Media Life Crisis
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Too many movies, too little life.
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Unfortunately the #Octoblur24 movie marathon is going to have to stop here. The more banal horrors of real life are interfering. To be revived at a later date, hopefully! open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 17, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Unfortunately the #Octoblur24 movie marathon is going to have to stop here. The more banal horrors of real life are interfering. To be revived at a later date, hopefully! open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 21 is #ThePhantomoftheOpera (1925), d. #RupertJulian. Simple silent melodrama retains its power via visual scale & timeless #LonChaney creep performance. 92.88% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 16, 2024 at 8:07 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 21 is #ThePhantomoftheOpera (1925), d. #RupertJulian. Simple silent melodrama retains its power via visual scale & timeless #LonChaney creep performance. 92.88% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 20 is #MadMonsterParty (1967), d. #JulesBass. Neatly designed monster animation is promising but odd narrative choices are devoid of charm & very few of its vaudevillian jokes are funny. 35.19% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 15, 2024 at 3:46 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 20 is #MadMonsterParty (1967), d. #JulesBass. Neatly designed monster animation is promising but odd narrative choices are devoid of charm & very few of its vaudevillian jokes are funny. 35.19% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 19 is #Hollywood90028 (1973), d. #ChristinaHornisher. Not a horror movie. It's arthouse navel gazing that borders on tedium, plus a few murders, plus a dynamite last 3 minutes. Not horror. Boo. 35.44% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 14, 2024 at 5:56 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 19 is #Hollywood90028 (1973), d. #ChristinaHornisher. Not a horror movie. It's arthouse navel gazing that borders on tedium, plus a few murders, plus a dynamite last 3 minutes. Not horror. Boo. 35.44% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 18 is #HollywoodChainsawHookers (1988), d. #FredOlenRay. Not anywhere as funny as it wants to be, but delivers on its title promise with #MichelleBauer & #LinneaQuigley & power tools. 41.91% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 14, 2024 at 5:52 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 18 is #HollywoodChainsawHookers (1988), d. #FredOlenRay. Not anywhere as funny as it wants to be, but delivers on its title promise with #MichelleBauer & #LinneaQuigley & power tools. 41.91% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 17 is #Frankenhooker (1990), d. #FrankHenenlotter. Solidly fun & funny script in this top class darkly comic New York indie sleaze classic feat. exploding hookers & creative creature effects. 73.97% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 12, 2024 at 8:39 PM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 17 is #Frankenhooker (1990), d. #FrankHenenlotter. Solidly fun & funny script in this top class darkly comic New York indie sleaze classic feat. exploding hookers & creative creature effects. 73.97% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 16 is #ZombieNightmare (1986), d. #JackBravman. A zombie revenge movie so bad #JonMiklThor couldn't even bother to film all of his scenes. #AdamWest is in this for no reason. Features a #Motorhead song. 11.99% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 12, 2024 at 2:09 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 16 is #ZombieNightmare (1986), d. #JackBravman. A zombie revenge movie so bad #JonMiklThor couldn't even bother to film all of his scenes. #AdamWest is in this for no reason. Features a #Motorhead song. 11.99% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 15 is #TheRanger (2018), d. #JennWexler. Nicely directed+acted woodsy thriller about outlaw punks hunted by an insane forest ranger. #ChloëLevine and #JeremyHolm excel in lead roles. 59.56% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 11, 2024 at 2:32 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 15 is #TheRanger (2018), d. #JennWexler. Nicely directed+acted woodsy thriller about outlaw punks hunted by an insane forest ranger. #ChloëLevine and #JeremyHolm excel in lead roles. 59.56% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 12 is #Grotesque (1988), d. #JoeTornatore. Sleazy thriller starring #LindaBlair & deranged ‘punkers’ is absolutely bewildering by the time the credits roll. WTF ending is at least interesting. 29.98% on @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 10, 2024 at 6:57 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 12 is #Grotesque (1988), d. #JoeTornatore. Sleazy thriller starring #LindaBlair & deranged ‘punkers’ is absolutely bewildering by the time the credits roll. WTF ending is at least interesting. 29.98% on @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 12 is #Rock'n'RollNightmare (1987), d. #JohnFasano. Mundane yet epic tale of metal band beseiged by incoherent horrors, incl. penis-shaped monsters. Writer/star #JonMiklThor is something else. 25.54% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 10, 2024 at 6:57 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 12 is #Rock'n'RollNightmare (1987), d. #JohnFasano. Mundane yet epic tale of metal band beseiged by incoherent horrors, incl. penis-shaped monsters. Writer/star #JonMiklThor is something else. 25.54% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 12 is #GWAR #PhallusinWonderland (1992), d. #JudasBullhorn #DistortionWells. Inane & gross collection skits & music videos is surely what GWAR fans wanted but I had no idea what was happening. 12.01% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 9, 2024 at 2:39 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 12 is #GWAR #PhallusinWonderland (1992), d. #JudasBullhorn #DistortionWells. Inane & gross collection skits & music videos is surely what GWAR fans wanted but I had no idea what was happening. 12.01% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 10 is #BloodHarvest (1987), d. #BillRebane. Dull & dirty slasher doesn't make much more than a marketing gimmick out of #TinyTim as a menacing clown. 23.71% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 8, 2024 at 5:52 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 10 is #BloodHarvest (1987), d. #BillRebane. Dull & dirty slasher doesn't make much more than a marketing gimmick out of #TinyTim as a menacing clown. 23.71% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 9 is #Freaks (1932), d. #TodBrowning. Classic sideshow revenge yarn is 90% simple melodrama but always fascinating. 94.34% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 8, 2024 at 5:51 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 9 is #Freaks (1932), d. #TodBrowning. Classic sideshow revenge yarn is 90% simple melodrama but always fascinating. 94.34% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 8 is #Hellbender (2021), d. #JohnAdams #ZeldaAdams #TobyPoser. Neat family-made indie horror coming-of-age drama about isolated lineage of witches. Drags at the end & digital effects vary in appeal & quality. 53.29% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 6, 2024 at 8:23 PM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 8 is #Hellbender (2021), d. #JohnAdams #ZeldaAdams #TobyPoser. Neat family-made indie horror coming-of-age drama about isolated lineage of witches. Drags at the end & digital effects vary in appeal & quality. 53.29% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 7 is #AliceCooper #WelcometoMyNightmare (1975), d. #DavidWinters. Concert film involves monsters, spiders, beheading & misogyny. Dated & corny, but fun as time capsule -- and 30 minutes too long. 33.54% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 7 is #AliceCooper #WelcometoMyNightmare (1975), d. #DavidWinters. Concert film involves monsters, spiders, beheading & misogyny. Dated & corny, but fun as time capsule -- and 30 minutes too long. 33.54% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 6 is #Suck (2009), d. #RobStefaniuk. Ghastly-looking low-budget comedy is slight but has fun script & loaded cast incl. #MalcolmMcDowell #AliceCooper #HenryRollins #IggyPop #Moby. 33.62% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 6, 2024 at 1:19 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 6 is #Suck (2009), d. #RobStefaniuk. Ghastly-looking low-budget comedy is slight but has fun script & loaded cast incl. #MalcolmMcDowell #AliceCooper #HenryRollins #IggyPop #Moby. 33.62% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 5 is #Jennifer'sBody (2009), d. #KarynKusama. Wannabe edgy teen horror for girls has its moments but droops when it should pop. Uneven cast and bad CGI do it no favors. 41.91% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 6, 2024 at 1:08 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 5 is #Jennifer'sBody (2009), d. #KarynKusama. Wannabe edgy teen horror for girls has its moments but droops when it should pop. Uneven cast and bad CGI do it no favors. 41.91% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 4 is #Vamp (1986), d. #RichardWenk. Neon-lit #OneCrazyNight vampire thriller doesn't excel in all areas but has strong appealing quirky style + #GraceJones at her weirdest. 62.46% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 5, 2024 at 12:34 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 4 is #Vamp (1986), d. #RichardWenk. Neon-lit #OneCrazyNight vampire thriller doesn't excel in all areas but has strong appealing quirky style + #GraceJones at her weirdest. 62.46% on Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 3 is #Rockula (1990), d. #LucaBercovici. Too-wacky comedy about vampire w/a rock band is ultimately charming if rarely funny. Appealing cast seems to be having fun & that’s infectious. 50.15% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 4, 2024 at 5:41 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 3 is #Rockula (1990), d. #LucaBercovici. Too-wacky comedy about vampire w/a rock band is ultimately charming if rarely funny. Appealing cast seems to be having fun & that’s infectious. 50.15% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 2 is #RocktoberBlood (1984), d. #BeverlySebastian. Scuzzy lo-fi slasher delivers 80s video store trash & w/minimal class and talent. Only for VHS horror junkies, but very much a treat for those weirdos (me). 52.65% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 3, 2024 at 4:30 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 2 is #RocktoberBlood (1984), d. #BeverlySebastian. Scuzzy lo-fi slasher delivers 80s video store trash & w/minimal class and talent. Only for VHS horror junkies, but very much a treat for those weirdos (me). 52.65% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 1 is #PhantomoftheParadise (1974), d. #BrianDePalma. Glorious Rocky Horror-era pastiche of Faust+Phantom+glam+doo-wop+Frankenstein+Dorian Gray+Alice Cooper, w/Paul Williams as a Satanic lothario. Fun. 95.57% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
October 3, 2024 at 4:27 AM
#Octoblur24 #Rocktober movie 1 is #PhantomoftheParadise (1974), d. #BrianDePalma. Glorious Rocky Horror-era pastiche of Faust+Phantom+glam+doo-wop+Frankenstein+Dorian Gray+Alice Cooper, w/Paul Williams as a Satanic lothario. Fun. 95.57% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
It's time for #Octoblur24, the annual horror movie festival stuffing too many movies into a single month. This year's theme: #ROCKTOBER! Stay tuned for daily reviews of music-themed and rock-adjacent horror movies all month long!
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Octoblur 2024!
Bang yer head. Rock Horror'll drive you mad.
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October 2, 2024 at 4:55 AM
It's time for #Octoblur24, the annual horror movie festival stuffing too many movies into a single month. This year's theme: #ROCKTOBER! Stay tuned for daily reviews of music-themed and rock-adjacent horror movies all month long!
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New #SilverScreenStreak #moviechallenge list: #PsychologicalThrillers. Will watch: #Suspicion 1941 #AlfredHitchcock + #TheSkinILiveIn 2011 #PedroAlmodóvar. Maybe: More #Hitchcock in #Marnie #TheLodger #Sabotage plus #filmnoir & more. Preview: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
Silver Screen Streak List #26: Psychological Thrillers
Flickchart's top-ranked Psychological Thrillers I haven't seen
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May 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
New #SilverScreenStreak #moviechallenge list: #PsychologicalThrillers. Will watch: #Suspicion 1941 #AlfredHitchcock + #TheSkinILiveIn 2011 #PedroAlmodóvar. Maybe: More #Hitchcock in #Marnie #TheLodger #Sabotage plus #filmnoir & more. Preview: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#SilverScreenStreak list #AACTABestPicture movie 2 is #HacksawRidge (2016), d. #MelGibson. Shocking bipolar war movie slops on heaps of gooey sentiment & gore, turning novel subject into grating cartoon. 2.57% @Flickchart. A new low for this #moviechallenge. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
Silver Screen Streak List #25: 02. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Dir.: Mel Gibson
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May 13, 2024 at 6:27 AM
#SilverScreenStreak list #AACTABestPicture movie 2 is #HacksawRidge (2016), d. #MelGibson. Shocking bipolar war movie slops on heaps of gooey sentiment & gore, turning novel subject into grating cartoon. 2.57% @Flickchart. A new low for this #moviechallenge. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
#SilverScreenStreak list #AACTABestPicture movie 1 is #Gallipoli (1981), d. #PeterWeir. Stock antiwar movie doesn't sell profound Australian importance, but looks good & young #MelGibson radiates. 59.05% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...
Silver Screen Streak List #25: 01. GALLIPOLI (1981)
Dir.: Peter Weir
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April 28, 2024 at 11:03 PM
#SilverScreenStreak list #AACTABestPicture movie 1 is #Gallipoli (1981), d. #PeterWeir. Stock antiwar movie doesn't sell profound Australian importance, but looks good & young #MelGibson radiates. 59.05% @Flickchart. Review: open.substack.com/pub/medialif...