tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707973056777844348.post8912939022914586954..comments2023-02-23T05:21:35.892-05:00Comments on Six Weeks of Halloween: September 28thKernunrexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407762314427725013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707973056777844348.post-90552401412877478342012-10-03T15:02:31.878-04:002012-10-03T15:02:31.878-04:00The Raid comes to mind. There's a movie that ...The Raid comes to mind. There's a movie that skips the appetizer and meal and goes straight to dessert for 90 minutes. While it's often massively entertaining, by the end even the most fantastic of the fights seemed mind-numbing. "Always leave 'em wanting more," as the saying goes.<br /><br />I don't see them as thinking they're above material. I think the whole movie is them saying "I love you so much" to the horror genre more than anything else. Also: Fornicus: Lord of Bondage and Pain. Hehe. Best Cenobite since the original four.<br /><br />Oh, I wasn't sure before, but I shall be keeping the Rawhead Rex DVD... he's a urinating goofball and I can't help but love him.Kernunrexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407762314427725013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707973056777844348.post-9554309369751811442012-10-02T20:24:56.577-04:002012-10-02T20:24:56.577-04:00The last forty minutes of "Cabin in the Woods...The last forty minutes of "Cabin in the Woods" are brilliant. Just some of the best monster movie stuff I've seen in years. Which actually makes the first half of the movie look pretty limp in comparison. I have to wonder, why wasn't the whole film like that? I mean, obviously, budget, dramatic pacing, etc. But, why wasn't that level of energy and creativity used throughout the whole film? Some of the creature designs at the end there, especially the Sugarplum Fairy, were brilliant. I would easily watch a whole movie about that creature. Seems to me Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard were complaining about how there aren't any creative horror movies out there right now. But, instead of just making a unique, creative horror movie, instead he had to be all clever and meta about it. Above the material. So it's a frustrating film, even if that last act is fan-fucking-tastic.<br /><br />And I personally think the monster design in Rawhead Rex is hilarious. Lovably goofy. The sort of thing that could only happen in the eighties.Bonehead XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545161927886923285noreply@blogger.com