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Link to Letterboxd review, which is fully quoted below. 5 stars Mild spoilers. “The sound of their hate is another kind of fire moving through the bones of our house.” Shirley Jackson was a genius. Taissa Farmiga’s ability to completely transform herself, mannerisms to appearance, continues to mesmerize me.
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The Devil Aspect, by Craig Russell: Bookshop, Audible (15 hrs, 23 mins) The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an incredibly fascinating deep dive into another world, that of an insane asylum in Czechoslovakia, housed in an ancient and storied castle. This hospital
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Link to review at Letterboxd: very minor spoilers Omen IV: The Awakening (1991), originally (if my memory serves) a made-for-TV movie–if so, a very well done one I have great affection for this movie, even though the characters seem unaware of the Second Coming of Christ at the end
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Finally saw this classic dark vampire film. It’s really a vampire western. There’s even a tumbleweed. Review from Letterboxd (with minor spoilers): Young Bill Paxton hurts my heart in the best way. Lance Henriksen is beautiful and fascinating. That backlit silhouette scene (you can see it in the
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Link to Letterboxd review, which is fully quoted below. 5 stars, seen multiple, multiple times. Many spoilers abound. “We are not what was intended.” —John Doe’s diary Not noticed before: Excerpt from his diary: someone tapped on his shoulder on the subway and wanted to talk to him. John
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Spoilers abound. From Letterboxd (please feel free to follow me there): Thoughts upon rewatching: 1. Ray Wise is awesome in horror. 2. It’s early in the year for a state football championship, way too early. 3. Where are the rest of the cheerleaders? Driving home? 4. Does the “lady
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You know I adore history, and I knit when my body will let me. When I can’t knit, there is always the pastime of looking at knitting patterns…and the cross-over hobby of researching and perusing historical knitting patterns. Here’s some pretty and fascinating resources I’ve found.
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By way of Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi My rating: 3 of 5 stars Chopped stars off my rating after reading Chaos: Charles Manson,
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The Other Lamb (2019), dir. Malgorzata Szumowska, starring Michiel Huisman as Shepherd, the male leader of a female-only religious cult, and Raffey Cassidy as Selah, his daughter and his fascination No spoilers, unless you consider my religious extracurricular research as a spoiler: <blockquote>”Selah” is a word used
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Being chronically ill, I am used to being at home for days and even weeks on end. But I know most of my listeners are not. The only change for me right now is that my doctors’ appointments and physical therapy appointments are being canceled, which does also mean not