Oct 26, 2025
The Alchemist Cookbook (Joel Potrykus, 2016) The Magic Box (Joseph Pintauro and Norman LaLiberté, 1970)
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The Alchemist Cookbook (Joel Potrykus, 2016) The Magic Box (Joseph Pintauro and Norman LaLiberté, 1970)
Tramps (2016) Dir: Adam Leon DOP: Ashley Connor “You’re not gonna help me? I just gave the briefcase to the wrong woman!”
W A T C H I N G
It's really bad.
It's trying to be Evil Dead without a plot and there is no definite driving direction of the story. As far as I can tell it's a manic depressive schizophrenic hallucinating in a camper in the woods and inexplicably transforming(?) Or maybe it's all just a delusional breakdown and he only thinks he's transforming?
But what's he doing there originally? I guess he's supposed to be making gold out of lead, or cooking meth for his friend Cortez? but for some reason this "alchemist" is summoning demons?
Which the two are not the same thing. You don't summon demons with alchemy. You wouldn't find an alchemist manual with spells and incantations.
The writer director maybe didn't research it or used creative license to make it about what he wanted regardless.
It feels less put-together than a crappy student film.
For 1hr 23mins it took me a week to finish because it was so slow and boring.
The "Bite Sized Halloween" short films on Hulu are better plotted and storied in 6 minutes or less than this was in 1hr23mins.
The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits, with his cat Kaspar as his sole companion. Filled with disdain for authority, he’s fled the daily grind and holed up in the wilderness, escaping a society that has no place for him. But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature’s secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous. From the mind of acclaimed American filmmaker Joel Potrykus (Buzzard, Ape), The Alchemist Cookbook is an Official Selection of the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival.
Directed by: Joel Potrykus
Starring: Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom
Release date: October 7, 2016
US one sheet for THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK (Joel Potrykus, USA, 2016)
Designer: Juan Miguel Marin
Poster source: IMPAwards
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6.6/10 - IMDb
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