shadowhive

So the last few days have been eventful so it’s time, again, for a general post.

So on Sunday I started watching The Residence. I saw a trailer for it on twitter about a month or so ago and I was instantly intrigued. It’s a murder mystery and someone has gotten killed at a large house while a party is going on downstairs. Which yeah, sounds like dozens of other murder mysteries, except this is no ordinary large house: it’s the white house.

I watched the first two episodes and, so far, it’s really great so far! I love the detective as she’s so quirky and has absolutely no respect for any of the guys trying to tell her what to do (or what not to do). The cast is also wild as there’s been a lot of people I’ve recognised (The FBI agent from Ant Man and Wandavision, Tilly from Star Trek Discovery, Jane Curtain from 3rd Rock from the sun, one of the guys from OG Charmed, hughJackman and Kylie Minogue! Oh and the guy that plays Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian is in it too.) I really love it and wanna watch more cause I wanna know what happened!

The rest of Sunday was kinda low energy but I did end up starting a game pass game, Planet Of Lana. It came to gamepass last year and I wanted to play it cause it looks so pretty but alas I got sidetracked. It really is so pretty though and there’s a cute lil guy called Mui who is like a lil black cat thing. It’s pretty good so far, though some parts are tricky.

I found out on insta that there’s gonna be an indie horror short film thing at a cinema in Birmingham (here’s the list) and I’m kinda tempted to check it out even though I dunno exactly where the cinema is and it’s on a library day. We’ll see if I do it (they’re also doing full showings of Twin Peaks which is kinda cool but they’re on Sundays)

There wasn’t gonna be any plans Monday, but then when I was looking at the tv guide I saw there was a film I’d wanted to see for awhile on. It was The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes and I’d heard of it cause there’s a section at Loch Ness (which resulted in a prop being lost to the loch only to be found again a few years back). And honestly? It was a wild ride. It had Christopher Lee as Mycroft an opening story mostly unconnected to the rest (with Sherlock implying to someone that he was gay and Watson was his lover), a finale at Loch Ness and a closing scene that was so sad. (It’s on Sky Arts again Saturday afternoon.j I’m so glad I spottted the listing, though also so sad when I looked up later that there was intended to be more scenes to it but they got cut.

Since money, finally, turned up I decided to go to sainsburys this morning to look for eggs. As I posted on insta I did find some, in sainsburys and Aldi, but there really weren’t many options and it was mainly more expensive eggs left. M and S’s food also didn’t have anything which was a shame as I wanted to try some of their hot cross buns. I did get a lil Lego Yoshi and the new radio times from sainsburys though.

(Also Pets at home had the cutest lil Guinea pigs they were so adorable😭)

I did manage to get a Lindt eggfor mum though as thanks for all the issues, though the box could easily have been half the size it was. We also had dominos, which was good though I’m sure the price has gone up since we last had some.

Also today Elder Scrolls Oblivion has been remastered and was out today! It’s on game pass too so I might try it sometime but it’s 120GB thst means I have to figure out a way to make space (damn xbox and memory card things being so small)

Also today the local cinema put up the Episode III showing times and it looks like it’s only from Friday-Sunday which is a bit annoying. It’s also annoying it’s only one showing, 3:45 which means I can get there on bus, but have to walk back if I go. I’ll see what the weather is like, but I know Saturday is out cause of Doctor Who.

Anyway! I think that’s everything but I’m probably missing something super obvious.

So yesterday I watched the rest of the switch 2 treehouse coverage and it was mostly nothing too special. I am sold on the Kirby game that’s getting an upgrade, it looks so pretty! And I’m a bit more interested in the Donkey Kong game now too. I missed the main part of the bravely default section (due to helping mum with spelling) but I it looked pretty good.

Last night I unfortunately ended up crashing a bit which was annoying. I hate my energy has been so trash lately.

Today mum’s friend came and that meant I had to go to town. My decisions were to use her ticket and either just pay money in, or get a few bits or I could get my own bus ticket to see a Minecraft movie since it was a decent time.

To be honest I was a bit indecisive about seeing it. The first trailer did look very… wtf and reviews seem to be mixed. But I was gonna be going to town anyway and, after how bad the recent weeks have been I decided to see it.

So what did I think? Thoughts under the cut (since it’s opening week).

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After that I picked some stuff up from Morrisons then came home.

Now I’m gonna flop a bit, I might watch Inferno to finish Doctor Who season 7 off before the new series starts (next week!) and I’m hoping creative vibes might come back later too.

So it’s been a little while since the last post.

Sunday night I decided I wanted to watch something, so I watched the scant Ambassadors Of Death special features I decided to watch a film. I was gonna watch Gods Of The Deep, something I’d seen on Amazon prime a few months back, but alas it was gone in the intervening time.

So I decided to see what Longlegs was like but I managed only 12 minutes before deciding that, nope I wasn’t feeling it. I dunno why but I just didn’t vibe with it. Instead I watched but on Lore, which was an anthology film that just came out last year. It had four people telling ‘scary stories’ around a camp fire and the result was four wildly different stories. It was entertaining enough (especially since the first had a guy from Primeval and the third had Rufus Hound as a creep) but I loved how the tones between there were kinda wildly varied. The first two played more serious while the second two kinda went off the rails.

(For context they are: 1- a guy getting chased by criminals ends up in a warehouse, where a monster stalks them. 2- a mother and son move into a house and there’s a haunted music player. 3- a man is going to sleep with another woman but it turns into an occult ritual, 4- a midnight cinema screening turns into a slasher film)

Then I decided to watch. The first Video Nasty episode and it was… ok. Like it didn’t feel like how I thought it was going to go and I was ready to check out of it until the last scene had two people in plague Doctor outfits attacking someone. Like that concept I’m down for, but the rest felt a bit… eh. I might see what ep 2 is like and if it builds on that last scene it’ll be interesting but I’m not too hopefully.

Sunday ended up being… ugh. Around lunchtime one of my headaches started and it was pretty bad which was annoying cause it was a DND day so I was more checked out then I would be. Unfortunately the headaches lingered a few days, on and off but very annoying.

Monday and Tuesday were the last No Dice eps which were pretty good (and the immovable rod came in clutch again who would’ve thought it would be so useful?) though it’s so sad it’s the last one. I really hope they do more dnd cause they clearly all enjoy it (and Owen is a really great dm) It’s also a bit sad it ended on an inconclusive note too. Like there was a last scene right at the end where the party was given a choice and they split into two groups over it which made complete sense in character and resulted in a complete impasse. (They could undo the damage done by the big bad, but as a result they would lose all their memories as to what happened.) But like I said it made sense for everyone in character to have opposing views and not budging (plus it had overrun already so was quite late). I did start a little thing based on it so we’ll see if I feel it’s good enough to post.

Tuesday I ended up listening a Doctor Who audio which was Dead Media where the 12th doctor was hosting a podcast (obviously about an alien encounter). It was really fun and the guy who played the doctor was really great at it so I’d definitely recommend it for anyone it that likes 12.

The bulk of the Sumerian music order came that afternoon so now I have Paradise City to watch (so maybe I need to find American Satan but I can’t seem to find a release anywhere, anyone know where it can be found?) and I spend yesterday ripping all the cds, putting them on the pod thing so I could listen to them today. I have to admit I really enjoyed House On Fire’s art and the tarot style stickers with it. (And there’s the vinyls though I didn’t even get to see them before they were squirrelled away with the rest.)

(Also ugh the government seems run by such soulless pricks it pisses me off but I’m containing anger from here)

Today was a trip to pick mum’s meds up and ugh, of course it decided to go insanely warm. Like by the end of it sweat was dripping off me which, ugh. Thankfully mum’s meds were there (and Naryu’s flea/worming treatments) and I picked up a few things. Some cheap Lego sets, a copy of the odyssey, a Pokémon book and Star Wars art thing. But ugh it was so exhausting due to the heat.

Also there were so many cute lil Guinea pigs and I love them all so much.

When I got back the Doctor Who magazine came which I did read some of and the new episodes sound like they’ll be really great! Lux even has hand drawn animation so that’s fun! I am really puzzled that the Savages (which came today too) has a 90 minute making of. Most making of’s are between 20-45 minutes (and I think the most are an hour long) and I’m just puzzled how a first doctor episode (where, sadly, most people involved have passed) can be so long.

There was also a nintendo direct thing today which did have a few pretty fun looking games, but I feel the last reveal, a new Tomodatchi life after about 10 years, is gonna be the main focus. (And also with the switch 2 direct next week too it kinda felt that exciting things will be there)

Anyway now I’m gonna flop a bit cause I still feel so exhausted. Though I might go on Superliminal later, which I started last night and is a pretty intruiging puzzle game though it can be tricky.

I’m sure I missed something obvious I wanted to mention, which will come to mind later no doubt (or maybe not at all)

Mood went on downswing again last night (coupled with a bad headache) which means I’ll likely take awhile to get to answering things.

In an attempt to distract my brain I ended up watching The Lazarus Effect last night, so thoughts under the cut after the premise.

Scientists have found something that they think will bring people back to life, after test on a dog goes successfully an accident in the lab claims one of the scientists so they decide to use it on her….

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Todays plan is fortnite, maybe read ABC murders sone more, the masked singer final and then…. I dunno.

Another slight fandom post. (Before I finish fic and then reply to comments later)

So last night I did end up watching a film, Tarot. It’s a film that had been on my radar for awhile even though I’d not seen a trailer. That’s cause the monsters were designed by Trevor Henderson so I was immediately interested. I think that was part of the reason I didn’t watch trailers, not wanting to be spoiled by them.

I was hunting it down but had no luck getting it, then when I saw Smile 2 I got an Amazon digital code from a selection of films and since Tarot was one I got it. So it’s been sitting there for about two months or something. (Like with so many things stress has meant I’ve not been in the mindset to watch things in general)

But finally I decided to watch it last night and… it was ok, which was a bit disappointing.

Really it’s a standard horror plot: a group of friends (who maybe late teens or early 20s) are staying at a house, they find something strange (in this case as the title implies a tarot deck) and they mess with it, unleashing a curse in the process.

The problems are the usual things in films of this kind. The characters aren’t developed too well (I read on tv tropes two were a couple but that wasn’t made clear at all) and they did some incredibly stupid things (one is warned to surprse the instinct to run so… they run, one is told to avoid enclosed spaces so goes into an elevator). It doesn’t help that the film is also a 12 for some reason? If it was 15 it could be scorn, or with more than just a pair of blood splatters.

There’s also an old lady that survived a curse that killed her friends (that they just stumble onto??) and she somehow knows exact details of how it all started which just seemed so… how could that knowledge have been passed down so accurately when everyone involved died (and certainly the person that started wouldn’t leave a note saying ‘I did this, here’s how!’)

There are a few good things though. The creature designs are all really good, especially the Fool and the magician sequence was well done too. And the deck as a whole has some really creepy art. The concept itself is a good one too I just wish it could have been executed a bit better. (I also liked that, a rarity, there’s more than one survivor)

This morning the storm had come back so we stayed indoors. We ended up watching a Marple ep (A Caribbean Mystery which was pretty good) so now we only have one Marple left from the itv series before we’ve watched them all (cause we saw the middle one of the final series a few months back). Endless Night is next week then it’s done.

There was DND which was fun, though my brain was bad with thinking on numbers.

Then I watched the Nessie thing which was pretty good and it’s renewed my cryptozoology interest so now I wanna find other things on it.

I’m gonna do a lil bit of gaming after Pottery Throw Down, then maybe watch Spree (unless the storm messes with my head).

This week’s plans are:
*Finish the two ‘main fics’ before moving onto my WIPs and prompt stuff
*Get back to Indiana Jones (I wanna hit fascists with brooms again)
*More Stranger Things and The Rig (also maybe Beacon 23 and Horrors Greatest)
*tv stuff (Silent Witness, Father Brown, Death In Paradise, Masked Singer)
*finally get round to sorting icons
*Read the Cult Of The Lamb graphic novel
*Start ABC Murders
*Back to Alan Wake II
*The trip to Birmingham for Murder On The Orient Express at the theater

I feel I’m also missing stuff, but those are the main things that have come to mind.

So it’s snowflake time but I’m gonna do that in a separate post later (after so:e thought) cause there’s further nonsense that we’re getting into.

So in a recent post I mentioned the thermostat acting up, so on Saturday mum decided to call up someone. (She would have done sooner but assumed I’d somehow sorted it despite me saying I’d not). We were told someone would call so we were pretty much on standby just in case but no one did.

Come Sunday morning and they had called and sent someone. I stayed upstairs out of the way (after all I’d only get in the way) and mum said the guy said it was some sort of pressure issue. I had to activate emergency credit on the meter, then put the heating on before going up to dnd. I put on 14 then didn’t really think about it.

When mum went to bed I turned it back down, then sat down and watched stuff. I’d assumed it had gone down until I got up to get something and saw the boiler light still on. I checked the thermostat and it was on 17. I tried turning it down but it did nothing so I left a note for mum about it.

At 2 mum had gone down and called me, before even reading the note, so I had to explain it was t coming down and she’d have to call them up again, which she did. (At this point it was 18)

It stayed high all night, burning through the emergency credit and mum fell when she closed a window she opened cause it was too warm for her (but I didn’t know until I woke).

We were going to put money on the gas card when we walked the pup but due to her fall she didn’t feel up to going (and waiting for a call back). So I went alone. Its annoying the nearest pay point is 20 minutes away (the old one was 5 mins away) and as it was my first time going anywhere alone since much stitches I was a bit nervous, but I knew it needed to be done. (Plus side I got the first issue of the Dalek part work, not that I’m getting it cause it’s like over £1000 for it all) I’m not put it on the meter until it’s sorted cause I don’t want it eaten again.

But ugh it ended up being exhausting. I only went in two places, one to put money on the card and to look in the co-op but ugh that was exhausting by the time I came out. I was so glad to be home.

(Additional stiches downside I can’t pet dogs I see this is terrible)

At time of writing (2:40pm) there’s been no call or sign of anyone coming so I doubt it’ll be sorted today. Which ugh.

Ok that’s been a much longer ramble than I expected oop

Friday night I ended up watching a film called Escape Room on bbc1. I was looking for something to watch and saw it in the tv guide but wasn’t sure if it was one I’d seen before (there’s two Escape Room films, completely unrelated and released in a year of each other, along with at least one other unrelated one too). It turned out to be one I’d not seen and it was pretty good some of the rooms were so well done (though the first kill felt so wrong) and although the end was a lil messy it was still pretty good. It ended on a sequel hook, and the sequel is gonna be on this Friday so I’m gonna check that out.

Saturday I watched a film called Missing Link which was entertaining enough but then I suddenly got too drained ao couldn’t focus on reading like I hoped. Then when I felt I could it got too dark which was annoying. But then there was the masked singer which was fun. I guessed the singer that was revealed (well I recognised the voice but couldn’t think of the name till someone said it).

I had hoped to either watch something or game in the night but didn’t have the focus to do so which was annoying.

Sunday we watched a Marple episode which was pretty good. We only have a few episodes of it left so I think we’ll be back to watching it on Sundays now. Then there was dnd which was good as always (though we’ve been doing it for 2 years now what??) and then there was the Realm event which I found I couldn’t focus on properly, ugh.

But I was able to watch Quackity’s stream before heading up and it was so fun. There’s been drama again lately and people probably expected him to say something (even though he’s not involved) but instead he was like I have three things to say: that he cut his finger, merch is still available and there’s a new multi language game show thing he’s doing (which honestly sounds so fun!) and then he was like ‘I’m sure I had something else to say but I can’t remember bye!’ I love him he’s so unserious (but also genius using this to promote his cool new project instead)

As you can tell from the amount of times I’ve mentioned, but focus was too off to work on fic which has been so annoying cause I know if I lock in I’ll be able to finish them. Ugh. Hopefully this week

This morning mail has came in the form of dungeons and dragons adventure, which has new sets of dice (including a pretty glittery green set) and a case for the coins that have been with the issues. Also my shoto merch is finally in the country so should be here this week (yipee!)

This week is Seapeekay’s realmathon which is starting soon (it was mean to to be at 1 but Seapeekay standard time has struck again) which should be fun but will also mean I might not be able to continue Stanger Things or The Rig this week.

Now though I’m gonna flop and maybe post snowflake later unless I get distracted, inspired or unfocused.

So yesterday I managed to go see Sonic 3! Yipee! I did wanna do my nails for it but I couldn’t find black polish even though I know there is some which was annoying. There was a further annoyance in the morning of the bus website claiming there was no service for our stop (thankfully I spotted one go past).

Anyway, I headed to town and ended up being there an hour and a half early so I ended up wandering round more than I hoped. I didn’t get anything exciting though money did drain which was annoying. My best purchase was probably a funko mini puft from b and m and Mandalorian lip balm from there. (Alas nowhere had Frozen Empire). Also WH Smith’s didn’t have dnd stickers boo (if anyone spots them somewhere lemme know)

It was pretty eerie though, cause there’s been this mist/fog around on and off these past days so it felt pretty spooky.

Anyway! Once I was seated in the cinema there were a bunch of trailers, though I think the only interesting one is Elio (I’m a sucker for space). I’m still sceptical about the Minecraft movie though.

I loved that the rating card for Sonic was an art piece by someone, that was really cute. But anyway, film thoughts!

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Unfortunately I missed the bus by a minute and at that point everything was shutting so I started walking and got the bus halfway back so that wasn’t too bad. Plus I liked the spookyness of walking in the fog.

Once home I found out mums friend, who was meant to come today, was too sick to come. I hope she feels better but it felt ironic. She was meant to come last week but mum got her to stay away so she wouldn’t catch what I had, only to get something anyway.

That meant today was a more restful day. I watched the rerun of the Agatha Christie documentary from a year or so back. I really need to read those books mum got me, I’ve not read a single one which is a shame. While the two poirot films were on (Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun) I built the next Lego set I got, the Up house.

It looks nice, though one piece has gone awol. The interior is a bit lacking though. There’s nice references to the film but it’s just a bit cramped which tends to be an issue with some Lego buildings. Still it was super on sale (and a gift) so I can’t complain really. The figures are good though and I love Russell’s overloaded backpack though it does feel odd that the bird’s not included.

Since this is a film post, mum wants to go see the Robbie film Better Man.i can’t say I’m too surprised cause she does like Robbie, but her interest has really peaked these last days. She wants to go to the Bentley Bridge cinema when her money is in cause the local cinema isn’t showing it, but that’s both an awkward place and tickets are twice as much which feels a lot to me. Of course the bigger issue is that I’ve got the biopsy in a few days, which means I’ll have stitches so 8m not sure how I’d be going. If I’m up to it we could go next Friday and eh, even if it’s not good I’ll be able to go to the Wolverhampton Forbidden Planet and Entertainer so should be able to get a sale thing or two.

But ugh I can’t lie I am starting to get anxious about it. I still half expect it to get cancelled last minute but then I’m also like… what state will I be in with stitches? Will I be able to sit or lay down without hurting? And, with it being new year, will I be safe to drink? And then, of course, there’ll be the waiting for the results. What will happen first, the results, Seapeekay finally sending the poster or the Set It Off gig?

Ah well.

Tonight I finished the last ep of Stranger Things season 2 and mum was down here for it. I put it on cause I thought she was heading up but she didn’t and I could see her watching occasionally, probably confused as all hell as to what was going on. It was really good though, we got Billy being sexy then a homoerotic fight with Steve and then everything going down. Clearly closing the gate isn’t the end of it (there’s two more seasons out already after all!) so I’m curious how it’s gonna go. Unlike with season 1 and 2 (where there was a massive gap between them and I forgot stuff as a result). I’m gonna start 3 next year. By which I mean in a week or two. (I’ll probably watch The Rig season 2 first)

It did make me wanna go back on Dead By Daylight though, so I did that and played a few matches as Steve un the winter event. I’m glad I got his slutty lil outfit but it’s a shame it seems to not have a bloody version to unlock.

Anyway, now I’m gonna bundle up, maybe fic and then there’s the rest of the weird days between Xmas and new year. (At least tomorrow has the Taskmaster new year thing and Quackity lore stream, then Monday has Incredibles 2)

Merry christmas/happy holidays everyone! Ihope everyone has had a nice day and had nice things (or if you don’t celebrate, just a nice Wednesday).

I’ve mostly had Lego, so I’ve been spending the day building one of them. It’s a set of four droids and they’re Socute! Each one is three bags with the first making the body, the second making the legs and head while the third makes accessories. These include hats, a bow tie and a duck floatie which are both cute and pretty funny. I’ve just got one left to do (Chopper from Rebels/Ahsoka) but I dunno if I’ll do him today cause it’s already getting dark.

Pics on insta when they’re done!

Today’s mostly been spent bundled watching stuff and building, as well as walking the pup. The highlight so far has been Minions Rise Of Gru which has been fun, but I suspect Doctor Who and Wallace And Gromit will overtake it.

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Thoughts on yesterday before I finish the post off. As predicted yesterday mornings shop was stress and tiring. Mostly the shop in sainsburys was fine, if annoyingly bright, though I lost track of how much things were. Then we got to the till and… my wallet wasn’t there which naturally caused a panic.

Mum sent me back to the car to see if it was there (I worried it was left at home) but Joy, who took us, said she’d pay when I couldn’t find it and we could sort it later. Alas that meant we couldn’t use the nectar card to get points or use them but it was fine.

Mum sent me to aldi to get some bits, mostly the veg but I was still so stressed by it all.

Thankfully/annoyingly when I put the stuff back in the cargo put the bag in I found the wallet on the back seat. I must’ve missed it when I first searched (it’s black in a black car plus it was dark with no light) but I felt so dumb over it all.

I was glad to be back home to rest.

One good thing from the shop though, I got the Dungeons And Dragons sticker starter set! I’d hoped to get it when I saw Sonic 3 so I’m glad I picked it up (I might see if I can find some packs when I go). The sticker book is much thicker than a regular one and it seems fairly detailed when I looked though quickly. The one odd thing, that will drive me crazy, is some stickers have 3 rarities: a common one, a silver and a gold and I??Is every one like that or just a few? I dunno, I’ll have to read and check, but I feel it’ll drive my neurodivergent mind crazy. (Also each pack has a card and they look pretty cool.)

We watched something about pantos on sky arts which was pretty fun, then it was the run of things in the night. Both me and mum dozed during White Christmas but thankfully were awake before then
End. The Doctor Who prom was soooo good! Doctor Who has so much good music and I loved all the creatures prowelling about, as well as the fun lil interludes. The focus did lean a bit much on the latest series though I guess that’s understandable. It does make me wanna watch more Who in general though. I might rewatch Rogue soon cause mum said she has no memory of it which??

Then there was Ghostbusters Afterlife which actually turned out to be really good! Id no real expectations, but I really enjoyed it and the end did give me feels (both the last scene and credit ones). I might try and find Frozen Empire.

I went to bed pretty early after the ghost story cause I was so tired.

Anyway! I hope everyone has a nice rest of the day/week!

So Monday and Tuesday I continued the J-horror Rising run with disc 3, yipee! So now there’s only disc 4 left to go which I’m really looking forward to, (and I’ve got the the included booklet thing to read to).

Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman - 7/10

Premise time! After an earthquake children start to go missing and it seems to be related to the urban legend of the slit-mouthed woman. Two teachers decide to put a stop to it.

So I’m gonna preface this before I get into it, this film is about child abuse so that’ll be mentioned. (Also if you’re thinking of watching it, kids also die too)

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Persona -7.5/10

Premise: Students start turning up in schools wearing masks. At first it seems like it’s a form of empowerment, since most are bullied, but then the deaths start…

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What I find really sweet in the special features, which have featured new interviews with directors for some of them, is how they’re all so happy that they’re getting a release like this. Most haven’t had an international release and even those that have, have become obscure, so they’re so thrilled to get a release like this. It’s so sweet. And I’m glad for them most can see their stuff now.

Next week is the final disc, which is Noroi! Which is the one film on the set I’ve watched and know is so so good.

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So my head is still a little hazy. Less so than earlier in the week but it comes and goes. It’s really super annoying and it’s making my focus so off which… ugh.

It wasn’t helped that I saw an old phone I thought lost and, yesterday, tried to get it working after charging it. It ‘works’ but it’s an android tied to Google to get apps sorted and it just wasn’t co-operating. I logged in with the right password, then it wanted me to do an ‘are you human’ test, then insisted sending a code to the backup email and even after I did all that it still wasn’t satisfied. Like, what more do you want from me??

I ended up giving up as the food shop was due. But it further makes me dislike phones.

Anyway, when I put the tv on the other day I saw a thing for a film on Amazon prime called Teh Lazarus Effect so I’m kinda curious cause it has Evan Peters (not that he’s seen more than a brief glimpse in the trailer) and Donald Glover (though he seems like he’ll die first). I think I’ll try and watch it soon though I dunno when.

Also from Amazon I picked up Thanksgiving cause it was still on offer so I’ll watch that close to the day, though not on the day cause the Sleep Token gig is then (ah! 2 weeks!!).

Yesterday was also tiring. Mum ordered something from TK Maxx to pick up and it was ready yesterday (actually Tuesday, but food shop) and I was meant to be going alone but mum inside on coming cause the litter didn’t come with the shop. As a result what was meant to be a quick trip ended up being a bit longer and we got more stuff which weighed heavy and so was tiring. It didn’t help that I woke up not particularly feeling up to going but not wanting to say it.

So off course when I got back I was all exhausted and flop.

Today is gonna be a rest day though. I wanna try and work on fic, then there’s Seapeekay’s squidcraft stream (he’s made it to day 3! Yipee!) and the Taskmaster final. (Alas this series hasn’t felt as good, but we’ll see who the next team is gonna be after it. Junior taskmaster was surprisingly good!) and then I wanna watch Stranger Things. Maybe I’ll watch more than just one ep but we’ll see.

I didn’t make a post on Halloween, because my focus was off but happy Halloween (belated!). I did do some cupcake decorating and pumpkin carving but as you can see I lacked creative skills.

Halloween was spent finishing Agatha All Along (definitely my fav of the marvel series I’ve seen, and I definitely hope they do follow ups) and watching the new 4k of Trick R Treat. I also watched a Hammer documentary which wasn’t as good as the Christopher Lee one which was a shame.

Friday I had even less energy, I woke up with a head and it wouldn’t go away, only getting worse couple with my stomach being funny. I think it’s due to anxiety of medical stuff (I might make a post about that sometime but locked, though there’s no updates). It was annoying cause I wanted to watch the Traick R Treat special features that night but alas nope. (So that’s delayed for awhile)

I intend to start the Doctor Who Season 25 boxset tonight, cause I do feel a bit better today which is good.

But onto the main post, which is thoughts on films! Starting with the two j-horror rising ones.

Shikoku - 7/10

So I’ve finally started the J-horror rising boxset! I was hoping to do it sooner but head’s been fuzzy. I always was hoping to do double bulls with them (3 of the 4 discs have two films on them) but alas when I watched this Monday I knew I’d be too tired for another to.

So! First one is Shikoku, which is named after a Japanese island. I dunno how many of the customs/rituals shown in this are actual things that go on there or how much is fictional to the film. I’m gonna guess there’s equal parts of both though. (I did just skim the wiki briefly and there IS a 88 temple pilgrimage on the island like in the film, so at least that is true)

The central premise is a woman comes back to her home town (it seems she’s gotten a house somehow, possibly from an inheritance but it’s not elaborated on) only to find her childhood friend has died years ago. Said friend’s mother has been going on the 88 temple pilgrimage, but backwards. (That’s how it’s described on the blu ray back, which made me think she was literally walking backwards but no, she was doing them in the reverse order)
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Isola: Multiple Personality Girl - 5.5/10

The premise behind the second one is that, after the 93 Kobe earthquake, a woman with psychic abilities goes to help out in the relief efforts and, in doing so ends up starting with a school psychologist who is helping a girl with multiple personalities. The problem is a new one has shown up, resulting in mysterious deaths.

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If either of these sound interesting as well as the boxset both are coming to Shudder in a few days. (It seems that most of the boxset films are on the same day which feels strange!)


Trick R Treat

Trick R Treat is a film I’ve watched annually on Halloween night for years (I think there’s only one time I didn’t see it on the night itself, cause I lost the dvd and had to replace it… only of course to find it later).

Anyway if you’ve not seen it the basic premise is this: it’s Halloween nights a town in Ohio. Over the course of the night four main stories are told. (And honestly I dunno how best to describe them without giving away what happens in each)

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When arrow posted there was gonna be a new 4K edition I knew I had to get it, especially with J-horror rising. Included is a poster, some art cards and a booklet and there’s a bunch of new special features I’m looking forward to going through soon.

I’ve not rated it cause that’s for the j-horror rising stuff which is new to me but if I did I’d say it’s a ten, or at least close to it. There’s a reason why it’s one of the very few films I watch annually.

Anyway, I’m gonna walk the pup, then hopefully fic some more and maybe go on Fortnite before starting Who (expect a post on that tomorrow!)