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I'm afraid Final Exam is too mild for Mr Error. He likes the rough stuff.
*looks at own shameful viewing history*


*withholds judgment*



I need to study before I take the final exam though, right?
I mean it's right in his name, why would you take the final exam when you already admit to your spelling errors, it's just asking for a failing grade.



Wha?? I have to watch Final Exam and Midnight Mass now? Stop overworking me, guys yeesh.
You chose this life.



Were you a fan of Bly Manor and/or Hill House?
Yes. Much more so of HH than BM but they both ultimately had the same problem.

A problem MM thankfully avoids.



Rapid one word reviews and unformatted ratings from everything I’ve binged whilst sick (not Covid, apparently, so at least there’s that):

Satan’s Slave: Charming Bava/Hammer homage from Indonesia

3.5 stars

Satan’s Slaves: Charming reimagining akin to Conjuring universe meets Grudge.

3.5 stars

Prey: What happened Franck Khalfoun? You used to be beautiful.

2 stars

Frankenstein: Bernard Rose reimagining the classic tale ala Cronenberg body horror. Quite good but seemingly held back by budgetary and time constraints.

3.5 stars

The Collector: Top tier torture porn. More fun and Italian tinged than the Saw films, despite its pedigree. Somehow, I’d only seen the sequel.

4 stars

Hatchet 3: It’s a Hatchet film. You know what you’re getting.

3 stars.

Pledge Night: Campy, almost wonderful slasher meets Animal House and is oddly prescient in how toxic and unlikable it’s presentation of frats is. It tries too hard to be funny and has Anthrax thrashing during the scare scenes. I suspect more people here should watch it.

3 stars

Fade to Black: Almost great downward spiral flick. Fans of Martin and the Last Horror Film should give it a look.

4 stars.



You're way behind, dude. In order to catch up you're gonna have to enroll in....


I don't have time for that. What about my needs?





(Unironically good film, btw.)


(Do we have a horror film about remote learning yet? Or would it be just as dumb as Unfriended?)



The Collector: Top tier torture porn. More fun and Italian tinged than the Saw films, despite its pedigree. Somehow, I’d only seen the sequel.

4 stars
The Collector is a bit too torture-y for me (there's something with teeth, right? I think I've repressed most of that late-middle sequence in the basement). I do frequently watch [b]The Collection[b], which is a bit goofier and more action-oriented. I do think that the original has a better "lead guy and person he's saving" dynamic with the kid.



The Collector is a bit too torture-y for me (there's something with teeth, right? I think I've repressed most of that late-middle sequence in the basement). I do frequently watch [b]The Collection[b], which is a bit goofier and more action-oriented. I do think that the original has a better "lead guy and person he's saving" dynamic with the kid.
Yup. Hammer and chisel. I dig that the 2nd one (which I rewatched immediately after to refresh my memory) made clear that I wasn’t just imagining Italian sensibilities with its “Hotel Argento” setting (subtlety is not welcome here!!).

While the second is more “fun” and arguably imaginative, the claustrophobic “trapped in a house with a killer” vibe of the first is something that always tickles my sensibilities. It’s a reason why Torso and High Tension rank highly in my horror pantheon (gestures at my short film A Girl Alone In A House).

That said, they both make for what I feel is an underrated horror franchise that definitely deserved the ignominious demise of regular sequels with incrementally diminishing returns until it becomes a self parody that is then rebooted into oblivion.



While the second is more “fun” and arguably imaginative, the claustrophobic “trapped in a house with a killer” vibe of the first is something that always tickles my sensibilities. It’s a reason why Torso and High Tension rank highly in my horror pantheon (gestures at my short film A Girl Alone In A House).

That said, they both make for what I feel is an underrated horror franchise that definitely deserved the ignominious demise of regular sequels with incrementally diminishing returns until it becomes a self parody that is then rebooted into oblivion.
The first one definitely sits just close enough to "realism" (these are BIG air quotes) that it's a lot scarier and there's more of a roughness to it.

The second film, which I do really like, is more silly. The traps and just the scope of the building are absurd. It makes me think of Hellraiser a bit, actually. The first film is more "domestic" and limited in scope, while the second goes into the world of the baddies and is much more over the top.

I would totally watch an entire series of those films. Now, Josh Stewart, the lead actor, apparently got really, really ill at one point. I'm not sure if that's why the franchise stopped there or what.



The first one definitely sits just close enough to "realism" (these are BIG air quotes) that it's a lot scarier and there's more of a roughness to it.

The second film, which I do really like, is more silly. The traps and just the scope of the building are absurd. It makes me think of Hellraiser a bit, actually. The first film is more "domestic" and limited in scope, while the second goes into the world of the baddies and is much more over the top.

I would totally watch an entire series of those films. Now, Josh Stewart, the lead actor, apparently got really, really ill at one point. I'm not sure if that's why the franchise stopped there or what.
The franchise apparently stalled out because after 8 days of production on the Collect3d, the producers shut everything down and locked everyone out of the sets, resulting in things being lost/stolen/sold off and set everything back to zero.

The writer/directors said they’ve been completely ghosted by the company that bought the rights as well so it’s effectively killed the franchise.

Sounds like some shady back door dealing went south. It’s a shame because they apparently had everything in order for a groovy follow up, including the lead actors returning.

But I need The Coll5ctor: In Space!!!