I saw this once before appropriately in a horrible attic room of an HMO in Oxford - lots of disaffected academics and blobby protuberances from what i remember.
I'm not sure if it's as good as Re-animator in terms of mad energy but where it makes up for it is in focus. Its essentially a hyper simple story that feels very much like a short story - enlivened with flashes of purple light and the shimmer of KY jelly on…
An interesting little teaser of an idea although its not very scary. Better than anything I could have made at 16 though.
Pretty sure I've seen this before but I only remembered the ballroom scene - this might be symptomatic of the problems this film has in general.
This film demonstrates exactly how important character and meaningful plot progression are to me in a horror film. The vibes are all here and a lot of the imagery is very striking but somehow everything. is a bit sloppy - there's some very odd cuts in the action scenes that don't feel entirely controlled.…
35/55 Podcast Macabre 2026 - Lowest Rated on Watchlist
Somehow more painful and tedious than I expected. I was intially drawn in by the fact it has the grimy verisimilitude of a snuff film but by the end my eyes had completely glazed over like one of the Master's wives.
Also its odd that both this and Troll 2 feature a terrible attempt to sing Row Row Your Boat in a round - maybe its a kind of curse.
