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Carolina Caroline is the real deal. Bought every second of the central relationship. Leads are sensational. Absolutely perfect use of Jason Isbell's Cover Me Up (entire soundtrack is stellar and one of the year's best). Casts a spell from minute one and never lets up. So good.

Onslaught was perfect Halloween viewing. Exactly what I was in the mood for. Lean, efficient, ridiculous, extremely violent, highly entertaining. Score is killer. Cast is great. Minor quibbles, but had a smile on my face for 90 minutes. Hope it finds an audience on VOD/streaming.

Kane Hodder in the opening minutes of the new season of Dexter: Resurrection. Nice.

Waited to read the @FANGORIA article on The Cycle until after I watched the movie. Perfect representation of why the magazine is so good. Fascinating deep dive into how they pulled off the spectacular practical effects. In awe of what was accomplished on a limited budget.

The Cycle is easily the best Shudder movie of the year. Some of the coolest shit I've seen in anything this year. Got my heart racing. Absolutely thrilling. Jordan Downey is brilliant. Please make many more movies. And kudos to Patrick Magee. Practical effects heaven. Watch it.

Love the opening credits for the Nightmare on Elm Street movies (have watched a bunch on Fear Fest). Mechanical Special Effects, Krueger Makeup Effects, Special Makeup Effects, Special Visual Effects. We used to be a proper country.

There's much to like about Crystal Lake. Hearing that music again was such a thrill. Loved just about everything at summer camp. The gore is outrageously fun. Linda Cardellini is wonderful. Last two episodes go a bit off the rails, but sure enjoyed being in the F13 world again.

Trying to buy @Brewers World Series tickets did not go well. Got past the waiting room, and then nothing but a series of error messages and oops sorry those tickets are no longer available. What a bummer.

Parent's weekend at UW La Crosse. Love this city.

There's some arresting imagery in the finale (prom is rushed), and Powell is exceptional, but very little of Carrie worked for me. It really drags and never justifies its length. Far too many pointless subplots. Appreciate the effort, but it doesn't land. Not interested in more.

Watched 4 episodes of Carrie series. It's OK. Summer H. Howell is perfect casting. Huge fan of her performance. Supporting cast is strong. But it's very slow, and it's hard to care about Margaret's workplace drama and other subplots that just aren't engaging. Hope it gets better.

My grandma took me to see Pet Sematary at the theater in this mall in 1989. Changed my life.

Beautiful fall weather, Shocktober in full swing, and then this arrives in today's mail. As if diving into the new @FANGORIA isn't a huge joy already, can't believe I'll be reading about a new show centered around Pamela and Jason Voorhees. Horror fans are so fortunate.

Pawn Shop sounds like wretched trash that'll immediately fade into obscurity just like every other Daily Wire movie. A day of outrage when first revealed, but inevitably the movie is terrible, no one sees it, and we all move on. Can't fault people for being disappointed in cast.

Infirmary has a great location and solid setup for a found footage movie, but like many others, it never takes things to the next level. There's a few creepy moments, but I kept waiting for it to ratchet up the tension/scares, & it never does. Endless empty hallways don't cut it.

Son just asked for movies he can watch based on The Most Dangerous Game. Quickly recommended Hard Target and Surviving the Game. Feeling good.

October is stacked. Movies: Beware Boiuna, Infirmary, Other Mommy, V/H/S/Mixtape, Hallowarrior, Whalefall, Crawlers, Breeder, The Cycle. Shows: Carrie, Below, Crystal Lake. Streaming premieres like Soulm8te. New on VOD including, hopefully, Onslaught. More I'm forgetting.

Didn't expect Boorman and the Devil to be so moving. It's an excellent doc, with great interviews & behind the scenes footage, along w/ fascinating tidbits about the production & industry (didn't know about blind bidding). But it ends up being a beautiful tribute to John Boorman.

Happy to see Justified on the New York Times list of the best 100 TV shows of the 21st century, but 83? Come on. It's top 10.

Marcus Theatres I needed this agreement before Onslaught was released damn it.