THE DANMAN CAN

"Oh, the red-hot gates of hell are creeping open! Satan is heating his pokers for you, you blasphemous heathens! Fall down on your knees and beg for deliverance from damnation!" Muppet Movies Ranked

"Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!"

George A. Romero 's The Dark Half (1993) is an underrated (and faithful) Stephen King adaptation with a memorable and fun dual performance by Timothy Hutton , impressive cinematography, and a wonderfully mysterious score by the always excellent Christopher Young . "You are disturbing the peaceful mood I'm in.  You are disturbing the peaceful frame of mind I'm in.  You are disturbing my peaceful frame of mind." George A. Romero Feature Films Ranked Stephen King Feature & Television Film Adaptations Ranked

R.I.P. TC

"If you see somebody without a smile, give 'em yours."

"I've been chased by swifter men than you, and I ain't been caught yet."

An undeniably weird and specific film. It's obviously very personal, and I appreciate its artistic statement, despite plenty of reservations and while openly acknowledging that I am not its target audience. It has some funny moments, solid performances by its leads, and it's mostly well made, but it also has some cringe-worthy, on the nose dialogue and references, intentional (?) anachronisms, and the kills are poorly executed. I'm really split on how I feel about it, but I'm giving Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma  (2026) (I don't really understand the title either) the benefit of the doubt.

Mario Bava ’s A Bay Of Blood (aka  Ecologia del delitto aka Twitch Of The Death Nerve ) is an influential giallo, considered one of the key proto-slashers. Inventive and beautifully executed kills (via  Carlo Rambaldi ), moody cinematography, a splendid score by Stelvio Cipriani , and several twists in the finale (courtesy of the prolific  Dardano Sacchetti ) give ABOB  plenty of rewatch value. Mario Bava Feature Films Ranked Giallo Feature Films   Ranked

Story Of Ricky (aka Riki-Oh ) (1991) was introduced to me as a teenager by my friend Mike and his brother Brian. It's one of the earliest examples of a batshit crazy film that I can remember watching. SOR  plays in the same field as the 1986 anime  Fist Of The North Star  [ review ], also based on a manga, and also introduced to me around the same time ( FOTNS itself became a live-action movie in 1995). By that I mean both films have a stoic hero and are chock-full of ridiculously over-the-top violence, impossible feats, and muscle-bound men doing battle. SOR remains immensely entertaining—a dystopian martial arts 'n mayhem prison splatter classic.

"Oh, Skip. You can pin me any time you want to. Or maybe I should just pin you."