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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 8h

Day 14: Letterboxd Bottom 500

2012: Doomsday

Limiting the list to movies with 1k ratings really helps raise the quality floor of these movies. This was FINE. Having seen so many of these bottom X movies inoculates me to their mediocrity.

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Movie poster for 2012: Doomsday. It features a city skyline with a massive tidal wave and a Mayan carving in the sky.

Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 21h

(Uh… complementary since that sounds weird. I’m not used to them taking major swings outside of specific arranged albums.)

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, wow. Highly impressed at how much they really did to some of these songs. I’ll always bop along to a standard arrangement, but some of these got a big old “oh the did WHAT to this track?!” out of me. :o

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 22h

Day 13: Danny Trejo

American Nightmares

So Danny Trejo doesn’t really have much to do here other than laugh menacingly, but I do love an anthology with a message… even if that message is about as subtle as you’d expect from something two movies removed from Tales From the Hood.

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Movie poster for American Nightmares. It features Danny Trejo in a black hoodie looking at the camera with one hollow eye socket.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 1d

It really do be your own people…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 2d

Did not get the one (1) thing I really wanted from the Secret Lair superdrop. 🥲 Would’ve canceled my entire order but felt bad canceling the extra life order. -.-

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 2d

Look. People can feel any kind of way about a piece of (non-harmful) media existing…

But I do get some amount of joy out of the number of people who have made it their personality to be miserable any time Shyamalan creates anything.

Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 2d

M. Night Shyamalan will direct and co-showrun MAGIC 8 BALL for Mattel Studios, a live action television series adaptation of the iconic toy that's taking the form of a supernatural drama.

Brad Falchuk ("American Horror Story") writes and co-creates alongside Shyamalan.

‘Magic 8 Ball’ – M. Night Shyamalan Directing Supernatural TV Series for Mattel!

In the wake of Barbie‘s smash hit success at the box office, Mattel announced a movie adaptation of the iconic Magic 8 Ball toy, but that project has now morphed into a series. M. Night Shyamalan(!) h...

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12: Hates Kids

Don’t Torture a Duckling

RIP those kids. Gorgeous movie and very excited to see these actors in other gialli. Incredible final death in the movie. 🥲

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Movie poster for Don’t Torture a Duckling. It features screenshots from the film including woman making a face screaming in madness.

Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 3d

Day 11: Satanic Panic

Skullduggery

It wouldn’t be Satanic Panic without being afraid of Dungeons and Dragons*! The movie was just fine, but the theme song rules.

*Not actualy DnD.

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Movie poster for Skullduggery. It features an illustration of a man dressed as a knight holding small figures representing various men and women.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 4d

Day 10: Udo Kier

The Editor

What a wild homage to giallo films. It always makes me happy when I can spot references now, but I’ve still got a long, long list of gialli to get to.

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Movie poster for The Editor. It features a group photo of the cast abd an image of a topless woman laying dead on a desk.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 4d

Day 9: Friday the 13th Knock-Off

Don’t Go in the Woods

Look, you tell me a movie is regional horror and I am seated. Granted there’s usually not much to say about them, but this one actually had a specific musical theme that I REALLY liked.

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Movie poster for Don’t Go in the Woods. It features an illustration of a woman’s head with blood coming out of her mouth and wearing sunglasses reflecting a killer. There is also a campground and a knife stabbed into a wood plaque.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 5d

Color touch-up. :V My barber rules.

Selfie sitting in a car. My hair is purple and magenta, my glasses are black and rainbow, and I am wearing a red shirt.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah. Jennifer Lopez is getting an Oscar for this.

Absolutely recommended. Tonatiuh, Diego Luna, and Jennifer Lopez are all incredible. I’d never seen the musical before, but this is such a good addition to the book and original movie.

Movie poster for Kiss of the Spider Woman. It features Jennifer Lopez with black gloves and long black nails with her face close to Tonatiuh as if they are about to kiss.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 5d

Seated for Kiss of the Spider Woman. My excitement for this movie has reached a fever pitch. 😭😭😭

Selfie sitting in a movie theater. I have blue hair, black and rainbow glasses and am wearing an orange cardigan and black shirt with rainbow hearts on it. I am making a peace sign at the camera.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 6d

Day 8: Hates Eyes

See No Evil

How about an entire movie about eyes?! It’s, um… not fantastic, but it sure is fun seeing various production choices and being able to name every movie it’s borrowing from. Sure feels like a lot of the same editing choices as Saw…

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Movie poster for See No Evil. It features the face of lead actor Kane with a large hook framing his eye.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 7d

Day 7: Letterboxd Top 50 Horror

The Wolf House

What an absolute work of art. Really reminded me of the Czech Alice in Wonderland movie from 1988 in tone and presentation. I also want to know much more about the world that was set up in the framing device.

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Movie poster for The Wolf House. It features an illustration of a tree with a large hole and a human face looking out from the hole in the tree.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 8d

This absolutely rules, and very glad to have been part of that box office.

(With the caveat that it’s absolutely shit that this is even a thing that is necessary.)

Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 8d

A quest to eliminate $5 million has tripled, thanks to the generosity and passion of THE TOXIC AVENGER fans across the country.

Together, you didn’t just meet that goal, you crushed it, helping wipe out over $15 million dollars in medical debt for 10,000+ people!

‘The Toxic Avenger’ & Undue Medical Debt Cleared $15 Million in Real-Life Medical Debt Together!

Before Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger released in theaters back in August, the Cineverse marketing team came up with a wonderful idea. They took the remainder of their marketing budget for the film a...

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 8d

Elebits are back, baby! (I wish.)

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 8d

This part. 🥲 I cannot comprehend being in a position to actually respond to people in the highest levels of power in a substantive way and either deferring to niceties, throwing softballs, or moving on when I get a nonanswer.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 8d

As an eternal Pollyanna who will find the best in anything… what the actual heck was that ending as a close to the franchise?

I almost (ALMOST) appreciate it for the audacity… but it mostly felt like a fundamental misunderstanding of the franchise. (Even if the worst reaction I can muster is “ok…”)

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 8d

Day 6: Mexican Folk Horror

The Curse of the Crying Woman

This movie felt like it was made in a style from way before 1961, so that was a very neat watch. Way different from the other La Llorona stories I’ve seen (granted one was Riverdale, so…). Must watch more!

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Movie poster for The Curse of the Crying Woman. It features a green woman in robes holding the leashes of several large dogs and a couple in the lower corner looking afraid.

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 9d

Aha! I found a subtitles file and applied it to a version that was uploaded under the Spanish title. Time to check it out. :D

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 9d

Darn. Looks like the person who had it up on YouTube deleted their account. 🥲

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 9d

Ohhh. That shirt is so cute! (Especially on the model. 🫠)

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Daniel Taylor @happynatto.bsky.social · 9d

Day 5: Pam Grier

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Her part wasn’t big here, but damn if she didn’t look stunning doing it. I’d never heard of this before, and I wish Disney did more dark films like this. 🥲

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Movie poster for Something Wicked This Way Comes. It features two children running toward a carnival that is being held in the hands of a larger man against a backdrop of a stormy sky.