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On Wednesday I watched the 2009 Dutch horror movie The Human Centipede (First Sequence) by Tom Six for the first time. I always thought the concept was a bit silly and had never gotten around to it prior. I...don't hate it? But I also don't love it either. It's a unique concept and seems competently made for what it is. Can definitely see why it doesn't seem particularly well liked, but I'll take weird and uncomfortable over boring.
I also revisited the original 1974 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Great movie that still stands up today. Not a whole lot to say though, since I'd seen it before.
On Thursday I decided to check out the 1986 movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 for the first time. I'd never been particularly interested in watching it until now, but watching House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and 3 From Hell earlier this month, I figured I might as well finally get around to this so that I could see Bill Moseley's performance as Chop Top. I thought it was okay, so-so. I can see both why a lot of people would dislike it and what others see in it that has raised it to cult classic consideration, but I lean more on the side that doesn't find it all that great.
On Friday, I decided to revisit the original 1977 version of Suspiria and the 1980 movie Inferno, both by Dario Argento. Suspiria is a yearly watch for me in October, so I figured now or never since there are other things I associate more with Halloween and it's rapidly approaching. I figured I might as well revisit Inferno as well since it's basically a sequel to Suspiria as part of his Three Mothers trilogy.
On Saturday I watched the 1979 movie Phantasm and the 1988 movie Phantasm II, both by Don Coscarelli, with some friends. I've seen all of the Phantasm movies and enjoy the series for the most part, so I wanted to share the series with my friends since we've been getting together to watch some things throughout October. We also watched the original 1988 version of Night of the Demons by Kevin S. Tenney afterward to finish out the night because it's fun and I figured we ought to end the night on something Halloween-related. Happy to say that they enjoyed all three.
Finally, tonight, I revisited the 1988 movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space, by the Chiodo Brothers. Good fun.
Unfortunately couldn't watch any other movies today, but hoping to cram a bunch into the next few final days of October.
I finally watched a movie that didn't have kaiju in it! My husband & I watched Bohemian Rhapsody on Saturday night. We're both huge fans of Queen so we were both interested in seeing the movie. We really enjoyed it. Rami Malek did a wonderful job portraying Freddie Mercury. I don't want to give anything away in case others plan on watching it but I will say if you're even just a passing fan of Queen you should try to give this a watch.
Terminator: Dark Fate. 7/10
A good reboot/sequel and far better than the last 3 films, which this ignores. It really felt like a T2 sequel, in terms of the look and direction/production.
I think I prefer Hereditary more as the films have a similar vibe. Aside from that the film is very visually pleasing and detailed. It is definitely one of the better films as of late.