Movie Log

As I get older I find myself forgetting if I’d seen a movie or read a book. Since 2005 I have been keeping track of everything I watch, read and sometimes listen too or play. I have also organized this list by title and rating.

2023

The Public Enemy

6/10

James Cagney smashes a grapefruit in some ditzy broad’s face… see. Then he becomes the gangster king of beer…... more

Paths of Glory

7/10

Stanley Kubrick made a World War I movie? Well, I learn something every day. In reality, most of this... more

Speaking of Murder

6/10

Speaking of Murder is the first film in a three disc collection of French noir movies I recently purchased... more

Targets

7/10

Boris Karloff’s final film role has him basically playing himself, an aging horror movie star whose films are now... more

Dressed to Kill

7/10

I don’t think I get Brian Depalma yet. The whole time I was watching this I was thinking about... more

Breakout

8/10

Good gravy, the 70s were a great time for movies! It seems like they would greenlight a picture based... more

The World’s End

7/10

The third Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright collaboration feels much like the last two. Lots of jokes that come from strategic... more

A Bullet For Sandoval

3/10

A lame Italian Western that is only noteworthy because you get to see Ernest Borgnine gored by a bull... more

The Sword and the Sorcerer

4/10

This corny early eighties fantasy opens with some great creature effects and then proceeds to bore the audience for... more

Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds

5/10

I had this movie on my DVD wishlist for many years and never got around to buying it. I... more

Sieben Tage Frist

4/10

Also known as School of Fear, this krimi is about a boarding school for boys where the students sneak... more

#Alive

6/10

A Korean fast-zombie zombie movie that focuses on the survival of a single kid in an apartment complex. His... more

Der Mörder

7/10

This 1963 black and white Krimi opens up with a nebbish man killing his wife at a rural bus... more

Brian and Charles

7/10

This is a one joke movie about a man who creates a robot. The joke is that the robot... more

Libido

7/10

Ernesto Gastaldi is much better known as a screenwriter rather than a director. He’s responsible for some of the... more

Nope

7/10

I enjoyed this movie for the most part but there were a few plot points that felt off, and... more

Wet Hot American Summer

7/10

A goofball comedy about summer camp councilors created by the people behind the 90s sketch show, The State. Apparently... more

Nightmares Come at Night

3/10

The only thing this Jess Franco movie has going for it is its score by Bruno Nicolai. The rest... more

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

7/10

The third Gamera reboot film is the best of the three. It actually takes some time to establish some... more

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion

6/10

Another passable giant monster movie from Japan. The its predecessor there is absolutely nothing interesting about the human characters... more

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

6/10

I wanted to watch a somewhat “modern” take on a Japanese giant monster movie. This was okay. The effects... more

Last House on the Beach

6/10

A group of young theater students and their chaperone (played by Florinda Bolkan) are held captive by a trio... more

2022

Ninja III: The Domination

7/10

The sorta-sequel to Revenge of the Ninja doesn’t quite rise to its levels of unmatched 80s action. What it... more

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

8/10

Ladies and gentleman, it’s officially the one-millionth time a movie has been based on Poe’s The Black Cat! This... more

Avatar

6/10

I respect the ambition of James Cameron and his plan for his Avatar sequels so I figured I should... more

Split Second

4/10

An Alien or Predator rip-off starring Rutger Hauer which takes place in the post global warming world of 2008.... more

Dr. Caligari

7/10

I wasn’t exactly sold on this movie. Most of it comes across as a sophomore art project with cheap... more

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

5/10

Tippett has done some amazing special effects and animation work but you’d probably be better off watching DVD extras... more

The Devil With Seven Faces

4/10

George Hilton and Carrol Baker couldn’t rescue this hum-drum story from itself. I felt like nothing happened during the... more

The Man With the Glass Eye

7/10

I am just burning through these late sixties Krimi. This one is actually titled Der Mann mit dem Glasauge.... more

The Monk With the Whip

7/10

Also known as Der Mönch mit der Peitsche, this is the story of German college girls getting murdered by... more

Der Hund von Blackwood Castle

7/10

This one has some of the best Peter Thomas music. This is especially true during the opening titles in... more

Der Hexer

7/10

An early sixties black and white Krimi about a mysterious criminal who has arrived in London to get revenge... more

Gorilla Gang

8/10

So far, this is the wildest Krimi film I’ve seen. Despite the title, there isn’t as much gorilla crime... more

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

6/10

The writing of this giallo is absolutely terrible. The story doesn’t make any sense and every single person who... more

Creature With the Blue Hand

7/10

I’m beginning to get a feel for these German Krimi films: a masked killer, suspicion of supernatural, bumbling police,... more

Human Beasts

8/10

Another Paul Naschy film in which all the ladies can’t resist his barrel-chested charms. This one starts off in... more

Cold Eyes of Fear

6/10

A prosecutor and his lady friend of the night are held captive in the house of his uncle, a... more

Night of the Werewolf

8/10

Gothic horror is really where Paul Naschy shines. This werewolf/vampire movie is quite fun despite the fact that a... more

The Hunchback of Soho

7/10

I love the colorful look of these Edgar Wallace Krimi films from Germany. They really seem like live-action Scooby... more

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

7/10

Giallo done Naschy style. Unfortunately that means you have to watch a pig being killed to no good reason.... more

Vengeance of the Zombies

6/10

The second movie in the Paul Naschy Collection sounds good on paper, but is ultimately a bit of a... more

The Designated Victim

8/10

I really enjoyed this giallo despite its lack of the more traditional motifs of black gloved killers and stylized... more

Horror Rises from the Tomb

8/10

I recently impulse bought the 5-disc Paul Naschy blu-ray collection having only seen a couple of his films (Panic... more

Juan of the Dead

7/10

A serviceable zombie movie whose hook is its communist Cuban setting. The characters refer to the undead as dissidents... more

Interrabang

4/10

I am hesitant to call this a giallo even though it often appears on lists of the genre’s films.... more

Oasis of Fear

6/10

Two hippies prance across Italy spreading peace and love while selling naked photos to finance their debauchery. After getting... more

A Cat in the Brain

3/10

One would think that a meta movie about horror director Lucio Fulci being overwhelmed by the gruesome images he... more

The Big Gundown

8/10

The Big Gundown is a top-tier spaghetti western that has a similar plot structure to Tuco’s story in The... more

Django

7/10

There was so much mud in this movie it made me uncomfortable. C’mon guys, wipe you feet before you... more

Baba Yaga

7/10

In Baba Yaga a young photographer gets mesmerized by the magic of an older witch. She is gradually lured... more

The Colossus of Rhodes

7/10

Sergio Leone’s debut was the only film of his that I hadn’t yet seen. It’s a sword and sandals... more

Ricco

6/10

A 70s gangster film from Italy starring Christopher Mitchum, son of Robert Mitchum. He looks like a spindly and... more

Yojimbo

8/10

I recently had a late-night eBay shopping spree in which I bought blu-ray versions of several Leone Westerns. This... more

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

6/10

The movie opens with a young photographer witnessing and photographing a mob-style killing. Then, in one of the stupidest... more

Eyeball

7/10

Umberto Lenzi directs this post-Baker giallo about a group of tourists in Barcelona who are killed off one-by-one by... more

Bahubali Parts 1 & 2

7/10

This is an epic Indian film from the director of RRR. The first part is better than the second... more

Almost Human

8/10

Uberto Lenzi’s poliziotteschi about a small-time criminal who decides to kidnap an heiress and ends up killing just about... more

1990: The Bronx Warriors

6/10

I have finally submitted myself to the precursor to Escape from the Bronx. It’s a more enjoyable than the... more

Il Sorriso Del Ragno

3/10

A Eurocrime thriller about a fellow who gets wrapped up in a jewelry robbery. I’m not sure if he... more

Violent Province

4/10

This is a terrible Poliziotteschi about a ruthless cop who has been kicked off the force but is determined... more

Prey

8/10

It’s a Predator sequel that doesn’t suck! The plot mirrors the first movie but the setting has been shifted... more

My Dear Killer

6/10

Several years ago I tried watching this when a YouTube user posted it on their channel. I came to... more

Der Fan

7/10

A teenage girl is obsessed with a new wave pop star. She writes him letters, follows him to Munich,... more

Warning from Space

5/10

The most notable thing from this 1964 Japanese sci-fi movie is silly the starfish alien designs. The point of... more

Terror Creatures from the Grave

3/10

I came across this movie when it was featured in a list of pre-Romero zombie movies. The only thing... more

Chariots of the Gods

6/10

Are all ancient religions actually based on alien encounters? Of course not, but that’s not going to stop these... more

Everything Everywhere All at Once

8/10

I was really excited to see this movie and so my viewing suffered from raised expectations. I liked it... more

The Mansion of Madness

4/10

This is a 70s low-budget version of a Poe tale by the director of Alucarda. A reporter goes to... more

Violent City

7/10

I have been looking for this movie for quite some time. I love Charles Bronson and I love Tele... more

RRR

8/10

A wildly entertaining Indian film about a man trying to save his sister from the evil British governor and... more

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

7/10

There’s no escaping these superhero movies. I was trapped in rural America with two hours to kill and this... more

Spider-Man: No Way Home

8/10

I don’t really have any attachment to the old Spider-Men movies so the gimmick of bringing back the previous... more

The Girl in Room 2A

7/10

This Dick Randall produced giallo is, as one would expect, a complete mess. The plot seems to unfold randomly... more

The Devil In Maddalena

8/10

Like most who discover this movie, I knew about it only from Ennio Morricone’s legendary score. The title would... more

The Laughing Woman

9/10

The Blu-Ray version of The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion’s interviews and commentary mentioned Femina Ridens as... more

Succubus

6/10

I’ve been cautiously sampling more Jess Franco films. This one is arty and incoherent. I’m sure there might be... more

So Sweet, So Dead

5/10

In So Sweet, So Dead a string of unfaithful society wives are being killed off by a maniac who... more

Knife of Ice

5/10

One more Carol Baker giallo in which she plays a character whose past trauma has made her mute (is... more

A Black Veil for Lisa

4/10

A police thriller in which the hero is a 60 year old detective who constantly thinks his 26 year... more

Plague of the Zombies

8/10

Hammer films, especially horror, are hit or miss (mostly miss). Plague of the Zombies is a rare exception. This... more

Holy Motors

7/10

I wanted to check out more of Leos Carax’s work after watching Annette, and this is the movie that... more

Metti, Una Sera a Cena

6/10

A late 60s drama about a love triangle that becomes a love square that becomes a love pentagram. Each... more

A Quiet Place to Kill

7/10

Carol Baker returns in another early giallo about a murder plot in which a wife is killed on a... more

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