It's all played for light laughs with a spooky castle setting. George Hilton looks like he's having a great time as the vampire. The four guests run around, screaming and panicking like in an old slapstick comedy. Probably my least favorite of the set but I had a good time. 📽

Dinner With a Vampire (1989) Lamberto Bava (co-writer/ director) I don't think I've seen this. I know it's about a director who invites some actors to a dinner- but he's actually a vampire who wants them to kill him... before he kills them. 📽 #HorrorMovies #BrividoGiallo #Horror #Horrorsky

Very mixed on this. I love the story it's telling. Mads, Sophie Sloan, and Sheila Atim are terrific. It's very well made. I like that much is shot from low angles, ya know, because it's Aurora's story. I hate the whimsical score. And much of the tone. This kind of comedy doesn't work with me. 📽

Dust Bunny (2025) Bryan Fuller (writer/ director) I've been waiting to see this since I knew it was being made. And ya know what? All I know about it is the one-line premise. 📽 #Filmsky #DustBunny

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A Satanic cult, nurse sexcapades, possession, murder... there's a lot in here. There's even a black guy whose grandmother was from Haiti ('voodoo') who gave him a magic bracelet and the plot solution. Her ghost also apparently helped him win football games? It's a mess, and I don't hate it. 📽

Nurse Sherri (1977) Al Adamson (director) Looks like Adamson is throwing nurse, possession, and sexploitation genres into his blender. A nurse gets possessed by the spirit of a cult leader and goes on a murder spree. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #Filmsky #HorrorMovies #AlAdamson #SeverinFilms #Horror

The Alien Factor (1978) Don Dohler (writer/ director) I need some regional horror (sci-fi) right now. A few aliens crash land on Earth and cause chaos, and some dude is gonna stop them. This is Dohler's first feature. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #SciFi #MonsterMovie

I really liked this! It's a lot of investigating and scrapping with bad guys while trying to figure out just what the villains are after. The hero has some good grappling skills (and kicks). There's an underwater knife fight without music, which I love. Just the sound of bubbles. Fun stuff. 📽

OSS 117 is Unleashed (1963) André Hunebelle (director) The second film adaptation of the secret agent novel series. I haven't seen any of the films from the pre-revival. So, first-time viewing. 📽 #OSS117 #Filmsky

Saaho (2019) Sujeeth (writer/ director) Saw this a number of years ago and have been wanting to rewatch. It's impossibly packed with wild action and great songs. 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #IndianCinema #Filmsky

Nearly front to back comedy fights and overflowing with creative hi-jinks, this is a gem. Of course, it depends on your tolerance for Fu Sheng's comedy stylings. His facial expressions and body language are priceless. The scene in the Emperor's bedroom and the climax are four-star material alone. 📽

Cat vs Rat (1982) Lau Kar-leung (director) Kung Fu comedy loosely based, in part, on the novel Seven Heroes and Five Gallants. If seeing Fu Sheng and Adam Cheng act like ridiculous children sounds good, here ya go! It's fun. 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Vampires (1998) John Carpenter (director) This year's Carpenter birthday movie. This is one grimy movie. Full of terrible people, blood, sweat, dirt, and more terrible people. And ya know what? It's great entertainment. One of his more westerny westerns. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #Horror #Vampires

A pair of ghost stories that aren't in the goop and worms category. The first is non-stop weird moods, great lighting, and a wild set. The second is one of those 'granted wish with a set of rules' stories and you know how those turn out. Both are a lot of fun. 📽

Haunted Tales (1980) Chor Yuen and Mou Tun-fei (directors) I haven't seen this pair of horror stories. Part of Vinegar Syndrome's Shaw Scares set. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror #ShawBrothers

A Candle For the Devil (1972) Eugenio Martin (co-writer/ director) I haven't seen this one before, but I know of it. It's a mix of Spanish giallo and critique of the Franco regime. 📽 #Horror #Giallo #Filmsky

Hey, video games! I play A LOT of games. They're a good mix, but mostly story driven. Once again, I have forgotten to talk about my year in review. So here's the little thread 🧵 #VideoGames 🎮

"You can't piss on hospitality!" Oh, he can. Fragasso and pals gave us such a treasure. It fills me with joy every time I see it. The Vinegar Syndrome 4k disc is a must. "Goodbye forever." 📽

Troll 2 (1990) Claudio Fragasso (writer/ director) Late '80s/ early '90s Italian horror and fantasy made in America. It's a genre. And there's nothing else like it. Real good fun and magical. Produced by Joe D'Amato. And they're goblins. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #Filmsky #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky

It's impressive to see how seriously everyone takes this. No matter how weird, bizarre, or deadly the situation, everyone uses the tone of someone explaining that they don't like cheese and would prefer it not to be on their sandwich. And it's got quite the eyebrow arching freeze-frame ending. 📽

Eye of Satan (1987) David Kent-Watson (director) 'Is he man, beast, or both? Kane is the solider of Satan!' Cliff Twemlow wrote and stars in this SOV occult action thriller. First-time viewing. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #Filmsky #CliffTwemlow #SeverinFilms

Battle Wizard (1977) Pao Hsueh-Li (director) Ni Kuang is doing another adaptation! This time, it's Jin Yong's Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Eighty minutes of wuxia fantasy perfection. 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Great action and tons of funny scenes. The assassin disguised as a bookcase is hilarious. Fu Sheng with stretchy glue is even more hilarious. 📽

The Treasure Hunters (1981) Lau Kar-wing (director) Kung Fu comedy written by Wong Jing. It's got Fu Sheng and Gordon Liu. And it's a real good time! Director Lau Kar-wing is also action choreographer. 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #Filmsky #HongKongCinema

I talked about the 冒烟小茶壶奶茶, contemporary to-go teas in China that come with a #tea pet in the shape of a tiny teapot (filled with dry ice so it swirls with smoke). They spread like wildfire across China. Now the Guangzhou teashop that created it, Tingtea, has just opened a branch in the U.S. 1/

This is a dark and challenging movie. All I really knew was that it brought out the usual 'not really a horror movie' comments. And yes, this is a horror movie. Perhaps not the 'terror filled' romp people prefer as 'horror'. But put yourself in her position and think on that. 📽 boxd.it/cyBFJn

Yes, I saw it years ago. But not in this condition. Well shot and edited, with a great musical soundscape. What a mood! It's kinda bananas, and it's great fun. 📽

Slaughter Hotel (1971) Fernando Di Leo (co-writer/ director) I am certain I've seen this. Probably on a terrible vhs, as we did back then. Do I remember it? Not really. It's got Klaus Kinski and Rosalba Neri. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror #Filmsky

Devil's Bath (2024) Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (writers/ directors) Finally getting to this one. Not sure what it's about (as is usually for me), but after their prior films, it's definitely been on my watch list. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror #Filmsky

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Luther Heggs and Elmer Weems will both return in Avengers: Doomsday.

Bottle Rocket (1996) Wes Anderson (co-writer/ director) ☆☆☆☆ A ninety minute feeling, kinda like a Safdie Brothers anxiety attack, but here it's looming dread that Luke Wilson is gonna be sad. The most perfect thing is using Oliver Onions in the soundtrack. 📽 #CriterionCollection #Filmsky

The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) Hayashi Kaizo (co-writer/ director) The second film in the Maiku Hama trilogy. Not sure what the plot will be... I imagine someone will drop into his office (on the second floor of a movie theater) to hire him for an investigation. 📽 #Filmsky

Holy actual moly! Franco Nero is an unlikable shitbird from the first minute. David Hess is grotesque in every way. Corinne Cléry is caught between these two with no way out. Ennio Morricone's score is a nearly non-stop assault. A vortex of physical and emotional brutality, and it's amazing. 📽

Hitch-Hike (1977) Pasquale Festa Campanile (co-writer/ director) A couple (Franco Nero and Corinne Cléry) on a road trip pick up a hitch-hiker (David Hess) who takes them hostage. Might be a first-time viewing. Picked up the Indicator 4k UHD. 📽 #ItalianCrimeFilms #Filmsky

This is why I go to used bookstores: I stumbled on a book published in 1936 that's a first person account of a reporter losing his mind trying to write a script in Hollywood. It's the proto BARTON FINK.

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Embodiment of Evil (2008) José Mojica Marins (co-writer/ director) Coffin Joe is released from an institution after 40 years and gets right back to business- continuing his bloodline and destroying the unworthy. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #CoffinJoe #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror

Not just a fantastic time capsule of punk music performances and spirit, but sharp commentary on the sociopolitical culture of the time, all while gleefully wearing the guise of a horror movie. And the culture hasn't changed all that much. It's funny and entertaining as hell. 📽 💀

Twisted Issues (1988) Charles Pinion (director) As it goes, Pinion was going to make a punk documentary but ended up with a punk comedy splatter movie. Another time where someone gave me a VHS tape and said,'You'll like this' - and they were correct. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #Filmsky #Punk

Cinderella 2000 (1977) Al Adamson (director) Oof! One of the very few Al Adamson movies I don't like. I have no idea who this sex 'comedy' would be for. I did enjoy the utterly terrible musical numbers. 📽 #PsychotronicPsunday #Filmsky #AlAdamson #SeverinFilms

The Monkey Goes West (1966) Ho Meng-hua (director) Journey to the West is one of my favorite books. Not 'Monkey'. The four volume unabridged version. So I'll watch all adaptations, most of which aren't great. This one is very good! 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #JourneyToTheWest #Filmsky

Hard Boiled (1992) John Woo (director) First time I saw this was a mail order VHS tape with contrast issues. Then, many times theatrically in the '90s. Then a dvd. Now we have a 4k UHD. What a journey! A five-star forever movie! 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #FilmSky #JohnWoo

What a fun movie! It's very funny, with dynamite fight choreography by Tang Tak-cheung. This is included in the Shaw Brothers Classics vol eight box. So if you have that, don't skip it. (Just watch all the movies in order!) 📽

Ambitious Kung Fu Girl (1982) Lu Chin Ku (director) Adapted from a Gu Long novel by Ni Kuang and the director. It's got Michelle Yim Wai-ling, Chen Kuan-tai, and Yuen Tak. Might be a first-time viewing? 🤔 📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #KungFu #Filmsky

I think waiting to see this has set me up to appreciate what this film is doing. As concerning as that is, in our current world state. 📽 boxd.it/cpytHR

Frontier(s) (2007) Xavier Gens (writer/ director) I may not have seen this. I recall everyone telling me I had to see it, and that's the fastest way for me to put it off. It's next in the French Extremity box, so now's the time. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror #Filmsky

I'm the weirdo in the group who thinks this would be even better with 15 more minutes of scientists and government folks in rooms and on TVs, talking about the epidemic crisis. As things fall apart, I crave more engineers on the case! Great movie. Starts going immediately and doesn't stop. 📽

Rabid (1977) David Cronenberg (writer/ director) Picked up the 4k disc for this gem. Quite possibly the first Cronenberg I saw. Would've been an early '80s vhs or late night cable tv. Was this or Scanners. Such somber dread! 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror #Filmsky