Ending with one of the almost-best, and THE WORST (in a good way, trust me), of a dynamically inconsistent genre.

~ 1987 ~

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In which Hollywood tries to make fantasy films “respectable” again and sort of succeeds, but the Turks were on hand to keep things cheap and trashy.

~ 1985 ~

An interesting year in which we end up with some more mediocre Conan and/or D&D cash-ins and a nifty anime flick, but we’ll start with the two high-budgeted Western films which marked somewhat ( Read more... )

A snapshot of a time in history (still in 1983 here) when the Italian film industry briefly stopped making zombie flicks to instead focus more on making dramatizations of Manowar album covers.

THIS PART ALSO INCLUDES THE LEGENDARY DEATHSTALKER. That needs to be mentioned.

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More tales of black-clad pricks and their endless crusade against thatched huts, and the protein-shake-swilling men who oppose them.

~ 1982 ~

If the first two years of the 80’s were when S&S found its legs, ‘82 was when it found its entire body, in no small part thanks to the, uh, body of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who starred in the single best and ( Read more... )

Due to LJ's character limit, this will probably end up split into MANY different parts. Like I was hoping to do it in two or three, but it's likely it will be more like, I dunno, five. In any event, let's start at the beginning.


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Ever since 2015 I've been saying that the media's overall attitude towards the glorious God-Emperor resembles that of a stalker ex-boyfriend who comes to his former lover's house at night while drunk, slashes her tires, and then the next day sends her a letter blathering on about how "DON'T YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH THIS MEANS I STILL LOVE YOU," etc. ( Read more... )

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In case it isn't clear, if you're anything like me, you are supposed to envision a "YOU ARE HERE" sign pointing at the emoji in the center.


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~ IN WHICH I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT NEO-SUSPIRIA (AND ALSO REMINISCE ABOUT THE ORIGINAL TO SOME EXTENT) ~

I first heard about some European horror film called “Suspiria” (whatever that even meant*) as a teenager back in like 2002 or thereabouts, and finally saw it a year or two later. It became one of my favorite movies in general and has ( Read more... )

Ideologues, sperglords, resentment-mongers, fanatics, crypto-sadists, and people with IQ's of about 97 who just learned a couple big words on the Internet and want to show them off... they are EVERYWHERE and I am so goddamn sick of them ( Read more... )