The Scarlet Troll
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I like movies and comics and movies about comics. Also I have a Youtube channel where I talk about such things, usually in podcast form. He/Him. 30.
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23/?, The Raven
This has Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, AND Peter Lorre, it's basically a perfect movie. Also I forgot this line from Price was even in the movie, but boy does it hit right now.
"Men like Scarabus thrive on the apathy of others, he's thrived on mine and that offends me."
This has Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, AND Peter Lorre, it's basically a perfect movie. Also I forgot this line from Price was even in the movie, but boy does it hit right now.
"Men like Scarabus thrive on the apathy of others, he's thrived on mine and that offends me."
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
23/?, The Raven
This has Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, AND Peter Lorre, it's basically a perfect movie. Also I forgot this line from Price was even in the movie, but boy does it hit right now.
"Men like Scarabus thrive on the apathy of others, he's thrived on mine and that offends me."
This has Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, AND Peter Lorre, it's basically a perfect movie. Also I forgot this line from Price was even in the movie, but boy does it hit right now.
"Men like Scarabus thrive on the apathy of others, he's thrived on mine and that offends me."
Got 22/? in tonight, The Cursed (2021)
Vibes and atmosphere count for a lot, and as far as I'm concerned those are through the roof in this one. Along with a neat character design and concept, definitely recommend.
Vibes and atmosphere count for a lot, and as far as I'm concerned those are through the roof in this one. Along with a neat character design and concept, definitely recommend.
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Got 22/? in tonight, The Cursed (2021)
Vibes and atmosphere count for a lot, and as far as I'm concerned those are through the roof in this one. Along with a neat character design and concept, definitely recommend.
Vibes and atmosphere count for a lot, and as far as I'm concerned those are through the roof in this one. Along with a neat character design and concept, definitely recommend.
Also got 21/? last night, A Nightmare On Elm Street
I feel like it's a disservice to call this horror movie comfort food, but for me? About the best way I can describe it. Uncomfortable and frightening at points but doesn't send me into a panic/depression spiral afterward.
I feel like it's a disservice to call this horror movie comfort food, but for me? About the best way I can describe it. Uncomfortable and frightening at points but doesn't send me into a panic/depression spiral afterward.
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Also got 21/? last night, A Nightmare On Elm Street
I feel like it's a disservice to call this horror movie comfort food, but for me? About the best way I can describe it. Uncomfortable and frightening at points but doesn't send me into a panic/depression spiral afterward.
I feel like it's a disservice to call this horror movie comfort food, but for me? About the best way I can describe it. Uncomfortable and frightening at points but doesn't send me into a panic/depression spiral afterward.
I had such a lead at the start of this month and then life happened. Oh well, 20/?, Clown in a Cornfield.
When I saw this it was an easy top 10 contender for the year. I don't think it's still top 10, but I still had a good time with it. Messaging counts for a lot.
When I saw this it was an easy top 10 contender for the year. I don't think it's still top 10, but I still had a good time with it. Messaging counts for a lot.
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I had such a lead at the start of this month and then life happened. Oh well, 20/?, Clown in a Cornfield.
When I saw this it was an easy top 10 contender for the year. I don't think it's still top 10, but I still had a good time with it. Messaging counts for a lot.
When I saw this it was an easy top 10 contender for the year. I don't think it's still top 10, but I still had a good time with it. Messaging counts for a lot.
Another one from the previous night that I just got to logging,
19/?, Black Phone 2
There's a lot of elements here that I like and one that I think brings it down a full tier for me. I dunno. I think this is one where I might not have a concrete opinion until I watch it a second time.
19/?, Black Phone 2
There's a lot of elements here that I like and one that I think brings it down a full tier for me. I dunno. I think this is one where I might not have a concrete opinion until I watch it a second time.
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Another one from the previous night that I just got to logging,
19/?, Black Phone 2
There's a lot of elements here that I like and one that I think brings it down a full tier for me. I dunno. I think this is one where I might not have a concrete opinion until I watch it a second time.
19/?, Black Phone 2
There's a lot of elements here that I like and one that I think brings it down a full tier for me. I dunno. I think this is one where I might not have a concrete opinion until I watch it a second time.
Watched 18/? last night but just logging it now, Eyes Without A Face (1960)
This has validated my decision to try watching more non-English horror films. Great acting, great camera work, and REALLY great effects for the time. Even the MASK looks genuinely unnerving.
This has validated my decision to try watching more non-English horror films. Great acting, great camera work, and REALLY great effects for the time. Even the MASK looks genuinely unnerving.
October 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Watched 18/? last night but just logging it now, Eyes Without A Face (1960)
This has validated my decision to try watching more non-English horror films. Great acting, great camera work, and REALLY great effects for the time. Even the MASK looks genuinely unnerving.
This has validated my decision to try watching more non-English horror films. Great acting, great camera work, and REALLY great effects for the time. Even the MASK looks genuinely unnerving.
As much as I'm making a concentrated effort to squeeze in horror movies I haven't seen before this month, it's a classic that I always have to include.
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
As much as I'm making a concentrated effort to squeeze in horror movies I haven't seen before this month, it's a classic that I always have to include.
I'm usually not the biggest found footage fan, but it was a very pleasant surprise. Also reinforced that I need to make myself watch more non-English films or at least more films made outside the USA, so tonight it's Eyes Without A Face.
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'm usually not the biggest found footage fan, but it was a very pleasant surprise. Also reinforced that I need to make myself watch more non-English films or at least more films made outside the USA, so tonight it's Eyes Without A Face.
Been a minute since I've done one of these/had one that felt worth showing, but 'tis the season.
![A screencap of Letterboxd recent movie watching activity, listing [REC], Sinners, House on Haunted Hill, and Lights Out](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nrtioqaktmqip6sm5jifngcf/bafkreigzwmuupqabegsufyjgkjikzfjcaae27vkdlh5qqqneqjvz6bkcfm@jpeg)
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Been a minute since I've done one of these/had one that felt worth showing, but 'tis the season.
And just got to 17/?, 2007's [REC]
I feel like this is why you try your best not to write off particular subgenres. I'm generally not the biggest found footage horror fan, but this one hit a spot. I had a pretty good time with it.
I feel like this is why you try your best not to write off particular subgenres. I'm generally not the biggest found footage horror fan, but this one hit a spot. I had a pretty good time with it.
![Poster for the 2007 movie [REC]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nrtioqaktmqip6sm5jifngcf/bafkreia7dcfrxvmb3r3cdbdvr3woiwa4mnfi3iooj2sptgfqltba43tos4@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
And just got to 17/?, 2007's [REC]
I feel like this is why you try your best not to write off particular subgenres. I'm generally not the biggest found footage horror fan, but this one hit a spot. I had a pretty good time with it.
I feel like this is why you try your best not to write off particular subgenres. I'm generally not the biggest found footage horror fan, but this one hit a spot. I had a pretty good time with it.
Got hung up on some projects and missed a couple days, time to get a lead back with 16/?, a rewatch of Sinners.
This is still easily the best release I've seen all year. Likely one of the best of the decade. Very likely an alltime favorite, but I think I need at least a little more time to confirm
This is still easily the best release I've seen all year. Likely one of the best of the decade. Very likely an alltime favorite, but I think I need at least a little more time to confirm
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Got hung up on some projects and missed a couple days, time to get a lead back with 16/?, a rewatch of Sinners.
This is still easily the best release I've seen all year. Likely one of the best of the decade. Very likely an alltime favorite, but I think I need at least a little more time to confirm
This is still easily the best release I've seen all year. Likely one of the best of the decade. Very likely an alltime favorite, but I think I need at least a little more time to confirm
Oh sorry, I thought you meant the second season. I think the third episode is where season one gets going, if memory serves?
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Oh sorry, I thought you meant the second season. I think the third episode is where season one gets going, if memory serves?
I think it just feels unfocused? Like there's three different things going on in this season that could all be the main crux of the story but instead they're all competing with each other and that just makes the usual Gunn shenanigans feel like a waste of time instead of a positive accentuation.
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think it just feels unfocused? Like there's three different things going on in this season that could all be the main crux of the story but instead they're all competing with each other and that just makes the usual Gunn shenanigans feel like a waste of time instead of a positive accentuation.
Watched 15/? last night, House on Haunted Hill (1959)
I don't think I've seen a single movie with Vincent Price in it that wasn't 10/10 for his presence if nothing else. I love this movie.
I don't think I've seen a single movie with Vincent Price in it that wasn't 10/10 for his presence if nothing else. I love this movie.
October 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Watched 15/? last night, House on Haunted Hill (1959)
I don't think I've seen a single movie with Vincent Price in it that wasn't 10/10 for his presence if nothing else. I love this movie.
I don't think I've seen a single movie with Vincent Price in it that wasn't 10/10 for his presence if nothing else. I love this movie.
And for 14/?, 2016's Lights Out.
I liked this a lot, except maybe for the ending? But I actually really like the characters and there's some very creative uses of light and the absence thereof in this movie.
And if I watch Until Dawn I'll have seen all of Sandberg's movies.
I liked this a lot, except maybe for the ending? But I actually really like the characters and there's some very creative uses of light and the absence thereof in this movie.
And if I watch Until Dawn I'll have seen all of Sandberg's movies.
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
And for 14/?, 2016's Lights Out.
I liked this a lot, except maybe for the ending? But I actually really like the characters and there's some very creative uses of light and the absence thereof in this movie.
And if I watch Until Dawn I'll have seen all of Sandberg's movies.
I liked this a lot, except maybe for the ending? But I actually really like the characters and there's some very creative uses of light and the absence thereof in this movie.
And if I watch Until Dawn I'll have seen all of Sandberg's movies.
Forgot to log 13/? last night. Since we're also coming up on the end of the year, it's not only time for horror movies but also to start rewatching potential contenders for my favorite movies I saw this year. And this does both.
The Monkey is a stupid goddamn movie and I love every minute of it.
The Monkey is a stupid goddamn movie and I love every minute of it.
October 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Forgot to log 13/? last night. Since we're also coming up on the end of the year, it's not only time for horror movies but also to start rewatching potential contenders for my favorite movies I saw this year. And this does both.
The Monkey is a stupid goddamn movie and I love every minute of it.
The Monkey is a stupid goddamn movie and I love every minute of it.
12/? is probably the... actually least scary horror movie I've seen so far this month? 2017's November
I... have no idea what the heck I just watched. Maybe it's a consequence of doing it as a friend group movie night watch, but it did not click for me.
I... have no idea what the heck I just watched. Maybe it's a consequence of doing it as a friend group movie night watch, but it did not click for me.
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
12/? is probably the... actually least scary horror movie I've seen so far this month? 2017's November
I... have no idea what the heck I just watched. Maybe it's a consequence of doing it as a friend group movie night watch, but it did not click for me.
I... have no idea what the heck I just watched. Maybe it's a consequence of doing it as a friend group movie night watch, but it did not click for me.
Having just rewatched it recently, may I suggest Dead & Buried?
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Having just rewatched it recently, may I suggest Dead & Buried?
Okay I don't technically know that this fully counts but depending on the institution it'd be long enough to count as a feature film, so 11/?: Werewolf By Night (2022)
In my totally biased opinion, this is the best thing Marvel Studios has ever done and the lack of follow-up is unforgivable.
In my totally biased opinion, this is the best thing Marvel Studios has ever done and the lack of follow-up is unforgivable.
October 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Okay I don't technically know that this fully counts but depending on the institution it'd be long enough to count as a feature film, so 11/?: Werewolf By Night (2022)
In my totally biased opinion, this is the best thing Marvel Studios has ever done and the lack of follow-up is unforgivable.
In my totally biased opinion, this is the best thing Marvel Studios has ever done and the lack of follow-up is unforgivable.
And for 10/? I finally got to watch Good Boy!
He is in fact a very good boy, and this is a very good movie that, I kid you not, is actually made even better by what's after the credits. I'm serious.
He is in fact a very good boy, and this is a very good movie that, I kid you not, is actually made even better by what's after the credits. I'm serious.
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
And for 10/? I finally got to watch Good Boy!
He is in fact a very good boy, and this is a very good movie that, I kid you not, is actually made even better by what's after the credits. I'm serious.
He is in fact a very good boy, and this is a very good movie that, I kid you not, is actually made even better by what's after the credits. I'm serious.
Had dinner with my dad who's not a big horror fan, so 9/? is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
As someone who likes but is steadily gaining more of an appreciation for the original, I'm still amazed that this almost forty year later, kinda uneven sequel is as entertaining as it is.
As someone who likes but is steadily gaining more of an appreciation for the original, I'm still amazed that this almost forty year later, kinda uneven sequel is as entertaining as it is.
October 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Had dinner with my dad who's not a big horror fan, so 9/? is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
As someone who likes but is steadily gaining more of an appreciation for the original, I'm still amazed that this almost forty year later, kinda uneven sequel is as entertaining as it is.
As someone who likes but is steadily gaining more of an appreciation for the original, I'm still amazed that this almost forty year later, kinda uneven sequel is as entertaining as it is.
"obvious contemporary update of Hansel and Gretel"
... Obvious in that nihilistic eurocentric "there's no such thing as originality therefore everything is a ripoff of some fairy tale even if they have only the most barebone similarities"? Because that was news to me.
... Obvious in that nihilistic eurocentric "there's no such thing as originality therefore everything is a ripoff of some fairy tale even if they have only the most barebone similarities"? Because that was news to me.
October 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"obvious contemporary update of Hansel and Gretel"
... Obvious in that nihilistic eurocentric "there's no such thing as originality therefore everything is a ripoff of some fairy tale even if they have only the most barebone similarities"? Because that was news to me.
... Obvious in that nihilistic eurocentric "there's no such thing as originality therefore everything is a ripoff of some fairy tale even if they have only the most barebone similarities"? Because that was news to me.
Continuing with 8/?, 1981's Dead & Buried!
I think this is one of my favorite horror movies that I somehow always forget about until I'm on a horror kick. Some really great makeup/prosthetics work, a great atmospheric setting and some delightfully sinister performances all around.
I think this is one of my favorite horror movies that I somehow always forget about until I'm on a horror kick. Some really great makeup/prosthetics work, a great atmospheric setting and some delightfully sinister performances all around.
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Continuing with 8/?, 1981's Dead & Buried!
I think this is one of my favorite horror movies that I somehow always forget about until I'm on a horror kick. Some really great makeup/prosthetics work, a great atmospheric setting and some delightfully sinister performances all around.
I think this is one of my favorite horror movies that I somehow always forget about until I'm on a horror kick. Some really great makeup/prosthetics work, a great atmospheric setting and some delightfully sinister performances all around.
And we're up to 7/? with House on Eden (2025)
I'm probably more generous with horror films than any other genre, so when I say I think this was alright... know that there's a pretty big asterisk. Definitely enforces that I'm not a big fan of found footage OR online ghost hunter influencers.
I'm probably more generous with horror films than any other genre, so when I say I think this was alright... know that there's a pretty big asterisk. Definitely enforces that I'm not a big fan of found footage OR online ghost hunter influencers.
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
And we're up to 7/? with House on Eden (2025)
I'm probably more generous with horror films than any other genre, so when I say I think this was alright... know that there's a pretty big asterisk. Definitely enforces that I'm not a big fan of found footage OR online ghost hunter influencers.
I'm probably more generous with horror films than any other genre, so when I say I think this was alright... know that there's a pretty big asterisk. Definitely enforces that I'm not a big fan of found footage OR online ghost hunter influencers.
Had plans yesterday but I'm back with 6/?, House (1977)
This might be one of my favorite horror movies ever despite the fact that it doesn't really scare me at all? It's just goofy enough to be unnerving at points, and Obayashi's intent to make a movie that's just like a kid's dream works 100%.
This might be one of my favorite horror movies ever despite the fact that it doesn't really scare me at all? It's just goofy enough to be unnerving at points, and Obayashi's intent to make a movie that's just like a kid's dream works 100%.
October 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Had plans yesterday but I'm back with 6/?, House (1977)
This might be one of my favorite horror movies ever despite the fact that it doesn't really scare me at all? It's just goofy enough to be unnerving at points, and Obayashi's intent to make a movie that's just like a kid's dream works 100%.
This might be one of my favorite horror movies ever despite the fact that it doesn't really scare me at all? It's just goofy enough to be unnerving at points, and Obayashi's intent to make a movie that's just like a kid's dream works 100%.