…although I did inadvertently wind up with an interesting “Teens vs. Tyranny” double feature:
The Demon (1979), in which slasher mania spreads to South Africa, of all places…
Dinosaurus! (1960), which feels simultaneously like the last giant monster movie of the 1950’s and the first of the 1960’s, even though neither is really true…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015), in which splitting the book in half yields its predictable usual result, ending the series with sound and fury signifying not nearly as much as it should have…
The Long Walk (2025), in which a story that Stephen King wrote as a college freshman in 1967 feels a lot timelier today than it probably would have back then…
One Exciting Night (1922), in which D.W. Griffith’s entry into spooky house territory does nothing whatsoever to mitigate his modern reputation as That Racist Assclown…
and…
Ritual of Evil (1970), in which a failed pilot for a Fear No Evil spinoff series becomes a slightly disappointing sequel instead.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.