Drag Me To Hell

I have been excited about this movie since I first heard Raimi was doing another horror movie. And he did not disappoint.
I can't even count how many tines I jumped throughout the entire movie. When the movie's title showed up on the screen it scared me. And the scares just kept coming and coming and coming. The entire movie jumps out at you.
The special effects in the movie were so Sam Raimi. slime, blood, goo EVERYWHERE! It was very Evil Dead-esque but so cool because all those special effects seem to be updated. His style is still the exact same, just more modern. The majority of the people in the theater were having difficulty deciding whether the effects were grossing them out or making them laugh. You could hear people yelling "SO GROSS!" while laughing at the same time.
The one-liners that some of the characters said at the most random times in the movie were just hilarious too. And there's a pretty epic battle in a car between the main character and the old lady.
Some of the scenes in the movie even remind me of Evil Dead. Seances, possessions...So much like his first movies but they don't get old.
I read on IMDB that Bruce Campbell would not be making an appearance in the movie as he was too busy with another project he is working on, but I still studied the faces of every new character that popped out screen. IMDB was correct though. There was no Bruce; the only thing the movie was lacking.
The movie was only rated PG-13, which meant the theater was full of teeny-boppers screaming at every little thing. But if you can tune them out, or go to a matinee, it's a horror movie that you should definitely see.
I hope Raimi sticks with making horror. And if he DOES Evil Dead 4... wow. i can't wait! :)

Terminator: Salvation

Plans of seeing Terminator in IMAX didn't really work out. Which sucked. But it's alright. I'm glad I saw it, either way.

I have never seen a Terminator movie before this one. Not one. So I had really no idea what to expect walking into the theater, other than I was about to see some cool special effects go down. I was definitely impressed though. At the beginning of the movie they give you a short rundown of the background story, and they kept it short and sweet. After the few paragraphs at the beginning, I had no problem following the story and who the characters were talking about. There really wasn't much purpose to the plot at all. Basically, John Connor had to save his father (who is younger than him) and send him back to the past so John Connor could exist. But you never see the dad get sent back...I wonder where that will go...

The special effects in the movie were amazing. They were very well done. Remember two-face from The Dark Knight? Yeah. He ain't got shit on the Terminators in this movie. Actually I thought two-face was a joke when I saw him but that's besides the point. The effects were great. Tons of cool explosions and amazing make-up techniques.

There are some awesome surprises in the movie too...More for people who have seen the old movies but I still got them and I've never seen one.

Definitely check the movie out. It was totally worth it.

I miss all of my horror posters from my bedroom in my apartment :(

Lunch break!

So I'm on my lunch break from work and I figured I would update even though I really have nothing much to say. I somehow need to figure out how to change the layout of this page so it's not so harsh on the eyes...And maybe throw a few skulls in there or something too!

Although it's not very horror related, I AM going to see Terminator in I-MAX this weekend! Which should be spectacular. Christian Bale is always spectacular...freak outs and everything. Speaking of Christian Bale, I should hunt down a cheap copy of the American Psycho movie. If you have never seen it I HIGHLY suggest renting it this weekend if you have some free time. In a nutshell, Christian Bale plays this completely self-obssessed business man who goes insane. It's based on the book (which I recently bought! can't wait to read it!) by Bret Easton Ellis. I've read one of his books before, Less Than Zero, and if that is any indication of how American Psycho will be, then I'm in for a majorly messed up read.

Short post, but I'll be back with more. In the meantime...For your viewing pleasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8SPnl3qcso

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The beginning

The first entry is always the hardest to write. But they say that once you get past that it just gets easier. So here it goes!
I'm going to update the blog every so often about horror movies and books and t.v. shows that I watch or read. Or any horror events/news that I find interesting. And if you're interested in them too then I'd love to have you read the blog and leave some cool comments.


I had a pretty successful Chapters trip yesterday and bought a couple of books that I'm really looking forward to reading so I'll keep you updated on how those are coming along. I'm sure they'll be terrific! I love having time in the summer to read whatever books I want.

T-minus 12 days until Drag Me To Hell comes out! I cannot wait for this movie to come out! I'm not going to go into this movie expecting anything as amazing as Evil Dead, but I am hoping for great things! It looks like it has the same style of make-up effects as Evil Dead, which alone is enough for me to be excited about this movie.
And in (kind of) related news... I'm still not over the fact that I'll be missing Bruce Campbell at this year's Festival of Fear. I will meet him one day...