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EXCITING NEWS! My book is now for sale at
@diabolikdvd
! So if you're over there picking up the new 4K blu of THE WEREWOLF VERSUS VAMPIRE WOMAN (as you should be doing), stop by the Books section for a bonkers ass impulse buy!
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I like Jesse and this isn’t to beef. But Zahler has literally said to my face: “it’s funny what people think of me, I’m the most middle of the road guy there is.” What people mistake for his politics is actually his fearlessness in letting his characters be true to themselves.
Fuck “Lady Ballers” etc, we need right wing filmmakers who know how to get an actual rise out of the audience
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I mean, intellectually, I get it: there just hasn’t been availability. But how in the world is MARTIN (1977) not revered as an American Classic in the same way TAXI DRIVER is? I’m sure the other Martin would agree on this one.
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This movie is great. It’s literally about how George Segal is given a free day at the amusement park by a terrorist and is forced to ride all the rides.
Some 70s disaster action tonight: ROLLERCOASTER (1977)
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I love Thomas Jane’s character, Joe Miller, in The Expanse. Putting a hard-boiled detective smack dab in a space opera is pretty cool, next-level thinking.
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My favorite moment in commentary history is when this credit pops up in THIEF and James Caan says to Michael Mann: “Eh, you and Tangerine Dream, oh boy.”
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We put VANISHING POINT (1971) up on the backyard screen tonight, and it completely rejuvenated my love of cinema and general hatred of culture.
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Haven’t seen this yet, but we used to be a proper society where a schlubby guy who looks just like my dad could be a movie star. Now, they’ve all been replaced with fake people inserted into the simulation like Timothée Chalamet (sorry Dune, I don’t watch fake movies!)
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RIP to one of the titans of exploitation cinema William Smith. Goddamn, anytime he showed up in a movie, it put a big, dumb smile on my face.
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I’ll defend Jaws 2 with every waking breath. And then, after I’m dead, people will discover all my posthumous screeds and manifestos defending Jaws 2.
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You're robbing a bank!
Pick your crew?
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So here I am, minding my own business, watching Miami Vice. Then BAM! An episode directed by Abel Fucking Ferrara (“The Home Invaders” S01:E20).
Of note, too, is that Michael Mann uses the exact same story for a big part of HEAT 2.
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Drunk and lackadaisical on a rainy day and inventing the best triple feature ever
I COME IN PEACE (1990)
THE HIDDEN (1987)
PREDATOR 2 (1990)
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Received word this week that George Barry, the director of DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS, has passed away.
DEATH BED is often mocked, but I think it’s a great, weird, and unwieldy art piece. Folks who vibe with it vibe with me.
RIP George. Thank you for your help with my book.
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May I recommend DEAD OF NIGHT (1945) for your Halloween viewing pleasure? It’s pretty famous for one particular segment, but I find the entire thing quite charming and enjoyable.
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At some point on this site, every film generally considered junk will be rehabilitated and/or celebrated by a cohort of weirdos, and I think that’s just fine.
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Watching the 1972 TV movie GARGOYLES for the first time. OH, I’m loving this.
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I like watching movies from the 50s and 60s, and the characters go into some office. The guy’s just sitting there behind a desk with no computer, maybe a small stack of papers.
Like, what the fuck were these people doing all day?
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Yeah, well my hot horror take is that any “horror” fan caught infantilizing other horror fans over liking Friday the 13th should be publicly shamed into irrelevance.
The Friday the 13th series is for baby horror fans. I dislike most of the movies in the franchise. Nightmare on Elm Street is far superior pound for pound.
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Rewatching DEEP RISING (1998) tonight and I’m just reminded how Famke Janssen just nonchalantly—okay, maybe very chalantly—ruled the 90s and 2000s.
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The absolute best thing I’ve done for myself lately is buying a multi-region blu-ray player.
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Some 70s disaster action tonight: ROLLERCOASTER (1977)
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So … I didn’t necessarily need this VHS copy of EXTREME PREJUDICE, but the artwork spoke to me in ways maybe only the most insane religious zealots of history understand.
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I’m a Michael Winner fan and defender. But why is THE MECHANIC 10x better than anything else he did?
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There’s finding $20 in the wash, and then there’s completely forgetting you own TICKS (1993)!
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It’s really stupid I’m just now getting around to watching a William Fruet movie about gigantic snake starring Peter Fonda and Oliver Reed.
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The most visually beautiful movie I’ve seen is Paul Schrader’s MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985)
What's the most visually beautiful movie you've ever seen?
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What the fuck? Joe Spinell!
Stephen Spielberg and friends reacting to Jaws being nominated for Best Picture while being snubbed for Best Director
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Birthday’s in a few days, so this week I’m gonna focus on films released in 1985.
First up: TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
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Universal hilariously paid $400 million for The Exorcist IP. But it also means they paid $400 million to free ABBY (1974) from its legal purgatory.
Do the right thing and keep your mothers from sucking cocks in Hell.
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Thoughts on FRENCH CONNECTION II (1975)? Watching it now for the first time. Funnily enough, have seen NIGHTHAWKS which was supposed to be III, but never this one.
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I’m gonna be honest: screening NEW YORK RIPPER on the backyard screen for my best friend who had never seen it was magical.
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Doing a Catholic horror double feature at the theater today
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Watching DARK ANGEL (a.k.a. I COME IN PEACE) with my wife and paused it for a restroom break. I’ve never felt more judged in my life.
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Getting ready to see WHEN EVIL LURKS and I thought I’d push a gentle reminder to check out Demián Rugna’s other film, TERRIFIED (2017). Has just about everything you want in a horror film. Highly recommended.
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Busting out one of my prized possessions tonight
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AFTER HOURS (1985)
I never thought this mail day would come. Even when they announced it, I was cynical and skeptical (“they’ll find some way to fuck me!”). But it’s here. It’s here.
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You know, you can make movies that cost $20 million. A bunch of them.
Bob Iger plans to reduce the number & cost of Disney titles released in theaters after some box office disappointments.
(Source: )
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I select THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961) for tonight.
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My local Halloween store lost all credibility to me
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Filling in a major blindspot tonight:
FADE TO BLACK (1980)
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It being a shit week, it’s time for some comfort programming: THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971).
No real reason or theme or correlation or anything.
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It sucks Treat Williams wasn’t generally regarded as equal to the acting peers of his generation, but he’s a hero to me. Go watch PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981) and see his power. RIP.
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Got the giallo juice for tonight’s screening of THE FIFTH CORD
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A year or two ago, I rewatched every Bond movie in order, and I will completely stake out my reputation (haha) saying TOMORROW NEVER DIES is stupidly under-appreciated.
Brosnan was great as Bond, shame most of his movies weren't great. GoldenEye is top 5 Bond tho
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Tonight’s watch is BLUE COLLAR (1978). Never seen it. BUT Harvey Keitel, Richard Pryor, and Yaphet Kotto in a film directed by Paul Schrader? Sign me up.
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Birthday week continues with all things 1985.
Next up: LIFEFORCE
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Text I just sent a friend:
Dude you gotta watch The Sacrament. It’s Cannibal Holocaust meets Jonestown in that they literally recreate a modern day Jonestown Massacre and have a news film crew come in and film all of it exploitation style.
100% tasteless
100% awesome
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Just finished the book, so it’s time to watch THE OUTFIT (1973), the best movie adaptation of a Parker novel.
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In your mind, what is one film adaptation of Stephen King’s that you feel doesn’t get enough love?
#HorrorCommunity
#MutantFam
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We were serving up pizza Marion Cobretti style at our screening of COBRA today
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First Time Watch: NIGHT GAME (1989)
Never even heard of this movie, but with Roy Scheider and a Paramount+ description of “A Galveston, TX detective finds a link between a pitcher’s strikeouts and a throat slasher” — how could I resist?!
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Tonight’s watch: CONVOY (1978)
I’m not a hater
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What's the first film that comes to mind when you see this logo?
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Love the film, but my biggest peeve is the whole “they could never make this today!” Like, dude, there’s stuff on FX and Comedy Central that’s more “inappropriate” than BLAZING SADDLES.
Mel Brooks’ “BLAZING SADDLES” was released 50 years ago today.
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“Sorry, not sorry, but anyone who sees LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL will never toast mimosas with me at brunch.”
—Guy who loves TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE
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Tonight, watching MR. MAJESTYK at 10:30pm on a work night, I thought: “way too late for a drink.”
And then I’m like, what the fuck is even the point of life if you’re not drinking scotch with a late night Bronson?
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SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) remains a perfectly kickass addition to your Halloween programming
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Watching KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977)
It’s the holidays, it’s time for nostalgia: it’s time to return to my dad’s Divorced Guy apartment of the early 90s when we raided his VHS tapes when he was at work.
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ROSWELL (1994) has always cracked me up. It’s a fairly accurate—if not dry—retelling of the crash lore, then Martin Sheen just comes in and screams “you want to know who’s president of the Illuminati?!”
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What to watch? When in doubt, spin the Charles Bronson Revolver!
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Finally in a position to start my Halloween seasonal viewing, and I’m going with my all-time comfort film HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
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I think a good sequence of films to watch (in this order) is:
VANISHING POINT (1971)
WHITE LINE FEVER (1975)
BLACK DOG (1998)
BREAKDOWN (1997)
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Had a few drinks and did some retail therapy last night
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Happy to see family movie night still exists
Just announced to my family that we're watching CRUISING tonight and that everybody had better be happy with that decision.
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It’s that time of year. The heavy gore edition of the backyard movie programming.
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YES! The AI that writes the A.V. Club articles is finally discovering Bram Stoker’s Dracula! They’re in for such a treat!
Last Voyage Of The Demeter was inspired by one of the best vampire stories ever
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Tonight, it’s the fun conspiracy thriller CAPRICORN ONE (1977). It’s like OJ Simpson’s If I Did It but with Mars.
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I’ll beat this drum until I’m a withering corpse in the ground: the phrase “so bad it’s good” or “guilty pleasure” have no place in the mouth of a film lover.
the more i watch and learn about movies the more i tend to hate a lot of the “so bad it’s good” culture which tends to buck any perceived weirdness and left field expression in favor of ironic mockery and a very strict idea of what cinema should look/feel like
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I think the first half of the PAYBACK director’s cut is the most honest Parker representation on film—before it goes off the rails trying to be both, POINT BLANK and a Mel Gibson actioner.
But undeniably its best attribute is casting William Devane as Carter.
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First time watch: the 1986 Polish vampire film I LIKE BATS
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We’re almost through the tedious Barbie and Oppenheimer discourse and can finally return to discussing cinema that matters, like DEMONWARP (1988)
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Now THIS is a fucking book. Thanks for writing it
@mangiotto
. I can’t wait to dig into the story of my favorite director.
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Every man has his vice. Mine is apparently the inability to say no to 5 Bruno Mattei movies for $25 from
@SeverinFilms
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What I would give for the 30+ additional films Brandon Lee deserved to make
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Last night, watching MAUSOLEUM with a buddy, I reached the true intersection of drunkenness and movie acuity when I said “That’s Marjoe Gortner the guy who starred with that Wonder Woman woman in BOBBY JO AND THE OUTLAW.”
Marjoe Gortner is in my brain but Lynda Carter isn’t?!
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I’m in this wonderful period of life reading Dashiell Hammett for the first time
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Watching ROAD HOUSE (1989)
Not a Christmas movie but it does have a perfect Christmas message:
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Tonight, we’re going with gods Joe Don Baker and John Saxon in MITCHELL (1975).
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Watching SUDDEN DEATH (1995) and I just love there was a time where the NHL was so hungry for ratings, they signed off on this.
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Can I get drunk enough to do the funniest thing ever?
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Wow, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) is streaming on Netflix. If you can’t be charmed by this movie, you have no soul.
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