Just watched Troll Hunter on Netflix. It wasn't good in your traditional sense but it was well done for what it was and pretty entertaining. Norway is freakin' beautiful too apparently. Which I knew but I guess I didn't know the extent of it.

Missed a few horror film days but here's mine for today and yesterday:

10/23: 10/23: For Sunday's horror film I went to a local small theater The Guild and saw the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Really, what needs to be said about this movie that hasn't already been said? I had seen it once before and really the experience makes the movie-- live actors, hilarious lines, crowd participation, it's just a blast. The movie itself makes no damn sense but that's all part of the fun and the music is awesome. I had a great time, even if it led to me only getting 3 hours of sleep. This movie really needs no rating as if I did I would inevitably be rating the experience instead of the film. If you haven't seen this in a live setting yet, GO.

10/24: For tonight's film I watched Kevin Smith's new film "Red State." This is arguably a horror film (really only the first half is) but it does have elements of the genre. The plot revolves around three young men who answer a Craigslist ad by a woman looking for sex and end up inadvertently becoming captives of an incredibly conservative preacher loosely based on Fred Phelps and his following. I am a pretty big Kevin Smith fan (yeah, shoot me, the guy's funny and writes stellar dialogue) and appreciate his attempt to go outside his cinematic comfort zone but "Red State" ends up a mixed bag of results. The film has a good message to give on the nature of religion taken to it's most radical even if it is sometimes heavy handed. The movie does come off preachy at times, but mostly it does keep itself under control. Probably the biggest weakness in the movie is character development save for the conservative preacher, as even the main protagonists of the movie seem unrefined and even forgotten about half way through the movie. Because of this I felt I had no one to relate to for the second half and felt lost amongst a sea of "happenings" so to speak. John Goodman is, as always, amazing, and Michael Parks is stellar as the preacher. "Red State" is far from being a bad film but also isn't near as engaging as it should have been either.
7.5/10

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Friday the 13th: Jason Lives. Pretty enjoyable. I guess they tried to add some humor to the series in this one. Didn't really work out all that well but the movie is still pretty cool. It's one of those cases where it worked better when you were younger but as you get older it does not have the same effect on you anymore but you can still enjoy it. The kills in this one are surprisingly lame though...

[Octillus]

Friday the 13th: Jason Lives. Pretty enjoyable. I guess they tried to add some humor to the series in this one. Didn't really work out all that well but the movie is still pretty cool. It's one of those cases where it worked better when you were younger but as you get older it does not have the same effect on you anymore but you can still enjoy it. The kills in this one are surprisingly lame though...

Bullshit. Jason Lives is the best one outside of the first and second.

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watched Nosferatu (1922) last night. Pretty amazing flick considering its age. Got a restored version on DVD, cost quite a fortune when I bought it back then. And they did a very good job restoring it. Watched the bonus material too, quite interesting stuff. Guess the movie was made by occultists

super 8

'twas like ET with a shitload of lens flarez

[JuZ]

super 8

'twas like ET with a shitload of lens flarez

Perfect summary.

Horror flicks for the past couple days:

10/25: For tonight's film I watched Ti West's "The House of the Devil." The story follows a young college girl who is cash-strapped and takes a baby sitting job for a man who put an ad outside her dorm. However, she gets more than she bargained for, and chaos ensues as she learns of the family's dark secret. A slow-burning horror film done in style of 80s horror despite being released in 2009, the aesthetic is very well done and full of paranoia. As the girl begins becoming suspicious of what the house she is baby sitting at holds you feel it just as strongly, wondering when the fear will culminate and unleash itself. Nothing truly visually scary happens in about the first 3/4s of the film (save perhaps one scene), but the slow build is really what makes this film incredible. The tension is incredibly palpable and makes the scares that come all the stronger. The ending scene as well is chilling and leaves you feeling substantially uneasy. A nearly perfect horror film honestly; West's talent is more than evident. One small critique would be after that the long, slow, powerful build I would have liked to see the actual climax of the film to have been a bit longer. I wanted more of what West had to give me. Very well done horror.
9/10

10/26: For today's horror film I watched Wes Craven's "Scream," which I had oddly enough not seen before. I wasn't expecting much, as the film has been constantly parodied and pretty talked down by many people, but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it actually was. It's an interesting slasher in how it acknowledges the fact that it's so and sort of reveals the underlying rules and tropes of the genre. I hesitate to use the word parody because the film most certainly isn't making fun of the genre so much as Craven nods to it and dissects it a bit. I also like Craven's treatment of the killer here; unlike the Jason, Michael, and Freddy's of the slasher world who are invincible the killer here feels very vulnerable, like he's just the person wearing in the mask that he is. He gets kicked, feels pain, and is, in a lot of ways, clumsy, and it gives him a certain humanity. Despite all these good points the movie does still come off feeling slightly run of the mill but overall it's an interesting slasher take.
8/10
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The first Scream was good, but the sequels are what really caused the franchise to become a target for parody. Funny enough, every sequel not only acknowledges this, but seems to revel in it. That said, only the second film (in my opinion) seems close enough to the original in terms of quality. The fourth was so-so, and the third one was an eye-roller.

Recently watched The Horde - French zombie film that starts as a crime drama/tale of revenge, and then suddenly becomes a savage gore-fest with a great level of gruesomeness, and has plenty of twists and thrills to keep it fun. I just like the fact that it came with the warning "Not Suitable For Vegetarians". Every zombie lover should see this.
Edited as my previous description was bugging me.

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Recently watched The Horde - French zombie film that starts as a crime drama/tale of revenge, and then suddenly becomes a savage gore-fest with a great level of gruesomeness, and has plenty of twists and thrills to keep it fun. I just like the fact that it came with the warning "Not Suitable For Vegetarians". Every zombie lover should see this.
Edited as my previous description was bugging me.

I have wanted to pick this one up for many months but the Blu-Ray has been so fucking expensive over here so far. But being a zombie fanatic I have to own this one sooner or later.

watched Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers last night. It's actually one of the better Halloween sequels. It's not as good as the second Halloween movie and certainly not anywhere near as good as the first one but it's better than anything that came after it.

In my opinion H20 was the best sequel after Halloween 2 (or even on par with). Return is 4th place (appropriately) on that list.

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In my opinion H20 was the best sequel after Halloween 2 (or even on par with). Return is 4th place (appropriately) on that list.

oh, H20 ain't bad at all. It just tried to be 'Scream' too much, in my opinion. And to me it would actually be the 4th best Halloween flick. So we almost agree, heh.

Watched Phantasm 2 yesterday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095863/

Mike is released from psychiatry, when he agrees with the doctors that the terrible happenings in his past were just in his imagination. But once he's free, he contacts Redge and they team up to hunt down and eliminate the "Tall Man", who plunders the graveyards and abducts the sleeping with help of his terrible gnomes. A beautiful strange girl starts to appear in Mike's dreams. He assumes she's in danger and needs their help - will they find her before the Tall Man can do her any harm?

Pretty cool flick actually. It's weird with plenty of good effects. It's probably one of those not so well known horror flicks but it's definitely worth watching if you're into horror flicks from the 80's.

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yeah yeah...double post, blah blah...

Just watched

Drag Me To Hell
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127180/

and I absolutely fucking loved it. I don't really understand the somewhat low score on IMDb, especially compared to the Metacritic score, but oh well. This has probably been the most oldschool'ish horror flick from recent times that I've seen over the past few years. And it really feels like a Sam Raimi horror movie. You get that Evil Dead vibe from it. There's also some humor in it, not as much though as some reviews suggest, at least not in my opinion. I watched the Unrated cut though so that might be why. Anyways, I'm glad that I finally decided to pick up this movie! And I'm sure I'll be watching this one again!

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I fucking adore that movie as well. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, it doesn't have to.

[EphelDuath666]

I fucking adore that movie as well. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, it doesn't have to.

I absolutely agree!

High 5! No...high 20! That's right...both hands AND both feet.