US evangelist Jerry Falwell dies…
Speaking of dancing on graves, I’ve been renting the After Dark Horror Fest’s ‘8 Films to Die For’ series.
There is one called Gravedancers that I watched last week. It is certainly one of the better ones. Apparently if you dance on a grave, that spirit comes back and tries to kill you. The one I’d recommend, however, is Darkride. It’s really bloody, which is a plus for horror fans, but it also has Patrick Renna in it….the fat red head kid from Sandlot. He’s all grown up and he’s evil.
I haven’t seen them all yet, including Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror, which promises to be one of the best urban horror flicks to date. I’ll be the judge of that.
I watched Reincarnation last night and, though it was made by the dude who did The Grudge series, I thought it was pretty lame.
The horror flick I’m really looking forward to is Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween. Yes, you read this correctly…and it will hit theaters at the end of August….this year! Here is the trailer.
Where was I going with all this? Oh yeah. As tempting as it might be, don’t dance on Jerry Falwell’s grave, or he’ll come back and kill you.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:49 am
horror flicks=my favorite.
i have a friend who writes a fantastic zine called “Ax Wound.” It’s a feminist take on horror flicks, mostly written by a feminist who loves horror. It’s awesome. I can get you ordering info.
(p.s. go look at my blog, there’s an important vote coming up in congress this week)
May 16th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Hell yeah, email me the information! There is certainly a lot to say on women in horror films. If you’ve seen both versions of The Hills Have Eyes, for example, they totally changed the character of the teenage girl from someone strong and independent, taking care of her younger brother in the first one, to a worthless, whinny girl who is taken care of by her brother in the remake. In the first one, she is the one who sets up the traps, but it’s the brother who takes on that role in the new one.
May 17th, 2007 at 4:17 am
I am in the same boat aboot saying “good riddance” to Falwell. There is something bad with a goverment that hold a televangelist as a spirtual leader (its all aboot the money), now we need to get rid of Billy Graham.
This is the first time that I have heard aboot the remake of Halloween. I am very excited aboot it. Now with “Hill have Eyes,” you know when I saw that with you down there in Flagstaff, how turned off by that movie that I was. And they went on to make another. Yes, the girl was strong, but the whole rape scene, it completely turned me off. They hinted at the rape, but didn’t show a thing, but I thought that was too much. It is strange how they portray roles in horror flick, it seems like it is always the same. WHat I like was the womans role in “House of a 1000 Corpses.” Rob Zombies wife that plays a killer.
Anyways, I should go, because I should be doing research right now. Cheers.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Aren’t you a Clockwork Orange fan? Don’t talk to me about disturbing rape scenes
May 21st, 2007 at 3:35 am
You got me on that one
But, I found this on BBC this morning reading the news. Something on horror films.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6675787.stm
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