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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · Oct 31

📌 i'm austin(ado)! multimedia writer/editor of all sorts and (occasional) voice actor! catch me On The Web!

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 2d

89. READY OR NOT

another radio silence banger! these guys always impress and this was no exception. not usually a fan of these plots, but there's just enough fuckery to keep things compelling all around. samara weaving, if you're reading this, i'd just like one chance. RIP damn daniel.

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 2d

88. GREEN ROOM (rewatch)

deserves far more credit and recognition than its given. fun cast, great dialogue, grungy bottle setting and schlubby neo-nazis getting murked without payoff. one of the main characters just straight up looks like he's cosplaying zoro one piece. it's peak.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 2d

87. THEY/THEM (dropped)

this tepid focus tested dogshit accomplishes nothing for no one and not even kevin bacon can save its. well y'know.

got to the part where they start glee clubbing P!NK and just couldn't take it anymore. fuck this movie.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 2d

86. THE LIGHTHOUSE (rewatch)

eggers' best and one of the best modern uses of black and white! enjoyed it even more on rewatch, nasty jokes and spontaneous pet play included. eggers has basically perfected the slowburn descent into madness and every piece falls into place with that final shot.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 2d

85. THE SCOOBY DOO PROJECT (rewatch)

shockingly thorough parody! also yeah. scuffed choice to throw on here since its just a collection of interstitials, but i thought you guys should know that i originally had this rated higher than the original on letterboxd.

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 6d

84. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (rewatch)

rare instance where the trailblazer is still the absolute best in show. found footage films after blair witch attempted to yank its style but could never replicate what made it successful: how sincere and natural it all feels. real, unfortunate, human agony.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 6d

83. NIGHT SWIM

ghost pool? ghost pool. ghost pool that eats people to grant wishes. okay. sure. fucking whatever man. i don't care anymore.

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 6d

82. SON OF THE MASK (rewatch)

a film whose trailer gave me LEGITIMATE PTSD symptoms as a child. i did force myself to watch it growing up once or twice as a form of exposure therapy, but seeing it in full again as an adult was just upsetting. nothing about it works. it's an abomination against god.

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 6d

81. PERFECT BLUE (2025 remaster)

antiviral -> smile 2 -> HIM -> perfect blue is such a strange marathon of similar thematic intent. i'd say it caused whiplash, but it's a shockingly coherent thru line even with such disparate quality.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 10d

80. HIM

youtu.be/DNu19R1HRIo?...

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 11d

79. SMILE 2

got what i expected! slightly more better than the first, but my only expectation for a smile film is its fun factor. it's just as much of a manic thrill ride and the scares pack a punch, but it's not deep. i'm just happy original, schlocky horror is still a popular item on the menu.

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 11d

78. ANTIVIRAL

sterile AND disgusting with the wackiest worldbuilding this side of pixar's cars. on a surface level there are interesting themes, but it's so vague and oddly placid for such an insane premise. brandon's first has cronenberg taste, but no substance. hope possessor works better!

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 11d

77. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (rewatch)

done on a whim to celebrate the announcement of the upcoming sequel! i go back and forth on feeling if it's not quite as good as i'd like or if it's one of the best post-golden efforts- but i can recite the film almost line for line and that counts for something.

austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 15d

76. TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL (rewatch)

hillbilly hamlet that upturns every cliche outback slasher convention into a hilarious miscommunication fiasco. i was worried this wouldn't hold up, but its compassionate to the title characters in a way most films wouldn't allow- farce or otherwise. good shit!

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 15d

75. HOMESTUCK: THE ANIMATED PILOT

mixed in execution, but i'm cautiously optimistic about where a full series could go! i admire how much of act 1 they crammed into 11 minutes. fun framing, great voice acting and fantastic animation! just needs refinement, a better pace, and WAY less spindleisms.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 15d

74. DOROHEDORO (rewatch)

part two of the 3x MAPPA SHOUNEN STUDY FRIDAYS COMBO!

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 19d

73. X

a better outing in the "old people scary" subgenre. even if at times clumsy, it actually has something to say about the aging process and fallen star syndrome. this could have been a real fodder cast but there's depth here, especially from mia goth. literally ends on a CSI miami joke tho.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 21d

72. THE EXORCIST (rewatch)

effects and cinematography ruled but i came out of this cooler than i'd like after a rewatch. it's a genre-defining trailblazer, but it really plods along. there's not enough character to fully reel me in. mostly spent the runtime thinking about gorillaz music videos tbh.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 21d

71. THE THING (rewatch)

start of spooktoberfest 2025! this year me and marcie have 42 choices, including some wildcard picks, chosen at random by a wheel of fate.

you all know why this one made the list. if you don't you'll figure it out soon enough. anyways! perfect film, no notes.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 22d

70. KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

sharp narrative with incredible animation, gorgeously maximalistic design and background work, and phenomenal character acting in a world worth exploring. no, the irony of a dana terrance pilot revolving around a disney-esque dystopian hellscape is not lost on me.

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austinado 📺 @austinado.deconreconstruction.com · 25d

69. POKEMON CONCIERGE (season 2)

one of my favorite subseries in the franchise due to the stop-motion art style! still complimented by lovely little stories. always nice when pokemon takes a step back to show us what a simple life in this world looks like. may have got emotional over a sealeo.