September 18–25, 2026 Credits roll. Score locks.
Spoilers ahead.
The Dead Zone (1983): 6.5/10
Amazon Prime | Rewatch
Christopher Walken is pretty great here. He gives Johnny Smith a sadness and nervous physicality that keep the supernatural premise grounded, even when the movie starts leaning into political thriller territory. Cronenberg is unusually restrained, letting Walken carry most of the dread. A solid Stephen King adaptation that works best as a tragedy about knowing too much.
Silver Bullet (1985): 5.8/10
Amazon Prime | Rewatch
Meh. It has the familiar Stephen King small-town atmosphere, some decent werewolf action, and Gary Busey doing his particular Gary Busey thing. None of it is terrible, but very little of it sticks. It is watchable, mildly entertaining, and ultimately just kind of there.
There Will Be Blood (2007): 8.8/10
DVD | Rewatch
One of the best movies I have ever seen. Paul Thomas Anderson gives the story room to breathe without wasting a frame, and Daniel Day-Lewis turns Daniel Plainview into something larger than a man without ever making him feel unreal. The score, the landscapes, the silences, and the pure hostility between capitalism and religion all work together. It is a monumental piece of filmmaking that loses none of its power on a rewatch.
Evil Dead Burn (2026): 6.3/10
Blu-ray | First watch
It delivers the standard Evil Dead scares, gore, and effects with enough energy to make it worth watching. There are some properly brutal moments, but not much that separates it from the rest of the modern franchise. Competent, bloody, and entertaining enough, just nothing incredibly special.
City by the Sea (2002): 6.7/10
DVD | First watch
Robert De Niro is good, because Robert De Niro is almost always good, and James Franco holds his own opposite him. The movie itself is a solid, downbeat crime drama about fathers, sons, and the damage passed between them. It never becomes anything extraordinary, but the performances give the familiar material enough weight to make it worthwhile.
The Death of Dick Long (2019): 7.5/10
Amazon Prime | First watch
So good. Daniel Scheinert builds an entire lived-in Alabama world out of terrible decisions, cheap beer, and douchey butt metal. It starts as a crime cover-up run by morons, then keeps getting stranger without losing its sad, human center. The big reveal is outrageous, but the movie earns it because the people and the place feel completely real. I loved it.
Barbarian (2022): 8.1/10
HBO Max | Rewatch
Still so good. The hard turn into a completely different story remains one of the best tricks in recent horror, but the movie has more than a twist holding it together. The creature effects are excellent, the tunnels generate real dread, and the commentary about Detroit, abandoned neighborhoods, predatory ownership, and people everyone chooses not to see is built into the setting. Knowing where it is going does not make it any less effective.
The Final Tally
Seven movies, four rewatches and three first-time watches. The average score landed at 7.1.