Hello! I am new to this and I am still figuring out how I want my website to look. (That's why there are like 5 versions of it). it seems like the only way to get me to watch a movie these days is by chance. halloween II was on tv while i was channel surfing, and that is that. ive always loved this one — it was my favorite halloween movie for a while — but i loved it even more tonight, watching it at the dead of night all alone. the vibe was just right and it was a perfect experience. you see, this is a nocturnal movie. myers goes after his sole survivor after she's taken to a hospital, but he doesn't wait long; he goes the very same night. so it's probably after midnight and the streets are deserted and even the hospital is nearly empty; most of the lights are out and there are only a handful of employees there. this is where i tell you i love horror movies about unsuspecting victims working the graveyard shift. think body bags, think after midnight. it is one of my favorite horror tropes, and here it is played to perfection. myers takes out hospital workers one by one slowly; the kills are cold and almost silent; we get dozens of shots of empty, dark hospital hallways (which i love), and then some of hallways that should be empty but are not (which i love even more). the entire thing is so low-key and restrained. it might sound like i'm describing a dull movie but this is a fucking thriller, but it has a very distinct late-night vibe, which i felt entirely immersed in when watching it at 4 in the morning. i feel like i never Got this one like i did tonight, even though i've seen it countless times. and of course, my 'seeing it countless times' also added to my experience. at this point i know this like the back of my hand. i had every bit memorized, knowing lines of dialogue before they were even said. i usually refrain from rewatching movies over and over as i usually get bored around the third time, when i feel a movie has nothing else to offer me, but with this one it's never like that. what it offers me is a pitch-perfect experience of late-night cozy dread-slash-comfort. i just can't get tired of it.




1. a nightmare on elm street (rewatch)

caught this on tv. hadnt seen it for a while. still as good as i remembered. actually kinda better - i didnt recall this going so strong on the loss of innocence themes; nancy basically has her 'childhood' (this bitch looks 30) ripped from under her feet. the deaths are mourned much more deeply than youd think. its a really sad movie ! and that ending is not optimistic at all. craven ftw as always

2. don't look in the basement

also caught this on tv but it was a free live tv channel on plex that i was scrolling through when checking the app. it was named horrorflix or something and on the description it said it showed grindhouse horror stuff and i was like oh i absolutely am going to check that out. and the first thing i saw was an insane-looking older woman crying and thats just irresistible. it only got crazier after that — it was the climax of the film and i only caught the last 20 minutes or so but god it was a blast. its set in an insane asylum so there were a bunch of crazy people running around losing their shit. the final girl was also losing her shit which is always fun (she survived). the aforementioned insane lady was apparently the boss of the place and also the villain and she got offed by her patients and it was awesome. later i saw a bunch of reviews talking about how the movie was boring as shit so im kinda happy i only saw the good part. but maybe theres a chance the whole thing was actually good and those people are wrong (its happened before). i should check out the rest of it someday but i havent been doing rewatches lately because i just cant be arsed.

3. and soon the darkness (1970)

i started watching this a loooooong time ago but ended up never finishing it. finally picked it up to watch the ending and it was quite good. very consistent with the rest of the movie - nothing like the explosion at the end of supposedly boring 'dont look in the basement'. its the kind of movie my mom would like: two girls go on a trip and one goes missing, other one has to find her. very restrained but not dull, the french countryside setting is used to great effect - its deserted and gorgeous but quickly gets unsettling when you realize theres no one to help her and even when she finds someone the language barrier wont let her communicate. it manages to create tension and not let it dissipate and thats all i needed from it. even has one or two scares as a gift. absolutely loved the final shot. good movie.

4. love bites

found this on my watchlist. remember hearing about it a while ago but obviously forgot about it which is a crime because this is a movie i shouldve seen immediately. its a SOV vampire movie about a gay guy who also happens to be a vampire hunter and he falls in love with the vampire hes trying to kill. it is very campy very silly and not that scary. it is also this close to being an actual gay porno. which makes a perfect movie on my book. christopher ladd plays the hunter guy's friend and he is hilarious - most if not all of the campy quips i loved so much came from his character. the ending was as tacky as youd expect a sov softcore gay romcom about vampires to be (a Lot.) but i do not care one bit because i love gay vampires. reminded me of vampz (2005) - another SOV vampire flick, this one about black girl vampires who lure men into their massage shop where they fuck then kill them. would make a mean double feature.

5. no exit

watched this w my mom. things have been weird with us lately bc ive been wanting to spend more time alone lately and i can tell shes not happy about that. i dont want her to feel lonely so i decided we should watch a horror movie together bc we havent done that in a while and its always nice. she introduced me to horror movies when i was a kid - i remember watching stuff like mirrors and mama with her, movies we would rent and watch together even though i was wayyyy too young for that. i know she loves an action-horror with plenty of suspense so ive been meaning to show her this one since i caught word of it. we really liked it. its very efficient and nothing gets in the way of the plot (girl stuck at a rest stop in a blizzard finds a kidnapped girl in the car of one of the 4 people who are stuck there with her). intrusive score annoyed me a bit but it was nothing i couldnt handle. its not too long and makes good use of its runtime without faltering. took a few twists too many to me but idrc - it was decent. mom loved it.

6. halloween II (1981)

it seems like the only way to get me to watch a movie these days is by chance. halloween II was on tv while i was channel surfing, and that is that. ive always loved this one — it was my favorite halloween movie for a while — but i loved it even more tonight, watching it at the dead of night all alone. the vibe was just right and it was a perfect experience. you see, this is a nocturnal movie. myers goes after his sole survivor after she's taken to a hospital, but he doesn't wait long; he goes the very same night. so it's probably after midnight and the streets are deserted and even the hospital is nearly empty; most of the lights are out and there are only a handful of employees there. this is where i tell you i love horror movies about unsuspecting victims working the graveyard shift. think body bags, think after midnight. it is one of my favorite horror tropes, and here it is played to perfection. myers takes out hospital workers one by one slowly; the kills are cold and almost silent; we get dozens of shots of empty, dark hospital hallways (which i love), and then some of hallways that should be empty but are not (which i love even more). the entire thing is so low-key and restrained. it might sound like i'm describing a dull movie but this is a fucking thriller, but it has a very distinct late-night vibe, which i felt entirely immersed in when watching it at 4 in the morning. i feel like i never Got this one like i did tonight, even though i've seen it countless times. and of course, my 'seeing it countless times' also added to my experience. at this point i know this like the back of my hand. i had every bit memorized, knowing lines of dialogue before they were even said. i usually refrain from rewatching movies over and over as i usually get bored around the third time, when i feel a movie has nothing else to offer me, but with this one it's never like that. what it offers me is a pitch-perfect experience of late-night cozy dread-slash-comfort. i just can't get tired of it.

some notes i have: i remember reluctantly saying i could see some giallo influence in this, and now i'm absolutely sure this borrows a Lot from that. it's in the neon lighting; the vibrant red of the fake blood; the framing, everything. the shot of a dead nurse on a gurney with violent-red all over the ground is pure giallo and i love that so much. i also love laurie's big chase scene so so so much. you see, laurie spends most of the movie sedated (a big reason why the movie feels so sparse and lowkey), but when push comes to shove she gets the fuck up and runs away, and michael chases her through the emtpy hospital after hes taken out almost everyone. this bit is agonizing and it always, and i mean always, has me on the edge of my seat. she repeatedly almost gets killed but somehow makes it, and that red lighting shows up to scream danger at you, and when she finally makes it out she cant even get away so all she can do is hide. this is one of those rare horror movie moments where a protagonist does everything right, she thinks fast and runs faster and manages to survive by a thread and it only makes it more stressing because you realize things are so bad that even if you make the right choices you still end up in a terrible situation. it is one of my favorite moments in this franchise, and one of my favorite horror scenes ever.