"Day 30 - Your favorite horror film of all time"
Yes, motherfuckin' "Basket Case"!
(Yeah, I linked to the Green Day song, but everyone around here knows my love for "Basket Case", do you really need to see a trailer?)
It was the first (and so far only) movie I gave five stars on the site. It's just a fantastic movie and everyone should watch it.
With that said, 30 Days of Horror comes to an end. Thanks for following along. Things will go back to normal in May, and I hope you had fun with all of this.
-Jason
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 29
"Day 29 - Your least favorite horror film of all time"
Oh jesus. The second to last day and it had to be one of the hardest. I think hating horror films is sort of my thing. Which one should I go with? Hmmmm...
Hmmmm....
HMMMMM!!!
"Murder. Set. Pieces."
A film so bad that I rather watch Satan rape my mother while playing Rock Band on PS3, then watch this movie again.
If I had a movie that I'd hate "of all time", it'd be that one.
-Jason
Oh jesus. The second to last day and it had to be one of the hardest. I think hating horror films is sort of my thing. Which one should I go with? Hmmmm...
Hmmmm....
HMMMMM!!!
"Murder. Set. Pieces."
A film so bad that I rather watch Satan rape my mother while playing Rock Band on PS3, then watch this movie again.
If I had a movie that I'd hate "of all time", it'd be that one.
-Jason
Thursday, April 28, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 28
"Day 28 - Your favorite horror film that no one's ever heard of"
Well, this question is loaded. I mean, I can name a movie and I'm sure SOMEONE has heard of it. I'm not a fan of this question. So I'll just name the most obscure movie I own that I like a lot that'll have to be "Gory Gory Hallejuah"
I'm sure someone out there is like "Heard of it!" See? I hate this question.
Quickly, this movie is about four actors of all different races and ethnics who want to try out for the role of "Jesus" in "Godspell". They being: A jewish guy, a black guy, a woman, and a bi-sexual hippie. They hear that they're casting the play in New York and decide to go on a road trip together. While on the road, they stop in a small town where the bi-sexual hippie is busted for soliciting gay sex. The town is very intolerant towards ANYBODY and sentence them to death.
Then things get weird. There's lesbian witches, whores, old men, racism all over the place, and last but not least: zombies. Just out of nowhere, zombies. It's a very odd film, but I liked it. And it's the most obscure movie I could think of.
-Jason
Well, this question is loaded. I mean, I can name a movie and I'm sure SOMEONE has heard of it. I'm not a fan of this question. So I'll just name the most obscure movie I own that I like a lot that'll have to be "Gory Gory Hallejuah"
I'm sure someone out there is like "Heard of it!" See? I hate this question.
Quickly, this movie is about four actors of all different races and ethnics who want to try out for the role of "Jesus" in "Godspell". They being: A jewish guy, a black guy, a woman, and a bi-sexual hippie. They hear that they're casting the play in New York and decide to go on a road trip together. While on the road, they stop in a small town where the bi-sexual hippie is busted for soliciting gay sex. The town is very intolerant towards ANYBODY and sentence them to death.
Then things get weird. There's lesbian witches, whores, old men, racism all over the place, and last but not least: zombies. Just out of nowhere, zombies. It's a very odd film, but I liked it. And it's the most obscure movie I could think of.
-Jason
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 26
"Day 26 - Your favorite horror film to watch as a child"
So not only is this the 4th to last post in my 30 Days of Horror, it's also my 800th post! I KNOW!! Fuck! So to celebrate, I'm gonna do something a bit different.
Saturday I recorded an episode of The LAMBcast where we talked about "Scream 4". It was me, Dylan from Blog Cabins, Nick from Random Ramblings, James from Cinema Sights, this chick named Stevee and a British guy named Simon. During the recording, things went from "talk about the movie" to "talk about the people in the movie and what they would've done" or "what stuff means" or "how doing something differently would effect something or another" I dunno, I was silent through most of it because I had nothing to say.
It took me about 6 fucking years, over 150 reviews on The Site, and 800 blog posts to realize: I only talk about what happens in the movie, and not give any profound statements about the movie or analyze it deeply.
My god. What have I been doing with my life?
So I'm gonna try to do that here, for my 26th entry by doing a deep critical review on "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
I first seen this when I was six years old. I was living with my grandparents at the time due to family issues and my uncle was about 13 or so. One night, "Elm Street" came on cable TV and we all watched it. Being six years old, I was freaked out. I identified with the character of Nancy.
Nancy comes from a "broken" home. Her dad, John Saxon, was a cop who was never home so her parents got divorced and Nancy lived with her Mom, but her Dad was still around. Nancy had several friends, but when this monster showed up in their dreams and started killing them one by one, Nancy got tough.
We all can take a look at Nancy's plight and realize the true meaning behind "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Obviously Freddy Kruger represents bad dreams, meaning without a stable family life, any hopes of going to a successful college and having a great carrer is gone. So all her "dreams" (AKA Hope and desires) are now gone. After all the events in the movie happened and she didn't get tough, Nancy would've ended up a waitress in a truckstop, possibly sucking trucker's dicks for extra money.
Let's think of the first kill, shall we? With Tina. Freddy chooses Nancy's closest friend first, because Tina, who was all pure and innocent, was Nancy's conscience, telling her she CAN make something of herself. But then Tina fucks some random dude (I think his name is Nick. You can never trust anyone named Nick) and now all that innocence is lost and her world is turned "Upside down" until she's ultimately dead.
Nick's death in the jail cell represents all the male guys that came and went throughout Nancy's life. Nick's killed by being strangled by bedsheets, so this represents putting to bed any normal relationship she would've had with any guy. Poor Nancy.
Then there's Johnny Depp's death. He was set up to be Nancy's love interet until he didn't listen to her and eventually he got sucked down a hole and soon was torn apart until a gyser of blood filled the bedroom. I guess this represents the fact she was on her period at the time.
Eventually, Nancy decides to take control of her destiny and learn to "kill" her "bad dreams" once and for all. How does she do that? She reads books. On military. So this is Nancy's desire to kill something, anything. And where can you "legally" kill something, anything? The military.
The mom getting sucked through the tiny window at the end of the movie?
That's just a fucking awesome way to end a movie.
In CONCLUSION, I would like to state that "A Nightmare on Elm Street" changed my life. When the movie ended, me and my uncle (we shared a bedroom) went to sleep and my uncle decided to pull a prank on me by grabbing four kitchen knives and a flashlight, then shining the light on his hand with the knives sticking out and talking in Freddy's voice. If it wasn't for this event, I wouldn't have said "AHH you motherfucker" and I would've never learned how to cuss.
Thanks "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
-Jason
So not only is this the 4th to last post in my 30 Days of Horror, it's also my 800th post! I KNOW!! Fuck! So to celebrate, I'm gonna do something a bit different.
Saturday I recorded an episode of The LAMBcast where we talked about "Scream 4". It was me, Dylan from Blog Cabins, Nick from Random Ramblings, James from Cinema Sights, this chick named Stevee and a British guy named Simon. During the recording, things went from "talk about the movie" to "talk about the people in the movie and what they would've done" or "what stuff means" or "how doing something differently would effect something or another" I dunno, I was silent through most of it because I had nothing to say.
It took me about 6 fucking years, over 150 reviews on The Site, and 800 blog posts to realize: I only talk about what happens in the movie, and not give any profound statements about the movie or analyze it deeply.
My god. What have I been doing with my life?
So I'm gonna try to do that here, for my 26th entry by doing a deep critical review on "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
I first seen this when I was six years old. I was living with my grandparents at the time due to family issues and my uncle was about 13 or so. One night, "Elm Street" came on cable TV and we all watched it. Being six years old, I was freaked out. I identified with the character of Nancy.
Nancy comes from a "broken" home. Her dad, John Saxon, was a cop who was never home so her parents got divorced and Nancy lived with her Mom, but her Dad was still around. Nancy had several friends, but when this monster showed up in their dreams and started killing them one by one, Nancy got tough.
We all can take a look at Nancy's plight and realize the true meaning behind "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Obviously Freddy Kruger represents bad dreams, meaning without a stable family life, any hopes of going to a successful college and having a great carrer is gone. So all her "dreams" (AKA Hope and desires) are now gone. After all the events in the movie happened and she didn't get tough, Nancy would've ended up a waitress in a truckstop, possibly sucking trucker's dicks for extra money.
Let's think of the first kill, shall we? With Tina. Freddy chooses Nancy's closest friend first, because Tina, who was all pure and innocent, was Nancy's conscience, telling her she CAN make something of herself. But then Tina fucks some random dude (I think his name is Nick. You can never trust anyone named Nick) and now all that innocence is lost and her world is turned "Upside down" until she's ultimately dead.
Nick's death in the jail cell represents all the male guys that came and went throughout Nancy's life. Nick's killed by being strangled by bedsheets, so this represents putting to bed any normal relationship she would've had with any guy. Poor Nancy.
Then there's Johnny Depp's death. He was set up to be Nancy's love interet until he didn't listen to her and eventually he got sucked down a hole and soon was torn apart until a gyser of blood filled the bedroom. I guess this represents the fact she was on her period at the time.
Eventually, Nancy decides to take control of her destiny and learn to "kill" her "bad dreams" once and for all. How does she do that? She reads books. On military. So this is Nancy's desire to kill something, anything. And where can you "legally" kill something, anything? The military.
The mom getting sucked through the tiny window at the end of the movie?
That's just a fucking awesome way to end a movie.
In CONCLUSION, I would like to state that "A Nightmare on Elm Street" changed my life. When the movie ended, me and my uncle (we shared a bedroom) went to sleep and my uncle decided to pull a prank on me by grabbing four kitchen knives and a flashlight, then shining the light on his hand with the knives sticking out and talking in Freddy's voice. If it wasn't for this event, I wouldn't have said "AHH you motherfucker" and I would've never learned how to cuss.
Thanks "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
-Jason
Monday, April 25, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 25
"Day 25 - A horror film that you used to hate, but now like"
"The Thing". Yes, the John Carpenter version. Allow me to explain.
The first time I saw it, I was a teenager. It was at a party at a friends house, and there was a bunch of us. Someone popped it in and we only got 20 minutes into it. At the time, I thought it was a bit slow and boring. If only we kept it on another 10 minutes or so...
So yeah, I got older and rewatched it and now I fuckin' love it. I mean, c'mon!!
-Jason
"The Thing". Yes, the John Carpenter version. Allow me to explain.
The first time I saw it, I was a teenager. It was at a party at a friends house, and there was a bunch of us. Someone popped it in and we only got 20 minutes into it. At the time, I thought it was a bit slow and boring. If only we kept it on another 10 minutes or so...
So yeah, I got older and rewatched it and now I fuckin' love it. I mean, c'mon!!
-Jason
Sunday, April 24, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 24
"Day 24 - Horror film in which you prefer the edited version over the director's cut"
I...don't even understand this one. What does that mean? Why wouldn't someone like the director's cut? Well, there's one example, but it's not a horror movie and that's "The Warriors". But since this is about horror movies I guess I'll have to think up of something.
Hmm...
Sure, that counts as a horror movie, right?
-Jason
I...don't even understand this one. What does that mean? Why wouldn't someone like the director's cut? Well, there's one example, but it's not a horror movie and that's "The Warriors". But since this is about horror movies I guess I'll have to think up of something.
Hmm...
Sure, that counts as a horror movie, right?
-Jason
Saturday, April 23, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 23
"Day 23 - Your favorite made for TV horror film"
Ooh! I can talk about "Bad Ronald"!
"Bad Ronald" is a 70's made-for-TV movie about this kid named Ronald (imagine that) and he's not very popular. He goes to a kid's birthday party where he gets made fun of. On the way home, he gets frustrated and when some little girl mocks him about something, he accidently kills her.
Ronald runs home and tells his mother, who's super overprotective of him and doesn't want her baby to go to jail. So she hides Ronald in these two rooms and covers the rooms up with plaster and wallpaper so when the cops come around, they think it's part of the house and believe her story about him running away.
Yeah, not really scary yet. Hang on.
Ronald stays hiding until things cool down (When? In 20 years?) but Mom has a heart attack and dies, so the house goes on sale and soon a unsuspecting family buys the house. Ronald, being stuck behind the walls for god knows how long, starts going loopy and soon he's obsessed with one of the daughters in the family and begins stalking her, then kidnapping her, then kills the neighbor and...
So it gets scary in the second half but fuck me it's a great movie. It's now available on DVD on Netflix so check it out!
-Jason
Ooh! I can talk about "Bad Ronald"!
"Bad Ronald" is a 70's made-for-TV movie about this kid named Ronald (imagine that) and he's not very popular. He goes to a kid's birthday party where he gets made fun of. On the way home, he gets frustrated and when some little girl mocks him about something, he accidently kills her.
Ronald runs home and tells his mother, who's super overprotective of him and doesn't want her baby to go to jail. So she hides Ronald in these two rooms and covers the rooms up with plaster and wallpaper so when the cops come around, they think it's part of the house and believe her story about him running away.
Yeah, not really scary yet. Hang on.
Ronald stays hiding until things cool down (When? In 20 years?) but Mom has a heart attack and dies, so the house goes on sale and soon a unsuspecting family buys the house. Ronald, being stuck behind the walls for god knows how long, starts going loopy and soon he's obsessed with one of the daughters in the family and begins stalking her, then kidnapping her, then kills the neighbor and...
So it gets scary in the second half but fuck me it's a great movie. It's now available on DVD on Netflix so check it out!
-Jason
Friday, April 22, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 22
"Day 22 - Your favorite horror themed TV show"
Does anybody remember "Nightmare Cafe"? It came out in the early 90's and featured Robert Englund and it was about a couple who got in a car accident and they find a deserted cafe, then all sorts of weird shit happens? It only lasted a few episodes. Well, I'm not gonna talk about that here because I don't really remember it and for all I know it sucks.
Instead I'm gonna talk about "Are you Afraid of the Dark?"
I fucking LOVED "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" It came on Saturday nights during it's SNICK run on Nickelodeon and it was awesome! The show centered around a group of kids calling themselves The Midnight Society and they met at Midnight every Saturday night (I think) and told scary stories to each other.
The story I remember most is about this kid who is dared to steal the fake nose of off a fake clown in some funhouse. There's also the added feature of supposedly the clown is haunted or something. Well, the kid takes the nose, but that night, he gets visited by some weird being. The kid, realizing it's the clown, runs back to the funhouse to give the clown it's nose back.
I'm sure there's more to the story I'm not remembering, but that's the gist of it. I remember some other story about a kid obsessed with pinball and another kid who loved horses or something. They need to put this shit on DVD, yo!
Anyway, there's some "new generation" DVD out, which isn't the same. The only redeeming qualities that one has is Elisha Cuthbert (Kim Bauer from "24") is in it as a stuck up bitch. But she's like 14, so you can't get a boner.
Anyway. "Are You Afraid of The Dark?".
-Jason
Does anybody remember "Nightmare Cafe"? It came out in the early 90's and featured Robert Englund and it was about a couple who got in a car accident and they find a deserted cafe, then all sorts of weird shit happens? It only lasted a few episodes. Well, I'm not gonna talk about that here because I don't really remember it and for all I know it sucks.
Instead I'm gonna talk about "Are you Afraid of the Dark?"
I fucking LOVED "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" It came on Saturday nights during it's SNICK run on Nickelodeon and it was awesome! The show centered around a group of kids calling themselves The Midnight Society and they met at Midnight every Saturday night (I think) and told scary stories to each other.
The story I remember most is about this kid who is dared to steal the fake nose of off a fake clown in some funhouse. There's also the added feature of supposedly the clown is haunted or something. Well, the kid takes the nose, but that night, he gets visited by some weird being. The kid, realizing it's the clown, runs back to the funhouse to give the clown it's nose back.
I'm sure there's more to the story I'm not remembering, but that's the gist of it. I remember some other story about a kid obsessed with pinball and another kid who loved horses or something. They need to put this shit on DVD, yo!
Anyway, there's some "new generation" DVD out, which isn't the same. The only redeeming qualities that one has is Elisha Cuthbert (Kim Bauer from "24") is in it as a stuck up bitch. But she's like 14, so you can't get a boner.
Anyway. "Are You Afraid of The Dark?".
-Jason
Thursday, April 21, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 21
Day 21 - Your favorite medical horror film"
Fuck it, I'm counting this. "Planet Terror".
It's about a weird disease that's been spread, causing people to get deformed and act ALMOST zombie like (don't go on a rampage, Nick) and it fucking kicks ass. Between the two "Grindhouse" films, I always perfered this one first, but it should've been shown last. I like "Death Proof", don't get me wrong, but it's a bit slower than "Planet Terror", so when you're watching them both, you have this high enegery film, then you watch this slow, talky film with two, maybe three, kickass scenes. If you get the slow, talky one out of the way and end with a BANG! (which is really how Grindhouse theaters worked back in the day) it would've been a bit more exciting.
I know people are going to disagree with everything I just said, but fuck it.
-Jason
Fuck it, I'm counting this. "Planet Terror".
It's about a weird disease that's been spread, causing people to get deformed and act ALMOST zombie like (don't go on a rampage, Nick) and it fucking kicks ass. Between the two "Grindhouse" films, I always perfered this one first, but it should've been shown last. I like "Death Proof", don't get me wrong, but it's a bit slower than "Planet Terror", so when you're watching them both, you have this high enegery film, then you watch this slow, talky film with two, maybe three, kickass scenes. If you get the slow, talky one out of the way and end with a BANG! (which is really how Grindhouse theaters worked back in the day) it would've been a bit more exciting.
I know people are going to disagree with everything I just said, but fuck it.
-Jason
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 20
"Day 20 - Your favorite horror film involving a killer animal"
There's only one right answer to this: Fuckin' "Day of the Animals"!
I have 7 words for you: "Leslie Neilsen Wrestles A Fucking Bear SHIRTLESS!"
I mean, do I need to say more? Well, ok I guess I'll give a small plot description.
Something with the Ozone Layer has caused animals all over the world to freak out and start attacking non-animals (AKA humans). Kind of a sucky time for a group of people to go hiking in the woods. Soon, they're attacked by every animal you can think of, including bears, which Leslie Neilsen, who at this point proves he cold play douchebags before he became a comedy legend, gets shirtless and wrestles a bear. There's not any real reason for it besides MAKING AN EPIC MOVIE!
The rest of the movie is your standard faire but stick around for the wrestling bear scene. Oh and to see Leslie Neilsen try to rape someone. Your mind will be blown!
-Jason
There's only one right answer to this: Fuckin' "Day of the Animals"!
I have 7 words for you: "Leslie Neilsen Wrestles A Fucking Bear SHIRTLESS!"
I mean, do I need to say more? Well, ok I guess I'll give a small plot description.
Something with the Ozone Layer has caused animals all over the world to freak out and start attacking non-animals (AKA humans). Kind of a sucky time for a group of people to go hiking in the woods. Soon, they're attacked by every animal you can think of, including bears, which Leslie Neilsen, who at this point proves he cold play douchebags before he became a comedy legend, gets shirtless and wrestles a bear. There's not any real reason for it besides MAKING AN EPIC MOVIE!
The rest of the movie is your standard faire but stick around for the wrestling bear scene. Oh and to see Leslie Neilsen try to rape someone. Your mind will be blown!
-Jason
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 19
Day 19 - Your favorite horror film involving the powers of Hell or Satanism"
I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this. Let me explain why I didn't put "The Omen" or "Rosemary's Baby" first. And not because I'm trying to be different.
"Rosemary's Baby" is very subtle with it's creepiness. If you went into it cold, you wouldn't suspect it being a horror movie until the end. You'd think it was a drama about some weird neighbors and a pregnant lady who's paranoid.
"The Omen" is almost the same way, except it is pretty scary through the entire movie. The third act is pretty good and terrifying. So don't get me wrong, I think both movies deserve to be here, but I have to give it up to...
"Constantine".
Ok ok ok. I won't see the complaints about this choice until I come back, but hear me out. I'm sure it's not a straight up horror movie, but there are horror elements. And Keanu visits hell a few times in the movie. But what made me want to put this movie on today's topic was the casting choice for Satan: Peter Stormare. That's fucking brilliant if you ask me.
There should be some spin off where it focuses on Stormare as the devil for the whole movie. I'd watch it and it'd be fantastic. Say what you will about "Constantine", you have to give it up to Stormare's portrayal of Satan.
-Jason
I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this. Let me explain why I didn't put "The Omen" or "Rosemary's Baby" first. And not because I'm trying to be different.
"Rosemary's Baby" is very subtle with it's creepiness. If you went into it cold, you wouldn't suspect it being a horror movie until the end. You'd think it was a drama about some weird neighbors and a pregnant lady who's paranoid.
"The Omen" is almost the same way, except it is pretty scary through the entire movie. The third act is pretty good and terrifying. So don't get me wrong, I think both movies deserve to be here, but I have to give it up to...
"Constantine".
Ok ok ok. I won't see the complaints about this choice until I come back, but hear me out. I'm sure it's not a straight up horror movie, but there are horror elements. And Keanu visits hell a few times in the movie. But what made me want to put this movie on today's topic was the casting choice for Satan: Peter Stormare. That's fucking brilliant if you ask me.
There should be some spin off where it focuses on Stormare as the devil for the whole movie. I'd watch it and it'd be fantastic. Say what you will about "Constantine", you have to give it up to Stormare's portrayal of Satan.
-Jason
Monday, April 18, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 18
"Day 18 - Your favorite foreign horror film (outside of your country of origin)"
I don't understand the little footnote thing cause if you are in your country of orgin, it wouldn't be a foreign film, would it? Or maybe they meant nationality wise? Like I can't pick a movie from Ireland, Poland, or Spain/Mexico (That gets a little confusing) or what? Well, fuck it, I'm picking a French movie anyway and I'm gonna go with "High Tension".
(There were a lot I almost put here. I didn't think I watched that many foreign films. Take that, Dylan!)
"High Tension" was directed (maybe written?) by Alexander Aja, who's a hardcore guy. The film is about a girl named Alex visiting her friend and the friend's family for a weekend. At night, a creepy truck pulls up and a shadowy guy comes out and starts killing the family and he kidnaps the friend. Alex hides on the truck, trying to free the friend.
I'll stop there cause everything after that falls into spoiler territory. The ending, if you think about it TOO much, will make you go "Wait...what?" but try not to think about it too hard and just enjoy the ride.
-Jason
I don't understand the little footnote thing cause if you are in your country of orgin, it wouldn't be a foreign film, would it? Or maybe they meant nationality wise? Like I can't pick a movie from Ireland, Poland, or Spain/Mexico (That gets a little confusing) or what? Well, fuck it, I'm picking a French movie anyway and I'm gonna go with "High Tension".
(There were a lot I almost put here. I didn't think I watched that many foreign films. Take that, Dylan!)
"High Tension" was directed (maybe written?) by Alexander Aja, who's a hardcore guy. The film is about a girl named Alex visiting her friend and the friend's family for a weekend. At night, a creepy truck pulls up and a shadowy guy comes out and starts killing the family and he kidnaps the friend. Alex hides on the truck, trying to free the friend.
I'll stop there cause everything after that falls into spoiler territory. The ending, if you think about it TOO much, will make you go "Wait...what?" but try not to think about it too hard and just enjoy the ride.
-Jason
Sunday, April 17, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 17
"Day 17 - Your favorite horror film remake"
Damn, I already used "Let Me In", so I can't use it again. I should've read ahead a bit. Oh well. This is tough cause most of the modern remakes fucking suck. "Prom Night", "Nightmare On Elm Street". But I think I got one, which I recently tackled: "The Hills Have Eyes".
I'm sure I only like this cause it was co-written and directed by Alexander Aja, who will pop up later I'm sure. Aja took the original, gave it a more sinister spin, and updated it. The only complaint I got is how it ended but I'm sure Aja had no choice in the matter.
If you didn't read my review from a month ago (screw you), here's a brief summary: A family is on a road trip and while driving through the desert, their truck and RV gets a flat. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, the dad and some dude look for help. Then a bunch of inbred mutants start attacking.
They took the original and added more tension, which is great. Many people who are fans of the original (right here) couldn't figure out how they could remake this, but I'm glad they did.
-Jason
Damn, I already used "Let Me In", so I can't use it again. I should've read ahead a bit. Oh well. This is tough cause most of the modern remakes fucking suck. "Prom Night", "Nightmare On Elm Street". But I think I got one, which I recently tackled: "The Hills Have Eyes".
I'm sure I only like this cause it was co-written and directed by Alexander Aja, who will pop up later I'm sure. Aja took the original, gave it a more sinister spin, and updated it. The only complaint I got is how it ended but I'm sure Aja had no choice in the matter.
If you didn't read my review from a month ago (screw you), here's a brief summary: A family is on a road trip and while driving through the desert, their truck and RV gets a flat. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, the dad and some dude look for help. Then a bunch of inbred mutants start attacking.
They took the original and added more tension, which is great. Many people who are fans of the original (right here) couldn't figure out how they could remake this, but I'm glad they did.
-Jason
Saturday, April 16, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 16
"Day 16 - Your favorite childhood themed horror film"
A couple of years ago I did a blog-a-thon about children fucking shit up and if I was aware of this movie then it certainly would've been put in. I'm talking about "Home Movie".
"Home Movie" is one of those movies like "The Blair Witch Project" or "Paranormal Activity" where the entire movie is shot through a home camcorder. It focuses on a family who moved to some house in the woods. There are two kids who suddenly start acting weird and as the movie progresses, the kids get more and more disturbed until things take a real fucked up turn.
It's a good movie, even if it's a bit slow. Adrian Pasdar, who is probably most famous for playing Nathan on "Heroes", plays the dad, who is a Pastor and all the religious things he does to help his kids. I won't get into all the messed up things the kids do in the movie but most of them you need to not blink or you'll miss it cause the camera (being held by Dad most of the time) turns it off right away.
This is really a good movie with a creepy vibe. And it'll make you not want to have kids.
-Jason
A couple of years ago I did a blog-a-thon about children fucking shit up and if I was aware of this movie then it certainly would've been put in. I'm talking about "Home Movie".
"Home Movie" is one of those movies like "The Blair Witch Project" or "Paranormal Activity" where the entire movie is shot through a home camcorder. It focuses on a family who moved to some house in the woods. There are two kids who suddenly start acting weird and as the movie progresses, the kids get more and more disturbed until things take a real fucked up turn.
It's a good movie, even if it's a bit slow. Adrian Pasdar, who is probably most famous for playing Nathan on "Heroes", plays the dad, who is a Pastor and all the religious things he does to help his kids. I won't get into all the messed up things the kids do in the movie but most of them you need to not blink or you'll miss it cause the camera (being held by Dad most of the time) turns it off right away.
This is really a good movie with a creepy vibe. And it'll make you not want to have kids.
-Jason
Friday, April 15, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 15
"Day 15 - Your favorite horror film involving serial killers"
I take "serial killers" to mean one person kills a whole bunch of people and so with that, I shall go with "Sleepaway Camp"!
Oh "Sleepaway Camp". You are so special to the world. The film tells the story of some kids who lose their dad in a boating accident (not related to "Jaws") and they're forced to live with their fucking crazy ass Aunt Martha. Some years later, the kids are almost teenagers now and Martha sends them to a summer camp.
We focus on Angela, who's very shy and quiet. Everyone at the camp teases her while she just stares at them oddly. Soon, people end up dead or hurt very badly and the camp director wonders if Angela has something to do with it...
This is a movie where the main effect of it is the ending. You watch it and thinking "Well the acting is terrible, it's a standard slasher" then the final scene occurs and you're like "OMG WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT?!?!" and you go hide in a closet somewhere. Anyway, there are three sequels, which I haven't seen yet, but I'll be getting to those soon.
-Jason
I take "serial killers" to mean one person kills a whole bunch of people and so with that, I shall go with "Sleepaway Camp"!
Oh "Sleepaway Camp". You are so special to the world. The film tells the story of some kids who lose their dad in a boating accident (not related to "Jaws") and they're forced to live with their fucking crazy ass Aunt Martha. Some years later, the kids are almost teenagers now and Martha sends them to a summer camp.
We focus on Angela, who's very shy and quiet. Everyone at the camp teases her while she just stares at them oddly. Soon, people end up dead or hurt very badly and the camp director wonders if Angela has something to do with it...
This is a movie where the main effect of it is the ending. You watch it and thinking "Well the acting is terrible, it's a standard slasher" then the final scene occurs and you're like "OMG WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT?!?!" and you go hide in a closet somewhere. Anyway, there are three sequels, which I haven't seen yet, but I'll be getting to those soon.
-Jason
Thursday, April 14, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 14
"Day 14 - Your favorite zombie film"
Oh fuck me, man. This is like asking me what's my favorite breath of air. Man...let's go with "Zombie Lake".
I really love "Zombie Lake" in a bad sorta way. It's not a good movie. At all. But it's a lot of fun to watch. And there's a shit-ton of nudity, which is always a plus. I reviewed it a few years ago, and I need to rewatch it, but here's a quick summary.
A town in France somewhere has a lake, and a bunch of years ago, during WWII, some Nazi's came into town and started fucking shit up. One Nazi fell in love with a girl, fucked her in a barn, and pretty much carried up a secret affair with her. Then one day, the mayor of this town got fed up with the Nazi's running around his town and he ordered the townspeople to kill the Nazi's, including the one having the affair with the girl, then dumping the bodies into the town's lake.
Now the Nazi soliders are back for revenge! They kill whoever is dumb enough to swim in a lake full of dead bodies, then they eventually march into town. The dead nazi lover boy locates the woman he was banging and meets his daughter. It's kind of touching in a way.
Anyway, what makes this movie fun (besides the nudity) is just how poorly this was shot. The "lake" is really a swimming pool, and the zombie make up washes off easily. It's not for "serious" film lovers, but it's a fucking riot.
-Jason
Oh fuck me, man. This is like asking me what's my favorite breath of air. Man...let's go with "Zombie Lake".
I really love "Zombie Lake" in a bad sorta way. It's not a good movie. At all. But it's a lot of fun to watch. And there's a shit-ton of nudity, which is always a plus. I reviewed it a few years ago, and I need to rewatch it, but here's a quick summary.
A town in France somewhere has a lake, and a bunch of years ago, during WWII, some Nazi's came into town and started fucking shit up. One Nazi fell in love with a girl, fucked her in a barn, and pretty much carried up a secret affair with her. Then one day, the mayor of this town got fed up with the Nazi's running around his town and he ordered the townspeople to kill the Nazi's, including the one having the affair with the girl, then dumping the bodies into the town's lake.
Now the Nazi soliders are back for revenge! They kill whoever is dumb enough to swim in a lake full of dead bodies, then they eventually march into town. The dead nazi lover boy locates the woman he was banging and meets his daughter. It's kind of touching in a way.
Anyway, what makes this movie fun (besides the nudity) is just how poorly this was shot. The "lake" is really a swimming pool, and the zombie make up washes off easily. It's not for "serious" film lovers, but it's a fucking riot.
-Jason
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 13
"Day 13 - Your favorite horror comedy"
I'm sure many people picked "Shaun of the Dead". Me? I'm gonna go with "Student Bodies".
"Student Bodies" was a bit ahead of it's times by spoofing the horror slasher genre right when the horror slasher genre was getting started. The movie focuses on a killer named The Breather and he kills teenagers in odd ways. The opening scene of this movie is probably the best opening to anything, with the killer trying to kill a babysitter and her boyfriend but getting stuck on the stairs by gum.
It's up to a virgin girl to figure out who the killer is among a bunch of suspects including the creepy janitor, the wood shop teacher, and even some of the students. The jokes in the movie are hard to explain but I'll try one of them. The killer is on the phone with a teacher and the teacher asks if the killer is disguising his voice and he says "No, I'm talking through a rubber chicken!" Then after he gets done talking he says "click", so the teachers asks "Did you hang up?" and the killer goes "No, I just said click".
Stuff like that makes this movie pretty funny, at least to me.
-Jason
I'm sure many people picked "Shaun of the Dead". Me? I'm gonna go with "Student Bodies".
"Student Bodies" was a bit ahead of it's times by spoofing the horror slasher genre right when the horror slasher genre was getting started. The movie focuses on a killer named The Breather and he kills teenagers in odd ways. The opening scene of this movie is probably the best opening to anything, with the killer trying to kill a babysitter and her boyfriend but getting stuck on the stairs by gum.
It's up to a virgin girl to figure out who the killer is among a bunch of suspects including the creepy janitor, the wood shop teacher, and even some of the students. The jokes in the movie are hard to explain but I'll try one of them. The killer is on the phone with a teacher and the teacher asks if the killer is disguising his voice and he says "No, I'm talking through a rubber chicken!" Then after he gets done talking he says "click", so the teachers asks "Did you hang up?" and the killer goes "No, I just said click".
Stuff like that makes this movie pretty funny, at least to me.
-Jason
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 12
"Day 12 - Your favorite horror film involving the occult"
This is really gonna be a "I'ma Gonna Defend" but I do love "Jennifer's Body".
Yes, Megan Fox does have something to do with that.
The story: Jennifer and Needy are friends in high school. One night, they go see some emo band play in a club, which is caught on fire. The band wants to party with Jennifer, so they take her to a creepy rape van. When Needy sees Jennifer again, she's got a mouth full of blood and she instantly vomits black stuff.
Jennifer suddenly changes into a hottie and instantly wants to fuck every guy she sees...then she kills everything she fucks. When Jennifer hasn't killed/fucked in awhile, she turns sorta back to normal and explains what happened that night.
The emo band tried to sacrifice her to Satan but something went wrong and instead of whatever the band was trying to do (be famous I think?) Jennifer just became possessed. I guess this could also fall under "possession" but I saw in on a bunch of "occult" lists so it works.
So yeah, for whatever reason nobody likes this movie and I can't figure out why. I mean you got Megan Fox, Amanda Whatshername, and Megan Fox! What more do you people need?
-Jason
This is really gonna be a "I'ma Gonna Defend" but I do love "Jennifer's Body".
Yes, Megan Fox does have something to do with that.
The story: Jennifer and Needy are friends in high school. One night, they go see some emo band play in a club, which is caught on fire. The band wants to party with Jennifer, so they take her to a creepy rape van. When Needy sees Jennifer again, she's got a mouth full of blood and she instantly vomits black stuff.
Jennifer suddenly changes into a hottie and instantly wants to fuck every guy she sees...then she kills everything she fucks. When Jennifer hasn't killed/fucked in awhile, she turns sorta back to normal and explains what happened that night.
The emo band tried to sacrifice her to Satan but something went wrong and instead of whatever the band was trying to do (be famous I think?) Jennifer just became possessed. I guess this could also fall under "possession" but I saw in on a bunch of "occult" lists so it works.
So yeah, for whatever reason nobody likes this movie and I can't figure out why. I mean you got Megan Fox, Amanda Whatshername, and Megan Fox! What more do you people need?
-Jason
Monday, April 11, 2011
30 Days of Horror: Day 11
"Day 11 - Your favorite science fiction horror film"
I'll go with the obvious here: "Event Horizon".
Man, this movie was crazy. A crazy Sam Neill running around a spaceship while Lawrence Fishburn and some other people keep imagining their fears are killing them. And the chick with the eyes...yeah. This was a fucked up movie but it's sooo awesome.
Sorry these have been short, the ones that I pick I haven't had a lot to say about them. I assure you the more into the month we get, the more I have to say.
-Jason
I'll go with the obvious here: "Event Horizon".
Man, this movie was crazy. A crazy Sam Neill running around a spaceship while Lawrence Fishburn and some other people keep imagining their fears are killing them. And the chick with the eyes...yeah. This was a fucked up movie but it's sooo awesome.
Sorry these have been short, the ones that I pick I haven't had a lot to say about them. I assure you the more into the month we get, the more I have to say.
-Jason
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