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The End Begins!
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
posted by JoVo on February 13, 2010
This is it! This is the year that the final installment of the Harry Potter film series is due to come out, and if you're not excited about it, then you may as well be a Death Eater. As a series, it is enchanting. CGI seems to be getting better and better because, at least to my untrained eye, the magic is beautiful to behold.
In this penultimate installment of the series, Harry returns to Hogwarts in the fall following the year that every wizard in the magical world finally admitted to... Read more...
SplatterPunks Comes To The Big Screen
Midnight Meat Train
posted by Ezekiel on February 12, 2010
I remember when a freind of mine asked me if I liked horror, and sure who here doesn't. What came next I didn't expect, that same friend asked if I had like horror literature. Instantly my mind went to one of my favorite authors, Stephen King and losely followed by some "horror" books I had read as an adolescent. My friend only smirked and said "Then you've not really read horror", and introduced me to SplatterPunks. A collection of short stories that bordered just on this side of depraved.... Read more...
If this is the way to break it, I don't want it fixed.
Daybreakers
posted by Kazallo on February 12, 2010
With a surge of vampire films hitting the screens these days DayBreakers manages to actually create something fresh within it. In a world where vampires have taken over and hunt what's left of humans to keep the blood flowing into the daily vampire's coffee cup, a story emerges that stakes on the choice between immortally or humanity.
The atmosphere of the world depicted in this film brings up so many more questions than just the hunt for blood. In a society of immortals how does one move up... Read more...
Now She's Perfect
The Girl Next Door
posted by Kattastrophe on February 12, 2010
So, I’m home alone and not doing anything that requires a lot of thought. I start up the 360 and scroll around the Horror section of Netflix, seeing if there’s anything new. There is. A movie called The Girl Next Door. The summary said something about a girl forced to live with her psychopathic aunt.
When I started this movie, I was expecting something like a typical slasher movie. But this movie doesn’t really deliver any of the thrills or chills that a horror flick should. Don’t get me... Read more...
I See U
Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey
posted by Kattastrophe on February 12, 2010
Everyone’s got that moment in their lives. That defining moment that gives them the chance to decide who they’re going to be. Actually, it’s a series of several moments. The first one I ever had was when I was about fourteen.
My cousin and best friend at the time were staying up all night playing around on this new thing called “the internet”. While she took her turn, I was watching MTV at 3am—the only time they still showed actual music. Anyway, the band du jour video ended and then a... Read more...
His Red Right Hand
Hellboy
posted by Ezekiel on February 12, 2010
"Hellboy" stars Ron Pearlman, Selma Blair, and John Hurt. It's about a government funded group that battles the paranormal. This movie is one of a dozen comic book movies now, and yet not having read the comics, I still think that it's a better film than say X-Men, or Spiderman.
Largly due to the grittyness of the film's content than your average run-of the mill super-hero flick I'm giving this film 4 glooms.
If you haven't seen this film, where have you been the last 5 years, under... Read more...
Do you believe in entities? They believe in you.
Paranormal Activity
posted by Akshal on February 12, 2010
Let's start with the Do's and Don'ts.
Do see this movie if you are an avid fan of all things paranormal, ghost, demon, or other-worldly. Do you like ghost hunting? Do you hear unexplained things in the night? Do you believe in other places more terrifying and haunted than our own? See this movie.
Don't see this movie if you are looking for a solid plot, storyline, action, gore, or otherwise script based media. This movie is loosely based on true events,... Read more...
Flashback Hell
Saw VI
posted by Kattastrophe on February 12, 2010
I love gore. Love. Honestly, those four letters there may not be enough to properly convey my need for it. You can bet, I was there opening night of the original Saw movie as it promised to have plenty of it. And, oh, did it deliver. Not just gore, but also my second favorite bit of horror— psychological trauma. This series doesn't just have it in spades, it shot the moon. And VI is no exception.
The themes of VI almost seem out of place in context with the others, but they fit in... Read more...
A World Worth Watching
Underworld
posted by Kazallo on February 12, 2010
Underworld is a supernatural adventure following a Vampire Warrior in her eternal war with Werewolves. A war kept in the shadows from mankind. Once the stage is set it’s revealed the turning point in this endless struggle may be a single human. All hell breaks loose as the werewolves compete with the warrior to capture him. She must unravel the mystery of his importance to them all the while evading her enemies, numerous as they are.
It also shines a light on version of vampire society vrs... Read more...
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