Alex Vorkov
@alexvorkov.bsky.social
I write horror novels and babble about psychotronic cinema.
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#watched SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS (1972)
A killer has marked seven women for death. Mario, the husband of one would-be victim, is frustrated with the police investigation and decides to hunt the unknown assailant himself. #giallo #UmbertoLenzi
A killer has marked seven women for death. Mario, the husband of one would-be victim, is frustrated with the police investigation and decides to hunt the unknown assailant himself. #giallo #UmbertoLenzi
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
#watched SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS (1972)
A killer has marked seven women for death. Mario, the husband of one would-be victim, is frustrated with the police investigation and decides to hunt the unknown assailant himself. #giallo #UmbertoLenzi
A killer has marked seven women for death. Mario, the husband of one would-be victim, is frustrated with the police investigation and decides to hunt the unknown assailant himself. #giallo #UmbertoLenzi
#watched THE KILLER (1989)
There's nothing to say that hasn't been said about John Woo's massively influential Hong Kong action/crime classic, but on the outside chance you're unfamiliar with it:
Imagine the Taxi Driver shootout and Boromir's death scene had a baby.
There's nothing to say that hasn't been said about John Woo's massively influential Hong Kong action/crime classic, but on the outside chance you're unfamiliar with it:
Imagine the Taxi Driver shootout and Boromir's death scene had a baby.
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#watched THE KILLER (1989)
There's nothing to say that hasn't been said about John Woo's massively influential Hong Kong action/crime classic, but on the outside chance you're unfamiliar with it:
Imagine the Taxi Driver shootout and Boromir's death scene had a baby.
There's nothing to say that hasn't been said about John Woo's massively influential Hong Kong action/crime classic, but on the outside chance you're unfamiliar with it:
Imagine the Taxi Driver shootout and Boromir's death scene had a baby.
#watched DELIRIUM (1987)
This late-cycle giallo from director Lamberto Bava is entertaining in a trashy way, though the story is sloppy and full of red-herrings and misdirections that make little sense.
This late-cycle giallo from director Lamberto Bava is entertaining in a trashy way, though the story is sloppy and full of red-herrings and misdirections that make little sense.
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#watched DELIRIUM (1987)
This late-cycle giallo from director Lamberto Bava is entertaining in a trashy way, though the story is sloppy and full of red-herrings and misdirections that make little sense.
This late-cycle giallo from director Lamberto Bava is entertaining in a trashy way, though the story is sloppy and full of red-herrings and misdirections that make little sense.
#watched AN IDEAL PLACE TO KILL (1971)
Two young bohemians break into a wealthy older woman's house to hide from the police, but the woman isn't quite the pushover they expected.
Umberto Lenzi essentially remakes his own film, ORGASMO, this time from the POV of the hippies instead of the victim.
Two young bohemians break into a wealthy older woman's house to hide from the police, but the woman isn't quite the pushover they expected.
Umberto Lenzi essentially remakes his own film, ORGASMO, this time from the POV of the hippies instead of the victim.
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#watched AN IDEAL PLACE TO KILL (1971)
Two young bohemians break into a wealthy older woman's house to hide from the police, but the woman isn't quite the pushover they expected.
Umberto Lenzi essentially remakes his own film, ORGASMO, this time from the POV of the hippies instead of the victim.
Two young bohemians break into a wealthy older woman's house to hide from the police, but the woman isn't quite the pushover they expected.
Umberto Lenzi essentially remakes his own film, ORGASMO, this time from the POV of the hippies instead of the victim.
#watched ORGASMO (1969)
A lonely-and very wealthy-widow falls in with a pair of bohemians who show her a good time ... which turns into a bad time when they imprison her in her villa and take control of her life.
The first of 4 collaborations between Umberto Lenzi and Carroll Baker.
A lonely-and very wealthy-widow falls in with a pair of bohemians who show her a good time ... which turns into a bad time when they imprison her in her villa and take control of her life.
The first of 4 collaborations between Umberto Lenzi and Carroll Baker.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#watched ORGASMO (1969)
A lonely-and very wealthy-widow falls in with a pair of bohemians who show her a good time ... which turns into a bad time when they imprison her in her villa and take control of her life.
The first of 4 collaborations between Umberto Lenzi and Carroll Baker.
A lonely-and very wealthy-widow falls in with a pair of bohemians who show her a good time ... which turns into a bad time when they imprison her in her villa and take control of her life.
The first of 4 collaborations between Umberto Lenzi and Carroll Baker.
#watched A CHINESE GHOST STORY III (1991)
A young monk's loyalties are tested when his master sets forth to hunt the demons inhabiting an abandoned temple, including the beautiful (and not so demonic) one who has earned the young monk's affection.
A young monk's loyalties are tested when his master sets forth to hunt the demons inhabiting an abandoned temple, including the beautiful (and not so demonic) one who has earned the young monk's affection.
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#watched A CHINESE GHOST STORY III (1991)
A young monk's loyalties are tested when his master sets forth to hunt the demons inhabiting an abandoned temple, including the beautiful (and not so demonic) one who has earned the young monk's affection.
A young monk's loyalties are tested when his master sets forth to hunt the demons inhabiting an abandoned temple, including the beautiful (and not so demonic) one who has earned the young monk's affection.
#watched A CHINESE GHOST STORY 2 (1990)
This sequel lacks the soulful charm of the first film, and the plot is overly convoluted, but it's still a hugely entertaining fantasy-horror movie with plenty of action, monsters, and amusing characters.
This sequel lacks the soulful charm of the first film, and the plot is overly convoluted, but it's still a hugely entertaining fantasy-horror movie with plenty of action, monsters, and amusing characters.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#watched A CHINESE GHOST STORY 2 (1990)
This sequel lacks the soulful charm of the first film, and the plot is overly convoluted, but it's still a hugely entertaining fantasy-horror movie with plenty of action, monsters, and amusing characters.
This sequel lacks the soulful charm of the first film, and the plot is overly convoluted, but it's still a hugely entertaining fantasy-horror movie with plenty of action, monsters, and amusing characters.
#watched THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL (1976)
A novelist plagued by violent hallucinations becomes obsessed with the attractive writing assistant he just hired. That's when the violence begins to happen for real.
It felt like an Udo Kier night. RIP.
A novelist plagued by violent hallucinations becomes obsessed with the attractive writing assistant he just hired. That's when the violence begins to happen for real.
It felt like an Udo Kier night. RIP.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
#watched THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL (1976)
A novelist plagued by violent hallucinations becomes obsessed with the attractive writing assistant he just hired. That's when the violence begins to happen for real.
It felt like an Udo Kier night. RIP.
A novelist plagued by violent hallucinations becomes obsessed with the attractive writing assistant he just hired. That's when the violence begins to happen for real.
It felt like an Udo Kier night. RIP.
#watched ILSA, HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SKEIKS (1976)
Reports of Ilsa's death in the previous film were greatly exaggerated, as she's alive and well here in an unnamed Arab county, deploying her sadistic charms in aid of a horny oil sheik.
Classy as always. #DyanneThorne
Reports of Ilsa's death in the previous film were greatly exaggerated, as she's alive and well here in an unnamed Arab county, deploying her sadistic charms in aid of a horny oil sheik.
Classy as always. #DyanneThorne
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#watched ILSA, HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SKEIKS (1976)
Reports of Ilsa's death in the previous film were greatly exaggerated, as she's alive and well here in an unnamed Arab county, deploying her sadistic charms in aid of a horny oil sheik.
Classy as always. #DyanneThorne
Reports of Ilsa's death in the previous film were greatly exaggerated, as she's alive and well here in an unnamed Arab county, deploying her sadistic charms in aid of a horny oil sheik.
Classy as always. #DyanneThorne
#watched WITHOUT WARNING (1980)
An alien who hunts for sport pays a visit to a grungy little space rock called Earth and throws killer frisbees at teens and rednecks.
Director Greydon Clark learned from his mentor, Al Adamson, how to snag washed-up actors who needed money. Quite a cast!
An alien who hunts for sport pays a visit to a grungy little space rock called Earth and throws killer frisbees at teens and rednecks.
Director Greydon Clark learned from his mentor, Al Adamson, how to snag washed-up actors who needed money. Quite a cast!
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
#watched WITHOUT WARNING (1980)
An alien who hunts for sport pays a visit to a grungy little space rock called Earth and throws killer frisbees at teens and rednecks.
Director Greydon Clark learned from his mentor, Al Adamson, how to snag washed-up actors who needed money. Quite a cast!
An alien who hunts for sport pays a visit to a grungy little space rock called Earth and throws killer frisbees at teens and rednecks.
Director Greydon Clark learned from his mentor, Al Adamson, how to snag washed-up actors who needed money. Quite a cast!
Are you implying that Romy Schneider might get away with being called pretty?
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Are you implying that Romy Schneider might get away with being called pretty?
#wacthed A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1987)
A hapless tax collector finds himself in a haunted temple where he encounters zombies, demons, a grumpy Taoist swordsman, and the most beautiful ghost in movie history.
My favorite Hong Kong movie of the 1980s. Pure magic.
A hapless tax collector finds himself in a haunted temple where he encounters zombies, demons, a grumpy Taoist swordsman, and the most beautiful ghost in movie history.
My favorite Hong Kong movie of the 1980s. Pure magic.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
#wacthed A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1987)
A hapless tax collector finds himself in a haunted temple where he encounters zombies, demons, a grumpy Taoist swordsman, and the most beautiful ghost in movie history.
My favorite Hong Kong movie of the 1980s. Pure magic.
A hapless tax collector finds himself in a haunted temple where he encounters zombies, demons, a grumpy Taoist swordsman, and the most beautiful ghost in movie history.
My favorite Hong Kong movie of the 1980s. Pure magic.
Yesterday's trail pics 2 - A typically rocky environment of north NJ, with the morning sun illuminating the last of the fall foliage in the distance under a deep blue sky. For real, the sky looked "saturated" with color yesterday.
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Yesterday's trail pics 2 - A typically rocky environment of north NJ, with the morning sun illuminating the last of the fall foliage in the distance under a deep blue sky. For real, the sky looked "saturated" with color yesterday.
Yesterday's trail pics - "Echoes"
The stone ruin on the right echoes the cliff on the left, and the ruins together are mere echoes of past human presence. #hiking
The stone ruin on the right echoes the cliff on the left, and the ruins together are mere echoes of past human presence. #hiking
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Yesterday's trail pics - "Echoes"
The stone ruin on the right echoes the cliff on the left, and the ruins together are mere echoes of past human presence. #hiking
The stone ruin on the right echoes the cliff on the left, and the ruins together are mere echoes of past human presence. #hiking
As a non-glamorous person with an Old Navy fashion sense, I don't know much about Glamour magazine. However, I doubt the US edition has ever done anything as cool as Glamour Mexico did in naming hard rock power trio #TheWarning Women of the Year for 2025.
(Among other women in other categories)
(Among other women in other categories)
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
As a non-glamorous person with an Old Navy fashion sense, I don't know much about Glamour magazine. However, I doubt the US edition has ever done anything as cool as Glamour Mexico did in naming hard rock power trio #TheWarning Women of the Year for 2025.
(Among other women in other categories)
(Among other women in other categories)