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Wow! I haven't written much for the site in a
while, had to get caught up with school work and
other crap like that. Now, to talk about . . . A few
movies actually . . . So without further ado, here are
my latest reviews.
House Of A 1000 Corpses
First of all, I got free passes to this movie
through a tiny connection of mine and went to see it with a lot of people,
(we were 10 or 12, I don't remember). So my
expectations were about average, cuz I wanted it
to be amazing, but at the same time I heard so much
bad stuff from everyone and only a few good
things. So, walking into the theater with my big
bag of popcorn, I waited for the lights to dim.
The movie that ensued was, in my opinion, REALLY
good. Sure, it was a rip off of a lot of classic
horror movies, but Rob Zombie even said that it was
a tribute to all the classic horror movies. And to
those who say it's a blatant ripoff of Texas
Chainsaw, ComeOn!! That's dumb, how many movies
about crazy families are there? And besides, TCM
was based on Ed Gein. So overall, I thought it was
great, the editing was a little much, but I
expected it, coming from a man who's music videos
are as frenetically insane as Rob Zombie's are.
The characters, for the most part, weren't really
likeable or hateable, but it was fun to see them
go. I wish it wasn't as cut as it was, though and
greatly anticipate the uncut version coming soon.
I definitely suggest this film to any fans of the
horror genre, especially people that are sick of
the crap that has been coming out recently.
28 Days Later
I saw 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle's new film
that just got released here in America, a couple weeks ago when my friend
lent me a screener copy. Not in nearly 30 years,
has a zombie movie been made that made me as happy to see those
darn zombies doing their deed to poor hapless
saps. Of course, being a Danny Boyle film, it
has the same social underlying theme that the
Trilogy of the Dead (Romero) has. The whole film
was shot in digital, so on the big screens it looks
grainy and almost documentary-ish, though the film
doesn't go for that feel. The DVD on the other
hand, had a great transfer and some amazing
special features, such as the usual audio
commentaries, trailers to 3, count it 3! alternate
endings.
I guess that's it for this month. I haven't really
seen anything else worth mentioning, but this month
I'll be checking out the Fantasia Film Festival
again, although this year I won't be doing the
whole run of it, for the simple fact that I am
broke, but you can count on me to cover some of
the greater titles, such as Bubba Ho-Tep and
Beyond Re-Animator. Once again, I apologize to
the editors and chiefs of CollectorTimes for the
extreme slack on my part the last few months, I
also apologize to anyone who may enjoy reading my
slobbery banter.
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