Whizzing Tripod is a blog title inspired by the novel "War of the Worlds", written by H. G. Wells back in the 19th century. I consider it to be a phenomenal piece of written word from every angle - the choice of the style of storytelling; the core idea (aliens) and how realistically it's presented; the portrayal of people as well as aliens; the conflict and how it develops throughout the story; the machines! On my blog I just publish some occasional rants.
8 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments peerynt
I have no idea what makes an anime feature film good or bad because I was never an animephile. The genre classics Flying Phantom Ship and Akira are practically my only criteria to go off, and as much as I liked the films’ stories when I was a kid, th...
27 Jun 2022 4 minute read 0 comments peerynt
[All photos in this post are from Bloody-Disgusting.com. Used here on Fair Use basis.] Every time I watch a Jurassic Park sequel, I hope to experience the illusion of connection with prehistoric carnivores on instinctual level, and every time I end u...
24 Jun 2022 4 minute read 0 comments peerynt
The Black Phone is easily one of the best horror films reaching cinema screens in 2022. The pace, the effects, the story, its message, the evil, the relationships among characters; everything works like a clockwork. If you have a sudden thought of an...
4 Jun 2022 4 minute read 2 comments peerynt
[Cross-posting - this review can also be read here. All the images in this post are from this website. Except where mentioned otherwise.] Thank god, we have Joanne Rowling as our coeval. I don’t know what the family friendly blockbuster space of spel...
27 May 2022 5 minute read 0 comments peerynt
[Cross-posting – this review can also be read here. All the images in this post are from Deadline.com, used here on Fair Use basis.] Sam Raimi – one of the well known producers of strange things and more or less fantastic settings, ranging from the c...
5 May 2022 7 minute read 0 comments peerynt
I don’t like writing about performances of actors. So many times it seems like the performance depends more on the director/-s than actors themselves, thus if you as a director fail to connect with your actors and actresses on a profound enough level...
16 Dec 2021 8 minute read 0 comments peerynt
These are my opinions, thoughts and musings about Cemetery Man, an R rated horror film released back in 1994. This article contains spoilers and retelling of some parts of the plot. It is assumed here that the film is still worth watching even when t...
3 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments peerynt
Japan in a film, or series can always be an attractive motive. I’m sure that, if you think back, you would remember at least one film you liked which was set in Japan. The Last Samurai? Silence? The Grudge? Ringu? There’s a lot of decent stuff out th...
1 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments peerynt
Sometimes, when you are not sure whether that what you’re going to be watching really is a horror, despite it being tagged as such, turns out to exceed your expectations, and you end up not even caring if it’s a horror. The Beta Test, a new mystery t...
14 Nov 2021 3 minute read 0 comments peerynt
I’m not particularly keen on films that are set, for the most part, in one particular location, such as Phone Booth or Buried, for instance. However, if you throw in a Xenomorph into that setting, everything changes – I will likely be watching that f...
