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TasteForTheTheatrical
Budding Writer/ Director.
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Favourite Horror movies: Halloween ('78), Scream, Black Christmas ('74), The Fog ('80), An American Werewolf in London
Favourite Non Horrors: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Scarface, Stand By Me, Anger Management, Goodfellas
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Machete (2010)
Wow...
I'd hadn't heard much about this film, I hadn't seen the trailer or even the fake trailer attached to Grindhouse. I ended up randomly seeing this film anyway, and wow! The film is very OTT, it's extremely gruesome, crude, and a lot of fun. It is definitely not everybody's cup of tea, probably too absurd for a lot, but I liked it. It dragged in parts, but it was still very entertaining in a fun way. Just don't expect anything serious or believable. Basically, in case you don't know the story, Danny Trejo plays Machete, an ex ferale whos wife is brutally murdered, and who subsequently goes on an epic rampage to get revenge. There's nothing new here in the story, which is brief and to the point. Don't expect something intelligent, leave your brain at the door for this one. All in all it is good old fashioned mindless fun, but as I said it did start to get tiresome after a while (how long can you sit and watch a 60 year old man running around Amierca killing people with a machete?) It is still worth a watch, definitely if your into action packed splatter fests and B movies.
Halloween (2007)
Tut Tut Rob Zombie...
Disappointment. Pure disappointment. When I heard Rob Zombie was 're-imagining' the classic Halloween, I was very sceptical to say the least. Look at Zombie's other movies, then look at Carpenter's original horror masterpiece. See any similarities? Me neither. Anyway, I waited until it came out and saw it as soon as I could... Oh my god, was a poor, poor movie. It has none of the feel of the original Halloween (or any of the sequels for that matter) and just feels like one of Zombie's exploitation style movies. This is definitely not what Halloween is about. Halloween (1978) was a suspenseful, tense, atmospheric slasher movie. This version, is a trailer trash filled so called shocker with no suspense or atmosphere, that is filled with foul language, white trash characters, and Zombie's 'trade mark' rape scene (though the one in this is just pure stupid and not disturbing at all). It starts off on the wrong foot by trying to give Michael Myers (the mysterious, silent stalker) a back story as a bullied little kid that kills small animals. A pathetic attempt at a back story for a start, but Myers should definitely not have one, that is part of his character. The rest of the movie (I won't spoil it for the people who actually wanna watch it) drags along slowly up until about half way through when it skips a few years and then the pace picks up. It picks up that much that none of the characters are likable at all, so you don't care what happens. The original had great characters. So this movie is basically a Rob Zombie special movie, with all the trailer trash actors he normally uses (including his wife who cannot act) and all the blood and guts and violence that is meant to be scary (but isn't at all) and when it comes down to it this film is just silly. Check the 'Love Hurts' montage and shudder. Do not watch this film unless you want a million reasons why Rob Zombie should never remake classics, stick with the excellent original.