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The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Flawless cinema

[10/10 · 1 September 2023]

Horror films inevitably fail to get the recognition they deserve as 'cinema art' (ok, most aren't, for sure) so anything over a 6 is pretty respectable.

Personally, I find it hard to fault this film. The acting is absolutely second to none and Leslie Easterbrook's portrayal of Mother Firefly would be up for an Oscar if this were a more Hollywood-friendly offering (certainly a comparable performance to Nicholson's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, albeit as supporting actress rather than main).

The cinematography is simply gorgeous at times, and the psychedelic shooting sequence to Terry Reid's To Be Treated Right (YouTube it!) is simply out of this world.

Rob Zombie manages to take all of the cinematic cliches and make them work in a literal modern masterpiece - albeit one of drugs, gore, brutal killings and psychopathic (lovable) characters.

Anyone with a stomach for hard-hitting 'horror' NEEDS to watch this film!

Ragnarok: Ragnarok (2023) Season 3, Episode 6

Oh, come on reviewers!

[8/10 · 1 September 2023]

Oh, come on reviewers! At the time of writing, the final episode gets an appalling 3.5 while the penultimate episode - perhaps the biggest anticlimax in Norwegian TV history and arguably the actual 'ending' of the series with the final 'battle' between the giants and the gods - gets 5.3!

Firstly, I think we all need a little reminder that the show was always rather tongue-in-cheek, so a cheesy ending was always on the cards. And I feel what can't be denied is that the 'dream sequences' (or mad sequences, if you prefer) looked incredible and really highlighted that the casting crew got it spot on when they started the series some years back.

If the series had ended with the penultimate episode - which I had actually thought was the case (I was surprised and delighted when I saw the '1 more episode to go pop-up!) - then yeah, sure, a very poor ending. As it stands, I got pretty much exactly what I hoped for in the conclusion.

Apart from the awful cover of Foreigner's 'I want to know what love is' over the final credits, I'd say this was a fine way to wrap things up!