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A ★★★★ review of The Bride! (2026) This movie is the equivalent of when you have to get up super early fork the next day, but you go out partying any way. Sure you make a few poor decisions that you’re gonna hear about, but the stories...

Oooh goodie, our first super divisive film of 2026 is here. More thoughts on THE BRIDE! coming to @spectercinema.bsky.social on Tuesday 🔫

Park Chan-wook movies always have 2-3 transitions that blow your mind. Shout-out editor Nicolas De Toth for this beauty in STOKER 😮‍💨

It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.

Seeing SCREAM 7 make a bunch of money despite the controversies while THE BONE TEMPLE flops is so disappointing. Like why did they pick January to release it only 6 months after the previous? People spend significantly less money coming outta the holiday season and normies were barely aware of it

Still from Veep of Keith saying to Jonah, "Daylight Saving: it's neither a plural nor a possessive."

preparing

It’s been months since @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & I have watched a movie together, but this is close! Film friends united by Park Chan-wook 🤌🏽 @letterboxd.social

Omg the painting is stunning 😭 congratulations!

To be fair, they’re all this long. Technically this is the shortest entry lol

A ★★½ review of Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) Alright, I’ve always had a soft spot for these movies. They’re ridiculous and that’s the fun of it. Following up 9 years later put the film in an odd place, in which they decided to make it a trilogy ...

Can you believe my longest Letterboxd review is year is on NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T? 😂 we need to let Rosamund Pike do goofy accents more often haha

I finished my first novel in a decade! Sure I listened to it rather than reading, but it’s progress. Anywho, Frankenstein (1818) is a ripper. Curse of Frankenstein was fine, Cushing’s version of Victor feels like inspiration for Marty Supreme haha

Watching the behind-the-scenes stuff and everyone just loves Del Toro, they talk about him like a God. He’s such a treasure

I hope YIFY is out there somewhere happy and thriving

You fuck that fish man, Elisa 🙂‍↕️

Whoever came up up this motion is a freak and an icon 🤣

It felt like a miracle, the weirdos getting such a definitive win. Not my favorite film from that year, but I’m so happy for what GDT & Hawkins accomplished

I love a side-mouth smile, the same way Jesse Buckley does it for me

Sally Hawkins is such a cutie in this movie, what a dream 😍

Due to personal reasons, I've decided to replace my hair with snakes & turn people who stare at me into stone.

Michael Shannon washing his hands BEFORE taking a piss is still so wild. I remember hearing people audibly react to this in theaters haha

Rewatching THE SHAPE OF WATER and while there are many films that deposit the idea of monster fucking, this one actually follows through. And it won Best Picture 😂👏🏽

It’s brilliantly done, but I could see this triggering someone easily

A young boy with wavy curly ginger hair wearing a red jacket

Early candidate for best villain of the year; if I saw this kid* in the streets, it’s on sight 😤

(*= the character, not the actor lol)

A ★★★★★ review of The Plague (2025) Wow, what a brilliant lil film. A coming-of-age story that gets under your skin in the most specific way. The casting of these kids, the writing of their dialogue/interactions, omg the soundtrack, nai...

I love how specific, yet universal THE PLAGUE is. Those that don’t consider this a horror movie haven’t experienced this specific coming-of-age and should consider themselves lucky 😥 #FilmSky

A calendar for podcast episodes on film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel • The Curse of Frankenstein: 3/3 • Frankenhooker: 3/17 • Frankenstein (2025): 3/24, also the 300th episode! • Van Helsing: 3/31

For March, @daddydisco.bsky.social & @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social discuss Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and its film adaptations! linktr.ee/spectercinema

• CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
• FRANKENHOOKER (ft. @brianwaves42.bsky.social)
• FRANKENSTEIN ‘25 (300th ep)
• VAN HELSING (ft. @eversonpoe.bsky.social)

Fuckin ripperrrrr of a movie!

My king Gabriel deserves it! As do so many great films from 2021 that got lost in the COVID shuffle

A young woman lays on red carpet next to a pink flower, her hair mirroring the fallen petals

A person straddles another person in bed, raising a weapon to attack

A group of people dancing, writhing, and touching each other shot from overhead

A gal and a large man have a showdown in a grass field, lit with eerie fog

4 films that deserve a boutique physical release in which I am qualified and available to contribute to 👀 @secondsightfilms.bsky.social @arrowvideo.bsky.social @screamfactory.bsky.social @criterion.bsky.social

• THE NEON DEMON
• MALIGNANT
• CLIMAX
• THE FINAL GIRLS

A podcast thumbnail for “Watching the Watchlist” In the left circle Sadako from RING (1998) crawls out of a TV, in the right circle is two men from PLAINCLOTHES (2025) with pensive looks on their faces

Patreon Exclusive 👻 // On the latest “Watching the Watchlist”, @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social recap their January watches before discussing 1st time watches of RING (1998) and PLAINCLOTHES (2025) • #HorrorSky

Available at our $3 Found Footage tier: patreon.com/spectercinema

Cure in 4K Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure screens in 4K. This unsettling psychological thriller follows a detective investigating a series of motiveless murders, leading him to a mysterious drifter. A landmark influenc...

also important to note that the Academy Museum will be screening Cure three times in one week (May 25th, 27th, & 29th) as part of their series A Lifetime of Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho. a fucked-up masterpiece.

A ★★★★ review of Hedda (2025) I’m a simple man: give me Tessa Thompson as a disaster bisexual throwing a hedonistic sabotage party, I’m gonna have a good time. This movie is loose but not sloppy, catty without being annoying. Deli...

Gatsby parties are out, HEDDA parties are in 😏 While it’s cool seeing Nia DaCosta doing big budget franchise movies, I’d rather see her churn one of these bad boys every other year. A sexy fun time! #FilmSky