"Trying to watch every movie from my physical collection that I haven't seen and that is categorized as "Horror" by letterboxd"-Challenge #54 (34% completed)
Blu-ray Status: bought on eBay in february 2025.
Maybe Argento in its purest form? It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it does the typical giallo-isms perfectly.
But that I loved the least giallo-like and more fantastical Phenomena the most out of his filmography up to this point, is no surprise. I just don't jell with the…
"Trying to watch every movie from my physical collection that I haven't seen and that is categorized as "Horror" by letterboxd"-Challenge #53 (33% completed)
Blu-ray Status: bought in the Arrow Shop in october 2025.
Awesome movie with amazing direction. The first act is straight up masterful. Then it gets a little goofy but still in a very purposeful and very entertaining way. The story stays intriguing until the very end (and I mean until the last second of this). Netflix…
It's weird how in german ensemble movies every character has to have their own problem wirh the same weight as the protagonist's problem. And they solve by talking about it at the end to no specific moment.
Every side character should support or challenge the protagonists view on the theme the story revolves around. Here it's just chaotic inbalanced problem-talking.
Blame the Game does hurt sometimes, but the lead and most of the cast is sympathetic and even some jokes land.
The Sound effects were atrocious but - hey! The director really loved them. So good for him :)
