Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023) ★★★½
Nice slice of occult horror comedy that had me busting out laughing on several occasions. If you’re looking for a lighter genre
January 15, 2024
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Nice slice of occult horror comedy that had me busting out laughing on several occasions. If you’re looking for a lighter genre
Fun 85 minutes of comedic, gore-infested humor. I like to balance my diet of horror movies with the more serious combined with
So…Emile Hirsch weirdly resembling Jack Black playing the character Walden Dean? Sorry, but this was mislabeled horror/thriller, as it lacks really any
Definitely some creative folk horror elements and good acting in this one and I will say that every new film directed by
I avoided this film like the plague due to both friends’ and public reviews stating what a horrible movie this was. Exorcist
A few interesting concepts, but nothing to move the needle in the film theme of religious horror / antichrist / messiah baby
Some refer to this as Lovecraftian, but it’s very loosely and generally based on Lovecraft’s concepts of sleeping gods and cosmic horror.
Spanish movie which really delivered on the crossroads of supernatural/occult and psychological, mixing both genres really well. Low level of horror, but
I had higher hopes for this film, but it was a bleak gritty road trip movie and almost coming-of-age (for character Randolph),
This is definitely the ragdoll of all movies…moldy acting, storyline stitched and splitting apart at the seams, worn-out theme, raggedy transition of
This is a film mastering in misery and mindfuckery. Isolate two strangers together for 4+ months in ramshackle living quarters working to
A quality psychological thriller with a stellar performance by veteran actor Sean Patrick Flanery. This movie takes place within the jail in
Easy pick to watch: bad-ass hero who refuses to die paired against Nazis, so it’s easy 3 stars, but nothing more from
Relatable as I was a teen back in 1987, so it was amusing to watch a modern-day teen transported back in the
It’s been a long time since I first watched this film, but it just doesn’t hold its own as time has passed.
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