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Blood Beat (1983) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blood Beat
director: Fabrice A. Zaphiratos actor: Helen Benton / Terry Brown …
other title: Blood Beat - Pulsschlag des Schreckens / 热血沸腾 …
Sarah and her boyfriend have decided to spend Christmas at his home in rural Wisconsin. However, upon arriving, she begins to feel a strange presence around her, and a mysterious figure garbed in a Samurai outfit begins murdering the townsfolk.
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The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge
3.4 (5 ratings) director: 昆汀·塔伦蒂诺 actor: 石立美优·罗伯茨 / 乌玛·瑟曼 …
other title: 失落的篇章：由纪的复仇 / 杀死比尔：失落的篇章——由纪的复仇 …
Visionary director Quentin Tarantino had a dream of a Kill Bill chapter that never made it to the silver screen, a chapter known as "Yuki's Revenge." Over twenty years later, Tarantino and Epic have come together to bring the story to life in Fortnite.
Dec. 8, 2025 watched
I liked this probably a little less than Quentin Tarantino likes Paul Dano.
The worst part about this is that it exists at all.
The second worst part is that it's included in *The Whole Bloody Affair* (post-credits, but still).
The best part? At least I got to experience it on the big screen.
Movies Just Right Jesse
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006) IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
8.1 (159 ratings) director: 昆汀·塔伦蒂诺 actor: 乌玛·瑟曼 / 刘玉玲 …
other title: 杀死比尔：血色全传 / 追杀比尔：完全血腥事件(台) …
Quentin Tarantino’s complete cut combining Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 follows The Bride, a former assassin who awakens from a four-year coma after being shot by her mentor and lover, Bill. She embarks on a vengeful quest to eliminate Bill and the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who betrayed her.
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The Silent Partner (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Silent Partner
director: 达里尔·杜克 actor: 埃利奥特·古尔德 / 克里斯托弗·普卢默 …
other title: 伪善者 / 起尾注 …
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash
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Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
雨月物語
8.6 (261 ratings) director: 沟口健二 actor: 田中绢代 / 森雅之 …
other title: 雨月物语 / 雨月物語 …
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
Nov. 18, 2025 watched
A sad and beautiful ghost story that only came about because overly ambitious men refused to listen to their really quite reasonable significant others.
Some beautiful shots and transitions - some might even call them haunting.
(Semi-related sidenote: Would love to know more about Japanese pirates if anyone has a movie recommendation that covers that!)
4K UHD Jesse
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Trance (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Der Fan
director: 艾克哈特·施密特 actor: Désirée Nosbusch / Bodo Steiger …
other title: 嗜血追星女 / Der Fan …
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
Nov. 12, 2025 watched
Quite an exploration of fandom and fanaticism; objectification - both of the body and of the heart - that kinda cuts both ways (and, in a sense, a third way, too); how unchecked obsession can really do a number on someone....notions still sadly quite relevant today.
Blu-Ray Jesse
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Bugonia (2025)
Bugonia
6.8 (127 ratings) director: Yorgos Lanthimos actor: Emma Stone / Jesse Plemons …
other title: 拯救地球 / 拯救绿色星球 …
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Feb. 23, 2026 watched
Half-star bump up on rewatch.

I spent this watch really paying attention to Emma Stone. She is so good at playing a CEO highly trained at communications and PR that it really highlights how such folks truly are completely alien to the general public at large.

I was again taken by how fragile Jesse Plemons is, and Aidan Delbis gives a standout performance that just breaks my heart.

Stavros is good, too!

What can I say, guys? I just really love that Yorgos.
American Multi-Cinema List Jesse
Feb. 23, 2026 Review Two Reviews - a review of Bugonia
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Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night (1979)
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
7.4 (103 ratings) director: Werner Herzog actor: Klaus Kinski / 伊莎贝尔·阿佳妮 …
other title: 诺斯费拉图：夜晚的幽灵 / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht …
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
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The House of Lost Souls (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
La casa delle anime erranti
director: Umberto Lenzi actor: Joseph Alan Johnson / Stefania Orsola Garello …
other title: Ghosthouse 3 - Haus der verlorenen Seelen / 失魂之屋 …
A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...
Nov. 2, 2025 watched
More like a *Hotel of Lost Souls*, really, but I won't hold it against them.
A cool concept and decent kills make this one a fun ride.
Some pretty good lines, too!
Blu-Ray Jesse
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The Sweet House of Horrors (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
La dolce casa degli orrori
director: 卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: Jean-Christophe Brétignière / Cinzia Monreale …
other title: Das Haus des Bösen / 恐怖甜蜜家 …
A murdered couple return from the beyond to care for their two young children, as well as seek revenge against their killer, accept their children's step parents, and try to prevent their house from being sold.
Oct. 28, 2025 watched
A poem:
The funniest *Fear Street* I ever did watch.
The goriest *Goosebumps* I ever did see.
The silliest of *Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark*.
Fulci's kids' movie left an impression on me.
(The movie's pretty much a rock solid 2.5, but I could be talked up to a 3 for funsies.)
Blu-Ray Jesse
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The House of Witchcraft (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
La casa del sortilegio
director: Umberto Lenzi actor: Andy J. Forest / Sonia Petrovna …
other title: Ghosthouse 4 - Haus der Hexen / 夢汙 …
A man discharged from the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown is taken to a remote Italian villa by his strangely-behaving wife. But he has strong premonitions that the house is possessed by some force of witchcraft, which he has been experiencing in his recurring nightmare.
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The House of Clocks (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La casa nel tempo
director: 卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: Keith Van Hoven / 卡琳娜·赫夫 …
other title: 钟之屋 / La casa nel tempo …
A gang of ruthless thugs intent on robbery prey upon a seemingly harmless elderly couple, Vittorio and Sara. The simple plan turns into a terrifying nightmare, as Vittorio's antique clock collection mysteriously turns back time. Now the hunters become the hunted and the old couple becomes a vengeful, malevolent force.
Oct. 14, 2025 watched
A fun romp with a neat premise and some good gore; incredible that this was a made-for-TV movie in Italy back in the day!
Blu-Ray Jesse
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Black Cat from the Grove (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
藪の中の黒猫
8.3 (32 ratings) director: 新藤兼人 actor: 中村吉右卫门 / 乙羽信子 …
other title: 黑猫 / 藪の中の黒猫 …
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
Sept. 30, 2025 watched
What a beautifully tragic, haunting, thrilling and dreamy movie. Incredible imagery, framing, lighting... UGH! So good.
And shocked was I to tear up at such a tender scene in the middle of this revenge tale.
This was exactly what I was in the mood for and was an instant 5 from me when it ended.
Blu-Ray Jesse
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One Battle After Another (2025)
One Battle After Another
7.7 (413 ratings) director: 保罗·托马斯·安德森 actor: 缇雅娜·泰勒 / 莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 …
other title: 一战再战 / 一戰再戰 …
When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.
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Mask Of The Devil (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La maschera del demonio
6.4 (16 ratings) director: 马里奥·巴瓦 actor: 芭芭拉·斯蒂尔 / 约翰·理查森 …
other title: Black Sunday / La maschera del demonio …
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
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The Devil's Daughter (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La setta
6.4 (5 ratings) director: 米歇尔·索伊 actor: 凯莉·柯蒂斯 / 赫伯特·罗姆 …
other title: 邪教 / La setta …
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.