Eric Rosenfeld has a lot more time on his hands than usual, the owner of Player One/Electro Viaduc*https://www.facebook.com/electroviaduc/ games exchange has shut it doors for the time being, but the effervescent frontman of Luxembourg punks Versus You has some hints on how to avoid the same old same old. *editor’s note. Make sure you support this store when this blows over.
I don’t watch a lot of new movies. That’s something that hasn’t changed.
In fact, I’ve only watched Richard Stanley’s Color Out Of Space (2019). I’ve been a fan of his for years and although not nearly as perfect as Hardware (1990) or Dust Devil (1992) I enjoyed his latest work. It’s certainly one of the better Lovecraft adaptations.
I’ve been watching a lot of very old movies though. I have these great Ingmar Bergman and Carl Theodor Dreyer boxsets and I’ve been rewatching Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epics.
I also really enjoyed a rather obscure Russian horror movie from 1967 called VIY and I believe everybody should watch (or read) William Peter Blatty’s The Ninth Configuration (1980) which is criminally underrated.
I’ve only been playing Nioh 2 (click image for trailer) for these past few weeks. It’s a very good game but also a very difficult game that will keep you occupied. I started playing Moons Of Madness (a cosmic horror walking simulator on mars) but I fell asleep playing it so I can’t say too much about it yet.
I’ve been reading and writing a lot and listening to Phil Ochs.
Stay home and watch long black and white epic historical drama films.
Stay safe!
