Don’t Worry Darling

A clumsy fumble of a much better movie that’s still vaguely discernible in infrequent moments.

Glorious

Another horror film set entirely in a toilet, and unsurprisingly it’s shit just like the contents of a toilet.

Crimes Of The Future

A greatest hits that references Cronenberg’s entire career from his early beginnings with a film of the same name, through the politicizing of genetic mutation in Scanners, the sexualisation of wounds in Crash, the fleshy technology of Existenz, the constant presence of Viggo Mortenson from History Of Violence onwards, and the insistent recontextualisation of Twilight actors that began in Cosmopolis. It also managed to turn my stomach and I had to get some air half an hour in.

What Became Of Jack And Jill? [Romeo and Juliet '71]

An unusual diversion for Amicus who abandon their usual supernatural hijinx for this mean spirited foray into youth rebellion movies, only without the crutch of their usual campy spooks, spectres and spirits this ends up just being plain old mean.

Smile Before Death [Il sorriso della iena]

This one really does have everything you want from this kind of thing. No waiting for the first death, the film literally starts with a woman clutching her bloodied throat. Lashings of sleaze courtesy of a nude photography subplot and a wardrobe department that’s ninety percent short skirts. An ending that genuinely surprises and makes you want to watch it all again immediately. This thing is King.

A White Dress for Marialé [Un bianco vestito per Marialé/ Spirits Of Death]

There’s no real mystery here, the prologue lets you know clearly who the most damaged character is, and the deaths don’t really begin stacking up till a good hour in. So, is such an unconventional Giallo worth a watch? Yeah, cos it’s fucking bonkers.

Hellraiser: Judgment

A dead horse that’s been flogged so much it no longer resembles a horse. Or being dead given how everybody seems utterly unable to stop churning this shit out and I seem utterly unable to stop watching them.