Soundtrack Review: Caveat

June 16, 2024 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Soundtrack and tagged Caveat, Damian Mc Carthy, Oddity, Richard G. Mitchell | 2 Comments

Caveat (2020)
24 Tracks with a Total Running Time of 71:10 min.
Music by Richard G. Mitchell

I stumbled across this movie in 2021 on Prime one night, not knowing anything about it but since it had a creepy looking stuffed rabbit with human looking eyes in it, I figured it could be interesting. Boy was that an understatement! I counted it as in my Top Ten Viewings for the year. The movie just oozes creepiness. So much strange stuff is going on, but it really gets under your skin. One of the reasons for that, I feel, is because of the score from Richard G. Mitchell.

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Movie Review: Oddity

May 9, 2024 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Movies and tagged Carolyn Bracken, Caveat, Damian Mc Carthy, Gwilym Lee, Johnny French, Oddity, Tadhg Murphy | Leave a comment

(2024)
Director Damian Mc Carthy
Starring Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy, Steve Wall, Caroline Menton, Johnny French

I had the wonderful opportunity to recently see this new film by director Mc Carthy, even though at the time, I had no idea it was from the director of Caveat (2020), which I counted as my favorite of the year I saw it, in 2021. During one part of the movie, scrolling past a display case, you can see that scary little rabbit from Caveat and then it all clicked!

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2021 Year End Review: Best Viewings

January 2, 2022 by Jon Kitley in Year End Reviews and tagged Al Adamson, All the Haunts Be Ours, Andy Milligan, Bill Rebane, Black Box, Boys from County Hell, Caveat, Don't Leave Home, Impetigore, Larry Buchanan, The Dungeon of Andy Milligan, The Power, The Screaming Woman, The Unseen, Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters | Leave a comment

Compared to my movie-watching totals from last year, I really was slacking off! In 2020, I clocked in 422 titles! Not sure how I did that, but that really set the bar high for me from then on. But in 2021, I only got through 278 titles, but at least 160 of those were new viewings. My goal for this year is to hit at least 300, but we’ll see how that goes!

Below are the 10 films that I thought stood out amongst the rest and are definitely worth seeking out. These are listed in alphabetical order, and as always, these are all new viewings to me, so it doesn’t matter what year they actually came out. Enjoy!

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Movie Review: Caveat (2020)

June 30, 2021 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Movies and tagged Ben Caplan, Caveat, Conor Dwane, Damian Mc Carthy, Jonathan French, Leila Sykes | 1 Comment

(2020)
Directed by Damian Mc Carthy
Starring Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan, Conor Dwane

A man who had recently suffered from an accident causing some memory lost, is hired by a friend to watch over his recently orphaned niece for a week, who by the way has some mental issues. Did I mention that the house is on a secluded island? And that because of her bouts of paranoia, the guy must wear a leather vest that is on a chained leash? While I was watching this, I even said out loud, “there’s no way you’d get me to put that vest on”, but if you can get past that obvious hurdle that most people would walk away from, then the rest of the movie will be worth it.

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