Motivation to binge and blog about various films like in the past has really taken a hit due to personal circumstances.
Despite this, I did get the chance to watch enough flicks that would satisfy the monthly quota for your average normie.
Pick of the bunch was Baz Lurhrmann's documentary feature on Elvis during his residency at the formerly known International Hotel in Las Vegas. The film echoes many of the highs that I loved about Luhrmann's biopic on the artist and serves as a perfect encore.
Film:
Lust for a Vampire (Jimmy Sangster, 1971) ♲
Special Effects (Larry Cohen, 1984)
XX: Beautiful Hunter (Masaru Konuma, 1994)
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Baz Luhrmann, 2025/2026)
The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2026)
Thrash (Tommy Wirkola, 2026)
Television:
Salem’s Lot (Tobe Hooper, 1979) ♲
Mastermind - Episodes 29-31 (Various, 2025/2026)
♲ Rewatch
Dada Debaser Notes:
- Jean Luc Besson's Nikita (1990) kickstarted the trend for female assassin movies in the '90s. Japan's XX: Beautiful Hunter is by far the sleaziest of the lot Regardless of all the sexual perversity, there's never a dull moment and it's way better than Besson's contemporary rehashes of his original film.
- Do yourself a favour and ignore Thrash and watch Alexandre Aja's superior Crawl (2019) instead.
- Well done to Eric Bogosian for being the only actor to actually bother putting in a decent performance in Larry Cohen's failed attempt at a Brian De Palma style thriller. The film also made me realise why Zoe Lund played a mute in Ms .45 (1981).
- Tobe Hooper will forever be associated with the classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), but he's also responsible for traumatising us Gen X kids for the window scene alone from Salem's Lot. Trying sleeping after watching that.
Salems's Lot | Window Scene
Tobe Hooper | 1979
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