Sword And Shotgun

exploitation cinema and other poor choices

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Favorite films

  • Pulp Fiction
  • Survive Style 5+
  • Flashback
  • The Wrestler

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  • Influencer

    ½

  • The Signal

    ★½

  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    ★★★★

  • Renfield

    ★★½

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  • Influencer

    Influencer

    ½

    The literal dumbest murder scene ever filmed.

  • Renfield

    Renfield

    ★★½

    Mehhh...

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  • For the Sake of Vicious

    For the Sake of Vicious

    ★★★½

    This single location torture thriller is a confusing mess that ends up being pretty decent way to spend 80 minutes of your day. The score does so much work for this film, and really changes how you experience the movie. It’s used so well throughout the runtime, and despite playing for almost the entire movie it never got annoying. It subtly added so much tension to scenes that needed it, then naturally gained energy as the violence starts. You’re not going to…

  • The Portable Door

    The Portable Door

    ★★★★

    This was a nice surprise. I'd never even heard of it and the title didn't grab my interest interest in the slightest. I only clicked play because Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill were in it, and they were of course both great from start to finish, as was the entire cast.

    It's a quite fun and original fantasy movie, with a modern story and a pinch of weirdness to separate it from the pack. There are seven books in this series, so hopefully we'll get to see this continue on the big screen.