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Tricksy Tri
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Movie binger, horror lover, book and comic collector, suspicious that I am cursed by Mercury retrograde, bit witchy (but that’s our secret)

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Something ‘old’: Saw II (2005)

Something new: Locked (2025)

Something ‘borrowed’: Get Out (2017)

Something blue: Bad And Crazy (2021)

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2025’s Locked (I rated it 3.5/5), 2021’s Bad And Crazy (I rated it 5/5), 2005’s Saw 2 (I rated it 3.5:5), and 2017’s Get Out (I rated it 4.5/5).
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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After a re-watch of House Of 1000 Corpses (2003) at the weekend, I went off on a Rob Zombie theme (ignore The Mummy (2017)).

Watching a House Of triple back to back gave me a massive appreciation for 3 From Hell (2019) that I didn’t have when I first watched it.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2017’s The Mummy (I rated it 3.5/5), 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects (I rated it 5/5), 2019’s 3 From Hell (I rated it 4/5), and 2016’s 31 (I rated it 3.5/5).
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A perfect Sunday afternoon/evening double bill while relaxing under a blankie.

#horrorsky
Poster for the horror film House of 1000 Corpses. The right side features a close-up of a decayed, corpse-like face lit in harsh red and yellow tones. On the left, the title “HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES” appears in large red block letters stacked vertically. At the bottom, a dark, ominous image of a rural house glows red under nightfall, with silhouettes and eerie lighting. The text at the top reads, “Written & Directed by Rob Zombie,” and at the bottom, “The most shocking tale of carnage ever seen.” Poster for the horror film Talk to Me. A severed, pale ceramic hand lies on a wooden table beside a lit candle, its fingers stained with blood. Shadowy human hands reach toward it from the darkness above. The background is covered with scribbled, chaotic writing repeatedly saying “TALK TO ME.” A quote at the top reads, “A welcome splash of new blood on the horror landscape.” Near the bottom, text reads: “You call. They’ll answer.” followed by the title Talk to Me and production credits.
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This week has been horror films of my youth. Honestly, most held up to the enjoyment levels I remember.

Saw (2004) remains pretty damn brilliant. The screaming at the end still chilled me to my bones. But I take it personally that it’s over 20 years old…

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1998’s Urban Legend (I rated it 5/5), 2003’s Wrong Turn (I rated it 3.5/5), 2009’s Drag Me To Hell (I rated it 3.5/5), and 2004’s Saw (I rated it 4.5/5).
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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My 300th horror film of the year and 200th classic film of the year was the resplendent The Masquerade Of The Red Death (1964). Delighted to give this honour to the equally glorious Vincent Price.

2025 horror list: boxd.it/BYXUG
2025 classics list: boxd.it/BYYmK

#filmsky #horrorsky
Vintage movie poster for The Masque of the Red Death starring Vincent Price. The poster features a large red-tinted illustration of a man’s face (Vincent Price) filled with smaller, intricate images of people in anguish and torment. Text on the left reads: “LOOK INTO THIS FACE. SHUDDER… at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE… to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP… at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of Baal!” The title appears at the bottom in stylized black and red lettering, with credits for American International Pictures, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, and director Roger Corman.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Winner of the week: the Arrow release of The City Of The Dead (1960) - free to view on YouTube.

Stellar Amicus-adjacent work from Milton Subotsky with nuanced use repetition to enhance the tale.

The image of Barlow holding the giant cross aloft was haunting af.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1960’s The City Of The Dead (I rated it 5/5), 1967’s Theatre Of Death (I rated it 3.5/5), 1996’s The Amityville Dollhouse (I rated it 3/5), and 1976’s Satan’s Slave (I rated it 2.5/5).
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Halloween means spooky marathons, so working my way through rewatches of Fear Street and Hell House LLC.

Tonight is Fear Street: 1666 (2021), Hell House LLC: Origins (2023), and Hell House LLC: Lineage (2025).

Happy Halloween spooky chums!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2019’s Hell House LLC 3: Lake Of Fire (I rated it 3/5), 2018’s Hell House LLC 2: The Abaddon Hotel (I rated it 3.5/5), 2018’s Hell House LLC (I rated it 4/5), and 2021’s Fear Street: 1978 (I rated it 4/5).
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The Collector (1965), utterly brilliant. So close to perfection. So, so close.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002) and, in particular, Gothika (2003), not as good as I remember. Twenty years sure does change taste.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2002’s From The Mothman Prophecies (I rated it 3.5/5), 1989’s Witchtrap (I rated it 3/5), 2003’s Gothika (I rated it 3/5), and 1965’s The Collector (I rated it 4.5/5).
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Clusters of ringless honey mushrooms sprouting up everywhere and so my yearly shroom-watch begins.

Afternoon-shrooms and pre-sunrise-shrooms.

🍄‍🟫
Daytime photo of clusters of large, light brown ringless honey mushrooms growing in bright green grass, with fallen leaves scattered around. The mushrooms form dense overlapping groups, showing wide caps with textured surfaces and curled edges. A photo in low light, taken just before sunrise of dense cluster of light brown ringless honey mushrooms growing in green grass, surrounded by scattered brown autumn leaves. The mushrooms are tightly packed with rounded caps, forming a mound-like shape near the base of a small tree.
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Scratched the itch of rewatching The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). It gets better every time and I hate the sound of chainsaws more every time too.

Hard recommend for From A Whisper To A Scream (1987). Amicus-vibing portmanteau with 80s slasher violence. Fab!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1987’s From A Whisper To A Scream (I rated it 4/5), 1941’s Invisible Ghost (I rated it 3/5), 1980’s Inferno (I rated it 3.5/5), and 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (I rated it 5/5).
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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So I put on Witchboard 2 (1993) expecting a crappy sequel, but turns out it’s as ridiculously great as the first one? What?! 🤣

I’ve never seen a sequel be so lore-perfect to the original.

I’m now so excited to watch Witchboard 3 (1995) as it’s once again written by Kevin Tenney. What a ride 🤣
Movie poster for Witchboard 2: The Devil’s Doorway. A terrified woman with long blonde hair and a white top stares forward as a Ouija board on the table in front of her warps upward into a supernatural vortex. Flames surround the scene. The tagline reads “Everyone’s dying to play.” Actor names appear at the top: Ami Dolenz, Timothy Gibbs, John Gatins, and Laraine Newman.
October 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Last four are top and tailed by two excellent films I’d known nothing about. Gothic tales courtesy of Vincent Price and outrageously perfect 80s schlock courtesy of a ouija board.

Tonight’s evening watch will be Witchboard 2 and I can’t wait! 👻

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1986’s Witchboard (I rated it 4/5), 2016’s Mindhirn (I rated it 3.5/5), 2018’s Delirium (I rated it 2.5/5), and 1963’s Twice Told Tales (I rated it 4/5).
October 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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A pretty fantastic last four. The Hearse (1980) was the only new watch (would’ve been 3.5, but the ending was a bit limp).

Highlight was, naturally, The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) on the big screen in its 4K glory. Can’t get much better than that.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1980’s The Hearse (I rated it 3/5), 1957’s The Curse Of Frankenstein (I rated it 4.5/5), 1972’s Horror Express (I rated it 4/5), and 1972’s Doomwatch (I rated it 4/5).
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Had to share this gorgeous local tree proudly showing off its best Autumnal colours 🍂
A vibrant autumn tree with bright red and orange leaves stands alone on a patch of green grass. Fallen leaves scatter around its base. Behind the tree are red-brick buildings with tiled roofs and windows, and a cloudy gray sky overhead.
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Braved a night out on a school night and to the 4K premiere of The Curse Of Frankenstein in London. It was *chef’s kiss*

A big shout out to the two lovely chaps who kept my daughter and I company while waiting for the doors to open. Wonderful to chat classic films while out in the wild.
A theatre screen displays promotional art for the world premiere of the 4K restoration of The Curse of Frankenstein. The artwork shows a dramatic painted scene with a skeletal figure, a monstrous creature looming with outstretched hands (The Creature/Christopher Lee), and a stern-looking man in a white coat (Baron Victor Frankenstein/Peter Cushing) surrounded by laboratory equipment and red liquid in a flask. Text reads: “On behalf of John Gore, welcome to the world premiere for the 4K restoration of The Curse of Frankenstein.” Logos for Hammer, Icon Film Distribution, John Gore Studios, Silversalt Restoration, and Warner Archive Collection are along the bottom. Three people pose together on a red carpet in front of a backdrop with logos including Hammer, The Curse of Frankenstein, John Gore Studios, Warner Archive Collection, and others. The person in the center wears a long black coat and has a pale, theatrical appearance, (in costume as Frankenstein’s Creature) while the two people on either side, both smiling, wear casual outfits—one in a denim jacket and dark pants, and the other in a cream sweater with a checkered skirt.
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Everyone should watch The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976) and Capricorn One (1977).

Very different films (naturally!), but both the epitome of kickass 70s thrillers.

Epic atmosphere, epic actors, epic storytelling. Yes, yes, yes!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2016’s The Neon Demon (I rated it 3.5/5), 1976’s The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (I rated it 5/5), 1999’s The Bone Collector (I rated it 4/5), and 1977’s Capricorn One (I rated it 4/5).
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Found it this afternoon in its normal froggy home in the back garden 😄
September 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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My garden frog friend was kind enough this afternoon to let me get super close and take an ickle piccie 🐸
A brown frog with dark markings sits on a gravel path, facing the camera. Some green grass blades are visible in the foreground.
September 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Another super successful viewing week.

I went into Caddo Lake (2024) expecting a standard detective drama I could doomscroll to, but no, it was actually an incredible sci-fi mystery that made me tear up?!

Watched the whole thing without looking at my phone!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1964’s The Night Walker (I rated it 4/5), 1959’s The Incredible Petrified World (I rated it 2/5), 2013’s Prisoners (I rated it 4/5), and 2024’s Caddo Lake (I rated it 4.5/5).
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Sunday afternoon viewing of Peeping Tom (1960) and accidentally paused on this wonderful shot of Anna Massey.

Kind of apt, I think.
Alt text: A young Anna Massey, with short brown hair and subtle makeup looks directly at the camera with a soft expression, wearing an orange top and a delicate necklace. The image is from the 1960 film Peeping Tom.
September 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I don’t know wtf I was dreaming about last night, but I woke up this morning lying in a full on Peter Pan pose?
Animated character Peter Pan stands confidently with hands on hips, wearing a green tunic, tights, and hat with a red feather, against a night sky backdrop with stars and silhouettes of rooftops.
September 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Another Hammer down and another Stephen King adaption I really should have seen by now. Very impressed by both.

The surprise was 1956’s revenge thriller The Killer Is Loose. It was far more absorbing than expected.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1935’s Inside The Room (I rated it 2.5/5), 1963’s The Scarlet Blade (I rated it 3.5/5), 1983’s The Dead Zone (I rated it 4/5), and 1956’s The Killer Is Loose (I rated it 3.5/5).
September 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Oops 😬
A stack of six Arrow Video Blu-ray cases on a wooden surface. From top to bottom, the titles are: Heathers, After Midnight, Deadstream, Rampo Noir, Pandemonium, and Loop Track. The spines are colorful, with each title in a distinct font, and the Arrow Video logo appears on each case.
September 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Spotted Mission To Mars (2000) on tv for a trashy, fun rewatch and got excited.

Turns out I was a dolt. It was, in fact, very bad tv movie Escape From Mars (1999).

Even worse, I sat through the whole thing…?!
Movie poster for 1999’s Escape from Mars. The top half shows four astronauts in profile, wearing helmets and bathed in a red tint. Below them, white text reads: “The finest crew. The greatest ship. The most dangerous mission.” The title “Escape from Mars” is in bold yellow, futuristic lettering over an image of Mars’ surface at the bottom. Movie for 2000’s Mission to Mars. The design is dominated by a red hue, with two astronauts in helmets at the top right, one pointing forward. A bright vertical beam of light shoots upward from the Martian surface, where a rover and astronauts stand near its base. The title “MISSION TO MARS” is in large metallic block letters at the bottom, and “Gary Sinise and Tim Robbins” is written at the top in yellow text.
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Very guilty of being on my phone while watching a film this week.

I need to revisit The Discovery (2017) as I was more listening than watching.
I'm 100% sure I missed nuances, and rating it 3.5 based on mostly what I heard means it deserved more of my attention.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1954’s Final Appointment (I rated it 3.5/5), 1965’s The Big Job (I rated it 3.5/5), 2017’s The Discovery (I rated it 3.5/5), and 2023’s Taped Up Memories (I rated it 1.5/5).
September 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM