POST #300 - MY THIRD, FULLY-UPDATED, ALL-TIME TOP REVIEWS LISTING ON SHUKER IN MOVIELAND

Following a tradition begun with my 100^th Shuker In MovieLand blog post (of 6 December 2020), when I listed what was at that time this blog's all-time top 10 movie/TV reviews as measured by reader hit counts (click here to access it), and continued with my 200^th blog post (of 13 January 2022), when I presented an updated top 10 listing (click here to access it), I am now, with this, my 300^th blog post (of 5 June 2023), presenting the very latest listing. But this time, for added interest and because of the considerable quantity of movies plus TV shows now reviewed on my blog, I am presenting not merely a top 10 but rather a top 20.

As in the earlier two, each of this third listing's 20 movie/TV reviews is presented as a clickable link, together with its original publication date on my blog, so that you can access it directly from this page to read in full if you so wish. Also, where applicable, each movie's position in my previous, second listing is given here in blue brackets. So here it is:

#1        The Lost Continent (4 April 2021) (#1)

#2       Ron Stryker's Motorbike and the Lightning Tree – Revisiting Follyfoot ((16 February 2022)

#3       Oliver in the Overworld/Little Big Time (15 February 2022)

#4       9 (2 March 2022)

#5        Horns (28 February 2022)

#6       Rumble Fish (28 April 2022)

#7        Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys (6 March 2022)

#8       The Prisoner (7 May 2022)

#9       Chander Pahar (aka Mountain of the Moon) (4 June 2022)

#10     From Selkies to Space Vampires (14 April 2021) (#2)

#11      Shadow of Death (aka Destroyer) (1 May 2021) (#3)

#12      Fade To Black (30 March 2022)

#13      Rock 'N' Roll High School (14 February 2022)

#14      Angels and Panthers and Yetis, Oh My! (25 April 2022)

#15      Land of Doom (aka Raiders of Death) (19 March 2022)

#16      The Singer Not The Song (12 February 2022)

#17      Carmen Jones (30 April 2021) (#4)

#18     Wish Dragon (11 June 2022)

#19      Mune: Guardian of the Moon (26 May 2022)

#20     The Sin Eater (aka The Order) (30 May 2022)

Only two movies from my second top 10 listing back in mid-January 2022 retain a place in this latest, third one, indicating that newer movie entries swiftly draw interest away from older ones. But of these two exceptions to that apparent rule, The Lost Continent retains not only a place in this new listing but also the very same place as before – i.e. right at the top, at #1, and via an appreciably higher hit count than even the entry directly below it at #2, let alone all of the other 18 in this top 20 listing. Why this relatively obscure, unremarkable horror/monster movie should have attracted such considerable interest from readers is a complete mystery to me, but it's an interest that shows no sign of waning. Indeed, if Shuker In MovieLand stays in existence long enough to reach a 400^th blog post and thus the compilation of a fourth top 10 or 20 listing, it wouldn't surprise me at all to find that The Lost Continent is still residing tenaciously at its summit.

Equally odd is that the majority of the movie reviews contained in this top 20 were  all posted within a very narrow period of time, spanning a mere 4 months, from 12 February 2022 to 11 June 2022 inclusive. So why were these specific reviews, and/or that particular time period, so inordinately, disproportionately effective in attracting high readership counts? Again, I have no idea.

Moreover, as with the two previous listings, I see no patterns or trends emerging as to which genres are represented in this latest one, nor the proportions of such representations. Indeed, the only aspect of this entire listing exercise that I feel certain about is that when it comes to movies and viewers' movie tastes, nothing is ever certain!

Finally: to view a complete chronological listing of all of my Shuker In MovieLand blog's other film reviews and articles (each one instantly accessible via a direct clickable link), please click HERE, and please click HERE to view a complete fully-clickable alphabetical listing of them.

 

POST #200 - MY SECOND, FULLY-UPDATED, ALL-TIME TOP TEN REVIEWS ON SHUKER IN MOVIELAND

My 100th Shuker In MovieLand blog post, uploaded back in December 2020 (click here to access it), had been my very first listing of what was currently this blog's all-time top ten movie reviews, i.e. the ten movie reviews that had received the most hits from readers.

Bearing in mind that this listing had attracted a lot of interest, I decided to produce a new, fully-updated top ten listing as my 200th blog post. So here it is, with each of its 10 movie reviews presented as a clickable link, together with its publication date on my blog, so that you can access it directly from this page to read in full if you so wish:

#1        The Lost Continent (4 April 2021)

#2       From Selkies To Space Vampires (14 April 2021)

#3       Shadow of Death (aka Destroyer) (1 May 2021)

#4       Carmen Jones (30 April 2021)

#5       The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot (5 April 2021)

#6       Needle (10 April 2021)

#7        Malpertuis (aka The Legend of Doom House) (2 June 2021)

#8       Imaginaerum: The Other World (15 May 2021)

#9       Isle of Dogs (28 March 2021)

#10     The Hand of Night (8 April 2021)

This is an intriguing list because it does not contain a single movie review that was present in the previous list, which was posted only a little over a year ago, on 6 December 2020. This means that none of those reviews had staying power, continuing to attract readers during the past 12 months. However, no review posted since early June of this year has made the list either.

Instead, all of the top 10 reviews in this new, second list were posted within a surprisingly narrow time period, spanning little more than 2 months, from 28 March to 2 June inclusive. So what makes those particular reviews, and/or that particular time period, so special in terms of attracting high readership counts? I wish I knew!

As for the movies featured in those reviews: Review #2 in the list is actually a six-pack of mini-reviews rather than one single full-length review, which means that this Top Ten list actually includes 15 movies rather than 10. The movies respectively featured in these six mini-reviews are: The Happiest Days of Your Life, Mary and the Witch's Flower, The Secret of Roan Inish, Onward, Not Of This Earth (1995 version), and Hotel Transylvania.

Are there any patterns to be perceived in this list? Not as far as I can see, as the movies reviewed span a very diverse spectrum of genres, from fantasy, comedy, cryptozoology, and horror to animation, science fiction, thrillers, and musicals. However, as this is an accurate reflection of my own eclectic film favourites, I suppose I shouldn't be oo surprised.

Will any of them survive into the next Top Ten list, due to appear as my 300^th post, or will they all sink without trace, replaced by newer movie reviews just as they in turn replaced all of those in my first Top Ten? Who can say? So you'll have to stick around for another 100 movie review posts here on Shuker In MovieLand if you want to find out!

To view a complete chronological listing of all of my Shuker In MovieLand blog's other film reviews and articles (each one instantly accessible via a direct clickable link), please click HERE, and please click HERE to view a complete fully-clickable alphabetical listing of them.

 

POST #100 - MY TOP TEN REVIEWS ON SHUKER IN MOVIELAND

 

Doesn't time fly by when you're having fun? It seems like only yesterday when, in order to stave off the mind-numbing tedium of 2020's restrictive but vital Covid-19 virus lockdowns by pursuing a longstanding home-based interest of mine – watching movies – but which previously I had never done much with from a writing perspective, I launched a new, movie-based blog during late July 2020.

Entitled Shuker In Movieland (click here to access its home page), it enables me to review a diverse range of movies that I've watched recently or in earlier times, as well as a few TV shows of particular interest to me. I also have the opportunity to publicise all manner of lesser-known or forgotten films that I've enjoyed but which may be new to my blog's readers.

I'm delighted to say that Shuker In MovieLand has proved very popular, attracting considerable numbers of visitors and hits each day. As a result, operating in tandem with it, I have created what is now a thriving Facebook group too, FFT&F (Favourite Films, TV, and Fiction), which sees new posts by myself and its many members each day.

Now, scarcely four months later from its launch, I am today marking via this present listing my 100^th Shuker In MovieLand post. And what could be more appropriate for such a momentous occasion than revealing the ten reviews posted by me so far that have attracted the greatest number of hits to date? So here they are, in clickable form so that you can access them directly from this page, together with their respective publication dates on my blog:

#1: The Dark (aka The Relic aka The God Rat) (27 July 2020)

#2: Wolfen (18 August 2020)

#3: Border (29 August 2020)

#4: Sssssss (aka Ssssnake) (5 September 2020)

#5: King Cinder (16 August 2020)

#6: Dragons in the Movies (13 October 2020)

#7: The Asphyx (30 July 2020)

#8: Terror Birds (26 September 2020)

#9: The Lair of the White Worm (Versus The Legend of the Lambton Worm) (2 August 2020)

#10: Thale (4 September 2020)

Scrutinising this list, one trend is instantly evident – my blog's readers definitely favour monster movies and creature features! Indeed, the only entry that isn't from this genre is King Cinder, a nowadays-obscure British TV show from the late 1970s focusing upon the adventures of a teenage speedway motorbike rider. I have no idea why this particular show has proved so remarkably popular among my readers, but I'm very glad that it has done, because it was and remains a favourite TV show of mine, bringing back happy memories of my own youth and biker beginnings.

So there you have it, the first Top Ten reviews listing for Shuker In MovieLand! Will its entries retain their places and positions when I prepare a second listing in another 100 posts' time? Or will some or all of them have been displaced by others? Who can say? The only way to find out is to keep on checking in to my blog, reading its reviews, and awaiting the next list, which I very much hope that you will do.

My sincere thanks to all of Shuker In MovieLand's fans and devotees for giving me the encouragement and support to continue with it. Equally, I hope that you will continue to click on my reviews' links and enjoy reading my thoughts and information supplied concerning an equally varied range of movies and TV shows in the future.

Stay safe, and carry on clicking!

And to view a complete listing of all of my Shuker In MovieLand blog's other film reviews and articles (each one instantly accessible via a direct clickable link), please click HERE!