We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 446

 stand-out viewing for the schizotypal strip mall spree killing that was March.

(February) 

RSO: Registered Sex Offender (2008. dir. Bob Byington)

i can't review this one without getting a bit personal, as the protagonist's defensively smug responses to his unenviable situation mirror some of my own coping mechanisms i deployed during my teens and twenties, when fringe interests and abrupt mistakes seem to always backfire in ways that i feel like i'm still paying reparations for. the only way i knew how to deal was to double down on the future serial killer pathos, leaning deep into the most grotesque of cultural territories, deducting that if i couldn't inspire warmth or at the least inquisitive intellectual curiosity, that i would instead provoke discomforting laughter, bleak revulsion, and/or aggressive hatred, marinating in superior delight over the reliable offensiveness i inspired. i'm better now i swearsy wearsy. 

PSYCHO GOREMAN (2020, dir. Steven Kostanski)

the live-action Golan the Insatiable you never knew you wanted because i'm the only person that watched or remembered that program. 

PERDITA DURANGO (1997, dir. Alex De La Inglesia)

a date movie from the bowels of Infierno that will have the viewer pumped and wet all over. 

MUTANTES (2009, dir, Virgine Despentes)

like an episode of Real Sex commissioned by a cyber-terror fetishist collective. 

THE KYOTO CONNECTION (1973, dir. Sadao Nakajima)

really feel like every single "nebbish loser meets uninhibited hot lady and chaos ensues" narrative owes its existence to this grimy masterclass in how to do this proper. 

KILLER TONGUE (1996, dir. Alberto Sciamma) 

Mindy Clark; the bad girl muse of every 1990s Fangoria reading sadboi, creates another "why is there still not an action figure of this yet?" character ala Return of the Living Dead in this overlooked mid-90s surrealist gorehound charmer. 

KID 90 (2021, dir. Soleil Moon Frye)

a gritty Kids style reboot of Punky Brewster feels like one of those ideas i would've cooked up in my late teens / early twenties. 

HAKAIDER (1995, dir. Keita Amemlya)

a tokusatsu take on Marshall Law. 

FEELS GOOD MAN (2020, dir. Arthur Jones) 

i can't do this anymore. 

CASTLE FREAK (2020, dir. Tate Steinsek) 

even more gross and kinky than Stuart Gordon's original, with strong worthy homages to both Gordon's filmography and the universe of Lovecraft. 

Negation Aspiration vol. 276

 

Something Huge and Invisible Is Making Nearby Stars Vanish, Scientists Propose

Stars that have gone missing from the Hyades cluster may have been torn away by a dark matter monster with the mass of 10 million Suns.

NERRRRRRRRRD! vol. 135

 

James Gunn Presents a Wild and Bloody New Vision for ‘The Suicide Squad’ in 3-Minute Red Band Trailer!

yeah yeah yeah i know i know but fuck it; i dig James Gunn more than i don't and i've always been a fan of the Suicide Squad comics/concept (Ostrander Ichiban), so yeah, i'm in. 

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 445

 

‘In the Earth’ Trailer: Ben Wheatley Returns to His Grisly Horror Roots

Awwww Yeah vol. 205

 

Missing woman found naked inside a Florida storm drain. How she got there is bizarre

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 444

 

South African Sci-Fi Horror ‘Fried Barry’ Invades Shudder

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 332

 

How ‘Owning the Libs’ Became the GOP’s Core Belief

Negation Aspiration vol. 275

 

Glock pistol disguised as toy Nerf gun seized in North Carolina drug raid

#gorenoise vol. 61

 "It was only after digging deeper that doctors realized the bleeding eyes only occurred when the woman was on her period, thus concluding that she had a rare condition called ocular vicarious menstruation; cyclical bleeding outside the uterine cavity during a woman’s menstrual cycle."

THE BIZARRE CASE OF A WOMAN ON HER PERIOD WHO BLED FROM HER EYES

Fuck YOUR Life vol. 36

 

‘Color Out of Space’ Producers SpectreVision Cut Ties With Director Richard Stanley After Domestic Violence Allegations

any of you who still follow this blog or have regular conversations with me about film know exactly how high in regard i held the work of Richard Stanley.

well it looks like i won't be doing that anymore. 

a tough but necessary read from Scarlett Amaris 

let her make Dunwich Horror. 

Awwww Yeah vol. 204

 

Massage Parlor Rampage Suspect Had ‘Sexual Addiction’: Sheriff

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 443

 

Bewitched at Midnight: Kier-La Janisse Premieres Folk Horror Doc at SXSW

TERSE cover reveal

"I cannot wait for this book to be put out, it is bleak as fuck. Raw, intrusive, a ceaseless flow of prose and agitated poetry."

- Zak Ferguson.

"On Tuesday, February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis went to mortgage broker Richard O Hall's office and wired the muzzle of a sawed-off shotgun to the back of Hall’s head. The wire was also connected to the trigger and the other end was connected to Hall's neck. This "dead man's line" meant that if a policeman shot Kiritsis the shotgun would go off and shoot Hall in the head. The same would happen if Hall tried to escape. Kiritsis called the police from Hall's office and told them that he had taken Hall as a hostage. Kiritsis then made a speech in front of live TV cameras declaring himself "a goddamned national hero." His speech became so emotional that some journalists thought he would shoot Hall, so they terminated the live broadcast. Eventually however, Kiritsis released Hall. He fired the shotgun into the air to prove it had been loaded and was immediately arrested. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity."

nearly 40 years later, i received a package from someone using the name "Kiritsis".

these are the contents of that package.

SWEAT DRENCHED PRESS

TRAILER

MONOMER TV

#gorenoise vol.60

 

Creative Massacre presents … Snuff/Gore (in quotes) *

Awwwww Yeah vol. 203

 

Scientists Want to Send a Massive Load of Jizz to the Moon

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 442

 

Yoshihiro 

Nishimura’s 

90s Movie ‘

Anatomia 

Extinction’ 

Being Released 

on Blu-ray 

for the 

First Time 

[Trailer]

Negation Aspiration vol. 274

 Why might rudeness, meanness, and pettiness be guiding our actions right now? According to therapist Ashley McHan, the answer is simple: we’re tired, and as Kosoff wrote, we’re tired because of forces outside our control. “Over time we get fatigued,” McHan told VICE. “If there hasn't been change happening around us or there hasn't been improvement of situations, our ability to tolerate them is going to decrease… Our ability to cope might eventually piddle out.”

Here’s Why Everyone Is Acting Like An Asshole Lately

We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 441

 

New Trailer for Netflix’s “Godzilla Singular Point” is an Action-Packed Monster Mash of Kaiju Mayhem!

Negation Aspiration vol. 273

Inside a Massive Anti-Trafficking Charity's Blundering Overseas Missions

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 331

The extremely online denizens of both movements like to hide behind a mask of “irony” on issues like racism, feminism, and equal rights, promoting reactionary memes and language that is often taken not so ironically by their followers.

Whether it’s anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, anti-lockdown types, those who believe in pedophile cabals, or deep-state conspiracists, media personalities who peddle such tropes are engaging in a sordid ecosystem that draws left and right together on false premises. And while this may be a profitable enterprise, it encourages polarization while claiming to unite “the people” against “the elites.”

These ‘Dirtbag Left’ Stars Are Flirting With the Far Right

Awwwww Yeah vol. 202 / Negation Aspiration vol. 272

 Porn doesn’t cause mental health disorders, but the stigma surrounding porn can exacerbate pre-existing conditions. If you suffer from anxiety, you might grow more anxious when your job can lead to family tension, judgment from friends, and difficulties with romantic partners. On top of this, when we do suffer, people presume our mental health problems stem from porn. It reinforces the stereotype that we’re all suicidal, abused addicts. So we shut up about our problems.

Porn Stars Are Having a Mental Health Crisis

TERSE:

 

more info to come

Negation Aspiration vol. 271

 

Physicists Propose That the Universe Is Filled With Tiny, Natural Atomic Bombs

Awwwww Yeah vol. 201

 There are, of course, many types of criminality and abuse that happen in and around the adult industry (which we've covered extensively), but this is true about every industry. Children as young as six work in dangerous mines in order to extract the minerals that power our smartphones. As of at least last year, consumer goods from Apple, Microsoft, BMW, Gap, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony, and others are being manufactured by re-education camp prisoners in China, according to an in-depth report by an Australian think tank. Chicken and meat packing plants are rife with abuse. Abuse and criminality are core features of consumer capitalism, but it's companies like Pornhub that are cut off from VISA and Mastercard. Not Apple.

OnlyFans 'Suspicious Activity Reports' Mostly Show that Banks Hate Sex Work

#gorenoise vol. 59

 The video of a father holding the severed head of his daughter as he nonchalantly walks down the street has sent shockwaves around India on Thursday, a mere four days before International Women’s Day.

Sarvesh Kumar, from Hardoi’s Pandetara village in Uttar Pradesh, had thought it fit to behead his 17-year-old daughter over an alleged love affair she had with a man he disapproved of. In the video, he is matter of fact. There is no guilt or grief, just a practical narration of the events.

At a certain point in the video, he sets the severed head down on the ground. The pony tail on the girl’s head hangs limply; her eyes are closed. “I left the body in the house,” Kumar tells the man filming the video. He gives out the name of his daughter and the name of the man she was allegedly in a relationship with. He proudly explains how he killed her, and why. The man interrupts the narration twice to answer phone calls. He cooperates with the police when they search him, assuring them that “there’s no weapon on me.”

Father Beheads Daughter in One of the Most Dangerous Places for Women

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 340

 Over the past couple of days, right-wing media has obsessed over the decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publishing six obscure books due to blatantly racist and offensive imagery, claiming this is just another example of the “woke” left “canceling” the past. Lost in the discussion, however, is the fact that it was Dr. Seuss’s own foundation that decided to discontinue the books.

“They are banning Dr. Seuss books,” Beck growled. “How much more do you need to see before all of America wakes up and says, ‘This is fascism!’ This is fascism! You don’t destroy books!” (The books, of course, have not been banned. The publisher is just not going to print any new versions of the six specific books, similar to when record labels take albums out of print or, say, Disney puts select films back in the “vault.”)

Prior to the Dr. Seuss kerfuffle, conservatives lost their collective minds over Mr. Potato Head, falsely believing that Hasbro was getting rid of the gender identities of the brand. The toy company, instead, is just renaming the overall brand Potato Head, while Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head dolls will remain available.

‘This Is Fascism!’: Glenn Beck Has Absolute Meltdown Over Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss

Negation Aspiration vol. 270

 

The Only Good Memes Left Are Those Made in Dreams

Awwwww Yeah vol. 200

 the drama has a robot protagonist at its centre, played by Jacob Erftemeijer, who travels through nonsequitur scenes with the air of a glazed, modern-day Frankenstein, wearing the platform shoes of a classic zombie. His master, Viktor (just as in Mary Shelley’s story), has died and he must contend with the human race alone. He meets mostly sultry, suggestive women who moan, gyrate, and throw themselves at his feet. It is strangely reminiscent of a middle-aged male fantasy, but with clunkier chat-up lines. “I wish my binary self had a body like that,” he says to one woman. He tells her she has lips like “warm honey” and says: “I’ll make love to you all over your body.” Another scene features the robot with a man who drops his trousers and tells him, antagonistically: “You’ve got a finger in my butt.” They stand facing each other on an almost bare set and the scenario has touches of Beckett, in its starkness, and Pinter too, in its unspoken power battle. But the dialogue ends up repeating itself and just sounding absurd.

Questions on life, companionship and mortality are voiced but they seem like emotionless musings with no sense of drama, depth or story, and the robot moves on from one surreal scene to the next, as if in a bad dream.

On the scene, like a sex-obsessed machine: when a robot writes a play

In a drama written by artificial intelligence, the computer’s imagination touches on themes of love and loneliness – but is mostly obsessed with sex

U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 339

How and where she lived on the internet mattered more than how and where she lived in reality.

‘Nobody Listened To Me’: The Quest to Be MTG

All Marjorie Taylor Greene ever wanted was someone to pay attention to her.

NERRRRRRRRRRD! vol. 134

 

‘Drawing Monsters’: ‘Hellboy’ Creator Mike Mignola is Getting His Own Documentary [Trailer]