#nowwatching One on Top of the Other (aka Perversion Story, 1969), a Lucio Fulci-directed giallo. This took me ages to finally track down! #horrorsky

#justwatched Mortal Kombat (2021), a very silly and not very good film that I thoroughly enjoyed. Hoping to squeeze in something a bit more 'on brand' this evening. For now, time to destroy myself at the gym.

#justwatched The Last Matinee (2020), a slasher set in 1993, in which a group of cinemagoers are murdered during a screening of an old horror film. This looked very pretty, and had a couple of decent kills, but it took nearly an hour before we got to the meat of the story... #horrorsky

One more for today, assuming I get to the end. #nowwatching Saturnalia (2025), an Argento-aping modern Giallo, with an original score by Claudio Simonetti. #horrorsky

#nowwatching Jennifer's Body (2009). It's been more than 15 years since I saw this. Interested to see if it holds up. #horrorsky

#nowwatching Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011). I liked Quarantine, but it hewed too closely to [REC] for my liking, and wasn't as good. Hopefully this one has more of its own identity. #horrorsky

- Fun House by The Stooges. The best Stooges record, imo. - Black Sabbath's debut! Easily enough here to drive my wife crazy and keep the baby up for a few days.

#nowwatching Contempt (Le Mépris, 1963), a classic bit of French new wave drama from Jean-Luc Goddard, starring Brigette Bardot, Jack Palace, and Fritz Lang. A writer is hired to work on a script for a film version of the Odyssey, while his wife grows increasingly sick of him. #filmsky

#nowwatching The Devil's Nightmare (1971), a group of tourists rock up to a castle, unaware that it is occupied by a succubus who was slain by her SS officer father at the end of World War 2 as part of a pact with the devil. I think this is what they call a 'high concept' movie. #horrorsly

Just finished reading "Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy" by Troy Howarth. Some really interesting info on Naschy as a person and a filmmaker, along with detailed discussions of all his films. An essential book for Naschy fans - so many more films of his I want to see! #horrorsky

#nowwatching Deep Red (1975), Dario Argento's classic Giallo. I'm watching the English dub this time, but unfortunately it's the restored version, so there are 20 mins of scenes in Italian that I'm trying to understand using Japanese subtitles. #horrorsky

#nowwatching Cannibal Apocalypse (1980). One of the famous video nasties, in which a group of POWs are infected with a virus that turns them into cannibals. 'Namsploitation mixed with cannibal craziness! Directed by Antonio Margheriti, and starring John Saxon and Giovanni Lombardo Radice. #horrorsky

#nowwatching The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy (1958), the third in the series of Aztec Mummy films. I haven't seen the previous entries, but luckily I'm 25 minutes into this one and we're still mid recap. #horrorsky

#nowwatching The Last Stop on the Night Train (aka The Night Train Murders, 1975), an Italian reskin of The Last House on the Left, set on a train. There's even a David Hess lookalike! #horrorsky

#justwatched The Squid and the Whale (2005). A first time watch (not what I'd normally pick), and for the first 45 minutes I absolutely HATED it. Somehow though, by the end it had kind of won me over.

#nowwatching Meat Kills (2025). A home invasion in which animal rights activists break into a family farm. I'm already annoyed! I'm already annoyed. This is annoying. #horrorsky

#nowrewatching Lake Mungo (2008), one of the few films that has the capacity to creep out even the most seasoned, jaded horror fans. #horrorsky

#nowatching Spider Baby (1967). Going in blind... #horrorsky

#justrewatched La Cabina (1972), a surreal Spanish horror short in which a man gets stuck in a telephone booth. If you're a horror fan and you haven't seen this, I urge you to. Somehow one of the most terrifying films ever made. #horrorsky #filmsky

#nowwatching The People Who Own the Dark (1973), a post-apocalyptic film starring Paul Naschy. Some elites gather for an orgy in the basement of a mansion, allowing them to survive a nuclear holocaust which happens just off screen. Soon, they are set upon by crazed, eyeless victims... #horrorsky

#nowwatching Death Weekend (AKA The House by the Lake, 1976). A primitive home invasion in which a bunch of hoodlums break into the lake house of a couple who embarrassed them on the road. #horrorsky

#nowwatching Chungking Express (1994), a Hong Kong film about two brokenhearted policemen ruminating over life and love. I'm enjoying the colour and pacing, though the handheld camerawork is making me a bit queasy. #filmsky

#justwatched The Howling (1981). A reporter tries to entrap a serial killer and ends up entangled with a group of rather...dogmatic outsiders. #horrorsky

#nowwatching Splatter University (1984), a film whose title also functions as a serviceable synopsis. They better not kill this sociology professor - Not only is she a halfway decent character, she's also a rare example of sociologist representation in horror media. #horrorsky

#nowwatcing Night of the Comet (1984), a classic sci-fi horror in which two extremely 80s sisters face off against zombies and soldiers in a post-apocalyptic future (well, past). #horrorsky

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#nowwatching The Phantom Speaks (1945), a Republic picture in which a scientist is possessed by the vengeful spirit of an executed man. #horrorsky

#nowwatching The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982), a fun little Indiana Jones rip-off directed by Antonio Margheriti (Cannibal Apocalypse) and starring David Warbeck (The Beyond). Not quite Spielberg, but I'm enjoying it! #filmsky

#nowwatching The Pirates of Blood River (1962), a Hammer swashbuckler starring Christopher Lee. Not a horror film, but it does begin with an adulteress getting eaten by piranhas, so my thirst for cinematic bloodshed has been temporarily slaked. #filmsky

#nowwatching The Hands of Orlac (1924), a classic silent horror directed by Robert Weine and starring Conrad Veight, in which an injured pianist is given the hands of a condemned murderer. #horrorsky