My wife is out of town for nearly 3 weeks with our daughter so I thought I'd treat myself to first movie I've seen all year. Nothing was really interesting me and I didn't have much time but INSIDIOUS was playing and I remember a few people here (including me) were scared to death of the trailer alone. So I thought I might garner some street cred by showing how brave I am and went to see it.
First of all, I didn't think it though because half-way through the movie I remembered that I'll be sleeping in an empty house for the next three weeks with no other human targets in the house except for me. Luckily I have my two big dogs but after seeing the movie, i don't think the dogs will protect me.
It was super super scary and the first few acts are really quite something. Building up great terror and lots of old school (read: no gore or blood) scares and surprises. The last sequence really detracts from the overall thing as it attempts to be a cross between SILENT HILL and ALAN WAKE. Kinda lame but the rest of the ride is so good that I gotta give it a passing grade for scaring the crap out of me in good form.
Rating: a very low 7
oh and for this week's FAIL OF THE WEEK in movie news. TOTAL RECALL is being remade with Colin Farrell. WHAT THE HELL!?!?
I love old school supernatural horror films, full of scares and suspense. I don't much care for gore - I generally find it offputting. Sadly though my partner has, over the years, gone from enjoying horror films of all kinds to finding them too creepy so I never get to see any. I'd like to catch Insidious, either of the Paranormal Activity films or some of the better recent J-Horror but I've missed them all, and there's little chance I'll get to see them in the near future.
I thought the Blair Witch Project was fantastic. It disturbed my partner so much that I think that's when her relationship with horror started to go downhill.
Body horror pushes the envelope too far for me. That's just too disturbing. I will never, ever, *ever* watch The Human Centipede.
Human Centipede is a huge disappointment. The terror works much better when you just imagine what the movie is about. The execution is really poor.
I also got really scared from Blair Witch. I had to see Insidious while my wife is away cuz she has sworn off of horror since we saw MIRRORS together. The combination of the insane gore of the bathtub sequence coupled with the over-the-top suspense was just too much.
ska, you wish that Total Recall had better effects?! Man, i think it's the only year is Oscar's history when they didn,t even bother nominating anyone else for Best Special Effects.
Black Barney wrote: "
ska, you wish that Total Recall had better effects?! Man, i think it's the only year is Oscar's history when they didn,t even bother nominating anyone else for Best Special Effects."
That must have been one hell of a bad year then. Total Recall had fuck all to do with the story it's supposedly based on. The film was laughable and one of the lamest I've ever seen. And since remakes are usually worse than the original, it looks like it'll plumb new depths.
Notahandle wrote: Black Barney wrote: "
ska, you wish that Total Recall had better effects?! Man, i think it's the only year is Oscar's history when they didn,t even bother nominating anyone else for Best Special Effects."
That must have been one hell of a bad year then. Total Recall had fuck all to do with the story it's supposedly based on. The film was laughable and one of the lamest I've ever seen. And since remakes are usually worse than the original, it looks like it'll plumb new depths.
WHHHHHHAATTTTTTTTTTT?!?!
Recall is a 10 out of fucking 10. Blade Runner has fuck all to do with the story it's supposedly based on as well, who cares.
Lamest you have seen? Jesus, I guess your a fan of 'quality' Sci-Fi like ID4?
Special effects were awesome for the time as well (It was pre-CGI remember.) Actually I from memory Recall may have been the first film that cost over $100 million to make.
Notahandle wrote: That must have been one hell of a bad year then. Total Recall had fuck all to do with the story it's supposedly based on. The film was laughable and one of the lamest I've ever seen. And since remakes are usually worse than the original, it looks like it'll plumb new depths.
WHHHHHHAATTTTTTTTTTT?!?!
Recall is a 10 out of fucking 10. Blade Runner has fuck all to do with the story it's supposedly based on as well, who cares.
Yeah, almost none of the films based on PKD novels or short stories resemble the originals too much. And none of the good ones. Which is not surprising: PKD had many original and awesome ideas, but he was also a junkie and a bit crazy. His novels usually start with a great setup, but around halfway they turn into a mess of religious and psychedelic visions and never recover from this. And his short stories, while generally much more focused and better executed, are, well, too short for a whole movie.
back on topic, I think the movie may have been more affecting than I thought. I had lots and LOTS of trouble falling asleep last night. At one point before going to bed, I put the dogs outside and then went into the basement to go on the PC. I'll be honest, I RAN back up the stairs on the way up, lol.
I guarantee it'll be a more pleasurable experience (and more masculine) than going to a Lady Gaga concert.
This scary movie has even carried itself over to today. I let the dogs out, went down into my basement to turn on the PC and again felt scared out of my mind as I came back up the stairs. Man, I hope this goes away soon. It's daylight even! I shouldn't be scared. It's cuz of the dumb movie had a super scary sequence during daylight when you assume everything is gonna be ok. GAH
Wigged out during a horror movie? Sounds like one of our yard people. He came in to use the bathroom once, saw the gorgeous pair of skulls with mummified flesh, grave mold, and a dried maggot infestation on them, and we never heard from him again.
And why the hate for Blade Runner? The story still bears the 50's era clunkiness, and it has so many rough spots. But the production and set design is STILL the landmark for S/F. I cannot name another movie with such a believable futuristic city. Enough that Tokyo and Hong Kong seem to be using the movie as design guidelines.
Blade Runner was too heavy-duty sci-fi for me. Puts me right to sleep everytime. I find it to be a beautiful movie and that's it. I hate the story and the music.
Remarkable film nonetheless. I also can't bring myself to like 2001, Solaris, or other slow sci-fi movies.
I loved Moon tho, and not much happens in that movie.
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