Satan's Little Helper - I could watch it a million times, it's amazing.

Quarantine - I was pretty impressed. I liked it quite a bit. From about halfway onwards it was damn intense. But I haven't seen [REC] yet, so I was taking it as face value.

L'Interieur (Inside) - Very well done. Somewhat spoilerish: I was almost surprised that there was no twist to the end. No supernatural nastiness with the baby. The shots inside the womb made me suspect that there was something more to the baby than normal. I'm rather glad there wasn't. Obviously not for the squeemish at all, but quite good.

Do it!.............

Did it!

Brand Upon the Brain!

My second viewing of this masterpiece...this time I watched it with the Crispin Glover narration track. He puts a whole different twist on things - I think I prefer the Rossellini track, but I'm very glad I tried something different this time around, and I look forward to listening to the other tracks in the future (Eli Wallach especially intrigues me).

As far as the film itself - no one alive today can make a film like Guy Maddin. A genre (and gender) bending rumination of childhood, an ode to silent film, and a love letter to the surreal...a stunning film in every sense of the word.

Fortunato has recommended this one endlessly around here...I'm infinitely glad I listened to him in the first place, and further I want to strongly second his recommendation in hopes that everyone who considers themselves a fan of the art of cinema take it upon themselves to watch this modern work of genius.

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just asking

Drag Me To Hell was amazing. It's exactly what you expect in a Sam Raimi movie. It had the over the top gore, cheesy b-movie one-liners and laughs, Evil Dead style makeup. The ending was great, and I like that it was a mix of Evil Dead and the moderness of Spiderman. Succch a good time, go see it.

Its a decent, effective effort at the concept of time-travel. The core idea has been copied from Back to the Future but I understood a lot of the explanations given to time paradoxes this time around than I did on my first viewing of this (needless to say I was confused as heck the first time). Can be confusing and has its flaws, but its still a pretty entertaining flick with some rather nice effects.


I was rather worried about getting disappointed because I have high expectations of this one. Thanks for the heads up, MissM. :)

And the sound... while our theater was a little loud the sound in this flick really made an impact. I loved every second of it and anybody avoiding this one because it's rated PG-13 should be slapped with a large trout.

No worries, V.

Yes! Absolutely.

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

So, yes. This is a return to form for Raimi and Raimi. But more than that, it's a breath of fresh air for horror fans. Goofy, creepy, and purely entertaining. This is a film made by a man who still has a giddy, childlike love for horror burning within him. Allison Lohman is wonderful in her starring role, taking every beatdown, delivering Ash-esque one-liners with ease, and generally inspiring pity for her supernatural situation. There are angry shadows, unseen forces, dead bodies, jump scares, action thrills, etc. and lots of laughs. What's more, it's a kind of outrageous (yet totally appropriate) cautionary tale for these hard economic times. This is what we need more of. So horror fans unite! Go see it at the theatre. This is not one you're going to want to wait for the DVD to see.
I was smiling all the way through.

Oh, yes. Lesbian boobs at that.