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"JOY RIDE"
Walking into this, I didn't really expect a whole lot more than a little
teen "suspense" film that has been the bane of my horror movie going
existence for the last few years. However, I've gotta say that I was
pleasantly surprised.
The movie starts off with a college kid on his way back home. After
bailing his brother out of jail, they set off in his newly bought car
towards home. Along the way, they decide to play some mind games
with one of the truckers on the new CB radio they bought for the car, and
unfortunately, they've picked the wrong guy to mess with.
The movie is actually very high suspense, not too many cheap-o scares
with loud noises or animals jumping out of the dark. It keeps you on the edge
of your seat wondering if you'll ever find out just WHO this stalker is
and if he's one of the people we've seen in the movie. They're VERY
careful to not show his face at any point and you get an interesting
surprise at the end.
Definitely worth the watch!
FROM HELL
Far be it for me NOT to see a Johnny Depp film. And a Johnny Depp film
based on a comic, no less! This is another great movie in the bag for Mr.
Depp. A wonderful retelling of the Jack the Ripper using a fictional
theory on what could have possibly happened back then. From what I
understand, the characters in the movie have undergone somewhat of a
merge since the comic book, and Johnny's character, Inspector Averline, seems
to have acquired psychic powers he did not have in the book. Nevertheless,
this is a wonderfully dark movie, based in 1888 London, England
amongst the Whitechapel community where scared prostitutes ( Or Unfortunates as
they are called here ) are being murdered one by one.... But is there a reason
these select ones are being pegged off? At the risk of ruining anything, I
guess you'll have to see for yourself.
There's a few scenes that may not be for the squeamish (sp?), such as the
first frontal lobotomies, but the gore is not overly blatant as it would
have been in a lot of other "horror" movies. It's hard to place this in a
genre, I suppose it would be a "Scotland Yard murder mystery" ... but
with a twist and a much darker feel to it. And since it involves The Ripper,
even the descriptions of things unseen can be quite gruesome...
13 GHOSTS
I DO care to see this.... But I haven't : (
Stephane Morrell
Laurier CIM Group
MCSE,CCA
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