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American Horror Story x ***** TV series. Fave seasons include Murder House, Asylum, and Roanoke.
"It's like SHAKESPEARE," I once spluttered at a very confused young theater nerd. "It
Blair Witch Project, The X x ***** wasn't a cliche the first time it happened!"
Cabin in the Woods, The x x ***** This film is basically a beautiful love poem written directly to me.
I think this is the only movie on the spreadsheet we have ever finished and then
Detention x x x ***** quietly, immediately given five stars. A game-changer. 10/21/22
Get Out x ***** So good, even my mom liked it! 3/?/17
This movie scared me so bad the first time that I couldn't sleep and was only rescued
from my terror spiral by watching the Korean film Dancing Queen the next day. A
Grave Encounters X x ***** highly recommended antidote to terror spirals, by the way. 9/23/22
Hannibal (TV) x x ***** Like. Obviously??? 9/2020
Hole, The x x ***** the best hardcore gay porn parody of anything ever
It's just so DIFFERENT. And gorgeous. Different things about it stand out every time
It Follows x x ***** you watch it.
Jacob's Ladder x x ***** talk Meister Eckhart to me, baby
documentary- Recommended even for people who don't like horror. Just how we like our ghost
Lake Mungo X style ***** stories: PROFOUNDLY, HEART-RENDINGLY SAD 10/7/22
Lucky x x x x ***** I know exactly why this is rated so low online. It's not a good reason. 5/3/21
Mama x ***** SPEAKING OF PROFOUNDLY, HEART-RENDINGLY SAD
Orphanage, The Spanish x ***** YUP, THIS ONE TOO
We are not even particular zombie fans but how could we not adore this modern
Shaun of the Dead x x ***** classic?
Here's the thing: I want so badly to tell you why I love this movie but literally anything I
said would ruin it. Just watch it. Do not expect to end up where you started. And yeah,
Shutter Thai x ***** it's scary as shit.
Sometimes I want to go out in the street and SLAP people about how good this movie
Silence of the Lambs x ***** still is. Girl-skinning psychopaths, sure, but the real horror is the PATRIARCHY
TV miniseries. Look, I don't know that we have a GOOD reason for loving this, but...
shhh. It's great. Jamey Sheridan is the only real Flagg and I will never accept
Stand, The ***** substitutions.
at "A horror movie for people who thought It Follows was too fast-paced" - W, but even
They Look Like People x times ***** so 5/16/16 10/14/22
#Alive Korean **** I'm not having an emotion you're having an emotion!! 5/4/21
1408 **** Though it kind of messed us up when the theatrical and video endings were different
13B: Fear Has a New Address Tamil/Hindi x **** the musical numbers aren't even the best part
28 Days Later x ****
5ive Girls x x **** WHATEVER NETFLIX, THIS WAS A DELIGHT
A hot mess, but it landed in four-star territory with a lot of REALLY creative uses of
The 8th Night Korean **** Buddhism in place of traditional horror-movie fetish Catholicism 9/25/21
ABCs of Death 2, The lots x x x x ****
ABCs of Death, The lots x x x x **** 10/1/16
Absentia x ****
Alien/Aliens x x **** 8/31/17
American Mary x ****
American Scream, The **** an ADORABLE documentary
Annabelle: Creation x **** tiny lesbianism unfortunately did not save the day :(
Anything For Jackson x ? x **** play Satan games, win Satan prizes 5/8/21
As Above, So Below x x **** 4/30/20
Autopsy of Jane Doe, The x X **** 3/24/19
The Awakening **** 10/21/22
Axe Murders of Villisca, The **** that definitely had 100% more gay kissing than we expected going in 7/28/17
Babadook, The ****
Banshee Chapter x ish **** 10/28/22
Bare Wench Project, The x **** silliness and boobies!
Below x ****
Bird Box x **** harrowing! 3/29/20
Body, The x **** 6/14/20
Come ready for BODY HORROR APLENTY! And I guess be warned for a lot of
Brand New Cherry Flavor x x **** vomiting although it is not...... traditional vomiting 9/1/21
Cleanse, The x **** why can't we learn to love our adorable negativity though? 7/4/20
Great cast, writer, director ... why's it so badly rated?' 'I bet J.J. Abrams.' YEP. And
yet, it still gets four stars solely on the merits of "Well, we found the worms." and
Cloverfield Paradox, The x x JJA **** "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ARM?!" 4/25/20
Compliance ! **** SO uncomfortable
Conjuring, The x **** 7/28/19
Crawlers x **** 6/19/20
Creep x x x **** GENIUS jump scare 4/21/20
Creep 2 x x x **** the rare sequel as good as the original 4/28/20
Culture Shock **** 6/10/20
the trojan horse of "spoOOKyy cursED FIIIILMS" and then you get in there and it's like
"the curse was terrible labor practices and lack of professional responsibility and the
Cursed Films documentary **** horrifying arbitrariness of mortality 😐" 4/1/22
Dark Corners x ****
Dark Song, A x x **** great music 11/1/18
Darknet x x some **** web series
"Was that even a horror movie?" "Well, people died." "Was it even a movie? ...Is
Dave Made a Maze x x **** anything real?" 6/27/20
Dead End x **** 9/16/22
Deadgirl x X **** morally uncomfortable; great music
DeadTectives English/Spanish x **** hand to my chest with delight 5/30/20
Delicatessen French x x ****
Demon Polish ...ish? **** 1/17/19
Detention Chinese **** The hunky man has led us into a good film! 12/14/21
Devil's Backbone Spanish x ****
Dorm Thai ****
Endless, The x **** from the Resolution guys 6/9/19
Europa Report x x **** hard SF I can generally take or leave but SPACE HORROR I freaking LOVE 10/2/16
Event Horizon x x x **** as you may be able to tell
Faculty, The x ****
Flatliners (1990) x ****
Honestly, I am not certain we would have given this more than 3 stars if not for "Fuck
Final Destination 3 x x **** you, Ben Franklin." But credit where it's due. 5/5/20
Girl with All the Gifts, The x **** 4/28/20
Glitch x **** charming Australian series that kind of falls apart at the end 5/16/20
Glorious x X **** "Slay, nonbinary bathroom king." 9/1/22
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum Korean x **** 8/14/20 9/30/22
Good Boy x **** didn't like the ending, though 6/21/20
Grudge, The English x **** 2004? 7/5/20
Hansel & Gretel Korean x ****
Happy Death Day x X **** 10/?/17
Happy Death Day 2U x **** Not as funny as the original, but still a delightful sequel! 11/15/20
Haunter **** 10/3/16
Haunting at Silver Falls, A x x **** 10/5/16
Haunting of Bly Manor **** 10/?/20
Haunting of Hill House, The (TV) x maybe **** you suck, Steve 10/?/18
Haunting Me Thai x ****
Haunting of Helena, The English w/ Italian x ****
answer your fucking phone, bro (A little bit of Monica in my life, a little bit of Monica by
Head Count x **** my side...) 5/18/20 9/23/22
6/2/20,
Hell House LLC X x **** 10/28/22
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Hellraiser x x **** a classic! 8/27/16
a ROUGH TIME but extremely well-done; I actually appreciated the ridiculousness of
Hereditary x **** the end for relieving the tension 6/9/18
His House **** 11/17/20
Host Zoom **** what did you do to piss off that chair, though? 8/1/20
Normally we don't like human-on-human violence, but very few people in this movie
I'm Just Fucking With You x **** actually rise to the level of human 6/17/20
Insidious x ****
Intruders ****
IT **** TV miniseries
Ju-on: The Grudge Japanese **** three stars on its own merits; four for cultural significance
Kingdom Danish x x x **** TV series
"Ma'am, I'm sorry, but I'm completely out of my theological depth here. You need a
La casa del fin de los tiempos Spanish **** time priest." 10/7/16
La Llorona Spanish/Kaqchikel **** The genocidal dickhead got what was coming to him. 11/18/20
10/6/16,
Last Shift x **** 9/16/22
Let the Right One In Swedish x ****
Lo x x **** I like to imagine this takes place in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cinematic Universe
Los últimos días Spanish **** intensely melodramatic and predictable, but enjoyable, like junk food 10/11/16
Midnight Mass **** REALLY affecting ending, and now I'll be humming hymns for weeks 9/29/21
Midsommar English/Swedish x x **** I'm in a bear suit! 7/4/19
Monsters **** technically science fiction, not horror, but still good
Nasty Piece of Work, A x x **** 6/19/20
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984) **** classic!
Odd Thomas x **** dialogue can be a little overly precious but a very good time on balance 10/13/16
One Cut of the Dead Japanese x x **** an ENTIRE delight 6/7/20
Others, The x ****
Pact, The x x **** opinion revised on rewatch; stars increased
Patchwork x x x x ****
Perfection, The x **** real fem Hannigram vibe 5/25/20
Pontypool heh x **** 10/8/16
Pooka Lives! x **** apookalypse 6/20/20
Pure **** WE GOT TO THROW THE WHOLE MAN AWAY!! 6/13/20
Quiet Ones, The x **** PG-13 makes for good non-grossness 5/17/22
much in signed
Quiet Place, A English! x **** we're not normally big creature feature fans but this was so good 4/14/18
Quiet Place Part II, A same as above x x **** DEPLOY THE DIRTY MURPHY 5/18/22
Quiet Room, The **** hell of a short film 6/8/20
Ready or Not x x **** GROSS but so so so fun 2/8/22
Rec Spanish x **** technically in Spanish, dubbed in English on Amazon
Resolution x **** gonna need to chew on that one for a while
Return of the Living Dead, The x x ****
Returned, The x **** thoughtful, yet unrelentingly tragic; ironically cruel ending
Ringu Japanese x (ha ha) ****
Run x **** Not SCARY scary, but tense! 5/1/21
Sadako vs. Kayoko Japanese x **** LOL, my friends 7/5/20
French, Wolof, BEAUTIFUL and a BANGER. also apparently ASL is actually the primary sign
Saloum ASL? **** language in Senegal, so that's my best guess? huh!
Santa Sangre x x ****
Scare Me x **** 10/28/20
Scare Package x x x **** M.I.S.T.,E.R. alone is worth the price of admission 6/24/20
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark **** of course we're fans of the books 8/17/19
Scream ****
Sex House x x **** web series
Shadow of the Vampire ****
Shining, The x **** we're talking Kubrick here
Signal, The x x ****
Siren x x **** NO MAN IS WORTH ENTERING A BINDING CIRCLE FOR 5/17/20
Skin I Live In, The Spanish x x ****
Sleepaway Camp x x x ****
Southbound x **** a harrowing yet excellent anthology 5/26/20
with a caveat of OH MY GOD DO NOT GIVE UP FUNCTIONAL IMMORTALITY FOR
Spring x **** A DUDE YOU MET A WEEK AGO 6/8/20
weirdly some of my least favorite tropes but done so well and so beautifully that I
Stephanie **** thoroughly enjoyed it 10/31/18
Strigoi x ****
...I don't know that I RECOMMEND this film per se, but I enjoyed it, and I doubt I will
Tag/Riaru onigokko Japanese X x x X **** forget it 4/10/19
Tales From the Crypt (2019) x **** 3/20/20
Tales From the Hood x ****
Teeth x x ****
Terror Tract x ****
They Live in the Grey **** Also for people who thought It Follows was too fast-paced. All hail the LGSW! 4/23/22
They're Watching x x x x **** definitely descended into incoherency at the end, but man, we had fun getting there 10/7/22
Tigers are Not Afraid Spanish **** heartbreaking, as one would expect from a movie GdT loved 6/11/20
"this is what happens when the patriarchy makes women feel like they can't propose" -
Time Lapse **** Abby 9/30/22
Train to Busan Korean x **** Shockingly, the zombie movie everybody said was good, was good. 1/17/19 10/14/22
Transfiguration, The x **** so touching and sad! 6/30/20
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil x x x **** 10/17/16
Twixt x **** "You have to be a really specific person to like that movie, and we are that person."
Under the Skin x **** I wish she'd gotten to eat ALL the men.
Den, The x x x **
Devil's Pass, The x x ** loses at least half a star for making us unafraid of a previously terrifying thing
Djinn, The ** boring with a side excuse of torturing a child 9/9/21
Don't Leave Home ** arranging Irish matchsticks 6/2/20
Dream House **
Dust Devil Eng/Afrikaans ** a room with a view and a staircase and a pond and a ghost
Entity half **
Episode 50 ish **
Evil Dead, The x **
Find Me x **
Flesh & Blood ** 6/15/20
Fog, The (2005) **
Forget Me Not **
From Within **
Gallows, The x **
Ghost Game (x) ** only arguably funny on purpose
Ghost House English/Thai ** even racist in a boring way 1/27/18
Ghost Ship x **
Ginger Snaps x x ** Too much dog death
Gravedancers, The **
Graves, The barely **
Greystone Park x **
Grudge 3, The Japanese/English **
Hallow, The **
Haunted Highway **
Haunted House, A x **
Haunting, The (1999) **
Haunting of Molly Hartley, The **
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer x **
Hidden 3D **
Hold Your Breath x **
Hollow x **
House **
House at the End of the Street, The **
House Hunting x **
House of the Devil, The **
House of Voices **
Houses October Built, The x x x **
Hush ** CAN WE PLEASE CAST DEAF ACTORS TO PLAY DEAF CHARACTERS
the first time we tried this we declared it Too Icelandic; Didn't Watch. we gave it
I Remember You Icelandic ** another go and it was not worth it. now we know! 6/13/20
I Trapped the Devil ** but I did not trap the deputy 6/6/20
not quite So Incredibly Bad I Actually Kind Of Love It one-star territory but definitely a
Incarnate ** pretty terrible movie that I honestly kind of enjoyed watching 4/25/21
Incident in a Ghostland x ** came THIS close to a "waste of my time" one-star; also, lol lovecraft 6/1/20
Inkubus x **
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It's certainly got some arresting moments, if you're into this sort of thing? I'm just... not
into this sort of thing. At least I'm pretty sure it agreed with me when I was muttering
Inside French X ** "fuck cops" 5/7/21
Intermedio **
It Comes at Night ** misery porn for misery's sake 4/17/20
Ju-on 2 Japanese **
Ju-on: White Ghost / Black Ghost Japanese **
Last House on Cemetery Lane, The **
Last Thing Mary Saw, The x ** that VVanted to be the VVitch and VVasn't 4/24/22
Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh x **
Legend of Hell House, The ** 9/29/16
Legend of Sorrow Creek, The **
Lizzie **
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax **
Lovely Molly some ** so forgettable we watched it twice by accident 7/2/20
Malevolent x ** just devolves into human-on-human violence 4/22/20
Mara x ** 4/27/20
Mine Games **
Mirror, The x x **
Morgana **
Moth Diaries, The ** disappointingly low on lesbians
Nameless, The Spanish **
Neverlake **
Noroi: The Curse Japanese x ** how do you spank~ five human babies~ 6/28/20
Paranormal Activity 2 x **
Paranormal Activity 4 x **
Paranormal Asylum ish **
Paranormal Entity x ** like a porn parody, but not in the fun way
Paranormal Incident mostly **
it switched the kids and I was like "huh, okay, I'm game, what are you going to do with
that" and then I was like "oh, you're going to make one of the most iconic endings in
Pet Sematary (2019) x x ** horror history incredibly stupid and forgettable" and then we gave it two stars 6/6/20
Phone Korean **
Playback ish **
Population 436 ** "You, sir, are no Wicker Man." 6/29/20
Possum x ** wut 6/29/20
Prodigy, The ** 6/16/19
Pulse Japanese **
Purification x **
Pyewacket ** starts out promising but descends into nonsense 5/6/20
R-Point Korean **
Reverb **
Rinne (Reincarnation) Japanese **