The Conjuring 4: Let's Conjure Some More (2025) or something like that. A teenager gets a broken antique mirror as a gift. Not chipped or cracked, broken. No wonder it had ghosts, cheapskates. Meanwhile, the Warrens train their offspring for the next generation.

House of Whipcord (1974) A French model in London is off to the country with a man she just met only to get tricked into an illegal prison where a bunch of old hens and a blind judge torture captive women of "loose morals" with whips and cords. Penny Irving, Ann Michelle, Sheila Keith d. Pete Walker

You and me both, kid #Godzilla

Day after Thanksgiving 4 years ago we packed up the car and the pets and left EHo. Feels like 10. I miss "Kingsley Manor" as we called it.

The Devil's Game (1981) Ep 2 "The Venus D'ille" A landowner uncovers a buried bronze statue of Venus on his property. He proudly displays it, but misfortune strikes those around it. Directed by the Bavas and starring Daria Nicolodi. This, like the first episode, was tedious.

Happy Francsgiving, now eat your corn! #FrancoFriday

The Devil's Game (1981-TV) Ep 1"The Sandman" A young man returns from college with an interest in the occult, an obsession with an eccentric man whom he thinks ruined his childhood, and leaves his fiance for a debutante, whom the rest of the city thinks is ugly. d. Giulio Questi (Death Laid an Egg)

Next anthology up for me is I giochi del diavolo aka The Devil's Game (1981) a 6 episode mini-series from Italian TV, based on 19th Century works, and with some recognizable directors, including Bava! Looks like there's a Blu-ray release from Severin, I'll be using my Night Flight+ account.

Sometimes it's just like, damn, I haven't seen Suspiria (1977) in a couple years. And Udo Kier.

Suspiria a Thanksgiving movie? I don't know how you could say it's not! #Thankspiria

a #Suspiria #Futurama crossover called Suspirama. Book it.

I gotta say, the @severinfilms.bsky.social Blu-ray of Tales to Keep You Awake has a phenomenal Hours to Dollars ratio. I've been watching this for months and just loved it. After 30 episodes inished off with a half-hour doc on the great Narciso Ibáñez Serrador aka "Chicho"

Tales to Keep You Awake: The Junkman (1982-TV) S3.E4 In the final episode of the classic Spanish TV series, a kindly old junkman suspects his unemployed, alcoholic son who has regular blackouts, of being the person responsible for the recent prostitute murders, accompanied by gold-teeth-pulling.

Seven Women for Satan (1976) A hateful, unhinged millionaire seduces and murders beautiful young women in his castle, but is haunted by the memory of his one true love (Joëlle Coeur). Yes, he murdered her too. Also with Howard Vernon, and lots of ladies. The title says 7, that sounds about right.

Swan Song (2021) A retired hairdresser leaves his assisted living facility and walks from one end of town to the other to style a former client's hair at her funeral. Starring the great Udo Keir.

The Night Porter (1974) Vienna 1957, a Holocaust survivor notices the porter at the hotel she's staying at is the nazi officer who sexually abused her when she was a prisoner with a Bowie haircut. She also notices that she misses it! Charlotte Rampling & Dirk Bogarde in arthouse nazisploitation

RIP Udo, I think of your bloody mouth and chest multiple times a day. ❤️

3 years, wow the time flies #Goblin #Suspiria

Good Boy (2025) Nice and short at 73 minutes, but the gimmick (evil house/spirits from a dog's POV) lost my interest pretty quick. Dog was cute. Made me miss mine.

Mondo Macabro's Blu-ray The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983) Bonus Feature: "Smile of the Wolf" a retrospect of all Paul Naschy's El Hombre Lobo films w Paul himself interviewed on each one, including the never-seen Nights of the Werewolf, a couple comedies, and some as late as the 2000s

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst (1983) All recycled footage from 4 or 5 previous Gemser/D'Amato titles, made into one incoherent mess. The second half was all blowjobs. The "Pono Nights of the World" moves are clipshows, but they're presented as such, this was pretending it was new. Some bulllshit.

House of the Long Shadows (1983) Desi Arnaz Jr bets his agent he can write a hit novel in 24 hrs in a secluded mansion in Whales which turns into Grand Central Station for horror icons. 4 years after his last movie, 70s indie great Pete Walker directs for Cannon. 2nd chance watch, still don't like.

River's Edge (1986) Apathetic teens show little emotion when one of their group murders his girlfriend. Crispen Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Sky. Dennis Hopper's a recluse who gives free drugs to the kids. I guess those crazy Halloween moms are right! I loved this when I was a teen. Slayer soundtrack

Les Yeux Sans Visage aka Eyes Without a Face (1960) This TCM showing beats my "Dr. Faustus" VHS I bought from Sinister Cinema 30 years ago by a great margin. My wife picked it from the DVR, I assume so she could periodically break out in Billy Idol lyrics. She did the same for Flesh for Frankenstein

The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983) In the 16th Century Paul Naschy's El Hombre Lobo, Waldemar Daninsky, travels to the Land of the Rising Sun in search of the cure for Lycanthropy. He comes across samurai, ninjas, sorcerers, and a silver katana, the only thing that can end his curse, besides love

Lucky, the Inscrutable aka Agente speciale L.K. (1967) An American secret agent travels Europe trying to bust a counterfeit ring in this wacky, nonsensical spy comedy from Jess Franco. Rosalba Neri is an Albanian police commissioner and Patty Shepard is an uncredited telephone operator #FrancoFriday

I heard of Dark & Stormy yesterday, made one today. Love it!

The Grapes of Death (1978) A woman jumps off a train to escape a zombie attack, right into the village where it originated. I'd describe them more like rage-lepers. With a show-stopping decapitation, and larger than life Brigitte Lahaie making the most of a supporting role for Jean Rollin

Dogtooth (2009) Meet this weird family, they like to lick each other. Early, strange, arty stuff from Yorgos Lanthimos. I liked it, not sure if I got it!

Got some neat lookin' stuff from @mondomacabro.bsky.social today. Only Der Fan will be a repeat watch (my current copy is illegal) and Nympho, Game, and School are complete blind buys, never even heard of them!

The Fly (1958) A woman smashes her husband with a hydraulic press then chases a housefly all over her home. Patricia Owens and Vincent Price star in this classic. I caught the #Svengoolie showing form a few weeks ago. #MilkLacedWithRum

Tales to Keep You Awake: The End Began Yesterday (1982-TV) A space alien disguised as an adult in college earns the trust of co-eds by helping them win a dance contest. Other, more serious things happen too, but I liked that part the best!

Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) An antiques dealer traces his missing brother to Christopher Lee's small town mansion where hip, young people hang out and celebrate a witch burning anniversary. Barbara Steele in blueface and Boris Karloff annoyed at a guy who doesn't appreciate good brandy. (1/2)

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) On the eve of his promotion to a position of political power, a police chief murders his girlfriend, leaving obvious clues, testing his "above the law" status. w Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, d. Elio Petri, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film

In a box collecting dust under the bed! Lotsa Stones stuff, some Clash, mail order bootlegs of Salo, The Beyond, Revenge of the Zombies (which is actually Black Magic 2) etc

Nobody 2 (2025) This was fun, as expected

Hollywood 90028 (1973) A porn photographer likes to go on long walks and listen to women drone monologues about why they're nude models or hitch-hikers then sometimes strangle them. I believe this was unseen since its theatrical release rescued by @grindhousefilm.bsky.social for home viewing in 2023

Just Watched / First Watch Ms .45 (1981) Great Exploitation Vengeance flick. I really enjoyed it. I saw someone call it Repulsion meets Death Wish, and that about sums it up. I may be wrong, but I think this is the favorite movie of @sauzapaul.bsky.social

Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flower Cards Game (1969) Oryu traces an imposter, regulates card cheats, pulls a blind toddler off train tracks, avenges yakuza boss, liberates would-be newlyweds, in fact, there's not righteous thing she can't do. Junko (Sumiko) Fuji is someone I can't take my eyes off.

IGGY POP #BangBang

The Dead Are Alive aka The Etruscan Kills Again (1972) Horny musicians get slashed at an archeological dig near the symphony. I wish it was as good as that sounds! Samantha Eggar in a love triangle with two extremely abusive leading men, Alex Cord and John Marley. d. Armando Crispino (Autopsy)

The Big Combo (1955) A detective makes it personal when he falls for a gangster's gal. Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef and some great use of shadows. #noir

The Naked Gun (2025) i fuckin loved it

Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975) A 7th son born under a werewolf curse reaches adulthood without incident. Beloved in the community and always ready to laugh off wolf jokes, he falls in love with the fairest maiden in the land. Enter the Devil, who informs him that true love ignites the curse.

#FrancoFriday recap for October: Night of the Skulls, Count Dracula, Vampyros Lesbos, Bloody Moon

Blind Target (2000) A writer who made it big in the states returns to her small, Central American hometown to promote her book and gets kidnapped by an organization who believes she's a spy. Small parts for Linnea Quigley and Lina Romay in this Jess Franco SOV thriller. #FrancoFriday

Bugonia (2025) Fuck, this was kinda like...genius shit? That's 3 bangers in a row from Yorgy, I need to go back and dig his back catalog. I didn't like 'Deer' at the time, but very willing to revisit now that I know things I didn't used to. Also, POTA display at Alamo-Lakeline!

Circus of Fear aka Psycho-Circus (1966) Marked bills from an armored car heist lead an inspector to a traveling circus, where he finds a dead body and a murder soon follows. Christopher Lee is a hooded lion tamer. Margaret Lee, Suzy Kendall, Klaus Kinski also in this Edgar Wallace krimi

The Glass Ceiling (1971) With her husband on a long business trip, a bored housewife begins to suspect her upstairs neighbor, also with an absent husband, might be a killer. w Carmen Sevilla, Patty Shepard, Emma Cohen. Slow as molasses, but a nice Rear Window inspired thriller. d Eloy de la Iglesia

catching up on #TheLastDriveIn with the Mario Bava Classic Blood and Black Lace (1964)