Mia Farrow being haunted by a malevolent ghostly child in the supernatural chiller Full Circle (1977) is the crème de la crème for me this month.
Other notable highlights: J.P. Mawra's politically incorrect, lesbian themed mondo, Chained Girls (1965); MTV's The Real World meets Argento splatter, Kolobos (1999); and the Irish creature feature, Unwelcome (2022/2023).
With the exception of Strange Days on Talking Pictures, I didn't really watch any TV; other than snippets of the news, weather and a couple of minutes of the crown being plonked on Charles’s bonce.
Dada Debaser Notes:
- One year later and The Northman still rules. Looking forward to Nosferatu.
- Deadstream (2022) being the spiritual successor to the Evil Dead franchise rings true after seeing Evil Dead Rise. However, the final act is admittedly fun, and I liked the Romper Stomper girl in it.
- Kermode ought to be flogged for picking such a boring dud like Enys Men for his BFI Player choice, but he redeemed himself a week later by covering Tenebrae.
- Sisu is a repetitively one note film. The gory action gets stale very fast. Mentally checked out by the middle of the film.
- The Grieg concerto sketch from the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show is way more entertaining than Tár's joke ending, which requires nearly three agonising hours for its build-up. Pretentious as a brioche burger bun.
- The John Wick films are essentially condensed down to neon lit action set pieces, accompanied by EDM and synthwave. The latest instalment is almost three hours and feels like a series of music videos.
- Funky Forest: The First Contact is way too long and underwhelming. Its only real legacy are the gifs from it that used to be posted on now dead forums.
- The Dracula (1931) callback was the biggest highlight from Renfield.
Other stuff I enjoyed this month: The Martorialist's favourite songs dicovered from other blogs; drizzle's best films of 2022; and Alan Scouser's ten worst Horror film traitors.