Black Sunday ⭐️⭐️ ½ Witch! Mask! Blood! …and Doctors Who Wander Aimlessly! #Shocktober 2025 Film No. 4—👻 Things That Go Bump (and Scream) The opening is unforgettable: an iron mask nailed to a witch’s face, its spikes piercing skin… Continues at boxd.it/bfZtYf #FilmSky #MovieChallenge #HorrorSky

#LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #FilmSky boxd.it/94Euv 1. Cat o’ Nine Tails – Argento ties himself in knots 2. Know Her Well – When chic despair meets a closed window 3. Blood and Black Lace – Catwalk carnage in technicolour 4. Hard Eight – PTA shuffles cards, smokes, and hustles

On this day in 1941, The Maltese Falcon premiered in New York. A film about greed, lies, and a worthless bird—so basically a manual for Hollywood. Bogart sneered, Astor schemed, and Huston proved noir could be both cheap and priceless. #FilmFact #FilmSky

The Cat o’Nine Tails ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nine Tails, Too Many Twists #Shocktober 2025 Film No. 3—🩸Blood in Technicolour Argento’s second feature knots itself into a whodunnit that’s equal parts pulp thriller and grisly sideshow. The Cat O’Nine… Continues at boxd.it/bfrfBN #FilmSky #MovieChallenge #HorrorSky

This month, I'm diving into 31 horror films from a haunted video store. Technicolour bloodbaths, haunted houses, slashers, zombies & global nightmares. 31 nights of dread, static, & cursed VHS nastiness. Be kind, rewind—if you dare... boxd.it/PatOu #Shocktober #MovieChallenge #filmsky #HorrorSky

Blood and Black Lace ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Haute Couture Homicide #Shocktober 2025 Film No. 2—🩸Blood in Technicolour Stylish, savage, and brazenly modern for the mid-60s. Blood and Black Lace doesn’t bother with story as so much as spectacle, and… Continues at boxd.it/beUi0z #FilmSky #MovieChallenge #HorrorSky

On this day in 1968, Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh. Romero’s DIY nightmare put zombies on the map—cheap, bleak, and revolutionary. Flesh was eaten, taboos broken, and horror grew up fast. #FilmFact #FilmSky

This month, I'm diving into 31 horror films from a haunted abandoned video store. Technicolour bloodbaths, haunted houses, slashers, zombies and global nightmares. 31 nights of dread, static, & cursed VHS nastiness. Be kind, rewind... if you dare... #Shocktober #MovieChallenge #filmsky #HorrorSky

Phenomena ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Argento Turns It Up to Deranged #Shocktober 2025 Film No. 1 —🩸Blood in Technicolour By the mid-80s, Argento was throwing everything at the wall, and Phenomena is the proof. The story makes almost no sense—a daft… Continues at boxd.it/bej1gV #FilmSky #MovieChallenge #HorrorSky

On this day in 1973, The Sting opened. Newman and Redford made grifting look glamorous; Hollywood fell for the con and handed over seven Oscars. Confidence game? More like Academy scam. #FilmFact #FilmSky

This October, I'll be diving into 31 horror films from a haunted abandoned video store. Technicolour bloodbaths, haunted houses, slashers, zombies and global nightmares. 31 nights of dread, static, and cursed VHS nastiness. Be kind, rewind... if you dare... #Shocktober #MovieChallenge #FilmSky

📚 School Daze September ✏️ (30 films) / (1 month) = total carnage. Punk riffs, paper-plane coups, saviour teachers on the naughty step. Full report card: boxd.it/Oib3i #FilmSky #SchoolDaze #MovieChallenge

Massacre at Central High ⭐️⭐️½ Breakfast Club with a Body Count #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 30—🎓 Exam Week High school has rarely looked this grim. Massacre at Central High may dress itself up as a proto-slasher, but it’s really exploring the... Continues at boxd.it/bdLSJt #filmsky #moviechallenge

Class of 1984 ⭐️⭐️ Punks, Flick-Knives and a Trumpet #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 29—Examination Week Imagine the gangs from The Warriors turning up to terrorise double maths while Marty McFly, on an exchange trip from the 1950s, plays the... Continues at boxd.it/bda0Cz #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1982, filming began on Never Say Never Again. Connery’s last 007 was Bond in name only—an “unofficial” cash-in which left audiences shaken but not stirred. A Reheated Thunderball with [Doctor] No excuses. From Russia with meh. #FilmFact #FilmSky

To Sir, With Love ⭐️⭐️ Lessons in Regression #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 27—Teachers, Mentors and Misfits This is a film stranded between realism and sentiment, and the result is awkward rather than compelling. It aims for the grit of The… Continues at boxd.it/bbEMkZ #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1968, Oliver! premiered in London. Dickens’ tale of child neglect and street crime got a Technicolor gloss—malnutrition with melodies, workhouses with jazz hands. Nothing says family entertainment like starving kids in chorus. #FilmFact #FilmSky

#LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #FilmSky boxd.it/94Euv 1. The Broadway Melody – History made, patience tested 2. Lean on Me – Freeman lectures a brick wall 3. Vamp – ’80s neon trash with added teeth 4. Toni Erdmann – Dad jokes as psychological warfare

Lean on Me ⭐️⭐️ Megaphone Morality #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 26—Teachers, Mentors and Misfits Who exactly are these redemption films made for? <i>Lean on Me</i> certainly has the raw ingredients: a true story, a failing school turned around… Continues at boxd.it/bb9MoP #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1959, The Mummy shambled into UK cinemas. Lee stomps, Cushing frets, bandages fly. Gothic horror goes pulp—and audiences lapped it up. Proof Hammer could wring terror out of linen. #FilmFact #FilmSky

Stand and Deliver ⭐️⭐️ ½ Flat Equation #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 25—Teachers, Mentors and Misfits I’d been told this one was inspirational, but I didn’t find much to inspire. Stand and Deliver tells the story of Jaime Escalante, a real-life... Continues at boxd.it/baFnvL #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 2004, Shaun of the Dead lurched into U.S. cinemas. Pub crawl meets apocalypse; zombies meet sarcasm, a cricket bat, and Dire Straits head-on. #FilmFact #FilmSky

Half Nelson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ Teaching on Empty #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 24—Teachers, Mentors and Misfits Ryan Fleck avoids making alienation feel like a cliché on screen, but still makes it sting in Half Nelson. At its heart is Dan Dunne, a Brooklyn… Continues at boxd.it/ba3fsD #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1927, Murnau’s Sunrise hit screens. A farmer plots to drown his wife, then takes her on a date instead—because nothing says romance like attempted murder and a trip to the fair. Silent cinema at its weird, glorious best. #FilmFact #FilmSky

The Browning Version ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Himmler of the Lower Fifth Gets the Last Word #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 23—Teachers, Mentors and Misfits A schoolmaster’s farewell is rarely the stuff of high drama, but The Browning Version makes it quietly... Continues at boxd.it/b9wqLb #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid premiered. Newman & Redford redefined outlaw cool with wit, charm, and a bicycle ride through Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head. Five days on from Redford’s passing, the Sundance Kid still rides. #FilmFact #FilmSky

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ⭐️⭐️⭐️ In Her Prime, For Better or Worse #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 22—Teachers, Mentors and Misfits Maggie Smith makes this creaky 1930s Edinburgh tale watchable, winning her Oscar as the formidable Miss Brodie… Continues at boxd.it/b8XW9D #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1940, The Westerner hit cinemas. Gary Cooper played stoic, Walter Brennan stole an Oscar as a judge who hanged men for eyeing his beans. Justice on the frontier: petty, personal, and with a rope always handy. #FilmFact #FilmSky

Celia ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Australian Gothic in Miniature #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 21—Global Coming of Age On the surface, it looks like a coming-of-age tale about a young girl in suburban Australia. But scratch it and you hit something darker… Continues at boxd.it/b8hKtx #filmsky #moviechallenge

Prince: Sign 'o' the Times ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Flawed Film, Unstoppable Prince As concert films go, this one is both electrifying and elusive. The music is astonishing, the performances untouchable — Prince on stage with a presence that feels almost superhuman… Continues at boxd.it/b7Mx3z #filmsky #cinema

On this day in 1925, Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman hit Broadway screens. A hapless fresher, a shredded tux, and a football finale that still slams. Nearly a century on, every campus comedy is cribbing Lloyd’s homework. #FilmFact #FilmSky

We Are the Best! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loud, Rough and Glorious #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 20—Global Coming of Age This isn’t really about punk riffs or three-chord thrash; it’s about being thirteen, misunderstood, and desperate to carve out some space of… Continues at boxd.it/b7vbFx #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1949, Ozu’s Late Spring opened in Japan. Chishū Ryū and Setsuko Hara turned a simple story of marriage pressure into a masterclass in quiet heartbreak. Tatami shots, silent glances—domestic cinema redefined. #FilmFact #FilmSky

#LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #FilmSky boxd.it/94Euv 1-Kamikaze Girls – Rococo ruffles meet biker brawls 2-Death in Venice – Old man stares at boy for two hours, Mahler screams 3-À nous la liberté – Prison chic with hummable tunes 4-The Four Horsemen – Apocalypse delayed by interpretive tango

Kamikaze Girls ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sugar Rush in Small-Town Japan #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 19—Global Coming of Age On paper, it’s a coming-of-age tale about two oddballs: Momoko, a Rococo-obsessed Lolita fashionista, and Ichiko, a biker with more bluster… Continues at boxd.it/b6Xmp3 #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1951, A Streetcar Named Desire rattled into the Warner Theatre. Brando turned sweat into menace, Leigh unravelled, and Kazan smuggled Williams’ sins past the censors. Desire, decay, and domestic violence on the big screen—America flinched, then applauded. #FilmFact #FilmSky

The Spirit of the Beehive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Whispers of Childhood & Shadows of War #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 18—Global Coming of Age Few films capture childhood with such precision. Set in 1940, just after Spain’s Civil War, it follows young Ana, whose… Continues at boxd.it/b6uBs9 #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1981, Das Boot surfaced in West German cinemas—two and a half hours of sweat, diesel fumes and depth-charge dread. Proving submarines are metal coffins and the real monster is claustrophobia. #FilmFact #FilmSky

Au Revoir Les Enfants ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Shadows Over Innocence #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 17—Global Coming of Age Childhood friendship and wartime unease make for a potent mix in Au Revoir Les Enfants, Louis Malle’s autobiographical recollection of… Continues at boxd.it/b61Kex #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon leapt off the screen to win TIFF’s People’s Choice Award. Ang Lee proved audiences will read subtitles, but only if the actors do gravity-defying kung fu in trees. #FilmFact #FilmSky

Playground ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Child’s-Eye View, Grown-Up Predictability #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 16—Global Coming of Age The first anxious days of school come rushing back in Playground, with all their dread, confusion, and whispered alliances. Nora’s... Continues at boxd.it/b5rTSJ #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1995, Se7en premiered in New York. Sin as spectacle. Freeman brooded, Pitt fumed, Spacey mailed it in—literally. And yet no one asked how the hell he got that box delivered to the desert. Despair immortalised. #FilmFact #FilmSky

The Class ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ No Redemption—Just Survival #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 15—Global Coming of Age Winning the Palme d’Or might make you expect a soaring tale of inspiration, but The Class is anything but your typical classroom drama. There’s no… Continues at boxd.it/b4SHul #filmsky #moviechallenge

Animal House ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Frat Pack Origin #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 14—College, Cliques & Chaos For such a cult film, I expected more—more chaos, more gross-outs, more laughs. What’s here is a romp with flashes of fun, but it never quite reaches the… Continues at boxd.it/b4763j #filmsky #moviechallenge

On this day in 1979, Quadrophenia opened—Sting sells rebellion at midnight, fetches your bags at dawn. #FilmFact #FilmSky

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Not Quite Turned to Eleven Some sequels arrive decades later with the weight of myth. This one ambles in with a grin, a few fresh riffs, and the confidence that a reunion is reason enough. It’s a good, funny film… Continues at boxd.it/b3JN7b #filmsky #cinema

Honey Don’t! ⭐️ ⭐️½ Honey, Don’t Bother Some films are messy in a charming way. Honey, Don’t is just disjointed. The premise has a spark, but what follows feels like a rough cut that somehow made it to release. Scenes clunk together with editing that… Continues at boxd.it/b3EAVd #filmsky #cinema

The Conjuring: Last Rites ⭐️½ Nothing Left to Summon By now the Ed and Lorraine Warren saga is less a story than a séance table creaking under its own weight. Even setting aside that these films are “inspired” by the Warrens’ casebooks—figures widely… Continues at boxd.it/b3EwuH #filmsky #cinema

On this day in 1990, Jennie Livingston’s Paris Is Burning premiered at TIFF—ballroom brilliance and chosen-family grit that would later teach the internet “realness” and “shade.” #FilmFact #FilmSky

Zero for Conduct ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feathers, Fists and Freedom #SchoolDaze 2025 Film No. 13 — College, Cliques & Chaos Watching this just a day after If…. makes for a fascinating double bill. Both films take aim at the petty tyrannies of school life, but… Continues at boxd.it/b3lWFt #filmsky #moviechallenge