y’all made me remember how I have quite a few blind spots with Carpenter’s filmography. so now I’m watching Dark Star
The opening shot, any of the scenes in the town during the day, the trick or treating scenes and the Halloween party are all pretty immaculate fall ~vibes~ that many other films (especially in the days of soundstages replacing actual locations) fail to capture. Plus the three witches are fun and the effects on the zombie are too!
Everyone hyped it up as the best Halloween movie, so when my wife showed it to me for the first time last year, I was let down. It’s a fine kids made for TV movie I guess.
An ultra-cheap documentary about a U.S. town that absolutely loves Halloween. It's just a nice little watch!
Aliens (1986) - finally dipping my toes into James Cameron. A genre departure from the first movie from sci-fi horror to sci-fi action but the way he wrote/shot the army characters shifted the tone too far towards cheesy. Lets see what Fincher does next. Close-up (1990) - In its own way like an Iranian F is for Fake. It had a very unique way to tell its story that unfolds and blends with reality. Asteroid City (2023) - Very funny, kind of a mess that manages to pulls it together at the end. Watched it with mum, she said it was too weird.
American Moon - 6/10 Exhaustingly well-researched, at times unbearably smug. It's a 3.5 hour moon landing hoax doc, so...your mileage may vary lol Creature From the Black Lagoon - 7.5/10 It's not perfect, but it's exactly what it should be: 80 minutes of shirtless hunks and practical effects creature violence.
I'm so pumped for spooky season. The minute October hits I have Tarantula, The Wasp Woman and I Married a Monster from Outer Space queued up. Give me the all the monster flicks!
Elemental - 9/10 I feel like I watched a different movie than everyone else. A Pixar romantic comedy with interesting characters. The animation is amazing and the ending was one of the best I’ve seen in a while.