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Scottish Freelance Film Journo, Author, Dandy, Horror-Lover, Queer.
Erotic occult disco diva. Trash tbh.
Posts at www.forbiddenroom.co.uk
I love that within 20 seconds of Afterburn you know it’s going to be hot fckn garbage and I’m so here for it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s latest film Reflection in a Dead Diamond is their best work yet; a kaleidoscopic love letter to psychedelic Euro spy films of the 60s and 70s. Sexy, brutal, beautiful, and utterly entrancing.

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Reflection in a Dead Diamond - The Forbidden Room
Since 2009 Belgian duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani have been crafting exquisite genre love letters. Their brand of eye-candy visuals and intensely sensuous sound design are instantly recognisable,...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Brute 1976 starts off like the kind of schlocky throwback low-end slasher that’s made for watching with horror fans at horror festivals. Shame that bad acting and lack of editing make the third act a total slog. Kudos for the worst/best dick-related gore gag I’ve seen in donks, though.
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
No new pictures.
Where you at mentally?
January 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Kicking off my Saturday with a lil Giallo for breakfast. #NowWatching
January 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The Children is one of the better B-Movie Troma films. Panned on release, it’s a surprisingly moody piece of zombie horror where radioactive kids incinerate unsuspecting adults with a touch of the hand. The solution? Chopping of said hands with a katana of course.
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Checked out the Carpenter’s Village of the Damned. Great adaptation of Wyndham’s book; classic Carpenter vibes (shock, pulpy violence, sci-fi camp, a dose of nihilism) but quite tenderly explores the terror of forced pregnancy and it’s impact on the women of Midwich. #film #JohnCarpenter
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
First post on Blue Sky. Figured I’d try this since Twitter has become hot garbage.
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM