SUMMARY: A blacksmith in nineteenth-century Araba holds a demon captive in his home - until the day an orphaned girl stumbles in and unwittingly frees it.
English name The Blacksmith and the Devil
This movie makes mod Sus go brrrrrrr they liked it a lot and eat folklore stories to keep themself alive.
If I had a nickel for every time my favorite character was a red demon with a broken off horn, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but what a weirdly specific type to have.
So........my October was a lot more packed than I thought. I ended up extremely busy across the board with school and shows, so I wasn't able to watch every single thing on my list. However, I ended up getting through a lot more than I thought I would.
Here's the rundown:
Ginger Snaps (2001) - thesis research, more to come
Blood Red Sky (2021) - monsters, motherhood, and the monstrous-feminine, more to come
El Conde (2023) - I was confused, but in a good way?
Flux Gourmet (2022) - really bizarre, but really really good
The Lighthouse (2019) - very odd, unsure how to feel about it
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) -folk horror is really cool, more to come
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018) - super interesting examination of trauma and escapism
Errementari: The Devil and the Blacksmith (2017) - again, folk horror is really cool
Ganja and Hess (1973) - thesis research, more to come
The Pale Door (2020) - depiction of witched, more to come
She-Creature (2001) - thesis research, more to come
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015) - lore is a bit confusing, but it's beautiful
Freeway (1996) - fucks with me every time I watch it
Midnight Mass (2021) - I think about Riley Flynn literally every single day of my life
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) - this show fucks 10/10
Creepshow S4 (2023) - perhaps the best season of the show yet
Considering three of these are tv shows, I'd say I did pretty well.
𝙱𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚂 / 𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙸𝚂𝚃𝚂.
▌ ashnikko ﹔melanie martinez ﹔marina and the diamonds ﹔neoni ﹔grandson ﹔taylor swift ﹔dove cameron ﹔kim petras ﹔lorde ﹔emma blackery ﹔call me karizma ﹔aviva ﹔get scared ﹔set it off ﹔besomorph ﹔missio ﹔siouxsie and the banshees ﹔halsey ﹔guns n' roses ﹔evanesance ﹔nirvana ﹔bauhaus ﹔queen
𝙵𝙸𝙻𝙼𝚂 / 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚆𝚂.
▌ girl from nowhere ﹔malavita ﹔all addams family movies and tv shows ﹔lucifer ﹔you ﹔confess, fletch ﹔errementari ﹔god's crooked lines ﹔split ﹔now you see me ﹔alice in borderland ﹔lucy ﹔scream franchise ﹔the ninth gate ﹔the ritual ﹔deliver us from evil ﹔veronica ﹔crimson peak ﹔fear street franchise ﹔edward scissorhands
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂.
▌ stewie griffin (family guy) ﹔chishiya shuntaro (alice in borderland) ﹔april ludgate (parks and recreation) ﹔nancy downs (the craft) ﹔L (death note) ﹔raven (teen titans) ﹔joker (dc) ﹔kat stratford (10 things i hate about you) ﹔five hargreeves (the umbrella academy) ﹔lydia deetz (beetlejuice) ﹔hope & klaus mikaelson (vampire diaries universe) ﹔mandy (billy and mandy) ﹔jinx (arcane) ﹔buttercup (powerpuff girls) ﹔nancy (nancy drew) ﹔sheldon cooper (big bang theory) ﹔ariadne (greek mythology) ﹔lucifer (poem)
𝚃𝚁𝚄𝙴 𝙲𝚁𝙸𝙼𝙴.
▌ giulia tofana ﹔the zodiac killer ﹔the axeman of new orleans ﹔jack the ripper ﹔harold shipman ﹔h. h. holmes
Just wanted to say that ch.17 from Errementari was really good!! This just keeps getting better and better!
AAAAAA I'm filled to the brim with happiness knowing I'm still doing good!
I'm really happy to hear it! I've got a few filler chapters of fluff to put in before we get back to plot, but if there's anything you want to see in the fic in the meantime, feel free to request something!
Liz's Incomplete, Non-Comprehensive Horror Movie Rec List
I'm still actively watching horror movies, especially classics.
Some movies belong in multiple categories. I put them in the category I consider them First in (ie I consider Nightmare on Elm Street a funny film before a supernatural or classic film.)
*Movie Titles With Asterisks* indicate a personal favorite.
Originally made for @draculagerard for funsies, but anyone is welcome to pick over my recs and tell me what you think!
Supernatural
*Insidious (2010)*
*Insidious II (2013)*
Insidious III (2015)
*Insidious IV (2018)*
Insidious V (out in theaters)
*The Conjuring (2013)*
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
1922 (2017)
*Mama (2013)*
*The Ring (2002)*
The Lazarus Effect (2015)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (2016) <- this one wasn't scary at all to me and in fact only had one loud or potentially jumpscare-esque scene (some think it's boring)
*The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)* <- this one is actually a series but I couldn't not include it
*Silent Hill (2006)*
Silent Hill II (2012) <- not as cool as the first, unfortunately. a little bit of a let down ngl
Thriller
Bird Box (2018)
The Boy (2016)
Hush (2016)
M3gan (2022)
*Nope (2022)*
Orphan (2009)
Circle (2015)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
*The Cell (2000)* <- one of my all-time favorite movies. it was brilliant imo
Before I Wake (2016)
The Babadook (2014)
The Aniara (2018) <- this one was rlly depressing pls make sure ur in a good place before watching
Apollo 18 (2011)
Funny
*Hellraiser (1987)*
Hellraiser II (1988)
The Cell II (2009) <- terrible terrible sequel to one of my favorite films ever they did them so dirty you can even see a bent rubber axe blade they forgot to edit out
The Cube (1997)
The Cube II (2002)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
*Errementari (2017)* <- this is the only movie I've ever seen in Basque!
Classic Horror <- I personally didn't think any of these were Especially Great except maybe the exorcist
Children of the Corn (1984)
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Movies I Haven't Seen But My Wife Insists Be On The List
The Thing (1982) <- I really gotta watch that one huh
Do you like horror movies? Do you have a favorite classic and a favorite new horror movie?
Yep, I adore horror films! If we’re talking really old horror films then I’d say Nosferatu and The House On Haunted Hill are some of my favourite classics. I’m not really into most modern horror but I particularly like the first Saw and Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil. And idk exactly where Tetsuo: The Iron Man fits into the equation but it’s my all-time favourite horror film.