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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 3h

The Horror in the High Desert series are the most underrated horror franchise.

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 3h

"If you’re in that niche target audience of people who like survival horror, meaty brainteasers, classic Disney animation or preferably all three, then this is one twisted fairytale that you won’t wanna miss," @harrisonabbott.bsky.social writes in his 4-star review of BYE SWEET CAROLE:

‘Bye Sweet Carole’ Charms with Its Classical Animation Combined with Dark Fantasy [Review]

Bye Sweet Carole plays a devious trick when first booted up, lulling you into a false sense of security and giving off a deliberately misleading impression. In case you’re not aware, the whole shtick ...

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Movie Watch @moviewatch.bsky.social · 6h

Ace in the Hole (1951)
Directed by Billy Wilder

Reporter Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) is on a career downslide that's led him to working at a small newspaper, but when he hears of a man trapped by a cave-in, he will do anything to exploit the situation and rebuild his reputation.

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 17h

After some big confidence knocks over the last year or so, It's taken a lot to start writing again for the fun of it, so as choppy as this article might be, I'm happy a film inspired me to want to write again.

Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

I was floored by Shinya Tsukamoto's Kotoko, so I did a little rambling about it.

#filmsky

Movie Watch @moviewatch.bsky.social · 1d

Movie Watch: Kotoko Sings To Us.

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 19h

One of the movies PTA cited as inspiration for One Battle After Another.

Very much a family drama first, but what a family drama it is!

Movie Watch @moviewatch.bsky.social · 1d

Running on Empty (1988)
Directed by Sidney Lumet

A pair of activists and their children have been on the run from the government for years, but the family is put at risk when the eldest son (River Phoenix) finds first love and his calling as a musician.

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

I was floored by Shinya Tsukamoto's Kotoko, so I did a little rambling about it.

#filmsky

Movie Watch @moviewatch.bsky.social · 1d

Movie Watch: Kotoko Sings To Us.

Movie Watch: Kotoko Sings To Us

Shinya Tsukamoto’s Kotoko is an often harrowing emotional rollercoaster, but finds serenity in song.

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Safe Room: A Horror Video Game Podcast @saferoompod.bsky.social · 2d

This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social explore the dark corners of the web in Vile: Exhumed from @dirtlord77.bsky.social ! #HorrorSky

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

I was floored by Shinya Tsukamoto's Kotoko, so I did a little rambling about it.

#filmsky

Movie Watch @moviewatch.bsky.social · 1d

Movie Watch: Kotoko Sings To Us.

Movie Watch: Kotoko Sings To Us

Shinya Tsukamoto’s Kotoko is an often harrowing emotional rollercoaster, but finds serenity in song.

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

077/100: My ★★★★½ review of Kotoko on Letterboxd.

Might be the best film I've watched for this challenge. Heartbreaking, horrifying, funny, and sweet. A true emotional rollercoaster.

A ★★★★½ review of Kotoko (2011)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 077/100 If ever there was a film to deserve the term 'emotional rollercoaster', then Kotoko would be first in line. It flits between anxiety-inducing, mesmerising, h...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

076/100: My ★★½ review of Another Cabin in the Woods Movie on Letterboxd.

With a title like that, I expected very little, but it has some genuinely funny moments.

A ★★½ review of Another Cabin in the Woods Movie (2024)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 076/100 The title screams horribly unfunny spoof, but the film itself is actually okay and occasionally funny! The radio narration gimmick adds to a largely stock ho...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

075/100: My ★½ review of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman on Letterboxd.

Severely disappointed in this. It has so little style or personality compared to other J-horror films I've watched recently.

A ★½ review of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 075/100 Considering the director, I was surprised by how ordinary this was. No style, no scares, and the writing was severely lacking. The titular villain is a wet f...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much for listening to the episode, Cara.

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! You've just reminded me I never got around to watching this!

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Movie Watch @moviewatch.bsky.social · 2d

Miracle Mile (1988)
Directed by Steve De Jarnatt

Imagine finding the person of your dreams, and then finding out the world might be about to end.

That’s what happens to Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham in this underappreciated, bleak rom-com.

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 2d

Vile: Exhumed is effective on so many levels. It captures the essence of the internet as it was, and sadly, always has been in a disturbing, unsettling document of misogyny and parasocial relationships in the online age.

Safe Room: A Horror Video Game Podcast @saferoompod.bsky.social · 2d

This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social explore the dark corners of the web in Vile: Exhumed from @dirtlord77.bsky.social ! #HorrorSky

🍎 apple.co/3IK9ZZQ

🟢 bit.ly/46YC1c8

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 3d

074/100: My ★★★★ review of V/H/S/HALLOWEEN on Letterboxd.

Best V/H/S yet. Fun Size is one of the best segments in the series.

A ★★★★ review of V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (2025)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 074/100 The V/H/S series has been on pretty steady ground in its post-Viral revival. Some consistent overall anthologies, top tier segments, and a level of variety t...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 3d

073/100: My ★★½ review of Elvira's Haunted Hills on Letterboxd.

Has its moments, but a disappointing Elvira outing.

A ★★½ review of Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 073/100 Fascinating to see the passage of time between this and Mistress of the Dark and how a fun gimmick can descend into plodding parody. There's still a bit of t...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 3d

072/100: My ★★★★ review of The Toxic Avenger Unrated on Letterboxd.

A rare remake that's as good as the original in a different way.

A great gory time was had!

A ★★★★ review of The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2023)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 072/100 I never expected this remake to be even close to the tone of the original for so many reasons, but the parts it does capture are the goofy, gory, gonzo bits....

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 3d

071/100: My ★★★ review of House on Eden on Letterboxd.

A solid, if unspectacular, found footage horror.

A ★★★ review of House on Eden (2025)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 071/100 Feels like a lot of folks brought their preconceptions about the crew's TikTok background, their sniffiness about the found footage genre, or both. It's real...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 3d

070/100: My ★★ review of St. John's Wort on Letterboxd.

Tries to blend in a video game presentation, but it only works sporadically.

A ★★ review of St. John's Wort (2001)

100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025: 070/100 What a frustrating film. There's some good stuff here mixed in with (intentionally?) dreadful acting, horrible FX, and a nonsensical plot. The argument is th...

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 4d

Very much here for any and all praise for Baby Steps, especially when it nails why it's so uniquely, refreshingly strange.

Dave Breens @baldbreens.bsky.social · 5d

Spent over a week reviewing Baby Steps because at some point I realised it was art. A lot of critics got it wrong with this one, honestly. www.dbltap.com/reviews/baby...

Baby Steps review – Stupid, juvenile, compelling art

I want to begin by saying that, before I’d ever played Baby Steps, I essentially wrote it off as “streamer bait,” frustration for frustration’s sake, and nothin

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 5d

Rituals?

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 5d

Quite a few, but at the tippy-top for me are...

Aftersun
Hundreds of Beavers
Another Round
Babylon
Godzilla Minus One
Sinners
I Saw the TV Glow
Love Lies Bleeding

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 5d

It's #LetterboxdFriday, so naturally, I must share my #LastFourWatched.

Competent found footage horror.

Frustrating video game-infused J-Horror.

Comedy that hits me in the soft part of my belly.

Excellent body horror madness.

House on Eden (3 stars)
St. John's Wort (2 stars)
The Naked Gun (4 stars)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (four and a half stars)

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Neil S Bolt @neilbolt.bsky.social · 5d

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