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The Great Gabbo 1929
NEW IN '22: #4:
Early talkie with Eric von Stroheim as a mentally unstable ventriloquist and his climb to the top of the vaudeville era marquee with a frighteningly bug-eyed dummy named Otto in tow that looks and sounds like a mini-Peter Lorre.
Miscagatorised as a horror flick while more of a backstage-melodrama, but not without some proto-Magic (1979) vibes in Stroheim's barking, assholish performance.
The pacing is hampered by some overlong song and dance sequences with some crazy acrobatic-choreo and lavish costumes; making this more a curious peek into the entertainment of yester-hundred years ago.
Weird little flick.
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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist 2019
NEW IN '22: #5:
Friedkin gives a running commentary of.sorts on the genesis of The Exorcist with a lot of the same old trivia bits and some new fun facts.
Bonus points for the raw footage of Linda Blair's yet-to-be-dubbed over line reads in boogers up demon makeup which is comically unnerving.
Just can't see Stacy Keach as Father Karras, though...
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Malignant 2021
33 % old school, Dead Silence-era James Wan, dripping in his patented atmospherics that I love so much: fog, neon, overhead shots, and the only director working today that can efficiently and effectively pull off jump scares.
33 % 90s Darkman / Army of Darkness-era Sam Raimi splat-stick pyrotechnic stunt show silliness, Dutch angles and zooms and dreary, noir-y set pieces that I had forgotten how much I loved and realized has been missing in my life for far too…
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Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970
(I Never Had) The Bloody Hammer #16:
Lee returns after being summoned via black magick rituals (and some neat re-hydrated Alka Seltzer-looking blood effects) by a quartet of hedonistic assholey aristocrats. When the blood drinking ceremony goes wrong (as it usually does), the resurrected Count goes on a vengeance tear hunting down the three remaining elder jerkwads by turning their daughters into gleefully evil be-fanged acolytes.
While upping the quotient on blood, nudity, sex and violence from the previous installments,…
