Matt Donato
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Oh look! Dark Half, an AI VFX company, is listed in the credits having provided visual effects. Like so many predicted. "AI that holds up when blown up. Created for film and TV, not feeds." Their motto.
Matt Donato@donatobomb.bsky.social · 2d agoICE CREAM MAN is hot (er, frozen) garbage; a pitiful gore-first midnighter with amateurish execution. Go watch Cooties or The Children instead if you want your "kids murdering adults" fix, two movies Eli Roth so desperately wants to be in conversation with.
ICE CREAM MAN is hot (er, frozen) garbage; a pitiful gore-first midnighter with amateurish execution. Go watch Cooties or The Children instead if you want your "kids murdering adults" fix, two movies Eli Roth so desperately wants to be in conversation with.
Review: ICE CREAM MAN Won't Satisfy Your Horror Sweet Tooth - Daily Dead
When you hear Eli Roth’s name, what title comes to mind first? Cabin Fever; Hostel; The Green Inferno; Thanksgiving? Everyone’s flavor of exploitation cinema is different, and Roth’s sampled them all....
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Squeezed in a SOULM8TE episode over the weekend. I didn't like it, @monagle.bsky.social did. We get into all that.
Certified Forgotten@certifiedforgotten.com · 2d agoWe're doing something different with this week's episode: we recorded the podcast in two chunks, so you can hear our thoughts both before and after watching SOULM8TE.
SOULM8TE is a killer companion-bot bore that wastes Lily Sullivan. What's said about AI threats and responsible usage lacks energy, obsessed-partner thrills, and staying impact.
Review: SOULM8TE is a Techno-Panic Love Letter That Lacks a Backbone - Daily Dead
The inside baseball of Soulm8te's release spelled doom from the start. Zero marketing before the initial release date; yanked from the calendar with no warning; deemed unworthy for theaters; a streami...
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Hopes were not high, and yet, SOULM8TE still underwhelmed.
Matt Donato@donatobomb.bsky.social · 4d agoBiting the bullet and cracking into SOULM8TE. Really hope it’s not the bust all signs are pointing toward.
Biting the bullet and cracking into SOULM8TE. Really hope it’s not the bust all signs are pointing toward.
I promise I'll stop sharing this soon, but we're really close to completing the current phase and I (think) unlocking the final stretch. This cost about what I make in a year as a freelance writer. Anything helps, even a share. <3 www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
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We’re live! Until about 7:45, talking Spidey and Devil’s Mouth and other things! Come harass us in the chat.
Steve Calderon@stevecalderon85.bsky.social · 5d agoThis week on The Merri Hour, @pnemiroff.bsky.social and @donatobomb.bsky.social are covering #SpiderManBrandNewDay! They'll do a non-spoiler review, and then full spoilers at the end of the show. Plus, weigh in on the film's current box office projections! www.youtube.com/live/N_UZlIk...
THE DEVIL'S MOUTH is one of those "I hate all these characters and can't wait to see them die" movies, but not in a fun way. 🦈 👎 🦈
Review: THE DEVIL'S MOUTH Has a Weak Bite - Daily Dead
While it hasn't been an abysmal year for shark cinema, it's a little embarrassing for "Fin Flicks" to be shown up by a hungry, hungry hippo thriller. Could Prime Video's The Devil's Mouth reclaim the ...
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Have you listened to our latest guest episode over at @certifiedforgotten.com? Was a pleasure to have on @louispeitzman.bsky.social to champion PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE. First time watching Morgan Fairchild get thrown out of a window to her death!
Certified Forgotten@certifiedforgotten.com · last wk.This week on Certified Forgotten: @louispeitzman.bsky.social joins The Matts to discuss PHANTOM OF THE MALL, colon, ERIC'S REVENGE.
LIKE I NEEDED TO OR HAVE THE TIME TO GET BACK INTO ANOTHER CHILDHOOD HOBBY. smh.
Matt Monagle@monagle.bsky.social · 5d agoBeen whispering in @donatobomb.bsky.social's ear for a while now that he should dig up his old Magic: The Gathering collection and join me in my new hobby, but I think me sharing the CHILD'S PLAY Secret Lair cards is what's finally going to get it done.
I mean, it was either DBPMIII or DEMON WIND, to no shock.
Eric Vilas-Boas@ericvb.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
We made a video for my song Break Free which is about dopamine, doomscrolling, and the radical act of putting your phone down, so you can ironically watch now on your phone and look for the John Carpenter easter egg 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tRE...
Dorina - Break Free (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Dorina
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The Indonesian horror “boom” behind the likes of Joko Anwar, Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel, and more have produced, pound for pound, some of the best horror movies of the 2010s and 2020s.
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · last wk.what country makes the best horror films? (and you can't say USA. we do make good horror films but just play along.)
Some good folks who bust their asses at multiple jobs (meaning: they arent to blame for their misfortunes) could use a little help to cover some basic life costs. If you have a few bucks to spare... gofund.me/802c58bb2
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HER PRIVATE HELL is an intoxicating and elusive return to feature films for Nicolas Winding Refn—a filmmaker I have my struggles with. Not this time. Looks like I'm the HER PRIVATE HELL defender. It's rightfully divisive, but I got swept up in Refn's fever-dreamy neon sorta-slasher.
Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell Continues His Own Unique Approach to Film With a Visually Arresting Sci-Fi Thriller
Her Private Hell review: Refn’s return to cinemas hasn’t lost his provocateur’s touch.
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Matt is absolutely correct, Pinocchio Unstrung is a surprisingly good n' gory time. Went down really well in the screening I just came from too.
Matt Donato@donatobomb.bsky.social · 2w agoPINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG is legitimately good, and I'm just as surprised as you are. It's giving Seed of Chucky/Chucky (the TV show) vibes with a folkloric twist. A shockingly tender blend of whimsy and gore that's worth hearty laughs, plus rad puppetry!
PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG is legitimately good, and I'm just as surprised as you are. It's giving Seed of Chucky/Chucky (the TV show) vibes with a folkloric twist. A shockingly tender blend of whimsy and gore that's worth hearty laughs, plus rad puppetry!
We Cannot Tell a Lie: Pinocchio Unstrung Is the Best and Goriest Example of What the Twisted Childhood Universe Can Be
Pinocchio Unstrung review: Wishing upon a star won’t save you from his wrath.
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Warped Tour is two days away, and it's rad that they revealed the bands playing each day, but damn, it's almost more nerve-racking because I can already predict the overlaps that are gonna break my heart.
PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG is legitimately good, and I'm just as surprised as you are. It's giving Seed of Chucky/Chucky (the TV show) vibes with a folkloric twist. A shockingly tender blend of whimsy and gore that's worth hearty laughs, plus rad puppetry!
We Cannot Tell a Lie: Pinocchio Unstrung Is the Best and Goriest Example of What the Twisted Childhood Universe Can Be
Pinocchio Unstrung review: Wishing upon a star won’t save you from his wrath.
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HER PRIVATE HELL is an intoxicating and elusive return to feature films for Nicolas Winding Refn—a filmmaker I have my struggles with. Not this time. Looks like I'm the HER PRIVATE HELL defender. It's rightfully divisive, but I got swept up in Refn's fever-dreamy neon sorta-slasher.
Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell Continues His Own Unique Approach to Film With a Visually Arresting Sci-Fi Thriller
Her Private Hell review: Refn’s return to cinemas hasn’t lost his provocateur’s touch.
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Today is the day. @bjcolangelo.bsky.social gave me an update to share about how she's feeling as she heads in to have all of her teeth removed and replaced. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
Donate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia Emberwing
If you're reading this, you're not new to the fact that eventually the "pass … Amelia Emberwing needs your support for BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin')
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Come out on 8/19 and join us for a free screening of HOT SPOT, the newest from Agnieszka Smoczyńska (The Lure)!
Daily Dead@dailydead.bsky.social · 2w agoExclusively for Daily Dead Readers: Attend a Free, Early Screening of Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s HOT SPOT in Los Angeles on August 19th dailydead.com?p=315572 @donatobomb.bsky.social @focusfeatures.bsky.social
anyway. gonna continue crashing out for a lil' bit. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
Donate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia Emberwing
If you're reading this, you're not new to the fact that eventually the "pass … Amelia Emberwing needs your support for BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin')
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If I get a "Top 20" for best horror movies this year somewhere, there's a chance this sneaks in. I'm gonna be out here like, "No, really, the Poohniverse Pinocchio movie is good y'all!" Makin' me look crazier than I already am.
Matt Donato@donatobomb.bsky.social · 2w agoJust when I thought the Twisted Childhood Universe—aka Poohniverse—couldn't get any worse, it didn't. It got better. Like, way better. PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG is a legitimately funny and brutally bloody adaptation that has tons of fun warping Pinocchio's desire to become a real boy. I cackled so much.
Just when I thought the Twisted Childhood Universe—aka Poohniverse—couldn't get any worse, it didn't. It got better. Like, way better. PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG is a legitimately funny and brutally bloody adaptation that has tons of fun warping Pinocchio's desire to become a real boy. I cackled so much.
Sat down and watched IT'S ALIVE (1974) for an article, and what a delight. Did not expect to be so moved by a mutant baby flick. Larry Cohen really nails the tragedy at hand. I also watched the 2009 remake, which positively stinks. Was not expecting a "stealth" anti-abortion twist? What a mess.
