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ackblom12:
Alright, this time I've actually got a pretty bad movie to show rather than really good schlock and dark humor.

Book of Shadows: The Blair Witch Project 2 (2000):

This movie is the very definition of a cynical attempt at making money off of an established fanbase. The movie is suppose to be base in the 'real world' where the original Blair Witch was released. The town the movie was filmed in is now a big tourist attraction and as anyone in a major tourist city knows, everyone fucking hates tourists. It follows a tour group that ends up having a group black out one night while camping (an ddrinking heavily) in the woods where the movie was filmed. Their stuff is trashed and they head back to the tour guide's 'house' so everyone can recoup and shit starts happening. It actually ends up with a pretty fun ending, but it's only because the rest of the movie is so dumb that the ending feels like it's punching wayyyyyy higher than it really should be.

Now, this isn't to say the movie isn't fun to watch. It is fun as long as your expectations are low and it has some fun ideas, but it's not bad enough to be great.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKldi6p7KEU
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjdXLJ8CDwM

ackblom12:
Sinister (2012):

So far, I'm really liking Ethan Hawke's horror career. Insidious wasn't really anything more than OK, but The Purge is looking good and Sinister was just a hair away from being an amazing film. That hair difference makes a big difference though.

So Hawke plays a 'True Crime' author who is investigating murders that occurred in the house his family just moved into. While unpacking, he finds an 8mm projector and multiple films. He watches them and they're recordings of the murders of entire familys by an unknown person. As per usual, strange things start happening and it's discovered that these murders are caused by a long forgotten blood god named Bughuul. It has fantastic atmosphere, the horror anthology feel of the home movies is fucking amazing and overall the movie does incredibly well at what it's trying to do... until the ending. The ending is okay at best and they pulled a ridiculously cheap jump scare to top it off. The movie is still great, but it was just so very close to being amazing. It's well worth your time.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKcGJXMTjm0

ackblom12:
Rabid (1977):

David Cronenberg! Yaaaaaay! As anyone who pays attention to his work knows, a good chunk of the first half of Cronenberg's film career was exploring society's fears of infection as well as sex. This was his second feature length film and it's a pretty damn good, as well as being a good continuation of exploring these themes.

A young woman played by Marilyn Chambers (you might recognize the name from the porn industry) who is in a terrible motorcycle accident. The crash occurs near a plastic surgery center where an emergency surgery is done to keep her alive. The great thing about the scene where the surgeon is explaining the procedure, he is basically explaining that they'll be using stem cells. But anyways, the surgery is a success and she wakes up a month later, but some of the skin grafts that were done have becomes something very different, and she now requires human blood to survive. The people she feeds off of usually survive with no problem, but become infected with a disease that resembles rabies and pass the infection along vie bodily fluids such as saliva.

That's right, Cronenberg successfully managed to make a film that is simultaneously a horror film about Contagions, Science Gone Wrong, Vampires and Zombies!

While it's certainly not the best film Cronenberg has made, it's still a good schlocky movie (like so many of his other films) and I recommend it to seeing how his interpretations of these fears continued to evolve.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=trYrkvodzr0

ackblom12:
I've been going back and forth between Dario Argento and David Cronenberg, so there may be a glut of them in the coming days.

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970):

Dario Argento's debut film is not really what I'd call horror, it's more of a crime thriller, but it's a good movie and you can definitely see the early roots of his horror career. He was already quite adept at building up the suspense to palpable levels and having a totally batshit ending. I mean, the explanation at the end of the film as to what had occurred was really a lot funnier than it should have been. It's entirely possible that it's due more to the quality of subtitles that are available for the movie, but I couldn't help but laugh. Wonderful watch all around though.

The story is about an American author who has been in Italy for a couple of years trying to break through a bad case of writer's block. He witnesses an attempted murder and gets sucked into the investigation. He becomes obsessed with figuring out what happened and the attempts on his life, and the life of his loved ones, only steel his resolve to catch the murderer. The ending is wonderfully ridiculous.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=42F4A-ilDNY
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkAlcjJn8zE

ackblom12:
House on Haunted Hill (1959):

So this is probably one of Vincent Price's most famous films and it's for good reason. The atmosphere is wonderful and the interaction between all of the characters is just great, particularly between Frederick (Price) and his wife Annabelle (Carol Ohmart). Frederick and Annabelle have a party at the house on Haunted Hill, offering $10k to each guest if they stay the full night and survive. Of course the house has a nasty history and frightening things begin to happen. Now, the plot is similar to the book (I highly recommend the book by the way) in that most of the events are being created by the gracious host, Frederick. It differs quite a bit near the end, but that's fine. It works out to be a great watch and even the old dated special FX feel right when you realize what's going on.

But oh man, the first scene with Frederick and Annabelle. You see two terrible and bitter people speaking and you can feel the disdain they have for one another. The tension between them is so thick, you couldn't cut that shit with a power saw. It is an absolutely amazing scene. Just, oh man just watch it.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgv2k8EuGE0
And now for a slightly sillier scene with a bad mannequin.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Gu419jlWE
As I said before, the obvious mannequin like nature when she's leaving that room is just perfect once you know what's goin on and I like to think it was quite on purpose.

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