Category: TYTD Reviews

Top 10 Films I discovered in 2025

After a couple of MORE than turbulent years, the only thing I really wanted when it came to 2025 was a bit of predictable, uneventful normalcy. With everything from globe stopping pandemics, family deaths and renovation work eating up 2020-2024, All I wanted of 2025 was to finish off a few home improvement projects, get a few videos out on youtube, but otherwise, I just wanted to slow down, not do anything too risky or cavalier, and to just…TRY to get a semblance of a normal life back in the room. I ached for the mundane, just…an 8-12 month window where the worst it got was maybe them forgetting my onions on my fast food order. 

And, in many ways 2025 DID deliver that, a fairly pedestrian 12 months with a few nice things thrown into the mix and only one or two more sucky elements tossed in to remind me that life is fragile, delicate and that at any moment we could all die in horrible and painfully ironic ways. Im honestly pretty happy with how the year shaped up more or less, and anything that DID irk me along the way, was either too small to really leave a lasting mark, or something of a ‘wild card’ situation that I was kind of already vaguely aware could happen, so I was pretty much ready to accept and take on that pain when it did hit. 

And once again, walking side by side with me along the way, I had my old friend Cinema telling me jokes, ghost stories and showing me fantastical worlds along the way. And; as has become a somewhat annual tradition at this point. Ive gone through my years viewings (322 films if you must know!) and whittled it down to a ‘top 10’ of the cream of the crop. As always; I should say that these are in no particular order, and they arnt year specific. These are simply 10 films that I saw for the first time this year and loved so much that I wanted to share them with all of you, in the hope that you find a new favourite, or just appreciate the craft at work in the same way I did. So! Put on your dancing trousers, because we’re about to boogie!

Everything, Everywhere All at Once:

The day after new years day was a pretty uneventful one, after partying till the wee hours the night before I was crusty, headachy, the room was drab and full of the fugg of booze, vape smoke, popped balloons and half eaten remnants of leftover buffet food. All I really wanted to do was crash out in my office and catch a movie that was engaging and unique enough to hold my interest but unserious enough that I could relax into it and not feel like the film was shaking me to make me pay attention. It was there that I landed on ‘Everything, Everywhere All at Once’.

I had been recommended this movie a couple of times throught he previous year, and I thought it had a fun enough ‘wibbly wobbly’ premise, so I decided to take a punt, and I was so glad that I did! An, at times mind boggling plot that beautifully crafts multiple layers of narrative storytelling into a parcel that brimming with enthusiasm and utterly unashamed to show it. 

At its core, this is a family drama, but the fantastical storytelling, intense visual effects, decent contrasting balance of comedy and pathos all congregate together into an absolute feast for the eyes. It absolutely zipped by, even at 2+ hours long and my afternoon got a LOT brighter from there! With fantastic performances, a killer score and a kind of sincerity I rarely see in modern, more mainstream movie releases. Its a film I wont watch often, but I absolutely wont forget, and will relish on a revisit. 

The AGFA Mixtape Release:

This one is a little bit of a cheat, as it isnt necessarily for a singular film, but rather a boxset of releases from the boutique label that just keeps on squeezing my wallet to dust, AGFA. Last year I listed their ‘Hey Folks! Its Intermission time’ set as one of my favourites of 2024, and this past year, they came out with hit after hit, but the crowning gem in my eye was the release of something i’d wished they’d done for YEARS. A comprehensive release of *most* of their AGFA Mixtapes to date. 

For those not in the know, AGFA are a charity specialising in film preservation and the celebration of cult, and US Regional film offerings, they cover near enough all genres from as early as the 20s and as late as the present day, releasing everything from long forgotten 1920s cult gems through to modern day underground hits, counterculture documentaries and everything in between! 

Their ‘mixtape’ line is one I particularly love, these, as the name would suggest, are a mixtape of random ‘off air’ tv recordings from mainline TV channels around the world and public access, random commercials, ‘youtube poop’ style remixes of older media and more! But up until 2025, only 4 of them and a christmas special had been widely available to the public via Vimeos ‘on demand’ platform, with the rest being available only as bookable ‘events’ with digital or print copies provided by AGFA at great cost. 

Well this year, AGFA took 5 of their numbered mixtapes PLUS two of their more ‘seasonal’ offerings and packaged them together in one release, which I pounced on the second I got my chance to! And I absolutely was not disappointed! The obvious gem in the crown for me is the ‘AGFA Special Christmas Special’ a release I’ve now turned into an annual tradition to try and watch every christmas AT LEAST once. Its the perfect blend of seasonal silliness, genuinely lovely counterculture artistry and frankly bizarre glimpses of christmases past. 

But thats really just the tip of the iceberg, while the first couple of AGFA mixtapes are (in my opinion) a little rough around the edges, from ‘Mixtape #3’ onwards things just go from strength to strength with the absurd and daft meeting the genuinely strange. But easily the highlight for this set (and the thing that made me list this as a ‘first time watch’ were the two TOTALLY previously unreleased mixtapes, the ‘Stairway to Stardom’ mixtape and the ‘Lost and found’ mixtape. 

The former, is a collection of clips from the public access show ‘Stairway to stardom’, think ‘Americas got talent’ but the budget is (roughly) $20 and the vetting process seemed to begin and end at ‘Can you get to the studio in the next 20 minutes, and will you bring beer?’ and you’ve landed on fried gold my friend, a relentless free fall into the world of people who think they Mariah Carey, but are actually Mariah from the gas station in town. 

The one two punch that made me love this set is then followed up by the ‘Lost and Found’ mixtape, which is essentially a very VERY early example of youtube poop in motion, a supercut extraviganza of strange online media and lost television footage, remixed and repulped into a perfectly timed selection of alternative comedy gold. 

If I was being honest? I think this whole set would likely be my favourite release of the year. And i’d wholeheartedly recommend it to ANYONE with even a passing interest in the ‘otherworldliness’ of the 20th and very early years of the 21st century. An absolute treat of a set thats seldom left the top of my bluray player since it came in. 

Louis Theroux: The Settlers:

The current genocide happening in Palestine is a scourge on humanity, and the fact that theres a not 0% likelihood that the people currently enabling it will never see ACTUAL justice just about boils my piss. Seemingly; it also annoyed britains calmest and loveliest man Louis Theroux, who returned this year with a new documentary revisiting Israel some decades after his last trip out there to try and get a better understanding of what is going on amongst the people of Israel at this time, and more importantly to try and see what actual real people are living through on both sides of the conflict as incursion and eviction of Palestinians ON THEIR OWN LAND continues and Israeli settlers move in, claiming the land to be theirs. 

This one isnt the easiest of watches, and there are times when Louis himself cant quite believe what he’s seeing or hearing. Im really not kidding when I say that Louis is probably one of documentary films calmest and affable people, and yet there are multiple points in this documentary where he loses composure, or flat out fears for his life. And that ISNT a Louis problem. Thats the bizarre situation a certain subsection of Israel find itself in in the 2020’s. Fear, manipulation and blatant racism runs rife as the documentarian braves being shot at, and even briefly ‘black vanned’. Its an unsettling picture of the middle east at this time. 

Unflinching in what its trying to show, by the end, even Louis doesnt seem to know how this situation improves. But if you’ve been following the ongoing conflict, as I have, you’ll absolutely not want to miss this one, as im certain it’ll be shown in history classes for years to come as probably the most honest and real look at this deepening crisis shown on mainstream television.


Def by Temptation:

One thats been on and off my shelf now for the better part of 20 years, ‘Def by Temptation’, in the UK at least, has one lasting reputation, and thats that it was typically grouped in with 3-5 other movies and released MULTIPLE times through the late 90s and early 2000s as part of ‘multipack’ sets bundled with DVD players to shift units. A treatment I feel was ultimately quite undeserved given those bundles usually contained the kind of movies I review on my channel while wincing. 

In the 2024 black friday sales, I nabbed Vinegar Syndromes release of this film as it was almost out of print and going for a good price. It had drifted on and off my shelf in it’s multipack form, and I figured if VS were giving it a legitimate release, maybe I’d been missing out on something. Turns out, I had. 

Positively OOZING early 90s kitsch, ‘Def by Temptation’ is a cautionary tale wrapped up as a quasi erotic horror film, featuring two friends on different life paths reconnecting and falling into a deadly game against a seductress who may have a LOT more going on than meets the eye.

A Rich and sumptuous piece of 90s cinema, this was made on a shoestring, but feels every bit as professional as a mid budget feature. The fact that the studio that distributed this made every effort to push the fact Samuel L. Jackson is in this film as the main selling point (he has 2 cameos in the whole thing totalling less than 5 minutes) is, in my opinion a tremendous disservice to the craft and work James Bond the 3rd put into this production, the fact this was pretty much his one and only feature (and acting) work, and that he didnt really do anything with his talent past this is frankly mind boggling to me. 

Gorgeously lit, well shot, and boasting a solid set of performances and a nicely bubbling plot that starts by gently guiding the viewer, before slowly fully enveloping them into this world, not to mention a killer soundtrack and some razor sharp editing. This is a seriously underrated horror, and one that definitely needs a lot more love and attention by the horror and film community at large. Definitely one for the horror fan looking for something a little more off the beat and path. 

Vegas in Space:

The tragedy of ‘Vegas in Space’  still to this day lingers in my mind whenever I think about it. An ultra campy, rough and ready pop art vision in sequins courtesy of Doris Fish and Phillip R. Ford, the deaths of two of this films key stars, financiers and producers mere months before the films completion is frankly devastating to hear. Especially considering how unique and fun the film ultimately is. 

I covered this one on my youtube channel towards the back end of 2025 after trying to get my hands on a copy for the better part of a decade, and it was a very rare moment of my preset expectations being not only met, but surpassed. 

Feeling like Joel Hodgeson and Tom Rubnitz collaborated on an all drag space opera, theres very VERY little I dislike about ‘Vegas in Space’. Its colourful, vivid, unflinchingly funny, catty, well paced, well shot, well directed with fun and funky set designs and performances that are both unrelenting and unflinching. The synthy soundtrack only really seals the deal further for me on this one. 

I appreciate this film wont be to everyone’s taste, but in a sea of ‘by the numbers’ productions where I can essentially watch them while doing other things and still fully understand whats happening without missing a beat, Vegas in space had me hooked from the moment the title sequence began, till the moment the last of the credits scrolled off the screen, and thats a very rare thing these days. 

Since my initial viewing, i’ve made it my mission to show this one to as many people as I possibly can, and given currently its availability consists mainly of a Troma DVD thats regularly in ‘clearance’ sales, in some cases i’ve even bought copies of the film for folks to watch when I personally haven’t been able to show them my copy. If you have any appreciation for the counterculture LGBTQ, whimsigoth and Daisy age movements of the mid 80s to early 90s. You’ll no doubt love ‘Vegas in Space’ and should seek it out as soon as possible. 

The Night Stalker:

I had NO idea what or who ‘Kolchak’ was before I was introduced to it by fellow youtuber Mack Lambert. Who kindly invited me to talk about the pilot TV movie ‘The Night Stalker’ on his channel (a video im still desperately trying to assemble but will hopefully be out sooner rather than later). I have to say, I was quite impressed honestly. 

The whole premise of ‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’ is probably best described as a kind of proto ‘X-files’ meets ‘Columbo’. Carl Kolchak is an investigative reporter who specialises in ‘the unknown’ and particularly in cold or dead end cases where a supernatural or otherworldly presence may in fact be the cause of the incident. 

The Night Stalker was the first of two feature pilots for what would go onto become a 2 season tv series. And it introduces us to Kolchak, who he is and what he does, as he arrives in Las Vegas following up on a series of bizarre murders that have baffled police, but may in fact be caused by non other than a Vampiric entity. 

I wont say anything more than that as I feel that’ll spoil the movie. But this was absolutely one of my favourite murder mysteries that i’ve seen in a LONG time. Gorgeously shot, 70s TV does this film no justice compared to the crisp and vibrant HD scan of the original film elements I watched. Razor sharp editing, lovingly crafted lighting and sequence work, rock solid compositional work and a script that is the perfect blend of mild humour, genuine mystery and the kind of gut punches that make a guy wanna go take a long hard middle distance stare out of a window. 

I utterly fell in love with this world building, and found it quite upsetting that both this film and its follow up are in fact in ownership of a completely different studio to the TV series, AND that both the films and the TV series have had independent releases in the US only, that are now all LONG out of print and going for stupid money. Meaning theres a pretty good likelihood that my chance of nabbing all of these on physical media is about as good as me randomly finding £200 on the street. 

Definitely one i’d recommend for science fiction fans or people with a passion for proto noir cinema. I had a really good time with this unique piece of television history, and I hope you will too!

China O Brien:

With Vinegar syndrome releasing both of the ‘Chian O’Brien’ movies in a deluxe boxset in 4k in late 2024, I just had to check it out as my rothrock filmography has been frankly woeful. And while I could take or leave the sequel, the first entry in this series is everything I love about a good action martial arts movie and then some! 

It all ultimately comes down to Cynthia Rothrock as a personality, if she wasnt the star of this film, this would likely just be another middle of the road slightly goofy action movie. But Rothrocks charisma, charm and the downright fun action sequences in this one really kept me on board for the full duration. It was enjoyable enough that, purely off the back of this one, I went and grabbed a few more Rothrock films to spin this year. 

The 4k scan looks great, really bringing to life the rich neon colours and vibrant surrounding greenery of small town USA in the mid to late 80s. Theres some really nice deep cinematography in this one, which when combined with a punchy synthy score and a light and punch packing script, really sold me on this one. One best enjoyed late night with a few beers on standby, ideally with friends. If you havent seen China O’brien and your into action as a genre, you don’t want to sleep on this one. 

The Fog:

Towards the back end of the year, I tried to focus my attention on checking out a few more mainstream hits that may have passed me by, just to see if i’d slept on anything truely spectacular, and during Halloween 2025, I decided to check out John Carpenters ‘The Fog’…In many ways I was kind of kicking myself from the off as to why I hadnt done it sooner. I mean, its pretty much slap bang in my favourite era of Carpenters work, just after he’d released ‘Halloween’ and ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ just BEFORE he’d work on ‘Halloween 2’, ‘Escape from New York’ and ‘The Thing’. Its basically THE era most people know for Carpenters work, and yet ‘The Fog’ just never quite made it into my rotation. And I really wish it had a lot sooner!

A key thing about Carpenters direction and vision around this time is a seeming relentless urge to slow boil the plot, in lesser hands this could come across as boring, but Carpenter and Deborah hill do such a wonderful job of crafting unique and interesting characters and building a fully flesh and blood world for them to inhabit, that you become engrossed in the towns goings on…So much so that the actual horror element almost takes a back street to just…some absolutely astounding character pieces. 

Its just at the point where you begin to wonder if the horror element is even going to be all that intense with this piece, that it lands with the thud of a sledgehammer, and the whole film kicks into overdrive, taking these well crafted characters and thrusting them into a life or death situation where, because of all the careful setup, the audience IS genuinely invested in ensuring that as many of these people live as possible. 

That is only a small part of what makes this film so brilliant of course, the cine and direction are utterly delightful, the creative vision is precise almost to a surgical fault, and with a star studded cast including Carpenter regulars such as Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Adrienne Barbeau, Janet Leigh, Charles Cyphers, and Hal Holbrook. The only thing more stunning than the visuals are the performances throughout. A cozy ghost story of a movie, its perfect viewing around Halloween and the colder months of the year, and guaranteed to have you twitching your curtains if you live near the coast!

Miracle on 34th Street:

When it comes to Christmas movies, I have a serious problem, and thats the fact that, due to the nature of the season, I very rarely find the time to make it through a whole movie in one sitting during the holidays. I mentioned this in my recent review of ‘Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’ but it can frequently be the case that I put a movie on, get 10-20 minutes in, and then get pulled away to either help set up Christmas decorations, to ferry family to holiday shopping or festive events, to visit family, to go buy christmas food, to wrap presents, to send out christmas cards. And it can quite literally be the case that i’ve seen a movie maybe once in its entirety, in 5-10 minute chunks across a 5 year window. 

‘Miracle on 34th Steet’ was very much one of those movies, a film uniquely placed in the painful spot of ‘famous enough that I feel I really should have seen it before now’, but not SO important in the holiday schedules that I felt the need to sit and watch this thing from start to finish annually. I can say i’ve seen pretty much all of the 90s remake in dribs and drabs over the years. I’d seen small bits of the 50s TV version over the last 20 years. But I can honestly say, barring maybe 1-2 minutes worth of clips. I’d never seen ANY of the original 1940s version. So! Armed with a rum infused hot chocolate and the missus, I decided to actually, consciously sit and watch the original to really get to the nub of why this film is so fondly remembered and revisited. And I totally get it. 

Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle here is positively radiating across the runtime, bringing a level of warmth and openness to Santa that I feel makes all other on screen appearances feel positively pale in comparison. The scripts super tight with a good, but gentle humour to it. It steadily builds up a good ‘festive feelgood’ pace until the final act when it fully unleashes unrelenting seasonal cheer on the audience. With goodwill and jokes that still more than hold up and feel relevant to this day. 

With a grand sense of cine and direction that feels revolutionary for 1947, there are moments of this film that to 2025 sensibilities may seem a bit…off colour, I think its fair to say. But these are mercifully few and far between and what we ultimately end up with is a film with a sincere and upbeat cast, a fun and lighthearted plot with some nice contrasting moments, and probably a less puritanical antidote to ‘Its a wonderful life’ a film that revels in the season and the meaning of Christmas, maybe a touch commercialised? Sure thing, but as Kris in the film protests, this season isnt about the toys, its about the people, and making sure everyone who can, is able to get what they need. This was a first time watch for me, but I could easily see it entering regular christmas movie rotation. 

Sonic the hedgehog 3:

I’ve been a fan of the ‘Sonic the hedgehog’ games since the first one reached UK shores, I’ve played pretty much every mainline title up to date, i’ve watched all the TV shows, read a decent chunk of the comics, kept track of the lore and even given part of my brains capacity over to the Chris Chan extended universe. I have a soft spot for the ‘Blue Blur’. 

And while I was MORE than apprehensive when they announced they were producing a ‘Sonic the hedgehog’ movie, to the point that I actually decided to give the first film a miss just, purely because it seemed set up on purpose to not really be made for me. I decided that, before 2025 rolled to a close, I’d finally give the 3 ‘Sonic’ movies a go. In part out of genuine curiosity, and in part because the latest entry ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ had gained quite a positive critical reception AND it was loosely based on one of my favourite Sonic games ‘Sonic Adventure 2’ 

And I honestly came away really quite impressed, this is quite the anomaly in the the film industry, a franchise that gets better with every sequel. I was already kind of surprised when the first film wasnt quite the dumpster fire I was expecting, but when I actually found myself more than enjoying the 2nd film, I was thrown for a loop, but then the THIRD film!? Well that was a whole other kettle of fish. 

I’ll be honest, its quite an investment to sink into getting to this entry, all the films are quite interconnected and they arnt exactly built for audiences to just ‘hop on or off’. You need to have seen the 2nd one to get the most out of the 3rd one, and you need to have seen the first one to get the most out of the sequels. So I don’t begrudge anyone giving this series a miss given how much time is needed to get up to speed on it. 

But I can say, I had a really good time with this one, while they toned down some of the darker moments from SA2, they did keep a LOT in that I thought would have been chucked, theres some really nice references to SA2 for things that didn make the cut as well. And as this series goes on, it feels like the film makers are having more and more confidence in bedding in references to the games and extended media universes, which helps create a more uniform vision. 

Keanue Reeves is Shadow the Hedgehog here, and I think he does a really solid job. Would I have preferred a slightly campier Shadow, more in line with his Gamecube and PS2 era persona? Absolutely. But even with those edges sanded down I would struggle to say I disliked the new approach. 

With striking visuals a fun and engaging script that isnt afraid to take a family movie to darker and deeper places, and some genuinely well written characters. ‘Sonic the hedgehog 3’ may have some low brow humour and a lack of clarity holding it back from truely being the best it can be. But I cant deny that as the credits rolled, I was raring to go on ‘Sonic 4’ (coming 2027) and I think that the franchise, and this film specifically, would MORE than make a big splash on any family movie night! Whether your a longtime fan of the games, or just morbidly curious like I was. I’d say this one was definitely worth your time!

And with that! We draw 2025 to a close! I don’t think theres anything here that would surprise regular viewers/readers. But I hope if nothing else that you take a chance on at least one of the films in this list, and if you do, please do let me know! I’d love to hear your thoughts! But for now! The wide open plain that is 2026 is ahead of us, and I’ve got some movies to spin!

Take Care!

– Dan

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Top 10 Films I Discovered in 2024

2024 was almost certainly an ‘event’ year for me personally, one where I kind of put my hobbies and enjoyments on hold for 12 months in order to do a bit of ‘personal growth and development’. It was one of those years where 10 years progress was done in 12 months, and Im hoping (FINALLY) after 2 years of life changing significant events, that i’ll be able to (FINALLY) settle back into the nice, comfortable life I was leading pretty much right up to the start of 2023…How likely that is to happen however has yet to be seen ultimately. 

Im sure many folks are bored BEYOND death about me talking about me and my partner buying our first house this year. I fully promise that the next couple of blogs on this site will basically be the end of it. But that has kind of been my year. 4-6 months of paperwork and trying to keep the momentum up, followed by 4-6 months of heavy renovation work, moving, re-moving, re-re-moving and finally unpacking and getting set up. And even now, as of Jan 4th 2025 we’re still not FULLY done…We’re basically just unpacked and set up enough that we can start to lead a normal day to day life without feeling like we’re on a building site or living out of boxes. But we still have a bit of a journey to go. 

I mention this because its had a detrimental impact on my movie watching this year on multiple levels. For one, its meant i’ve had to make all my youtube content up front (basically all the videos you watched this year, barring collabs were written, recorded, edited and uploaded between December 2023 and April 2024, With the last video going up around July time). So I’ve kind of been out of the loop this year on that front. But the other knock on is that during the actual process of home buying and DIY-ing, i’ve been WAY too busy and consumed with getting the place habitable to even THINK of cracking open new movies. Meaning my year in film basically reads:

January – June:  A few New movies mixed in with some firm favourites

July – November: Barely ANY movie watching, and if there was any it was nostalgia heavy favourites to try and keep my brain on side. 

December:  A rushed mixture of trying to cram in as many new movies as I could on top of as many christmas movies as I could, While ALSO doing MEGA late christmas planning because I ran out of time and money.

Its been. A. Year. But certainly a rewarding and enriching one!

And now its 2025! And im ready to let the rubber ACTUALLY hit the road, im delighted to be back and keen to get started on making new videos, hanging on streams with folks and getting back into the swing of things. But before I can really TRUELY get started…Its become a bit of an annual tradition round these parts to look back over the last 12 months and spotlight the films that I caught for the first time last year and shine a light on them to highlight just how awesome they really were! 

This years list was a little easier than most years, as there wasnt *as* many to choose from, but I still had a good time shortlisting 20 films out of the many new titles I did watch and then whittling them down to a top 10. As always, these films are in no particular order. These are just 10 films I caught for the first time last year, that I think you’ll really get a kick out of if you choose to check them out! So without further ado! 

Pufnstuff: 

Prior to 2024 I had only a very limited knowledge of the works of Sid and Marty Krofft. Other than show titles, I hadnt really seen any of their work and had you asked me my opinion on them before last year, I’d have probably just written them off as wannabes who jumped on the psychedelic movement of the 60s and then spent the rest of their careers riding the coat-tails of Jim Henson. 

But then this year, I saw Pufnstuf. And well, i’ve never really quite been the same since. 

This, VIVID. Offering landed at just the right moment when I needed some surrealist hyper colourful silliness without the sneer, and it quickly won me over without much of a fight. 

The plot of ‘Pufnstuf’ in and of itself is a bit surreal telling the tale of a lad who finds a magic talking flute and moments later a fully functional talking boat that takes him to a strange island full of felt folk who are just happy to have new visitors. This is all short lived however when the film introduces Witchipoo, a local witch to the island whos spotted the magic flute and wants it to allow her to do exceptional magic AND to show off at the annual Witches convention. 

The relentless happiness, and bizarre imagery this film conjures up across its runtime left my jaw firmly on the floor at multiple points, and when I showed the folks on my discord page the movie, they too were equally beside themselves with laughter and confusion as to what the hell they were actually even watching…But in a good way, not a confused ‘call the police way’.

With solid direction, fun and interesting characters, the BIZARRE plot, vivid and creative script and set choices, a superb cast and memorable music numbers. ‘Pufnstuf’ may actually be one of the few films on this list that I could really solidly recommend to just about anyone with even a passing interest in surreal and strange cinema. Put it this way, Im not ranking these films on this list. But if I were, ‘pufnstuf’ would be a top 3 contender no doubt about it. 

Hey Folks! It’s intermission time mixtape!: 

I’ve been on a bit of a journey with boutique labels over the last decade or so, when I first got into active collecting back at the turn of the 2010s, it was ‘Arrow Video’ that acted as a gateway to strange and surreal cinema and opened up a whole world of film to me. Around 2018/2019 however, I began to notice that more and more ‘mainstream’ titles were entering their release schedules and the types of films that had previously been the backbone of the company (The Beast Within, City of the Living Dead, Inferno etc…) were increasingly becoming rarer to see on the slate, eventually sometime around 2019, Vinegar Syndrome made their international shipping options MUCH more palatable, and I became a devout Vyn-Sin connoisseur. For a good 4-5 years I bought pretty much anything they’d put out, I went through their back catalogue and tried to mop up as much as I could. 

And while I CERTAINLY wont be throwing stones here, they’re good people. I have to say that, while those 4-5 years were good…by the end of last year, I was kind of tapped out. 

I’d basically bought everything I was interested in, the stuff I didnt already own, but wanted, was skyrocketing in price due to VS’s ‘once they’re gone, they’re gone’ way of distributing films. They too have slowly been releasing more and more ‘upper end’ studio pictures (show girls, roadhouse, The Tenant) and that combined with there just, not being as many titles released that im fully interested in owning, and the fact that they seem insistent now in releasing the majority of their titles in 4k (at 4k prices) has meant i’ve spent a lot of the year drumming my fingers with Vinegar syndrome, hoping that their next month of releases has maybe ONE film i’d actually be interested in, and could afford once it hit sale prices…and then being somewhat disappointed when that didnt happen…2024 in that regard has been a bit of a washout. 

But, while Vinegar Syndrome have kind of been off my radar this year, AGFA (American Genre Film Archive) have, for the last 3-4 years now, slowly been warming up to becoming my new favourite boutique label. The organisation, which heavily promotes the preservation and proliferation of VERY deep cut productions, has been on a bit of a roll in recent years with barely a month going by where they havent released SOMETHING that i’ve absolutely fallen in love with. 

In recent years, they’ve tackled the works of Barry J. Gillis, re-released two Ed Wood classics, astounded with movies like ‘Final Flesh’ and ‘Video Diary of a Lost Girl’ and slowly, but surely, their library has basically become my film collection. 

Probably the most exciting news to come from them over recent years has been their increasing closeness with ‘Something Weird Video’ a similar preservation company that started in the late 80s and ran through most of the 90s, 00’s and 10’s before becoming an archive and resource streaming service as of 2025. Something weird is responsible for saving a frankly obscene number of movies from falling quite literally into non existence. Films like ‘She Freak’, ‘Bat Pussy’ and ‘The Curious Dr. Hump’ would either only exist in incredibly rough prints, or not exist at all if it wasn’t for the work of ‘Something Weird’. And 2024 would see the release of what I frankly considered a ‘grail’ offering up until now. 

‘Hey Folks! It’s Intermission time’ was a series of curated compilations from ‘Something Weird’ totalling 6 volumes of cinema intermission trailers, usually the stuff trying to convince you to go spend money at the snack bar, or general notes from the theater themselves, either welcoming you to the theater, offering friendly advise of services the cinema offered, telling you of upcoming events, or trying to help raise money for charity.

They’re quirky, interesting little remnants of a by-gone age. With most screens in the UK at least now having highly polished, mass distributed pre film screens. I find it fascinating to see just how home grown and unique  a lot of these little trails, that were widely seen as disposable, ended up being. 

Which brings me to the ‘Hey Folks! Its Intermission Time Mixtape’ the main feature on a set released this year from AGFA that upscales, restores and re-releases all 6 volumes of Something Weirds original compilation series. But also offers a unique remix of some of the more memorable and interesting intermission trails, turning it into a mind melting 70-80 minutes of psychedelic and trippy re-editing that I feel offers an entirely new viewing experience to these decades old stings. AGFA have been doing remixes like this for likely coming up to a decade at this point, their ‘Horror trailer show’ and ‘Cult of AGFA’ releases, not to mention their ‘Special Christmas Special’ all showcase some superb editing and its clear they have a talented and creatively minded team fronting these ventures. 

‘Hey Folks’ is another fantastic entry in this style of presentation. And Frankly this was likely my ‘Bluray of the year’ honestly. Given thats a year that ALSO included another grail of mine ‘The Dragon Lives Again’ FINALLY getting a correct aspect ratio release for the first time ever. Thats an incredible feat. a set I personally think is an essential, if you havent checked out ‘Hey Folks! Its Intermission time’ absolutely take some time to fix that! Its a great set, and it makes an even greater gift!

Last House on Dead End Street:

An unexpected entry on my list this year, I came so close to NOT seeing this film, its actually quite bizarre. So, I had heard of ‘Last House on Dead End Street’ over the years as being a particularly gruesome picture that, most notably, Vinegar Syndrome had been working on remastering for a number of years. I figured i’d likely check it out when they put out the cleaned up version, until one night while doing some research for ‘The After Dark Collection: Volume 2’ (Coming 2025) I landed on a reddit thread discussing Vinegar Syndromes ‘Adult’ movie releases, and found out that *apparently* hidden in the menus for their release of ‘Corruption’ was a ‘grindhouse’ style HD scan of ‘Last House on Dead End Street’ and just by chance, I had only recently VIEWED my copy of ‘Corruption’…So! I popped it into my player, messed around with it for a bit, and *boom* I had a copy of ‘Last House on Dead End Street’ in my hands. 

And I really wasnt disappointed with this one. as billed, its a particularly unpleasant, seedy and graphic depiction of psychopathy, and the rawness in the performances and actions (given its about making snuff films) left a long lasting impression on me. Reading in to the behind the scenes on it only made me despair even harder as I read of the struggles the writer/director had to even GET the film out to the public. Not to mention the fact that, by the time it actually DID get a wider showing, he had NO idea it was even happening. Its…got a BTS thats somehow even crazier than the film itself honestly. 

I think if this DID have a wider release in good quality, it would likely be held in a much higher and respected regard. As it stands, all I can personally say is. It is NOT for the squeamish, but if you enjoy films like ‘Bloodsucking Freaks’ or ‘The Sinful Dwarf’ you will almost certainly love ‘Last House on Dead End Street’. 

Hundreds of Beavers:

At the complete opposite side of the spectrum from ‘Last House on Dead End Steet’ we have the indie darling of the year, and a personal favourite of this years movie crop ‘Hundreds of Beavers’. A film that got recommended to me AT LEAST a dozen times within the first couple months of it doing the indie circuit. So much so that ‘friend of the show’ Triv of Trivial Theater, managed to cop a screener, and essentially pulled me out of the reno work to make it clear that this WASNT something I should sit out on. And damnit if she was absolutely right. 

The plot follows a fur trapper attempting to collect ‘hundreds of beavers’ to sell the pelts of in order to win the heart and hand of a merchants daughter, the whole film is shot and framed like a kind of hybrid between Fleisher era animation and a ‘Loony Tunes’ short. With PLENTY of references back to Buster Keaton, The Stooges, The Marx Bros and many more silent movie icons. 

Its clearly a labour of love, it looks fantastic, astoundingly so given the budget, its brimming with creative slapstick ideas, and barring a couple of moments that are a *smidge* (and I mean a *smidge*) more ‘adult’ oriented, this could easily be a family movie. I’ve kind of made it my mission this year whenever anyones asked me for recent film recommendations to send them over to this one. 

Its got a good heart, a good soul. And I like that its playful and not afraid to be self aware without trying to be openly controversial. I had a real good time with this one, and could happily recommend it. 

Xanadu:

If theres 2 things that ‘Xanadu’ is known for, its the frankly stonking soundtrack by ‘ELO’, and its for being the butt of pretty much every late night comedy show from 1987 till about 2003. ‘Xanadu’ was and still kind of is seen widely as a laughing stock of a movie. But this year, someone I very much respect, Frank Conniff made a lengthy twitter/bluesky post essentially admitting that, after years of using it as the aforementioned butt of several jokes through the 90s, he still hadn’t actually *seen* ‘Xanadu’ and recently decided to change that…And to his shock and horror it actually wasn’t a cringe worthy terrible musical, it was maybe a bit overlong, but he actually really liked it. Issuing something of a public apology for dunking on it for all these years. 

Well; that was enough interest raised for me to go out and grab a bluray copy of the movie to see ‘whats what’. And What WAS what is that ‘Xanadu’ IS in fact a quite fun little 80s musical. Is it ‘Grease’ memorable? Absolutely not. But its a charming and warm little musical about never giving up on your dream and realising that you don’t have to be young to still go after what you really want in life. 

Obviously, the ELO soundtrack IS what makes the movie fantastic, but it cant be overstated just how good Gene Kelly is in this, playing a weary property developer who yearns to return to a simpler life playing in a big band, when life was less complicated and he had something to strive for. 

The film does get a little tangled up in trying to make Olivia Newton John the personification of ‘your dreams’. But I find that musicals largely trade on vibe, and a few mixed metaphors and some 2nd act pacing issues arnt going to come between me and this campy and funky little movie having a fun time. 

‘Xanadu’ wont be for everyone, I know that. But I honestly would say, if you do enjoy musical cinema and have been put off by years of people dunking on this one, without ACTUALLY having watched this. I’d say give it a go, you may be genuinely surprised…At the very worst, you’ll have still listened to a pretty awesome ELO score. 

Cecil B. Demented:

The Number of John Waters films I have yet to watch is slowly becoming a dwindling pool. I had seen almost all of his earlier works, but his later works are a little scattershot to come by in the UK. I had been hoping to wait for ‘Cecil B. Demented’ to get a proper Bluray release in the UK. But Criterion have now been quiet for a couple of years on that front, and it looks like Kino Lobar are picking up the slack on 90s ‘Waters’ movies…So I threw in the towel on waiting this year and just decided to hit it up on Tubi. And I absolutely loved it. 

Im less enamoured with Waters ‘studio’ era. Basically everything after ‘Hairspray’ to me feels a bit forced and self referential. Cry Baby didnt really move me, Serial Mom is a much loved fan favourite, but left me cold. And Pecker just felt too safe for me. But Cecil B. Demented has a rogue twinkle in its eye that suggests to me theirs life in the old dog yet. 

A film largely attacking BOTH the mainstream studio system and ‘puritan’ indie film makers who go WELL above taste and decency for their art. I feel like this was a return to form for Waters work, that would continue into his next production ‘A Dirty Shame’. 

What we have here is a film that pushes the boundaries of studio cinema more than his previous studio works, but doesnt go AS far as his early films (Female Trouble, Pink Flamingos, Multiple Maniacs’ and it manages to hit a nice compromise of being a clear, concise and well structured picture, that equally has a tenacious ‘daring’ quality to it. The feeling of the old Waters pictures where anything could happen, and sometimes it actually DOES! 

I really enjoyed seeing this one for the first time this year, I would highly recommend it to any Waters fans who maybe jumped off at ‘Polyester’ or felt like he lost his bite a bit post ‘Hairspray’ as I really do think this and ‘Dirty Shame’ were steps in the right direction. And with rumblings that a new John Waters film could be just around the corner. I sincerely hope it continues on this trend!

Oh…and on the off chance someone from Criterion is reading this, don’t leave us hanging, PLEASE for the love of GOD release ‘Desperate Living’. You cant just release all of John waters early work and leave out the film bridging ‘Female Trouble’ to ‘Polyester’ I NEED more high definition Mink Stole rants in my life thank you very much!

Batman 1966:

I imagine some will be surprised that, until this year i’d never seen the 1966 ‘Batman’ movie. Indeed, I myself felt some shame at having not gotten to it sooner, given that I love the original TV series and had a great respect for Adam West. 

But sometimes, things just don’t line up properly, sometimes there just isnt a good bat-time or a solid enough bat-place to fit a movie in. But this year, I made it a point (having been invited to talk about it on ‘Friend of the show’ Jon Norths podcast) to FINALLY crack it open. And I had an absolute blast with it. 

Honestly, I don’t have a lot to say about it, its a feature length take on the TV series, it feels like a long TV episode with a slightly bigger budget and thats about it. It absolutely should have done EXACTLY what it did do, it looks great, sounds great and the extra funds really help take things to the next level. Having all the classic villains from the TV series appear as the baddies in the theatrical outing is a great ‘raising of the stakes’ and the 60s campy silliness is still here in full force delivering an end product that hilarious, charming and just an utter delight to sit through. If you’ve never seen ‘Batman ‘66’ this is a great starting point, and if you enjoyed the TV series, but havent seen the film. You really need to fix that. 

Beetlejuice:

Another one im sure will surprise some people, but again. Sometimes things don’t align when you think they *should* have, and instead align at the strangest times. I had seen the beetlejuice TV series MANY moons ago. But I’d just never got around to the movie. But, with ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’ going down a storm at the box office, my partner was horrified to learn i’d not seen the original and made me watch it pretty much as soon as she found out.

And it was great fun! Barring a slightly rushed ending I thought this was another creative powerhouse, delivering surreal visuals and fantastic performances one after another after another. I came away very pleasantly surprised, and while im sure the vast majority of you have already seen ‘Beetlejuice’ as someone who hadnt, it really endeared me to the concept…Though, it did make me wonder why their was such pressure for a sequel for all those years, given the film ends pretty conclusively…I dunno!, in either case I really enjoyed this one. Its probably the most well known film I saw for the first time this year and i’m going to have to try and dig out the sequel relatively soon!

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl:

One of the more unexpected offerings of the year, I had no idea that Aardman had been working on a new ‘Wallace & Gromit’ film, letalone that it was another ‘feature’ outing for the pair, but! On Christmas day, the BBC released ‘Vengence Most Fowl’ a sequel to ‘The Wrong Trousers’ that sees that rogue criminal ‘Feathers McGraw’ trying once again to steal precious gems, AND trying to get revenge on the popular pair who put him away!

Meanwhile Wallace is back in debt, and, as a way to try and get out of it, has built the worlds first ‘Smart Gnome’ a little gardening fellow who’ll do any job, no matter how big or small. It all goes wrong as you can imagine! But it was a nice idea while it lasted!

I LOVED this special, it was probably my second favourite broadcast of the day (outside of the Gavin & Stacy finale) While I don’t *quite* think they match or surpass the complexity of animation seen in ‘The Wrong Trousers’ The film is still genuinely funny has the warmth and familiarity that makes the ‘Wallace & Gromit’ films so enjoyable and was a definite improvement over their last outing 2008s ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’. 

The comedy was superb, with several gut busting laughs throughout, the animation is still superb and the character have some nice set pieces that tie the whole thing together, including some excellent celebrity voice cameos from Peter Kay, Reese Shearsmith and Diane Morgan. A christmas highlight. If your looking for laughs and something a bit light hearted, you cant go wrong with this. 

Singing in the Rain:

With only 2 hours to go before the year officially ended, I had watched 299 films, and to finish the year off AND claim my 300th film watch, I decided to take a look at a film that ‘Siskel & Ebert’ literally COULD NOT shut up about through most of their ‘Holiday Gift Guide’ specials. 

‘Singing in the Rain’ has often been cited as ‘the greatest musical ever made’ I honestly wouldn’t go that far. But what you have here is a genuinely sincere, surprisingly self aware for 1952 and warm ‘smile’ of a movie that documents the cinematic shift from silent era productions to ‘talkies’ in 1929. 

Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds are a tour d’force here, without them the film would have fallen flat I feel, with them, its a match made in heaven. And even though Kellys behaviour off screen was horrific to say the least. It cant be denied that this film oozes charm and joy, and I defy anyone to watch this without cracking *at least* a smirk once or twice throughout. 

With some astounding and colourful visuals on hand, a whole host of iconic and culturally significant musical numbers and some of the most complex and tightest dance routines you’ll likely ever see. ‘Singing in the rain’ was a fabulous way to see the old year out and ring the new one in. I’ll almost certainly try and poach a physical media copy at my next convenience and if you havent got around to this one yet, all I can say is, it definitely needs bumping up your list. A great script, razor cine and direction, killer performances and a bloody ASTOUNDING score. 

I also only realised the next day after watching this, that as of 2025 all works from 1929 (when this film was set) are now in the public domain. Making it a particularly poigniant watch! 

And! That was my top 10 of 2024! Not a particularly controversial list…But then, they rarely are! I hope you decide to look into some of these as I had an absolute blast watching them, and as i ease back into more regular ‘new film’ watching. I can only hope that this year is as kind to me with astounding features as I hope it will be for you. 

Take care!

– Dan 

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Finishing the Complete Thirteenth Season (2023)

…I knew I should have just called this one ‘Season X’ or ‘Not Season 13’ or something like that…Bizarrely the actual production of this season more or less went without a hitch. All these episodes were written, recorded and edited between late July 2022 and early January 2023. Before any of the crappy problems i’d had with this year really got underway… With only the last 2 reviews (Die hard Dracula and Dr. Caligari) happening later (Caligari was written, edited and uploaded in late April/Early May, and Die hard Dracula was written in July, edited in late august and uploaded in September)

Quite honestly, it feels like an age ago since I worked on these. im usually quicker at putting together a ‘Finishing the…’ post on these, but the series finished with a perfect dovetail into a TON of personal problems that basically wrote me off for most of July/August/September and October…

I can say that this season introduced me to a few films that im now very happy I checked out, that HAVE been on repeat rotation now for a little bit. Though, i’ve got to admit, because of life stuff happening right at the tale end of the run, I was kind of on autopilot for the back end of this season.

Even so, I think some of my best reviews are included here. Its overall a sturdy season that I think has a decent flow, and given that this was the one and only season of this year. Im quite proud with how it turned out…

The next 12 months (Seasons 14 and 15) are going to feel a little odd comparatively because not only have I had to split the original season 14 almost in half (with half making up half the run of Season 14 – Jan – June 2024, and the other half going into Season 15 – Sept – December 2024) But also because we’re going to be making less episodes overall…It means realistically, the next time I’ll get to sit and properly plan out a new season from Tail to Snout will be Season 16 (Feb – June 2025) which feels like a lifetime away…But planning for that will begin around August of next year…Which’ll crop up on us sooner than you’d think…

Anyway; im rambling…I wish I remembered more about the making of this season honestly. from what I can recall though it was just really smooth sailing right up till the last 6 or so episodes…then things started to get a bit messy…Messy doesnt mean bad mind…I had a lot of fun with this season…Messy here quite literally means…messy.

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Finishing the Complete Twelfth Season (2022)

Season 12 was a season punctuated with several rather big moments for the channel, ones im very proud of. It was the season that helped us ease into monthly streaming, it was the season to feature our longest review (“Sweet Insanity” – Thanks to Peckingforgoodtv for being a good sport on that one!) it featured probably our most mainstream review (I Spit on Your Grave) and our most obscure review (Santa’s Pocket Watch)

It saw the wind down of “The Comedy Dining Experience” and probably our crowning achievement for the year, as not only did we smash through 150k views (for the 2nd time I might add) BUT! we also FINALLY hit 1000 subscribers after over 6 years of weekly uploads. It’s been a hell of a road, but its one im fiercely proud of, and one that I simply couldnt have done without the help of our wonderful viewers and the many friends and creators i’ve made along the way.

Latter in the year seasons (basically the September – December stint) are always a little less fun for me. Don’t get me wrong! they ARE still very fun, otherwise I wouldnt do them the way I do. But with the pressure to do spooky stuff at Halloween and Christmassy stuff at Christmas, it usually means that at least 8-10 of my 16-18 slots for the year are eaten up with a rigidly structured type of arrangement. one of the things I really love about the February – June/July run is the fact that it’s in total free flow. I can plan the season out months in advance, but all it takes is one release to creep into my radar and I can easily swap it into the schedules with no problem. With the September – December run, im not as carefree.

But this year was a little bit different, Being able to collab with so many wonderful people across this season really helped to keep things fresh and keep my interest on the ball. The fact this years halloween special theme was “Poundland Horror” meant I wasnt rigidly stuck to one genre for a full month and could relax into the season quite nicely. and even the christmas specials were perked up somewhat by being able to tackle movies like “Winterbeast” with George. It just made things a lot less dogmatic and more, just for the fun of it. Yes I didnt get to do everything I wanted to do this season, but I got like; 95% of it done, and thats good enough for me!

Of the two seasons that made up 2022, Season 11 was probably the most fun to work on, but Season twelve was almost certainly the most rewarding. The former was the last hurrah to my old system, and the latter was me basically relearning how to do my trade having upgraded all my kit over the summer. and Season 12b (Im not calling it Season 13, theres no way im cursing this thing right out of the gate) is going to be the biggest and longest season we’ve ever done to date! I honestly cant wait for you guys to see it when we premiere on Feb 3rd 2023!

All I can say is, Season 12 was a fun one, and I hope 2023 keeps that postive energy coming!

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A Wrestling Christmas Miracle – (2020)

Not content with ONE dose of Ken Del Veccio madness in the form of ‘A Karate Christmas Miracle‘ I just HAD to keep digging and eventually wind up watching it’s spiritual sequel. Because of COURSE I did.

What I will say for this film is, across the board, its better than the first film technically. that still doesnt save it from being demented in my opinion.

I really hope they make this duology a trilogy some day, as Id love to get a nice tryptic going with these films. I dunno…maybe ‘A Ballet Christmas Miracle’?, ‘A Golfing Christmas Miracle’? hmm…how about ‘A Kickboxing Christmas Miracle’? that one could have legs (LITERALLY!)

In either case, the madness is over…for now, and I can finally get back to covering other christmas specials like ‘The Christmas Consultant.’ *shudders*

This poster is not as good as ‘A Karate Christmas Miracle’ in my opinion.
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Santas Pocket Watch (Santas Time Piece) – (1988)

This films a total enigma, I honestly spent more time researching for it than the runtime of the film, the time it took to write the script, edit the script and edit the video for the review. theres literally almost nothing out there. But…this is the danger of what happens when things fall through the cracks. you end up with releases where theres not even a thread that could open up exploratory options. This films a total dead end and it’s a shame because its curmugeonly and charming in equal measures.

Dont get me wrong, it’s nothing amazing. But I feel it captures a warmth that you just dont see in a lot of contemporary christmas movies. So if you can find a copy (its pretty proliferated) and you can find it cheap, i’d say absolutely go for it!

I find it hilarious that the title of this film has next to NOTHING to do with this film.
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Winterbeast – (1992)

Well, its a bit late! but heres the first of our christmas specials, and rather wonderfully, we’re welcoming back George from The Best Little Horror House In Philly to help us take on a stop motion cult classic like you’ve never seen!

The one big thing I can say about this is, I didnt actually pick up on the ‘Twin Peak’ themes and references (to my UTTER shame) until George sent his side of the script over! I was so busy focussing on the execution I totally missed it! but im SO glad George caught it, because as soon as I heard it, suddenly the whole thing took on a completely new life!

It’s kind of a good news/bad news with Winterbeast. the good news is Vinegar syndrome have done a lovely restoration of it on bluray! the bad news is, it’s part of the ‘Home Grown Horrors’ boxset which only has a limited number of copies left! So nab this while you can! and thank you SO much to George for jumping in on this one with me 🙂 he’s awesome and I hope we get to work together agains soon!

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Camp Blood 2 (2000)

If Nukie is a film that isnt worth your Vitriol. Camp Blood 2 ABSOLUTELY is. my GOD this films dull and incompitent.

…thats all I have to say, Having now seen Camp Blood 3 (within the woods) I can say this is*probably* the most watchable of the 3. But thats REALLY not saying much.

Ugh.
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*Sigh*… Nukie (1987)

…Look, whatever I say at this point is VERY likely to be overshadowed by the frankly ludicrous events that Red Letter Media have comitted in January 2022, auctioning off a sealed copy of Nukie for tens (possibly hundreds by the time the auction closes) of dollars after woodchipping 103 OTHER copies.

While I absolutely found tremendous catharsis in seeing that happen (please feel free to destroy as many copies of ‘Nukie’ as can be collected. At the same time, they absolutley havent helped my case here. The entire point of the below review was to basically say ‘Dont put this film on a pedestal. its actual garbage, its beyond boring, its beyond any form of actual critical note, just leave it and let it fall off the radar and into obscurity’

What they’ve done has now meant that that absolutely cant and wont happen, and that, if anything, it’s much more likely than ever to get some kind of Bluray release. I honestly have no further comment to make about this film than what I say in my below review. I wont be selling my copy of ‘Nukie’ to make a quick buck, nor will I be proliferating the “Oh man! it’s SO bad! YOU GOTTA SEE IT!” myth.

I repeat what I said in my review here; Nukie is an unremakrable film that should be forgotten and isnt worth your time. it’s not worth anything close to a ‘status’ and if you want affirmation that what im saying is correct, look at how much time the RLM guys ACTUALLY spent reviewing this movie. it’s THAT unremarkable.

GOD I hate Nukie.
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Champagne and Bullets (GETEVEN) – 1993

Champagne and Bullets was another one of those films that kept getting pushed back, missing out on being a part of previous seasons by a hairs Breadth. Originally scheduled for Season 10 it JUST missed out and ended up getting pushed back to Season 11, where it got as far as being recorded and put on the timeline ready to edit, before another film came in (Night of the Demon) that JUST pushed it out once again into this season.

A long time coming, I have kind of mixed feelings ultimately about Champagne and Bullets. I think it definitely has its moments, but on the whole, I can think of ‘entertainingly bad’ movies that appeal to me more. it’s still a good time for the most part and I can absolutely recommend checking it out, if you can ever find a DVD copy (the Bluray copies now long out of print and goes for silly money)

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