/10/2023
Fine I guess, but I don't like it. The one part I enjoy is when the corn gets all grabby at the end.
7/10

The Special

2020     94 min     N/A
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 11/9/2023
Feels like a segment from a Creepshow-style anthology given just a little more runtime, and they make it work.
5/10

The Pope's Exorcist

2023     103 min     R
49%
45%
6.1
Watched on 11/8/2023
Sort of bland.
8/10

The Witch

2015     92 min     R
90%
84%
7.0
Watched on 11/7/2023
There's just a lot of great performances here. Also, lol. I love the way it ends.
3/10

Winterbeast

1992     77 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 11/7/2023
Very bare bones. Not great. Bad creature stop motion. Still, sort of charming in spite of all this.
9/10

Silent House

2011     86 min     R
42%
49%
5.2
Watched on 11/6/2023
Really incredible camera work throughout. Hidden cuts to make the whole thing feel like 1 continuous take drove up tension. Elizabeth Olsen was great.
6/10

Scream VI

2023     122 min     R
76%
61%
6.5
Watched on 11/5/2023
I actually liked this one, possibly more than the rest. The subway scene was not great and felt like a wasted opportunity.
6/10

Scream

2022     114 min     R
76%
60%
6.3
Watched on 11/4/2023
Mostly fine, but sort of tired.
6/10

Scream 4

2011     111 min     R
60%
52%
6.2
Watched on 11/4/2023
Pretty fun. I think I liked this more than part 3 which was just obnoxiously meta. This one is also meta but differently.
4/10

Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

2023     N/A     N/A
N/A%
N/A
Watched on 11/2/2023
Not the worst of the franchise.
4/10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

2006     91 min     R
15%
30%
5.8
Watched on 10/31/2023
Worthless, basically.
5/10

Jaws 2

1978     116 min     PG
62%
51%
5.8
Watched on 10/29/2023
Cash grab.
5/10

Deliver us from Evil

2014     118 min     R
28%
40%
6.2
Watched on 10/29/2023
No thanks. Felt like it was trying to mimic Se7en, but with supernatural twist, but did so rather poorly.
8/10

Dagon

2001     98 min     R
69%
N/A%
6.2
Watched on 10/28/2023
A legit Stuart Gordon Lovecraft. Love this one.
8/10

Suitable Flesh

2023     100 min     N/A
N/A%
5.8
Watched on 10/28/2023
Not quite as good as a Stuart Gordon Lovecraft adaptation, but it's sure in the neighborhood.
8/10

The Nun II

2023     110 min     R
52%
N/A%
5.7
Watched on 10/27/2023
Very fun.
5/10

Saw X

2023     118 min     R
N/A%
7.3
Watched on 10/27/2023
Reminded me a bit of Saw V. A little boring, with a fun 3rd act.
6/10

Carrie

2013     100 min     R
50%
53%
5.8
Watched on 10/27/2023
The mean girls are loathsome, which is fun, but the production doesn't really measure up to De Palma's.
8/10

Jaws

1975     124 min     PG
97%
87%
8.1
Watched on 10/26/2023
The shark went under with three barrels on 'em
6/10

Donnie Darko

2001     113 min     R
87%
88%
8.0
Watched on 10/26/2023
Didn't really work for me, but I like that song.
5/10

Scream 3

2000     116 min     R
41%
56%
5.6
Watched on 10/25/2023
Fine again.
5/10

Scream 2

1997     120 min     R
82%
63%
6.3
Watched on 10/25/2023
Fine.
6/10

Scream

1996     111 min     R
77%
65%
7.4
Watched on 10/24/2023
It's fine. Not great. Zero tension. Sort of goofy. Scary Movie is barely a parody.
5/10

Trick 'r Treat

2007     82 min     R
82%
N/A%
6.7
Watched on 10/24/2023
It's fine.
2/10

Home Movie

2008     77 min     R
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 10/24/2023
Annoying to watch.
6/10

The Return of the Living Dead

1985     91 min     R
91%
66%
7.3
Watched on 10/23/2023
Pretty funny
9/10

Suspiria

1977     92 min     R
94%
79%
7.3
Watched on 10/21/2023
I love this movie so much. This time I was watching the new "uncut" restoration by Synapse, on The Criterion Channel. Ordering a physical copy asap!
7/10

The Sentinel

1977     92 min     R
45%
19%
6.3
Watched on 10/21/2023
Pretty good performances from a great cast. Fun story. Reminds me of Rosemary's Baby, but only superficially.
5/10

All Hallows' Eve

2013     83 min     Unrated
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 10/20/2023
I mean, it's okay. Not great.
7/10

Demons 2

1986     92 min     R
67%
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 10/20/2023
Pretty good. Not much different than the first one.
4/10

Oracle

2023     85 min     R
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 10/19/2023
Didn't really care for it. Basic plot. Not a very interesting visual treatment.
9/10

The Invisible Man

2020     124 min     R
72%
7.1
Watched on 10/18/2023
So good. Lovely, thoughtful treatment and adaptation. Incredible tension. Great performance by Moss.
6/10

Dracula

1931     75 min     Passed
94%
71%
7.4
Watched on 10/17/2023
Classic. I like Herzog's and Coppola's better though.
7/10

The Invisible Man

1933     71 min     Approved
94%
87%
7.6
Watched on 10/17/2023
This one is hilarious. Also the special effects are so good! I wonder how much of a blockbuster this was in 1933.
6/10

The Wolf Man

1941     70 min     Passed
90%
72%
7.2
Watched on 10/17/2023
The soundtrack really worked overtime.
6/10

The Mummy

1932     73 min     Approved
89%
N/A%
7.0
Watched on 10/17/2023
It's fine. Karloff was great.
6/10

Hell House LLC

2015     93 min     Not Rated
75%
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 10/16/2023
This was the Director's Cut. An extra 4 minutes added to the runtime but I'll never figure out what was different.
3/10

The Pyramid

2014     89 min     R
13%
24%
4.6
Watched on 10/16/2023
Very bad on multiple fronts. Anubis the god is at the bottom of a pyramid, eating people.
8/10

Poltergeist

1982     114 min     PG
88%
79%
7.3
Watched on 10/15/2023
It's so good. Such a great blend of wholesome family movie and supernatural disaster.
3/10

The Apparition

2012     82 min     PG-13
3%
18%
4.1
Watched on 10/15/2023
Nope. I hope everyone who worked on this was paid well at least so there'd be some point to this.
5/10

The Last Sharknado: It's about time

2018     86 min     TV-14
27%
N/A%
3.5
Watched on 10/15/2023
This one was all over the damn place.
5/10

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

2017     93 min     TV-14
30%
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 10/15/2023
More of the same, again.
6/10

As Above So Below

2014     93 min     R
28%
39%
6.2
Watched on 10/14/2023
Pretty fun mix of National Treasure and Blair Witch Project
5/10

Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

2016     95 min     TV-14
14%
N/A%
3.9
Watched on 10/14/2023
Sillier and sillier.
6/10

Invaders from Mars

1986     100 min     PG
38%
56%
5.5
Watched on 10/14/2023
It's fine.
3/10

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

1990     85 min     R
13%
30%
5.0
Watched on 10/14/2023
Ken Foree is in here, but he's not enough to save it.
7/10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986     101 min     Unrated
50%
42%
5.6
Watched on 10/13/2023
Where part 1 was high tension, this one feels a little more campy and I like it better.
9/10

Videodrome

1983     87 min     R
81%
60%
7.2
Watched on 10/13/2023
Love this one. Super weird.
8/10

In the Mouth of Madness

1994     95 min     R
57%
53%
7.1
Watched on 10/13/2023
Very solid but doesn't quite feel like Carpenter.
5/10

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

2015     93 min     TV-14
36%
N/A%
4.0
Watched on 10/12/2023
Sharks in space. So many cameos this time.
5/10

Sharknado 2: The Second One

2014     95 min     TV-14
61%
N/A%
4.0
Watched on 10/12/2023
Dumb fun. Not great though.
3/10

Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire

2019     85 min     Not Rated
14%
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 10/11/2023
Technically better than part 2, but still really poor plot-wise. Performances were marginally better. 3rd act VFX was piss-poor.
3/10

Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel

2018     89 min     Not Rated
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 10/11/2023
Really stiff performances ruin the whole thing.
4/10

Friday the 13th

2009     97 min     R
25%
34%
5.5
Watched on 10/10/2023
This remake felt way more generic than the original and I don't understand how that's possible.
7/10

Terrifier 2

2022     138 min     Not Rated
85%
59%
6.1
Watched on 10/9/2023
I think this one worked better than the first one. More interesting plot-wise. Big level-up in the gore effects.
5/10

Orphan

2009     123 min     R
58%
42%
7.0
Watched on 10/9/2023
Fine, I guess. Not really much in the way of surprises. Not very tense.
4/10

The Hole In The Ground

2019     90 min     R
83%
63%
5.6
Watched on 10/9/2023
Couldn't care enough to really watch it. It's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but just one kid, so who cares.
8/10

The Nun

2018     96 min     R
24%
46%
5.3
Watched on 10/9/2023
Ghost story with Christian Magic Weapons and stuff. Good fun.
7/10

When A Stranger Calls

1979     97 min     R
38%
58%
6.4
Watched on 10/9/2023
Like a mashup of Black Christmas and Halloween. Very well made. Good tension.
6/10

V/H/S/85

2023     110 min     TV-MA
73%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 10/8/2023
Only a couple of good segments. I guess par for the course with these. More dislikes than likes.
4/10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2003     98 min     R
37%
38%
6.2
Watched on 10/8/2023
This functions well enough, but feels like it takes away from the original in substance, replacing it with just extra generic slasher stuff.
6/10

Meg 2: The Trench

2023     116 min     PG-13
28%
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 10/7/2023
More of the same.
7/10

Prey

2022     100 min     R
94%
71%
7.1
Watched on 10/7/2023
Very fun. Love the way this unfolds. Very satisfying 3rd act.
6/10

Halloween Ends

2022     111 min     R
40%
47%
5.0
Watched on 10/7/2023
Technically well made enough, but the story bothers me.
6/10

Halloween Kills

2021     105 min     R
39%
42%
5.5
Watched on 10/6/2023
Not so great. I don't like the story, but there's plenty of nice camera work and editing.
7/10

Pieces

1982     85 min     Not Rated
43%
68%
6.0
Watched on 10/6/2023
LOL
9/10

Hellraiser

1987     94 min     R
70%
56%
6.9
Watched on 10/6/2023
Claire Higgins as Julia. Wild.
7/10

Demons

1985     88 min     Not Rated
67%
53%
6.6
Watched on 10/5/2023
Very fun. Great creature makeup.
8/10

Re-animator

1985     84 min     Unrated
94%
73%
7.2
Watched on 10/5/2023
Stuart Gordon, Barbara Crampton and Jeffery Combs. That's all I need.
6/10

Daughters of Darkness

1971     87 min     R
81%
74%
6.5
Watched on 10/5/2023
Sort of weird but I especially enjoy the very end.
4/10

The Prowler

1981     89 min     R
71%
45%
5.9
Watched on 10/5/2023
Not great, despide the Tom Savini head explosion.
6/10

Tourist Trap

1979     90 min     PG
40%
N/A%
6.1
Watched on 10/5/2023
It's better than you'd think. This is the proto-slasher.
8/10

Halloween

2018     106 min     R
79%
67%
6.5
Watched on 10/3/2023
Very satisfying continuation. Delicious 3rd act. Perfect blend of homage to the original combined with a new take.
7/10

The Lost Boys

1987     97 min     R
77%
63%
7.2
Watched on 10/2/2023
Pretty fun.
4/10

Halloween II

2009     105 min     R
23%
35%
4.8
Watched on 10/1/2023
Loomis subplot was sort of interesting, but mostly this didn't work for me.
4/10

Halloween

2007     109 min     R
28%
47%
6.0
Watched on 10/1/2023
Didn't really work for me. Redneck backstory didn't make anything better. Later acts felt too shot-for-shot.
6/10

Halloween: Resurrection

2002     90 min     R
10%
19%
3.9
Watched on 9/30/2023
Shame about Jamie Lee Curtis being killed off so early. The haunted house/pov cam thing worked pretty well.
5/10

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

1998     86 min     R
55%
52%
5.8
Watched on 9/30/2023
Fairly basic. Not really much to note other than it tries to erase many of the other sequels by picking up from og 2.
4/10

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995     87 min     R
8%
10%
4.7
Watched on 9/29/2023
I did not really like this one. Tried to explain how Micahel can't be killed via pagan ritual.
5/10

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989     96 min     R
11%
28%
4.9
Watched on 9/29/2023
What's with the mysterious cowboy? Psychic linkage between Michael and Jamie is weird.
6/10

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988     88 min     R
39%
34%
5.8
Watched on 9/29/2023
I like the ending, but this one is sort of weird.
8/10

A Dark Song

2016     100 min     Unrated
91%
71%
6.2
Watched on 9/28/2023
Love it. Wonderful payoff at the end.
3/10

Spiral

2021     93 min     R
37%
40%
5.2
Watched on 9/28/2023
Really fucking dumb oh my god.
5/10

Saw 3D

2010     90 min     R
9%
24%
5.5
Watched on 9/27/2023
Pretty dumb, but fairly coherent, I guess.
5/10

Saw VI

2009     90 min     R
39%
30%
6.0
Watched on 9/27/2023
Mostly implicating the wife of Jigsaw even further.
5/10

Saw V

2008     92 min     R
13%
20%
5.8
Watched on 9/27/2023
Trash compator gag was pretty good.
4/10

Saw IV

2007     93 min     R
18%
36%
5.9
Watched on 9/27/2023
Why
5/10

Saw III

2006     108 min     R
30%
48%
6.2
Watched on 9/26/2023
This is the one with the skull drilling.
4/10

Saw II

2005     93 min     R
37%
40%
6.6
Watched on 9/26/2023
Watchable but honestly it sort of sucks.
8/10

Halloween III: Season of The Witch

1982     98 min     R
50%
50%
5.1
Watched on 9/25/2023
So weird and great. I love it.
6/10

Halloween II

1981     92 min     R
33%
40%
6.5
Watched on 9/24/2023
Not inspired. Loomis is a mess.
8/10

Halloween

1978     91 min     R
96%
87%
7.7
Watched on 9/24/2023
Solid.
7/10

Celia

1989     103 min     Not Rated
N/A%
6.8
Watched on 9/23/2023
Not what I expected going in. Lots of tensions about communism and rabbits.
7/10

Onibaba

1964     103 min     Not Rated
90%
N/A%
7.9
Watched on 9/23/2023
Just a lot going on in this one. Lots of tension.
6/10

Kwaidan

1964     183 min     Not Rated
91%
N/A%
7.9
Watched on 9/22/2023
Nice use of color and especially lighting. Loved the first story. Very good special effects for that one. "Earless" was also fun.
3/10

Phantasm: Ravager

2016     85 min     Not Rated
54%
48%
4.9
Watched on 9/17/2023
Mostly just worthless. Feels like fanfic rather than a proper sequel.
6/10

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

1998     90 min     R
29%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 9/17/2023
Not very good but still works.
7/10

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

1994     91 min     R
44%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 9/17/2023
It's so weird. It's great.
7/10

Underwater

2020     95 min     PG-13
48%
48%
5.9
Watched on 9/17/2023
Another movie that tickles my "two things at the same time" preference. Feels like a natural disaster movie, but pivots to a kaiju movie.
6/10

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966     83 min     PG
57%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 9/17/2023
Some interesting shots with elements of varied scales. I hope Godzilla is okay. Weird surf guitar soundtrack.
8/10

Color Out of Space

2019     111 min     Unrated
86%
70%
6.2
Watched on 9/16/2023
Wonderful performances and a nice modern adaptation. Not 100% true to the story, but deviates in ways that don't matter.
8/10

Come True

2020     105 min     Unrated
85%
68%
6.0
Watched on 9/16/2023
Wonderful asethetic. Interesting story, but a tragic waste of an ending. In spite of the ending, very well done sci-fi horror.
8/10

It Follows

2014     100 min     R
95%
83%
6.8
Watched on 9/16/2023
Fair to call this a "love letter" to 80s slashers, but it's shot so well and the soundtrack works so well and the story works very well. More than just a love letter.
8/10

The Endless

2017     111 min     Not Rated
92%
80%
6.5
Watched on 9/15/2023
Really great. Slow burn, careful gradual reveals along the way. Constantly feeding you information. Repeat viewings recommended.
8/10

The Forever Purge

2021     103 min     R
49%
53%
5.4
Watched on 9/15/2023
Still great. Very clever the way the story unfolds. Concludes with a very satisfying wordplay.
5/10

The First Purge

2018     97 min     R
55%
54%
5.2
Watched on 9/14/2023
Low point in the franchise for me, but it was better than I remember from back when it first released.
8/10

The Purge: Election Year

2016     108 min     R
55%
55%
6.0
Watched on 9/14/2023
I like the story. Assasination attempt on a senator running for president who wants to reform/rollback The Purge.
6/10

The Purge: Anarchy

2014     103 min     R
58%
50%
6.4
Watched on 9/14/2023
Starts to show more of how the purge impacts the middle/lower classes.
6/10

The Purge

2013     85 min     R
41%
41%
5.7
Watched on 9/14/2023
Pretty good. "Rich people are monsters" sort of thing, but gets reframed by the sequels to be more about class war, etc.
4/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street

2010     95 min     R
14%
35%
5.2
Watched on 9/13/2023
I don't like what the did with this. Nancy was boring compared to the original.
6/10

Freddy vs Jason

2003     97 min     R
41%
37%
5.7
Watched on 9/13/2023
I like the way they weave the two fanchises together. Poor ending, but I don't know what I'd rather have seen.
6/10

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991     89 min     R
22%
39%
4.7
Watched on 9/13/2023
Not too bad, but the 3D gags are annoying. Fills in Freddy's backstory, but probably more than we needed.
5/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

1989     N/A     N/A
30%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 9/12/2023
Not great.
7/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988     93 min     R
53%
56%
5.6
Watched on 9/12/2023
A little more wacky than the last one, but I like the tighter continuity.
7/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987     96 min     R
68%
49%
6.6
Watched on 9/12/2023
Pretty good. I like the whole "group therapy shared dream" thing.
6/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985     87 min     R
42%
43%
5.4
Watched on 9/12/2023
Not great, but still pretty good.
6/10

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

1993     87 min     R
16%
17%
4.1
Watched on 9/11/2023
This was a lot of fun. Way over the top and campy but well balanced. Nice camera work and editing.
5/10

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason takes Manhattan

1989     100 min     R
11%
14%
4.5
Watched on 9/11/2023
It was okay, but not great.
6/10

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

1988     88 min     R
35%
13%
5.2
Watched on 9/10/2023
Elements of Carrie and/or Firestarter mashed up with Jason. Not bad. Fun 3rd act.
5/10

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

1986     86 min     R
50%
30%
6.0
Watched on 9/10/2023
Better than part 5. Making Jason into a Frankenstein's Monster situation made some of the goofiness work better than in 5.
4/10

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

1985     92 min     R
18%
16%
4.7
Watched on 9/10/2023
These are getting worse.
6/10

Friday the 13th The Final Chapter

1984     91 min     R
24%
33%
6.0
Watched on 9/10/2023
Tom Savini did some good work in this one.
6/10

Friday the 13th Part III

1982     95 min     R
7%
30%
5.6
Watched on 9/10/2023
Feeling like they really found their groove on this 3rd one, depsite there being a lot of 3D gags in there.
6/10

Friday the 13th Part 2

1981     87 min     R
29%
26%
6.1
Watched on 9/9/2023
I like this one better than the first one, probably. Not sure why. I like these kids more, and Ginny is a more interesting Final Girl.
5/10

Friday the 13th

1980     95 min     R
63%
22%
6.4
Watched on 9/9/2023
Clearly important and significant in the scheme of things but honestly, I don't much care for it.
5/10

Final Destination 5

2011     92 min     R
63%
50%
5.9
Watched on 9/9/2023
A "return to form" but actually still not so good. The first 3 movies are a lot better.
5/10

Night of the Demons

1988     90 min     R
36%
N/A%
6.1
Watched on 9/8/2023
Fair, but mostly it's haunted house boilerplate.
3/10

The Final Destination

2009     82 min     R
27%
30%
5.1
Watched on 9/7/2023
This is the 4th of the series and it is very shitty. I wish it didn't exist. Mostly this is an ad for "go see 3D movies in the theater!"
9/10

Prince of Darkness

1987     102 min     R
61%
50%
6.7
Watched on 9/7/2023
Love it so much.
5/10

The Gift

2000     111 min     R
57%
62%
6.7
Watched on 9/7/2023
This one doesn't really do it for me.
6/10

Drag Me to Hell

2009     99 min     PG-13
92%
83%
6.6
Watched on 9/7/2023
Raimi makes a good go of trying to remind us he's the Evil Dead guy, not the Spider-man guy.
6/10

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

1994     112 min     R
79%
64%
6.4
Watched on 9/6/2023
It's okay. Not great. Sort of fun.
7/10

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2016     86 min     R
86%
65%
6.8
Watched on 9/6/2023
Seen before. Great premise, superbly executed.
3/10

Cocaine Bear

2023     95 min     R
67%
54%
5.9
Watched on 9/4/2023
Really didn't care for this. Bored most of the time. Too many gags and comedic bits to really be horror.
8/10

10 Cloverfield Lane

2016     103 min     PG-13
90%
76%
7.2
Watched on 9/3/2023
Great performances. Love the "two things can be true" aspect of this script. Deeply satisfying ending.
8/10

Final Destination 3

2006     93 min     R
43%
41%
5.8
Watched on 9/3/2023
Could be my favorite of the franchise. Full of great kills.
6/10

The Fury

1978     118 min     R
77%
64%
6.3
Watched on 9/1/2023
De Palma delivers some really interesting "psychic vision" shots.
8/10

Doctor Sleep

2019     152 min     R
78%
59%
7.3
Watched on 8/25/2023
Love it. I love the way is integrates with Kubric's The Shining, and more. I love the way they portray astral projection, and psychic ability.
8/10

Final Destination 2

2003     90 min     R
50%
38%
6.2
Watched on 8/20/2023
Another great one.
8/10

Final Destination

2000     98 min     R
36%
36%
6.7
Watched on 8/20/2023
Honestly, it's so damn good.
6/10

Dead & Buried

1981     94 min     R
68%
71%
6.5
Watched on 8/19/2023
Pretty good, and pretty original! Not seen another plot quite like this one.
6/10

Critters 4

1992     87 min     PG-13
N/A%
4.0
Watched on 8/19/2023
Just good dumb fun.
8/10

Mandy

2018     121 min     Not Rated
91%
82%
6.5
Watched on 8/18/2023
Wild.
8/10

Next of Kin

1982     89 min     Not Rated
100%
N/A%
6.2
Watched on 8/18/2023
A ghost story that isn't a ghost story. Very well done.
4/10

Scare Package

2019     107 min     Not Rated
82%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 8/17/2023
Mostly silly 80s slasher pastiche anthology. Not great. Last segment was not too bad.
6/10

Mayhem

2017     86 min     Unrated
85%
62%
6.4
Watched on 8/17/2023
Fair. I hope Joe Lynch does a good job on Suitable Flesh later this year.
3/10

Cannibal Holocaust

1980     95 min     Unrated
67%
22%
5.8
Watched on 8/17/2023
Hard to watch.
6/10

The Exorcist 3

1990     110 min     R
57%
48%
6.5
Watched on 8/17/2023
Seen this several times before but never logged it. It's very werid, makes little sense, but still pretty good.
5/10

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

1987     97 min     R
56%
48%
5.7
Watched on 8/15/2023
It's so weird.
6/10

The Stuff

1985     87 min     R
73%
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 8/15/2023
Another Larry Cohen/Michael Moriarty winner.
6/10

House of the Devil

2009     95 min     R
85%
73%
6.3
Watched on 8/15/2023
I love that it's "set in the 80s" without being over the top with kitsch. Understated and looks authentic, even.
5/10

Q The Winged Serpent

1982     93 min     R
73%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 8/14/2023
Honestly better than I remembered.
6/10

Castle Freak

1995     90 min     R
57%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 8/14/2023
Not the best of Gordon's Lovecraft adaptations, but still pretty solid.
5/10

Phantasm II

1988     97 min     R
38%
42%
6.4
Watched on 8/13/2023
Not the best one. Weird recasting of the lead, Mikey.
7/10

Phantasm

1979     89 min     R
75%
72%
6.6
Watched on 8/13/2023
Still got it.
6/10

The Running Man

1987     101 min     R
66%
45%
6.7
Watched on 8/13/2023
Pretty good.
3/10

Basket Case 3

1991     90 min     R
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 8/12/2023
Worst yet.
5/10

Basket Case 2

1990     90 min     R
71%
N/A%
5.4
Watched on 8/11/2023
Not as good as the first one.
8/10

Basket Case

1982     91 min     Not Rated
77%
77%
6.2
Watched on 8/11/2023
Still great.
4/10

Class of Nuke 'Em High

1986     85 min     R
20%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 8/10/2023
It is what it is. Usual Troma nonsense.
8/10

Brain Damage

1988     84 min     R
67%
61%
6.5
Watched on 8/8/2023
I love this one so much too.
8/10

Frankenhooker

1990     85 min     R
57%
N/A%
6.2
Watched on 8/8/2023
I love this one so much.
3/10

The Final Wish

2018     95 min     Not Rated
64%
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 8/7/2023
Slow burn and dumb shit are not a winning combination.
4/10

The Dunwich Horror

1970     90 min     R
29%
N/A%
5.4
Watched on 8/4/2023
Not great.
5/10

Insidious: The Red Door

2023     107 min     PG-13
45%
6.0
Watched on 8/4/2023
Fair, but not really so exciting.
8/10

The Amityville Horror

1979     117 min     R
31%
28%
6.1
Watched on 8/4/2023
Another well made and iconic movie.
8/10

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984     91 min     R
95%
76%
7.4
Watched on 8/4/2023
Pretty good. Well constructed. Iconic.
5/10

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

2021     112 min     R
55%
53%
6.3
Watched on 8/4/2023
Not great, but also not bad. There are many others in the series that are better.
5/10

The Amityville Horror

2005     90 min     R
24%
33%
5.9
Watched on 8/3/2023
Ryan Reynolds kills the family dog in this one. Not great.
1/10

Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong

2013     83 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.7
Watched on 8/3/2023
Why do I keep doing this to myself??
7/10

Phenomena

1985     116 min     R
74%
57%
6.7
Watched on 8/2/2023
Some really great camera work and a really wild story. The Goblin soundtrack is great, though I don't care for the heavy metal songs sprinkled in there.
4/10

There's Something Wrong with the Children

2023     92 min     Not Rated
53%
4.9
Watched on 8/2/2023
Not really for me. I struggled to hold my attention on it. Weird in spots in terms of execution. Not a very satisfying conclusion.
7/10

The Taking of Deborah Logan

2014     90 min     R
91%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 7/31/2023
Pretty good found footage.
6/10

Magic

1978     107 min     R
87%
49%
6.8
Watched on 7/31/2023
This movie is fucking weird.
2/10

Shark Night

2011     90 min     PG-13
19%
22%
4.0
Watched on 7/28/2023
This is a 3D movie and over half the shots feel forced for the gimmick, where the rest feel bad and lame. Not good on any level.
6/10

The Meg

2018     113 min     PG-13
47%
46%
5.6
Watched on 7/28/2023
Pretty good. I liked it when they towed Statham on a line behind a boat as if he was bait on a hook.
9/10

Barbarian

2022     102 min     R
93%
78%
7.0
Watched on 7/26/2023
Still great. Not sure how many times I've watched but it's so good.
3/10

Pulse

2006     90 min     PG-13
11%
27%
4.7
Watched on 7/26/2023
Not great. Japanese horror remade for US, and I don't remember liking the original much either.
5/10

The Haunting

1963     112 min     G
87%
74%
7.4
Watched on 7/25/2023
By the time you're an hour in, the cinematography becomes much more striking. Slow burn.
4/10

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

2004     94 min     R
60%
N/A%
5.8
Watched on 7/24/2023
I mean, it's fine. Sort of boring though.
6/10

Poltergeist III

1988     98 min     PG
16%
40%
4.7
Watched on 7/23/2023
Not the best of the bunch, but still pretty good.
6/10

C.H.U.D.

1984     88 min     R
29%
57%
5.6
Watched on 7/22/2023
Bosch wants to know what CHUD stands for, but finds out too late.
6/10

Hell House LLC

2015     93 min     Not Rated
75%
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 7/21/2023
Okay found footage, but not the best. Technically well done. Many other found footage movies utterly fuck it up, but not this one.
8/10

Day of the Dead

1985     101 min     Not Rated
86%
60%
7.1
Watched on 7/21/2023
Not my favorite of the "living dead" trilogy, but it's up there.
6/10

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

1974     95 min     R
86%
N/A%
6.8
Watched on 7/21/2023
Pretty good sort of spiritual continuation of Romero's NOTLD. AKA "The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue".
5/10

Mirrors

2008     110 min     R
14%
35%
6.1
Watched on 7/19/2023
Wall to wall jump scares. Not very effective.
4/10

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013     106 min     PG-13
39%
40%
6.5
Watched on 7/19/2023
Not sure why I dislike this one so much. Feels like "DLC"
6/10

Freeway

1996     102 min     R
76%
61%
6.8
Watched on 7/17/2023
LOL this was wild. Many surprises along the way.
6/10

M3GAN

2022     102 min     PG-13
93%
72%
6.4
Watched on 7/16/2023
Pretty good, but I was sympathetic toward none of the characters. They were all pretty horrible.
1/10

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High

2022        
%
Watched on 7/16/2023
Last one, but still bad.
1/10

Evil Bong 777

2018     59 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 7/16/2023
Nope.
1/10

Evil Bong 666

2017     65 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.7
Watched on 7/16/2023
Another stinker.
1/10

Evil Bong: High 5

2016     70 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 7/16/2023
Nope.
1/10

Evil Bong 420

2015     53 min     Not Rated
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 7/16/2023
Worst yet. How is that possible?
1/10

Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong

2011     87 min     R
N/A%
3.7
Watched on 7/16/2023
Another waste of footage, this time loosely based on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (sort of). Why do I keep watching these?
1/10

Evil Bong 2: King Bong

2009     80 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.3
Watched on 7/15/2023
Mostly just terrible.
1/10

Case 347

2020     85 min     N/A
N/A%
4.7
Watched on 7/15/2023
Just terrible. Found footage thing about Area 51 and very poorly executed.
5/10

Grizzly

1976     91 min     PG
45%
25%
5.2
Watched on 7/14/2023
Another sort of fun Jaws rip-off.
6/10

Alligator

1980     91 min     R
84%
62%
6.1
Watched on 7/14/2023
sort of a fun Jaws rip-off
3/10

Return to House on Haunted Hill

2007     79 min     R
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 7/9/2023
They put Jeffery Combs in it but didn't give him any lines. That's a crime!
6/10

Hellboy

2019     120 min     R
17%
31%
5.2
Watched on 7/8/2023
Honestly, I still find this lacking compared to the GDT movies. Mostly I think I just loved GDTs style applied to the subject. This one is growing on me with repeat viewings, though.
6/10

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

2021     104 min     N/A
68%
N/A%
5.4
Watched on 7/8/2023
Pretty weird but not as bad as I expected.
8/10

Perfect Blue

1997     81 min     NC-17
83%
67%
8.0
Watched on 7/7/2023
2nd viewing. Still great. This was a The Last Drive-in presentation. Loved the remark on how this is like "Japanese Giallo."
7/10

Mad God

2021     83 min     Unrated
91%
80%
6.8
Watched on 7/7/2023
This was beautiful.
7/10

The Howling

1981     91 min     R
74%
68%
6.5
Watched on 7/5/2023
Great photography, and effects. Not so taken by the story, overall, but I like Dee Wallace.
7/10

The Lodge

2019     108 min     R
75%
64%
6.0
Watched on 7/3/2023
Pretty good. At first it bothered me that it reminded me of Hereditary so much, but it went a different direction.
5/10

The Descent

2005     99 min     R
87%
71%
7.2
Watched on 7/2/2023
It's fine. I like the creatures in the cave.
8/10

Manhunter

1986     120 min     R
94%
75%
7.2
Watched on 7/1/2023
Really playful camera work. Nice color. Didn't really feel like horror though.
6/10

Cujo

1983     93 min     R
59%
57%
6.1
Watched on 7/1/2023
Pure terror but also the ending was abrupt and unsatisfying.
5/10

Beyond the Door III

1989     94 min     R
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 6/30/2023
US Teens fly to Serbia and one girl is offered to satan as a wife, but then she fucks an ancient monk and foils this plan. Weird. Train kills people by jumping off then back on the rails.
4/10

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981     96 min     Not Rated
50%
N/A%
6.7
Watched on 6/30/2023
Same as last time. It was okay.
5/10

Sharknado

2013     86 min     Not Rated
75%
N/A%
3.3
Watched on 6/23/2023
This is much better when you watch it with friends. Second viewing.
6/10

Amsterdamned

1988     114 min     R
N/A%
6.6
Watched on 6/23/2023
Sort of a weird gaillo-esque slasher. 8 minute speedboat chase through the canals of Amsterdam!
5/10

Lust for a Vampire

1971     91 min     R
20%
N/A%
5.7
Watched on 6/17/2023
Pretty basic Hammer. Vampires are immune to sunlight in this one for some reason.
6/10

The Hunger

1983     97 min     R
59%
52%
6.6
Watched on 6/16/2023
Interesting but I didn't really enjoy it that much.
9/10

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996     108 min     R
63%
48%
7.2
Watched on 6/16/2023
So tight. Everything about this one works well. I don't know what its missing to make a 10. Probably because it's more comedy than horror.
8/10

Army of Darkness

1992     81 min     R
68%
59%
7.4
Watched on 6/14/2023
Very good.
8/10

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

1987     N/A     N/A
N/A%
N/A
Watched on 6/11/2023
I probably like this one best. Great balance of comedy and horror.
6/10

Evil Dead

2013     91 min     R
63%
57%
6.5
Watched on 6/10/2023
It's mostly fine, but I don't think it works as well as the original.
7/10

The Evil Dead

1981     85 min     NC-17
85%
71%
7.4
Watched on 6/10/2023
Not the best of the bunch, but still pretty solid. Plenty of Raimi signature shots.
6/10

Terrifier

2016     85 min     Unrated
55%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 6/9/2023
Yeah, I mean, it's okay. Very low budget, but they made it work.
7/10

You're Next

2011     95 min     R
80%
66%
6.6
Watched on 6/3/2023
Lots of really fun kills. Pretty good. Plot has a couple surprises.
8/10

The Forever Purge

2021     103 min     R
49%
53%
5.4
Watched on 6/3/2023
Love this series and this one in particular was pretty smart.
3/10

Lucky Bastard

2014     94 min     NC-17
54%
36%
4.4
Watched on 6/2/2023
Made me wish I was watching Creep instead.
3/10

Wolves at the Door

2016     73 min     R
0%
N/A%
4.5
Watched on 6/2/2023
Boring
5/10

Pyewacket

2017     88 min     Not Rated
83%
56%
5.8
Watched on 5/31/2023
Sort of basic.Didn't hold my attention.
7/10

Evil Dead Rise

2023     96 min     R
84%
69%
6.6
Watched on 5/26/2023
Not really as funny as the originals, but came together in the 3rd act.
3/10

The Mutilator

1984     86 min     TV-MA
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 5/19/2023
Pretty bad.
8/10

Possession

1981     124 min     R
86%
75%
7.3
Watched on 5/19/2023
Hard to watch but very good.
3/10

The Muthers

1976     83 min     R
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 5/12/2023
Not planning to watch this again.
8/10

The Babadook

2014     94 min     Not Rated
98%
86%
6.8
Watched on 5/12/2023
Pretty great.
8/10

Dawn of the Dead

2004     101 min     R
76%
59%
7.3
Watched on 5/11/2023
I like this one but wish it wasn't named Dawn of the Dead
9/10

Jeepers Creepers

2001     90 min     R
45%
49%
6.2
Watched on 5/10/2023
I don't know what more it could do to make a 10, but this movie is just so good.
2/10

Slumber Party Massacre

2021     86 min     TV-MA
100%
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 5/9/2023
Not for me. Felt more like parody.
4/10

The Blood on Satan's Claw

1971     97 min     R
73%
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 5/7/2023
Presented as "overshadowed by The Wicker Man" but I would not compare the two. This was not so interesting or clever or suspensful.
4/10

Don't Panic

1987     90 min     Not Rated
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 5/5/2023
What the fuck.
7/10

Tigers are not afraid

2017     83 min     Not Rated
97%
76%
6.9
Watched on 5/5/2023
This was so sad and hard to watch, Very good though.
7/10

I See You

2019     98 min     R
76%
65%
6.8
Watched on 5/1/2023
I thought it was going one way, but it surprised me, and then a 2nd time. Pretty good!
6/10

Twister

1996     113 min     PG-13
63%
68%
6.4
Watched on 4/30/2023
Not 100% sure this is horror, but does have some frights.
2/10

Sharknado

2013     86 min     Not Rated
75%
N/A%
3.3
Watched on 4/29/2023
Felt like they didn't bother with a script.
2/10

Another Me

2013     86 min     PG-13
N/A%
4.6
Watched on 4/29/2023
I could not wait for this to be over. Very boring and sort of annoying.
3/10

Witchboard

1986     98 min     R
50%
45%
5.7
Watched on 4/28/2023
Not great.
9/10

The Thing

2011     103 min     R
34%
49%
6.2
Watched on 4/23/2023
I really like it. Pairs so well with the 1982 movie.
7/10

Hereditary

2018     127 min     R
90%
87%
7.3
Watched on 4/22/2023
Seen this several times and tbh this time it was better than I remembered. A cast of utterly dislikable characters makes it tough.
8/10

Inferno

1980     106 min     R
63%
69%
6.5
Watched on 4/22/2023
I'm not sure but I might even like this one as much or more than Suspiria
6/10

Zombie

1979     91 min     R
41%
54%
6.8
Watched on 4/21/2023
I like this one but not that much
5/10

Jigsaw

2017     92 min     R
32%
39%
5.7
Watched on 4/20/2023
Very "late Hellraiser franchise" vibes. Not great. Just a cash grab.
5/10

Lights Out

2016     81 min     PG-13
75%
58%
6.3
Watched on 4/16/2023
Not really good. Lots of wtf moments that left me scratching my head.
2/10

One Missed Call

2008     87 min     PG-13
0%
24%
4.0
Watched on 4/14/2023
It just felt bad and formulaec. Maybe the original worked better?
8/10

Event Horizon

1997     96 min     R
33%
35%
6.6
Watched on 4/12/2023
Love this one.
3/10

Deep Blue Sea

1999     105 min     R
60%
54%
5.9
Watched on 4/11/2023
Not really good. Made me want to watch other movies it made me think about.
2/10

House at the End of the Street

2012     101 min     PG-13
12%
31%
5.5
Watched on 4/8/2023
Ugh not good. Pedestrian. Telegraphs the whole thing, more or less. Bullshit twists.
5/10

A Field in England

2013     90 min     Not Rated
86%
73%
6.2
Watched on 4/8/2023
Not bad, but also I'm not sure what I just saw.
5/10

The Unseen

1980     89 min     R
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 4/7/2023
Not really for me. Some odd writing and riffs on Psycho or The Baby or maybe even Chainsaw, but not really as good.
6/10

Snakes on a Plane

2006     105 min     R
69%
58%
5.5
Watched on 4/7/2023
LOL it was pretty dumb but also sort of fun
5/10

Howl

2015     92 min     Not Rated
63%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 4/2/2023
It's fine but I really wasn't into it.
6/10

Wake Wood

2009     90 min     R
80%
N/A%
5.5
Watched on 4/2/2023
Sort of a riff on Pet Semetary
8/10

Jennifer's Body

2009     102 min     R
46%
47%
5.4
Watched on 4/2/2023
Really good and fun.
6/10

'Gator Bait

1973     88 min     R
N/A%
5.4
Watched on 4/1/2023
Just a series of terrible things happening.
10/10

The Wicker Man

1973     88 min     R
90%
87%
7.5
Watched on 3/31/2023
So satisfying.
2/10

Fangs

1974     91 min     R
N/A%
5.1
Watched on 3/26/2023
This was dumb.
6/10

Paranormal Activity 4

2012     88 min     R
23%
40%
4.6
Watched on 3/26/2023
Pretty good. Not the best. This is the xbox one. Breaks the trend by using footage from the POV of laptops randomly when they aren't even doing video chats or anything.
6/10

Let Me In

2010     116 min     R
88%
79%
7.1
Watched on 3/26/2023
Seems silly to have this remake. It looks Swedish, but all the people talk like Americans. Just watch the original.
6/10

The Final Terror

1983     84 min     R
33%
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 3/25/2023
Makes you wonder if it's a Norman Bates type thing or what, but then it isn't.
6/10

The Crazies

2010     101 min     R
71%
56%
6.5
Watched on 3/21/2023
Remake of the old Romero movie. Not terrible but not great.
7/10

Habit

1995     112 min     Unrated
75%
N/A%
6.4
Watched on 3/19/2023
I didn't like this one the first couple times, but it grew on me.
7/10

Phantasm

1979     89 min     R
75%
72%
6.6
Watched on 3/12/2023
So weird and great.
6/10

The Last Wave

1977     106 min     PG
82%
85%
6.9
Watched on 3/11/2023
Sort of interesting. Really hooked me at the start, but the 2nd and 3rd acts didn't hold me as much.
3/10

Ghost Ship

2002     91 min     R
15%
28%
5.6
Watched on 3/10/2023
Pretty fucking bad. Has that early 2000s horror look similar to 13 Ghosts (2001) but mostly it just sucks.
7/10

Bubba Ho-tep

2002     92 min     R
79%
57%
6.9
Watched on 3/10/2023
So odd and so good.
7/10

The Beyond

1981     87 min     R
68%
38%
6.6
Watched on 3/8/2023
It's so weird. Hotel with a hell portal. Melting zombies. Blind woman with a dog who is eventually eaten by the dog.
8/10

Santa Sangre

1989     123 min     NC-17
86%
N/A%
7.5
Watched on 3/7/2023
What the fuck. Color like a giallo but more dream visions and hallucinations.
8/10

Sinister

2012     110 min     R
63%
53%
6.8
Watched on 3/4/2023
Lots of fun. Ethan Hawke, spooky snuff films, demon living in images, etc.
3/10

Dave Made a Maze

2017     80 min     Not Rated
86%
60%
6.3
Watched on 3/3/2023
Very hard to get invested when the entire thing is "in imagination" or whatever. More comedy than horror. Didn't care for the cast.
8/10

Saw

2004     103 min     R
50%
46%
7.6
Watched on 3/3/2023
Love this one. Still dated, but so much fun.
9/10

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975     115 min     PG
91%
81%
7.4
Watched on 3/2/2023
Surprisingly haunting. Had me thinking of Bloodborne and Twin Peaks and The Mist all at the same time.
6/10

The Cars That Ate Paris

1974     91 min     PG
60%
N/A%
5.6
Watched on 2/25/2023
Very unexpected conclusion. Quite nice photography. Brilliant use of soundtrack.Sort of reminded of Dead & Buried.
4/10

Smile

2022     115 min     R
80%
68%
6.5
Watched on 2/24/2023
Probably would have been fine if It Follows didn't already exist. Felt like a knock-off.
8/10

Critters

1986     86 min     PG-13
50%
52%
6.1
Watched on 2/18/2023
Very fun
7/10

The Birds

1963     119 min     PG-13
94%
90%
7.6
Watched on 2/17/2023
So funny and good
3/10

[Rec]²

2009     85 min     R
66%
52%
6.5
Watched on 2/16/2023
Not terrible but honestly I was bored.
7/10

Blair Witch

2016     89 min     R
38%
47%
5.0
Watched on 2/15/2023
Pretty good.
6/10

Rec

2007     78 min     R
90%
71%
7.4
Watched on 2/14/2023
Spanish zombie found footage but the zombies are "viral possession" so it's sort of neat.
6/10

Last Night in Soho

2021     116 min     R
75%
65%
7.0
Watched on 2/13/2023
Traditional "ghosts prompt someone to uncover the truth" with a twist, which is also sort of traditional.
2/10

The Monster

2016     91 min     R
80%
69%
5.4
Watched on 2/12/2023
A24 nonsense. Terrible mother is even shitty when she tries to sacrafice herself to help her child escape.
2/10

Nekromantik

1988     71 min     Not Rated
50%
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 2/10/2023
Hard to watch
5/10

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge

1989     91 min     R
N/A%
5.3
Watched on 2/10/2023
Silly
3/10

The Unborn

2009     88 min     PG-13
10%
30%
4.7
Watched on 2/5/2023
Just impossible to get invested in this. Lots of great cast members but the story and overall execution was clumsy.
6/10

Skinamarink

2022     100 min     Not Rated
72%
66%
4.9
Watched on 2/4/2023
Uh. Lots of grain. Not very cogent story-wise. Felt like I was just along for the ride, like watching Eraserhead or something.
6/10

The Lair

2022     97 min     Unrated
35%
41%
4.6
Watched on 2/4/2023
Made me think of Tremors, though not really as goofy. Good fun. Descent mashed up with some Resident Evil something.
4/10

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981     96 min     Not Rated
50%
N/A%
6.7
Watched on 2/3/2023
Made for TV slasher. Not really awful but didn't do much for me.
4/10

The Black Phone

2021     103 min     R
81%
65%
6.9
Watched on 2/2/2023
Really not great. Felt like a rip off of several Stephen King stories all at once.
2/10

The Power

2021     92 min     N/A
84%
60%
5.5
Watched on 2/1/2023
A nurse is possessed by a young girl to get revenge on a pedophile doctor. Not very good.
2/10

The Uninvited

2009     87 min     PG-13
32%
43%
6.3
Watched on 1/29/2023
Felt like a bad mashup of The Stepfather and The Haunting in Conneticut. Very bad. Twist ending but never cared enough for it to work.
3/10

Regression

2016     N/A     N/A
N/A%
N/A
Watched on 1/22/2023
I mean, I don't know. Not so much horror as a thriller with occult themes. Not a good ending.
3/10

She Will

2021     95 min     N/A
85%
73%
5.4
Watched on 1/21/2023
Fairly dull story. Pedestrian.
9/10

Alison's Birthday

1981     99 min     N/A
N/A%
5.7
Watched on 1/21/2023
Very fun. Reminded me of Rosemary's Baby, but with a whole different feel.
5/10

The Room

2019     100 min     Not Rated
71%
N/A%
6.0
Watched on 1/20/2023
Ending was dumb. Reminded me both of Stalker and Vivarium.
7/10

Near Dark

1987     94 min     R
83%
78%
6.9
Watched on 1/20/2023
Pretty fun and weird. Feels like a western at times.
8/10

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes

2021     76 min     N/A
100%
N/A%
5.0
Watched on 1/15/2023
Great color and atmosphere. Weak story.
7/10

Halloween Ends

2022     111 min     R
40%
47%
5.0
Watched on 1/13/2023
Pretty good closing of the franchise
9/10

Funny Games

1997     108 min     Not Rated
71%
69%
7.5
Watched on 1/12/2023
Very hard to watch, but a bold treatment of the story
8/10

Paranormal Activity 3

2011     83 min     R
66%
59%
5.8
Watched on 1/7/2023
This is the one set in the 80s which sets up the Ghost Dimension one. Pretty good.
4/10

Leatherface

2017     90 min     R
27%
40%
5.0
Watched on 1/6/2023
Really not good
3/10

Texas Chainsaw

2013     92 min     R
19%
N/A%
4.8
Watched on 1/5/2023
Not good
7/10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986     101 min     Unrated
50%
42%
5.6
Watched on 1/4/2023
Sort of grew on me. Good payoff at the end.
8/10

Lake Mungo

2008     87 min     R
96%
N/A%
6.3
Watched on 1/1/2023
Superbly authentic feeling found footage type thing
7/10

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974     83 min     R
89%
87%
7.4
Watched on 12/27/2022
Growing on me with repeat viewings.
6/10

Silent Night Deadly Night

1984     79 min     R
44%
31%
5.8
Watched on 12/22/2022
Actually better than I expected
7/10

Dolls

1986     77 min     R
60%
55%
6.3
Watched on 12/20/2022
weird but delightful Stuart Gordon movie
4/10

Darling

2016     6 min     N/A
N/A%
N/A
Watched on 12/19/2022
Not very interesting revenge story
1/10

Satan's Triangle

1975     74 min     N/A
N/A%
5.9
Watched on 12/11/2022
Mostly unforgivable made-for-tv movie
7/10

Pieces

1982     85 min     Not Rated
43%
68%
6.0
Watched on 12/11/2022
LOL
8/10

One Cut of the Dead

2017     96 min     Not Rated
100%
86%
7.6
Watched on 12/9/2022
Really well executed, and a great story.
7/10

Demon Wind

1990     96 min     R
N/A%
4.9
Watched on 12/6/2022
I don't know why I like it
7/10

Sole Survivor

1984     85 min     R
N/A%
6.1
Watched on 12/5/2022
Feels like a precursor to Final Destination
4/10

The Devil Inside

2012     83 min     R
6%
18%
4.2
Watched on 12/4/2022
Really not good exercism story
8/10

Paranormal Activity

2007     86 min     R
83%
68%
6.3
Watched on 12/4/2022
Holds up. Really good.
5/10

The Ring Two

2005     110 min     PG-13
21%
44%
5.4
Watched on 12/3/2022
Not the worst, but sort of grating to watch
6/10

1BR

2019     90 min     TV-MA
88%
56%
5.8
Watched on 11/27/2022
Sort of a fun concept
1/10

The Gracefield Incident

2017     89 min     PG-13
10%
21%
4.2
Watched on 11/26/2022
Very Canadian alien abduction found footage with some unforgivable plot points
2/10

The Devil's Rain

1975     86 min     PG
17%
28%
5.1
Watched on 11/26/2022
Just awful
2/10

Devil's Island

2021     71 min     N/A
N/A%
3.6
Watched on 11/25/2022
Shameful "indie pandemic" movie.
3/10

SX_Tape

2013     82 min     R
33%
N/A%
3.4
Watched on 11/25/2022
Pretty bad
5/10

Offseason

2021     83 min     N/A
68%
55%
4.9
Watched on 11/25/2022
Actually better than I expected, but still not great
6/10

Head Count

2018     90 min     Not Rated
70%
48%
5.4
Watched on 11/25/2022
Sort of funny trying to keep track of all these kids
6/10

Sometimes They Come Back

1991     97 min     R
67%
N/A%
5.7
Watched on 11/25/2022
Sort of derivitive
2/10

The Last Broadcast

1998     86 min     TV-14
53%
N/A%
5.2
Watched on 11/24/2022
Usually love this sort of thing but it just wasn't very well executed. Ending felt like a betrayal.
8/10

The Night House

2020     107 min     R
80%
68%
6.5
Watched on 11/24/2022
Good suspense, and interesting concept. Rebecca Hall.
9/10

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

2015     88 min     R
15%
30%
4.6
Watched on 11/20/2022
Probably my favorite of the franchise
1/10

Incident in a Ghostland

2018     91 min     Not Rated
55%
44%
6.4
Watched on 11/19/2022
Really disappointing plot
9/10

Resurrection

2022     103 min     R
82%
70%
5.9
Watched on 11/19/2022
Frightning every step of the way