movies

Lots of spooky movies.

• The Ugly Stepsister (2025) (Den stygge stesøsteren): Like Wicked, but for Cinderella. Dark and unsettling. Recommended.
• Late Night with the Devil (2024): Do tapes from 70s show demons? Skip.
• Dracula (1931): Bela Lugosi. Eminently rewatchable. Highly recommended
• Dracula’s Daughter (1936): Rather good follow-up where she is sent to a psych because they think she's crazy, not undead. Recommended.
• The Bat (1959): Not great, but good unscrupulous characters (Vincent Price etc.).
• Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) (Matka Joanna od Aniołów): Like The Devils, but not raunchy. Probably source the material. Highly recommended .
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  At one point in film, we hear that the abbey bell calls out to the lost, and in the final scene, we see them toll yet only hear a nun sobbing. chef's kiss
• Cure (1997) (キュア): Like Pontypool, but no zombies. People are commit murders without knowing why. Cops investigate.
• The Hypnotic Eye (1960) - Skippable B-movie.

Not spooky:

• Ganja & Hess (1973): Vampire movie, but much more. There are several cuts, but this was the restored version the director, Bill Gunn, intended. It is atmospheric and relates to: heritage of American black culture from Africa compared to the modern heritage of the Church, predation, class issues, and so on.
• Chang'an (2023) (长安三万里): Animated. Like Pocahontas in that it is supposed to be historical, but for Chinese general Gao Shi at Chang'an, explaining his lifelong friendship with famous poet while the enemy closes in. A bit too long, but it would have felt longer if not so light.
• Papa's Delicate Condition (1963): Skippable. Jackie Gleason buys a circus.
• Southside 1-1000 (1950): Narration of Feds versus counterfeiter. Noir.
• All Night Long (1962): Othello, but jazz. Bad pacing but sweet tunes. Bits have Dave Brubeck on piano, Charles Mingus on bass, and many others.