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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, the people have demanded horror, so we’ll watch a particularly popular modern horror movie: Insidious (2010). It centers on a couple who move into a spooky house and then become shocked when spooky things start happening. Demons start possessing their son and then go “boo!” a lot. I would simply move out of the house, but hey, I don’t live in a horror movie. Director is James Wan, the guy who brought us The Conjuring (2012), as well as, uhh, Aquaman (2018). A ringing endorsement. I guess it is slop night.

After that, by request, is Happiness of the Katakuris (2001), an absurdist comedy-musical from exceptionally prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike. Surprisingly, the only other Miike we’ve watched is his video-game adaptation Yakuza (2007). This seems like a good place to start. It centers on a family that runs a guest house out in the middle of nowhere. Their guests suddenly start dying, and they have to go to increasingly ridiculous lengths to cover up each incident, including taking out others who discover the truth. Hilarity ensues as the cartoonish antics pile up. A cult classic.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

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Letterboxd:

• Insidious: https://letterboxd.com/film/insidious/
• Happiness of the Katakuris: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-happiness-of-the-katakuris/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Insidious: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10093
• The Happiness of the Katakuris: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14053

CWs for Insidious:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Sexual assault: a demon licks a woman’s cheek.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Seizure.
• Death of major character.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Jump scares.
• Clowns.
• Possession.
• Mannequins.
• Hospital scene.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Discussion of religion.
• Demons.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

CWs for The Happiness of the Katakuris:

• Child abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Carnism.
• Bugs.
• Implied pedophilia.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Shaving.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Death by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Insidious: https://tankie.tube/w/aFwaBx2yhLjsqkJfH5Hzoc
• The Happiness of the Katakuris: Forthcoming. Currently uploading to Tankietube.

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The visual cuisine for tonight are the first two episodes of season 6 of the Sopranos, which is essentially two seasons, and the third movie of the Mothra trilogy.

In the Sopranos, bad people continue to enjoy bad food while doing bad things in between sessions of talking with their hands.

In Rebirth of Mothra, Mothra goes back in time to fight a younger King Ghidorah.

9 pm est

content warnings:

Sopranos:

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/13786?index1=-1&index2=-1

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/parentalguide

S6e01 cw:

There are also multiple hospital scenes this season.

• Panic attacks
• Profanity
• Sexism
• Homophobic slurs and homophobia
• Racist slurs and racism
• Nudity and sex
• Violence
• Depression
• Suicide
• Gun violence
• Domestic violence
• Abusive parents
• Drugs, alcohol, and addiction
• Hospital scenes and medical procedures
• Depictions of distress
• Transphobia
• Ableism
• Weight shaming

Mothra 3 Rebirth of Mothra

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189764/

There aren't any CW pages for Mothra 3 again but I think most of these are pretty tame.

• Violence
• Mild profanity
• Mass destruction
• Multiple giant bugs
• Multiple children are imprisoned
• A character gets hypnotized

https://tankie.tube/w/syASoZinaws3dtTBFiBGVx

9 pm est

If the first Jurassic Park movie was about humans trying to contain nature and use it for their own gains, then The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a movie about humans DOMINATING nature through any means necessary and using it for their own gains. sigh

It's bigger, bloatier, noisier and more heavily packed with less intense action sequences featuring characters we have barely gotten to know about because the movie's writing can't seem to know what idea or issue to focus on at one moment, showing us glimpses of characters and objects that might prove to be important, dedicating whole shots to them to eventually led to a luke-warm, fizzling out (what better example than the damn opening scene! It almost made me yawn) -- but it also is about pretty much the same idea and thesis we have already done and covered in Jurassic Park. This is oddly referenced in the movie when one of the main character says to the villain, "Now you are [insert first movie's villain name]", like, really? The villain was pretty much a standard villain that you see in a thousand movies.

Even the music wasn't that inspiring, it had bit more action and bite to it but it wasn't memorial and I wouldn't be able to hum it if there was a gun to my head.

The character's are mighty, mighty stupid idiots. These people that are scientists, businessmen, safari rangers seem dumber than the usual horror movie protagonists.

That is not to say the movie is never sane and good. The technical aspects of it - Spielberg's direction included - are amazing. There's a motion and momentum to the action sequences and a feeling of weight to the dinosaurs that makes everything feel more authentic and realistic and it is a delight to watch. The dinosaurs look - exept for some of the dated special effects - really good too. T-Rex and the small compies and the velociraptors are all equally a delight to watch.

This would be such a better movie if only the action scenes were done in a way that was less dumb (though they are still thrilling if you can stop thinking logically about them and just feast your eyes and ears on them) and the plot was a lot more compelling and thoughtout than what we got.

The worst thing about The Lost World: Jurassic Park is that it feels like it starts with a limp and then just keeps limping in it's half-hidden subtleness and half-heavy action way and feels like it never truly opens. Even the first big scene which looked amazing (the InGen making landfall on the island and getting to work) just doesn't payoff, it fizzles out in it's conclusion.

My overral rating would be a generous 6/10.

P.S: Julianne Moore was more beautiful in this movie than any shot of nature or dinosaurs.

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Harley Quinn is about Harley Quinn embarking on her own adventures after dumping Joker, which she did in season 1 - now she's working on taking over an isolated and dilapidated Gotham from the other villains while Ivy and Kiteman plan their wedding.

In Mothra 2, Mothra some of Mothra's priestesses, and three kids search for an ancient underwater civilization in hopes of saving the Earth's environment and defeating a powerful monster spawned by pollution.

8 pm est

content warnings:

Harley Quinn

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21892?index1=-1&index2=-1

• Cartoon violence, gore, and death
• Profanity
• An episode has a few slurs
• Domestic violence/abusive relationships
• Gaslighting
• Child abuse
• Frequent mentions of sex
• Objectification of women
• A dog dying is mentioned
• A cat dies
• Drugs and alcohol
• Addiction
• Animal death
• Giant spiders
• Implied SA
• Cutting, e.g knife fights
• Eye mutilation
• Death of children
• Kidnapping
• Death of a parent
• Cheating in a relationship
• Clowns
• Electro-therapy
• Needles and syringes
• Scenes in a mental institution
• A mentally ill person is violent, most notably the protagonist as well as multiple recurring characters
• Flashing lights
• Fat shaming
• Antisemitism
• Ableism
• Alcoholism

https://tankie.tube/w/pryMLuSffVaHjFdNJidSJa

https://tankie.tube/w/hGrSgYvmTkRi1EauYpVzUJ

https://tankie.tube/w/5GrpsoP55LF1Y9GdLn879W

Rebirth of Mothra 2

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133104/

There aren't any CW pages for Mothra 2 but I think most of these are pretty tame.

• Violence
• Mild profanity
• Mass destruction
• One of the characters is a giant bug
• A monster "pees" on a character
• Mothra "gets inside" the villain to attack it which may be weird

https://tankie.tube/w/u1EBirLdEgeNhAiAFXvPPp

Probably the only good movie after Infinity War except Spiderman 3. The opening sequence was the best one in a superhero movie. The movie itself is turn-off your brain kind of fun. The overall plot is still mid but the characters kind of feel great. I don't even know who the French guy is but he was probably the most influential character in the movie. Evil Woman Xavier was also great and fun to watch. The irony is great throughout the movie and it regularly shits on Marvel and Disney but still has to be a marvel movie regardless so idk why they tried to both-side the movie when it could've been a pure parody.

Also it's out on Streaming hence it's available for Torrent. I grabbed a copy from 1337x.

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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Time of the Gypsies (1988), a Serbian black comedy about a young Roma man who discovers he has telekinetic powers, which comes in handy in the crumbling (and increasingly neoliberalizing) hellscape that is 1980s Yugoslavia. He uses his powers in his quest to get rich quick, but the criminal underworld threatens to undo him; darkly-comic antics ensue. Director is renowned auteur Emir Kusturica, whose Black Cat White Cat (1998) and Underground (1995) we previously watched; those were both great, funny films, and this appears to be in the same vein. One of the highest-rated Serbian films on Letterboxd.

Next is The Browning Version (1951), an extremely British drama about an aging professor who is forced to retire early due to a heart condition. He is at first content with his lot, only to discover that his wife is cheating on him, his students think he’s a joke, and his colleagues have secretly despised him for years. Cue midlife crisis as he tries to repair his ego and reassure himself that his life has meant something. Arguably the magnum opus of prolific director Anthony Asquith, who is otherwise best-known for Pygmalion (1938). Considered one of the best British films of the 1950s.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Time of the G*psies: https://letterboxd.com/film/time-of-the-gypsies/
• The Browning Version: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-browning-version/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Time of the G*psies: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/36909
• The Browning Version: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043362/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Time of the G*psies:

• Sexual assault: at approximately 61 minutes in, a woman is forced to undress and is implied to be r*ped afterward. I have skimmed the movie and I don’t think any SA is directly shown.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene.
• Childbirth.
• Sad ending.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Stabbing.
• Blood.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Gun violence.
• Torture.
• Death by falling.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.

CWs for The Browning Version:

• British people.
• Cheating.
• Existential crisis.
• Depression.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Failed marriage.

Links to movies:

• Time of the G*psies: https://tankie.tube/w/25T6UMnuKx8x1DjoX3C5Xf
• The Browning Version: https://tankie.tube/w/jGjYYR65JB8MrJjNCFg5td

Obviously he didnt deserve the harassment he got regardless. Like even if he was dogshit he wouldnt have deserved that. But I just rewatched Phantom Menace for the first time in awhile. Young friend of mine are going through the star wars movies because she was a sheltered homeschooled kid and hadnt seen them. Already did the OT, starting on the prequels.

Other than the obvious "oh wow, the racial stereotypes of literally three different alien species in this movie is insane", the main takeaway my rewatch gave me is "wow ok, Jake LLoyd is average at worst". He was just like, a regular kid actor? Nothing to write home about like say, young Maise Williams or something. But absolutely fine?

Just watched the movie Argylle

Can someone please explain the phone call in the bathroom scene that causes Elly to run away and make a collect call?

i wanna make a list of spookies to download for the next few weeks. please drop your favourite horrors or some obscure choices you like! mostly looking for like offbeat 90s-2000s stuff (earlier is cool too), wacky shlock is welcome but I'd love some actually scary picks too. really just anything you consider worth watching is good. thanks!

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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Another Year (2010), a British slice-of-life drama from Mike Leigh, who is best-known for Naked (1993) and Secrets &n Lies (1996), neither of which we have watched. It centers on a happily-married old bougie couple whose happiness is interrupted by the incursions of their shitty family and friends, all of whom are determined to bring their drama into the couple’s lives. This is just what life is like in the UK. A lot of critical acclaim for this, and we’ve never watched any of Leigh’s stuff, so let’s check it out.

After that is Kneecap (2024), the first rap musical film made entirely in the Irish language. Follow the fictionalized real-life tale of a trio of staunchly republican, working-class Belfast dudes who start a rap group to save their native tongue and decolonize their country from the Br*tish. This is the debut feature of director Rich Peppiatt, and has already been receiving some awards buzz. Currently the highest-rated Irish-language film on Letterboxd. We’ll give it a try.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Another Year: https://letterboxd.com/film/another-year/
• Kneecap: https://letterboxd.com/film/kneecap/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Another Year: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431181/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Kneecap: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1055911

CWs for Another Year:

• British people.
• Kissing.
• References to sex.
• Profanity.
• Alcoholism.
• Dysfunctional family.

CWs for Kneecap:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abandoned by parent.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Bullying.
• Torture.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Kidnapping.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Incarceration.
• Unstable reality.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Hate speech.
• Discussion of religion.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• BDSM .
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Honking horns.

Links to movies:

• Another Year: https://tankie.tube/w/pDxJHdKWCaQQiXbELdmRpu
• Kneecap: https://tankie.tube/w/pDuDZcM3vzc1S9FQM4G2Dx

Honestly, a streaming service should buy the rights to this and put out an Orgy of the Dead variety show every year.

It's a nudie cutie where women take turns dancing topless and a couple has to watch for some reason. The dialogue between the hosts and the monster characters could be perfect banter and a Greek chorus, but it just goes nowhere. It's so captivatingly bad it could easily make your annual Halloween watch list.

I could see a modern version working so well that's full of drag, burlesque, and whatever other weird freaky stuff you can come up with.

The 1965 version is camp, it needs to go all out gay.

You can probably find it on YouTube or other means, I got reminded about Orgy of the Dead from a Mubi email, it may not be available in your country on there though.

https://bsky.app/profile/leavittalone.bsky.social/post/3l67gyh3fdq22

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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Enter the Void (2009), a psychedelic melodrama-art-thriller about a drugn dealer who is shot dead by the police, after which he goes on a strange journey through the afterlife, taking him through the seedy Tokyo underworld. Its gimmick is that it is shot entirely from the POV of the protagonist, i.e., a first-person view, in video-game parlance. Director is Gaspar Noe (the same guy behind Climax [2018]), so expect a whole lot of sex, drugs, and violence along the way. Looks neat; let’s check it out.

After that is REC (2007), a Spanish found-footage horror film centering on a film crew that follows some firefighters into what looks like a routine job in an apartment building, only for the building to be sealed off with everyone still inside as a strange disease spreads among them. Things go from bad to worse from there. It is the best-known and best-regarded work of director duo Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. This is considered one of the better films of its ilk, so we’ll give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Enter the Void: https://letterboxd.com/film/enter-the-void/
• REC: https://letterboxd.com/film/rec/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Enter the Void: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/17894
• REC: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/41795

CWs for Enter the Void:

• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Incest.
• Abortion.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Death of main character.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Jump scares.
• Shower scene.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Unstable reality.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• PTSD.
• Shaky cam.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Unborn baby.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Homelessness.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Sad ending.
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.

CWs for REC:

• Death of dog.
• Child abuse.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Body horror.
• Squashed head.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Death by falling.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of child.
• Suicide.
• Death of non-human.
• Zombies.
• Jump scares.
• Possession.
• Vomiting.
• Someone is eaten alive.
• Needles.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Hate speech.
• Nudity.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Enter the Void: https://tankie.tube/w/cK4L2rxEpZSZk2N8sBBBsH
• REC: https://tankie.tube/w/9ZZWu4bSniEvHVRooEtJq5