Kieran.Boo! Pumpkin King

Great film! It was one of the first films I went to a midnight screening of.

A ★★★★ review of Deadstream (2022) Nailed the obnoxious streamer vibe perfectly. Started small and then just kept raising the stakes without going OTT. Very impressed.

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46/ Deadstream

Exceeds expectations and then some.

Great lead performance from Josh Winter (also writer and director).

A ★★★★★ review of The Toxic Avenger (1984) I can't explain it but this is a masterpiece.

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45/ The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Turns out I've never seen this and must have only caught the sequels.

It's been so long since I saw it that I can't remember. I think it was more high profile than high quality?

I agree that in the various English language versions I've seen from around the world, there's always a tendency for POC to be voted off earlier

A ★★★★★ review of The Toxic Avenger (1984) I can't explain it but this is a masterpiece.

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45/ The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Turns out I've never seen this and must have only caught the sequels.

A ★★½ review of The Night House (2020) In a bid to be more than just a haunted house flick this packs a while lot of cards up its sleeve but waits until far too late to try and play them all at once. Rebecca Hall plays this sort of role pe...

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

44/ The Night House

I love a film that has you looking over characters shoulders and examining every shadow in a scene but this didn't quite manage it.

The visuals are impressive but are less subtle than I expected and held back for far too long.

It makes me want to rewatch What Lies Beneath in comparison

A ★★½ review of The Night House (2020) In a bid to be more than just a haunted house flick this packs a while lot of cards up its sleeve but waits until far too late to try and play them all at once. Rebecca Hall plays this sort of role pe...

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

44/ The Night House

I love a film that has you looking over characters shoulders and examining every shadow in a scene but this didn't quite manage it.

The visuals are impressive but are less subtle than I expected and held back for far too long.

A ★★★ review of Handling the Undead (2024) An achingly slow and somber take on the zombie genre with grief at its core. I don't know if the bizarrely subdued reactions are actually normal for Norwegians.

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43/ Handling the Undead

Renate Reinsve was excellent in The Worst Person in the World. Another strong performance here although the overall result isn't quite as impressive.

A ★★★ review of Handling the Undead (2024) An achingly slow and somber take on the zombie genre with grief at its core. I don't know if the bizarrely subdued reactions are actually normal for Norwegians.

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

43/ Handling the Undead

Renate Reinsve was excellent in The Worst Person in the World. Another strong performance here although the overall result isn't quite as impressive.

A ★★★★★ review of Coco (2017) Stunningly beautiful. When I saw this in the cinema I just about managed to hold myself together, at home I was sobbing on the sofa for the entire third act.

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

42/ Coco

We decided this would be the perfect film to test out on our new TV and it was both visually sumptuous and emotionally devastating.

I feel the same about people singing the praises of shower beers

A ★★★★★ review of Coco (2017) Stunningly beautiful. When I saw this in the cinema I just about managed to hold myself together, at home I was sobbing on the sofa for the entire third act.

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

42/ Coco

We decided this would be the perfect film to test out on our new TV and it was both visually sumptuous and emotionally devastating.

A ★★★ review of Don't Look Now (1973) Beautiful but already knowing the ending robbed the film of much of its mystique. Fantastic portrayal of a couple in love, set against a wonderfully decaying Venice but I'm left not knowing what the f...

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

41/ Don't Look Now

Someone is obsessed with the colour red

A ★★★ review of Don't Look Now (1973) Beautiful but already knowing the ending robbed the film of much of its mystique. Fantastic portrayal of a couple in love, set against a wonderfully decaying Venice but I'm left not knowing what the f...

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41/ Don't Look Now

Someone is obsessed with the colour red

A ★★★½ review of Let Us Prey (2014) An unexpectedly good Scottish set & Irish funded horror starring Pollyanna McIntosh (Junkyard leader Jadis from The Walking Dead) and a fantastically sinister Liam Cunningham. I had no preconceptions ...

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40/ Let Us Prey

I choose this purely from having a cool title and really lucked out.

Fun fact: Pollyanna McIntosh is married to Bobcat Goldthwait off of Police Academy

A ★★★½ review of Let Us Prey (2014) An unexpectedly good Scottish set & Irish funded horror starring Pollyanna McIntosh (Junkyard leader Jadis from The Walking Dead) and a fantastically sinister Liam Cunningham. I had no preconceptions ...

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40/ Let Us Prey

I choose this purely from having a cool title and really lucked out.

Fun fact: Pollyanna McIntosh is married to Bobcat Goldthwait off of Police Academy

A ★★½ review of Deep Rising (1998) Solid Saturday matinee vibes but with masses of gory goodness. Basically a Poseidon Adventure & Alien Resurrection mashup. Great practical effects and the 90s era CGI holds up reasonably well. There i...

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39/ Deep Rising

Somehow I had no idea this film existed. It feels like an old skool B movie with A movie money, (even with the budget cuts after Harrison Ford pulled out).

A ★★★½ review of The Howling (1981) The Werewolf transformation effects are legendary and help elevate this from a fairly humdrum plot. Going out on a strong ending also helps its score.

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38/ The Howling

It feels like this should be so much better.

A ★★½ review of Deep Rising (1998) Solid Saturday matinee vibes but with masses of gory goodness. Basically a Poseidon Adventure & Alien Resurrection mashup. Great practical effects and the 90s era CGI holds up reasonably well. There i...

🎃 Spooktober '25 📽️

39/ Deep Rising

Somehow I had no idea this film existed. It feels like an old skool B movie with A movie money, (even with the budget cuts after Harrison Ford pulled out).

this is insane, but i respect taking steppe nomads seriously

Season 2 was finished months ago but no word on a release date yet

I've never heard of it but that looks really cool

I had completely dismissed it which was absolutely my loss until today.

A ★★★½ review of The Howling (1981) The Werewolf transformation effects are legendary and help elevate this from a fairly humdrum plot. Going out on a strong ending also helps its score.

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38/ The Howling

It feels like this should be so much better.

A ★★★★½ review of The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Funny, mysterious, sexy, thrilling... and that's just a young Peter Capaldi 😉

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37/ The Lair of the White Worm

Massively enjoyed this from start to finish. More like this please!

I follow a Norwegian lighthouse keeper named Paal Bjørndal whose whole bit is sharing profound things that are inaudible due to high winds. I love the internet.

A ★★★★½ review of The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Funny, mysterious, sexy, thrilling... and that's just a young Peter Capaldi 😉

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37/ The Lair of the White Worm

Massively enjoyed this from start to finish. More like this please!

A ★½ review of The Old Dark House (1932) Am I missing something? I don't see what can justify the high ratings. Tedious rather than tense. Full of hysterical screaming, often over nothing. Bizarre professions of love. Maybe this was standard...

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36/ The Old Dark House (1932)

This does not feel like the same director as The Invisible Man.

Never seemed to get anywhere, just made a lot of noise along the way.

Many people lavish it with praise so maybe I'm wrong?