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Orphan (2009) A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhziUAHlQf8 My thoughts: A well-crafted take on the Bad Seed premise with one of the wildest twists in horror history. Great. 4/5 Horror Stories (2012) An anthology horror movie that tells…

https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1620969475448373248 Netflix tries to woo you back by offering to un-cancel ONE series (but not Dark Matter or Stargate, because that would be too obvious).  Which series are you resurrecting?  P.S. Doesn't have to be a Netflix show. https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1620827286139457536 The tale of Prometheus also impresses upon us the blessings to be found in shifting one's…

Lunch today with director/stunt coordinator John Stead at Cote de Boeuf! I asked him if he wanted to do the steak tartare and he politely declined, but ultimately came around and promised to try some.  In the end, he ended up "trying" about half. The charcuterie board came highly recommended.  I thought the cheese selection…

The Tomb... The set for this episode was impressive as hell and, to this day, I regret not having helped myself to a faux stone before the whole thing was torn down.  One of the critiques directed at this episode was Jack’s old world Cold War mentality directed at the Russian team.  This kind of…

Lovely Molly (2011) Newlywed Molly moves into her deceased father's house in the countryside, where painful memories soon begin to haunt her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOuKIJkgU8 My thoughts: There are some truly unnerving moments here as the film walks the fine line between psychological and supernatural. The fact that it never ultimately lands on neither makes for an…

Well, this is cool.  Akemi has been obsessively and meticulously cataloguing my immense toy collection over at the newly created instagram account: Toys My Husband Won't Throw Away. Today, while going through the endless storehouse of items, she came across THIS - Back in the Stargate days, the producers would receive their very own copies…

1941: How Green Was My Valley (beat Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Suspicion) Citizen Kane, considered by many as perhaps the greatest film ever made! 1944: Going My Way (beat Double Indemnity, Gaslight) Double Indemnity and Gaslight are two seminal films.  Not sure the same can be said for Going My Way. 1965: The Sound…

The Platform (2019) A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfooqeZcdY My thoughts: While the messaging ain’t exactly subtle, its delivery is unique, provocative, and immensely engaging. 4/5 Forget Me Not (2019)…

Thanks to Tim Gaffney for reminding me about yesterday's missed post.  For those who missed it, I've submitted five more horror movies for your consideration.  I'm 167 movies into this horror marathon and am thinking about stopping at 200.  Or 250.  What do you think?  Maybe then I'll switch gears to another theme. Maybe Korean…

The Meg (2013) A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udm5jUA-2bs My thoughts: Cheesy fun heavy on the cheese and light on the fun. 2.5/5 Saint Maud (2019) A pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.…