Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog

Whew!  If not for Drea's timely reminder, I may have forgotten yet another blog entry - and been forced to post a double entry tomorrow! Why Don't You Just Die (2018) Andrei, a detective and the world's worst horrible dad, brings together a terrible group of people: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and…

After falling in battle, the leader of the Mononobe clan assumed the ghostly form of a woodpecker and sought revenge on his former rivals by pecking at their wooden temples - until, that is, he was chased away by a magical Late at night, you may hear mysterious creaks and groans, pops and knocks and…

Forgot to post this yesterday... Vivarium (2019) A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Xy2x9NDrw My thoughts: There's a point in this movie when, while digging up their mysterious clay-laced front yard, one of the characters opines: "“This is just pointless. It’s just…

Is your bride evasive about her past? Is she reluctant to let you spend time with her family? Is she a really good swimmer? Well consider the possibility you may have married a Kaeru Nyobuo, a frog that has taken human form in order to get hitched to a man. Art @matthewmeyerart If you forget…

Hellbender (2021) A lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtxPffFiLo8 My thoughts: Like watching an 80 minute music video. An okay movie considering its budgetary constraints, somewhat labored performances and dialogue, but the fact that it sits at #1 in rottentomatoes’ Best of 2022 rankings effectively renders that list pointless. 3/5 Hounds of…

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a 17th century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. #9. Song of Kali by Dan Simmons Robert Luczak has been hired to…

https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1586432931425267712 A little somethings from the Stargate vault... Today's Yes/No... https://twitter.com/BaronDestructo/status/1586351841872224256  

Five more to keep you up at night... Every so often, chickens will exact their revenge on the hypocritical monks who ate them, causing them to cough up chicken heads or transforming them into human-chicken hybrids known as Niwatori no so. Art by @matthewmeyerart If the bell of your long-abandoned local temple inexplicably tolls at…

I never sleep well if I have to wake up early the next morning.  I'm up at all hours of the night with a strange mix of anxiety and a relentless need to check the time to make sure I haven't overslept.  And so, I was out of bed at 6:00 a.m. this morning, thoroughly…