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I saw Obsession last Thursday in Dolby and I absolutely loved it. But i decided today that I'm going to go see it again, which is not something I ever do unless I'm going against with a friend or family member. I don't know whst it is about this movie but I haven't been able to stop thinking about it or talking about it. I was planning on seeing In the Grey today, but yeah, fuck that. I'm going to see Obsession again. And in Dolby again. This is definitely a rarity for me.

In January, we had 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Send Help, both of which were pretty good. I wasn't a fan of last year's 28 Years Later, so I was a little skeptical going in but this one was sooo much better. And Send Help was just classic Raimi with a great performance from Rachel McAdams.

February is easily the weakest month for horror this year. We got The Strangers: Chapter 3, Scream 7, Psycho Killer, This is Not a Test, and the Mortuary Assistant, all of which vary from just okay to straight up bad. The only two saving graces were Whistle and Cold Storage, both of which were around average but not terrible.

In March, we had Undertone, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, and Forbidden Fruits. Ready or Not 2 and Forbidden Fruits were both really fun movies in their own rights while Undertone wasn't necessarily fun but it was quite creepy at times.

In April, we had Faces of Death and Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Faces of Death was an interesting and tense reimagining of the 1978 original. And I'm sure the Mummy will be divisive for a lot of people but I personally found it really fun.

And this month, so far we've gotten Hokum and Obsession, both of which were fantastic. Hokum was a really creepy folktale horror and there's not enough praise in the world I can give to Obsession, especially for a first time director, and don't even get me started on Inde Naverrette's performance. For the rest of this month we still have Passenger and Backrooms, which I'm really looking forward to.

In June, we'll have Hungry and Leviticus.

In July, we'll have Evil Dead Burn and Her Private Hell.

In August, we'll have Fall 2, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Ice Cream Man, and Insidious: Out of the Further.

In September, we'll have Resident Evil.

In October, we'll have Other Mommy and Clayface.

November doesn't have anything as far as I can tell.

In December, we'll have Werwulf.

This is definitely gonna be a good year for horror.

Holy shit. That was an absolutely wild experience. I've been seeing a lot of people hyping this one up and it was my most anticipated of the year so I was a little worried that it wouldn't live up to my expectations but it absolutely delivered. It's been a long time since a movie creeped me out and had me on edge this much. Inde Naverratte deserves every recognition for her performance. She knocked it out of the park and I sincerely hope that she gets a nomination at next years Oscar's ceremony. And Curry Barker has my complete trust that he will give us an amazing Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This is the type of filmmaking that makes me want to get into filmmaking. 10/10.

Holy shit. That was an absolutely wild experience. I've been seeing a lot of people hyping this one up and it was my most anticipated of the year so I was a little worried that it wouldn't live up to my expectations but it absolutely delivered. It's been a long time since a movie creeped me out and had me on edge this much. Inde Naverratte deserves every recognition for her performance. She knocked it out of the park and I sincerely hope that she gets a nomination at next years Oscar's ceremony. And Curry Barker has my complete trust that he will give us an amazing Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This is the type of filmmaking that makes me want to get into filmmaking. 10/10.

I guess I'll start by saying that I haven't seen Caveat and I thought Oddity was just fine. But this one? I absolutely loved this one. The director really knows how to perfectly build up tension. And I really appreciated that even though the protagonist was a bit of a dick, he wasn't stupid either. He made a lot of really smart decisions throughout the film. I think the only truly dumb decision he made was going along with Jerry in the first place. The scares were very good and the set design and cinematography were all gorgeous. I still need to watch Caveat but this is my favorite film of this director so far.

I'm seeing Deep Water this evening so I'll post my thoughts on that later tonight.

What did you think about Hokum?

I've got 23 movies planned for the month of May. Obviously it doesn't always work out that way depending on what's playing near me and what's not. But in any case, in order of release, here are my planned movies.

Week 1:

1. The Devil Wears Prada 2

2. Hokum

3. Deep Water

4. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea

Week 2:

1. Mortal Kombat II

2. The Sheep Detectives

3. Affection

4. Omaha

Week 3:

1. Obsession

2. Is God Is

3. In the Grey

4. Magic Hour

5. Driver's Ed

Week 4:

1. The Mandalorian and Grogu

2. I Love Boosters

3. Passenger

4. Tuner

5. Corporate Retreat

Week 5:

1. Backrooms

2. The Breadwinner

3. Power Ballad

4. Pressure

5. Pitfall

What movies are you planning on seeing in May?

I watched this film yesterday just on a whim because I saw that it was free on Prime. I'd never heard of it, I just saw that it was a horror film tsking place in a submarine and that sounded interesting to me. I'll be honest though, going in, I really did not expect much but I was shocked by how effective the scares were. It's claustrophobic, psychological, and genuinely unnerving. This movie definitely took me by surprise and I think it deserves more recognition.

As I have for the first three months of 2026, I am once again making a ranking post for the movies I saw this month now that April is basically over. I'd also love to see what your rankings are for this month. But here are mine:

1. Over Your Dead Body

2. I Swear

3. Mile End Kicks

4. Lee Cronin's The Mummy

5. Normal

6. The Drama

7. Faces of Death

8. Mermaid

9. You, Me, and Tuscany

10. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

11. Mother Mary

What are your rankings?

My goodness that was a really good movie. Robert Aramayo absolutely deserved that BAFTA win and honestly kinda deserved to be nominated for an Oscar as well. This movie had me laughing, crying, and at times, quite tense, especially during any scene where John was out in public by himself or meeting someone for the first time. On a side note, Maxine Peake deserved just as much recognition as Robert for her portrayal of his "2nd mother" Dottie. All in all, this film was funny, sad, and very educational.

This was definitely the most fun I've had at the movies by far this month. I won't go into spoilers but there were a lot of surprises that I didn't expect in this one. The acting was pretty great all around and the story, while somewhat conventional, was still really fun and entertaining. So I was honestly a little surprised to see it only has a 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and checking the official discussion of r/movies, I was a little surprised to see that a lot of people were saying they found it disappointing. I feel like maybe I watched a different movie than everyone else. I just thought it was a great time.