Nightmarish Obscenity
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“Only minds as functionally insane as ours could survive here.”
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It Follows (2014) Dir. David Robert Mitchell
“I think that if one is faced with inevitable destruction, if a house is falling upon you, for instance, one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one’s eyes, and wait, come what may.”
This hold up magnificently.
10/10
“I think that if one is faced with inevitable destruction, if a house is falling upon you, for instance, one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one’s eyes, and wait, come what may.”
This hold up magnificently.
10/10
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It Follows (2014) Dir. David Robert Mitchell
“I think that if one is faced with inevitable destruction, if a house is falling upon you, for instance, one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one’s eyes, and wait, come what may.”
This hold up magnificently.
10/10
“I think that if one is faced with inevitable destruction, if a house is falling upon you, for instance, one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one’s eyes, and wait, come what may.”
This hold up magnificently.
10/10
Lurker (2025) Dir. Alex Russel
“I’m not gonna take it away, sweet boy.”
This is the worst of LA. Starfuckers all the way down.
The slow tension is great. Nearly as anxiety inducing as Uncut Gems. The 16mm film is gorgeous. It’s refreshing to see an LA depicted with the color sucked out of it.
“I’m not gonna take it away, sweet boy.”
This is the worst of LA. Starfuckers all the way down.
The slow tension is great. Nearly as anxiety inducing as Uncut Gems. The 16mm film is gorgeous. It’s refreshing to see an LA depicted with the color sucked out of it.
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Lurker (2025) Dir. Alex Russel
“I’m not gonna take it away, sweet boy.”
This is the worst of LA. Starfuckers all the way down.
The slow tension is great. Nearly as anxiety inducing as Uncut Gems. The 16mm film is gorgeous. It’s refreshing to see an LA depicted with the color sucked out of it.
“I’m not gonna take it away, sweet boy.”
This is the worst of LA. Starfuckers all the way down.
The slow tension is great. Nearly as anxiety inducing as Uncut Gems. The 16mm film is gorgeous. It’s refreshing to see an LA depicted with the color sucked out of it.
Our Wives Under the Sea (2022) Auth. Julia Armfield
I don’t know how you read “on occasion, I would look in the mirror and consider the briskly diminishing fact of myself, hold my hands to the sides of my face as if preventing collapse.” and not throw the book at the wall.
8.5/10
I don’t know how you read “on occasion, I would look in the mirror and consider the briskly diminishing fact of myself, hold my hands to the sides of my face as if preventing collapse.” and not throw the book at the wall.
8.5/10
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our Wives Under the Sea (2022) Auth. Julia Armfield
I don’t know how you read “on occasion, I would look in the mirror and consider the briskly diminishing fact of myself, hold my hands to the sides of my face as if preventing collapse.” and not throw the book at the wall.
8.5/10
I don’t know how you read “on occasion, I would look in the mirror and consider the briskly diminishing fact of myself, hold my hands to the sides of my face as if preventing collapse.” and not throw the book at the wall.
8.5/10
Dead and Buried (1981) Dir. Gary Sherman
“You can try to kill me, Dan. But you can't. You can only make me dead.”
Slept on this waaaay too long. A quaint New England town with dark secrets that feels like Lovecraft and Stephen King vibes yanks my chain so hard my heads gonna fall off.
10/10
“You can try to kill me, Dan. But you can't. You can only make me dead.”
Slept on this waaaay too long. A quaint New England town with dark secrets that feels like Lovecraft and Stephen King vibes yanks my chain so hard my heads gonna fall off.
10/10
September 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dead and Buried (1981) Dir. Gary Sherman
“You can try to kill me, Dan. But you can't. You can only make me dead.”
Slept on this waaaay too long. A quaint New England town with dark secrets that feels like Lovecraft and Stephen King vibes yanks my chain so hard my heads gonna fall off.
10/10
“You can try to kill me, Dan. But you can't. You can only make me dead.”
Slept on this waaaay too long. A quaint New England town with dark secrets that feels like Lovecraft and Stephen King vibes yanks my chain so hard my heads gonna fall off.
10/10
Bring Her Back (2025)
A relentlessly manipulative and oppressive movie that seems to exist more to as interconnected setups for shocking cruelty rather than offering anything compelling or thoughtful.
Also that century gothic font looks like ass and I hate it.
-100/10
A relentlessly manipulative and oppressive movie that seems to exist more to as interconnected setups for shocking cruelty rather than offering anything compelling or thoughtful.
Also that century gothic font looks like ass and I hate it.
-100/10
August 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bring Her Back (2025)
A relentlessly manipulative and oppressive movie that seems to exist more to as interconnected setups for shocking cruelty rather than offering anything compelling or thoughtful.
Also that century gothic font looks like ass and I hate it.
-100/10
A relentlessly manipulative and oppressive movie that seems to exist more to as interconnected setups for shocking cruelty rather than offering anything compelling or thoughtful.
Also that century gothic font looks like ass and I hate it.
-100/10
28 Years Later (2025) Dir. Danny Boyle
Really thoughtful coming of age narrative. It's fuckin messy out there, and we have to learn to leave our islands to make any progress. There are no set rules. It's okay to leave. You can join the Scottish power rangers and it can kick ass.
9/10
Really thoughtful coming of age narrative. It's fuckin messy out there, and we have to learn to leave our islands to make any progress. There are no set rules. It's okay to leave. You can join the Scottish power rangers and it can kick ass.
9/10
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
28 Years Later (2025) Dir. Danny Boyle
Really thoughtful coming of age narrative. It's fuckin messy out there, and we have to learn to leave our islands to make any progress. There are no set rules. It's okay to leave. You can join the Scottish power rangers and it can kick ass.
9/10
Really thoughtful coming of age narrative. It's fuckin messy out there, and we have to learn to leave our islands to make any progress. There are no set rules. It's okay to leave. You can join the Scottish power rangers and it can kick ass.
9/10
Unworthy gets cults right. Our protagonist has lost the ability to recall her past because the language she uses to understand her world has been taken and the simple acts of defiance by Lucia awakens her and allows her to regain her power and individuality. That’s the power of love baby. 8/10
July 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Unworthy gets cults right. Our protagonist has lost the ability to recall her past because the language she uses to understand her world has been taken and the simple acts of defiance by Lucia awakens her and allows her to regain her power and individuality. That’s the power of love baby. 8/10
The Devil Takes You Home (2022) Auth. Gabino Iglesias
Some mix between Sicario, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Rodriguez, and Nic Pizzolato. Late to the party. My reading schedule knows no structure.
The violence is something else. Lots of exploding heads and split open abdomen.
7/10
Some mix between Sicario, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Rodriguez, and Nic Pizzolato. Late to the party. My reading schedule knows no structure.
The violence is something else. Lots of exploding heads and split open abdomen.
7/10
July 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Devil Takes You Home (2022) Auth. Gabino Iglesias
Some mix between Sicario, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Rodriguez, and Nic Pizzolato. Late to the party. My reading schedule knows no structure.
The violence is something else. Lots of exploding heads and split open abdomen.
7/10
Some mix between Sicario, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Rodriguez, and Nic Pizzolato. Late to the party. My reading schedule knows no structure.
The violence is something else. Lots of exploding heads and split open abdomen.
7/10
Spiritus Ex Machina (2024) Auth. LC von Hessen
“You have to applaud. The rustling voice again, which whispers to me from inside my own skull. As perhaps it has all along. It's only polite. My hands slap together limply, again and again and again, yet I can no longer feel them move.”
8/10 Good Shit
“You have to applaud. The rustling voice again, which whispers to me from inside my own skull. As perhaps it has all along. It's only polite. My hands slap together limply, again and again and again, yet I can no longer feel them move.”
8/10 Good Shit
June 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Spiritus Ex Machina (2024) Auth. LC von Hessen
“You have to applaud. The rustling voice again, which whispers to me from inside my own skull. As perhaps it has all along. It's only polite. My hands slap together limply, again and again and again, yet I can no longer feel them move.”
8/10 Good Shit
“You have to applaud. The rustling voice again, which whispers to me from inside my own skull. As perhaps it has all along. It's only polite. My hands slap together limply, again and again and again, yet I can no longer feel them move.”
8/10 Good Shit
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Dir. Emilie Blichfeldt
The music and cinematography are great, very lush and stylized, even the maggot ridden corpses. We really came from blurring out bulges to zooming into cocks and asses in 4k. I love cinema.
That tapeworm scene tested me.
7/10
The music and cinematography are great, very lush and stylized, even the maggot ridden corpses. We really came from blurring out bulges to zooming into cocks and asses in 4k. I love cinema.
That tapeworm scene tested me.
7/10
May 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Dir. Emilie Blichfeldt
The music and cinematography are great, very lush and stylized, even the maggot ridden corpses. We really came from blurring out bulges to zooming into cocks and asses in 4k. I love cinema.
That tapeworm scene tested me.
7/10
The music and cinematography are great, very lush and stylized, even the maggot ridden corpses. We really came from blurring out bulges to zooming into cocks and asses in 4k. I love cinema.
That tapeworm scene tested me.
7/10
Bodypunk (2025) Auth. Various
Really solid collection of shorts, well curated. Nothing feels repetitive but it all feels on theme. The theme? All the ways our oopy goopy bodies betray us, or vice versa.
Endless Wound is an easy favorite.
Really solid collection of shorts, well curated. Nothing feels repetitive but it all feels on theme. The theme? All the ways our oopy goopy bodies betray us, or vice versa.
Endless Wound is an easy favorite.
April 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Bodypunk (2025) Auth. Various
Really solid collection of shorts, well curated. Nothing feels repetitive but it all feels on theme. The theme? All the ways our oopy goopy bodies betray us, or vice versa.
Endless Wound is an easy favorite.
Really solid collection of shorts, well curated. Nothing feels repetitive but it all feels on theme. The theme? All the ways our oopy goopy bodies betray us, or vice versa.
Endless Wound is an easy favorite.
The Organization is Here to Support You (2025) Auth. Charlene Elsby
“socially constructed barriers, become real through their institutionalization within the organization’s mandates.”
This is the kinda shit that would make Kafka blush.
This was great and will lead to poor performance at work.
“socially constructed barriers, become real through their institutionalization within the organization’s mandates.”
This is the kinda shit that would make Kafka blush.
This was great and will lead to poor performance at work.
April 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Organization is Here to Support You (2025) Auth. Charlene Elsby
“socially constructed barriers, become real through their institutionalization within the organization’s mandates.”
This is the kinda shit that would make Kafka blush.
This was great and will lead to poor performance at work.
“socially constructed barriers, become real through their institutionalization within the organization’s mandates.”
This is the kinda shit that would make Kafka blush.
This was great and will lead to poor performance at work.
Sinners (2025) Dir. Ryan Coogler
“We’re gonna make beautiful music together”
There’s a scene midway through that touches on the importance of music as culture and freedom, that might be one of the best sequences I’ve seen in a long time. Jaw on the floor type shit.
8.5/10
“We’re gonna make beautiful music together”
There’s a scene midway through that touches on the importance of music as culture and freedom, that might be one of the best sequences I’ve seen in a long time. Jaw on the floor type shit.
8.5/10
April 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sinners (2025) Dir. Ryan Coogler
“We’re gonna make beautiful music together”
There’s a scene midway through that touches on the importance of music as culture and freedom, that might be one of the best sequences I’ve seen in a long time. Jaw on the floor type shit.
8.5/10
“We’re gonna make beautiful music together”
There’s a scene midway through that touches on the importance of music as culture and freedom, that might be one of the best sequences I’ve seen in a long time. Jaw on the floor type shit.
8.5/10
The Monkey (2025) Dir. Oz Perkins
“I overheard the undertaker say that when they dumped the body out it looked like someone drop kicked a cherry pie.”
Yet another entry supporting my ‘Perkins don’t miss’ theory of cinema. Get lost Flanagan, Oz deserves all the King adaptations!
8.5/10
“I overheard the undertaker say that when they dumped the body out it looked like someone drop kicked a cherry pie.”
Yet another entry supporting my ‘Perkins don’t miss’ theory of cinema. Get lost Flanagan, Oz deserves all the King adaptations!
8.5/10
March 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Monkey (2025) Dir. Oz Perkins
“I overheard the undertaker say that when they dumped the body out it looked like someone drop kicked a cherry pie.”
Yet another entry supporting my ‘Perkins don’t miss’ theory of cinema. Get lost Flanagan, Oz deserves all the King adaptations!
8.5/10
“I overheard the undertaker say that when they dumped the body out it looked like someone drop kicked a cherry pie.”
Yet another entry supporting my ‘Perkins don’t miss’ theory of cinema. Get lost Flanagan, Oz deserves all the King adaptations!
8.5/10
I swear I’m getting back to being spooky, but this shit is just too good.
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I swear I’m getting back to being spooky, but this shit is just too good.
Some stuff you didn’t know, a lot of stuff you at least suspected. None of us are immune. Reinforces my appreciation for all the weirdos I know for enriching my bubble.
February 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Some stuff you didn’t know, a lot of stuff you at least suspected. None of us are immune. Reinforces my appreciation for all the weirdos I know for enriching my bubble.
Current non-horror reads. Remarkable how well they gel together.
January 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Current non-horror reads. Remarkable how well they gel together.
Where Oldman’s Dracula was a romantic and Kinski’s Orlok was weary melancholy, Skarsgard’s Orlok is effectively an incel vampire. He is, as stated, only “an appetite”.
That said, if anyone ever told me I was their affliction and they can’t be sated without me, I might dissolve into vapor.
That said, if anyone ever told me I was their affliction and they can’t be sated without me, I might dissolve into vapor.
January 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Where Oldman’s Dracula was a romantic and Kinski’s Orlok was weary melancholy, Skarsgard’s Orlok is effectively an incel vampire. He is, as stated, only “an appetite”.
That said, if anyone ever told me I was their affliction and they can’t be sated without me, I might dissolve into vapor.
That said, if anyone ever told me I was their affliction and they can’t be sated without me, I might dissolve into vapor.
Nosferatu (2024)
January 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Nosferatu (2024)
Sara Monpetit’s is great, like an 80’s Quebecois Winona Ryder. The chemistry with Felix-Bernard is certified teen awkwardness. They embody such quintessential goth outcasts that you want to root for them the moment their relationship begins to spark.
I liked it but I’m a sap at heart.
7/10
I liked it but I’m a sap at heart.
7/10
January 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Sara Monpetit’s is great, like an 80’s Quebecois Winona Ryder. The chemistry with Felix-Bernard is certified teen awkwardness. They embody such quintessential goth outcasts that you want to root for them the moment their relationship begins to spark.
I liked it but I’m a sap at heart.
7/10
I liked it but I’m a sap at heart.
7/10
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social scooped my heart out with a splintered chair leg and I loved every minute.
9/10 go read it.
9/10 go read it.
January 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social scooped my heart out with a splintered chair leg and I loved every minute.
9/10 go read it.
9/10 go read it.
Certified banger. @apocalypseparty.bsky.social and @carsonwinter.bsky.social got the cosmic capitalist horror you know you need.
December 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Certified banger. @apocalypseparty.bsky.social and @carsonwinter.bsky.social got the cosmic capitalist horror you know you need.
Solid collection of Latin American weird horror, including a story involving Kermit the Frog that was far better than it had any business being.
December 13, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Solid collection of Latin American weird horror, including a story involving Kermit the Frog that was far better than it had any business being.
“In the underground cabaret at the foot of the cafe steps, with my unface cloaked and my heels crushing broken shards of glass, the third patented machine stands forgotten: where, in a churning tank of dreams, my mother dances, forever, whether she wanted this or not.”
November 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM
“In the underground cabaret at the foot of the cafe steps, with my unface cloaked and my heels crushing broken shards of glass, the third patented machine stands forgotten: where, in a churning tank of dreams, my mother dances, forever, whether she wanted this or not.”
TBR has me very excited.
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
TBR has me very excited.