Anton Bitel

Debacle ya say?

you found the last place anyone would ever look

stage 2 is the sweet spot

your version at least has punctuation #sanewashing

this reads like the Latin used in horror films

Post from Robert Welch II. The text reads: I have good news and bad news. The photo shows a cemetery with a prominent gravestone marked simply with the word "WALDO".

The three stages of cinephilia:
1) I am curious and want to devour everything;
2) everything is an unfeasible amount, so I am refocusing my bandwidth to what I am likely to appreciate best;
3) if I’m not writing about it, I won’t have time to watch it until at least after I have retired…

10 great French horror films From Eyes Without a Face to Raw, French horror trips the line between realism and the uncanny, and pushes into a realm of profound discomfort.

And here's a piece that I wrote last year for BFI on 10 French Horror Films, to coincide with their 4K UHD/digital release of EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960). www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

Eyes Without A Face (Les yeux sans visage) (1960) - Projected Figures Franju's EYES WITHOUT A FACE occupies uncharted territories somewhere between gothic horror, fairytale lyricism and charnel-house realism.

"dissects the horrific meeting point of fairytale and modernity with surgical precision": Georges Franju's fantastique EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Les yeux sans visage, 1960) screens 4pm and 7pm today at L'Alliance New York. projectedfigures.com/2015/06/30/e...

Blue Sunshine (1977) - Projected Figures Jeff Lieberman's paranoid freakout BLUE SUSHINE shows a Seventies establishment haunted by its rebellious Sixties transgressions.

"a Seventies establishment haunted by its rebellious Sixties transgressions": Jeff Lieberman's paranoid freakout BLUE SUNSHINE (1978) is released on 4K UHD today via @synapsefilms.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/09/13/b...

Death Cycle (2025) - Projected Figures In Gabriel Carrer's stylised neo noir DEATH CYCLE, a biker brings vehicular vengeance against a criminal family struggling to turn legit

"a biker brings vehicular vengeance against a criminal family struggling to turn legit": Gabriel Carrer’s genre-fied, giallo-esque neo noir DEATH CYCLE (2025) is on digital and VOD from today via Uncork'd Entertainment. projectedfigures.com/2025/08/24/d...

Basic Instinct (1992) - Projected Figures Paul Verhoeven's noirish erotic thriller BASIC INSTINCT takes an ice pick to the patriarchal privileges of its own gynophobic subgenre.

"takes an ice pick to the patriarchal privileges of its own gynophobic subgenre": Paul Verhoeven’s noirish erotic thriller BASIC INSTINCT (1992) is now on @studiocanal.co.uk Presents. projectedfigures.com/2022/05/15/b...

Is he dead yet?
And is the death "very complete - pretty much"?

I think I owe you thanks for this

Front of the special limited edition slipcover (designed by Adam Maida, suitably in the style of Sam Bass). A red figure lied horizontally in the jaws of a camera.

Front of the special limited edition slipcover (designed by Adam Maida, suitably in the style of Sam Bass). A film reel is coiled, with its end resembling the tail of a rattlesnake.

Front over of the disc sleeve: a man walks away across a desert that is also a woman's mouth, lips and nose.

The back cover of the Blu-ray sleeve, listing the credits and disc contents.

My favourite film of 2024 was Joshua Erkman's A DESERT. So I was both delighted & honoured to join Joshua on an audio commentary for @darkskyfilms.bsky.social' Blu-ray, which also features two more commentaries, and an amazing booklet essay from @horrornonna.com projectedfigures.com/2024/06/08/a...

Evilspeak (1981) - Projected Figures First published, a long, long time ago, by Movie Gazette You might not know his name, but I guarantee that you will recognise Clint Howard’s face. With his indefinably odd looks, he is, like Steve Bus...

In Eric Weston’s schlocky Eighties military academy revenge (of the nerd) horror EVILSPEAK (1981), "Clint Howard’s put-upon protagonist quite literally finds the devil in his details". On @shudder.com UK from today.
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OBEX (2025) - Projected Figures In Albert Birney's monochrome DIY fantasia OBEX, an agoraphobic man goes on a gamified, internalised adventure through his life's losses

"an agoraphobic man goes on a gamified, internalised adventure through his life’s losses": @albertbirney.bsky.social 's monochrome DIY fantasia OBEX (2025) is on Blu-ray and digital in the UK from today via Lightbulb Distribution. A strange, lovely film. projectedfigures.com/2025/10/30/o...

it does seem that it will be coming sooner rather than later. But will it be soon enough*?
*10 years ago

Is he dead yet?

Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?

*Craig, not Chris. D’oh!

Red Riding (2026) - Projected Figures Chris Conway's feature debut RED RIDING makes a contemporary coming-of-age folktale of bad genes, class clash and the bestial stain of family

"makes a contemporary coming-of-age folktale of bad genes, class clash and the bestial stain of family": @craigconway.bsky.social's RED RIDING (2026) just had its world première at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/03/07/r...

A man sits in coffee shop talking to a woman. Text: "It's a podcast about me and my buddy discussing movies, but the catch is we also sorta joke around."

Ellis Rosen is a wise cartoonist. Too wise...

FrightFest 2026 - Projected Figures Glasgow FrightFest Bone Keeper; Boorman and the Devil; Bury the Devil (SFN); The Convenience Store; The Curse; Deathkeeper; Jailbroken; Karmadonna (DMovies); Red Riding; The Restoration of Grayson Man...

Here are links to all my coverage for this weekend's FrightFest at Glasgow Film Festival. projectedfigures.com/frightfest-2...

We Put the World to Sleep (2025) - Projected Figures Adrian Țofei’s metafictive sort-of sequel WE PUT THE WORLD TO SLEEP disappears down its own rabbit-hole, and contains its own self-critique

F for Found Footage: Adrian Țofei’s sort-of sequel WE PUT THE WORLD TO SLEEP (2025) "is a metafictive poioumenon that disappears (twice!) down its own rabbit-hole, and contains its own self-critique." Screens 6pm at MidWest WeirdFest. Warning: review spoilerish. projectedfigures.com/2025/10/19/w...

Gunfighter Paradise (2025) - Projected Figures Jethro Waters' narrative feature debut GUNFIGHTER PARADISE sets a grieving man's homecoming amid a singularly American mix of guns and God

Out of left field: Jethro Waters’ narrative feature debut GUNFIGHTER PARADISE (2025) "sets a grieving man’s homecoming amid a singularly American mix of guns and God." 3pm today at Laemmle Glendale, with @witneyseibold.bsky.social Qing & Aing. Recommended. projectedfigures.com/2026/03/06/g...

Deathkeeper (2026) - Projected Figures In Tristan Barr’s horror fantasy DEATHKEEPER, a timeless war between good and evil has found its way to small-town Australia

Constantine down under(world): in Tristan Barr’s horror fantasy DEATHKEEPER (2026), "a timeless war between good and evil has found its way to small-town Australia". World première closed @frightfest.bsky.social last night at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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Is he dead yet?

Karmadonna - DMovies In Aleksandar Radivojević’s rambunctious Serbian theological satire, a reluctant heroine must violently rebalance the world order for her baby’s advent - From MOTELX, in Portugal

"a reluctant heroine must violently rebalance the world order for her baby’s advent": UK première of Aleksandar Radivojevic’s rambunctious politico-theological satire KARMADONNA at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.sociall. Review for @dmovies.bsky.social dmovies.org/2025/09/13/k...

Red Riding (2026) - Projected Figures Chris Conway's feature debut RED RIDING makes a contemporary coming-of age folktale of bad genes, class clash and the bestial stain of family

"makes a contemporary coming-of-age folktale of bad genes, class clash and the bestial stain of family": Chris Conway's RED RIDING (2026) just had its world première at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
projectedfigures.com/2026/03/07/r...