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this is my sideblog! you can see my main here :O) i mostly use this blog just to write massive essays about films i like or make posts with a ton of gifs or images that i think are really cool.

ive got a few tags that you can use to navigate my blog: #bay filmshots - gif/img posts of my favourite shots in a movie #bay filmthoughts - long paragraphs with my thoughts about a certain film / aspects of a certain film ! #bay characters - gif/img posts focused on specific characters #bay otherstuff - anything else

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brooke adams as rose in shock waves (1977) dir. ken wiederhorn

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taste the blood of martin (2023): the making of martin (1977) dir. david gregory

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effects (1979) dir. dusty nelson

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effects (dir. dusty nelson, 1979) had a very small release initially, but gained a little more popularity upon its dvd release in 2005. starring joe pilato (known for day of the dead) and involving names such as tom savini, pasquale buba and john harrison, this film has a strong link to a specific group of pittsburgh-based filmmakers involved with george romero (creator of the night of the living dead series).

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effects follows dominic salvucci (joe pilato), a cinematographer, as he works on a horror film directed by a man named lacey bickel (john harrison). throughout the film, he slowly develops a relationship with the gaffer, celeste (susan chapek). however, it is slowly revealed that lacey is working on a different project altogether -- he is turning the experiences of his cast and crew into a loosely-scripted snuff movie, allowing them to harm and kill each-other on film without them knowing.

bays thoughts this is one of my favourite films that i've recently watched. i've been into a lot of 70s horror recently, and this lived up completely to the kinds of films i'd seen and loved beforehand. i went into this completely blind, which i think made me enjoy all the plot twists even more. i love the way that the film tricked the audience in so many different ways, as well as revealing hints to the future story very obviously (on a second watch), but not giving the audience enough information to do anything with it. the cinematography and shot composition was amazing, and the colours in each scene were so harmonious and nice to look at (see some of my fav shots here!). i adored the sound design -- the music was done by john harrison (composer for day of the dead), which basically meant i was bound to love it. i'd definitely recommend this film to any fans of romero-type films or 70s horror :O)

you can check out my letterboxd reviews for effects here!