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3 things about Tim Burton’s BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

Posted on October 24, 2025 by robchristopher

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [2024] 1. Nothing but 1990s vinyl. 2. Pep talk from cue cards. 3. Cameo by Baseball Zombie.

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3 things about Richard Fleischer’s SEE NO EVIL

Posted on October 23, 2025 by robchristopher

See No Evil [1971] 1. A bracelet engraved with JACKO. 2. Bloody bathwater draining through a downspout. 3. The idiocy of leaving her alone after she’s been attacked twice.

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3 things about Mel Brooks’ DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT

Posted on October 13, 2025 by robchristopher

Dracula: Dead and Loving It [1995] 1. He tells him to keep the handkerchief. 2. “The creatures of the night. What a mess they make.” 3. Cricket leg.

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3 things about Hugo Fregonese’s MAN IN THE ATTIC

Posted on October 12, 2025 by robchristopher

Man in the Attic [1953] 1. Teasing him about his loud shoes. 2. Burning his ulster in the kitchen stove. 3. Her dressing room attendant is an Indian woman.

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3 things about Alex Ullom’s IT ENDS

Posted on October 10, 2025 by robchristopher

It Ends [2025] 1. “Fair” as riposte. 2. An expanded wardrobe cobbled together from the spoils of abandoned vehicles. 3. A frozen traffic jam and then a sign.

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3 things about Danny Boyle’s 28 DAYS LATER

Posted on July 12, 2025 by robchristopher

28 Days Later [2002] 1. Their note. “Don’t wake up.” 2. Fleeing rats. 3. “I promised them women.”

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3 things about Robert Aldrich’s WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?

Posted on June 23, 2025 by robchristopher

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [1962] 1. A perfectly ordinary lambchop. 2. “You mean all this time we could have been friends?” 3. Seeing her reflection in the mirror, she breaks down sobbing. Then Blanche starts buzzing again and … Continue reading →

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3 things about David Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS

Posted on June 8, 2025 by robchristopher

Dead Ringers [1988] 1. “I’ve never used contraceptive devices. I’ve never even thought contraceptive thoughts.” 2. Gold-plated instrument. 3. Elly, Elly, Elly, Elly, Elly … 3 other things.

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3 things about Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS

Posted on May 1, 2025 by robchristopher

Sinners [2025] 1. Charley Patton’s guitar. 2. The garlic test is a clever spin on The Thing‘s blood test. 3. One evening at the Checkerboard Lounge in 1992.

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3 things about Masahiro Shinoda’s DEMON POND

Posted on April 7, 2025 by robchristopher

Demon Pond [1979] 1. Peeling a pear. “Well chilled,” he tells her approvingly. 2. They protest–their daughter isn’t beautiful, then add grudgingly that she’s no longer a virgin. 3. Batting away at the desperate villagers with his cane.

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