Brendan Takash Lopez

film editor: “Hometown Summer” (2025) and “Rosetta Stoned” (2024), now on @Tubi. horror filmmaker: “Carrier Crow” (2014). on a mission to save cinema.

[Brendan Takash Lopez @BATLgeist]

TOP 10 HORROR FILMS OF 2025:

1. Bring Her Back
2. Weapons
3. The Ugly Stepsister
4. Meat Kills
5. 28 Years Later
6. Presence
7. The Monkey
8. Together
9. The Conjuring: Last Rights
10. Good Boy

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@BootsRiley The most artistically creative film of the year, @BootsRiley. A visual splendor!

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@UnchartedSphinx @boxofficemojo They have to spin the “Masters of the Universe” flop somehow!

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There is NO way “Scary Movie” only pulled in $24,700 on opening night Friday??

@boxofficemojo

https://t.co/WmXkZD6s4X

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It wasn’t THAT bad!

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“Scary Movie 6” ranks above 4 & 5. Better horror references, and cultural jokes that don’t feel as immediately dated as the Seltzer “Parodies.”

Faris & Hall are criminally underutilized.

Something more crucial was missing… the direction of KEENAN IVORY WAYANS!

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The duality of “Scary Movie” reactions.

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@auglandempire The original “Speak No Evil,” not the American remake. The ending haunts me to this day

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I did not like “Backrooms,” but liminal horror is not new to cinema.

Check out “Stalker.”

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘LEVITICUS’ director Adrian Chiarella has released a scene pack from the film to encourage fans to make edits:

“Go nuts. Make whatever edits, reels, fancams, compilations or unhinged little masterpieces you want. Have fun with it.”

🔗: https://t.co/ep3MN8AFNF

[✮ 𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻 ✮ @On3W1shWillow]

Horror in May 😂

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“Hungry” was way better than other films of this nature.

Despite some highly questionable plot choices…it had great CGI for its budget, and characters worth rooting for.

It won’t dethrone “Backrooms” or “Obsession” for indie horror film of the year, but fun nevertheless!

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@JackPosobiec Good example of a film that needs to be seen in theaters. The soundscape produced by that audio system is not replicable on most home televisions.

[Brandon Katz @Great_Katzby]

#Obsession cemented why there seems to be an unusual number of comedians making quality horror films. Both genres operate on similar principles: subvert expectations, exaggerate the expected, and timing. Each scene sets up a certain payoff really well.

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@ChadMeise Check out Benjamin Vomastek on YouTube - he does weekly content and is shooting his 3rd comedy film this summer!

https://t.co/wwjVuJAekS

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@wonderzfilm and a VHS release!

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Proud of the massive ticket sales “Backrooms” earned in early screenings, but not my cup of tea.

The film is a mixed bag of artificial trickery and unease, but entirely lacks a human connection.

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The score to “Saccharine” is impeccable!

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My “horror” @letterboxd ranking so far..

2026 has been an incredible year for horror, and we’re not even half way done!

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That tired AMC Coke promo, but starring Bear and Freaky Nikki.

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@united Thank you for apologizing. United Airlines has ruined 3 weekends home of travel for me. This will be the last time I travel with this airline.

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United Airlines has now canceled 3 of my flights in the first half of the year. The airline industry is broken, but @united is doing nothing to separate itself from this mess.

Happy to transfer my status to @AmericanAir or @Delta