Ah, dippin' into the 500s today...still so many movies to go. The first time I did this I thought there'd be, like, 125 movies on the list. The lesson here is, I'm a moron. But we all knew that, so let's just get to today's films, each of which received one vote.
620. Prometheus -- 2012, Ridley Scott619. Possum -- 2018, Matthew Holness
618. Poison for the Fairies -- 1986, Carlos Enrique Taboada
617. Piranha -- 1978, Joe Dante
616. Parents -- 1989, Bob Balaban
615. ParaNorman -- 2012, Chris Butler and Sam Fell
614. Panic Room -- 2002, David Fincher
613. Pan's Labyrinth -- 2006, Guillermo de Toro
612. Open Water -- 2003, Chris Kentis
611. Only Lovers Left Alive -- 2013, Jim Jarmusch
610. Occult Bolshevism -- 2018, Hiroshi Takahashi
609. Obsession: A Taste for Fear -- 1987, Piccio Raffanini
608. November -- 2017, Rainer Sarnet
607. Nothing Bad Can Happen -- 2013, Katrin Gebbe
606. Noriko's Dinner Table -- 2005, Sion Sono
605. Nightmare Sisters -- 1988, David DeCoteau
604. Nightbreed -- 1990, Clive Barker
603. Next of Kin -- 1982, Tony Williams
602. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To -- 2020, Jonathan Cuartas
601. Mister Frost -- 1990, Philippe Setbon
600. Mr. Boogedy -- 1986, Oz Scott
599. Moontrap -- 1988, Robert Dyke
598. Midnight Offerings -- 1981, Rod Holcomb
597. Memories of Murder -- 2003, Bong Joon Ho
596. Medusa -- 2021, Anita Rocha da Silveira
595. MaXXXine -- 2024, Ti West
594. Mausoleum -- 1983, Michael Dugan
593. Mary Reilly -- 1996, Stephen Frears
- PIRANHA RULES, THE END
- You know what, Prometheus gets a bad rap but that one reader and I don't care! I went to see it in the theatre with my parents (which I had not done since I was a child, literally) and it was fun and I live for those spacesuits. So sue me!
- Mausoleum, hooo, now we're talking. A nonsensical good time featuring not only corn teeth but also my man Marjoe. Has any movie ever given us more?
- A reader on Mary Reilly:
There are a whole series of movies that came out when I was 15/16 between 1996-1997 that were so weird and I was so obsessed. I'm sure they have turned me into the strange person I am now. I was going through a John Malkovich phase and he stomped a child. What joy. There is also a scene where they skin an eel. I've never recovered and just googled if it was real or not.
First of all, I love that they leave us hanging about the eel. Also, this anecdote sums up rather well why it's so much more interesting for y'all to submit your favorites instead of whatever you think is "best," even if there is sometimes overlap.
- I could have sworn that I wrote some kind of review or something about Next of Kin, because I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and I loved it loved it loved it. But I am coming up blank! Oh well, I'm sure it was just way too many words to say "I love Next of Kin, you should check it out."
- Not sure how it is that I was so excited when the MaXXXine stinger happened after the credits of Pearl and I was so excited and couldn't wait to see it, and yet here I am now, still not having seen it? Hmm, I contain multitudes I guess.
Dedicated to David 8 and Prometheus. To quote the Trashcan Man, "my life for you. My life for you, bumpity, bumpity, bump"
ReplyDeleteThe person who chose Mausoleum should get a tiara. It is one wonderfully batshit movie. I esp love Aunt Esther from Sanford and Son's best line as she exits the movie: "No more grievin', I'm leavin'!"
ReplyDeletePossum has been sitting on the very top of my "need to watch" list for years now and yet I can't seem to get my hands on it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, shout-out to the person who voted for Memories of Murder. What an excellent nailbiter of a movie.
I thought MAXXXINE massively shit the bed. At least, coming after two absolute masterpieces.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, it starts AFTER her porn career. We're just told that she is a huge porn star but never see any evidence of it. And it sure makes jumping from a hardcore porn career into a mainstream horror sequel to be pretty easy. When Brian De Palma wanted to cast Annette Haven in BODY DOUBLE the studio was apoplectic. They freaked out that she was even on the studio lot auditioning.
The whole thing was just kind of rudderless, and the reveal was distinctly "Wha...?"
I'm definitely open to being convinced it's actually great, but I kind of hated it apart from the visual elements and, of course, Mia Goth being effortlessly awesome.
At least PROMETHEUS didn't include the line: "I'll do the fingering..."
ReplyDeleteI LOVE PROMETHEUS. I also find the critiques about the crew's incompetence miss the point of the film. It's a crazy mission, led by Space Erich von Däniken, funded by Space Howard Hughes. Of course the people on the ship are...not the best.
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