Now seated for THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 in its second weekend, and I’m a little surprised to find I’m not the only person in here.

y'all mind if i get silly for a sec

This is a great deal. I’d jump on it if I didn’t already own this.

What is your favorite Disney movie?

Obligatory Hooded Jason Voorhees Repost (He’s so cute!)

Letterboxd/Filmsky Last Four Friday This week has been very French, with some Japanese sprinkled in. (LET JOY REIGN SUPREME was preceded by Bernard Tavernier’s debut feature, THE WATCHMAKER OF ST. PAUL.) #LastFourWatched

Obligatory Hooded Man Repost

Howard. The. Duck.

Drop some BUNNIES 🐇👯‍♀️🖤🥕

Drop some BUNNIES 🐇👯‍♀️🖤🥕

Well, this was some great news to start with day with. The inclusion of DIONYSUS makes this essential.

Am contemplating borrowing JASON TAKES MANHATTAN from my library to watch this Friday so I can at least have all the even-numbered FRIDAY THE 13THs under my belt.

Midway through LET JOY REIGN SUPREME, there is talk of bringing in two executioners from Paris, so I was glad when they actually showed up to ply their trade.

Last night I watched Bernard Tavernier's debut feature, 1974's THE WATCHMAKER OF ST. PAUL. Today I followed it with his second, 1975's LET JOY REIGN SUPREME, which did not disappoint me with its masked conspirators and doctors.

"Somehow vomit tastes good in a place like this."

A panel from G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #29 that cuts a little close to the bone. #GIJoe #Cobra #CobraCommander

Panel from G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #26, in which the ever-petulant Cobra Commander whines about getting his boots wet. #GIJoe #Cobra #CobraCommander #Destro #Baroness #Zartan

"Somehow vomit tastes good in a place like this."

With THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 out this weekend, here's a reminder that CHAPTER 2 ended with the Man in the Mask mourning his fallen comrade, Pin-Up Girl. Considering the Strangers killed something on the order of a dozen locals in this installment, the loss of one of them seems like a fair trade.

Happy #NationalWerewolfDay!

Thinking about a sketch I wrote ages ago called “Rich Evil Fucks.” In it, I had a guy ranting about the “rich evil fucks who control the weather.” (It ended with him getting struck by lightning.) Weather control seems pretty benign compared to what we’ve learned rich evil fucks actually get up to.

“Not only is ‘Sylvie’ the crown jewel of Autant-Lara’s Eclipse set,” @hoodedjustice.bsky.social writes, “it’s a high-water mark for poetic fantasy that’s worthy of a higher profile.”

Letterboxd/Filmsky Last Four Friday A moody Melville, a political Rohmer, a playful De Palma, and a volcano. #LastFourWatched

Here are two:

Was reminded of this unlikely double feature in 1998's DEEP IMPACT.

Thrilled to be able to share this piece about one of the most charming — and disarming — fantasies I’ve ever seen. SYLVIE ET LE FANTÔME has a magic about it that’s difficult to put into words, but @jasondashbailey.com let me try anyway.

Kenneth Anger, born on this day in 1927, laid his personal obsessions bare in a collection of experimental films that still captivate viewers today: crookedmarquee.com/looking-back...

Some light reading while I’m between writing assignments. #Constellations #Ghidorah #Godzilla #Kaiju

Boy, the outfit on the Martian in the middle doesn’t hide anything, does it?

I’ve got an article on Claude Autant-Lara coming later this week, so for research purposes I checked out the only book about him in our library, in spite of the fact that I don’t read French. Why? Oh, no reason…

In case you missed the announcement… NEW DUPIEUX ON MUBI

Bombed out on the first square of today’s Cinematrix because somehow THE MISFITS wasn’t nominated for any Oscars, which is unfathomable to me.

New Dupieux on MUBI New Dupieux on MUBI New Dupieux on MUBI New Dupieux on MUBI New Dupieux on MUBI boxd.it/cWIVmz

This month's Full Moon Feature for Werewolf News is a Mexican wrestling picture that throws all the monsters at Santo and Blue Demon at once. Sink your fangs into 1970's SANTO AND BLUE DEMON AGAINST THE MONSTERS: werewolf-news.com/2026/01/full...

Happy National Gorilla Suit Day to all who celebrate!

Fourth: 2025's THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 is an extended chase broken up by flashbacks to two of the Strangers' childhoods. If this was done to humanize them, that kind of defeats the purpose of them being Strangers, doesn't it?

Finally got around to watching the episode of BRAK PRESENTS THE BRAK SHOW STARRING BRAK that wound up on YouTube and caught at least two Beatles references in it.

Happy National Gorilla Suit Day to all who celebrate!

This is so well written. 💔

Watched AFTER HOURS tonight and of course I made my review all about Catherine O’Hara. How could I not?

RIP Catherine O’Hara. In addition to being one of the most consistently funny members of Chris Guest’s rep co., she was frequently also the dramatic heart of those films. Think of her Mickey in A MIGHTY WIND, or Marilyn in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, a performance I genuinely considered Oscar-worthy.

As we’re a week away from THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 (quite possibly the last we’ll ever see of Dollface, Pin-Up Girl, and the Man in the Mask), here is a refresher on how we got here. First: 2008’s THE STRANGERS, still one of the most disturbing home invasion movies out there.

Letterboxd/Filmsky Last Four Friday A French parable about being careful what you wish for, one of my favorite new discoveries of the year so far, a monstrous Mexican wrestling flick (coming soon to a Full Moon Feature near you), and a somnambulant ’60s sci-fi pic. #LastFourWatched

This glimpse of the hooded hangman in Maurice Tourneur's LA MAIN DU DIABLE is all too brief for my tastes, especially since the backdrop on the film's Letterboxd page shows his scene was intended to go on a bit longer. letterboxd.com/film/carniva...

This is the kind of dialogue you just don't get anymore. Sad, really.

This is the kind of dialogue you just don't get anymore. Sad, really.

Whenever I have to pull this out, I always think of the episode of SGC2C where Zorak has his first endorsement deal. “Do rappers use the ointment?”

Hey, guess whose car doesn’t feel like starting when it’s negative degrees outside. It’s mine. My car doesn’t.

The @rifftrax.com guys uploaded "Curse of the Scorpion," the first chapter of ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, to their YouTube channel, so I had to check it out to hear what they have to say about my man, The Scorpion. As expected, they are less than complimentary in regards to his threads.