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Richard Street

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Too many films, not enough good ones. On Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/streetrw/ Occasional reviews: https://streetrw.blogspot.com/

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Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Nov 11

I occasionally put film reviews up on a blog thingy:

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FILM YELLOW

The internet's 54,708th blog of film reviews.

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Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · 10d

It's October now, and Amzon Prime have just put up a ton of 80s horror movies: THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, CREATURE (TITAN FIND), GHOULIES 1+2, DOLLS, MONKEY SHINES, HOWLING II, CELLAR DWELLER, NECROPOLIS, THE VIDEO DEAD, I MADMAN, SCARECROWS...

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight's double bill of British 80s horror junk: BLOODBATH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH + DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS. In the 30 years or so since I last saw them on VHS tapes, I had forgotten just how sheerly bloody awful both of these films are.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · 22d

On the train for Christchurch for Grindfest....
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Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 31

Tonight's double-bill of Slasher Sequels Where The Wheels Fell Off The Wagon: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 4 was absolutely terrible and full of imbeciles, while FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 5 was just a routine set of toned-down slayings. It was my first F13 so I always had a soft spot for it... but no more.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 24

#FrightFest scores so far:

Day Four

213 BONES - 6/10
TOMB WATCHER - 4/10
HELLCAT - 4/10
BONE LAKE - 8/10
REDUX REDUX - 9/10

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 24

#FrightFest scores so far:

Day Three

THE RED MASK - 6/10
PIG HILL - 4/10
SELF-HELP - 5/10
THE HAUNTED FOREST - 4/10
JIMMY AND STIGGS - 0/10
HOLD THE FORT - 6/10

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 23

#FrightFest Scores so far:

Day Two

APPOFENIACS - 7/10
WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW - 4/10
DON'T LET THE CAT OUT - 7/10
A SERBIAN DOCUMENTARY - 5/10
THE CONFESSION - 5/10
FLUSH - 6/10

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 23

#FrightFest Scores so far:

Day One

THE HOME - 7/10
COGNAITIVE - 7/10
NIGHT OF VIOLENCE - 5/10

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 21

On the train to #FrightFest and will be posting ratings, thoughts and reviews on Letterboxd every night at letterboxd.com/streetrw/ .

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 20

Marking the start of this year's @frightfest.bsky.social tonight with probably my favourite closing double. I wasn't happy at all back in 2008, but the wild one-two of MIRRORS and DEATH RACE was exactly what I needed and cheered me enormously.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 16

So: with fingers crossed that I get a Your Host ticket on the day, this is my planned @frightfest.bsky.social lineup (Disco films in pink):

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 14

Finally settled on my @frightfest.bsky.social choices. Now it all depends on my getting the Disco tickets....

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 7

So I'm starting to get my @frightfest.bsky.social schedule together but I have some clashes....

TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS / DON'T LET THE CAT OUT
IN A COLD VEIN / CONFESSION
MARSHMALLOW / PIG HILL / FIVE
SELF-HELP / CARETAKER / BLOOD SHINE
BONE LAKE / NOSEEUMS
REDUX REDUX / DEATH CYCLE

Help!

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Aug 3

Giallo double-bill tonight: MY DEAR KILLER + SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS. First one's definitely the better of the two but both were good fun; I'd seen them both before but had forgotten much of them over the years. The picture quality of MY DEAR KILLER on Prime was excellent.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jul 23

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but there's a second screening of BAMBI: THE RECKONING at @frightfest.bsky.social : Thursday at 11pm in Discovery 2.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 28

In exactly two weeks' time I should have my #FrightFest pass sailing into my inbox and I should have a nice coloured spreadsheet with titles chosen and intervals timed.

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Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 28

Hot milk is, indeed, a ghastly thing and shouldn't be allowed. BUT: where do you stand on custard? Hot or cold?

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 28

Like Woody Allen's "early, funny ones", I have a preference for Cronenberg's "early, gloopy ones". My top two are always VIDEODROME and RABID, followed by SCANNERS; possibly THE FLY as well but I haven't seen it in a long time.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 26

Since everyone else is doing one, here's my NYT Best Films of the 21st Century list: all you people have seen far more recent movies than I have.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 25

I rewatched COBRA last week and laughed pretty much the whole way through: yes, it's morally very dubious, but damn if it isn't frequently hilarious. And the action sequences are pretty decently staged.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 22

There's another genre they don't make these days: the wisecracking cop action buddy comedy, eg Peter Hyams' RUNNING SCARED. Outside of the occasional BAD BOYS sequel, where are they?

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 17

AGE OF KILL, probably. WRATH is pretty awful as well. But Kumquat Of Solace (as we've been calling it since release) has grown on me.

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 17

Watched ANORA yesterday. That was Best Picture? Really?

Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 15

My Horror Heresy #1: streetrw4.blogspot.com/2025/06/horr... #Halloween #horrormovies #sequels

HORROR HERESY #1

There's nothing wrong with a disagreement from time to time. Wouldn't it be boring if we all liked the same things equally? But sometimes an...

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Richard Street @streetrw.bsky.social · Jun 13

One of my favourites of last year's event.