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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 1d

The lumber from the gallows were upcycled into cursed ventriloquist dolls.

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 2d

I claim it’s a good movie.

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 2d

Truly one of the greatest horror comedies of all time.

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#HoppingVampires
#StickyRice
#DanceYourCoagulationAway
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A ★★★★★ review of Mr. Vampire (1985)

Mr. Vampire is one of the best horror/comedies ever made and should be listed right alongside Evil Dead 2, Return of the Living Dead, Dead-Alive and Shaun of the Dead. I’d say Abbott and Costello Meet...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 2d

Intrigue, spies, balconies and gender bending.

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#TsuiHark
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A ★★★★★ review of Peking Opera Blues (1986)

Peking Opera Blues is Tsui Hark’s intrigue/fictional historical about a suave revolutionary spy, the double agent daughter of a corrupt general, a courtesan and survivalist, a daughter of a man who ow...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 3d

I love movies so much. I wish my musings about the medium was marketable. Watching and writing about moving pictures is my dream job and if I could do that for a living I would be the happiest boy.

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 3d

Four very fun movies!

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 3d

Like a game of Telephone, this adaption of a musical adaption of a movie loses something in the translation.

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#GoodMorningSychamore
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Hairspray (2007)

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to ...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 3d

Family friendly Waters

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#bouffant
#IntegrationNow
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A ★★★★½ review of Hairspray (1988)

Hairspray is John Waters only PG-13 film and it honestly should have been G. What a pleasant little nostalgic look at the 50s and shockingly less horny than American Graffiti. There’s a full complemen...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 4d

Let me know what you think!

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no, The Blob remake isn’t in the same league as those! The Blob is a love letter to the original with some mildly elevated gore. Those films you mentioned are taking their premises and making straight up art.

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 4d

The Blob 1988 is the best possible scenario for remaking a 50s horror film.

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 4d

Post-apocalyptic cannibals, Italian zombies, a great remake and a documentary about a man repeating the mistakes of the past.

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #filmsky #letterboxd #hashtag

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 5d

Is re-enacting exploitation also exploitation?

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#monomania
#WasThisTripReallyNecessary
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A ★★★★★ review of Burden of Dreams (1982)

Burden of Dreams is the ultimate “making of” documentary that eclipses all other making ofs. It is a documentation of monomania. A record of obsession by Werner Herzog in his drama about a man in the ...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 6d

I use a stellar remake to complain about people who complain about remakes.

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#PeopleExtruder
#JocksVsSlime
#Shrinkage
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A ★★★★½ review of The Blob (1988)

Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of The Blob is how you remake a 50s classic. First you introduce the stock small town characters: there’s the cheerleader, the good-football-player, the-date-rapist-footbal...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 7d

Our shark.

Farewell and ado to you fair Spanish ladies
Farewell and ado to you ladies of Spain.

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 8d

Zombie vs. Shark.

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#TheySayTheZedWord
#Eyeball
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A ★★★★½ review of Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)

George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead was released in Italy as “Zombi” and was a big hit. Lucio Fulci made his own zombie movie and the production company released it as “Zombi 2” as a way to fool the publ...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 8d

Danielle Deadwyler is great.

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#CannibalsSuck
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A ★★★½ review of 40 Acres (2024)

Season 2 of the TV show The Walking Dead was set on a farm and is generally considered the most boring season. I disagree but, in theory anyway, a farm in a post-apocalyptic environment is the best-ca...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s see you make a song about this one, Billy Idol.

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#ADarkerDarkman
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A ★★★½ review of The Skin I Live In (2011)

Director Pedro Almodóvar has made a career out of films that touch on misogynistic topics in a way that could be interpreted as misogynistic themselves. I mean, Tie me Up, Tie Me Down is about a man w...

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RobKong @robkong.bsky.social · 10d

A cop…
A killer…
A deadline…
An extension…

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