The Possession-2012 (Spoiler alert)

 


UGH!! That is about what covers this bland exorcism film. The same crap over and over again. This time it's a box with an evil spirit in it that takes over a girls body and attempts to take her soul. The film had the potential to be scary fun but even with scenes that could have been creepy like when the main character Em (Natasha Calis) is in the hospital and goes nuts, she uses her own voice. If there were some undertones of a freaky voice or more creep factor it would have been at least tolerable. All this film was about was a family who split up, the wife Stephanie (Kyra Sedgwick) ends up with a boyfriend and Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is out on his own. He gets the kids every other weekend and Em's weird behavior is blamed on that. Of course, there isn't much weirdness to see because it was all about how the family dynamic works. If I want to see that I would watch a fucking drama film.

I would love for someone to tell me why there are so many directors, writers producers and editors that don't get it. I mean, we want scary. We want old fashioned crap your pants possessions. I think the issue is that for some reason, possession films focus so much on how the family dynamics are, they don't have enough room for the scare tactic. Horror is trendy nowadays. Maybe the reason possession films are bunk anymore is that the masses are watching horror films because they are trendy, not for true nature of what horror is. I want to be scared when I turn out the lights after watching the film. The Exorcist of Emily Rose and Insidious are really the only two that got me. Those films had that air about them when you looked at a scene, it was either something you had to really look at, then when you did, you crapped yourself, or a fast moment of fucked up surprise would leave you covering your mouth.

I know most directors and writers try to stay away from the traditional Exorcist because they would be chastised for trying to make money off of being like that film. Who cares! At least it would be worth the enormous amount of money we have to pay at the theaters now. Also, we live in a time when it seems everyone is remaking everything or taking parts of one film idea or another to use on their own.

Ok there is my rant for the day. Have a good one and I'll be willing to assist someone if they want to make a worthwhile possession type film.

Magic Mike

I know I know. I wasn't planning on seeing this at the theatre but had some friends that wanted to go. Let me tell you the story..... My friend picks me up and we go to the theatre. We were waiting for 8 more girls so we sat in the 4th row. We got there about 20 mins before the movie started and it was already packed. As the trailers were going I looked around and saw there was one seat open in the whole place. There were two guys, one with a woman (either he was dragged there or were hoping to get some after :D) and another that appears to be by himself (got stood up, was doing a review or she was late. Two women asked if they could sit next to me. Of course, I say. The one next to me was probably late 40's jersey shorish and looked like she had lived an interesting life. She seemed nice talking a bit. I have never in my life been in a theatre that was as loud as this one was. Women were talking and loud.
The film starts. Holy shit, you would think we were actually in the strip club portrayed on the big screen, whooping and hollering, clapping, you name it. It was pretty funny I have to give it that. The dancing was good, as you all know I love dance so I really paid attention to that. They were all good, Channing of course was the best. If you don't know he was in the original Step Up film. Anyhoo, the film turns darker which doesn't surprise you all I would hope. After all, stripping can be a darker profession if you let it.
As they would show the dancing, the lady to my left, the one I was telling you about would make weird noises, some of which sounded kind of gross and not at all sexy. In fact my friend could hear her as well and you know how loud the films are, not to mention 70 women yelling in the theatre during those scenes. I hope she got what she wanted out of that hahahahaaha just wish she was not sitting next to me. She had a friend with her maybe........ ok I am getting off subject.
The film was fun, the choreographed scenes with all of them didn't work out that great. They were not in sync but in real life it is also like that. I just figured being a movie and all they would make sure to stay in sync with each other. The ending sucked, could be a number 2 though.
Like I said it is a fun movie for the most part, so I can't say much. The film was not made to win an Oscar only to show hot guys. This film gets a 2.5 because I laughed a lot. I think the woman next to me would give it a five!
After the film we went outside and I found out one of the girls brought her friend who was Mormon to the film. Both were a bit unnerved and the one kept apologizing stating she did not know it would be that provocative. I had no choice but to ask why you would go to a stripping movie that was rated R and not think you would see what you saw lol. We all went to eat and all except for one said they did not think the film would be that racy. I thought that was interesting. It was funny too because I was dressed in true me style so of course it was kind of weird. I could tell the one's that really did not know me did not know what to think of me. I ended up sitting at the butt of the table figuring I would be hanging with myself. Once I started talking, it appeared to put people at ease for the most part.
I had a great time and would do this again. I have never gone out with that many women before.
Sorry this was more about my experience than the film, but it helps to understand what I consider normal people. I suspect most people are like those girls. I am thinking I would be less jaded if I were like that and possibly less stressed. Too late now! I am off the wall and there is nothing we can do about it :)

Spiderman-No spoiler

The trend is for remake after remake. I was sceptical to see this film especially in 3D because lets face it, most of the movies in 3D are not worth watching in 3D. I parked the vehicle, got my ticket and walked into the theatre. I saw a huge line and knew it was for Spiderman. I patiently waited, wondering how Andrew Garfield would do as Peter Parker/Spiderman. I have to tell you, I figured he would suck. Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy) is good in everything so I was not concerned about her.  It wasn't long before the rope was let down and we were able to walk in. After about a half an hour the film started.
I was taken aback. The film was a great ride from beginning to end. Well the ending was a bit weird but I think they left it open for number 2 possibly. The film stayed with the other spiderman movie basics but made it more fast paced. The audience was able to be drawn into each scene, feel like we were there and understood the characters without drawing out each scene to the point of almost falling asleep like a lot of films are doing. Andrew Garfield made a much better spiderman than Tobey Maguire by far. The acting was good, scene cuts were good and yes, it was worth the 3D. I got my money's worth and time well spent away from this cruel world. This is one film you need to see at the theatre.

Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf

This suspense flick was released in 2010. It is about a serial killer who stalks people in an asylum for the criminally insane. The best of the best you might say. Andrew Cymek wrote and directed this film. There were a couple of scenes you can see there was a change in character placement different from the scene before and other small things but this film is worth it for horror fans. It was fast paced fun with a little twist at the end. Some of you will be able to figure it out, it is not that hard, but regardless it is still a fun film. I gasped and laughed. I give it a 3.5 out of five. Worth your time and money.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I went to this film not expecting much. I came out with a 3 on a scale of one to five. It was average. I think Director Timur Bekmambetov (wow what a mouthful I would hate to have had to learn how to spell that as a kid), did a fine job of piecing together the events of his life in a vampire setting. I was kind of let down that there was nothing about his death. I would have thought there would have been some conspiracy other than Booth shooting him. Being this film kept true to his actual life I would have thought it would have been true to his demise. By true, I mean they followed his life just added vampires in the mix.
There was a lot of CGI in this film. I did not mind that, however being a special effects makeup fan I always like to admire the work people do to create. The vampires in this film were mainly computer generated. They were cool and I know it is easier and can be less costly than the real thing so I get that.
The premise is that Abe's mom gets bitten by a vampire and dies because him and his family feel slaves are people too and should be treated as such. The vampire that his dad worked for felt his dad betrayed him by saving a slave kid. It goes on from there. a stranger , Henry ( Dominic Cooper) finds Abe, teaches him to be a vampire hunter and tells him not to get close to anyone or they will suffer for what he does. As a normal human that does not happen and the battle between good an evil ensues.

Snow White and The Huntsman

Ya'll know by now who is in this film. I wasn't sure I wanted to see it. I decided to after the hype. As usual Kristen Stewert (Snow White) gets people to do whatever she says in a film which in turn leads to drama haha. I do feel Director Rupert Sanders was able to bring to life a kids story into a film filled with darkness and full of special effects, CGI mainly. I will give him that.
He even had the dwarfs. I won't ruin the film but it does follow the old story to an extent. It is not the same sequence but gets the job done. I feel the writers, Evan Daugherty and Lee Hancock could have linked the characters more. it appeared to jump too much to really connect. Kristen did better than I thought she would. I think Charlize Theron (Ravenna) stole the show however. Chris Hemsworth (Huntsman) was his usual self, a good looking fighter. I still have not seen a film where he has much dialog other than yelling and fighting.
I would say go ahead and watch it once because it is worth that much. I would wait until it goes to DVD however. The film was too long. It could have actually been a short film and I think it would have done better.  I would give this a 2.5 on a scale of one to five.

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The Raven

No this picture is not of the film but of the actual poem The Raven. I was obsessed with Poe as a kid. Says a lot I know. My grandmother bought me a book with most of his poems. One verse I remember well; "To love, love, and not its meaning, hardens the heart in monstrous ways." I don't remember anymore which poem that comes from. We have all heard about Poe and how misery was his companion. The Raven was no different.
The Raven was initially published in 1845. It was about a Raven who visited an upset lover who ended up mad. The film touches on certain aspect of this but goes on a ride all its own. I will not spoil this film only to say that it was in true Poe fashion. Even the ending. I was quite satisfied that James McTeigue stayed with the intent of Poe's endings.
John Cusack was brilliant as Edgar Allen Poe. I believe he studied his work and became the character. Another good quality was the fact that the story while revolving around Poe did not get stuck on following his personality which most of us know was intriguing. It was a fun film with all the twists and turns of a Poe poem/story and kept up the pace so I was not bored. The film also did not draw out scenes. Some writers and directors I think draw out scenes to help tell the story and then just lose the audience in the muck. This film was right on the money. Each scene took as much time as needed to get the gist and moved on. I think you will all like this film. If you are looking for blood and guts, you won't find much of that here, nor should you. Have a great time watching this film.

The Frankenstein Syndrome

Had to put this up about a movie I just watched last night. I normally wouldn't waste my time writing about a movie like this and I'd just push it to the darkest regions of my life long of abuse and neglected brain to never be thought of again, but I was hoping this would help my mental issues a bit. Why does every sentence have to start at a normal volume and then just trail off to a very low whisper at the end? Could the director not get his actors to emote so he just said to them (especially the lead Tiffany Shepis, it was like fingers on a chalkboard), "just start every sentence in your normal voice and then just trail off, that should get the reaction I'm shooting for!" My god it was a chore to watch, every time she would pronounce the letter 'P' in a word as she was trailing off at the end of a sentence I would think about what to shove down my ear canal to make it stop. Oops, I was going to review this movie wasn't I? It pretty much sucked. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. (hey, think I just found a way to improve this film!) Ed Lauter gets top billing but only has around 6 minutes of screen time, and it's pretty sad when you find yourself thinking "needs more Ed Lauter". And for those of you that don't know who Ed Lauter is he's been acting for over four decades, been in around 200 movies and doesn't like nerds in his hotel. And, now I'm not making this up, it states in the credits that it's based off the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Sad, just sad people. And the "Frankenstein" if you will has an accent at the start of the film that completely goes away by the midway point of the movie. I'd say that it's obvious that his accent goes away as it's obvious that stabbing yourself in the penis would sting a little, it's that noticeable. So all in all, do yourself a favor and avoid this one. Just my opinion mind you, and last I checked I'm always right when it comes to movies. Right sis?

HIDDEN

This is a movie by Director Antoine Thomas. It was done in 3D apparently but I have not seen it in 3D nor would I take the 81 minutes of my life to watch it. Now I have seen bad movies. This did not have bad acting or voice overs but it was still, in the words of Charles Barkley, Turrible. Some of you may like it. Dread Central said it was creepy. I found no excitement. The effects were like the Sci Fi Channel.
The premise is a guys mother dies and leaves him a huge monastery place where she was completing experiments to try to rid people with addictions. Something went wrong with her experiments and walla, you have a horror movie. Sean Clement, Simoneetta Solder, Jordan Hayes, and Jason Bickler were the main characters. Of course you have to have the one whiny character that you hope gets killed. I have not seen anything Antoine Thomas has done since or before. Maybe there is a reason.

Human Centipede II

SPOILER


Now that the Human Centipede II has made it's rounds a bit. I am bringing it back for round two. This film made me feel a bit nauseated. I mean this in a good way. I tried not to listen to all the talk about it so that I could come to my own conclusions. I was wondering how Director Tom Six was going to make the transition into the second one. 
I did not get the abruptness of the fact that the first one was a film but that was short lived as I sat in shock and awe during the rest of the film. Being in the medical field and seeing how Martin (Laurence Harvey) stapled the people together I did not think his idea would work but Six had that figured out too. He made them all take laxatives. I liked the fact that Six allowed us to really see the rawness of how Martin made the centipede. It really made me hate that guy yet six made it understood why Martin was the way he was and was able to make it flow.  I have to give Laurence Harvey credit he has guts. This is the kind of film that could break his career because of how wrong his character was. He was quite brilliant. He never had to talk during the whole film and yet I was captivated. 
The film is based on the fact that Martin watched the first Human Centipede and was obsessed by it. He has nothing else, his mother is a fucked up mess and blames him for his father sexually molesting him and sending him to prison. There is nothing to like about him so he fantasizes about creating the human centipede with 12 people and having the star of the film (Ashlynn Yennie) included. He was able to arrange to get her through her agent so he had some smarts. I could go into the psychology of this guy but that would take all day. Anywhoo, it ends with Martin's pet centipede up his ass. I hear number three is in the works. Let's just keep it at two so that you can go down in history as one of the greatest shocking movies I have seen. 
 

Silent Hill

On a lighter note, Silent Hill Revelation 3D directed by Michael J Bassett will be released later this year. Malcolm McDowell, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Sean Bean are some of the characters in the fim. I hope this film has some of the weird creatures in it like the first. I liked them they were creepy.
Did you all know Centralia Pennsylvania is the actual town in the U.S where a fire is still to this day burning under the ground? After investigating the fire it appears the volunteer fire department set the landfill on fire like they did in years past. This time there was an opening in the pit that allowed the fire to enter the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath Centralia. there is more to the story but I will let you all do your own research.
Have a good one!

Silent House

Spoiler alert.................................................................................................................
As you all know I like to go to horror films alone. This was no exception. As I sat in the theatre I saw two women also alone in the theatre. They appeared to both be in theier 60's. I thought at first maybe I was in the wrong theatre or that the film was a romantic comedy. It was a film trying to be a psychological thriller.
Elizabeth Olsen, the Olsen twins sister was in this film. I give her props for trying as she was the one who was fucked in the head because of being molested by her dad as a kid.
Within the first 5 minutes of the film you already know Sara (Elizabeth Olsen) has a personality disorder and is psychotic. Of course it is rightly so but the film really had no story. The writers did not do a great job (Gustavo Hernandez and Laura Lau). The whole film was a waste of money for me and for the producers etc....... I can't imagine this film makes much money. I would rather watch a Hippo give birth.

KRAZED

I am not sure if you all remember a review I did on a band called KRAZED from Arizona. The singer/musician Colton Koesser's father, Daniel Koesser was a singer/musician in the 80's-90's for a couple of bands in the area who toured the US.  He is currently their bassist. I have been working with KRAZED and have to say, they are very good and getting better which each show. The band is made up of Emilio Couchee on lead guitar and believe me, he can scream on that thing. WOW! He does not need any further stage presence. When you hear him play you never want him to stop. Next up Sean Selover on Guitar Vocals. His stage presence alone makes you want to watch what he will do next. As I said Daniel Koesser is the bassist. He has spent many years in the spotlight and knows the ropes. Jacob Higginbottom is the drummer. He has mad skills on the drums and of course keeps the band in check. Last is, as I stated, Colton Koesser. Colton has his fathers skills. He can sing and play the guitar at the same time yet puts it down to play the crowd. He even picked two people out of the crowd to come on stage with them.
This band is a must see. I am working in tandem with their Manager Nick Iannettone to get more gigs for them. They do covers including Hot For Teacher by Van Halen. They rip that song. They even have a girl dressed up as a teacher for more stage presence. They are a young band, still in high school. They don't play like they are.  If you want their contact info just let me know. The band also has their own music that they wrote on their own. Yes that is good as well. This band is on a path to stardom. Hope you can come see them play, or hire them for your own party.

Tonight 3-6-2012 they played a carnival and did a great job. They even had girls screaming in the audience. Go on face book, find KRAZED and press the like button. They are even cool enough to talk to their fans on their site. There will be more to come on this band in the near future.

Worst way to die

What, in your opinion would be the worst way to die?


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The Devil Inside

SPOILER - - I buy my ticket and hear next to me, “can I see you’re ID?" I watch as three people in a row buy tickets to The Devil Inside and are carded because they look under 25 years of age. I did not buy my own ticket but I will keep the delusion that I also would have been carded. Why were people getting carded so much for this film? Because of the nature of the film I was told. I follow the line inside and get a diet coke and popcorn and walk with my friends to the outside of the theatre where I see two staff members asking for tickets. I give my ticket to the female staff and ask why they are checking. She stated because the film is very scary. I though to myself, they are treating this like 1973 when The Exorcist was released in the theatres. I thought maybe the hype of how horrible this film is would be wrong. I sit in my seat and go through the 20 drill of commercials and trailers. The film starts. The star of the film is Fernanda Andrade who plays Isabella Rossi the daughter of a woman; Maria Rossi played by Suzan Crowly, who killed three people in 1989. The film revolves around Isabella. This is where the problem comes in for me. I had a very hard time watching her as she did not pronounce her words very well. I know this is minor for some, but really bothers me when I watch a film. It was so bad I thought she had speech impairment but she did not. Anyway, the film was done as a documentary which was fine as this film was suppose to look like an investigation and quest for Isabella to find out the truth about her mother. Was she in fact possessed or mentally ill? Isabella along with two priests and her camera man go through spiritual warfare until their demise at the end of the film. But is it their demise or will the demons that escaped Maria keep them alive? Remember, one of the main pushes throughout the film was that people could do and survive a lot when possessed so the ending makes you think. I have seen a lot of dumb films in my day. I did not think this film was bad minus Isabella's inability to talk correctly. There were even areas that made me laugh. I do not understand however, why the security was so intense as the film was not scary. If the hype had not made it appear like The Exorcist, I think the film would have done ok. I didn't hate the film and did not feel it was the greatest ever, it was mediocre. There were cutting issues but that is what you get with trying to make the film look like a documentary. There were errors but overall it passed.