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1.    Memoir Of A Snail   ****1/2 ( review ) 2.    Kinds Of Kindness  **** ( review ) 3.    The Substance   **** ( review ) 4.    The Zone Of Interest (2023) **** ( review ) 5.    Rebel Ridge   **** ( review ) 6.    Shadow Of Fire   (2023) **** ( review ) 7.    The Dead Don't Hurt  (2023) ***1/2 ( review ) 8.    Love Lies Bleeding   ***1/2 ( review ) 9.    Nosferatu   ***1/2 ( review ) 10.  Daaaaaalí!  (2023) ***1/2 ( review ) 11. Frankie Freako ***1/2 ( review ) 12. Dune: Part Two ***1/2 ( review ) 13.  Drive-Away Dolls   *** ( review ) 14. Abigail *** ( review ) 15.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice  *** ( review ) 16.  Longlegs   *** ( review ) 17.  MaXXXine  *** ( review ) 18.  Stopmotion   (2023) *** ( review ) 19.  Alien: Romulus   *** ( review ) 20.  Megalopolis   *** ( review )...

A fun and freako good time. Goofy and goopy and great. *Shoutout to Blitz//Berlin for their riff on   Pino Donnagio 's  theme  to  Brian De Palma 's  Body Double  (1984) ( review ). Steven Kostanski Feature Films Ranked

From former Astron-6 member Steven Kostanski comes Psycho Goreman (2020), an over-the-top bloodfest with incredible low budget creature f/x that mashes up  Hellraiser (1987) ( review ) with  The Last Starfighter   (1984) ( review ).  I wasn't quite as taken with the comedy or characters in PG as I was in other Astron-6 related films like Father's Day (2011) or The Editor (2014) ( review ), but the film definitely strikes a similar, very specific brand of callous humor that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Still, there is a good deal of fun to be had here, the score and songs are great, and really the whole thing is mostly a showcase for the deliriously inventive and eye-popping makeup and costumes.  Recommended for fans of Manborg (2011), The Gate (1987), and  Turbo Kid   (2015) ( review ).

I first saw The Void  (2016) just shy of three years ago and have been meaning to revisit it for some time. My star rating and overall feelings remain the same. The visual references to Hellraiser (1987) (my review here ), The Beyond (1981) (my review here ), H.P. Lovecraft and  John Carpenter films like The Thing  (1982) (my review here ), Prince Of Darkness  (1987) (my review here ) and Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) are neat but can be a bit on the nose. Lead Aaron Poole 's acting is inconsistent and the writing is a bit tropey, which can undermine the sense of dread at times. On the plus side, barring a few shaky cam scenes and a few that don't pack quite the punch that they need, the look and feel are very solid. The gore and creature f/x are the film's strongest suit—basically all practical, with almost no CGI in sight. That's thanks to Steve Kostanski , who—along with fellow Astron-6 member Jeremy Gillespie —directed this little horror movie that could, ...

"You don't call a man a tree."

Also, Bio-Cop   (2012) ****1/2  

"You don't call a man a tree."

Maybe I'm giving a rating as high as this because I saw it with the right audience, with Lloyd Kaufman present, but Father's Day  (2011) was a whole lot of fun. Pretty much everything you want from a Troma film, with even a little bit more style and "substance". Bizarre, nonsensical and hilarious. Check out the sweet poster by  Tom "The Dude Designs" Hodges .