tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863567381726691312024-03-13T15:16:19.501-04:00The Horror Canon-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-37565007920295020562016-01-22T20:17:00.001-05:002016-01-22T20:17:19.112-05:00Wow, how long was I out?!More than 4 years later, I still look at this blog and wonder what to write. I'm sure people have written off this space due to inactivity, but I'm still here. There are quite a few films that still need to be entered into The Horror Canon. I'll be posting new entries soon enough. If anyone is still checking this space, keep watching. It'll be awesome!-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-88255342107784891362011-10-20T21:18:00.000-04:002011-10-20T21:18:32.102-04:00Wolf Creek (2005): The Halloween Fifteen<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All told, Wolf Creek really is a simple story: Three adventure-hungry youths take on the isolated Wolf Creek Crater in Western Australia. They become stranded there, far from anything remotely resembling civilization. Help arrives in the form of friendly Australian gentleman, Mick. As soon as Mick is trusted, it is revealed that he, well, should NOT have been trusted.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director Greg Mclean is the captain of this ship. He begins the film at a leisurely pace and let's things meander as we get to know the cast. We see excessive pool partying, excessive drinking, and excessive flirting. All this serves to introduce us to the 3 main leads:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the film progresses, we are treated to many Australian locales, from the suburbs to the highways, a hole-in-the-wall bar to the sprawling plains. Visually there is a lot to take in, which is impressive considering the sparseness the film maker is trying to convey. And once we get to the heart of the story, the film does a great job of portraying the middle-of-nowhere helplessness of the characters effectively.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mentioned the slower pace of the first hour or so. It's intentional, and never feels like the film maker was lost to what he was doing. It was the right way to set this story up. We spend time with these three characters, and we are able to identify and empathize with them. By the time we see bad stuff happening to these good people we've spent enough time with them to feel that they deserve to survive this nightmare.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I won't go into all the intricacies of the story. Watching how things unfold is half of the fun. Having said that, the story is not what's important here. The real meat of the film is in its performances, and misdirection of the audience. Each cast member gives their all (with a slightly off-putting turn by the male lead toward the end) and is fairly believable in their reactions to their new found stress. But the real star of the show is John Jarratt, who plays Mick. He's fucking RELENTLESS:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geez, and this picture is from one of his more tame moments. Mick can play friendly, menacing and creepy all in the same scene. In scenes where he is in full on Crazy Mick mode, it's underlined by the fact that he is always in control of his actions. Not once is he unaware of what is happening around him, and his actions are precisely calculated. Mick is a hunter, and he does this to people because he can, plain and simple. And that laugh of his is haunting...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are several sly misdirections from the director. One precedes the 'head-on-a-stick' scene. One happens toward the end on a lonely stretch of highway. I don't want to give them away because they are pretty effective. There are many scenes where the leads seem to be making progress and then things blow up in their faces. It's the typical 'one step forward, two steps back' scenario, but it works well in this film and keeps the viewer unnerved.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At one point, this kind, old man shows up, but isn't really any help to anyone. His intentions were pure, but let's just say he won't be attending the annual <a href="http://gortons.com/">Gorton</a>'s convention this year...</span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pvJNfwNicrU" width="430"></iframe>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-299083616108965582011-08-09T12:28:00.000-04:002011-08-09T12:34:33.677-04:00The Victim Tally Of Jason Voorhees<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">It's no secret I love the Friday the 13th films. I saw this graphic at <a href="http://www.zombots.net/">Zombots</a> and just had to have it. It didn't say who originally designed it, so I can only give credit to my source. Feel free to steal it from me, and maybe the designer will come forward so we can all shower him/her with adoration.</span></div>
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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 166px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yo_FAg1H5R0/TjIZl4PbUjI/AAAAAAAABAE/7bBIZ-ZQLmw/s320/ishot-3169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634594222336856626" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zcXoH9sheZ8/TjIZliV40LI/AAAAAAAAA_8/qngTjavQj9c/s1600/modf1331.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zcXoH9sheZ8/TjIZliV40LI/AAAAAAAAA_8/qngTjavQj9c/s320/modf1331.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634594216458375346" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">Friday the 13th Part 3</span></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I know Ginny says his name in the flashback to part 2, but I think it's kind of neat that they never use his name in the movie proper. I wonder if the film makers were trying to make Jason seem more like a "boogey man" by doing this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Who knows?!</div></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-53761143125735228662011-07-28T21:38:00.000-04:002011-07-28T22:14:24.457-04:00I'm Just Sayin'<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I bought this little bluray disc a while back. Maybe you've heard of it. Here's the front cover:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iiIJcDE7dss/TjIPJxu-44I/AAAAAAAAA_s/9iellU4WNdc/s1600/794043138911f.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iiIJcDE7dss/TjIPJxu-44I/AAAAAAAAA_s/9iellU4WNdc/s320/794043138911f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634582744437547906" /></a></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Of course, I've seen A Nightmare on Elm Street many times, so this was promptly added to my collection shelf without a viewing...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">where it sat...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">for a long time...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">until tonight.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I grabbed the disc from the shelf and threw it in the player. As the film loaded, I amused myself by reading the back of the movie case. And let me tell you, sir or madam, I was embarrassed by what I read:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jcg-dU3HXMY/TjISk5Zpu4I/AAAAAAAAA_0/XUZXCms-cwc/s320/794043138911b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634586508886915970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >You may not be able to read the tiny text, so I'll also type it out for the ease of your tired eyeballs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>"1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you." And here he is, phantom fiend Freddy Krueger in all his razor-fingered infamy. Wes Craven (Scream movies) directs this trendsetting first in the slash-hit series. The premise is simple: Freddy (Robert Englund) homicidally haunts the sleep of Elm Street teens. The results are terrifying and mind-blowingly innovative. There’s another film debut too: Johnny Depp. He plays the ready steady of the hottie mcsmarty (Heather Langenkamp) who figures a clever way to flambé the fiend. But ever-say-die Freddy will be 3, 4 back for more…even returning to the screen in a killer 2010 remake of this diabolical original. Sweet dreams!</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I guess with a movie of this reputation you don't need to try real hard to synopsize the story, but come on. Try a little bit. I wasn't only embarrassed for the person who wrote it, but for myself. I thought someone was going to come along and ask me what I was reading, and I would have to tell them. And they would laugh at me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So, I guess there is no real point to this post, other than to preempt the person who sees me reading this bluray cover. Then I can refer them to this little corner of the interwebs and say "I agree with you. That movie synopsis sounds silly."</span></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-51819380303480917292011-02-21T11:29:00.000-05:002011-02-21T11:34:59.352-05:00Something To Look Forward To...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Another foreign film doing something original. And it looks awesome!</span></div><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="430" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TLEo7H9tqSM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-67398849645180010842011-02-21T09:32:00.002-05:002011-10-26T22:24:32.846-04:00Frozen (2010)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">1) You have to remember to actually do it (I have missed the due date more than once).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">2) We all reconvene at <a href="http://www.finalgirl.blogspot.com/">Stacie's place</a>, to share our thoughts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It's really a good time, though occasionally <a href="http://www.dearauntnettie.com/museum/museum-fratparty.htm">things get out of hand</a>. I'm waiting for the month when Stacie provides all the guests with mysterious little floating coffins inside a bigger coffin...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Adam Green is a strange case. He's hard to pigeon-hole. There are few people that I talk to that like all of his stuff all at once. He's got the over-the-top <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">grotesquities</span> of the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422401/">Hatchet</a> series. Then he's got the low-key subtleties of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491162/">Spiral</a>. With <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323045/">Frozen</a> we get yet another side of Green's storytelling skills. </span></div>
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<obligatory quick="" story="" up=""><span class="Apple-style-span">(obligatory quick rundown of plot, even though we all know what's what) Frozen is about 3 college students who are left stuck on a ski lift over the course of a few days.</span></obligatory></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Frozen gives us a character driven dramatic piece, where gross things happen. We learn to like the characters (for the most part) and we really do root for them to escape this horrible situation. I admit, the aforementioned situation seems a bit silly when describing the film to others. Only when watching the film does it become "real." The cast plays it straight, and the situation that once seemed ludicrous becomes something you'll think about every time you ride up a ski lift.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The whole movie takes place on a mountain. I can't remember where this mountain is supposed to be, or if it's even a real-life mountain or a fictional place. I guess that doesn't matter. What matters is the situation we are presented with quickly deteriorates over the course of a short while. Nothing these characters do can improve their situation without serious consequence.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The film is good. But not great. Everything was shot well. It was well acted. There was great tension where appropriate and their was a great sense of hopelessness throughout. It's the little things that drag it down a notch. Why wouldn't these characters huddle together? Why wouldn't they cover their exposed skin? Little things like that are what I thought about after the film. It's still an effective film, but it's the details that people notice, you know?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">At the end of the day, I can recommend this movie (and have). It's tense enough, and bloody enough to satisfy most horror fans without going too far for other types of movie fans. It's survival horror, and that's what strikes a chord with people: "What would I do in a situation like this?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Looking around the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">interwebs</span>, I found a cool <a href="http://tragicsunshine.com/newsletter/?p=970">fan produced</a> movie poster for Frozen</span>:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Not too bad, methinks. Artist <a href="http://tragicsunshine.com/">Kevin Tong</a> goes a different direction than the official movie poster (at the near-top of this post) while keeping all the main elements intact.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">As always, I've enjoyed my time "watching a movie with the gang." I'll look forward to the next Film Club. I wonder what <a href="http://www.halolz.com/2010/03/22/hospitality/">hospitality</a> our host will provide next time.</span></div>
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Oh, and you can also find Stacie <a href="http://jill-sandwich.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: justify;">here</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;"> and </span><a href="http://www.thescare-ening.pretty-scary.net/" style="text-align: justify;">here</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;">.</span></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-36864879901263473692011-02-03T14:26:00.001-05:002011-02-22T08:22:39.846-05:002010...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >2010 wasn't really a great year for movies. Or was it? I was looking through my movie collection wondering what happened with 2010. There wasn't a lot of gold to be found, but there was plenty of silver and bronze.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Maybe our beloved genre had a weak showing last year. Maybe this year will be better. Only time will tell. All I know is that while 2010 wasn't the year for tour-de-force cinema, it certainly was a fun year at the theater (and at home).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I kept saying to people that 2010 was the year of the action movie comeback. There were a ton of action movies that hit this year, and it kept things fun. And while the action genre overshadowed the rest (as far as my small scope perceived anyway), there were a few good comedies, horror movies, dramatic pieces, and documentaries. The point is: The more I kept digging, the more good stuff I found. Some great stuff, but mostly good stuff.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ehSpFzNzFDE/TWMZ_8_jkzI/AAAAAAAAA9g/SdUQ6-WpggU/s1600/Youth%2Bin%2BRevolt%2Bmovie%2Bposter%2BMichael%2BCera.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ehSpFzNzFDE/TWMZ_8_jkzI/AAAAAAAAA9g/SdUQ6-WpggU/s320/Youth%2Bin%2BRevolt%2Bmovie%2Bposter%2BMichael%2BCera.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576329350109958962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QJK4am5HL1g/TWMZ3yz6RbI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/4MPJYAtudwE/s1600/toy_story_3_movie_poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QJK4am5HL1g/TWMZ3yz6RbI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/4MPJYAtudwE/s320/toy_story_3_movie_poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576329209937806770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_BJ8cGj504/TWMZ3fkOkSI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/TvsZPy_IeoQ/s1600/the-last-exorcism-movie-poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GsEQSJCqMm8/TWMX4fzIyTI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/yJC1Q8ooByA/s320/burning-bright-movie-poster-1020549568.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576327022990903602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8CsuFLohD0/TWMX4dZ8D0I/AAAAAAAAA6I/rMVUrj6hHug/s1600/Buried_movie_poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8CsuFLohD0/TWMX4dZ8D0I/AAAAAAAAA6I/rMVUrj6hHug/s320/Buried_movie_poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576327022348341058" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWSumbeykhc/TWMX332bRXI/AAAAAAAAA5w/JRWoMslMQZA/s1600/02_inception_movie_poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWSumbeykhc/TWMX332bRXI/AAAAAAAAA5w/JRWoMslMQZA/s320/02_inception_movie_poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576327012267279730" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWSumbeykhc/TWMX332bRXI/AAAAAAAAA5w/JRWoMslMQZA/s1600/02_inception_movie_poster.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N68qGT8UcrQ/TWMYc9Udj4I/AAAAAAAAA7A/Og4HBsb7I1A/s320/frozen-movie-poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576327649390595970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P6zsyIZXLKs/TWO4GTbVa8I/AAAAAAAAA9w/x62QxeVDqic/s320/the-social-network-movie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576503182048455618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4leXw0GD3fo/TWO4GPSH66I/AAAAAAAAA9o/Rg-MY0jTTLA/s320/predators-movie-poster12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576503180936080290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This certainly isn't an exhaustive list, by any means. This is just what I had the most fun with, or took the most from. And there are a few movies that I really enjoyed but would be ashamed to say so (Clash of the Titans, anyone?). Also, the small screen saw a giant release this year: The Walking Dead. While it was only 6 episodes long, it was still quite a big deal.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " >Bottom line: 2010 wasn't the lost cause that I thought it was after all. In fact, I really quite enjoyed it.</span></span></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-78660119892475154522011-01-23T09:55:00.000-05:002011-01-23T11:44:49.147-05:00Camp Sunningdale, Part 2<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It's the dead of winter in New England. Snow and ice cover pretty much everything. Parking bans are in effect every couple of days for new snowfall. Cars are coated in salt. Everyone's breath is showing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It may be time to warm my thoughts a bit. <a href="http://the-horror-canon.blogspot.com/2010/04/camp-sunningdale.html">A while back</a>, I showed some photos of Camp Sunningdale, a run down and rotted summer camp in the middle of the woods in Maine. I said I would have some photos of the inside of the cabins and of the Rec Hall. Well, here they are.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >If you also are suffering from the condition popularly referred to as "winter," I hope these summer shots help.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNFEj-1dI/AAAAAAAAA20/TW1MaKerFYo/s1600/DSC02969.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNFEj-1dI/AAAAAAAAA20/TW1MaKerFYo/s320/DSC02969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565407989042435538" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Here are the cabins from a front view. I think there are six in this row.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxO7h6dITI/AAAAAAAAA4E/sSxfdM0XV5Q/s320/DSC02983.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565410024145887538" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >There are no stairs into any of these cabins. Climbing is the only option, but it's not high enough to keep anyone out.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNENp8kBI/AAAAAAAAA2s/Z5Y1nEVFEg8/s1600/DSC02964.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNENp8kBI/AAAAAAAAA2s/Z5Y1nEVFEg8/s320/DSC02964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565407974303502354" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >The rope for the shutters is all rotted, so the only light comes from a broken window in the bathroom in the back of the cabin.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxO79F_TkI/AAAAAAAAA4M/KPWARLMFs0k/s320/DSC02984.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565410031442021954" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a 3/4 view of one of the cabins. All the cabins in this row are the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNFaIzVNI/AAAAAAAAA28/pm5y1Gx1_DM/s320/DSC02965.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565407994834015442" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i>The cabins are broken up in half. This is one side of the cabin, presumably where a group of campers would sleep.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNFp0BL9I/AAAAAAAAA3E/rdmU7gQCIk0/s320/DSC02966.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565407999041810386" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i>This is the space between the two camper rooms. It looks like a bathroom and changing area.</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNFy-IssI/AAAAAAAAA3M/UX_kLJqd5lI/s320/DSC02967.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565408001500164802" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i>The bathroom... and the only source of light in this cabin.</i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN3X3wJZI/AAAAAAAAA3U/H1VZy1v15zo/s320/DSC02968.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565408853219091858" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >A closer view of the changing area between the camper rooms, opposite the bathroom.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN3heHkWI/AAAAAAAAA3c/BDjSu7Rl2HU/s1600/DSC02973.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN3heHkWI/AAAAAAAAA3c/BDjSu7Rl2HU/s320/DSC02973.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565408855795929442" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxNFEj-1dI/AAAAAAAAA20/TW1MaKerFYo/s1600/DSC02969.JPG"></a></div></i></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;">This is the outside view of the Rec Hall. It's a large one room building with a pitched roof and a covered porch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxO8j2DpcI/AAAAAAAAA4c/TvG_FODPdJI/s320/DSC02977.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565410041844180418" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >Again, no stairs into the building. Years ago, when I first visited this camp in all it's disrepair, there were stairs here, but they were terribly decayed.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN4cjY7UI/AAAAAAAAA30/UyMLuhBHI3A/s1600/DSC02976.JPG"><i><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN4cjY7UI/AAAAAAAAA30/UyMLuhBHI3A/s320/DSC02976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565408871655730498" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">There is a set of stairs onto the porch from the right-hand side of the building.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN3_tqAUI/AAAAAAAAA3k/ed78ZllFkmY/s320/DSC02974.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565408863914164546" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i>There is almost no light into the Rec Hall. I shot what I could. There is an old piano in here that is terribly detuned. There are a couple basketball hoops, though the building's rafters are in the way of making any shots. There is a stage on one side of the hall with a storage area underneath. The floors are all broken and uneven from roots trying to grow through them.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxN4I1KkVI/AAAAAAAAA3s/s2n6UPGoAHo/s320/DSC02975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565408866361577810" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i>The flash on my camera helped a bit, but still it did nothing for my crappy photo-taking skills...</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " ><i><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTxO8FlWJrI/AAAAAAAAA4U/i31mFqfEiAU/s320/DSC02989.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565410033721026226" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></i></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >After exploring the insides of the buildings it was time to go. This is the path that leads back to my car, back through the woods.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: x-small; "><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >So, that concludes my visit to Camp Sunningdale in the late summer of 2007. I hope this journey remedied a bit of your winter blues, at least for a while. Now, where did I put my ice scraper?</span></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-72009086537151289042011-01-22T20:58:00.000-05:002011-10-26T22:25:17.463-04:00John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) Entered As Part Of The Horror Canon<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">So, this is the third inductee into The Horror Canon. Was there any doubt that it would end up here? I hope not! It totally deserves it's place among the great horror films of the 20th century. In my opinion, it just gets better with age.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/">Halloween</a> is one of those films that everyone knows about. Even those who are not into horror films will recognize the main theme, or the Myers mask. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118/">John Carpenter</a>'s third directorial outing was made relatively cheaply (estimated at $320,000), but I'll be damned if every penny wasn't put to perfect good use!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000587/">Donald Pleasence</a> stars as Dr. Sam Loomis, in a wonderfully over-the-top performance. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000130/">Jaime Lee Curtis</a> plays virginal babysitter Laurie Strode. Both actors are perfectly cast. I can't think of anyone who could best these actors here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I won't bore you with the storyline, as it's pretty well known these days. But I will hit some of the highlights of the film, the parts that make it so special.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It's almost impossible to get the full impact of this opening scene nowadays: In the viewer's mind the stalker outside the house becomes a burglar entering the house, then becomes someone the victim is familiar with, then becomes a murderer, and ultimately becomes...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">...the 6 year old Michael Myers that horror fans will never forget! That's pretty shocking stuff when no one was expecting it. It's still amazingly watchable after all these years.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">After 15 years in an asylum, Michael escapes and plans to return home to continue killing this Halloween Night, 1978.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Michael continues the pattern he started in the opening of the film. He stalks....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565212557064624626" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTubVbthWfI/AAAAAAAAAzg/fxi1AQafhoY/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h02m49s91.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565212564096154514" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTubV159-5I/AAAAAAAAAzo/biUr-jiOTJw/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h03m41s103.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565212568181504994" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTubWFH_e-I/AAAAAAAAAzw/9lOLI-gHAQE/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h04m45s236.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565217912091189442" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTugNIvWIMI/AAAAAAAAAz4/HATqtrxRCDY/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h09m10s69.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565217918197371378" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTugNffLEfI/AAAAAAAAA0A/U2d0k5ReRY0/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h11m36s215.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565217915114788322" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTugNUAOleI/AAAAAAAAA0I/Rq4iNecrII8/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h13m01s42.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">To finish his killing duties, as they may be, he ends with Laurie. Michael chases her...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">...and gets a knitting needle in his neck for his efforts.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Michael's not a quitter, so he chases Laurie some more...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">...but this time gets a wire hanger in the eye...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">...AND a knife in the chest!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Laurie is certain she has vanquished The Boogeyman.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565220570981632722" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTuin54OitI/AAAAAAAAA04/ZbOgQMXyqOs/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h20m58s235.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Michael decides to give it one more shot. He chases Laurie...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565221316181885634" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTujTR90AsI/AAAAAAAAA1A/NKpvQYTbHFA/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h21m45s192.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">...but this time he gets Loomis! And it's the final showdown!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565221320093323986" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTujTgiX0tI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/tF7FLQhjDtY/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h23m09s19.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Loomis shoots Michael right out of the house and off the balcony.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565221329066001954" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTujUB9oBiI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/SyEn0m7Zm24/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h23m28s213.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Loomis sees Michael lying on the ground, and turns to console Laurie.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">When Loomis turns back to Michael's body, it's gone.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565221529151527266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTujfrVu2WI/AAAAAAAAA14/IeI2hJCzg_Y/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h24m16s171.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">The Aftermath...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTujfYWKNkI/AAAAAAAAA1o/_mE6rxVrfPk/s1600/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h23m00s185.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565221524053046850" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TTujfYWKNkI/AAAAAAAAA1o/_mE6rxVrfPk/s320/vlcsnap-2011-01-22-22h23m00s185.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 320px;" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Now, having made light of the final showdown between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode, I don't want to belittle the film. It's still and extremely effective horror film. The stalking scenes are perfection throughout the film. The end of the film is as tense a film as you are likely to see. The film looks dated by today's standards, what with the fashions and vehicles, but with the cinematography, direction, and level of acting in this film, you will not have a chance to let that bother you. This is film perfection, nevermind horror film perfection.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><br /></span></div>
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</div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-60293261523021160162011-01-22T20:48:00.000-05:002011-01-23T11:48:51.548-05:00Almost Horror...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I've certainly been neglacting this little corner of the interwebs. For that I appologize. As a bit of a peace offering I give you a video that I've recently been introduced to. I don't think it's new, but it's new to me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="430" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B-Wd-Q3F8KM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Those poor spiders...</span></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-64379458397404971302010-09-04T20:50:00.000-04:002010-09-22T14:44:42.482-04:00The Halloween Season 2010 Begins...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It's now September, and that means my favorite time of year. For the next 3 months, things are perfect in New England. The weather's a little cooler and the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.beerinfo.com/index.php/pages/bestpumpkinbeers.html">pumpkin ales</a> start showing up in stores,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> the foliage shows its impressive colors and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.generalmills.com/en/Brands/Cereals/Monsters.aspx">General Mills monster cereals</a> are now available to fill my stomach,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> promises of Halloween specials litter the TV Guide channel and the "Spirit of Halloween" stores show up and leave almost as quickly as a traveling carnival. There's so much to like.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anyway, in the spirit of the season, here's a twist on the now classic song "This Is Halloween" from the perennial treat "The Nightmare Before Christmas."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sLveyRQdvVw?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sLveyRQdvVw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="350"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Halloween season if finally here. Enjoy it...</div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-71023594465391225132010-07-25T12:33:00.001-04:002011-01-08T11:09:03.167-05:00The House Of The Devil (2009)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE2oZELasvI/AAAAAAAAAxE/3lJD7bFdMR4/s1600/house_of_the_devil_ver2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE2oZELasvI/AAAAAAAAAxE/3lJD7bFdMR4/s320/house_of_the_devil_ver2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498235868661068530" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Stacie over at </span><a href="http://finalgirl.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Final Girl</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has invited us, once again, to join her in watching something grand. Or maybe it's not the movie that is grand, but rather that we are all watching it together that is grand. We are the world. Or something...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This month's pick was the 2009 </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488800/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ti West</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> flick "The House Of The Devil." And I have a new crush. Samantha Hughes (</span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2439994/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jocelin Donahue</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">). Just look at her. How could you not want her to triumph over evil?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TEz3lMawilI/AAAAAAAAAwU/86CgwznkyyQ/s1600/600full-the-house-of-the-devil-screenshot.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TEz3lMawilI/AAAAAAAAAwU/86CgwznkyyQ/s320/600full-the-house-of-the-devil-screenshot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498041463473211986" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Samantha, or Sam as she prefers, is bettering her situation by moving out of the dorm room she shares with her, let's say "less than desirable" roommate. She's found the perfect apartment with the perfect landlady, but she may have a problem coming up with the money for the first month's rent. So she goes job hunting.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">College job boards are the perfect solution to any financial woes you may have and Sam knows it. Sam answers the call of Mr. & Mrs. Ulman. They are seemingly in immediate need of a babysitter. Even though the situation seems weird, Sam is going to see it through. I mean, the Ulman's are willing to pay a huge amount of money for a few hours of her time. What could possibly go wrong? The movie revolves around the timing of a full lunar eclipse, and the unnamed Satanic cult that is willing to do anything to see their mission through.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This movie is not perfect, but it is hugely entertaining. I found myself staring at the screen as we see lingering camera shots. I found myself holding my breath as the characters were investigating things that needed investigating. As plot points were slowly revealed to the characters (and sometimes exclusively to the viewer) I found my mind wandering to see where this film might be taking me. There are lots of "big reveal" scenes in this film, some where pieces of the puzzle are answered, and some where a twist in the plot would cause us more questions.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Two of the reasons this film worked so well were the performances of </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006888/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tom </span></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006888/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Noonan</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001862/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mary </span></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001862/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Woronov</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. These two were perfectly cast as Mr. & Mrs. Ulman. Tom Noonan is pitch perfect in his role as he is timid, yet at the same time, sinister enough to command your attention.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TEz__B0FrSI/AAAAAAAAAwc/2ORU17EGLHs/s1600/tom.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TEz__B0FrSI/AAAAAAAAAwc/2ORU17EGLHs/s320/tom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498050703396285730" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mary Woronov is charming as Mrs. Ulman. She is disarming and seems genuine, yet you know there are things that she is hiding.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TEz__RVA7-I/AAAAAAAAAwk/nhfdMzzlDpM/s1600/mary.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TEz__RVA7-I/AAAAAAAAAwk/nhfdMzzlDpM/s320/mary.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498050707560919010" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At the end of the film, when almost all of the Satanists' intentions are known, there is a ritual scene that is quite disturbing. The introduction to this scene is shot with all quick cuts and loud music, and would feel more at home in a Saw movie than in this one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE0CeAD6gVI/AAAAAAAAAws/KtCfvWApef4/s1600/sam.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE0CeAD6gVI/AAAAAAAAAws/KtCfvWApef4/s320/sam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498053434524991826" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I assume that this is the Grandmother who shows up. It's not really made clear who it is, but that is my guess.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE0CeSZdOXI/AAAAAAAAAw0/lJTsXbMgNwE/s1600/devil.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE0CeSZdOXI/AAAAAAAAAw0/lJTsXbMgNwE/s320/devil.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498053439447185778" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Overall, this movie is great. There is an immense feeling of nostalgia that will make you feel right at home. While the story is nothing new, the way that it is presented is indeed spectacular. There are certain elements that feel out of place, like the aforementioned quick cut scene, but I also had a problem with the actor who played Victor Ulman. His look didn't seem to match the time period the film was trying to portray. It's kind of a strange complaint, but his scenes took me out of the movie.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Those are truly minor complaints. This movie was created as an homage to the greatest age of horror movies that I know. I had a blast with it. There are many, many great scenes that will have you jumping out of your seat, or sinking into the couch. At the end of the day, isn't that why we watch these things?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE0GTqYdHrI/AAAAAAAAAw8/ru6E9rlX1g0/s1600/sam2.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE0GTqYdHrI/AAAAAAAAAw8/ru6E9rlX1g0/s320/sam2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498057654953385650" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(One more picture of Sam to wash that horrible Grandmother picture taste out of my mouth.)</span></div></div><br /><br /><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AtXtSGRV0xc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AtXtSGRV0xc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="350"></embed></object>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-68989124112914261712010-07-11T21:16:00.001-04:002010-07-26T12:23:30.310-04:00The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Entered As Part Of The Horror Canon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE2uNOIL3-I/AAAAAAAAAxM/IKrDr2TlqVc/s1600/texas_chainsaw_massacre.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE2uNOIL3-I/AAAAAAAAAxM/IKrDr2TlqVc/s320/texas_chainsaw_massacre.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498242262243205090" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As far as organizing a canon of horror films, maybe I shouldn't have started at the tippy top with The Exorcist. I mean, anything that is added to the list from that point is certainly a step down, right?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I think not! Try this on for size...</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_ceS5zjI/AAAAAAAAAwE/DUUbtSPv0yY/s1600/texaschainsawmassacre1974dvd.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_ceS5zjI/AAAAAAAAAwE/DUUbtSPv0yY/s320/texaschainsawmassacre1974dvd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842822677155378" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Texas Chain Saw Massacre...the reputation of this movie alone is enough to send people running. This film does a phenomenal job of making the viewer uncomfortable. Try looking at a meat hook or a hitch hiker the same way again, and you'll find it's not possible.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is director </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001361/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tobe Hooper</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'s first (and arguably best) film in his long running career. The film stars </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122782/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Marilyn Burns</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360815/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gunnar Hansen</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623605/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Edwin Neal</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and a host of others, mostly unknown. In 1976 the film won a </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/awards"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Critics Award</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The documentary style of this film and the lingering shots were the perfect way to put the viewer on edge almost immediately.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A group of teens are visiting a small town in Texas. They are checking on the grave of one of their grandfathers as there have been a recent rash of grave robbings in the area. It all begins with a hitch hiker. The man is absolutely nuts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_V_yeuhI/AAAAAAAAAv8/HQ31e4iGP4Y/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h42m25s174.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_V_yeuhI/AAAAAAAAAv8/HQ31e4iGP4Y/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h42m25s174.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842711408884242" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are a lot of really beautiful shots in this film. Given the subject matter it's a wonder there were opportunities for such art.</span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_VMsPISI/AAAAAAAAAv0/UCn2OHN_85M/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h45m36s41.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_VMsPISI/AAAAAAAAAv0/UCn2OHN_85M/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h45m36s41.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842697692487970" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The gang looks on as their hitch hiker mutilates his own hand with a jackknife.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_Utmet-I/AAAAAAAAAvs/gJLzwxzFT3Q/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h48m41s72.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_Utmet-I/AAAAAAAAAvs/gJLzwxzFT3Q/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h48m41s72.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842689346844642" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The above sequence is startling. It's the first appearance of Leatherface. He comes out of nowhere and leaves just as suddenly. His total disregard for life is evident in every move he makes.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_UK7nPzI/AAAAAAAAAvk/bpJ9lCMR0VY/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h49m01s20.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_UK7nPzI/AAAAAAAAAvk/bpJ9lCMR0VY/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h49m01s20.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842680040242994" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pam investigates Kirk's disappearance. Again, this is a beautifully shot sequence.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_ToxAdOI/AAAAAAAAAvc/DNUiqOw4U8k/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h50m44s50.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp_ToxAdOI/AAAAAAAAAvc/DNUiqOw4U8k/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-21h50m44s50.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842670868952290" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pam discovers her fate: first the meat hook, then the freezer. The scenes in this film are almost all set up to make the viewer uncomfortable.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-tWrXtMI/AAAAAAAAAvU/dbgSrg9B0CQ/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h03m30s26.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-tWrXtMI/AAAAAAAAAvU/dbgSrg9B0CQ/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h03m30s26.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842013178442946" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Marilyn Burns certainly does a great job conveying terror. Leatherface follows so closely behind Sally that the viewer is also out of breath by the time the chase is over.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-tHjhZcI/AAAAAAAAAvM/XXqG9N_Jp3g/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h13m06s167.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-tHjhZcI/AAAAAAAAAvM/XXqG9N_Jp3g/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h13m06s167.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492842009118991810" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Leatherface gets up close and personal during dinner. This sequence in the film is masterfully shot. Hooper gets inside of our heads by having the family tell Sally what she's in for next.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-sjonMBI/AAAAAAAAAvE/xCqqh9OGNEk/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h14m32s248.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-sjonMBI/AAAAAAAAAvE/xCqqh9OGNEk/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h14m32s248.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492841999476666386" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Watching Sally fear for her life can be uncomfortable. There is close up after close up of screaming characters. This film is relentless.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-sGyfC2I/AAAAAAAAAu8/-88TTlRmdJg/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h21m04s84.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-sGyfC2I/AAAAAAAAAu8/-88TTlRmdJg/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h21m04s84.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492841991733447522" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A passer-by aids Sally in her escape. As Sally gets away you can see that she's not fared well. She is cracking up.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-rkvyb0I/AAAAAAAAAu0/1tfdXL06BRw/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h21m42s190.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDp-rkvyb0I/AAAAAAAAAu0/1tfdXL06BRw/s320/vlcsnap-2010-07-11-22h21m42s190.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492841982595329858" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Frustrated, Leatherface swings his chainsaw violently. The movie ends abruptly.</span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Everything about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre feels dirty, makes you uncomfortable, tests your tolerances. The 83 minute film will get into your head, fuck with you, and stay there. Its reputation is deserved.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And with that I give you The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, officially canonized in the world of hor</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ror cinema.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/285ImXTYdsg&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/285ImXTYdsg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="350"></embed></object>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-34817337806838153872010-07-09T14:51:00.000-04:002010-07-26T11:58:29.072-04:00Something To Look Forward To...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I know a lot of people aren't fans of the first one, but it was the first film in a long time to frighten me. So I have high expectations here...</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/07XbSk7Rjt4&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/07XbSk7Rjt4&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="350"></embed></object></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-48120472451240449502010-07-05T17:09:00.000-04:002010-07-26T11:27:29.872-04:00My Top 10 Willie Inducing Moments!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPh8KitdeI/AAAAAAAAAts/Jqf1KlbvhF4/s1600/Willlies!.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPh8KitdeI/AAAAAAAAAts/Jqf1KlbvhF4/s320/Willlies!.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490980794433107426" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://horrordigest.blogspot.com/">Andre Dumas</a> has invited us all to take part in a <a href="http://horrordigest.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-top-10-willy-inducing-moments.html">special project</a> in which I am to take an introspective look at what scares me. I started by thinking about what scared me when I was younger, and logically moved on to what scares me now. You know what I found out? A lot of it hasn't changed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Following is my list, in no particular order, of exactly what scares me. Regardless of the placing, all of these movie moments are cemented into my memory because I'm a big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">scaredy</span></span>-cat. And I don't think that's a bad thing.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPafFtf6pI/AAAAAAAAAtk/VcNgMKMn-Sg/s1600/houseonsororityrow1983dvd.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPafFtf6pI/AAAAAAAAAtk/VcNgMKMn-Sg/s320/houseonsororityrow1983dvd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490972598338579090" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though I know it's coming, the scene near the end where the killer is hiding in the harlequin outfit always gets me!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPYb5XJ9bI/AAAAAAAAAtc/NAPtPLYeAI8/s1600/petsematary1989dvd.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPYb5XJ9bI/AAAAAAAAAtc/NAPtPLYeAI8/s320/petsematary1989dvd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490970344460776882" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Zelda scares the crap out of me! I still lean away from the TV screen when she jumps out of bed.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPYLsS7tnI/AAAAAAAAAtU/CdONIrhxcLU/s1600/night90pic1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPYLsS7tnI/AAAAAAAAAtU/CdONIrhxcLU/s320/night90pic1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490970066075498098" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I wince every time Bill Mosley hits his head on that tombstone. Every time!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPXRgQAmSI/AAAAAAAAAtM/2zUV2XuFW6Y/s1600/creepshow21987dvd.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 173px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDPXRgQAmSI/AAAAAAAAAtM/2zUV2XuFW6Y/s320/creepshow21987dvd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490969066409597218" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">"Thanks for the ride, Lady!" After watching this flick I look everywhere for that dude, just to make sure he's not following me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNn3yLLcmI/AAAAAAAAAss/hb2WQV4azKw/s1600/salemslot1979dvd.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNn3yLLcmI/AAAAAAAAAss/hb2WQV4azKw/s320/salemslot1979dvd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490846578753892962" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Barlow is one ugly vampire. When he shows up at the jail I'm never ready for it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNms6pgGhI/AAAAAAAAAsU/w6EjCeEpfBk/s1600/BWP.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNms6pgGhI/AAAAAAAAAsU/w6EjCeEpfBk/s320/BWP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490845292538370578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We see Josh standing in the corner and then the movie just ends after a brief violent altercation. I got chills the first time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmrd5Ti8I/AAAAAAAAAr8/CxHdSW6Xipw/s1600/IOTBS.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmrd5Ti8I/AAAAAAAAAr8/CxHdSW6Xipw/s320/IOTBS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490845267640159170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Donald Sutherland makes me uncomfortable when he points out his former comrade at the end of the movie...genuinely uncomfortable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><br /></u></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmcBnkQWI/AAAAAAAAArc/b9cchBGQQXs/s1600/P2.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 173px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmcBnkQWI/AAAAAAAAArc/b9cchBGQQXs/s320/P2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490845002351526242" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">At one point, there is a person sneaking around the residence. A noise is heard from the next room. Maybe this person is not alone. Using a peep hole they peer into the next room. There is no movement. Suddenly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">someones</span> eyeball comes to the peephole from the other side! They are not alone after all. It scares the shit out of me!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmbvhIS9I/AAAAAAAAArU/xBmsdxa2lGY/s1600/RING.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmbvhIS9I/AAAAAAAAArU/xBmsdxa2lGY/s320/RING.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490844997492689874" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Samara coming out of the TV had me sinking into the couch like never before.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmbKoy8tI/AAAAAAAAArM/WMIasQwXq9M/s1600/TOT.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TDNmbKoy8tI/AAAAAAAAArM/WMIasQwXq9M/s320/TOT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490844987592733394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Karen Black sits waiting for her mother to come visit, pounding that knife into the floor, staring at the door, she breaks into that super-creepy, extra-toothy grin...</div></div></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-35768642206067067592010-06-28T11:26:00.004-04:002010-07-01T00:12:57.654-04:00Umm, That's Not Horror...<div style="text-align: justify; ">Horror is subjective. While I think The Blair Witch Project is scary, there are many people who don't agree. While I don't necessarily think Evil Dead 2 is all that great, there are those that would hang me for saying so. And that's what makes the horror genre so great, is the fun that people have being all opinionated about certain titles, and so on and so forth...</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">But sometimes having an opinion is dangerous. It brings people out of their comfort zone and forces them to form their own opinions. Well, here's me being opinionated: People, it's okay to think outside of the box. It's alright to get a little creative in bending the rules as to what defines our beloved genre. Have fun with it. Don't be caught in the snare of becoming a "Horror Snob" (though that is a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">prestigious</span> rank among our community).</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">One thing is for certain though. None of the following titles are horror, though they are clearly inspired by the horrific.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOHcna_oI/AAAAAAAAAq8/RZJz1A9mxXo/s1600/beetlejuice.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOHcna_oI/AAAAAAAAAq8/RZJz1A9mxXo/s320/beetlejuice.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488777566961204866" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOHK9I05I/AAAAAAAAAq0/9d-Y0Qc5mkU/s1600/goonies.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOHK9I05I/AAAAAAAAAq0/9d-Y0Qc5mkU/s320/goonies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488777562220450706" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOG1zJW4I/AAAAAAAAAqs/BaEJXRrUdxg/s1600/gremlins_ver1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOG1zJW4I/AAAAAAAAAqs/BaEJXRrUdxg/s320/gremlins_ver1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488777556541397890" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOGXjml7I/AAAAAAAAAqk/8a_jv0uEPBY/s1600/swamp_thing.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOGXjml7I/AAAAAAAAAqk/8a_jv0uEPBY/s320/swamp_thing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488777548423141298" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOGOk0t3I/AAAAAAAAAqc/Ij_GUG-Ug88/s1600/dead_heat.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwOGOk0t3I/AAAAAAAAAqc/Ij_GUG-Ug88/s320/dead_heat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488777546012342130" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNHihVSQI/AAAAAAAAAps/88p1lccdmYU/s1600/coraline.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNHihVSQI/AAAAAAAAAps/88p1lccdmYU/s320/coraline.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488776469034649858" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNHPasPKI/AAAAAAAAApk/zuKGcXM3SVs/s1600/killer_klowns_from_outer_space.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNHPasPKI/AAAAAAAAApk/zuKGcXM3SVs/s320/killer_klowns_from_outer_space.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488776463906520226" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNGvjF44I/AAAAAAAAApc/2_8cushlJeY/s1600/burbs.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNGvjF44I/AAAAAAAAApc/2_8cushlJeY/s320/burbs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488776455351821186" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNGOgVcEI/AAAAAAAAApU/0ijHtVSbE2Y/s1600/stand_by_me.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNGOgVcEI/AAAAAAAAApU/0ijHtVSbE2Y/s320/stand_by_me.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488776446481887298" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNF-IJh7I/AAAAAAAAApM/Kb8ZBUL_mhs/s1600/nightmare_before_christmas_ver1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwNF-IJh7I/AAAAAAAAApM/Kb8ZBUL_mhs/s320/nightmare_before_christmas_ver1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488776442085476274" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMZUEn8wI/AAAAAAAAApE/Pi4j3tipiCE/s1600/teen_wolf.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMZUEn8wI/AAAAAAAAApE/Pi4j3tipiCE/s320/teen_wolf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488775674882159362" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMZA6l3RI/AAAAAAAAAo8/AtUk3o-CMsE/s1600/hellboy.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMZA6l3RI/AAAAAAAAAo8/AtUk3o-CMsE/s320/hellboy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488775669739805970" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMYwwsNqI/AAAAAAAAAo0/5SIvmfQt1kk/s1600/indiana_jones_and_the_temple_of_doom_ver1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMYwwsNqI/AAAAAAAAAo0/5SIvmfQt1kk/s320/indiana_jones_and_the_temple_of_doom_ver1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488775665403311778" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMYsVd5MI/AAAAAAAAAos/B1K2um7uDM8/s1600/my_boyfriends_back.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMYsVd5MI/AAAAAAAAAos/B1K2um7uDM8/s320/my_boyfriends_back.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488775664215385282" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMYbC34gI/AAAAAAAAAok/H09hIqHGj-Q/s1600/zombieland.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TCwMYbC34gI/AAAAAAAAAok/H09hIqHGj-Q/s320/zombieland.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488775659573993986" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So next time you find yourself pining for non-genre fare, but you feel dirty for even thinking such things, take heart in knowing that there are plenty of options that will keep you respectable. And if you bend the rules just enough, you can even hang on to your respected Horror Snob status.</div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-61387542490880674752010-04-05T23:14:00.000-04:002010-04-05T23:26:08.726-04:00Camp Sunningdale<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">All through my teen years I worked at a summer camp in Maine, Camp Sebago. It was in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forest, with a nearby lake. One of my favorite parts of camp was bringing new staff members to "the haunted camp" each summer. It was called Camp Sunningdale. It was about a 20 minute walk through the woods, and we would only take people at night. It had been closed since the 1960's and not really cared for. It was a perfect place to scare people.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The first time I heard about Camp Sunningdale was in the summer of 1992. No one that I talked to knew how to get there. It wasn't until the following summer that I would be able to find this rotted camp thanks to a friend's vague directions, "Head down the road until you see power lines head off into the woods. Follow them."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some recent pictures of the camp, taken in the late summer of 2007. Camp Sunningdale is in the process of being fixed up, I believe. It's a shame they would ruin all that atmosphere and try to make a real camp in that area again...</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiICCgdWI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/1tdd3fx4IqY/s1600/DSC02616.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiICCgdWI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/1tdd3fx4IqY/s320/DSC02616.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453896670127355234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is the path through the woods to get to Camp Sunningdale. The powerlines often come down below head level...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiHmQ_RII/AAAAAAAAAoI/46UIhYVoYhY/s1600/DSC02619.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiHmQ_RII/AAAAAAAAAoI/46UIhYVoYhY/s320/DSC02619.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453896662671901826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is your first view of camp. The path is overgrown and the cabins are noticeably falling apart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiHPJFfcI/AAAAAAAAAoA/JWDJ_aF5NXA/s1600/DSC02620.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiHPJFfcI/AAAAAAAAAoA/JWDJ_aF5NXA/s320/DSC02620.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453896656464739778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is the first cabin you pass. It's very small with one bedroom and one bathroom. Perhaps a head counselor's cabin?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiGhdKhgI/AAAAAAAAAn4/soMT6cfvYTA/s1600/DSC02623.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiGhdKhgI/AAAAAAAAAn4/soMT6cfvYTA/s320/DSC02623.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453896644200924674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is the backside view of one row of cabins. The shutter ropes are rotted and the roofs are in disrepair.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiGWVHJSI/AAAAAAAAAnw/RxHfK5uDz_Y/s1600/DSC02624.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/S7AiGWVHJSI/AAAAAAAAAnw/RxHfK5uDz_Y/s320/DSC02624.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453896641214358818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The cabins are fun to explore, but not at all safe to be in. Plus, they are full of spiders...</span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">*I'll have another post at some point with some interior pictures of the cabins, and photos of the rec hall.</span></div></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-27868393265347003312010-03-28T11:56:00.000-04:002010-03-28T12:07:49.139-04:00My Favorite Episodes...Tales From The Crypt<div style="text-align: justify;">Ahh, Tales from the Crypt... a staple of my youth. I didn't get to see every episode when I was young, but there are several that I remember vividly. Upon a more recent viewing, it turns out they are as great as I remember them to be...</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxF8pWmwSYI/AAAAAAAAAmk/K_InzxVp6kw/s1600/Tales+from+the+Crypt.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxF8pWmwSYI/AAAAAAAAAmk/K_InzxVp6kw/s320/Tales+from+the+Crypt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409241677333285250" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This series is, of course, based on the EC horror comics of the 1950's. The episodes were updated for the times, but always held that comic book feel. Hosted by The Crypt Keeper, a lot of the stories were about bad people, and how they got their comeuppance. There was typically a twist at the end of the episode, and the audience would be able to laugh at the turn of events.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Following are 10 episodes that I loved watching as I was younger, and still love watching even today, for the twists, the fun, and The Crypt Keeper...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">...And All Through The House</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu7Th7VNI/AAAAAAAAAmM/pB4TYYx2sgg/s1600/...And+All+Through+The+House.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu7Th7VNI/AAAAAAAAAmM/pB4TYYx2sgg/s320/...And+All+Through+The+House.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409015486350054610" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This story was in the 1972 Tales from the Crypt anthology movie. An escape mental patient dressed as Santa terrorizes a woman who has just killed her husband on Christmas Eve. I've always had a soft spot for <a href="http://the-horror-canon.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-would-you-like-to-get-killed.html">Christmas Horror</a>, and this is just one of the reasons why. It's fast paced, funny and perfectly encapsulates The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu6xGf3OI/AAAAAAAAAmE/HJ9PEGyDmUk/s1600/Dig+That+Cat...+He%27s+Real+Gone.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu6xGf3OI/AAAAAAAAAmE/HJ9PEGyDmUk/s320/Dig+That+Cat...+He%27s+Real+Gone.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409015477108202722" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">A mad scientist uses a hobo as his test subject to see if he can transplant a cat's 9 lives into a human, and he can! There are plenty of laughs to be had here, particularly Robert Wuhl as The Barker. The twist is something that will stay with you.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Revenge Is The Nuts</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu6QVpb1I/AAAAAAAAAl8/Ho5hzwH8Chw/s1600/Revenge+Is+The+Nuts.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu6QVpb1I/AAAAAAAAAl8/Ho5hzwH8Chw/s320/Revenge+Is+The+Nuts.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409015468313374546" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This also was part of the 1972 Tales from the Crypt movie. Sheila is brought to a state funded home for the blind. The cruel owner, Mr. Grunwald, has pushed the residents far enough with his sadistic games and mean spirit. Once the tables are turned, Mr. Grunwald doesn't think things seems quite so funny anymore.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Three's A Crowd</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu53yn5jI/AAAAAAAAAl0/cSh0Tk30kAY/s1600/Three%27s+A+Crowd.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu53yn5jI/AAAAAAAAAl0/cSh0Tk30kAY/s320/Three%27s+A+Crowd.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409015461724022322" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">A jealous husband suspects his wife is having an affair with a successful friend. This is the darkest episode I can remember. There's nothing funny about this one, and you'll feel dirty by the end of it. Definitely a shocker...</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Comes The Dawn</b></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu5PmNdII/AAAAAAAAAls/kZ88KksKRCU/s1600/Comes+The+Dawn.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCu5PmNdII/AAAAAAAAAls/kZ88KksKRCU/s320/Comes+The+Dawn.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409015450934539394" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Colonel Parker and Sergeant Burrows are in the Alaskan wilderness hunting grizzly bears. It's illegal, but it will fetch them a pretty penny on the black market. They hire Jeri Drumbeater as a guide, but it seems Jeri has something different in store for the two men. This is a great episode with lots of atmosphere, and a twist that was unexpected until a recent horror hit made it obvious.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Four-Sided Triangle</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCudJybbTI/AAAAAAAAAlk/Hb04bNFS9dI/s1600/Four-Sided+Triangle.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCudJybbTI/AAAAAAAAAlk/Hb04bNFS9dI/s320/Four-Sided+Triangle.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409014968338836786" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">A girl is being held against her will as a slave to a farmer and his wife. Does she have a well developed plan, or is the girl really crazy? This one you'll really enjoy watching how it unfolds.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">The Secret</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCuc-pGAtI/AAAAAAAAAlc/_JHjzUzZYdk/s1600/The+Secret.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCuc-pGAtI/AAAAAAAAAlc/_JHjzUzZYdk/s320/The+Secret.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409014965346894546" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Theodore is a young man who is adopted by the Colberts. The couple seem very excited and, at the same time, very odd. The sense of urgency this episode creates is great. Should Theodore fear for his life? You decide.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">About Face</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCucF7u0vI/AAAAAAAAAlU/51-iCuZxcy4/s1600/About+Face.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCucF7u0vI/AAAAAAAAAlU/51-iCuZxcy4/s320/About+Face.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409014950124245746" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Set in Victorian England, this tale centers on a prominent priest named Jonathan. He's not a very likable guy at home, but he is a well respected leader in society. A pair of twins come to him for help. They have no parents, and the woman who takes care of them recently died. Jonathan sees this as an inconvenience, but it would make him look even better in the eyes of the townsfolk, to take in these two unfortunate youths. Will Jonathan live to regret his decision?</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Forever Ambergris</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCubtEfKZI/AAAAAAAAAlM/JBv77XjrJmk/s1600/Forever+Ambergris.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCubtEfKZI/AAAAAAAAAlM/JBv77XjrJmk/s320/Forever+Ambergris.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409014943450081682" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Two war photographers meet up again after some time apart. Ike used to be Dalton's apprentice, but now it seems Dalton has lost his edge. He becomes extremely jealous of Ike's talents. Dalton learns of a nearby village that has been decimated by germ warfare. He tricks Ike into going to take some pictures of the village. As it was planned, Ike contracts the deadly virus. Dalton steals Ike's pictures, and wins the day! Or will he?</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Split Second</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCubOFynxI/AAAAAAAAAlE/CNFEgKQSCPQ/s1600/Split+Second.png"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCubOFynxI/AAAAAAAAAlE/CNFEgKQSCPQ/s320/Split+Second.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409014935134052114" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Steve Dixon is a lumberjack. A lumberjack with a super-hot wife. So, it is expected that Dixon would get jealous when his lumberjack employees stare at his wife, or when his wife talks to any of the men. When Ted comes to town, Mrs. Dixon shows an interest. He is immediately targeted by Dixon as a threat. Ted is beaten within an inch of his life, and is left blind. How would a lumberjack cope with being blind? What a great twist.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, there they are, my 10 favorite Tales From The Crypt episodes. If you get a chance, check them out. You will NOT be disappointed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Which of your favorite episodes did I miss? Let me know.</div></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-31465915662734952742010-02-28T12:48:00.001-05:002010-02-28T12:55:56.726-05:00Screaming Like Banshees...<div><div style="text-align: justify;">Horror movies are known for their Scream Queens. These are the ladies that have shown us that they can hit the appropriate decibel levels to create a great reaction to the on-screen scares. But don't forget the horror movie gentlemen who scream. "Screaming Like Banshees" is a new segment that highlights male screamers. And believe me, these are some of the best screams on the silver screen!</div></div><div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><u>Jon-Jon, Hell High</u></b></span></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCz1NALASI/AAAAAAAAAmc/S0PQCNhrYCk/s1600/Jon-Jon+-+Hell+High.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409020879076786466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCz1NALASI/AAAAAAAAAmc/S0PQCNhrYCk/s320/Jon-Jon+-+Hell+High.png" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">You get no warning that this scream is coming. It's kind of unsettling, but in an awkward way.</span></i></div><p></p><p></p></div><div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><u>Jesse, A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge</u></b></span></div><p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCz0wRi6tI/AAAAAAAAAmU/S92vGWgo-Jc/s1600/Jesse+-+A+Nightmare+On+Elm+Street+Part+2+-+Freddy%27s+Revenge.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409020871365028562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/SxCz0wRi6tI/AAAAAAAAAmU/S92vGWgo-Jc/s320/Jesse+-+A+Nightmare+On+Elm+Street+Part+2+-+Freddy%27s+Revenge.png" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Freddy always gets SOME reaction from his victims, but this was a little over the top.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guys who scream always seemed a little silly to me. Maybe it's years of conditioning through Hollywood films that guys are the heroes of the story. Maybe it's the fact that I would like to think I wouldn't scream if put into a similar situation. Whatever it is, they always make for entertaining scenes.</span></div><p></p></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-53268851692472053182010-02-24T10:41:00.001-05:002010-02-28T12:54:35.359-05:00The Life and Death of a Pumpkin<div style="text-align: justify;">I saw this in October on another horror blog. I'm totally embarrassed that I don't remember which blog it was, but it's worth passing on. Enjoy...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q-1aui-wluE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q-1aui-wluE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="430" height="350"></embed></object></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-63771110911674812922009-11-22T16:52:00.000-05:002010-07-26T11:49:29.458-04:00The Exorcist (1973) Entered As Part Of The Horror Canon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE2ug9AU7-I/AAAAAAAAAxU/kdrOIwqKrLY/s1600/exorcist_ver2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/TE2ug9AU7-I/AAAAAAAAAxU/kdrOIwqKrLY/s320/exorcist_ver2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498242601244225506" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I toyed with the idea of making the first entry into The Horror Canon a lesser known or less popular title, just to shake things up. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the true horror classics were going to prove their belonging no matter what I tried to do. So, I just got out of the way and let the films speak for themselves. The first to stand up to the test...</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm3GpHVg0I/AAAAAAAAAjw/ofHSTvKdBIw/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h51m40s110.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm3GpHVg0I/AAAAAAAAAjw/ofHSTvKdBIw/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h51m40s110.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407054152378712898" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Everybody has an opinion on this film. No matter if you love it or hate it, there's no denying the stamp this film has put on our culture. The Catholic Church has pronounced the actual film negative itself evil. Pea soup makes people think of only one thing. "The Power of Christ compels you!" has become a punchline. Everybody knows the reputation of the film, but do people realize that this is one of the scariest movies EVER?! Still today it is unsettling, uncomfortable, and exhausting to watch.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Directed by </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001243/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">William </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Friedkin</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, and starring </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000995/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ellen </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Burstyn</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001884/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Max </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">von</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sydow</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002011/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lee J. Cobb</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588553/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jason Miller</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, and of course </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000304/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Linda Blair</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Exorcist</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> won 2 Oscars (Best Sound and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) and was <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/awards">nominated for 7 more</a>. The script was written by </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087861/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">William Peter </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Blatty</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, who adapted it from his own novel.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The film opens in Northern Iraq with some unsettling imagery, a palpable feeling of dread, and a creepy statue that we see again near the end of the film.</span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm3CmTYHzI/AAAAAAAAAjo/-V7ouz7WBnI/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h39m36s40.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm3CmTYHzI/AAAAAAAAAjo/-V7ouz7WBnI/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h39m36s40.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407054082904432434" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Throughout the film we have a great side story that comes into play later concerning Father <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Karras</span></span> (Jason Miller) and his mother. The screen below is from Father <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Karras</span></span>' dream. It's tense and leaves you with an eerie feeling.</div></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm28mbXDSI/AAAAAAAAAjg/tcU3M6isY7s/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h38m24s77.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm28mbXDSI/AAAAAAAAAjg/tcU3M6isY7s/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h38m24s77.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053979858701602" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lt. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Kinderman</span> (Lee J. Cobb) checks out the staircase where Burke met his demise. It's all at once ordinary, sinister, and foreboding.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm20TBULrI/AAAAAAAAAjY/cMIs_FLBwk0/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h41m03s147.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm20TBULrI/AAAAAAAAAjY/cMIs_FLBwk0/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h41m03s147.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053837210234546" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This abomination in the church is one of the more tame acts witnessed by the audience. The level of offensive verbal and physical battery dished out by young Reagan is still harsh, even by today's standards.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2rugKrnI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/8QTWZAWtHcM/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h48m28s213.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2rugKrnI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/8QTWZAWtHcM/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h48m28s213.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053689968569970" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The pea soup... It's what most people first mention when this film comes up in conversation. It's abrupt, unexpected, and shocking. </div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2k8f7YZI/AAAAAAAAAjI/3HLoYJvZVy4/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h42m00s145.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2k8f7YZI/AAAAAAAAAjI/3HLoYJvZVy4/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h42m00s145.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053573466579346" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This iconic scene marks the beginning of one of cinema's most well known battles between Good and Evil. We see Father <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Merrin</span> arrive by cab...</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2W93-mTI/AAAAAAAAAjA/AORw9F11YNM/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h43m39s162.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2W93-mTI/AAAAAAAAAjA/AORw9F11YNM/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h43m39s162.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053333317720370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">...and then we see The Devil waiting to meet him. Reagan truly looks like a monster all through the second part of this film. The voice makes things all the more awful.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2QmxjXSI/AAAAAAAAAi4/vTR1zfE6bqg/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h49m07s118.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2QmxjXSI/AAAAAAAAAi4/vTR1zfE6bqg/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h49m07s118.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053224037539106" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As the confrontation crescendos, the creepy statue from the beginning of the film shows itself once again. It's almost over, but the price to be paid is steep.</div></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2HVKS-SI/AAAAAAAAAiw/jlZm41Mny5k/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h44m28s101.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm2HVKS-SI/AAAAAAAAAiw/jlZm41Mny5k/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h44m28s101.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407053064690661666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The aftermath...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm18s6Hc0I/AAAAAAAAAio/-M17Mq9T60g/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h45m18s116.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm18s6Hc0I/AAAAAAAAAio/-M17Mq9T60g/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h45m18s116.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407052882086687554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm100rU-BI/AAAAAAAAAig/E3i_mz3Di5Q/s1600/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h46m13s173.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Swm100rU-BI/AAAAAAAAAig/E3i_mz3Di5Q/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-22-16h46m13s173.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407052746733189138" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Two dead priests. Despite all the demonic taunting and uncomfortable imagery, the audience is finally given peace, but at the cost of two good men's lives.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">People believe this film is evil. I believe that this film has the power to scare, and get people thinking about what they believe...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And with that I give you The Exorcist, officially canonized in the world of horror cinema.</span></div><br /><br /><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QIYPQwvktlA&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QIYPQwvktlA&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="350"></embed></object>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-49762694588149173252009-11-13T22:46:00.000-05:002010-02-23T13:38:38.837-05:00Camp Superlatives!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The Friday the 13th films... I am unable to view them subjectively anymore. I've seen them too many times to know if they suck, or are works of art. Regardless, here I pick some of my favorite moments and characters to award superlatives to.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Worst "Cool Guy" Who Totally Misses the Mark</span></b>: Andy (Friday The 13th Part 3)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv5E5ANMP3I/AAAAAAAAAhg/iGvNfdC6sZo/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h24m40s132.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv5E5ANMP3I/AAAAAAAAAhg/iGvNfdC6sZo/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h24m40s132.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403832348989734770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv5E4iJNRAI/AAAAAAAAAhY/HjM2cyudTfg/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h01m06s43.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">ndy is dopey, annoying, and has the dumbest haircut ever. We're supposed to like this guy?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;text-decoration: underline; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv5E4iJNRAI/AAAAAAAAAhY/HjM2cyudTfg/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h01m06s43.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Original Story Element</span></b>: The Jason Hunter</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv46pjzKX9I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/Lx7njxN5FPk/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-14-00h03m00s78.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv46pjzKX9I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/Lx7njxN5FPk/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-14-00h03m00s78.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403821088550051794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">He's the big brother of Sandy (Friday the 13th Part 2) and he's planning revenge.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Jason</span></b>: Friday The 13th - The Final Chapter</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv46pO24OsI/AAAAAAAAAhI/U5LbJug3BrY/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-14-00h04m33s234.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv46pO24OsI/AAAAAAAAAhI/U5LbJug3BrY/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-14-00h04m33s234.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403821082928495298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Jason is relentless in this movie. He shows up where he's not expected, he plays dead, and he runs!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Weirdest Character</span></b>: This Guy</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45eQESEaI/AAAAAAAAAg4/yN1_F2U0EpU/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h48m57s101.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45eQESEaI/AAAAAAAAAg4/yN1_F2U0EpU/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h48m57s101.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403819794762961314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This guy has no reason to be in the film other than to hike up the body count...and be a perv.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Cutest Camp Couple</span></b>: Jeff & Sandy</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th Part 2)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45d3kfnGI/AAAAAAAAAgw/MF3NDvqo37Q/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h15m32s251.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45d3kfnGI/AAAAAAAAAgw/MF3NDvqo37Q/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h15m32s251.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403819788187180130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">These two can't seem to stay out of trouble, but we love 'em anyway. Their truck gets towed, they almost get arrested, they get dead.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Law Enforcement Official</span></b>: Sheriff Tucker</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45ditmd-I/AAAAAAAAAgo/tHJxLkMvhB8/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h48m05s90.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45ditmd-I/AAAAAAAAAgo/tHJxLkMvhB8/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h48m05s90.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403819782588233698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">It's awesome that this film FINALLY features a sheriff that ACTUALLY believes that Jason IS the killer...except that Jason is NOT the killer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Worst Impression of a Teenager</span></b>: Victor J. Faden</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45dern_xI/AAAAAAAAAgg/8Fsf0zeX2Ss/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h47m01s214.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45dern_xI/AAAAAAAAAgg/8Fsf0zeX2Ss/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h47m01s214.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403819781506203410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">How was this guy cast as a teenager?! It just doesn't make any sense...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Most Uncomfortable Moment</span></b>: Tie "I've got something real neat to show you up in my bedroom!" and "C'mon, climb up Miss."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv445d27a4I/AAAAAAAAAgI/fW4fnxsAiyI/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h30m12s112.png" style="text-decoration: underline;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv45eiNx7tI/AAAAAAAAAhA/TRwoRqO9Kpg/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-22h57m17s179.png" style="text-decoration: underline;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Mrs. Jarvis is okay with Tommy taking strangers up to his bedroom. Maybe that is the root of all his emotional problems later on, and not Jason...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">And Enos, the Dirty Old Man with the roamin' hands.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Scariest Moment</span></b>: "He's Killing Me!"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv445D76ABI/AAAAAAAAAgA/S9fWVLrA9DQ/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h39m42s178.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv445D76ABI/AAAAAAAAAgA/S9fWVLrA9DQ/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h39m42s178.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403819155851444242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">It's dark. Trish can't see what's going on except that the Jason Hunter has bitten off more than he can chew. The way he screams makes the whole scene. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Red Herring</span></b>: Steve Christy</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv444rGEd0I/AAAAAAAAAf4/CR_cLBnvDNs/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h55m51s158.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv444rGEd0I/AAAAAAAAAf4/CR_cLBnvDNs/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h55m51s158.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403819149183186754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Before anyone knew about Jason Voorhees and the 10 sequels and 1 remake, I bet everyone in the theater totally thought this guy was the killer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Campfire</span></b>: Friday The 13th Part 2</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv438WZIj8I/AAAAAAAAAfw/jiVpSGHmquc/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h26m30s200.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv438WZIj8I/AAAAAAAAAfw/jiVpSGHmquc/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h26m30s200.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403818112833851330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">This is the best version of the Camp Crystal Lake back story I've ever heard. It's suitably creepy, totally effective, and ends with a laugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Town Crazy</span></b>: Ralph, the original "Prophet of Doom"</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th & Friday The 13th Part 2)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv438HH1mGI/AAAAAAAAAfo/5iK2JDkiNls/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h02m14s223.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv438HH1mGI/AAAAAAAAAfo/5iK2JDkiNls/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h02m14s223.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403818108734773346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Who else could it be? There are a few more characters like this in the series, but no one else get's to yell "Its got a death curse!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Kill</span></b>: Tie: Marcie (Friday The 13th) and Fox (Friday The 13th Part 3)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv437-SXQCI/AAAAAAAAAfg/3v1KAgjYXS4/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h03m03s131.png" /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv446UElRdI/AAAAAAAAAgY/TTcmx_lFLAg/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h23m00s139.png" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">These are both brutal murders. Marcie's because you get to watch it as it happens, and see her character reacting to the situation. Fox's because you see the aftermath and think "How the crap did that happen?!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Biggest Douche</span></b>: Tie: Ned (Friday The 13th) and Scott (Friday The 13th Part 2)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv5E4iJNRAI/AAAAAAAAAhY/HjM2cyudTfg/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h01m06s43.png" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv437ku_sUI/AAAAAAAAAfY/spyZggtI7r4/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h06m46s125.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">It's so painful to watch every other character in the movie become increasingly annoyed with Ned. And Scott is so confident, but for seemingly no reason. I can't be alone in my dislike of these characters, can I?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Final Girl</span></b>: Ginny Fields</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Friday The 13th Part 2)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv437bg9CtI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/fHIRYhrBHMU/s1600-h/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h16m52s48.png"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QKCdEKbHzn4/Sv437bg9CtI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/fHIRYhrBHMU/s320/vlcsnap-2009-11-13-23h16m52s48.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403818097028958930" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Smart, funny, beautiful. Ginny is the best Final Girl of any slasher movie...ever.</span></div></div></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-45218636451319284922009-11-13T22:38:00.001-05:002009-11-28T00:40:56.963-05:00The Top 13 Things That Come to Mind When I Think of the Friday the 13th Movies<div style="text-align: justify;">(this article was originally written by me and posted by Stacie Ponder on the phenomenal <a href="http://finalgirl.blogspot.com/">Final Girl</a> blog as part of the "<a href="http://finalgirl.blogspot.com/2007/07/friday-13th-blog-thon.html">Friday the 13th Blog-A-Thon</a>, July 13th, 2007)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s Friday the 13th. You all know that. And I wanted to do something special to celebrate it. By ‘something special’ I mean watch the movie series. Again. It seems that’s all my unmotivated,</div><div style="text-align: justify;">unimaginative brain can muster every Friday the 13th. But this time is different. I was challenged to take part in THE “Friday The 13th Blog-a-thon” (for the uninitiated, try to make finalgirl.blogspot.com a regular part of your information/entertainment diet). I’m not saying that watching the F13 movie series on this every-so-often pseudo holiday is a bad way to celebrate. Quite the opposite. I just need some inspiration from time to time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, in front of you is a list. I know, I know. You’ve already looked ahead and you’ve noticed that this list has 13 entries. 13 of them! You're thinking, "Chris, that's just plain crazy!" But, this being a special day and all I’ve decided to pull out all the stops. This list contains the first 13 things that come to mind when I think of the Friday the 13th movies. The entries are in no particular order. I hope you enjoy this very special ‘Top 13 Things That Come To Mind When I Think Of The Friday The 13th Movies.’</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Near the end of “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood” when Dr. Crews and Mrs. Shepherd are looking for Tina, Mrs. Shepherd is yelling “Tina! Tina!” I always wanted to tell her to stop, because what a terrible sound she makes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Grown-up Tommy Jarvis is some sort of kung Fu champion. He really knows how to mix it up in “Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning.” I’m always impressed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. During most of the 90’s I worked at a summer camp in Maine. There was a “haunted camp” a few miles away through the woods. At night we would go there and try to scare each other, of course inspired by the Friday movies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. I always laugh at the end of “Friday the 13th Part 2” when Paul and Ginny take off Jason’s mask and look at his face. After being shocked at Jason’s deformities, Paul says “Jesus…” I always try to picture it like a Scooby-Doo ending and when they unmask the killer Paul says t hat because he thinks the killer WAS Jesus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. In “Friday the 13th” Annie is talking to you-know-who. “I guess I always wanted to work with children. I hate when people call them kids. Sounds like little goats. But when you’ve had a dream as long as I have, you’ll do anything.” What the crap is she talking about?! And what does she mean by ‘anything?’ </div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. The banana eating hitchhiker in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” is one of my favorite characters in any of the movies. And her premeditated reaction to the insults she knows she’s going to get from people is awesome.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. I bet being picked up and slammed against a tree while in a sleeping bag would really suck. So, I hope that never happens to me. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Once, my friend and I watched all the Friday movies and wrote down a list of the ways everyone died. Man, after all these years I still can’t figure out why we thought that was a good idea.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Crispin Glover is a wacky dancer. Is that the way he dances in real life?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">10. When I was 13 years old, my friends and I decided that we looked old enough to get in to see “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan“ in theaters. The plan was to tell our parents that we were going to see “Weekend at Bernie’s.” Apparently, we forgot to take into account the ticket booth guy’s common sense, because he busted us. And because we got a ride to the theater and were stranded there for the duration, we decided to go see “Weekend at Bernie’s.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">11. Another stupid conversation, this time from “Friday the 13th Part 3.” Rick is talking to Chrissy as he’s putting bails of hay in the barn. “I realize I’m just a dumb country boy and my feeling really don’t matter, but this is the sweat of a worker on my forehead, not of a lover. Now, I believe that there is a time and a place for everything. And now’s the time, and now’s the place, if you know what I mean.” No, Rick I don’t know what you mean. Who wrote your crappy dialog?!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">12. For whatever reason, “Friday the 13th Part 3” is a perfect Halloween movie for me. I watch it every year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">13. At the beginning of “Friday the 13th Part 3” Harold walks toward his house and accidentally knocks over a stick holding up the laundry line. His wife immediately yells out the window at him, “God damn it Harold! I spent all day yesterday washing your clothes. Look what you’re doing to them. You know I work very hard around here trying to keep up with you and all your sloppy habits. And I get no help from you at all!” It’s just funny to me how quickly she is on</div><div style="text-align: justify;">this poor guy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy your Friday the 13th. I’m going now to watch the movies. Again.</div></div>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586356738172669131.post-18704776388770177002009-10-31T14:37:00.000-04:002010-07-26T11:14:23.681-04:00THRILLER!Perfect Halloween viewing:<br /><br /><object width="430" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sOnqjkJTMaA&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sOnqjkJTMaA&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="350"></embed></object>-Chris-http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883034256506301613noreply@blogger.com0