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The Devonsville Terror (1983)
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Ulli Lommel actor: Suzanna Love / Robert Walker Jr. …
other title: Totentanz der Hexen / Terror en Devonsville …
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on them.
Watched
Oct. 27, 2026
I love a good witch story and I enjoy Donald Pleasence and this is pretty alright.

I appreciate the strong feminist angle this takes. I like that almost all of the men are cartoon villains. I love the lore they try to build. I don't love how this is only 83 minutes long but I felt almost every one of them.

Perhaps a rewatch will make it all better?
Blu-Ray Owned Wife
Oct. 27, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of The Devonsville Terror
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Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
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★ 7.7 27 ratings
克里斯蒂安·塞加夫斯克 actor: Christiane Cegavske
other title: 血茶与红线 / 血茶与红绳 …
The aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak battle over the doll of their hearts' desire.
Watched
Oct. 26, 2026
I think the "folk" aspect of this is the dreamy fairytale-like setting that makes up what I believe is the "horror" part, a fable about the commodification of art or self or beauty or womanhood or all of the above.

Beyond the movie: If there's a theme or takeaway to the disc (which also houses Litan) this is on in the All the Haunted Be Ours Vol. 2 box set, for me it would be that with a strong will or an idea and someone who believes in you, you can do or create anything, and I think that's a lovely thought.

To tie that idea into this title: It took Christiane Cegavske 13 years to make this beautiful, touching, heartbreaking - yet often fun - movie. I'm glad it exists.
Blu-Ray Owned Alone All The Haunts Be Ours 2
Oct. 26, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Blood Tea and Red String
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Litan (1982)
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让-皮埃尔·莫基 actor: 玛丽-若斯·纳特 / 让-皮埃尔·莫基 …
other title: 莉坦 / 리탕 …
There is no movie like Litan This is probably the best movie from Mocky. There is his weird humor, a fantastic story. The images are also something you can't forget. I'm just waiting to find it on DVD, in a few hundred years.
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Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
★ 7.0 283 ratings
Pier Paolo Pasolini actor: 保罗·博纳切利 / 乔治·卡塔尔迪 …
other title: 索多玛120天 / Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma …
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Watched
Oct. 14, 2026
Nothing about this film is easy. Watching it. Talking about it. Thinking about it. Writing about it. It's uncompromising. It's a struggle and that's the point.

How brave were all involved to bring such an unflinchingly atrociously powerful piece of political work to life? How harrowing it must've been and yet how horrible to know that things much worse have happened, are (terrible to think) happening, will (worse to consider) happen again.

Gut-punch cinema that feels like a necessity, but such a challenging one to endure.
Blu-Ray Jesse
Oct. 14, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom
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A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of Suspiria (2017)
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Daniel Griffith actor: Robert V. Galluzzo / Rebekah McKendry …
This documentary brings together a small assortment of genre fans and scholars to discuss the lasting legacy of "Suspiria," which everyone seems to recognize as the pinnacle of Dario Argento's career. The gang discusses story origins and influences, cinematographic achievements, the film's thematic reach and dream logic, casting issues, murder sequences, Goblin's scoring accomplishments, the oddball marketing push in America, and the picture's continued hold on viewers 40 years after its release. (Blu-ray.com)
Watched
Oct. 9, 2026
I'm made to understand that the hour-long doc on the 25th anniversary release is a more significant source of information than this half-as-long retrospective comprised of a few well-informed/educated talking heads, but having never seen that and without access to it currently, I'd say this was still relatively informative.
Alone Blu-Ray Owned
Oct. 9, 2026 Review A Review - a review of A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of Suspiria
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November (2017)
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★ 7.1 12 ratings
雷纳·萨尔奈特 actor: 蕾雅·莱斯特 / 乔根·里克 …
other title: 魔鬼时光 / 十一月 …
2017 film directed by Rainer Sarnet
Watched
Oct. 3, 2026
A stunning, folkloric fairytale of a film from Estonia that is equal parts heart-filling and heart-breaking. There's a fair amount of humor sprinkled throughout this sad tale of loves unrequited and lost, and who doesn't love a witch and a werewolf, plagues and the devil, ghosts and anthropomorphic farm tools?

I loved this movie and can't wait to watch it again, and soon.
All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Owned Alone Blu-Ray
Oct. 3, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of November
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Midwinter Sacrifice (1946)
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Gösta Werner actor: 甘纳尔·布耶恩施特兰德 / Henrik Schildt …
other title: Midvinterblot / Winternachtswende
A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.
Watched
Oct. 1, 2026
Beautiful images (thanks to beautifully lit, stark black & white) make up this short about the pagan ritual of sacrificing a man to bring an end to wintertime in Sweden.

I say good luck to all involved.
Alone Owned All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Blu-Ray
Oct. 1, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Midwinter Sacrifice
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Journey Through Setomaa (1913)
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Johannes Pääsuke
other title: Retk läbi Setumaa
Estonia's first ethnographic film. Made by Johannes Pääsuke in 1913 on his expedition to Setomaa, the South-Eastern region in Estonia.
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood
★ 8.5 486 ratings
保罗·托马斯·安德森 actor: 丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯 / 巴里·德尔·舍曼 …
other title: 血色将至 / 黑金企业(台) …
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Watched
Sept. 28, 2026
Been meaning to revisit this one for a while now.

Honestly pretty cool that Dillon Freasier (child HW) was like "I'll never top this" and stopped acting - he's so good here!

Danny Day and Pauly D are also pretty good here.

The whole movie...it's pretty good!

(Neat to watch this after Robert Altman's Short Cuts> (1993) and see the dedication at the end of the credits.)
Alone Owned Blu-Ray
Sept. 28, 2026 Review A Review - a review of There Will Be Blood
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Short Cuts (1993)
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★ 8.2 93 ratings
罗伯特·奥特曼 actor: 安迪·麦克道威尔 / 布鲁斯·戴维森 …
other title: 银色·性·男女 / 人生交叉点 …
1993 film by Robert Altman
Watched
Sept. 28, 2026
I'd seen this only once before, a long time ago, after seeing Magnolia (1999) for the first time and thinking "Okay, I see where Paul may have taken...inspiration..." It was crazy to see how much of this I remembered and how I'd thought about some of these moments a lot over the years without realizing it.

And now, having watched so much Altman over the past 12 months, it was nice to come back to it. So much happens and so little happens at the same time, and it's just really great to be a fly on the wall (😉) to see all these characters live through 48 hours of their lives and how they all intersect and how, no matter what happens, things just keep on keeping on.

A real treat.
Alone Owned Blu-Ray
Sept. 28, 2026 Review A Review - a review of Short Cuts
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Dibbuk (2019)
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Dayan D. Oualid actor: Ben Aboulker / Marc Allal …
Dan, un homme pieux qui évolue en marge de sa communauté, la communauté juive du XIXe arrondissement de Paris, est convoqué par Sarah pour ausculter son mari Eli, visiblement pas dans son état normal. Dan réunit alors un minian, un office de dix personnes de confession israélite, afin de performer un exorcisme selon un rite précis et éreintant.
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Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
Swimming to Cambodia
Jonathan Demme actor: Spalding Gray
other title: 游到柬埔寨 / 遊到柬埔寨 …
Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.
Watched
Sept. 16, 2026
For 85 minutes, Spalding Gray fleeces a yarn about his time spent filming The Killing Fields (1984) in Cambodia and gives a brief history lesson about the area as well. And for 85 minutes, I'm enthralled.

Jonathan Demme directs this with as much love and care as he did Stop Making Sense a few years earlier, even though this is simply Spalding sitting at a desk on a stage.

Glad to own it!
Alone Owned Blu-Ray
Sept. 16, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Swimming to Cambodia
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Handgun (1983)
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Tony Garnett actor: Karen Young / Clayton Day …
other title: 深入我心 / Deep in the Heart …
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.
Watched
Sept. 10, 2026
Karen Young and Clayton Day are both terrific in their roles. Also, the attack scene is as tastefully handled as it could be and lost none of the tension; I was practically holding my breath the whole time. Well done!
Jesse Blu-Ray
Sept. 10, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Handgun
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Demon (2015)
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★ 6.5 6 ratings
马辛·弗罗纳 actor: 卡翠娜·赫尔曼 / 伊泰·提伦 …
other title: 邪魔 / 新郎着了魔(港) …
2015 film by Marcin Wrona
Watched
Sept. 3, 2026
Sometimes the real horror is the collective generational trauma of a group of people, but it's also probably mostly being possessed by the spirit of the dead bride you just found on your newly inherited property just before getting married on its grounds.

A really great movie I look forward to having many rewatches with.
All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Owned Blu-Ray Alone
Sept. 3, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Demon
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The Ninth Heart (1979)
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尤拉伊·赫兹 actor: 奥德·帕夫尔卡 / Anna Malová …
other title: 第九心脏 / Deváté srdce …
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
Watched
Aug. 18, 2026
The beauty of this film is that it looks and feels like a child dreaming up a fairy tale and then explaining it to an adult. It's a very lush word and I mostly enjoyed it.

The biggest issue for me might be that, not unlike the first time I watched Born of Fire (1987), I was actually pretty tired and fairly comfy and the movie is a little slower and so I could feel myself dozing off to a dreamland of my own.

A rewatch in a more awakened state is in order.
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Aug. 19, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of The Ninth Heart
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American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho
★ 7.8 652 ratings
Mary Harron actor: Christian Bale / Justin Theroux …
other title: 美国精神病人 / 美色杀人狂 …
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Watched
Aug. 8, 2026
Among other things this movie does incredibly well, this is probably very much what just completely losing it is like, and Bale plays it wonderfully.

And props to everyone, really, for filling the movie with great performances.

It's been at least 15 years since I've seen this, and I'd say it holds up nicely!
Jesse Blu-Ray Got It From The Library
Aug. 8, 2026 Review A Review - a review of American Psycho