Erin, on the side of caution
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Met this charming fellow today, though I couldn’t get him to stick around long enough to track down his owner.
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Met this charming fellow today, though I couldn’t get him to stick around long enough to track down his owner.
I mean, they also could have just seen a WW2 movie ever.
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I mean, they also could have just seen a WW2 movie ever.
And before I take a break updating these, an actual one-off:
22: Frankenstein (2025)
I really don’t think I need to summarize the story here. Oscar Isaac plays kind of a dick and Jacob Elordi is the (un?)surprisingly hot monster.
22: Frankenstein (2025)
I really don’t think I need to summarize the story here. Oscar Isaac plays kind of a dick and Jacob Elordi is the (un?)surprisingly hot monster.
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And before I take a break updating these, an actual one-off:
22: Frankenstein (2025)
I really don’t think I need to summarize the story here. Oscar Isaac plays kind of a dick and Jacob Elordi is the (un?)surprisingly hot monster.
22: Frankenstein (2025)
I really don’t think I need to summarize the story here. Oscar Isaac plays kind of a dick and Jacob Elordi is the (un?)surprisingly hot monster.
21: The Abandon
A soldier deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm finds himself in a mysterious box with no exits and which seems to defy natural laws.
A soldier deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm finds himself in a mysterious box with no exits and which seems to defy natural laws.
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
21: The Abandon
A soldier deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm finds himself in a mysterious box with no exits and which seems to defy natural laws.
A soldier deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm finds himself in a mysterious box with no exits and which seems to defy natural laws.
On to a pair of sci fi horror films, since I hadn’t done any yet. First up:
20: Ash
A scientist wakes up in the aftermath of a massacre inside a planetary outpost and has to piece together what happened.
20: Ash
A scientist wakes up in the aftermath of a massacre inside a planetary outpost and has to piece together what happened.
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On to a pair of sci fi horror films, since I hadn’t done any yet. First up:
20: Ash
A scientist wakes up in the aftermath of a massacre inside a planetary outpost and has to piece together what happened.
20: Ash
A scientist wakes up in the aftermath of a massacre inside a planetary outpost and has to piece together what happened.
Another from the ghosts’ perspective? Why not.
19: Dead Talents Society
In the afterlife, ghosts that actively scare the living are the equivalent of movie stars or pro athletes, complete with awards shows and bitter rivalries. An average young woman is drawn in to the cutthroat world of scaring
19: Dead Talents Society
In the afterlife, ghosts that actively scare the living are the equivalent of movie stars or pro athletes, complete with awards shows and bitter rivalries. An average young woman is drawn in to the cutthroat world of scaring
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another from the ghosts’ perspective? Why not.
19: Dead Talents Society
In the afterlife, ghosts that actively scare the living are the equivalent of movie stars or pro athletes, complete with awards shows and bitter rivalries. An average young woman is drawn in to the cutthroat world of scaring
19: Dead Talents Society
In the afterlife, ghosts that actively scare the living are the equivalent of movie stars or pro athletes, complete with awards shows and bitter rivalries. An average young woman is drawn in to the cutthroat world of scaring
Okay, I kind of lied when I said that was a one off, because we’ve got another movie about getting help from ghosts:
17: Presence
An upper middle class family movies into a house that is occupied by an invisible entity. The entire film is shot from the perspective of said entity.
17: Presence
An upper middle class family movies into a house that is occupied by an invisible entity. The entire film is shot from the perspective of said entity.
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Okay, I kind of lied when I said that was a one off, because we’ve got another movie about getting help from ghosts:
17: Presence
An upper middle class family movies into a house that is occupied by an invisible entity. The entire film is shot from the perspective of said entity.
17: Presence
An upper middle class family movies into a house that is occupied by an invisible entity. The entire film is shot from the perspective of said entity.
Got way behind on tracking these, but I’m basically on track in terms of actual watches.
Next up was a one off:
17: The Black Phone
A teenage boy is abducted by a creepy Ethan Hawke and is aided in his escape by the ghosts of the kidnapper’s former victims.
Next up was a one off:
17: The Black Phone
A teenage boy is abducted by a creepy Ethan Hawke and is aided in his escape by the ghosts of the kidnapper’s former victims.
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Got way behind on tracking these, but I’m basically on track in terms of actual watches.
Next up was a one off:
17: The Black Phone
A teenage boy is abducted by a creepy Ethan Hawke and is aided in his escape by the ghosts of the kidnapper’s former victims.
Next up was a one off:
17: The Black Phone
A teenage boy is abducted by a creepy Ethan Hawke and is aided in his escape by the ghosts of the kidnapper’s former victims.
An eagle? No, just like no one is criticizing him for having “a skull and bones”.
This eagle SPECIFICALLY? Yes.
This eagle SPECIFICALLY? Yes.
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
An eagle? No, just like no one is criticizing him for having “a skull and bones”.
This eagle SPECIFICALLY? Yes.
This eagle SPECIFICALLY? Yes.
Some past fosters:
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Some past fosters:
The NYT: President Trump appeared to cover protesters with an unidentifiable brown liquid
Trump:
Trump:
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The NYT: President Trump appeared to cover protesters with an unidentifiable brown liquid
Trump:
Trump:
And #16: The Radleys
A family of “abstaining” vampires who don’t drink blood are thrown into chaos after an incident involving a classmate and the subsequent arrival of Will, the uncle and a decidedly NOT abstaining vampire.
A family of “abstaining” vampires who don’t drink blood are thrown into chaos after an incident involving a classmate and the subsequent arrival of Will, the uncle and a decidedly NOT abstaining vampire.
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
And #16: The Radleys
A family of “abstaining” vampires who don’t drink blood are thrown into chaos after an incident involving a classmate and the subsequent arrival of Will, the uncle and a decidedly NOT abstaining vampire.
A family of “abstaining” vampires who don’t drink blood are thrown into chaos after an incident involving a classmate and the subsequent arrival of Will, the uncle and a decidedly NOT abstaining vampire.
Next is a pair of movies about vampire families - the very French “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” and the more restrainedly British “The Radleys”.
14: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
A teenage vampire doesn’t want to kill, to the frustration of her family.
14: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
A teenage vampire doesn’t want to kill, to the frustration of her family.
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Next is a pair of movies about vampire families - the very French “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” and the more restrainedly British “The Radleys”.
14: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
A teenage vampire doesn’t want to kill, to the frustration of her family.
14: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
A teenage vampire doesn’t want to kill, to the frustration of her family.
And finishing off the brief African double feature -
14: Gaia
A South African forest ranger runs into a survivalist hermit and his son, discovering an enormous fungal colony, the looming threat of an outbreak, and fungal zombies that look shockingly similar to those in The Last of Us.
14: Gaia
A South African forest ranger runs into a survivalist hermit and his son, discovering an enormous fungal colony, the looming threat of an outbreak, and fungal zombies that look shockingly similar to those in The Last of Us.
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
And finishing off the brief African double feature -
14: Gaia
A South African forest ranger runs into a survivalist hermit and his son, discovering an enormous fungal colony, the looming threat of an outbreak, and fungal zombies that look shockingly similar to those in The Last of Us.
14: Gaia
A South African forest ranger runs into a survivalist hermit and his son, discovering an enormous fungal colony, the looming threat of an outbreak, and fungal zombies that look shockingly similar to those in The Last of Us.
Catching up on the backlog, we have 2 films set in sub-Saharan Africa. First up:
13: Saloum
A trio of mercenaries escape a coup in Guinea-Bissau and end up escorting a drug runner. They’re forced to stop at a resort in Senegal, where ghosts from both the recent and distant past make an appearance.
13: Saloum
A trio of mercenaries escape a coup in Guinea-Bissau and end up escorting a drug runner. They’re forced to stop at a resort in Senegal, where ghosts from both the recent and distant past make an appearance.
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Catching up on the backlog, we have 2 films set in sub-Saharan Africa. First up:
13: Saloum
A trio of mercenaries escape a coup in Guinea-Bissau and end up escorting a drug runner. They’re forced to stop at a resort in Senegal, where ghosts from both the recent and distant past make an appearance.
13: Saloum
A trio of mercenaries escape a coup in Guinea-Bissau and end up escorting a drug runner. They’re forced to stop at a resort in Senegal, where ghosts from both the recent and distant past make an appearance.
And to finish off the one-take movie block:
12: MadS
On his birthday, a French teenager meets with his drug dealer before running into an inconsolable woman in hospital patient attire. His day (and everyone else’s) gets progressively worse.
12: MadS
On his birthday, a French teenager meets with his drug dealer before running into an inconsolable woman in hospital patient attire. His day (and everyone else’s) gets progressively worse.
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
And to finish off the one-take movie block:
12: MadS
On his birthday, a French teenager meets with his drug dealer before running into an inconsolable woman in hospital patient attire. His day (and everyone else’s) gets progressively worse.
12: MadS
On his birthday, a French teenager meets with his drug dealer before running into an inconsolable woman in hospital patient attire. His day (and everyone else’s) gets progressively worse.
Next up in the “one-take” horror films: Scurry
11: Scurry
A (supposedly) one-take film about two people trapped underground as insect-like monsters emerge from below and attack the city.
11: Scurry
A (supposedly) one-take film about two people trapped underground as insect-like monsters emerge from below and attack the city.
October 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Next up in the “one-take” horror films: Scurry
11: Scurry
A (supposedly) one-take film about two people trapped underground as insect-like monsters emerge from below and attack the city.
11: Scurry
A (supposedly) one-take film about two people trapped underground as insect-like monsters emerge from below and attack the city.
After the high budget pop star movies, it’s time for something a bit more low budget - single-take horror films.
First up, a single-take found footage thing out of France called “Night Shot”.
10: Night Shot
Urban explorer type goes to abandoned hospital. You know the drill.
First up, a single-take found footage thing out of France called “Night Shot”.
10: Night Shot
Urban explorer type goes to abandoned hospital. You know the drill.
October 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
After the high budget pop star movies, it’s time for something a bit more low budget - single-take horror films.
First up, a single-take found footage thing out of France called “Night Shot”.
10: Night Shot
Urban explorer type goes to abandoned hospital. You know the drill.
First up, a single-take found footage thing out of France called “Night Shot”.
10: Night Shot
Urban explorer type goes to abandoned hospital. You know the drill.
And part 2 of the pop star theme
9: Opus
A legendary 90s pop superstar re-emerges after 30 years with a new album, inviting a handful of journalist types (including an ambitious young writer) to his remote compound for a private debut.
9: Opus
A legendary 90s pop superstar re-emerges after 30 years with a new album, inviting a handful of journalist types (including an ambitious young writer) to his remote compound for a private debut.
October 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
And part 2 of the pop star theme
9: Opus
A legendary 90s pop superstar re-emerges after 30 years with a new album, inviting a handful of journalist types (including an ambitious young writer) to his remote compound for a private debut.
9: Opus
A legendary 90s pop superstar re-emerges after 30 years with a new album, inviting a handful of journalist types (including an ambitious young writer) to his remote compound for a private debut.
Next up: apropos of absolutely nothing, a double feature of pop star themed horror films. First:
8: Smile 2
A pop superstar gets infected with the smile demon from the first movie, with predictable results.
8: Smile 2
A pop superstar gets infected with the smile demon from the first movie, with predictable results.
October 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Next up: apropos of absolutely nothing, a double feature of pop star themed horror films. First:
8: Smile 2
A pop superstar gets infected with the smile demon from the first movie, with predictable results.
8: Smile 2
A pop superstar gets infected with the smile demon from the first movie, with predictable results.
In October I like to do themed pairings or blocks of films, with the connection being as goofy or obscure as possible, like "horror films set during the English civil war"
So naturally, I had to go from "Good Boy" to...
7: Bark (2023)
So naturally, I had to go from "Good Boy" to...
7: Bark (2023)
October 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
In October I like to do themed pairings or blocks of films, with the connection being as goofy or obscure as possible, like "horror films set during the English civil war"
So naturally, I had to go from "Good Boy" to...
7: Bark (2023)
So naturally, I had to go from "Good Boy" to...
7: Bark (2023)
And finally, a change of pace, from found footage to hound footage:
6: Good Boy
6: Good Boy
October 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
And finally, a change of pace, from found footage to hound footage:
6: Good Boy
6: Good Boy
Okay, I lied, we're going with one more found footage influencer thing before changing gears. Because this one is Welsh!
5: Dagr
5: Dagr
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Okay, I lied, we're going with one more found footage influencer thing before changing gears. Because this one is Welsh!
5: Dagr
5: Dagr