Thursday, December 20, 2012
Jackie Chan Set To Appear In Third "Expendables" Film!
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"Sly had invited me to be in "Expendables 2" but I was too busy filming "CZ12" and couldn't make a commitment to the film. But he did extend his invitation to the third movie, which I agreed on the condition that I will be appearing as more than just a minor role with a few scenes,"
Chan is finally going to be in a "Expendables" film. I've been waiting for him to be in one since they announced the cast choices for the first film.
Cover Art For New "Star Trek" Game!
The cover itself looks really cool and stylish. I love the fact that Kirk and Spock have Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto's likeness's.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The FULL rundown of the 30 Day Horror Challenge
December 19th, 2012 shall officially be remembered as the day that I, Richard, completed the 30 Day Horror Challenge! Ok, it did take me 58 days (October 23rd to now) to complete it, but hey, still.
What have we learned from this? Well, obviously, I sucked at the challenge, but also, I am awful forgetful and repeated certain films several times (I can't help it if the US remake of The Grudge had such a big impact on my horror life!). There seems to be a nice appreciation for films both new and old, which is nice to see. I will stand by all my choices (including Species, which is a film that would have been good if it had been cast better!), even if HellraIser counts for a fair whack of em. Did you learn anything new about me and my horror ways?
For those who are too lazy to have checked each individual post, here's the rundown of all my answers to the 30 Day Horror Challenge (if you want to check out the individual posts, you will find them all to the side of the page under the Oct 2012 to Dec 2012 headers).
Day 01: A horror movie that delivered a scary theatrical experience.
The Grudge (US remake)
Day 02: A disappointing or unnecessary remake.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Day 03: A scene or image burned into your mind.
Head dismemberment from George A. Romero's Day of the Dead
Day 04: A movie that kills off countless main characters.
Saw 3D
Day 05: Excellent use of sound effects.
Evil Dead 2
Day 06: Doesn't seem to scare other people as much as it scares you.
Silent Hill
Day 07: An incredibly twisted movie.
Mermaid in a Manhole
Day 08: A terrifying inanimate object.
The Lament Configuration from the Hellraiser series
Day 09: A movie that you like to show people.
The Ruins
Day 10: A great sequel.
Alien 3
Day 11: Wonderful use of lighting.
Suspiria
Day 12: Plot you would least like to end up in.
The Happening
Day 13: A formidable antagonist.
Jigsaw from Saw
Day 14: An egregious misuse of the 'based on true events' claim.
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Day 15: A painfully suspenseful movie.
Drag Me To Hell
Day 16: A frightening dream sequence/hallucination.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Day 17: A bad ass post/pre-kill one-liner.
'Jesus wept' from Hellraiser
Day 18: A movie with unsettling scenery.
The Haunting (1963)
Day 19: A horror movie that gives you nightmares.
The Grudge (US remake)
Day 20: A great remake.
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Day 21: A horror movie that only makes you laugh.
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2/Zombi 3
Day 22: A frightening child actor.
Daeg Faerch from Rob Zombie's Halloween
Day 23: Graphics that pull you out of the movie.
Cube
Day 24: An effective jump scare.
Blood test scene from John Carpenter's The Thing
Day 25: Excellent use of soundtrack.
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd in The Devil's Rejects
Day 26: An aggravatingly incompetent protagonist.
Bobby from The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Day 27: A terrifying creature.
The Tarman from The Return of the Living Dead
Day 28: A horror movie that is hard to watch.
Martyrs
Day 29: A great horror movie with a terrible cast.
Species
Day 30: Your favourite final scene, scare, or image.
The chainsaw dance from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
What have we learned from this? Well, obviously, I sucked at the challenge, but also, I am awful forgetful and repeated certain films several times (I can't help it if the US remake of The Grudge had such a big impact on my horror life!). There seems to be a nice appreciation for films both new and old, which is nice to see. I will stand by all my choices (including Species, which is a film that would have been good if it had been cast better!), even if HellraIser counts for a fair whack of em. Did you learn anything new about me and my horror ways?
For those who are too lazy to have checked each individual post, here's the rundown of all my answers to the 30 Day Horror Challenge (if you want to check out the individual posts, you will find them all to the side of the page under the Oct 2012 to Dec 2012 headers).
Day 01: A horror movie that delivered a scary theatrical experience.
The Grudge (US remake)
Day 02: A disappointing or unnecessary remake.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Day 03: A scene or image burned into your mind.
Head dismemberment from George A. Romero's Day of the Dead
Day 04: A movie that kills off countless main characters.
Saw 3D
Day 05: Excellent use of sound effects.
Evil Dead 2
Day 06: Doesn't seem to scare other people as much as it scares you.
Silent Hill
Day 07: An incredibly twisted movie.
Mermaid in a Manhole
Day 08: A terrifying inanimate object.
The Lament Configuration from the Hellraiser series
Day 09: A movie that you like to show people.
The Ruins
Day 10: A great sequel.
Alien 3
Day 11: Wonderful use of lighting.
Suspiria
Day 12: Plot you would least like to end up in.
The Happening
Day 13: A formidable antagonist.
Jigsaw from Saw
Day 14: An egregious misuse of the 'based on true events' claim.
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Day 15: A painfully suspenseful movie.
Drag Me To Hell
Day 16: A frightening dream sequence/hallucination.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Day 17: A bad ass post/pre-kill one-liner.
'Jesus wept' from Hellraiser
Day 18: A movie with unsettling scenery.
The Haunting (1963)
Day 19: A horror movie that gives you nightmares.
The Grudge (US remake)
Day 20: A great remake.
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Day 21: A horror movie that only makes you laugh.
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2/Zombi 3
Day 22: A frightening child actor.
Daeg Faerch from Rob Zombie's Halloween
Day 23: Graphics that pull you out of the movie.
Cube
Day 24: An effective jump scare.
Blood test scene from John Carpenter's The Thing
Day 25: Excellent use of soundtrack.
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd in The Devil's Rejects
Day 26: An aggravatingly incompetent protagonist.
Bobby from The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Day 27: A terrifying creature.
The Tarman from The Return of the Living Dead
Day 28: A horror movie that is hard to watch.
Martyrs
Day 29: A great horror movie with a terrible cast.
Species
Day 30: Your favourite final scene, scare, or image.
The chainsaw dance from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
30 Day Horror Challenge-Day 30: Your favourite final scene, scare, or image
For the next 30 days (or whenever I stop being lazy and finish it), I will be giving my fingers short bursts of exercise by completing the 30 Day Horror Challenge, found here. Hopefully it will give you a bit of insight into what horror is for me. Don't forget to check back every day for a new installment.
Day 30: Your favourite final scene, scare, or image.
What can I say? The final shot of Tobe Hooper's classic, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, is such a brilliantly strong ending. Beautiful yet terrifying, this disturbed figure wearing someone elses face over their own, dancing around as the titular massacre draws to a close, but there is an unease to this moment. Stop now if you haven't seen the (nearly 40 year old) film, I'm gonna do some spoiling; Leatherface has just had a victim escape, has just watched his brother be run over by a semi, and has cut in to his own leg with the chainsaw accidentally. Yet he dances. It is a dance of some frustration, but for some reason, there seems to be an awful lot of pleasure to it too. And then... cut to black.
Creepy.
Day 30: Your favourite final scene, scare, or image.
What can I say? The final shot of Tobe Hooper's classic, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, is such a brilliantly strong ending. Beautiful yet terrifying, this disturbed figure wearing someone elses face over their own, dancing around as the titular massacre draws to a close, but there is an unease to this moment. Stop now if you haven't seen the (nearly 40 year old) film, I'm gonna do some spoiling; Leatherface has just had a victim escape, has just watched his brother be run over by a semi, and has cut in to his own leg with the chainsaw accidentally. Yet he dances. It is a dance of some frustration, but for some reason, there seems to be an awful lot of pleasure to it too. And then... cut to black.
Creepy.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
30 Day Horror Challenge-Day 29: A great horror movie with a terrible cast.
For the next 30 days (or whenever I stop being lazy and finish it), I will be giving my fingers short bursts of exercise by completing the 30 Day Horror Challenge, found here. Hopefully it will give you a bit of insight into what horror is for me. Don't forget to check back every day for a new installment.
Day 29: A great horror movie with a terrible cast.
Gosh darn it, another tough one. Typically, a film with a bad cast ends up being a bad film, and if a film is good, the cast won't seem bad. The only example I could think of was 1995's disappointing big budget scifi outing, Species. The film has an all-star cast with money-hogs like Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger, all big names and top-notch actors individually, but in the H.R. Giger-designed monster flick, they can be described in only one way; a clusterfuck. The film is pretty lame at best, what with psychics, unscientific scientists and uncountable plot incongruities, but what always stands out is that these powerful actors all swagger around the screen as if they are the best movies 1950s B-movies could offer. Almost every scene involves this large group of people gathering in a small location, where they awkwardly knock around each other, exchanging aggravating arguments with all the weight of preschoolers who want a new toy. The basic plot of the film, experts chasing a scientifically engineered alien that has escaped, is simple and nice, and the effects are great, but there are too many chefs in this kitchen, and they all have destroyed what should have been a lovely dinner.
Day 29: A great horror movie with a terrible cast.
Gosh darn it, another tough one. Typically, a film with a bad cast ends up being a bad film, and if a film is good, the cast won't seem bad. The only example I could think of was 1995's disappointing big budget scifi outing, Species. The film has an all-star cast with money-hogs like Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger, all big names and top-notch actors individually, but in the H.R. Giger-designed monster flick, they can be described in only one way; a clusterfuck. The film is pretty lame at best, what with psychics, unscientific scientists and uncountable plot incongruities, but what always stands out is that these powerful actors all swagger around the screen as if they are the best movies 1950s B-movies could offer. Almost every scene involves this large group of people gathering in a small location, where they awkwardly knock around each other, exchanging aggravating arguments with all the weight of preschoolers who want a new toy. The basic plot of the film, experts chasing a scientifically engineered alien that has escaped, is simple and nice, and the effects are great, but there are too many chefs in this kitchen, and they all have destroyed what should have been a lovely dinner.
Friday, December 14, 2012
30 Day Horror Challenge-Day 28: A horror movie that is hard to watch
For the next 30 days (or whenever I stop being lazy and finish it), I will be giving my fingers short bursts of exercise by completing the 30 Day Horror Challenge, found here. Hopefully it will give you a bit of insight into what horror is for me. Don't forget to check back every day for a new installment.
Day 28: A horror movie that is hard to watch.
I have written about this film before, but I cannot stress enough just how tough the French torture porn film Martyrs is. I'll stress I think that even though it is a tough film to watch, it is one that has to be bared for its meaning to be effective. My last post on the film covered pretty much everything I want to say about the film, so I will finish by reiterating; it is tough, but ultimately worth watching, and you have to go from start to finish, no breaks, no skipping, no half watching. It is not the kind of film you can watch while messing on your laptop (a lot of films will argue this about themselves, but rarely does it apply). So, be hip and check out Martyrs before the retooled and lobotimised remake is made and soils the good name of the film. You'll have seen it before it was cool (and in English).
Day 28: A horror movie that is hard to watch.
I have written about this film before, but I cannot stress enough just how tough the French torture porn film Martyrs is. I'll stress I think that even though it is a tough film to watch, it is one that has to be bared for its meaning to be effective. My last post on the film covered pretty much everything I want to say about the film, so I will finish by reiterating; it is tough, but ultimately worth watching, and you have to go from start to finish, no breaks, no skipping, no half watching. It is not the kind of film you can watch while messing on your laptop (a lot of films will argue this about themselves, but rarely does it apply). So, be hip and check out Martyrs before the retooled and lobotimised remake is made and soils the good name of the film. You'll have seen it before it was cool (and in English).
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