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Super Mario Bros.
by JarvixSchmarvix
For a so-bad-it's-good cult movie, this is one of the greats in my book. It's full of big budget (for the 90s) spectacle and insane creative decisions, the result of too many cooks in the kitchen t...
May 25, 2026
Undertone
by Jeff Richardson
This was a fun scary film. It reminded me a lot of sinister but with an even simpler setting. GOOD SHIT.
May 23, 2026
Idiots and Angels
by JarvixSchmarvix
I like the concept & animation, but it's hardly enough to sustain a feature-length film. Even as someone who loves visual storytelling without dialogue and is on board with Bill Plympton's signatur...
May 19, 2026
Ichi the Killer
by JarvixSchmarvix
I saw the unedited version of this with spilling guts & jugular sprays a-plenty, and it lives up to its grisly reputation. I suppose the extreme juxtaposition between the over-the-top violence and ...
May 19, 2026
The Plague Dogs
by JarvixSchmarvix
Quaint as this animation is, I'd like to see it on a big screen. It has a kind of pastoral quality to it despite its depressing premise. Out of the frying pan, into the fire. A couple of plot point...
May 19, 2026
Project Hail Mary
by JarvixSchmarvix
If the charisma of this movie was in Nolan's Interstellar, we could have really had something. Gosling is great, of course, and the creative leads have extensive work in comedy and genre fiction. I...
May 11, 2026
The Last House on the Left
by JarvixSchmarvix
Is it sacrilege to say this movie kinda sucks? I don't care how much the soundtrack is purported to be an intentional tonal clash, it sucks at even that, especially since nothing else in the produc...
May 11, 2026
Northfork
by JarvixSchmarvix
An incredibly well-made and thoughtful, almost meditative film about impending death that deals more in its sociological aspects than its psychological ones. It's slow, dreary, dreamlike & strange....
May 11, 2026
The Hitcher
by JarvixSchmarvix
A serial killer flick that sets itself apart by a strange loving sadist relationship between its villain and victim, the main draw for The Hitcher is Rutger Hauer's harrowing performance as the nea...
May 11, 2026
The Drama
by JarvixSchmarvix
This was a 3.5/5 until my new fav film reviewers in 2026, Fish Jelly, revealed stuff I had missed or not considered. Even so, my big quibble is with the secret twist that comes in the first act, an...
April 23, 2026
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Watch The Age of Disclosure
Ever since I was a child I've loved stories about aliens, government cover-ups, and UFOs. The X-F...
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Merry Christmas you filthy animal
Every December, just about the time the plastic skeletons are consigned to the trash, and the Sty...
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My life is a mess
I have been rereading the Ryan Holiday stoicism books and am currently going through an extremely...
The Horror of becoming Normal
When I was a kid, I could always spot the adult sellouts. The ones who stopped liking weird thing...
Why Horror Comforts Us in Dark Times
Horror as Rehearsal: Finding Strength in Dark Times The world feels heavier these days. You don...
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What's your favorite scary movie?
If I had to name mine, I couldn’t pick just one. I’ve got a holy grail list. These are the ones I...
RECENT DEEP DIVES
Currently Watching
Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer, And A Path Backward Through Hegel
I've been reading Benjamin, Adorno, and Horkheimer, and the more I do the more I realize how much of what they're saying comes from conversations with the thinkers before them. It feels like walking into a room where everyone’s already mid conversation. This deep dive is my way of tracing those voices backward. I want to understand where ideas come from, how they evolve across time, and what they say about art, memory, and what it means to create something that feels alive.
31 days of horror (for horror fans)
If you enjoy horror films this one is for you?
Reign of Terror
Comprehensive Timeline of Ryan Walters Reign of Terror in Oklahoma and Beyond For the first time in modern Oklahoma History, nearly every parent in Oklahoma was in agreement that Ryan Walters was bad at his job. Across party lines, Oklahomans celebrated when he officially resigned. Within days, his mandates are began to get struck down one by one. But Ryan doesn't exist in a vacuum, he was strategically chosen and propped up to a position of power. If he was so hated, why didn't he end up getting removed from power sooner; and more importantly: Who helped him rise to power, and how do we stop something like this from happening again?
