(1985 dir. Melanie Anne Phillips) Date Seen: May 3 2022
I feel like this would be as well-regarded as DEEPSTAR SIX (1989) in some horror circles today were it not for its low budget stop-motion effects. Creature animations that admittedly look more Wallace & Gromit than Ray Harryhausen. But honestly that aspect makes up such a small part of the movie's runtime as it's more concerned with deftly depicting the suspense & paranoia of a claustrophobic nightmare than showing the monster. I guess we all have personal things we're cinematically nitpicky about, I'd just hope that even those with a tendency to get ultra-hung up on production value "believability" would be more forgiving of such creative resourcefulness. After all, what's seen as a modest shortcoming in one film could look like an inventive solution to another.
303) CHOSEN SURVIVORS
(1974 dir. Sutton Roley) Date Seen: May 3 2022
I loved the initial setup of this & the existential dread it inspires. They didn't even need the added When Animals Attack element to remain effective as a thriller, though it is a nice touch. However something's revealed later on that dissipates much of the film's DAY OF THE DEAD-esque atmospheric bleakness, & around that same time the behavior of some of the characters takes a turn for the silly.
302) THE HOUR
OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED
ساعة التحرير دقت برّه يا إستعمار
(1974 dir. Heiny Srour) Date Seen: May 3 2022
301) IF I SHOULD
DIE BEFORE I WAKE
(1952 dir. Carlos Hugo Christensen) Date Seen: May 3 2022
300) THE GOAT
(1921 dir. Buster Keaton/Malcolm St. Clair) Date Seen: May 3 2022
& Buster Keaton really was the G.O.A.T.
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