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Neon Maniacs 1986
A gang of killer monsters headquartered under the Golden Gate Bridge stalk the youth of San Francisco for fresh corpses. When one of their would be victims escapes, they will stop at nothing to slay her and anyone who gets in their ways!
A high concept monster slasher movie wrapped inside a low budget creature feature. The titular Neon Maniacs each have some fun designs and it always feels like there's a deeper lore of history just hiding beneath the…
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Eileen 2023
Eileen Dunlop is a woman on the edge.
Working a dead end secretary job at an isolated Massachusetts juvenile hall for delinquent boys. Living with her alcoholic ex-cop father. Unloved and alone.
Until the day new psychologist Rebecca arrives.
A dark and pulpy period thriller which had me hooked. Thomasin McKenzie is great as the titular Eileen and Anne Hathaway is utterly magnetic and enigmatic. The Boston accents are pretty gnarly but fitting the pulp style of the story. The ending is definitely the most decisive part of the movie.
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter 2023
At the q&a with the Director Andre Ovredal and producers Mike Medavoy and Bradley Fischer, they even mentioned the initial pitch of an expanded upon film version of the Demeter chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula being "ALIEN on a boat with a vampire" and dammit, it works! Interesting and expanded adaptation of one of my favorite chapters from the original Dracula novel by Bram Stoker and heavily influenced by Murnau's version in Nosferatu. Taking the idea of being stuck on…
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