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Handgun (1983) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Deep in the Heart
director: Tony Garnett actor: Karen Young / Clayton Day …
other title: 深入我心 / Deep in the Heart …
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.
Sept. 10, 2026 watched
Karen Young and Clayton Day are both terrific in their roles. Also, the attack scene is as tastefully handled as it could be and lost none of the tension; I was practically holding my breath the whole time. Well done!
Jesse Blu-Ray
Sept. 10, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Handgun
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Demon (2015) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Demon
6.5 (6 ratings) director: 马辛·弗罗纳 actor: 卡翠娜·赫尔曼 / 伊泰·提伦 …
other title: 邪魔 / 新郎着了魔(港) …
2015 film by Marcin Wrona
Sept. 3, 2026 watched
Sometimes the real horror is the collective generational trauma of a group of people, but it's also probably mostly being possessed by the spirit of the dead bride you just found on your newly inherited property just before getting married on its grounds.

A really great movie I look forward to having many rewatches with.
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Sept. 3, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Demon
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The Ninth Heart (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Deváté srdce
director: 尤拉伊·赫兹 actor: 奥德·帕夫尔卡 / Anna Malová …
other title: 第九心脏 / Deváté srdce …
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
Aug. 18, 2026 watched
The beauty of this film is that it looks and feels like a child dreaming up a fairy tale and then explaining it to an adult. It's a very lush word and I mostly enjoyed it.

The biggest issue for me might be that, not unlike the first time I watched Born of Fire (1987), I was actually pretty tired and fairly comfy and the movie is a little slower and so I could feel myself dozing off to a dreamland of my own.

A rewatch in a more awakened state is in order.
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Aug. 19, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of The Ninth Heart
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American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho
7.8 (635 ratings) director: Mary Harron actor: Christian Bale / Justin Theroux …
other title: 美国精神病人 / 美色杀人狂 …
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Aug. 8, 2026 watched
Among other things this movie does incredibly well, this is probably very much what just completely losing it is like, and Bale plays it wonderfully.

And props to everyone, really, for filling the movie with great performances.

It's been at least 15 years since I've seen this, and I'd say it holds up nicely!
Jesse Blu-Ray Got It From The Library
Aug. 8, 2026 Review A Review - a review of American Psycho
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Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic (2024) IMDb TMDB
Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic
director: David Gregory actor: Suzzanna / Joko Anwar …
other title: 苏珊娜：降头女王
A documentary about Suzzanna, "the Queen of Indonesian horror" - an actress who starred in many of the country's most iconic and beloved horror pictures.
July 20, 2026 watched
A well done doc that's 70% about Suzzanna, famed actress of many an Indonesian film (including Sundel Bolong), 15% about Indonesia proper and 15% about its film industry.

I think the 30% not about Suzzanna was actually quite informative and I really appreciate its inclusion.

And it turns out that Suzzanna had quite a life, so that was great to learn about as well.
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July 20, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic
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White Song (2006) IMDb TMDB
White Song
director: Katrina Irawati Graham
The most famous of Indonesian ghosts, the Kuntil Anak, tells the story of Raesita, the batik artist, whose heavy grief after the death of her husband draws the ghost to her. They seduce each other into a deadly dream world. Raesita's own desire for oblivion moulds perfectly to the Kuntil Anak's desire to save her from the pain of life. But it is Raesita's unborn child, and its desire to live, that the Kuntil Anak has not counted upon.
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Sundel Bolong (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sundel Bolong
director: Sisworo Gautama Putra actor: Suzzanna / Rudy Salam …
other title: 黑发幽灵
1981 film by Sisworo Gautama Putra
July 17, 2026 watched
This movie is a bit of a mess. There's melodrama, there's a shape-shifting ghost (the titular Sundel Bolong) involved with the main rape-revenge plot, there's light police work being performed to bring the bad guys to justice while said bad guys attempt to exorcise a grave to prevent the remaining jerks from being killed off. There are a lot of cool moments, but everything is handled with all the seriousness required to create an episode of Scooby-Doo, and I never found myself sure of what I should be feeling.
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Nang Nak (2000) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
นางนาก
5.9 (9 ratings) director: 朗斯·尼美毕达 actor: 因泰拉·贾龙珀拉 / Winai Kraibutr …
other title: 鬼妻 / นางนาก …
In a rural village in Thailand, Mak is sent to fight in a war and leaves his pregnant wife, Nak. Mak is injured and barely survives. He returns home to his doting wife and child, or so he thinks.
July 3, 2026 watched
I wish I liked this one more. The premise is sound and there's some really great cinematography (and a few shots that aren't so hot), but I found myself bored throughout most of it.
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The Forgiven Sinner (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Léon Morin, prêtre
8.1 (53 ratings) director: 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔 actor: 让-保罗·贝尔蒙多 / 埃玛妞·丽娃 …
other title: 莱昂莫汉神父 / Léon Morin, prêtre …
1961 film by Jean-Pierre Melville
July 2, 2026 watched
If the story of a year in the life of a French communist atheist mother just trying to get by as she also starts to fall for a young communist priest the more that they banter about books and religion during wartime doesn't make you feel something, then I guess you're just not into that sort of thing and I feel bad for you.
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Man-eater Mountain (2008) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
灰土警部の事件簿 人喰山
director: 新谷尚之 actor: にいやなおゆき
other title: 灰土警部の事件簿 人喰山 / Man-Eater Mountain
Naoyuki Niiya throws in every influence ranging from pre-war kamishibai to Edogawa Rampo and creates a hilariously horrible and exciting tale of an inspector, who gets lost on a mountain.
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The Cursed Pond (1968) IMDb TMDB Douban
怪猫 呪いの沼
director: 石川义宽 actor: 内田良平 / 里见浩太朗 …
other title: 怪猫 呪いの沼 / Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit …
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
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Terminator Genisys (2015)
Terminator Genisys
6.3 (419 ratings) director: 艾伦·泰勒 actor: 阿诺德·施瓦辛格 / 杰森·克拉克 …
other title: 终结者：创世纪 / 终结者5 …
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
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O.C. and Stiggs (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
O.C. and Stiggs
director: 罗伯特·奥特曼 actor: Daniel H. Jenkins / Neill Barry …
other title: 突撃! O・Cとスティッグス/お笑い黙示録 / Black Cats …
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek revenge against the upper-middle-class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: excess.
June 20, 2026 watched
Good luck trying to convince me that this truly anarchic, iconoclastic, anti-everything manifesto of an 80's "teen comedy" isn't an unofficial sequel to *Nashville* (1975).
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
功夫
8.4 (1878 ratings) director: 周星驰 actor: 周星驰 / 元秋 …
other title: 功夫 / 功夫3D …
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter
7.8 (145 ratings) director: 查尔斯·劳顿 actor: 罗伯特·米彻姆 / 谢利·温特斯 …
other title: 猎人之夜 / 猎人的夜晚 …
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
June 9, 2026 watched
Striking cinematography and a haunting lullaby-like score/soundtrack set the tone, but it's Robert Mitchum being great at playing a real sonofabitch that really seals the deal here. Honestly, pretty much everyone's great in this, even the kids!
It's curious to me how/why this wasn't well received when it first came out, but I'm glad it's appreciated now.
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