Halloween Movie Month [A Nightmare on Elm Street]

Look another Wes Craven flick, I think we're up to four now (The Last House on the Left, Scream, and Scream 4 are the other three). Now I love Wes Craven horror cause they invoke a crimey thriller aspect. It's not just, madman, bad life, kill kill.  Nightmare follows the story of Tina, who one night has a dream. A nightmare if you will. That she is being chased by a madman with razors on his hands and just as she is about to be killed she wakes up. Noticing razor cut on her nightgown like in the dream, she flips out. The next night she stays with two friends, Nancy and her boyfriend Glen, to calm her nerves. When she falls asleep again, Freddy returns, will she make it out alive twice and what will happen to Nancy and Glen when Freddy comes to play? I love the plot behind this. Usually in dreams, you're in a safe haven, you can die, but you won't really. But with Freddy he can gut you in your dreams and you're screwed for real. This is a mid-80s horror, so like before I'm not going to focus on the acting. The music, especially in the dreams and during the kills are quite nice to me. Speaking of the kills, I love 'em. When you incorporate dreams bleeding over into reality, like Craven did, there were so many "new" ways to kill someone. All in all it's another horror classic, staple, must-see, whatever you wanna call it. Just don't fall asleep while you're watching it.

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! Movie #15: Halloween
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #16: Friday the 13th

Halloween Movie Month [Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon]

I don't think I would've found this one on my own. It's yet another documentary style film, but it also has the classic horror feel to it. Not to mention it has humor and that's always a plus for me. So thanks to Michael Ryne (yet again) for the recommendation. This movie follows the story of Leslie Vernon, who is supposedly dead. He gets in contact with Taylor Gentry and her film crew who will be doing a documentary of him evolving as a horror movie villain and going on a rampage killing people. Now this movie threads the line of merging real-life and movies. Whenever they talk of Michael Myers or Freddy Kruger they talk as if it actually happened. But when Leslie is explaining to us what exactly he's going to do he explains it in a way that would happen in a movie. The dialogue is smart and witty, even at time poking fun at what goes on in horror films. They go through the "rules" and nuances of surviving, planning and even killing in horror films and how it translates to real life. The music is very solid, it's hard to mess up horror music to be honest. The kills are really good. You don't see the blood and gore, but you see death and can imagine the rest. The acting is good, and even the story and plot are pretty original. The humor is well placed and the twist (really the last 25 minutes or so) at the end is quite good. All in all it's a documentary about a classic horror film being made for-real by a psychopath. I liked it, and I'll gladly recommend it to you.

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