I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)

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This is an excellent dark comedy with plenty of action by Macon Blair aka the star of Blue Ruin. The bad guy is David Yow, visual artist and lead singer of Jesus Lizard. Elijah Wood is also in there wearing (what I heard are his own) awesome metal shirts. Filmed in my home base of Portland, Oregon, one of the locations is The Sandy Hut bar. That place is a personal favorite and highly recommended if you happen to visit.

Not available on Blu-ray.

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Heathers (1988)

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This may be the last great ’80s movie. Heathers is a one-of-a-kind, highly stylized dark comedy starring Christian Slater and Winona Ryder. So dark that if you’ve been even remotely effected by any of the horrible violence around High Schools since 1999 you better skip this one. On the other hand if you’re a Stranger Things fan and haven’t seen this you’re doing yourself a major disservice. I love that the screenwriter wrote his own slang terms to parody and outdo what was coming out of the mouths of teenagers at the time. My favorite involves a chainsaw.

FYI – There was a TV series reboot of Heathers in 2018 but it didn’t work out, and sounds like it wasn’t very good anyway.

Available on Blu-ray from Image Entertainment.

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Blood and Black Lace (1964)

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While it isn’t the first of the Giallo subgenre, Blood and Black Lace is my early favorite. This was the film that influenced all of the black glove killer films to follow. The villain’s costume alone was imitated so often it’s ridiculous. Check out Bava’s use of unnatural colored lighting. You will notice similar effects in many other filmmaker’s work still to this day. To top it off, Arrow’s restoration is flat-out stunning.

Available on Blu-ray via Arrow.

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The Lobster (2015)

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I am a big fan of Yorgos Lanthimos. His best film is Dogtooth but this one is pretty great. The premise (get laid or be turned into an animal) sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch making fun of art films but IT WORKS. Don’t miss this one.

The Lobster is available on Blu-ray from Lion’s Gate.

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The Nightingale (2018)

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This is a pitch black revenge film. I’ve seen a lot of on screen nastiness in my time, but The Nightingale made even me cringe. The only flaw of the movie is that it is too damn long. It’s definitely worth checking out if you’ve got patience, and a strong stomach.

The Nightingale is available Blu-ray from Scream Factory.

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The Handmaiden (2016)

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I tend to check out anything Chan-Wook Park directs since he hooked me with Oldboy. This is not as good as “The Vengeance Trilogy” but it’s definitely worthy of your time if you like Park’s work. I’d call it a thriller with that weird South Korean special sauce. I avoided watching this for ages as it’s a long one and not much in the action department. Big Mistake. I should have watched much sooner. The Handmaiden is a beautiful film. Damn near perfect.

Available on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures.

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Blue Ruin (2013)

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This is a fantastic, dark, and violent revenge film with top notch cinematography and acting. If that sentence doesn’t send you fumbling for your remote then there’s no helping you.

Available on Blu-ray via Starz / Anchor Bay

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Logan’s Run (1976)

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This entertaining but cheesy gem got buried after a certain other SF film was released in 1977. I loved it on TV as a kid and still do. Yes, the sets and costumes are ridiculous, and the effects are not spectacular, but who cares? If you’re willing to look past the flaws, this is a film with adult themes and some pretty heavy concepts. Also the soundtrack features excellent analog synth work that I’d much rather hear than John Williams. I re-watched it recently and the restoration job looks pretty damn great. So turn off that part of your brain that wants everything look like the Marvel Universe and enjoy this weird as hell journey to find… SANC-TU-ARY.

Available on Blu-ray from Warner Brothers.

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

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To set the tone, let’s start with one of my favorite weirdo films. I got to see a 35 mm screening of this straight up exploitation masterpiece at the Philadelphia Film Festival back in the early 2000s. Bizarre dream sequences and crazy camerawork abound in Jailhouse 41, the standout of the four part “Scorpion” film series. It is also, what I believe to be, the best action movie to ever come out of Japan.

Available on Blu-ray via Arrow

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