24 hours in Amityville

Apologies for the non-review post, but today i’m watching 24 hours of Amityville movies to raise money for the homeless charity Crisis.

The films left to watch are (by UK time)
3:02 PM Amityville Curse 3.8/10
4:33 PM Amityville The Evil Escapes 4.4/10
6:08 PM Amityville: It’s about time 4.7/10
8:43 PM Amityville Dollhouse 4.3/10
10:16 PM The Amityville Terror 3.2/10
11:41 PM The Amityville Asylum 2.6/10
1:07 AM The Amityville Horror (2005) 5.9/10
2:33 AM Amityville Scarecrow 2.5/10
3:57 AM Amityville Scarecrow 2 4/10
5:04 AM The Amityville Haunting 2.6/10
6:27 AM Witches of Amityville 2.5/10
7:58 AM Amityville Playhouse 1.8/10
9:47 AM Amityville Island 1.9/10

If you’d be so wonderful as to consider donating then please go to https://www.justgiving.com/page/24-hours-in-amityville

If you’d like to watch me watch them then go to https://www.twitch.tv/raggedymantwitch

Thank you for your time 🙂

Dog Day (1984) is very French

There is always a joy to watching Lee Marvin act, as you never know what he’s going to do next and you have the sense that him punching you is always a viable option. So, it’s rather fitting that his third to last film has a script that feels the same way. It’s was originally based Jean Herman’s novel of the same name, and then went through three other screenwriters until director Yves Boisset got his hands on it. Needless to say, the director behind the criminally underappreciated sci-fi death-TV masterwork that is Le Prix Du Danger insured that it had social commentary, blunt violence, and an uneasy touch of surrealism. Continue reading

The Lost World (1925)


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the novel this is based off, because not everything can be about weaponizing an academic’s neurodiversity, and it’s fitting that the person who invented the Lost World genre got his story into the first monster movie. Not only does it help explain the complexity and depth of the characters, in the text if not in the movie, but also how this ended up being a key part of pop culture itself. This begot King Kong, which begot Godzilla, which begot every sci-fi technician for from 1955 to 1970, which bigot visual effect you’ve seen since. And, obviously, Jurassic World Dominion. On balance, I think we have to give him a pass for that…
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The Arrival / The Unwelcomed (1991) missed the mark


This was watched because it looked like a cheesy mix between a vampire movie & Cocoon and because John Saxon always adds a touch of class to a movie. The trailer was that kind of uninspiring middle-of-the-road schleppy that can sometimes be the snuggly sci-fi horror blanket you need.
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Paul & Andrew Watch All Of Hellraiser Part 1 – Hellraiser (1987)

Starting up another season of suffering through a horror movie franchise,, we watched the incredibly good Hellraiser.
Here’s our selected thoughts on it

And here’s our full watch-along commentary.

The full list of sessions is at the Paul & Andrew Watch All Of tab above, or here on Facebook, so please consider joining us for some deliciously painful fun.

Ogre (2008)


Hey, anyone interested in an okayish mild-horror time filler designed to get everyone involved paid and some time on the SyFy Channel filled? Well, do I have a very middle-of-the-road bit of inoffensive tepid entertainment for you! Because much like the real world of bulk movie production, not everything you haven’t heard of can be joyfully bad or outrageously crazy. A lot of it just does the job it’s supposed to.
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Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin (2022)


I’d never heard of Jean Rollin before, so when this documentary about his life and work turned up I was rather excited to give it a go. As usual I had my notepad out, ready to jot down the odd movie that would be worth a look, but by halfway through I just assumed it safer to work through his filmography. I appreciate that a lot of effort when into making this a valid and informative collection of anecdotes and titbits for long-time fans, but I’m quite sure directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger are going to take my uneducated reaction as a win.
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Night Of The Demon (1957)

Because “Why not?”, and as it makes picking viewing easier, Trash Or Treasure is going through every movie in “Science Fiction – Double Feature”, the opening song for that trash culture classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

This week

Dana Andrews said prunes
Gave him the runes
And passing them used lots of skills

It’s American name is “Curse Of The Demon” so I’m not calling it that.


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Day Of The Triffids (1962)

Because “Why not?”, and as it makes picking viewing easier, Trash Or Treasure is going through every movie in “Science Fiction – Double Feature”, the opening song for that trash culture classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

This week

And I really got hot
When I saw Janette Scott
Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills


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Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies (2016)

I’m not going to pretend to have a vast knowledge of the Austrian horror movie scene and, until this film, I just assumed it existed rather than had proof it was there. So I was a bit surprised that writer-director Dominik Hartl made the first-ever Austrian zombie film, and decided to give it a try.
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