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Dracula AD 1972 (1972)
Dracula AD 1972 is one of the not fondly remembered Hammer films to star Christopher Lee as the eternal bloodsucker, the penultimate entry before The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) finally stuck a stake in the franchise’s heart. When AD came out it was widely panned and it seems to have retained its dire reception…
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The Baby (1973)
One of the… stranger horror films of the 1970s, director Ted Post’s The Baby was recently reviewed on YouTube channel RedLetterMedia’s “Best of the Worst” strand and described as one of the best that they’ve seen on that show. It’s certainly something. The plot sees Mrs Wadsworth (Ruth Roman) meet social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette…
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
I just saw Love Lies Bleeding and it was really good. A lesbian romance crossed with a crime drama and set in the 1980s, it stars Kristen Stewart as a mulleted gym clerk, Lou, whose father, Lou Sr (Ed Harris), is a dangerous criminal in the Nevada desert. One day a young woman called Jackie…
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Immaculate (2024)
You’d be forgiven for thinking that we’re in a glut of the sub-genre that is Catholic horror movies, after last year’s The Nun II (2023), the upcoming First Omen (2024), and now Immaculate, directed by Michael Mohan and written by Andrew Lobel. How about, for once, a horror movie where a couple of atheists sit…
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The Holdovers (2023)
I saw The Holdovers and really enjoyed it. I saw it on a whim when a friend suggested it, and approached the film almost reluctantly, thinking that it seemed like one of those formulated Oscar-bait dramas that get awards because they’re about important themes. I also hate coming-of-age films, and the marketing made it seem…
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Imaginary (2024)
Well, I just saw Imaginary, the latest Blumhouse excretion, and it’s an Oscar contender for most boring film of the year. This was actually a major disappointment since the trailers made it seem as though it’d be visually and conceptually interesting. Filmed through what seemed to be eyeholes in a mask and evoking a topsy-turvy…
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
I just watched Lisa Frankenstein and it was one of those movies where almost nothing really works, and yet… I kind of loved it. The unfortunately named Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) is an ‘80s teenage outcast whose mother was killed by an axe murderer. She’s now struggling to deal with a bitchy stepmother (Carla Gugino)…
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Madame Web (2024)
You know superhero movies are in trouble when studios start downplaying the fact they’re superhero movies. Sony’s marketing for Madame Web has focused on its supposed properties as a “suspense thriller”, which is a bit like trying to sell I Spit on Your Grave as a screwball comedy. Of course, anyone sensible knows it’s going…
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Jade (1995)
Why was Joe Eszterhaz the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood at one point? Maybe I need to watch more of his movies to find out, but I’ve seen a fair few now, and my overall impression is that he’s a witless hack who can’t write well-motivated characters and can barely even plot coherently. Harsh? Perhaps. But…
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Bad Movie Night choices: Body of Evidence (1993) and Strait-Jacket (1964)
One of the more famous movie disasters, Body of Evidence is surprisingly entertaining as a film to watch with friends, so long as you’re comfortable watching sex scenes together. It stars Madonna at the tail end of a string of panned movies, the previous entries being Shanghai Surprise (1986), Who’s That Girl (1987), and Bloodhounds…
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