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Such a grimy film. You need a shower after watching it.

What did you think? Best in the series since Aliens for me!

Oh man, if you haven't seen this, I highly recommend carving out 90 mins for it. It's so silly.

the poster for star crash, showing caroline munro firing a gun, and marjoe gortner holding some kind of light...sword. In the background is a robot holding two guns and a spaceship.

I need a palate cleanse. #nowwatching Starcrash (1978), a Roger Corman-produced Star Wars knock-off in which ex-child preacher Marjoe Gortner and impractical clothes-wearer Caroline Munro are recruited by Chrisopher Plummer and David Hasselhoff to save the universe from evil Joe Spinell.

If you're into cannibal films, it's something different. For everyone else, I'd recommend hopping straight to the director's follow-up Satan's Slave (1980), a much better and significantly less depressing film.

There's a good bit of gore, though the nudity is toned down. I was hoping the animal violence would be limited to inserted nature documentary footage. but we do, unfortunately, get a lot of the real deal towards the end. I wouldn't have watched it if I'd known that going in.

I mean, this is pretty much what you'd imagine: A slightly more amateurish version of the Italian cannibal cycle. It's set in a nondescript 'jungle', and all the actors are Indonesian, so while I have a very strong feeling it's racist, I'm not sure against who exactly...

You know how annoying it is when one of your long-term niche interests suddenly becomes popular? That's sort of how I feel about the Green Party of England and Wales at the moment. As a lifelong contrarian I might have to resign my membership and join a different left-libertarian ecosocialist party.

One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.

The poster for the movie, showing a mouldering head on a stick.

Another foray into Indonesian horror... #nowwatching Primitives (1980), Indonesia's first and only attempt at an Italian-style cannibal film. Very much hoping they resist the urge to do any live animal slaughter, but...well...let's see. #horrorsky

I LOVE this film. Incredible soundtrack too.

Hmm. This looked very beautiful, but it was almost painfully slow. Also, not the first time, these Severin box sets are using a very liberal definition of 'horror' - this was more a dark fantasy drama than anything else. I'm sure there's an audience for this, but that audience isn't me.

The poster for scales, showing a girl lying on a shoreline, with scales on her feet

#nowwatching Scales (2019), a Saudi/UAE/Iraqi co-produced film about a young girl growing up in a village with a dark tradition. #horrorsky

Yeah, I agree. I track it because of fitness stuff, but even then a lot of the recommendations online are crazy. Based on advice from a nephrologist I aim for about 90-100g a day, which is well below the 160-200g that people often recommend online. It can't be good for you to eat that much...

Yeah, the ambition outstripped the budget a bit - it still looked pretty good though, for what they had!

Sometimes they suggest you add an extra dash of lemon juice to help with the flavour, thus adding a slight citrusy twist to your plate of gritty slurry.

I like it when the 'high protein' version of a recipe is just the same recipe but with an added scoop of protein powder, thereby completely ruining both the taste and texture of the dish.

Great fun! I enjoyed the amount of screen time spent boating along the river, and it's always nice to see Tasha Yar/Bing Crosby's granddaughter in stuff.

The poster for eliminators showing an android on treads shooting from an arm mounted cannon, surrounded by other characters holding guns and swords.

#nowwatching Eliminators (1986), a Charles Band produced action/sci-fi film about a 'mandroid' teaming up with several other characters to take down a mad scientist. I was alerted to this one by @reelobscurepod.bsky.social - check out the episode!

An unconditional five stars from me. See it!

This was excellent! The set design and cinematography were incredible. The make up and costumes were fantastic too. Brilliantly atmospheric and dreamlike, with impish creatures appearing in the shadows and the beast swooping in and out of frame. The whole thing is a contrast between greed and love.

The poster showing a woman with one eye and a blank face in expensive robes.

#nowwatching Beauty and the Beast (1978), a horror-fantasy retelling of the fairy tale from Czechoslovakia. So far, the atmosphere is truly dark and suffocating. #horrorsky

Yeah, it reminds me of when I was a kid and one of my friends had the idea of setting up a 'back-in-time' museum, not realising that every museum is a 'back-in-time' museum...

“Twisted Serial Killer Universe” Spawns Movies ‘Jeffrey Dollmer’ & ‘Ted Bunny’ Popeye The Slayer Man producer Jeff Miller is launching a slate of films within what he's calling the "twisted serial killer universe".

Apparently it's part of the 'Dark Serial Killers Universe'. Sounds...whatever the opposite of 'promising' is. deadline.com/2025/11/twis...

I tried to pay attention to this, but after about 30 minutes I was completely lost. I don't know if it was a good movie. It was definitely in bad taste - I can say that for certain!

Wrong Turn 2 is where the series really hits its stride, before immediately jumping the shark in Wrong Turn 3.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

The cover of the box set, showing various characters above a trio of crocodiles.

Severin is bringing out a Suzzanna box set?! Shut up and take my money.

The poster, showing a person in a rabbit mask with red eyes.

#nowwatching Ted Bunny (2026). A documentary crew set out to interview one of Ted Bundy's surviving victims, and get more than they bargained for. No idea how the bunny aspect is going to be worked in, but I have a feeling this is all going to be in terrible taste. #horrorsky

A pretty standard horror of the time, but well shot and with the regular appearance of a creepy dead girl. I liked it!