Posts Tagged ‘Horror’
Schlock Shelf – Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is one of the best films I’ve seen in a really long time. Combine Earnest Goes to Camp with Friday the 13th and you’ll have this masterpiece. Tucker is the more macho of two hillbilly best friends, and he’s a…
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Schlock Shelf – Mega Piranha
Mega Piranha begins with an American senator being killed in Venezuela in a suspicious manner, and Fitch (played by Paul Logan) is sent there (somehow, in just a few short hours) to figure out what happened. There are American scientists (including 80’s pop star Tiffany—who’s…
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Schlock Shelf – The Troll Hunter
The Troll Hunter—In this Norwegian homage (I think) to The Blair Witch Project, a set of video recordings shows up at a film studio anonymously. It shows footage from an amateur film crew from a college in Norway following Hans, a Norwegian troll hunter. Like…
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Top 5 – Horror Directors
Another MacGuffin Film Podcast Top 5′s segment. This time Ben and John share their top 5 horror directors.
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Bird Watching – In Defense of “Jennifer’s Body”
I get why Jennifer’s Body (2009), from screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama, wasn’t going to be loved by everyone. Probably the two genres that are the most subjective as far as whether they “work” for a viewer are horror and comedy, and a…
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Bird Watching – Zombies!
A dear friend of mine, a literature professor at a local university, recently told me a list of feelings she believes are currently in vogue with the “hip Seattleite.” Among these: fear of clowns; love of bacon; fondness of letterpress designs of squirrels and birds;…
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Bird Watching – “The Slumber Party Massacre” series
This week, I’m continuing my quest to fill in some of the holes in my track record as a horror lover, as a part of Women in Horror month. Last week I finally watched Pet Sematary, and this week I’m visiting the Slumber Party Massacre…
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Film Review – Seventh Moon
In Seventh Moon, a couple is spending their honeymoon in China. The movie opens at a street festival to honor the spirits of ghost legends, and they’re checking out the activities, burning papers with wishes/prayers on them, and sampling local food and drink. They meet…
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