“God's not supposed to be a hack horror writer.”

ohhhhh this is so entirely my shit, i’m obsessed.

freelance insurance investigator John Trent gets wrapped up in a mystery involving the disappearance of notorious horror author Sutter Cane; only to find unreality unfold around him. Sutter Cane’s novels are causing mass outbreaks of violence, while Trent and Cane’s agent are transported to the fictional town of Hobb’s End on their search for him. 

i love the trope of fiction and…

“This whole world's wild at heart and weird on top.” 

been waiting for this moment for so long—i finally acquired the blu-ray as a belated birthday present and i can finally watch one of my most anticipated David Lynch films! 

it’s a bit like Blue Velvet in terms of discernible plot and exposing the seedy underbelly of the world—but here it’s overwhelming and suffocating. Lula has been exposed to and involved in horrific crimes since she was twelve, along with…

daydreamer George Newman keeps getting fired from every job he gets, but after his most recent incident his Uncle Harvey ends up giving him ownership of a TV station he won gambling. even that almost goes downhill for him, until his janitor accidentally skyrockets ratings after letting him host a show—the only threat to his newfound success the evil, greedy, tyrant owner of competitor Channel 8. 

comedy does not always seem to hit for me, but this is absolutely my…

the dumbest premise played as straight as any bad horror movie from the early 2000s. full moon please never stop making this bullshit, i love you. 

Sarah’s brother and father were killed in a diner by Millard Findlemeyer, but he was caught soon after and executed. however, his ashes wind up at her family’s bakery and into the gingerbread batter. with a little incidental blood, Findlemeyer is baked back to life as a cookie. 

i think the film mainly works…

haven’t been feeling particularly festive—dealing with a lot irl currently. but a christmas movie as bleak as this seemed like a pretty fitting choice for what will probably be my only holiday-themed watch this year. 

a very solid slasher, especially for one of the first of the genre. the calls are so fucking ominous, but the abortion sub-plot with Paul and Jess might be equally as chilling. hearing that man whine, complain, and get so aggressively angry about what Jess was…

all i knew about Mad Max before watching this came from the reboots that i also haven’t seen. the garish, bright colors. the post-apocalyptic desert wasteland of wild punks in crazy vehicles. but this had an entirely different vibe than i expected. it’s clearly set in an alternate reality, one plagued by gangs of nomad bikers who kill without discretion. still a very mechanical oriented wasteland, where everyone’s a character with some sort of silly name like Goose or Sprog…