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Sunday, June 15, 2014
10 Father's Day Horror Movies
Horror-Movies-Ca has provided an excellent list of movies to choose from for this Father's Day! Enjoy :)
Friday, June 13, 2014
Friday the 13th Movie Suggestions
So it's Friday the 13th today. You could go out and take your chances in the world, or simply stay in and have a horror movie fest!
I recommend the latter.
I've gone through the horror movie genre list on Netflix and came up with some potentials. Although there are A Lot of movies you can choose from - because Netflix is awesome that way and there are still so many that I haven't seen yet - below are my picks based on what I've seen so far. Enjoy!
Spooky, Chilling, Ghostly, May Invoke Sad Emotions:
Suspenseful, Original, Striking, Requires Some Patience and Thought:
Thrilling, Scary, Fun, Sometimes A Little Too Over-The-Top:
Vampires:
Witches:
Drink The Night Away Into Hilarious Oblivion:
Silly, Light, Classics, Some Okay For Kids:
I recommend the latter.
I've gone through the horror movie genre list on Netflix and came up with some potentials. Although there are A Lot of movies you can choose from - because Netflix is awesome that way and there are still so many that I haven't seen yet - below are my picks based on what I've seen so far. Enjoy!
Spooky, Chilling, Ghostly, May Invoke Sad Emotions:
- Absentia
- The Awakening
- Below
- The Innkeepers
- Ju-on, The Grudge
- The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
- The Legend of Hell House
- Lovely Molly
Suspenseful, Original, Striking, Requires Some Patience and Thought:
- Absentia
- Carrie
- Candyman
- The Innkeepers
- The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
- Let The Right One In (2008)
- Lovely Molly
- Monsters
- Night of the Living Dead
- Nosferatu
- Occupant
- Pontypool
- Wake Wood
Thrilling, Scary, Fun, Sometimes A Little Too Over-The-Top:
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Children of the Corn
- Dead End
- Dead Snow
- Grabbers
- Grave Encounters
- The Hole
- Insidious Chapter 2
- The People Under the Stairs
- Pontypool
- Troll Hunter
Vampires:
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Fright Night
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Let the Right One In (2008)
- Nosferatu
Witches:
- Black Death
- Black Sabbath
- Black Sunday
- The Craft
- Hellraiser
- Kill, Baby...Kill
- Rosemary 's Baby
Drink The Night Away Into Hilarious Oblivion:
- The Baby
- C.H.U.D.
- Evil Dead 2
- Grabbers
- House (1986)
- Kill, Baby...Kill
- Leprechaun
- Sharknado
Silly, Light, Classics, Some Okay For Kids:
- Attack of the Crab Monsters
- Believe
- Black Sabbath
- Black Sunday
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- The Hole
- House on Haunted Hill
- The Mummy (1932)
- The People Under the Stairs
- Transylvania 6-5000
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Grabbers (2012)
OH HELL YEAH
Grabbers!
I was advised by multiple people, in a bar no less, to watch this fantastic Irish film. They know me so well!
Things that make this movie absolutely awesome:
That said, the major element of this film taps (just enough) into a dangerous and dark humored social respect edge:
This is a great film for people who love, silly, witty not-overly scary horror movies. This is not. I repeat: Not a good film if you are struggling to abstain from alcohol. Grabbers is a movie about people who survive an alien attack by getting themselves tanked (and loving it). This movie captures complete and total intoxication very well...too well - so if booze is a problem for you then maybe you'll want to give this one a bit of time.
In all, I loved this movie. LOVE IT. It's fun, it's creepy, it's a little gross, and it's very smart.
Grabbers actually brought back a mad rush of fond memories I have of my nights at a local Irish pub down the street. I spent nearly a decade there, saturating my weekends with mighty craic, hefty beer mugs, and having a grand old time laughing, crying my eyes out, solving the mysteries of the universe, dancing dancing dancing, and singing singing singing with friends and family. The place is no longer the same but I will always have treasured memories from this pub that I'll hold tight to my heart for a lifetime.
I dedicate this movie review to my 20s...
Grabbers!
I was advised by multiple people, in a bar no less, to watch this fantastic Irish film. They know me so well!
Things that make this movie absolutely awesome:
- My anti-horror movie fan Husband loved it. Huge points for that.
- It's hysterical
- The story line is so clever I could just pee my pants
- The fast and efficient dialog is some of the wittiest I've heard in a long time
- The monsters were scary
- Lovely scenery
That said, the major element of this film taps (just enough) into a dangerous and dark humored social respect edge:
- This movie is about Irish people drinking excessively
This is a great film for people who love, silly, witty not-overly scary horror movies. This is not. I repeat: Not a good film if you are struggling to abstain from alcohol. Grabbers is a movie about people who survive an alien attack by getting themselves tanked (and loving it). This movie captures complete and total intoxication very well...too well - so if booze is a problem for you then maybe you'll want to give this one a bit of time.
In all, I loved this movie. LOVE IT. It's fun, it's creepy, it's a little gross, and it's very smart.
Grabbers actually brought back a mad rush of fond memories I have of my nights at a local Irish pub down the street. I spent nearly a decade there, saturating my weekends with mighty craic, hefty beer mugs, and having a grand old time laughing, crying my eyes out, solving the mysteries of the universe, dancing dancing dancing, and singing singing singing with friends and family. The place is no longer the same but I will always have treasured memories from this pub that I'll hold tight to my heart for a lifetime.
I dedicate this movie review to my 20s...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Lake Mungo (2008)
About 3:00 AM today I woke up suddenly and for no apparent reason. As you do sometimes.
I tossed and turned for a bit, not quite able to get the comfort level I had when I first crawled into bed. When I finally found the right space, right angle, right amount of pillow fluff I was more awake then I wanted to be.
DANG IT
This is when the brain starts working when it shouldn't. Much like our cats. You mill around in the middle of the night too much and they think it's food time. You must be stealthy about these things or else face the heinous busy brain and hungry cat consequences.
So there I was, brain beginning to do it's gear turning when suddenly Lake Mungo popped into my head.
What the hell?! Where did you come from?
And you know, I don't care for this film being referred to as a "Mockumentary Horror". When I hear mockumentary, I think silly - something that is tongue-in-cheek. That is not the case with this movie, although it's filmed in a Documentary style, so I see where the confusion comes in. Weirdos.
In any case, I do not call this one a mockumentary horror - it's a sad, unnerving, heartbreaking, and spooky horror show. Slow? Yes. Requires full attention? Yes. But at no time whatsoever did I find myself chuckling at it's cleverness. That said, it is clever - it's just that the pieces only come together at the Very End of the film. So, you must be patient too, my dears.
I actually watched this film nearly a year and a half ago. Long time to finally write a review about it but I figured since it popped into my head at 3:00 in the morning - proceeded to think about it for about an hour - I might as well use that time spent to construct a review from what I remember.
I began to watch the film with a ho-hum and very little expectations, then I got a little confused (yet intrigued) about where this story was going, but by the end I shivered at what I had just seen and clumsily plopped into the nearest chair, perplexed about what I had to process.
This is a movie about grief, and the myriad ways in which humans process it. This is also a downright chilling ghost story. And this is also a movie about I Have No Proper Category To Put This one. The characters were believable and sympathetic, the scenery haunting, and the mystery that unfolds therein holds a handsome amount of shock value. I quite enjoyed it.
Why Lake Mungo crawled out of the crevasses of my brain, knock on the back of my eyeballs and then sit and chat with me at a most inopportune time, I have no idea.
But let this be a lesson! Lake Mungo may do the very same to you...
Recommended pairing: Picnic stuff, liquor stolen from your parents locked cabinet.
I tossed and turned for a bit, not quite able to get the comfort level I had when I first crawled into bed. When I finally found the right space, right angle, right amount of pillow fluff I was more awake then I wanted to be.
DANG IT
This is when the brain starts working when it shouldn't. Much like our cats. You mill around in the middle of the night too much and they think it's food time. You must be stealthy about these things or else face the heinous busy brain and hungry cat consequences.
So there I was, brain beginning to do it's gear turning when suddenly Lake Mungo popped into my head.
What the hell?! Where did you come from?
And you know, I don't care for this film being referred to as a "Mockumentary Horror". When I hear mockumentary, I think silly - something that is tongue-in-cheek. That is not the case with this movie, although it's filmed in a Documentary style, so I see where the confusion comes in. Weirdos.
In any case, I do not call this one a mockumentary horror - it's a sad, unnerving, heartbreaking, and spooky horror show. Slow? Yes. Requires full attention? Yes. But at no time whatsoever did I find myself chuckling at it's cleverness. That said, it is clever - it's just that the pieces only come together at the Very End of the film. So, you must be patient too, my dears.
I actually watched this film nearly a year and a half ago. Long time to finally write a review about it but I figured since it popped into my head at 3:00 in the morning - proceeded to think about it for about an hour - I might as well use that time spent to construct a review from what I remember.
I began to watch the film with a ho-hum and very little expectations, then I got a little confused (yet intrigued) about where this story was going, but by the end I shivered at what I had just seen and clumsily plopped into the nearest chair, perplexed about what I had to process.
Things I actually said: "What Just Happened!?! What in the world was that?"
This is a movie about grief, and the myriad ways in which humans process it. This is also a downright chilling ghost story. And this is also a movie about I Have No Proper Category To Put This one. The characters were believable and sympathetic, the scenery haunting, and the mystery that unfolds therein holds a handsome amount of shock value. I quite enjoyed it.
Why Lake Mungo crawled out of the crevasses of my brain, knock on the back of my eyeballs and then sit and chat with me at a most inopportune time, I have no idea.
But let this be a lesson! Lake Mungo may do the very same to you...
Recommended pairing: Picnic stuff, liquor stolen from your parents locked cabinet.
Monday, June 2, 2014
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You are all very welcome.
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