Llewd did I live, evil did I dwell OR Mr owl ate my metal worm: Pt 2

You all know what the rigmarole was from the last one, right?
with no further ado....

Fantastic planet-Mind you this one doesn't fall directly into the "horror" genre. I watched this based on the fact that when I was about eight and saw it for the first time on "Night Flight" it scared and disturbed the shit out of me. And I'll admit, it's still a little disquieting to me to this day.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/

The Devil's Rejects- Yes I know, I know. It's a Rob Zombie film. Alright, i get it. I still found this film to be thoroughly enjoyable. Especially in comparison to his prior work (House of 1,000 corpses). AT least this one didn't look like a White zombie video. Plus it's got Ken Foree and Michael Berryman in it. I mean really...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395584/fullcredits#cast

The Howling-Certainly not the best werewolf film to exist. In fact apparently all you need to be in this movie is
1.A groupie for Great white
2.A great moustache
3. Some leftover scenes that didn't make it into the film "Heavy Metal" of werewolves fucking

And the fact that Dee Wallace turns into a cocker spaniel at the end of the movie, well that's just icing on the cake.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082533/

Midnight Meat Train-Went into this expecting to be let down. I was, to my surprise, actually very happy with the movie. Except for the ending. The ending is so far out of left field that I'm led to believe that Clive Barker was too busy smoking pole to notice how weird it seemed.
Regardless...
Some great gore, and for once the CGI blood doesn't look horrible (to me).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805570/

Aliens-I will find you and cut out your eyes if you've never seen this.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/

Battle Royale-How much do you love the Japanese? I know I do, a lot. And this movie basically sums up why America will never be able to compete with them when it comes to horror/sc-fi.
15 year olds killing each other (obviously the actors aren't really 15). And why? Because the government wants them to. There's more to it then that, but that's all you really need to know.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/

Black Sheep-Great little film that didn't, in my opinion, get as much attention as it should. Flesh eating sheep? Weresheep? WETA doing the special effects?
Awesome.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0779982/

Piranha-I loved this movie when I was kid. Mind you my memories of it weren't all that great. I do remember thinking it was tits though (yes I saw it when I lived in Mass). Living in the woods must be tough, because all the main character does is drink, all the time. When you're first introduced to him his buddy is delivering supplies to him. They consist of nothing but booze. he carries a canteen around filled with booze. He is the man I'm going to become in a couple months. And oh yeah, there's some military altered Piranha that get out and terrorize a lake.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078087/

Jaws-All I'm going to say is taken directly from the quotes page on IMDB...
Quint: [seeing Hooper's equipment] What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?
[examining the shark cage]
Quint: Jesus H Christ, when I was a boy, every little squirt wanted to be a harpooner or a sword fisherman. What d'ya have there - a portable shower or a monkey cage?
Hooper: Anti-Shark cage.
Quint: Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage?
[Hooper nods]
Quint: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
[sings]
Quint: Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.

Go see this now, even if you've seen it before, watch it again. It's great.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)- I don't want to know you if you haven't seen this.
Also...
Tobe Hooper is amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/

Poltergeist-This film made me hate my stuffed animals when I was 7. And that was before I even saw it. Just based on what my brother told me about the clown scene. That, and a tree tries to eat a little boy. How does life get better than that?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/

Ichi the Killer-Takashi Miike is so fucked up. I mean REALLY REALLY fucked up. I'm still not sure what this movie is about. I mean I understand the basic plot, but what it all means in the end is beyond me. It does have people getting cut in half and a man cutting the end of his own tongue off, so it's not all bad.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/

Bram Stokers Dracula-I forgot how much i enjoy this film. Keanu Reevs is certainly not a good actor, but I think it's his lack of acting ability that make him a perfect Johnathan Harker. Tom Waits as Renfield? Amazing choice. And Gary Oldman is just great (just like everything he does).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/

Pumpkinhead-Sometimes I wish I could summon him, but that would mean someone I love would have to die. Anyone wanna volunteer? Lance Henrikson is great in this. Punk kids getting their dues i.e.-killed by some ungodly creation of witchcraft.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095925/

And tonight....
well tonight I'm not sure. I'm hoping to watch Halloween.
Although that is kinda cliche. So maybe I'll go for silent night,deadly night, just to throw a wrench in the gears. We shall see....

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A site you should all check out IO9.com. In particular there is some really great SCI FI ART up right now.

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Even when your songwriting skills are rusty (pardon the pun) you can still be awesome.

die intreresting Leute, die Wohnungen für interessante Leute dann eine Wurst bilden, brechen.

Just a follow up on yesterdays post here is the link to the architectural firm that did the Dupli Casa. Their body of work is really worth checking out

J. MAYER H.

When I am disgustingly wealthy (which will be a few days shy of never) I will live in this house. And I will have robot servants that only speak German and bring me white beverages to drink. If I owned this house there would be no limit to the various eccentricities I would develop. I would make Brian Wilson look as balanced as Chinese gymnast.

Read about my future nut hut HERE

Mr owl ate my metal worm: Pt 1

So, to keep the spirit of Halloween alive (at least to me). I've been watching a horror movies every night for this whole month. With the obvious exception of Beth and Benny's wedding I've done pretty well, if I don't say so myself. It's really fun to remind myself why i enjoy this particular genre so much. Make no mistakes, I can watch the most art house of art house films, and enjoy the subtext to them (not too arrogant there). It's just the visceral, simple enjoyment that these films give me that keeps me coming back.

What are some of my favorites so far you might ask? (even if you didn't I'm still going to answer).

Let's see...

American werewolf in London-David's transformation scene will always be one of the greatest examples of why CG will never replace the age old practice of REAL special FX. Yes it's much more time and work to do the real stuff, but when it pays off, which it does in this movie, it's amazing.
Oh yeah, Nazi werewolves come in a close second

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082010/


The Thing-Everything about this movie is perfect. Challenge it, I dare you.
It has Wilford Brimley in it fer fucks sake.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/

Dog soldiers-Next to American werewolf, this is the second best (in my opinion) werewolf film ever made. It's just serious enough to be great, but never takes itself too seriously (you get what I mean?)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280609/

Dagon-Just watched this the other night. Forgot how good H.P. Lovecraft stories can be when done well. Yes Stuart Gordan has slipped a couple times. When he's on though, he's spot on.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264508/

Grindhouse-Saw this when it was first out. Enjoyed it, or at least Planet Terror and the fake trailers immensely. Death proof, while it had it's moments, just didn't live up to what I expected Tarintino to do (being that Kill bill vol 1&2 were more grindhousey than Death Proof was). Still worth all three of your hours if you have it in you.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462322/

The Mist-Holy fuck. Did Frank Darabont knock this one out of the park. I know some people didn't like the ending, but I personally (having grown up with the original short story) think he did a bang up job on making the ending better, and horribly brutal.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/

Zombie-What a great goddamn zombie film. You gotta love the Italians for taking something from America (like they did with westerns) and showing us how to REALLY do it. At one point in this film a zombie fights a shark, let me repeat that. A zombie fights a shark. What else do you want?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080057/

Dawn of the dead (original)-Favorite film growing up. Still my favorite zombie film. Even got to go to the mall where they filmed it when I lived in Pittsburgh. It's a shame that Romero is so out of touch now...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/

Event Horizon-Fer real's. This is a creepy ass film. It might not have the biggest stars in it, but the actors do a fine job with what they have. I feel like this is an overlooked gem.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/

The Descent-Another Marshall film. Yes the CGI bats sucked, deal with it. Other than that, I dare you to watch it alone, in the dark. Such a good idea, done so well, on a limited budget.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/

The Exorcist-If you haven't seen this you don't deserve to.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/

Shaun of the Dead-Why it took someone as long as it did to actually make a GOOD spoof of zombie films is beyond me. It's also the fact that it does take itself seriously at times too that puts this in such a high place in my heart.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/

From Dusk till Dawn-How in the fuck does this movie not get more praise? Seriously, it starts off going in one direction (heist movie) and then adds Mexican vampires. I give up, you win movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116367/

A Nightmare on Elm Street-I'll be the first to admit that this movie isn't as good as I remember it being, but it's still a classic. Long before Freddy became just a burnt up bag of one-liners. His character actually had some menace to him. Worth a repeat viewing if you haven't seen it in awhile.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/

And for tonight I shall be watching

In the mouth of madness-Carpenters "love letter" to the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. In no way is it as good as "The thing" but it's still pretty damn good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409/

I've included links to all of the films profiles on IMDB, so if you're interested you can learn a thing or two.
See I'm teaching people...how to be nerds.

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Can anyone tell me? Music has gotten so, so much better since 1991. Seriously. It's been fifteen years. Grow up.