Okay, well I've been sent a lot of release material about this movie and haven't had a chance to post anything about it. So I thought better late then never. I'm trying to clean out my e-mail, and get all this stuff posted. Here's all the info I received, read up, and enjoy!
Three Preview Clips from Women's Studies! DVD Extra Sneak Peek!
5/25/10 - For the third of four (4) weeks of sneak previews of WOMEN'S STUDIES, the soon to be released feature-length horror film about The Ross-Prentiss Women's Academy where female empowerment is taken to murderous extremes, Ningen Manga Productions is releasing three clips from the movie, as well as a sneak peeks of a DVD extra!
First up is a clip of Mary (Cindy Marie Martin) expressing her frustration with some young womens' disinterest in women's rights to Senator Gayle Hamlin (Judith O'Dea, Barabra from Night of the Living Dead):
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lioiOVMK-yg
Then there's a clip of Beth (Melisa Breiner-Sanders) being confronted by Ross-Prentiss students Judith (Tara Grawood) and Diane (Kelley Slagle).
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuL2rjGZy9I
The final clip shows Iris (Laura Bloechl) and the ladies of Ross-Prentiss including Melissa (Tiffany James) at the home of Iris' parents to right the wrongs of her father.
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq3LkN8xWQ
Also this week is a two-and-a-half minute excerpt from the "Lady Killers on Women's Studies" featurette, a conversation about themes and characters in Women's Studies. The clip features footage from a deleted scene, as well as interviews with writer/director Lonnie Martin, producer/actor Cindy Marie Martin, and actors Tara Garwood, Kelley Slagle, and Melisa Breiner-Sanders.
Check out an excerpt from the "Lady Killers on Women's Studies" featurette here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLQmVrvA3M
WOMEN'S STUDIES will be released on DVD JUNE 8. 2010 through the Big Bite Entertainment label at R-Squared Films, and is currently available for pre-order via Amazon. Look for a final special feature to be released next Tuesday leading up to the DVD release.
DVD Sneak Peek - Watch the Women's Studies "Prequel"
To celebrate the June 8th DVD release of Women's Studies, Ningen Manga Productions' feature length movie about a women's academy where female empowerment is something to kill for, the filmmakers are giving audiences an early look at some of the special features included on the DVD.
First up is a deleted scene introduced by writer/director Lonnie Martin, The Black Widow "Prequel," the sequence that originally opened the movie. It chronicles the tale of three frat boys who think they're in for a night of strippers and fun, but end up having a party that's far more sinister. See, the nightclub they go to is run by the ladies of the Ross-Prentiss Women's Academy, so the last thing these boys are getting out of tonight is a good time.
Check out The Black Widow "Prequel" from Women's Studies here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP-GFw908kQ
Ningen Manga Productions will release a total of four (4) sneak peeks of DVD extras every Tuesday in the month leading up to the June 8th DVD release. Be sure to check the official site, www.AreYouALadyKiller.com , to get the latest information. And don't forget to pre-order your copy of Women's Studies via Amazon.
This week it's a two-and-a-half minute excerpt from the "Duel of the Goddesses" featurette, a behind-the-scenes look at the fight scenes featured in Women's Studies. The featurette features fight rehearsal and audition footage, production photos, alternates takes, and interviews with writer/director Lonnie Martin, producer/actor Cindy Marie Martin, actors Tara Garwood and Kelley Slagle, and fight choreographer Shanna Beauchamp.
Check out an excerpt from the Women's Studies "Duel of the Goddesses" featurette here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql59svLksRM
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Publicity Contact
Women's Studies official site: www.AreYouALadyKiller.com
For more information or to request photographs for publication, please contact Cindy Marie Martin at Cindy@NingenManga.com .
You can also download our Electronic Press Kit (EPK) at: www.WomensStudiesMovie.com/c_News.asp .
Publicity Stills can be downloaded at: www.WomensStudiesMovie.com/Stills.asp
If I find anymore information I'll be sure to update you guys on it.
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DeadGirl (2008)
Director: Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Heral
Status: Movie Review
I've been gnawing off my fingers waiting to see this movie and finally did. I'm not disappointed at all! First off Trent Fucking Haaga wrote the script!! Trent is the man, and I've been a fan of his for awhile. When I heard he was writing this I was absolutely 110% on board. Also I noticed that Noah Segan was in it and I had recently watched him in Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. He was such a lovable character, and I'd have to say he's become one of my favorite new horror actors. Look at that cute face, I can't help but love him! Not only is he adorable but he fucking rocks shit in this movie because he plays such a scary character. Going from good guy to evil villain really messed with my head. But that's what makes him so good, he shocked me. Then we have an actor that I've never heard of until this movie Shiloh Fernandez with a striking resemblance to Michael Pitt he broke out with a good impression. Now I heard this movie get bad mouthed by some people. Psycho nazi feminists, it's annoying. Especially horror writers that bitch and make a big deal about cinematic rape, yet cheer for cinematic murder. Yeah, cause your not hypocritical at all. They are movies people, chill. So if your one of those people you can stop reading now and go shave your armpits or legs or anything else along those lines. I can't help myself it makes me mad when people downgrade a good movie over something so stupid. You know what I LOVE THIS FUCKING MOVIE! I'm going to tell you know out of 99.8% of the movies I watch, I predict the ending. Watching this and approaching the ending I had NO clue what to expect. I became swallowed by the movie and just had to watch nervously to wait and see. Do you know how refreshing that was? It made me happy in the pants like whoa!
Noah Segan
Here's the deal Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) is desperately in love with Joann (Candice Accola) to the point of being a creepy stalker, just hides in bushes and around corners starring. His best friend JT (Noah Segan) is an evil son of a bitch who tries to control him and everyone else for that matter. They are both major outcasts, but definitely cute ones. When Rickie and JT decide to skip school one day, they venture to an abandoned mental hospital to trash shit and drink (what looks like cans of mello yello might I add). Anyways like little juveniles they sneak around and find a dead girl sprawled out and tied to a bed. At closer inspection they realize that she's not dead, but undead, and JT gets a light bulb. A light bulb in his pants, oooohhhh snap! But yes he really does want to rape her into a coma, but she's a zombie, so he just rapes her repeatedly. Soon he begins to get other friends to join him in on the savage raping, Wheeler (Eric Podnar). Rickie the whole time is trying to hatch a plan to stop JT and do the right thing, which leads him to attempt to release her a couple times. JT gets more and more demented as the movie progresses, it even gets to a point where he's sitting in a chair in the asylum room in his underwear and an open robe. I was in a fit of laughter at that scene, because he's in the shadows like a scene from the godfather or something. Another disturbing aspect of the movie is the fact that these guys are just fucking this dead girl in front of each other. Who does that shit? That's pretty borderline gay (No offense to homosexuals here). Like do these guys think it's macho to have sex in front of each other, pry not! Anyways Joann's boyfriend who's obsessed with beating up Rickie finds out about the dead girl through Rickie's burn out friend and wants to see her. Johnny (Andrew DiPalma) and his friend Dywer (Nolan Gerard Funk) kidnap the Rickie and Wheeler and take them to the hospital to find out what it's about. JT convinces Johnny to put his dick in her mouth and Dwyer to fuck her, Johnny soon realizes he's made a grave mistake when his dick gets bit off and he begins rotting from the inside out. Which follows with a scene of Johnny shitting his guts out in a school bathroom, it's awesome! Then JT and Wheeler decide they need to change to another girl so they can have some fresh meat, since Johnny fucked up dead girls face. They go out on the hunt sitting in JT's car at a gas station waiting for the perfect and sexy girl to walk by. After a really bad kidnap attempt JT settles on Rickie's love Joann. Rickie goes to the hospital to save Joann and a bloody good battle ensues.
Jenny Spain dead and alive
Like I've mentioned before playing a part of a zombie that has to stay in one place in entire movie has to be so f'n difficult. Here the dead girl (Jenny Spain) has to be tied to a table in the nude the entire movie, as a zombie of course. I can't imagine how much that would suck! Mad props to Jenny Spain, she's a kick ass zombie! Now their make up person had to be onset 24/7 because every 2 seconds someone is getting their ass kicked in the movie. Bloody noses, bruises, split lips to the extreme! Haha, I really felt bad about it because Shiloh is absolutely adorable! To see him getting beat up by these jock assholes really pissed me off, his friend on the other hand deserved it. Trent really brought a sense of reality into the story, like what would happen if a couple teenage boys stumbled upon a dead girl? It's a zombie movie that he really made work. Everything is great the acting, music, plot, the setting designs. I really can't say anything bad about this movie. This movie really introduced some great actors to me, and their performances were nothing less out outstanding! So the ending comes and I'm all crazy with anticipation and when it does it feels so sweet. Like his friends were doing it out of cruelty, but he's doing it out of love and he has her all dressed up and such. It was cute! It was really fitting and I liked the way everything came together. DeadGirl is definitely a movie that deserves some recognition. It single handedly blows away all other horror movies released in 2008.
All in all I award this movie 5/5 stars! Put that in your pipe and smoke it, or in your DVD player and watch it!
Hello,Hello you lovely horror movie fanatic's!I finally have access to a computer long enough to create a new post.This will be the first edition of my favorite Winter/Christmas themed collection of horror flicks.These are the movies that get you into a festive mood for the Winter season and upcoming Holidays.The gorgeous snow covered fields that stretch on in the sunset,Holiday celebrations with friends and family,snowmen piled up in yards with smiles decorated across their faces,and then you see that bright red blood spraying over the beautiful glittering snow and get even more excited and joyous.I was racking my brain half of today to come up with the list,so I decided on some really good ones!Comment below and let me know if I missed any good ones and/or suggest some to me.Again these are not in any particular order,aside from number one,which I loves!Oh,and spoiler alert right now!Sometimes I slip up and don’t even mean to,so I always gotta pop up those spoiler alerts!Don't want to ruin anything for anyone.=]
10.)Wind Chill(2007):
If you weren’t aware yet,I have a review for this movie a ways back if you want to check it out.There’s nothing that says Winter cheer like getting a ride from an extremely creepy stalker back home for Christmas,But in their case they never make it that far.The guy(Ashton Holmes) decides it’s a good plan to take a short cut on their way home,which leads to them almost getting hit by another car,ran off the road,and stranded alone in the bitter cold weather.Fighting for survival against the freezing temperature the guy and girl(Emily Blunt) are visited by some evil spirits that have long ago died on the road.When I heard the word “Winter” this movie came right to mind.It’s a great macabre journey into the history of a lonely,and extremely haunted road.With a hint of demented love story to add to the mix.Trust me it’s worth renting/buying this holiday season.
9.)Ginger Snaps 2:Unleashed(2004):
The second Ginger snaps is indeed my 2nd favorite one,haha.Backtracking to the first Ginger snaps,Brigitte(Emily Perkins) mixes her blood with Ginger(Katharine Isabelle) to make her trust her,infecting herself with the Lycanthropy virus.Brigitte immediately goes on the run,all the while shooting herself up with Monkshood to slow the transformation process.Brigitte then being picked up on the sidewalk after being attacked by another wolf whom wants to mate with her,is placed in a drug rehab clinic.Now being deprived of her only means of fighting this monstrous disease,she’s looking to break out,acquire her Monkshood, and kill the other wolf.Every once and awhile she becomes plagued with mysterious appearances by Ginger,who repeatedly points out that Brigitte is now a monster,and there’s no stopping the change.I was disappointed by the lack of Katharine Isabelle’s presence in this Ginger Snaps sequel,but it still makes with an amazing story and just annihilates all the idea’s that you’ve concluded in your head.And of course taking place in the beautiful Winter season.
8.)Jack Frost(1996):
This is such a quirky and ridiculous Winter comedy about a murderous snowman by the name of Jack(Scott MacDonald) Frost.It all begins when Jack the serial killer is being transferred to his final destination,being his execution.A horrible car accident occurs and Jack comes out having been violated by a dangerous chemical substance from the other truck,which causes him to change into the infamous killer snowman JACK FROST!He then pops on his carrot nose and tracks down all those individuals involved in capturing him.There’s nothing worse then a killer snowman with a grudge against you,who’s fueled to the brim with a determined revenge plot.Also you can’t forget Shannon Elizabeth’s amazing bathtub death scene!Oh man,I not only love this movie,but I love the sequel as well.Yeah,I’m a fiend for these kinds of nutbag movies,and I’m damn proud!It’s pretty obvious why this movie is on my list.
7.)Ravenous(1999):
I’ve always had quite the strange fascination with cannibalism,and that obsession still lives on today.So you can imagine how I much I dug this flick.First and foremost MAD PROPS to Robert Carlyle for one of his greatest performances ever(in my opinion).He should have gotten some sort of award,you know like a statue of a severed limb or something of that nature.Carlyle was like the Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde of psychotic cannibals.He was such a devious character,with such amusing qualitys.I literally go fucking hysterical everytime I watch the cave scene,it’s just that badass!Just talking about it makes me want to pop this movie in right now.Anyways this movie is based around the 1840’s,you know around the time that if you were in the position of starving to death in some woods your best friend would eat the dick out of you to survive.Starring Guy Pearce(who’s always a pleasure) as Lieutenant Boyd who after becoming a “war hero” is sent off to a fort in Nevada.There,he is witness to the slaughter of his whole camp massacred by the one and only Carlyle.Boyd is injured badly in the process hides out for awhile,also being tempted by the corpses of his fellow soilders while incapable of moving to search for food.When he gathers the strength to hike his way back to civilization theres an unexpected surprise at the fort for him.
It’s an intelligent,yet still extremely hilarious look at cannibalism back in the 1840’s.A flick I would recommend to anyone!Just make sure to be cautious while investigating seemingly abandoned caves located on some sketchy mountains.
6.)Pick Me Up(2006):
Being me,I’ve seen every single Masters of horror movie there is.But Pick Me Up is definitely one of my favorites along with Sick Girl(Directed by Lucky McKee).I mean, I seriously have a hard on for this movie.Directed by the great Larry Cohen(It’s Alive,The Stuff).This movie is infested with spectacular actors and crew.The three leads are Fairuza Balk,Michael Moriarty,and Warren Kole.Here’s the deal;Trucker(Moriarty) picks up people in his truck to murder them,Walker(Kole)murders people who pick him up while he’s hitchhiking,and Stacia(Balk) is the innocent victim that gets caught inbetween a battle for her corpse.It’s one of the most amusing and slick horror/comedies out there.The three of them play so well off of eachother,it’s like you want to picture them as friends in the end.Well friends that have really sadistic personalities and a good sick sense of humor.But it’s all about fighting to get their hands on Stacia and win the competition between who is the more clever and competent serial killer.The end is a fight to the death after all three of them are tossed from Trucker’s truck.I refuse to spoil the ending because it’s so original and fun,but trust me there’s going to be a twist that no one expected.
5.)Misery(1990):
How's this title for a family member for Christmas?!.Oh who can forget good old Annie Wilkes?I'd have to label her as one of the most psychotic/sadistic women on the big screen.I mean that lady has some severe and incurable mental problems.Based on the genius novel "Misery" by Stephen King,I believe this movie caused permanent damage to people everywhere.I read the book before i saw the movie,and it really missed a lot of great details that would have intensified the movie to the extreme.It's usually the case with most book to film creations.Aside from them abandoning most of the gore and odd Annie breakdowns in the book,the movie was great.Kathy Bates portrayed Annie Wilkes so exquisitely,i really think there's no one else in the world that could have even attempted it.She was exactly as i'd pictured her when i read her character description in the book.Anyways Misery revolves around Paul Sheldon(James Caan) a famous novelist of the hit romance series Misery.On his way back to New York in a blizzard,he gets into a bad car wreck.Enter Annie Wilkes(Kathy Bates),who boldly comes to Paul's Rescue.He awakens in a small room in Annie's house,she explains she's a trained nurse and how she's coincidentally his number one fan,and all seems fine.Not after to long Paul starts to realise that Annie has some serious issues.He then realises that he's not there as a patient,but a prisoner.She not only wants Paul as her own forever,but she wants a new Misery book written exactly to her liking,or there will be harsh consequences.I'm going to leave off on anymore details,but it's a winner,trust me!
4.)Let The Right On In(2008):
The only word i could studder after watching this 2008 Swedish romantic horror film(Directed by Tomas Alfredson) was "MASTERPIECE"!This rarely happens with me,i'm a critic,and if i feel that strongly about a movie you know it HAS to be good.The cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema just knocked the air right out of me.The snow filled scenery shots are so absolutely fantastic!This macabre young love story was based on the novel(by the same name)and screenplay by John Ajvide Lindqvist.I haven't had a chance to read it,but it's definitley on my list of books to purchase.The story follows 12 year old Oskar(Kare Hedebrant),whom is a frequently harassed outcast amoungst all the other kids.Until he meets 12 year old girl Eli(Lina Leandersson),a lonely pale girl who is different from all the others.It soon developes into a steady relationship with casualties.Oskar is then slowly reeled into Eli's dark dangerous world of living and surviving as a vampire.This movie has one of the most uncomfortable disturbing reveals since Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway camp was released in 1983.Also the movie is just sewn up perfectly with a magnificent ending.There was not one split second i could pause it or look away.It was really nice to see something original and new for a change.
3.)The Blob(1988 Remake):
Holy cow,i love the crap out of this flick!Yes,i'm also a huge fan of the original as well.I just felt the remake was more appropriate on this particular list.Hint Hint:The snow blaster they use to freeze the blob with,and turn that guy into a big frosty goo ball.So it starts off with a meterorite falling down to earth and crashing in the state of California.It basically attaches itself onto an old hobo's arm and three kids Brian(Kevin Dillion),Meg(Shawnee Smith),and Paul(Donovon Leitch) rush the man to the hospital,and from then on the chaos ensues within the town.And in the end it's none other than a government experiment gone wrong(Go figure).They have some of the most extraordinary special FX in this movie.They came up with some of the fanciest vomit inducing treats.The blob goo itself is truly sensational,the effects where the people were dissolving into the goo was something i'd never seen before when i first watched the movie.I found it pretty amusing the goo was pink too.You know the blob is this horrid ball of goo terrorizing and murdering people in the most impressively insane ways.The Blob 88' had me at the hospital scene,although i am in love with both of them.In my opinion both the 1958 and the 1988 versions were both instant classics.So if you haven't yet experienced the miraculous Blob movies,run to get them..and click your heels together in a dramatic way as well!
2.)The Curse Of The Cat People(1944):
Yes,yes.I chose "the curse of the cat people" over "cat people".I enjoy both these movies immensely,but Curse has beautiful snow ridden sets(not through the entire movie).I love Simone Simon's wardrobe in this movie better as well.That main dress she wears is gorgeous,i guess that's mainly to enhance the fact that she's deceased.She has a very fairy goddess like quality to her appearance.Obviously this is a sequel to Producer Val Lewton's suspense/horror-esque flick "Cat People"(1942) starring Simone Simon.I was a little confused after seeing this one,because it doesn't have much to do with the first movie,but i liked it.The story picks up where the first one left off after Irena(Simone Simon) has passed away Oliver(Kent Smith) gets hitched to his ho-bag co-worker Alice(Jane Randolph).That whole story always pissed me off because i like Simone so much,haha.Anyways Irena begins magically appearing to their young daughter Amy(Ann Carter),and forms a friendship with her.She also befriends a lonely old lady(Julia Farren) who used to be an actress,with a evil and jealous daughter(Elizabeth Russell).I'm totally surprised that Amy hasn't gotten kidnapped and murdered yet with how gullible that little girl is.I'm just saying if some old lady is whispering to me from a window,i'm running away.Things come to a close when Amy is caught in a snow storm(after running away from home),she then finds refuge at the old ladies for protection,and she is met with the angry and jealous daughter who wants revenge for not getting the attention that Amy has gotten from her mother.Dun dun dun...you'll have to watch the movie to find out what happens.But this is a keeper for sure on all accounts!
1.)Dead End(2003):
That's right folks,Dead End made number one.This movie actually freaks me out in a way,i(as odd as it sounds)have a fear of never ending driving,going in circles and never coming across anything different.Being caught in a constant merry-go-round of oblivion with no means of escape is pretty freaky.So it's the night before Christmas and the Harrington family Frank the father(Ray Wise),his wife Laura(Lin Shaye),their son Richard(Mick Cain),their daughter Marion(Alexandra Holden),and her boyfriend Brad(Billy Asher) are on the road traveling to Frank's mother-in-laws house for Christmas dinner.A series of horrific events are put into play with Frank takes a short cut and falls asleep at the wheel.Everytime they stop the car from that moment on someone dies a brutal death.Let me just say they picked the best cast for this film,i can't imagine anyone else in it,especially Lin Shaye with her catatonic and hilarious performance.Watching this film plagues me with a sense of claustrophobia from the driving in circles with all the same trees dark night,and i love it!Even with all the driving in circles this movie is not dull for one second.It gives you plenty of genuine scares with a hint of black comedy.Writer/Directors Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa definitely knew what they were doing,and it makes for a nightmarish trip down a lonely road bound with twists and turns at every stop.So go go watch it and report back to me with all your happy and wonderful comments about it!
Well i hope this post was informative to a lot of you,and you find a new movie to enjoy.I'm already working on a second edition of it.I went to the store the other day to buy some new DVDs and just happen to come across like 3 more winter ones that i like.Hopefullly i'll be able to get my laptop fixed this month,so i can continue updating this blog more often.It's just ridiculously expensive!A piece broke off the crevice of my laptop,and it took out my entire screen,so i have to replace both things.But anyways MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!I don't know about you guys but i'm asking Santa's bitch ass for a new laptop!=]
The Uninvited(2009)/A Tale Of Two Sisters(2003)
*SPOILER ALERT*
Alright just for the record this wasn't supposed to be the first double feature I was going to do. But things worked out this way. So my "Double Features" are original movies and their much worse counterpart;their remake. I have a bunch in the works I'm just always busy busy busy, but here's the first one in this wonderful category. "The Uninvited" and "A tale of two sisters".
Alright so the basic concept of this movie is a girl gets released from a mental hospital after enduring the effects of her mothers death and her father, sister and soon to be step mother greet her when she arrives home. After awhile she starts to realize that something is not right at all. She gets all kinds of crazy notions about her (soon to be) step mother, which leads to a string of confusing, and disastrous events. "The uninvited" is really simple and easy to follow, but on the other hand "A tale of two sisters" will lose you until the end. That's the great thing about "A tale of two sisters" you really have to pay close attention to every small detail.
Remaking one of my favorite movies "A tale of two sisters" with all this shit is extremely disappointing. *Picks up a rusty ice pick and stabs myself in the eyeballs* Whhhhy?!. No,I don't want to know what could have possibly been going through someones mind when they remade this. Not to mention throwing Elizabeth Banks in there as the evil step mother, that's like throwing a dick in my ear out of a dark alley. A dark alley that I was convinced was a candy shop. Are you starting to see where I'm going with this? And I can't understand why they would try to push Mrs. Banks boobs up in extremely awkward positions to attempt to make them look bigger. Elizabeth Banks gives off happy go lucky vibes in every movie I see her in. She's a very smiley cheerful looking person, which I'm not by any means saying that's a bad thing, it's great! I think she's a wonderful actress, and she's played many hilarious and awesome parts. But she is in no way intimidating, it kills the entire movie. BAM Fail! I realize the wicked step mother is all in her head, but it's the way the character is perceived by the girl. And she sees the step mother as an ominous person whom murdered her mother. Pop me some popcorn and put mother fuckin' Bai Ling or even Rose Mcgowan in the part as the evil step mother. Give me some real threatening and creepy aspects. If your going to put on your director shoes and remake a fucking instant classic like "A tale of two sisters" fucking do it right! So I frown upon the Guard brothers remake, a wholllle lot!
Alright let's start from the beginning when I first heard about this movie it was from my sister Brittany. She told me it was really similar to "A tale of two sisters", so I wasn't sure if it was a remake yet. So I went walking in the dark of night through some sassy fall leaves and rented it. Just a little fact I want to throw in here, "A tale of two sisters" has one of the best movie covers I've ever seen. Take a peek here:
Alright now let's take a minute to compare it to this piece of poo:
What's the verdict people? Yeah, I thought you'd see it my way.
Another thing why would they rename it "The Uninvited", wow that really has no relation to the movie whatsoever. I don't know what angle they were trying to come from with that. It's also completely ridiculous how OBVIOUS they make everything. The sisters presence or lack of. They have her leaving the room after 2 frickin seconds in every god damn scene. They in no way made it inconspicuous. You can clearly tell that all the actual living characters are looking past her. They did the dead girl scenes so horribly I literally laughed at it for a split second then proceeded to yawn. In the original you feel a deep connection between the two sisters, in this remake it all feels very fake. They don't capture that same type of love that the sisters convey with each other. It's impossible for anyone to replicate what Kim Jee-Woon has created, and also the absolutely astounding cinematography shot by Lee Mo-Gae.
This is psychological horror at it's very best! This is a movie not even Chuck Pallanicks "Fight Club" can keep up with.(Aleata fact:I love "Fight Club")! They ruined the scariest scene in the movie with that Ginger kid and CGI, good fucking job! Let's just slap ginger kids with bad corpse make-up and slap those same gingers with some CGI effects and we've got some scary shit! No, no you don't god dammit!
I mean you don't understand what a fucking masterpiece they ruined unless you've previously viewed "A tale of two sisters". They turned it into another American piece of trash! I tried to like this movie, I have such love and respect for the original that I tried to give it a chance (For the sole fact that someone enjoyed it enough to remake it), but I really couldn't. People only care about money, not the movies! Their comedy aspects failed! "A tale of two sisters" also had one of the greatest scores I've ever heard, it really pulls you into the mood of the movie. There's a lot of stuff they left out which is obvious to anyone who knows their movies. It's not like I condone identical remakes, it's sometimes good if people try a completely different route, it's just they pulled all the really good and interesting stuff. Which again makes the remake a complete and utter bore. I really don't think that American directors put any thought into the Asian films they remake. It's basically a trendy happening thing going on now. They see that "The Ring" and "The Grudge" sold, so they start going after plenty more including "One missed call" (which was actually supposed to be my first double feature), "Pulse"(I didn't even like the original to that movie), and "Dark Water". There's so many more I'm just throwing out some examples.
I could give "The uninvited" props for one thing only in the whole movie, and that is the shot with the boy with the broken/twisted back. I thought the effects on that were pretty neat and creepy. Nevertheless it doesn't compare to the scene in "a tale of two sisters" with the girl under the cupboard in the kitchen. You know what? I actually might put that on my list of creepiest horror/psychological thriller movie moments! It would be high on my list. Alright well I'm going to wrap this up, so I don't go into incoherent ramblings.In conclusion "The uninvited" is not worth seeing in my opinion. And if you haven't seen "A tale of two sisters" yet, what's wrong with you..GO NOW AND RENT/BUY IT!
Okay these were basically off the top of my head,but i think i've compiled a great list!Anyways if you haven't seen these movies you might not want to read on because there are MAJOR SPOILERS!These are not all horror movies,there from several different generes.These are just movies that have parts in them that make you want to stop the DVD walk out of the room and take a breather.Yes,that's right!Some of the most uncomfortably fucked up moments that you can possibly witness in a movie.Moments that make you want to turn to the person beside you and ask "do you feel as wrong about watching this as i do"?Well i'm not going to put these in any particular order,but here goes.... Here's the list,in case you'd like to see what movies before i get started.Don't want to ruin anything for anyone.If you just don't care more power to you,haha. (Nothing but trouble,The doom generation,The funhouse,American history X/Pulp fiction,Evil dead,Volver,Visitor Q,Sleepaway camp,Ginger snaps,Meatball machine,Freeway 2:confessions of a trick baby,Terror firmer,Sleepers,The last house on the left/i spit on your grave,and Wrong turn 2).
15.)NOTHING BUT TROUBLE(1991)-I know,i know,i'm starting off a little gentle with this movie.Alright now do you remember the dinner scene in this movie at all?Dan Aykroyd as the withered old judge disgustingly stuffing his face with the nastiest looking hot dogs.I mean they have that long skin type shit hanging off of them.It made me cringe and turn in my seat a little,like "ahhh why"?!.Now we're not stopping there what about the fat,sweaty,michlon looking junkyard twins?!.Just a little bit uncomfortable.Okay that's nothing compared to what lies ahead..moving on..
14.)The Funhouse(1981)-This is a great,great movie.It's eventually going to be remade(like every movie) by Eli Roth.I'm going to have to say it'll be one of the only remakes i'll be looking forward to.Well in this Tobe Hooper 1981 classic we have a big ol' monster/mongoloid killer getting jerked off by a old raggedy fortune teller in exchange for some cash.I don't know about you,but that's not on my list of things i want to see.I guess prostitutes don't discriminate,even against those murdering mongoloids!Somewhere along the line someone needs to tell this woman she needs to do something else to support her alcohol addiction.Not get me wrong i'm glad this lady didn't take off her lingerie,but she still shouldn't be prancing around in it.
13.)American History X(1998)/Pulp Fiction(1994)-I had to squish some of these together,because i think i had to many rape movies on my list.So here's two really disturbing rape scenes that made me feel all icky and awkward inside.Edward Norton in american history x being held down and raped by skinheads in the shower.Then it makes it even worse when he has the skinheads still antagonizing him after he gets his butt stitched up.Then in Pulp fiction when the big crazy hick takes Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames hostage in a room under his shop.He calls a cop and you almost think "Well maybe he's going to get them arrested".Nope, instead him and the cop "Zed" start a rape party all up on Ving Rhames bum bum.But no worries kids Willis as in most cases comes to the rescue!!These are seriously two scenes that i just can't watch.I get that dirty feeling all over the place.Most of you probably agree!
12.)Ginger Snaps(2000)-This is definately one of my favorites to watch with people.Not only that it's by far one the greatest werewolf movies you will EVER lay eyes upon,but it makes people(especially guys) uncomfortable.Can you guess why that is?The period scenes,ohhh if it's one thing guys can't handle it's when females talk about ovulation.If they don't openly announce they're complete disgust,you can just tell by the expressions on people's faces while watching.So if you enjoy making people feel all kinds of weird,invite some of your male friends over and pop this one in.
11.)The Evil Dead(1981)-Here we have Sam Raimi's amazing classic " the evil dead".Now the reason i chose this one,is for one reason,and one reason only...TREE RAPE!Now i understand the woods are possessed,ohhh scary.But you know what's much more frightening then an average everyday case of haunted woods,you guessed it!When tree's have the ability to rape people.Let me just give major kudos to Ellen Sandweiss for being the victim of this odd event.You can't say everyday that you see someone get violated by a tree branch,and not to mention SPLINTERS!Come on people am i the only one who thinks about this kind of stuff...wait...i very well might be...I mean could she get knocked up and birth saplings?All the unanswered questions that follow a brutal tree rape..I just throw my hands up and hope one day i'll meet Mr. Raimi and get some concrete answers!
10.)The Doom Generation(1995)-This is flat out one of my favorite movies ever,i absolutely adore Gregg Araki!!Gregg is very good at adding a lot of perverse/sexual type dialogue in his movies.This is exactly what landed him in my list.The scene in Doom Generation where Johnathon Schaech is creepily watching Rose Mcgowan and James Duvall have sex in the bathroom.It doesn't stop there oh no,he masturbates too them and when he's finished licks the cum off of his hand.Try watching that with a friend and not feeling a little bit perturbed about it.He couldn't just pick up a porn mag and jerk it somewhere else...
9.)The last house on the left(1972)/I spit on your grave(1978)-Again i had to push a couple a these rape movies together.Wes Craven's original "the last house on the left" and Meir Zarchi's "I spit on your grave".These are both disturbing rape and torture women movies.Alright i chose these seperate from the other rape movies,because these are both prolonged rape scenes.Not just a BAM i raped you runaway type deal.These are horrendous make you squirm in your seat torment rape sequences.I bet when these came out people couldn't even sit through them.A couple more to add to the list that came out around the same time would also be "the nailgun massacre" and "i drink your blood".In "the last house on the left" the girls are subjected to different types of humiliation such as "pissing their pants" and "kissing eachother".In "I spit on your grave" we have a group of guys chasing down and raping one girl repeaditly.They are both revenge movies though,so the villians get what they deserve in the end.Uncomfortable scenes,oh fuck yes.
8.)Sleepaway Camp(1983)-Alright,this isn't your ordinary camp horror movie.Your getting strung along through this little girl Angela's(Felissa Rose)first time at camp,and what do you know kids are being murdered one by one for their evil deeds to her.It's actually pretty funny,because you find yourself cheering for the murderer(or at least i do,haha).Anyways let's just cut to the end of the movie and let's freeze frame and observe what we have.AHHH,NO ANGELA HAS A PENIS!Anyone who says this didn't surprise the piss out of them is lying their ballz off!The reason this is an uncomfortable moment,not because she has a penis,but because she's a 12 year old girl with a penis.I think Robert Hiltzik might have been possibly attempting to give people heart attacks along with the life long complex.On a side note this movie was followed by Sleepaway camp 2:unhappy campers,Sleepaway camp 3:Teenage wasteland,and Return to sleepaway camp.All fucking awesome movies!
7.)Sleepers(1996)-Also another rape movie,i promise this is almost the last.Anyways this is a totally different kind of story then the other rape movies i've addressed.4 boys after accidentally almost killing a guy are sent to a juvenile detention center.While incarcerated they are all beaten,and repeaditly sexually abused by the guards.This one really picks at your nerves..i mean teenage boys being tortured like that is gut wrenching.The total claustrophbic energy you just get from these boys being trapped,and having no way to escape is fucking horrible.The vibes this movie smacks you with are blatantly unnerving.I still can barely watch that movie without feeling sick.Alright this is getting depressing it's time to move on.
6.)Terror Firmer(1999)-Troma,Troma,Troma baby!You know you can't hear the word "Uncomfortable" without thinking TROMA.This lovely and most up front offensive and perverse masterpiece is directed by one of my favorites,Mr Lloyd Kaufman himself.This is yet another of my most cherished faves.I think about every single thing in this movie could be deemed uncomfortable to the everyday joe,but not to us Tromites!So i had to think about it a bit and chose something REALLY off the wall.So i decided on the scene where the killer feeds his caged deformed dad(Ron jeremey) his own pickled penis.You heard me right,the man is obsessed with pickling things,especially genitals.For another little tid bit,the killer is a psycho mad whoa shemale.(There always the most ferocious)!
5.)Volver(2006)-Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar,this is another twisted tale of a dysfunctional family.The scene between Penelope Cruz's character and her mother(Carmen Maura) takes the cake for this one.(Quick side note,her mother also was thought to have been dead for years).I would have to say it's more of a shock story,but you still shiver with that icky feeling inside.Anyways in this conversation we uncover that Penelope's husband is not the father of her daughter,but her own biological father is.The way this secret is revealed is completely intense and quite sad.Not to mention one day she promises to tell her daughter who her real father is...AWKWARD!You just get that feeling of dread for Penelope's character.Anyways i've only described a tiny portion of what goes on in this flick,if you haven't seen it it's one to look out for!
4.)Wrong Turn 2:Dead End(2007)-Oh how i loves me some Joe Lynch!And if you don't i want you to click the X in the corner of the screen and take these next couple of minutes to reevaluate your life.The first Wrong Turn was crap,and i have a feeling the 3rd is going to follow.But Mr. Lynch as you've noticed has gracefully saved number 2,and also bitch slapped us with some awesomely disturbing scenes!The one scene in particular is the mongoloid sister and brother having sexual relations on a tree stump.Okay let's go into reasons why this is so uncomfortable...1.These are absolutely disgusting looking inbred mongoloids.2.They are brother and sister(incest is best,huh)?3.They are rudely interupted in the middle of sex by 4 of the apocolypse game contestants.5.)They have to pull up they're pants and go fight them after they are interupted in the middle of incestuous mongo sex!This scene repeaditly rapes your eye balls with uncomfortableness!
3.)Visitor Q(2001)-He is well known for his 1999 flick "Audition",but in a much sicker manner Takashi Miike brings you "Visitor Q".Now if i ever create a "Sickest movies" list,this will be somewhere at the top of the list.I'm talking this whole movie is filled to the brim with flat out sadistic and perverted shit.Including..incest,necrophilia,murder,rape,pornography,and all kinds of fun goodies!The moment in this traumatizingly hilarious movie i chose was the milking scene.
2.)Freeway 2:Confessions of a trick baby(1999)-Sister Gomez has a penis and has been shooting sex video's with little kids.And it doesn't stop there,sister Gomez is a cannibal as well.
1.)Meatball Machine(2005)-You ever had aliens inside you having sex?I rest my case!
So the latest,hippest trend,i'm sure you've all picked up on lately is the remake craze!They are single handedly ruining every movie i've ever loved!I'm not saying that ALL remakes are bad,but at least 99.5% of them are.Not to mention i've never seen one good remake of the japanese films that americans are butchering! Now for instance i enjoyed the "House on haunted hill" remake.. minus a couple of the actors in it.But i loved the homage to Vincent Price,and the gore effects were great.Had this whole hallucinatory funhouse feel to it,it even trailed off from the original story,but they kept it nicely in check.Just want to throw out there,it's one to keep an eye out for. Anyways back to the main discussion.This whole remake franchise has gotten on my last fucking nerve.Seriously most of the film makers out there shouldn't be allowed to make movies,if they don't have the creative intergrity to write one original script.It's like watching the same garbage over and over again.Looks like Hollywood is losing all it's glory.I,Myself have a million original idea's floating in my head for movies.Now everyone should be turning there eyes and full attention to the independent film scene.Because while all these corporate hollywood whores are raping every movie they can get rights too(including movies that were just released such as "Let the right one in",and "The Host").There are real film makers out there making art.This is the independent crowd.Let's go give a rundown on what's going on in the underground film world as of late...
B scream queen Debbie Rochon will be starring in two movies that i personally cannot wait to see."Won Ton Baby" and " Slime city massacre".Also from John Lechago is coming "Bioslime".Now i watched the trailer for this movie eariler today and i couldn't believe how fabulous the effects look for a low budget flick.I urge you to go to www.bioslimethemovie.com or www.fangoria.com and watch a trailer and look up some photo stills.If your not as impressed as i am you have some serious issues.I wish people has more respect for what the real underground film makers are doing.
Well i'm actually going to have to finish this a little later,have some things to do.But until then.Cheo!
Okay so something upset me a bit today.I go into Best Buy to buy my boyfriend a flick,and you know by instinct and a gravitational pull BAM i'm in the horror section.What i saw was a shocker to the max..well first off all there horror was new wave garbage including the 8 movies to die for,gobs of remakes including "Friday the 13Th" and "My bloody valentine 3-D"..etc..Alright so everyone knows how i feel about remakes i express my thoughts about every couple of minutes in psycho rants!Let's get back to my explainaton here..i look up at the top shelf and to my surprise Lucio Fulci's(My very favorite director/inspiration/idol/gave me a reason to love gore even more than i do)"Cat in the brain" and Dario Argento's "Four flies on grey velvet" are chilling there.Now let me remind you that these are the only old school movies in this entire horror section.Both priced at the ridiculous amount of $19.99.Now for all of us real classic Italian horror fans these movies were impossible for us to find.Mostly having to check online and in exchange stores to track these suckers down.I sat there just starring for a long moment at that DVD,then got pretty enraged.They are re-releasing these movies for the new wave idiot horror genere fans to pick up and exploit.I know it sounds selfish,but it really got to me.All of us real horror fans that know our shit,we found these movies with the real horror aspect and the fantastic gore,and the unforgettable scripts.We were born with this immaculate love of the horror genere,not randomly grab it off a shelf with the new release trash because we think it's a new release.I've went through long relentless ordeals to find a good portion of the movies i know and love.So i mean just coming across these movies caught me by surprise.I'm glad they'll now be easily available to people,but if your a real fan you already own them!It takes an entirely dedicated and and in general kick ass horror fan to appreciate the talent of these two masters of their genere.People have tried to imitate(especially Arengto,you'll see it in lighting in A LOT of movies) and one up them,but the matter of the fact is...THEY NEVER EVER WILL!So as i just needed to let off some well pent up steam.So for those of you devoted horror fans not in the know,i highly recommend you check out any and/or all Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci flicks.
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