I'm Not There

  "It's a perfect night for mystery and horror. The  air itself is filled with monsters." The best horror movie ever created.  The first horror sequel ever.  The first feature horror film to incorporate comedic elements. The first film in my adulthood to fill me with emotion to the point of tears.  THIS IS MY FAVORITE FILM and every time I watch it, I am reminded of this.  Tonight I showed my roommate The Bride of Frankenstein  and he got it as much as someone his age can get it.  It probably won't be his favorite film but I am glad I showed it to him at an age where he was capable of understanding what's beyond what is being shown on the screen. I am not even going to talk about what the film is about because either you have watched it or you haven't and you need to go watch it (Watch Frankenstein  if you haven't already  done so, not necessary  but it helps).     I will say that there is also a 1985 remake starring ...

  "You want something else to play with? How about a nice plastic bag?" Tonight I chose the movie  House  solely because I liked the box cover art and some things never change because I did that years ago when my friend and I rented  Dead Alive  because we liked the box cover art.  Come to find out, the image in the art work was nowhere in the film.  Long story short, this movie is best played during a Halloween party in the background by the drinks because it makes little to no damn sense.  While the credits are playing I got excited to see that Fred Dekker director and writer of The Monster Squad  a movie I actually enjoy, came up with the story for this movie.  H must have been drunk or on mushrooms if this is true or more than likely his original story was bastardized to the point that we got what we got. Somehow, this turned into a franchise and it spawned3 sequels.  they followed the   Halloween  approach where ...

 My family's always been in meat. Leatherface is such an iconic figure, one of the few good things to come from the stupid 70's. Not to be annoying but... I'm kind of a fan.  The way he slaughters nosy, entitled kids who should know better, his love of recycling and also his passion for making arts and crafts.  Thusly, when you know that you're finally going to meet Leatherface in a little over a week at Halloween Horror Nights, you watch the story of his life in preparation/  Not surprisingly, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre s till holds up almost 50 years later. From the opening photography montage with the familiar metallic cry to the frustrated chainsaw swings at the end, Tobe Hooper and Co really knocked this little independent film out of the park. i remember when I watched this for about the second time, I forgot about the nasty establishing shot with the "sculptures" and I could not finish my Turkey and provolone sandwich from Ralph's.  Two or three bi...