SO. Watched Poltergeist last night and it didn't disappoint. It's been a while since I've seen it but certain horrifying scenes, like the flesh peeling out has always stuck with me and definitely still freaked me out.
A couple of things that I picked up on for this viewing:
Typically in horror movies (and action movies in general), I hate it when you have multiple endings... The tension seems to end and THEN... and THEN... The Grudge remake is a perfect example of this that drives me crazy.
As for Poltergeist, though, after Carolanne is recovered, the tension picks up again - The hauntings continue - And these scenes are really, truly scary - The scene of the wife falling into the pool with the corpses - Ugh, yet another scene that has always stuck with me and it absolutely creeped me out this time as well - Disgusting and horrifying. I also love this woman's struggle to get to her children, the monster that appears in front of their door, and how she ultimately saves them.
I loved it.
I think there was something else I was going to write about but for the life of me I can't remember.
Bottom line: Still successful and horrifying after all these years.
I tried watching Part II last night but ultimately gave up - I couldn't get into it, I thought that some of the dialogue was just awful and there was no tension. Sorry, but I didn't bother with Part III either.
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Originally Posted by The Villain
And now the next week is......
GIANT MONSTER WEEK
Every horror fan has a subgenre that they call their own, a personal favorite that they feel strongly about. For me, it's giant monster movies. With that, here are the three movies i will be watching for this week:
  
Hope everyone can watch as well and share your thoughts. I'll be sharing mine as i watch them. |
Well this is exciting! I'll make an effort to watch Troll Hunter, at a minimum. And I'll weigh in on the Tremors discussion when it comes up.
If Beast is streaming somewhere free I'll check it out as well!