Halloween Movie Month [Halloween]

Alright, here it is. One of horror movies all time staples. You all know the premise of Halloween. Michael Myers comes back home to the house where he killed his sister on Halloween night 15 years earlier. Laurie is baby sitting this Halloween night, and across the street (the Meyer's old house) Annie is also babysitting. Throughout the day Laurie sees Michael following them around town as they get ready. Annie writes of Laurie's paranoia, but end the end, when the night falls will Michael Myers have his revenge? This is a great film, I don't talk about acting too much in these but I really liked Jamie Lee Curtis in this. The build up to the end is slow, be there's still the kills throughout so that kept me satisfied. The kills are virtually bloodless but you can still see the brutality of them. This also relys a lot on, Myers is there in the back ground, then next frame he's gone. There's even the "LOUD MUSIC" scare tactics in this and it works well. The music is iconic and the dark tones, even in the day time, look good. The ending leaves something to be desired, and since I'm not watching the the entire series it'll have to say that way. All in all, I liked the movie and I was never bored during it. There's a reason why people call this a classic. It's pretty good. Haha.

Halloween Movie Month! Movies #1/2: How To Be A Serial Killer and Red State

Halloween Movie Month! Movie #3: The Evil Dead
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #4: The Shining
Halloween Movie Month! {Bonus}: American Horror Story
Halloween Movie Month! Movies #5/6: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #7: Paranormal Activity
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #8: Scream
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #9: The Last House On The Left
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #10: Scream 4
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #11: The Blair Witch Project
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #12: Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Halloween Movie Month! Movie #13: Final Destination
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #14: House of 1000 Corpses

Halloween Movie Month [The Evil Dead]

So this is another movie I watched about a month ago (I swear I get to movies I've watched on the day soon enough haha). I've seen the series before and it's one I forgot to add to my list of top horror films in my introduction to what I'm doing this month. Sam Raimi, most of ya'll probably know him from Spiderman 1-3, has a flair for horror. It's how he basically started and it's in his blood. The Evil Dead follows the story of three couples who decide to take a trip up an old cabin in the woods that one of them bought. Upon arriving   strange things start happening after they explore the house and find an old mans tape (who did supernatural research) and play it. Now it becomes a fight for survival against seen and unseen forces. Now if you like blood and gore, like me, this movie is straight up your alley. Raimi spares no expense for gushing, squirting, bleeding, pooling, covering, and whatever other way blood can happen. Also, aside from all the other "kids", Bruce "Motherfuckin'" Campbell owns as the protagonist Ash. If you don't know Bruce, shame on you. He's a pro at doing B-movie horrors and also plays Sam Axe in one of my favorite shows Burn Notice. In this movie he acts as well as possible and when he's given a chance to be funny admist all that's going on, it works. Also the 80s horror music is quite chilling and surprisingly great. Works when they're a chase or death, and kept me on my toes. The acting is as good as it can get all around, the story is original, the death, blood, and gore are great, and it was a fun supernatural horror film to watch. Here's another one that's on the ole Netflix instant too. Go watch it.

Halloween Movie Month Post #1: How To Be A Serial Killer and Red State

Halloween Movie Month [How To Be A Serial Killer] and [Red State]

Now I've decided to do some movie reviews all this month of October. Trying to get in/watch a movie a day. And what better way than with a genre I love but have never really delved into, horror. Now as of now my biggest, and most favorite, horror movies, is the SAW franchise. Close second goes to Dawn/Day/Night of the Living Dead, Resident Evil, and 28 Days/Weeks Later. And some (or most) those movies will be watched reviewed this month I'd gather. But I'm going to start with two, more recent horror labeled films. One I watched about a month ago (Ahh that was a great night as I remember), and the party with me agreed that it was a very surprisingly good flick, in How To Be A Serial Killer. Also the one I watched just last week Red State. Without further adieu, here is movies #1/2.

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Now HTBACK (I'm going to abbreviate cause it's a long ass title) is one of them there hybrid genre movies as it's part horror as well as comedy. It follows the life of a serial killer, Mike Wilson, and his apprentice Bart, as he teaches him the ropes on how to have a normal life whilst being a serial killer. Now there is breaks in the movie as well where we get a psychologist giving us insight on a serial killers, thoughts, actions, motives, etc. And we also get introduction, almost like a sales pitch, to each rule for in fact, being a serial killer. Obviously this humor isn't Will Ferrell, this is still a horror movie. But it's the little things in Mike and Bart's conversations, and the presentation of the rules to live by. The horror is kept to a minimum, you see kills, but the bloodier ones (i.e. with a lawnmower) and other kills are kept off screen. To where you only see the bloody aftermath. Let's your imagination take over with what happened. The acting is solid enough, the lead Mike, played by Dameon Clarke worked well as a closeted demented killer. Also Matthew Gray Gubler (who I recognized from Criminal Minds) plays the never getting anywhere in life apprentice that wants to learn. Overall, it's a good watch. There's some nice kills, I loved the background psychologist aspect, and the funny parts like the steps/conversations will get a smile/laugh out of you. Never fear, it's on Netflix instant. So if my review is has any appeal to you, go on and watch it.

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Let me start by saying behind The Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarnatino, Kevin Smith is one of my favorite directors. Clerks, Clerks II, Mallrats, and Dogma are some of my top movies of all time. But this movie perplexes me. If you've seen my Twitter/Facebook posts you know my gripe. I couldn't find the horror or scariness of this movie. The story starts off with three friends who find a Craigslist-like post of a woman who wants to meet up and have sex. After some lies and a bit of a car accident, they get to the woman. She puts one beer in them, when she tells them to drink another and go in the room to strip down. They start to do as they're told and pass out. This where where the fun begins as they wake up in a cage, and tied up, in a radical church, with seemingly no way to escape. First off, I love the writing and monologues in this movie. The first classroom scene, the friends interacting, and the preachers sermon are grand and start the movie off on a fantastic note. It then turns into a escape and/or rescue mission film as people start getting shot and the FBI is called in. John Goodman comes in as well, and makes it instantly better. His humor, into seriousness over the course of the flick was nice. The only character I really connected to, and it show. The kills were nice, mostly gun shots. But a couple were to the head and outta nowhere. As I already said the acting was quite nice. My opinion is try it. If I ever buy it it'll be because it's ok as a thriller (not horror IMO), it's got good acting, and a great dialogue.