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  Mother's Day 1980

  ★★★★ Rewatched 28 Nov 2023

  This is one of those movies that had a VHS box that tantalized me as a kid, but for whatever reason I never actually rented it. Didn’t actually see it until about 15 years ago, and…I didn’t like it?

  Anyway, I was wrong because this movie rocks. A female trio of longtime friends are terrorized on a camping trip by a crazy old woman and her two degenerate sons.

  Sounds like a fairly boilerplate Texas Chain Saw Massacre rip-off, but it’s…

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  Black and White 1999

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 27 Nov 2023

  I was really into this movie back when it came out, but I hadn’t watched it in many, many years. I was a little worried going in this time because I had a feeling it must have aged very poorly (plus all the deeply troubling allegations against director James Toback), but I’m glad to report that I was wrong! It’s a product of its time for sure, but in a way that’s instantly transporting and rather provocative and challenging in…

Popular reviews

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  Evil Dead 2013

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Apr 2013 28

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  I've got way too many feelings (all of them positive) stirring around inside of me having just seen this phenomenally entertaining remake/tribute to write a proper review, so I'm just going to list some of the many things I love about it.

  I love...

  1. ...the fact that it pays significant tribute to both 1981's landmark EVIL DEAD and 1987's absurdly creative EVIL DEAD II, in a number of interesting ways while also containing many great surprises of its own.…

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  The Fly 1986

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Sep 2013 15

  It's been a Cronenberg family kind of day, what can I say?

  How can a movie simultaneously be one of the most viscerally disturbing monster movies ever AND one of the most heartbreaking, tragic love stories of the 1980s? It's a rarity to find a movie that hits so squarely on all intended marks (scares, suspense, gross-out moments, special effects, emotional intensity...), but David Cronenberg's still-stunning remake of THE FLY (oh yeah, it's also one of the greatest remakes of…