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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span>Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-63202906790975914652013-11-11T23:01:00.000-05:002013-11-14T00:31:25.799-05:00The Short-Lived Existential Crisis Of A Middle-Aged Horror Movie Fan<div style="text-align: right;">
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How will I feel on my deathbed, when I reflect upon all that was and all that could have been and realize just how many of the fleeting moments of my life were wasted watching movies? Is "wasted<i>" </i>the right term here? Surely, my life is enriched by these movies - or is watching these movies the sum total of my life? As I ponder this conundrum I picture an image of myself sitting alone in the dark on my couch, coffee in one hand and cigarette in the other, my hydrocephalic head lolling about like a ham atop a toothpick as my pale, withered limbs curl up beneath me like singed strands of hair. I'm pretty sure some big things are happening outside because I see it depicted in the movies I watch - I just don't have time to investigate for myself. It's more important that I make time for one more viewing of<span style="color: #e69138;"> <i><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Creeping Terror </b>(1964)</span> </span></i></span>just to be absolutely certain it's as bad as I remember.<br />
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Yep, it is. Glad <i>that's</i> taken care of.<br />
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I'm being facetious, of course - but only a little bit. It's difficult to make a valid argument that too much time watching movies - particularly movies of often questionable merit - is a worthy pursuit. I could be working in a soup kitchen or planting trees. I could be reading to the blind or assisting the elderly. Hell, I could even be doing something as arguably useless as <i>making</i> movies, and at least then there would be a historical record of my efforts, something for future generations to study and dissect. As it is, there's just that ass dent in the couch. Every crease tells a story, though.<br />
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I often have difficulty remembering events from three days ago, but I have movie related memories from three decades ago that are as clear as a natural spring. For example, I can still tell you with one hundred percent certainty the name of the theater in which I saw <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>The Howling</b> (1981)</i></span> for the first time. It was the Wayne Theater in Waynesboro, Virginia. It was a sunny afternoon, and my mother and I had been shopping in downtown Waynesboro when we happened upon the now iconic poster for the movie in the light box outside. I'd seen a television ad for <span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Howling</b></span></i> </span>the night before, and I persuaded mom to spring for a couple of matinee tickets. Oddly, neither of us knew it was a movie about werewolves. The advertising used for<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Howling</b></span></i> </span>(including that poster) was intentionally ambiguous since most of the audience for horror in '81 was only looking for the next big slasher movie. Werewolves were passe. We paid our money, though, and we took our chances. I ordered a popcorn with extra butter at the concession stand, but I had to settle for a Mr. Pibb to drink because they didn't have Dr. Pepper.<br />
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The Wayne was one of those old megaplex prototypes made by splitting a pre-existing full size theater into two separate venues. Theater number one was the larger one. <span style="color: #b45f06;"> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Howling</b></span></i></span>, of course, was playing in theater number two, which was small enough that it bore an unnerving resemblance to<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">the</span><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b>porno booth in the movie in which reporter Karen White first meets Eddie Quist. I remember that afternoon showing was sparsely attended, and I distinctly remember being spooked when I had to slip out of the theater alone for a Pibb induced bathroom break. I even specifically remember that the scene playing when I returned from the bathroom was the one in which Karen's friend Terry first realizes the woods near The Colony look suspiciously like a sketch taken from Eddie's room. <br />
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Watching <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>The Howling</b></i> for the first time must have bee</span>n an important moment in my life for me to remember the details so vividly, right? I'm certain I won't regret spending <i>that</i> ninety minutes of my life watching a movie, but not all movies are that good. Take, for example, <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-five-stages-of-grief-as-they.html#.UoFvhuKKKc0" target="_blank">Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)</a>. <i>That's</i> ninety minutes of my life I want back. For every one really good movie I watch, I probably watch a dozen that range from barely adequate to worthless. I keep doing it, though. I keep chasing the dragon. That metaphor is all too apt. I'm a junkie, and a really good horror movie is the high I'm after. So let's get back to my deathbed - is realizing that I've wasted all that time because I'm an addict going to make it easier to stomach?<br />
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The Dog Farm is creeping up on its first anniversary, and a big part of the appeal of creating this blog was to apply some kind of structure to the fruits of my misspent life watching horror movies. I'm far from being the resident authority in the company of the knowledgeable folks who run their own horror movie blogs, but I do take solace in the fact that there are so many others like me. It's like one big old horror themed Narcotics Anonymous meeting - but I digress.<br />
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Following that mental image of my big-headed, movie watching self turning to mush on the couch is the image of my baby Gunnar all grown up and watching the horror movies I loved. He'll know I loved them even if I'm gone, because he'll have access to a time capsule called the Dog Farm that's still drifting in the blogosphere like an abandoned satellite. It's all here. <br />
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So is it all just a waste of time? I think not. It's more like a calling. It makes me happy to be building something for myself, for my future, and for Gunnar. It ain't much, but it's home.<br />
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Now I'm going to watch <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Creeping Terror</b></span></i> just one more time. You can join me if you like. You'll have to sit in the recliner, though. That ass dent in the couch is mine.<br />
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<br />Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-90264036993459650502013-11-08T22:11:00.001-05:002013-11-22T22:02:25.529-05:00Sunshine? Here At The Dog Farm? I Guess Every Dog Has His Day . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Isn't it great to start the day with a pleasant surprise? Like many folks, my morning routine includes a cup of coffee and a half hour or so checking web correspondence before leaving for work. A couple of mornings ago I opened an email which informed me of a Tweet in which I'd been mentioned which in turn informed me that Vern at <a href="http://videovortex.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/the-vern-gets-some-sunshine-and-shares-it-with-others/" target="_blank">Vern's Video Vortex</a> (who also runs <a href="http://www.videovangaurd.com/" target="_blank">The Vern's Videovanguard</a>) had awarded me <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Sunshine Award</b>! </span></i><br />
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Thanks for the recognition, Vern! Before going any further, please allow me to share the rules of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Sunshine Award . . .</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><i>The Rules</i></u></span></span> </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>1. Include the award’s logo in a post or on your blog.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><i> 2. Link to the person who nominated you.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><i> 3. Answer 10 questions about yourself (use these or come up with your own).</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><i> 4. Nominate 10 bloggers.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><i> 5. Link your nominees to the post and comment on their blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.</i></b></span><br />
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<i> </i>Following are my ten questions as dictated by the rules above, which in turn are followed by a list of the ten bloggers I've nominated<i>. </i>Thanks again for the accolade! This is my first blogging award!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> 1. How long have you been doing this, and when did you launch? </span> </b></i></span></span><br />
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I began blogging just a bit shy of a year ago at the behest of my friend Phil Neff, who maintains the real world dog farm for which Movies At Dog Farm is named. Phil told me that the freakishly long comments I'd been leaving on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/moviesatdogfarm/" target="_blank">Movies At Dog Farm group page on Facebook</a> were, in fact, blog entries. He also convinced me I could teach myself the nuts and bolts of blogging. I doubted that. I took a stab at it, tough, and here I am about to celebrate the Dog Farm's first anniversary.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> 2. Most pleasant blogging surprise? </b></i></span></span><br />
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I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me that www. stands for <i>World Wide</i> Web. I was surprised and amused that my silly little movie blog was being read by folks in other countries. Consequently, one of the first gadgets added to my sideboard was a Flag Counter. It still tickles me when I pick up a new flag.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> <span style="color: #f6b26b;">3. Most hard won blogging wisdom?</span></b></span></i></span><br />
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<b> </b>I'm doing this for my own satisfaction. I couldn't be happier if others are interested, but even if they're not this project is something I do because <i>I</i> enjoy it. By extension, if I'm <i>not</i> enjoying it and it becomes a chore, then I'm not doing something right.<b> </b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">4. Topic of your favorite post? </span> </span></b></i></span><br />
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My favorite post is also one of my earliest and lengthiest: <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2012/12/10-best-genre-movies-directed-by.html#.UnyAyOKKKc0" target="_blank">Ten Best Genre Movies Directed By Canadian Auteur David Cronenberg</a>. It's still the Dog Farm's most viewed post by a wide margin, which I'd like to believe is not coincidental. The Dog Farm quickly developed a less review oriented structure, though, since I don't really fancy myself qualified to be a movie critic. <br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">5. Favorite movie franchise? </span> </span> </span></span></b></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> Phantasm</i></span></span></b>, because it does such a fine job blending elements of horror, sci-fi, action, comedy, and just about anything else you can think of that's entertaining into a genuinely unique whole. I'd give my left nut for one final entry in the franchise while the Tall Man still walks among us. Angus Scrimm <i>can not</i> be replaced.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b> <i><span style="color: #f6b26b;">6. Favorite animal? </span> </i></b></span></span><br />
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I'm a cat person all the way. Don't even try to make that reconcile with this page's thematic conceit. Life is full of contradictions.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>7. Recent movie you most feel the need to re-evaluate?</i></span></b></span><br />
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<b> </b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Maniac</b> (2013)</span></i>. I generally don't care much for horror that's too "real", and I was never really a fan of the original. I'd seen a great deal of Elijah Wood on <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Wilfred</b></span></i>, though, which is often a dark and disturbing show, and I had faith that he could do the role justice. He did, and the conceit of seeing everything through his eyes - which easily could have turned into a video game - was well rendered and highly effective.<b> </b>Perhaps it was <i>too</i> "real" for me. I've been haunted by images from <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Maniac</b> s</span></i>ince my first viewing, though, so I feel like I need to take a second look.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> 8. Favorite band?</b></i></span></span><br />
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<b> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Radiohead</span></i></b> is probably the only still active band I listen to. Each successive album is more creative than the last. I listen to Thom Yorke's solo albums for variety.<b> </b><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> 9. Favorite movie to subject straights to even though I'm almost certain they won't enjoy it?</b></i></span></span><br />
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<b> </b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls </b>(1970)</span></i>. I've not made many converts, but the movie's history and execution fascinate me.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>10. Favorite movies to subject straights* to because I'm certain they will enjoy them?</i> </b></span></span><br />
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<b> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></i></b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Suspiria</b> (1977)</span></i> and <i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pontypool (2008)</span></b></i>. <i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Thing</b> (1982)</span></i> is also a great choice if the straight in question leads a more sheltered life and I want to demonstrate the glory of practical special FX within the context of an altogether fantastic movie. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>* "Straights" in this context refers to individuals not predisposed to enjoying genre movies. </i></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"> <i><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><u>Winners</u></span></b></i></span><br />
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Carl at <a href="http://www.theinfozombie.com/" target="_blank">The Info Zombie</a><br />
J.D. at <a href="http://bloodsuckinggeek.com/" target="_blank">Blood Sucking Geek</a><br />
Jeremy at <a href="http://www.beingretro.com/" target="_blank">[Being Retro]</a><br />
Warden at <a href="http://wardenstokelyhorrorzine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Warden Stokely Horrorzine</a><br />
Erin at <a href="http://initforthekills.com/" target="_blank">Seven Doors Of Cinema</a><a href="http://www.beingretro.com/" target="_blank"></a><br />
Giovanni at <a href="http://atthemansionofmadness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">At The Mansion Of Madness</a><br />
Bob at <a href="http://www.candycoatedrazor.com/" target="_blank">Candy-Coated Razor Blades</a><a href="http://initforthekills.com/" target="_blank"></a><br />
Maggie at <a href="http://www.mkhorror.com/" target="_blank">MK Horror</a><br />
Steven at <a href="http://watchingthedead.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Watching The Dead</a><br />
Kev D. at <a href="http://www.zombiehall.com/" target="_blank">Zombie Hall </a><br />
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All of these winners are talented individuals who commit a lot of time and effort to turning out some great content - in addition to just being an all around nice bunch of guys and gals. Each of the listed sites is unique and displays all of the considerable personality their respective contributors bring to the table.<br />
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Congratulations to the winners!<br />
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<br />Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-21779286438195927722013-10-31T02:35:00.003-04:002013-11-22T22:14:35.899-05:00Have A Safe And Happy Halloween 2013 From Movies At Dog Farm!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here, at last, is my final dispatch for this year's <b>Pre'Ween</b> celebration. I've long been in the habit of attempting to watch thirty-one movies in thirty-one days each October, and though I failed this year, here's an annotated list of what I <i>did</i> watch. Since I have such an aversion to writing proper movie reviews, you just may see this format of capsulized impressions again in the future. It seems a good way to document my viewing habits without getting all hypercritical about it. For what it's worth, I expect to watch both <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Conjuring </b>(2013)</span> and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Trick 'r Treat</b> (2007)</span> by Halloween night, as well.<br />
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Happy <b>Pre'Ween</b>, everyone! Have a safe and satisfying Halloween!<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">(10/1) </span></b> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">She</span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> (1965)</span> - I've still got nothing but love for you, Peter Cushing, but <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">She</span></b> put me to sleep. Yes, literally. (First Watch)<br />
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<b>(10/2)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Sharknado</b> (2013)</span> - A shitstorm of dodgy CGI and groan inducing stupidity . . . <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Sharknado</span></b> was every bit as cheerfully retarded as I'd hoped. What were the odds that Ian Ziering would be swallowed whole in midair by the "right" shark in a sharknado full of 'em? It's brain dead entertainment at its finest. (First Watch)<br />
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<b>(10/2) </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>Bloody Moon </b>(1981)</span> - Best circular saw decapitation ever, followed quickly by a gratuitous child murder - just because. Throw in some sleazy incestuous plot points and horrendous dubbing, and you've got yourself a modest winner. (First Watch)<br />
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<b>(10/6)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b> Rewind This!</b> (2013)</span> - Sure, this documentary about the rise and fall and rise again of the humble VHS tape isn't actually a genre movie, but how many of us saw our favorite genre movies for the first time by way of a grotty old rental VHS tape? Great doc, and as an inveterate collector myself, I found it deeply inspiring. Recommended. (First Watch)<br />
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<b>(10/8)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Child's Play </b>(1988)</span> - Why does <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Child's Play</span></b> director Tom Holland not get more love from the genre community? Seriously, check out Holland on IMDB - in both his directorial <i>and</i> screenwriting capacity. I finally got to watch a lovely Blu Ray edition of this tonight, and I was reminded once again what an effective little piece of nonsense <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Child's Play</span></b> is. I hear the just released new Chucky movie goes back to basics and shoots for a similar, less comedic vibe, and I plan on watching that before the end of the month, too. (Re-watch)<br />
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<b>(10/9)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Pacific Rim</b> (2013)</span> - How could my first viewing of a movie I'd been anticipating for so long turn into such a complete freakin' disaster? Sadly, Pacific Rim was marred for me by a malfunctioning Blu-ray player that guaranteed I never watched more than about a ten minute stretch without having to reboot my media server. I ultimately ended up having to watch the big conclusion on my laptop. Grrrr. Those ten minute clips were good, though. I'll definitely have to give this one another shot under better circumstances. (First Watch)<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/12)</b> <b> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The House On Sorority Row</b> (1983) </span>- Who knows why, but Adrienne requested a slasher movie tonight. Fortunately, I had a plenty of them on hand owing to </span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/06/i-was-raised-on-slashers-bitch.html#.UlrjRhByabQ" target="_blank">this older post in which I prattled on about how I was going to start watching more golden era slasher movies</a>. This would be . . . let's see . . . the <i>first </i>slasher movie I've watched since writing that post. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The House On Sorority Row</span></b> was more professionally crafted and slick than most of its ilk, but it otherwise brings little to the slasher party. I felt for much of the film's run time - while the sorority sisters were struggling to conceal and / or dispose of Mrs. Slater's body - as though I was watching a teen comedy from the same era a la<b> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Weekend At Bernie's </b>(1989)</span>. You won't hear me say this often, but I actually think the remake<b> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Sorority Row</b> (2009)</span> was far more entertaining. (First Watch)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/16) </b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>One Million Years B.C.</b> (1966)</span> . . . has a great poster. Only the typically fine stop motion animation of the late Ray Harryhausen succeeds in breaking the tedium otherwise. All these great Hammer movies to choose from. What was I thinking? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/17)</b> <b> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter</b> (1984) - <span style="color: red;">This is the slasher movie Adrienne actually wanted to watch on the 12th, and she only slept through half of this one. It's a personal fave (<a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2012/11/retrospective-friday-13th-part-ii-best.html#.UmExhRAlUhU" target="_blank">though it still doesn't top Part II</a></span><span style="color: red;">), and I watched with renewed interest this time owing to a nifty little documentary that I'll mention here when I finally finish watching all seven plus hours of it. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/22)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b> Pacific Rim</b> (2013)</span> - Take two, and Adrienne watched it with me this time. Much better experience on the second go round, but I was afforded the opportunity to note what a charisma free block of wood Charlie Hunnam is. Also, one of the coolest things about giant monsters versus giant robots is a well delineated sense of scale in the action sequences. Setting the entire end of the movie underwater with no reference points for scale (buildings, vehicles, boats, etc.) robbed the finale of some of its impact. Still, those monsters and robots <i>were</i> pretty sweet. By the way, if anyone can explain to me what might makes a Jaeger "analog" as opposed to "digital", I'd love to know. Would anyone ever actually make an analog robot? Could you? I need an answer from a robotics engineer, like, right now. (Re-watch)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/23) </b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday The 13th</b> (2013)</span> - It is, indeed, complete. It's so complete I could literally have watched four or five other complete movies in the time it took me to watch this one documentary. I regret nothing. It's pretty tough to dig up fresh and compelling info on a franchise that's nearly thirty-five years old, and <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Crystal Lake Memories</span></b> does so. (First Watch)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/25)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>An American Werewolf In London </b>(1981)</span> - As I edge ever closer to the Big Day, I've come to realize I'm not going to watch anywhere near my typical thirty-one movies in thirty-one days this <b>Pre'Ween</b>. I'll have to go for quality over quantity. Adrienne recently reminded me that I'd yet to show her this one in its entirety, and this is about as good as a genre movie gets. She was watching a show on Hulu titled <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Call The Midwife</span></b> in which the name Jenny Agutter (Nurse Alex Price in <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">AWIL</span></b>) appeared in the credits, and I made a remark about how foxy Agutter had been in <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">AWIL</span></b>. <i>What does the fox say? </i>Anyway, Adrienne fell asleep before David's first transformation, so I suppose she still hasn't really seen <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">An American Werewolf In London</span></b> in its entirety. That just gives me an excuse to watch it again at some as yet unscheduled date in the future. Adrienne did at least recognize a snippet of dialog from the movie that I'd used in my <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/10/building-perfect-beast-preween.html#.UmtKcBCKKc0" target="_blank">Halloween Monster Mix</a> before she fell asleep, so there's <i>that</i> . . . (Re-watch)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFiAe75DzqL88eoxaiar6rUa964KzeKoawpKn0UFJI5m1MFftnYw9RHujVf21zUdqU8rSN00_-1t_lHc0iMY3eBDHjUUUweGp1rJYog9NKrYZSsk62IsGYo9H7La_rnnPqXPZ1MJlO7M/s1600/room237_poster2low.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Room 237 poster" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFiAe75DzqL88eoxaiar6rUa964KzeKoawpKn0UFJI5m1MFftnYw9RHujVf21zUdqU8rSN00_-1t_lHc0iMY3eBDHjUUUweGp1rJYog9NKrYZSsk62IsGYo9H7La_rnnPqXPZ1MJlO7M/s200/room237_poster2low.jpg" title="room-237-poster.jpg" width="134" /></a><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/27)</b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Room 237</b> (2013)</span> - Erin at <b>Deep Red Rum</b> (which is transforming into <b>Seven Doors Of Cinema</b> on November 1st) already made <a href="http://initforthekills.com/2013/04/21/room-237/" target="_blank">far more cogent observations about this documentary</a> than I could ever muster, and I believe reading Erin's post put me in the proper frame of mind to enjoy <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Room 237</span></b> as an entertainment - and <i>only</i> an entertainment. Arguably, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Room 237</span></b> is a documentary about various theories that have evolved over the years as to what Stanley Kubrick's <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Shining</b> (1980)</span> is <i>really</i> about. I say arguably because, as Erin pointed out in her post, it seems by the sloppy nature of its construction and attribution (or lack thereof) that this documentary is actually about something other than what it's actually about. Just like <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Shining</span></b>, right? Now my head hurts. Taken purely at face value, though, I enjoyed <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Room 237</span></b>. Again . . . just like <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Shining</span></b>, right? The snake continues to eat its own tail. I'm glad Erin already did the hard thinkin' on this one. Movies like this are precisely why I rarely ever write a proper review. (First Watch)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><b>(10/27) </b> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Hellbenders</b> (2012)</span> - A writer / director with a slightly more mainstream sensibility than J.T. Petty could have really made hay with the notion of blasphemous hellbound ministers dragging demons back to Hell. As it is, this is the fourth time - following <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Mimic: Sentinel</b> (2003)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>S&man </b>(2006)</span>, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Burrowers </b>(2008)</span> - that I've seen Petty not quite deliver on the promise of his own great ideas. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this round, though, and say that I suspect most of <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hellbenders</span></b> shortcomings can be place squarely at the feet of an insufficient budget. You just can't promise Hell on Earth throughout and then end the movie with a brawl in the middle of a field dotted with CGI fire pits. Still, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hellbenders</span></b> does have much to recommend it. A fresh idea, a bawdy sense of humor, and a uniformly excellent cast all make it worth at least a rental. In particular, the always fantastic Clancy Brown absolutely owns it as Angus, the group's foul mouthed and surly senior member. Petty should make damn sure Brown is along for the ride if we get a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hellbenders II</span></b>. (First Watch)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">(10/28)</span> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Curse Of Chucky</b> (2013)</span> <span style="color: red;">- It's fortunate that I happened to watch the original <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Child's Play </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;">(1988)</span> again recently, because <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Curse Of Chucky</span></b> is the only other film in the franchise that truly feels like a continuation of the original's narrative and tone. The first and second sequels were both underwhelming and forgettable. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bride Of Chucky </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;">(1998)</span><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b>worked brilliantly as a parodic reanimation of a moribund franchise, but</span> <span style="color: red;">there were no scares to be had. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Seed Of Chucky </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;">(2004)</span> took that evolution a step further and was almost purely comedic.</span> <span style="color: red;">Who would have thought the sixth in the series would so successfully return the franchise to its scary roots while retaining just enough of the winking self-awareness of <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bride</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Seed</span></b> to make the whole affair a bit more than just a competent killer doll movie?</span> <span style="color: red;">I sure didn't. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Curse Of Chucky</span></b> undoubtedly benefited from my diminished expectations, so I wouldn't want to oversell it - hyperbole is almost always suspect - but <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Curse</span></b> just may be the best of the franchise. The bulk of the movie is better than you'll expect it to be, but it's the last twenty minutes or so that really swing for the fences. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Curse Of Chucky</span></b> does a commendable job of bringing the franchise full circle. This is a rare instance where a franchise entry actually feels like a worthy conclusion to a twenty-five year old series. Perversely, that almost guarantees we'll see more entries</span>. <span style="color: red;">Be sure to stick around through the end credits for a genuinely funny, unexpected, and appropriate coda. (First Watch)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span>Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-48621951729582472812013-10-22T23:24:00.000-04:002013-10-22T23:24:01.111-04:00Getting Back My Halloween Mojo (And You Can, Too!)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Halloween is my favorite holiday. Shocker, right? Most people take a week off to go to the beach each year. I take a week off at the end of October to celebrate Halloween.
Lately, though, I've found myself ringing out the month of October
feeling a little depressed. My <b>Pre'Ween</b> activities leading up to the holiday proper have consumed more and more of my focus for the last several years, leaving Halloween itself seeming more than just a little bit anticlimactic. This troubles me.<br />
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Upon reflection, I've realized my Halloween ennui (read<i> that</i> three times quickly) stems not from within, but from a rising ambivalence toward the holiday perpetuated by the world around me. No one seems to celebrate Halloween night correctly anymore. My Octobers had always been filled with movie marathons, Halloween themed projects, and seasonal treats. <i>That</i> was always capped off by a quiet evening at home basking in the soft glow of the jack-o-lanterns, enjoying a few five star horror movies, and answering the door when the trick-or-treaters came calling. <i>Where did all the trick-or-treaters go?</i><br />
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That last one was the key component, I think, but now I'm lucky to get three or four trick-or-treaters a year. How the hell am I supposed to maintain my child like sense of wonder about Halloween when the children can't? I don't blame the kids, though. It's the parents who've let the holiday go to shit. I'm looking at you, Mom and Dad. Halloween doesn't just happen. We all need to step up our games (I'm including myself here) and do our parts to get set things right. Trunk-or-Treat in a parking lot isn't good enough. I want my baby Gunnar growing up with the same kick ass version of Halloween I knew.<br />
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I've worked up a plan of action, and if we all do our parts we can bring back Halloween from the edge of oblivion. Following are seven steps we can all take to keep Halloween from becoming irrelevant. Do it for the kids - and if I happen to get back my Halloween mojo in the process, so much the better. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 1 - Take Your Kids Door To Door</span> </b><br />
<b> </b>Trunk-or-Treat doesn't cut it. Seriously, who decided letting children wander around parking lots digging in people's trunks for candy was somehow less dangerous than going door to door in your own neighborhood? Find out where all the neighborhood pervs live beforehand, and plan a proper trick-or-treating route accordingly. You'll be right there with the kids, right? Of course you will.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 2 - Don't Micro Manage Your Kids' Choice Of Halloween Costume</span> </b> <br />
Try not to let your unfulfilled childhood desire to be a pretty ballerina make your darling little <i>boy</i> a laughingstock. Kids loooove the autonomy of choosing their own costumes. What was your favorite costume as a child? Bet your Mom didn't pick it out for you.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 3 - Celebrate Halloween On October 31st</span> </b><br />
<b> </b>No one reschedules Christmas when it inconveniently falls on a Sunday. Halloween is October 31st. Period.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 4 - Don't Make Halloween Into Something That Sucks</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;">"Harvest Festivals" suck</span></span><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">. </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;">Don't make Halloween into a "Harvest Festival".</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 5 - If You Don't Have Kids, Have Proper Treats On Hand, And Don't Be That Dick </span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Who </span></b>Turns Off Your Porch Light </span> </b><br />
<b> </b>The dicks know who they are. They're begging for tricks, so be sure to seize the opportunity to teach the young'uns about karma. <br />
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<b><br /></b><b><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 6 - Actually Carve A Jack-O-Lantern</span></b> </b><br />
<b> </b>Don't paint a goofy face on your pumpkin. Don't glue parts onto your pumpkin a la Mr. Potatohead. Get on up in those pumpkin guts and do it right!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Step 7 - Let The Kids Watch At Least One Wildly Inappropriate Horror Movie That's Sure To Give Them Nightmares</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"> It's a rite of passage. Sure, the kids might wake up screaming from the night terrors afterwards, but <i>after that</i> it'll turn into a cherished memory. </span></span><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span><br />
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Ok, so you wake up one morning and look out the window. WHAT'S
THIS!?!? Crowds of infected, festering, reeking, used-to-be-humans are
walking the streets! Let's get one thing straight... if you aren't
prepared, you're a walking Happy Meal. So what do you do? Well,
assuming you're of the Boy Scout persuasion, you'll be prepared! Let's
list the five most important steps for surviving a "Zombie" type E.O.W.
(end of world) scenario!<br />
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<b>1. DON'T FUCKING PANIC!!!</b><br />
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trying to state the obvious, or quote Hitchhiker's Guide here, but if
you go running about like a crazy person, you're toast in an hour, tops.
Keep a cool head. Minimize your visibility, turn off any lights that
may be visible, don't go cranking up AC/DC on the Sanyo, and just try to
stay under the radar. Remember, if they don't know you're there, they
won't eat you. There is a good chance that the Internet, cell phones,
land lines, etc. may still be working for a while. The power may not go
out for days. It may go out in 30 seconds. Be ready if it does, but
don't pass up the opportunity to get ahold of your cousin Dave down the
street who has a collection of WWII era machine guns. Now would be a
good time to split a 6 pack with him.<br />
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Use your time wisely. Gather
water. Fill the bath tub, toilets, sinks, and any unused containers with
as much clean water as they'll hold. Your average hot water heater
will hold anywhere between 20 and 80 gallons of clean water which can
save your sorry carcass from dehydration in a pinch. Improvise some
weapons. True, wielding a chainsaw and a shotgun looks fucking cool, but
if you don't have a pile of hardware kicking around, find something
that will keep somebody from eating your spleen (hockey stick, machete,
kitchen knives, ball bat, length of chain, etc.), and keep it handy!
Stay away from swords you buy at the mall and/or flea markets, they're
garbage. The only damage these flimsy pieces of Chinese stainless are
going to deal is to yourself. A good solid machete can be purchased at
any hardware store for around 20 bucks, and is designed to take some
pretty solid abuse.<br />
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<b>2. HAVE A BUG OUT / BUG IN PLAN!</b><br />
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Have a small amount of food, water, batteries, and other necessities
stashed somewhere. Enough to keep everyone in your household fed,
hydrated, and sane for at least three days. Think "hurricane prep", or
if you're out west, "earthquake prep". Remember Murphy's Rule of Doubles- two is one, one is none. If you have ONE flashlight, it will
fail. If you have two flashlights, one of them will probably STILL
fail.<br />
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If you are one of the more intelligent folks in our great
nation, you'll stock a good supply of ammo for whatever weapons you keep
handy. A big ol' Desert Eagle or $2,000 1911 isn't going to help you do
shit unless it goes "BANG" . . . "CLICK" doesn't help, so keep enough
bullets to load old Betsy up! If you're actually facing zombies (be
they undead, infected, or just stoned on bath salts) you may want to go
with fortification rather than trying to get out of Dodge. Plywood
and a good battery powered drill can turn your average duplex into a
poor man's Fort Knox inside of an hour.<br />
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<b>3. DON'T BE STUPID!</b><br />
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I know, I know. Common sense is so rare these days, it should be
considered a superpower. But it really doesn't take an over abundance of
brain cells to understand that if you F#$% up in this scenario, you're
probably not going to live very long. Whether it's an actual Zed Event,
or just some good old fashioned civil unrest, hospitals probably aren't
going to be very helpful. Going back to Rule Two, a good supply of any
necessary medications should be a part of your first aid kit... you do
have a first aid kit, right?<br />
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So, let's just sum this one up: no flaming
151 shots, no playing with lawn darts, don't go trying to change light
bulbs while using your pogo stick, and for the love of Pete, don't go
getting in a fist fight with other survivors. It's counter productive,
and you're just wasting bandages.<br />
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<b>4. DON'T COUNT ON THE CAVALRY COMING TO THE RESCUE!</b><br />
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Depending on where you live, what type of disaster you're facing, and
how much karma feels like kicking you in the nuts, you may<i> not</i> be
rescued. Chances are, you might be fending for yourself on a pretty
permanent basis. Now, while there is safety in numbers, there is also
stupidity, jealousy, cockiness, and overall jackassery in numbers. Don't go shacking up with the creepy neighbor who likes to leave dead
animals on your mailbox, but don't pass up the opportunity to add a
solid member to your party either. This really boils down to how well
you can read/judge people. A few solid compatriots can save your life, One bad egg can <i>end</i> it with a quickness. If you wouldn't trust someone
to watch your place while you're away before the end of the world, you
probably don't want them watching your back after it. Large groups can
be great, or terrible. While a larger group does give you more safety in
numbers, it can also put you in close proximity to some rather tedious
crap, i.e. other people's drama, stupidity, power struggles within the
group, and let's not forget the fact that infection spreads much
quicker in a denser population. Use CARE!<br />
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<b>5. DON'T GET DEPRESSED!</b><br />
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Remember, you just survived the frackin' apocalypse! You're a bad
MoFo as long as you don't end up as Zombie Kibble for doing something stupid . Don't let the fact that you're one of the only people you know
who doesn't smell like roadkill get you down. Just think, all of their
neat stuff is free for the taking. No more waiting in long lines for
coffee every morning. No more getting cut off in traffic on your way
to work. HELL, NO MORE WORK!!! Well, no more<i> job</i> anyway. Surviving
is going to take a frigging pile of work, but at least you don't have to
wear a tie! Your attitude is going to determine how long you last.
Being all mopey about how you're the only member of your fantasy
football league who isn't chewing on one of their neighbors isn't going
to help. A positive outlook can save your life. Be hopeful, optimistic,
and stay active.<br />
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<b>* FINAL NOTE: NEVER GIVE UP!!!*</b><br />
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'Til next time, remember - there's no kill like overkill! Keep the safety on, kids!<br />
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<br />Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-17535508883870066762013-10-13T14:36:00.001-04:002013-10-13T14:36:22.120-04:00A Random Assortment Of Hammer Myths, Monsters, And Maniacs (In Chronological Order, Of Course)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AV9udApE6BrVdm9TawXiFI45A2dc8VOSILu1SnfTlVxlWqVy670JTRnYn92tD-1aDlS1pTK2I4nKR5D7v3TlxbHfK4HC3DzmHg3kjAPPPs5qEAjilJ61mZ8uxaB76d24yThJQalKAKE/s1600/x_the_unknown_poster_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="X The Unknown poster " border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AV9udApE6BrVdm9TawXiFI45A2dc8VOSILu1SnfTlVxlWqVy670JTRnYn92tD-1aDlS1pTK2I4nKR5D7v3TlxbHfK4HC3DzmHg3kjAPPPs5qEAjilJ61mZ8uxaB76d24yThJQalKAKE/s200/x_the_unknown_poster_02.jpg" title="x-the-unkown-poster.jpg" width="200" /></a> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MISCELLANEOUS
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 7;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Hound Of The Baskervilles</span></b> (Cushing and Lee!), <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Scream Of Fear</span></b> (with a brand new copy on disc courtesy of the Info Zombie!), <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">These Are The Damned</span></b> (singular sci-fi / horror with a great title!) <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Gorgon </span></b>(also Cushing and Lee, also a brand new disc!), <b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> One Million Years B.C.</span></b> (Raquel Welch in a fur bikini!), <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Quatermass And The Pit</span></b> (much lauded, most recent, and most colorful of the Hammer Quatermass pics!) . . . all of these will be first time viewings for me!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-40254209681305722232013-10-06T23:45:00.001-04:002013-10-06T23:45:52.668-04:00Building The Perfect Beast - The Pre'Ween Halloween Monster Mix<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Everyone has a playlist for Halloween, right? Well this is the track list for mine. I cribbed ideas from similar playlists posted on other sites when compiling this, so now I'm just continuing the cycle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Tracks labeled "Radio Ad" are short promos that once were pressed on vinyl 45s and distributed to local radio stations. Tracks labeled "Dialog" are, of course, snippets of dialog from the listed movie. The entire program runs about seven hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;"> <u>The Pre'Ween Halloween Monster Mix 2013</u></span></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJovOiq4KTm_e_hTneZsx-kXGV89WLit2RQRtC96TRL2nBIuaAPXJB6U2NGwcHLR4fTzhMXhrgPF7vunOj7mdlVjGAf4w6zB1JwFn-hdO2KbiJ6G2BzOlTtL726EnmCni0gJ1qz-f864/s1600/Phantasm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Phantasm poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJovOiq4KTm_e_hTneZsx-kXGV89WLit2RQRtC96TRL2nBIuaAPXJB6U2NGwcHLR4fTzhMXhrgPF7vunOj7mdlVjGAf4w6zB1JwFn-hdO2KbiJ6G2BzOlTtL726EnmCni0gJ1qz-f864/s320/Phantasm.jpg" title="phantasm-poster.jpg" width="216" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 1)<b> Phantasm</b> / Fred Myrow </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>2)<b> Bloodletting</b> / Concrete Blonde<br />
3) <b>Nature Trail To Hell</b> / Weird Al Yankovic<br />
4)<b> The House Of Exorcism</b> / Radio Ad<br />
5)<b> Evil Ways</b> / Santana<br />
6) <b>Killer Klowns From Outer Space</b> / The Dickies<br />
7) <b>Frogs</b> / Radio Ad<br />
8) <b>The Legend Of Wooley Swamp</b> / Charlie Daniels Band<br />
9) <b>Red Right Hand</b> / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds<br />
10) <b>Friday The 13th Part 3</b> / Henry Manfredini<br />
11)<b> Dogs And Cats</b> (Ghostbusters) / Dialog<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS39GfrUnQltc6GsjoEuBVcX0IJXY6KvxFWUXtS8qlisJKUHQ3xd-TC4-1reiz3e9c6I7dyClTyFjubpnZHrj-T7HUJrC3LacZvpZxmsllSUUHfzetmCL3270_z_0y-KEnLNnQSwNLWX4/s1600/Frogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Frogs poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS39GfrUnQltc6GsjoEuBVcX0IJXY6KvxFWUXtS8qlisJKUHQ3xd-TC4-1reiz3e9c6I7dyClTyFjubpnZHrj-T7HUJrC3LacZvpZxmsllSUUHfzetmCL3270_z_0y-KEnLNnQSwNLWX4/s320/Frogs.jpg" title="frogs-poster.jpg" width="220" /></a> 12)<b> Ghostbusters</b> / Ray Parker Jr.<br />
13) <b>The Professor</b> (Evil Dead 2) / Dialog<br />
14) <b>Something Weird </b>/ Zombina And The Skeltones<br />
15) <b>The Twilight Zone </b>/ Bernard Herrmann<br />
16) <b>Werewolves On Wheels </b>/ Radio Ad<br />
17) <b>Werewolves Of London</b> / Warren Zevon<br />
18) <b>The Zed Word (Shaun Of The Dead)</b> / Dialog<br />
19) <b>Zombie </b>/ Fabio Frizzi<br />
20) <b>House Of 1000 Corpses</b> / Rob Zombie <br />
21)<b> Goo Goo Muck</b> / The Cramps<br />
22) <b>Psychos (From Dusk Til Dawn)</b> / Dialog<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGc2yrwVtMu58T6ndBabnrYHYQmW1vcWXZ81u9iPE_lflwX1xvxE0oMK9RyvYb0z5rHrUx-P-xWfGpJZ8ldjwGpYTSovIqU0qCSZVjEiPDlBtnSslHgNpRRxjrEROXrQvPwX3K1Neg6c/s1600/gates_of_hell.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The Gates Of Hell poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGc2yrwVtMu58T6ndBabnrYHYQmW1vcWXZ81u9iPE_lflwX1xvxE0oMK9RyvYb0z5rHrUx-P-xWfGpJZ8ldjwGpYTSovIqU0qCSZVjEiPDlBtnSslHgNpRRxjrEROXrQvPwX3K1Neg6c/s320/gates_of_hell.gif" title="the-gates-of-hell-poster.jpg" width="217" /></a> 23) <b>Psychotic Reaction</b> / Count Five<br />
24) <b>The Gates Of Hell </b>/ Radio Ad<br />
25) <b>Surfin' Dead</b> / The Cramps<br />
26) <b>Clap For The Wolfman</b> / The Guess Who<br />
27)<b> Werewolf Bar Mitzvah</b> / Tracy Morgan<br />
28) <b>The Addams Family</b> / Vic Mizzy<br />
29) <b>Welcome To My Nightmare </b>/ Alice Cooper<br />
30)<b> A Nightmare On Elm Street </b>/ Charles Bernstein<br />
31) <b>Empire Of The Ants</b> / Radio Ad<br />
32) <b>Spiders And Snakes</b> / Jim Stafford<br />
33) <b>Help Me (The Fly)</b> / Dialog<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLq0SxJwXIfCVFzaedO53auvftXIKqkxb6vSul_OGgX7rYRI115D4swKkx0VG_BNnyTdF0VoCHseljTi2TXfDLdtPl_Fs_IsrGN3WJU_rfC9osvJouE22eYKH86dM5kKAwc1dCwDrIeTc/s1600/Empire+Of+The+Ants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Empire Of The Ants poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLq0SxJwXIfCVFzaedO53auvftXIKqkxb6vSul_OGgX7rYRI115D4swKkx0VG_BNnyTdF0VoCHseljTi2TXfDLdtPl_Fs_IsrGN3WJU_rfC9osvJouE22eYKH86dM5kKAwc1dCwDrIeTc/s320/Empire+Of+The+Ants.jpg" title="empire-of-the-ants-poster.jpg" width="208" /></a> 34) <b>More Human Than Human</b> / White Zombie<br />
35) <b>Valley </b>/ Bill Wyman And Terry Taylor<br />
36) <b>Down With The Sickness</b> / Richard Cheese<br />
37) <b>Five Tones (Close Encounters . . . )</b> / Dialog<br />
38) <b>Unmarked Helicopters</b> / Soul Coughing<br />
39) <b>Sugar (Army Of Darkness) </b>/ Dialog <br />
40) <b>Love Potion #9</b> / Clovers<br />
41)<b> In The Flesh</b> / Blondie<br />
42) <b>Buried In NY (An American Werewolf . . . )</b> / Dialog<br />
43) <b>Blue Moon</b> / Meco<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvUNUiOagjegrZ06EimsDCoMq-W6wbtzCTI9hV9QWcrWfqwWMibz0-PUXsM7tgAFXc65XW24GQlkeo4SyeqpguCyNiX0bT1HeP0O12Dy8Vw5D2qBlC90JRoc7dLFDfci0lps4wzHrsKE/s1600/Suspiria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Suspiria poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvUNUiOagjegrZ06EimsDCoMq-W6wbtzCTI9hV9QWcrWfqwWMibz0-PUXsM7tgAFXc65XW24GQlkeo4SyeqpguCyNiX0bT1HeP0O12Dy8Vw5D2qBlC90JRoc7dLFDfci0lps4wzHrsKE/s320/Suspiria.jpg" title="suspiria-poster.jpg" width="219" /></a> 44) <b>Fire</b> / The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown<br />
45) <b>Green Slime</b> / Charles Fox<br />
46) <b>Phantasm</b> / Radio Ad<br />
47) <b>Burn The Flames</b> / Roky Erickson<br />
48) <b>Tocatta And Fugue In D Minor</b> / Bach<br />
49) <b>The Munsters</b> / Jack Marshall<br />
50) <b>Dragula</b> / Rob Zombie<br />
51) <b>House On Haunted Hill</b> / Radio Ad<br />
52) <b>Thriller</b> / Michael Jackson<br />
53) <b>Somebody's Watching Me</b> / Rockwell<br />
54) <b>Eyeball and Suspiria</b> / Radio Ad<br />
55) <b>Suspiria</b> / Goblin<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGcjlNmYUcAIo1f2Q0f1gCD8vd2aC1G4PSrdBhVP4S07BS2aTwg7Cjyu5QcwO-eE_sokwLxZQS1SVnJq1pnLh0KgkmXfIvlg_2a6LutZidQ0fsVSSbjJ-ESOQZgMp5CAYCEzSEKgCi8I/s1600/The+Blob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The Blob poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGcjlNmYUcAIo1f2Q0f1gCD8vd2aC1G4PSrdBhVP4S07BS2aTwg7Cjyu5QcwO-eE_sokwLxZQS1SVnJq1pnLh0KgkmXfIvlg_2a6LutZidQ0fsVSSbjJ-ESOQZgMp5CAYCEzSEKgCi8I/s320/The+Blob.jpg" title="the-blob-poster.jpg" width="208" /></a> 56) <b>The Ballad Of Harry Warden</b> / Paul Zaza<br />
57) <b>My Body's A Zombie For You</b> / Dead Man's Bones<br />
58)<b> Blood Horrors</b> / Radio Ad<br />
59) <b>Profondo Rosso - Main Title </b>/ Goblin<br />
60) <b>Witch Queen Of New Orleans</b> / Redbone<br />
61) <b>Black Magic Woman</b> / Santana<br />
62) <b>Tales From The Crypt</b> / Danny Elfman<br />
63) <b>Get Away (Aliens) </b>/ Dialog<br />
64) <b>The Witch</b> / The Cult<br />
65) <b>Bad Moon Rising </b>/ Creedence Clearwater Revival<br />
66) <b>It Knows (Poltergeist)</b> / Dialog<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Kklel04fZCC7ae3SMSqVXfJV7w9H8rTocDvdLaBbIk_CNPupF0TXfyWb5ZTHnnezxDrMe7SU8_oFGJgnjtWPTq2d5Ni841YEGJYaNEoSaPJrRZcTm62gXI74KiBAj-kH__D5xSjWhRg/s1600/Young+Frankenstein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Young Frankenstein poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Kklel04fZCC7ae3SMSqVXfJV7w9H8rTocDvdLaBbIk_CNPupF0TXfyWb5ZTHnnezxDrMe7SU8_oFGJgnjtWPTq2d5Ni841YEGJYaNEoSaPJrRZcTm62gXI74KiBAj-kH__D5xSjWhRg/s320/Young+Frankenstein.jpg" title="young-frankenstein-poster.jpg" width="222" /></a> 67) <b>Fear Of Ghosts</b> / The Cure<br />
68)<b> Insect Politics (The Fly)</b> / Dialog<br />
69)<b> Human Fly</b> / The Cramps<br />
70) <b>Deranged</b> / Radio Ad<br />
71) <b>Murder In The Red Barn</b> / Tom Waits<br />
72) <b>The Devil Went Down To Georgia</b> /Charlie Daniels Band<br />
73) <b>The Zoo (An American Werewolf . . . )</b> / Dialog<br />
74)<b> Little Red Riding Hood</b> / Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs<br />
75) <b>Not A Boat Accident (Jaws)</b> / Dialog<br />
76)<b> Love Bites</b> / Judas Priest<br />
77) <b>Tenebre - Main Title</b> / Goblin<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBdwGmmnO59IruSRoOsfFhLcvNOfKAF2Stv83ey25-NUaFW6h7xttbXZj-02HkATGLMDn_RA3XFKhfSJLJqxqKTfyvW3xCM5tTvBG_IU0NBCHWJy-b92P_8bdKOG92nMHDtKkRmbMIpU/s1600/Alone+In+The+Dark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Alone In The Dark poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBdwGmmnO59IruSRoOsfFhLcvNOfKAF2Stv83ey25-NUaFW6h7xttbXZj-02HkATGLMDn_RA3XFKhfSJLJqxqKTfyvW3xCM5tTvBG_IU0NBCHWJy-b92P_8bdKOG92nMHDtKkRmbMIpU/s320/Alone+In+The+Dark.jpg" title="alone-in-the-dark-poster.jpg" width="209" /></a> 78) <b>Grizzly</b> / Radio Ad<br />
79) <b>Pet Sematary</b> / The Ramones<br />
80) <b>I Have No Home (Ed Wood)</b> / Dialog<br />
81) <b>Bela Lugosi's Dead</b> / Bauhaus<br />
82) <b>It's Alive</b> / Radio Ad<br />
83) <b>Monster</b> / L7<br />
84) <b>What Hump? (Young Frankenstein)</b> / Dialog<br />
85) <b>Superdeformed</b> / Matthew Sweet<br />
86) <b>Munchies (Zombieland)</b> / Dialog<br />
87) <b>I Was A Teenage Zombie</b> / The Fleshtones<br />
88) <b>Ed Wood </b>/ Howard Shore<br />
89) <b>Dead Man's Party</b> / Oingo Boingo<br />
90) <b>The Blob and Dinosaurus! </b>/ Radio Ad<br />
91) <b>The Blob</b> / The Five Blobs<br />
92) <b>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</b> / Cathodic Orchestra<br />
93) <b>Ideal Patient (Halloween II)</b> / Dialog<br />
94) <b>Halloween</b> / John Carpenter<br />
95) <b>I'm Your Boogieman</b> / Rob Zombie<br />
96) <b>Dracula (Abbot And Costello . . . )</b> / Dialog<br />
97) <b>Bad Things</b> / Jace Everett<br />
98) <b>The Ritz (Young Frankenstein)</b> / Dialog<br />
99) <b>The Monster Mash</b> / Bobby "Boris" Pickett<br />
100) <b>The Lunatics Have Taken Over . . .</b> / The Fun Boy Three<br />
101) <b>Sweet Dreams</b> / Marilyn Manson <br />
102) <b>Country Death Song</b> / Violent Femmes<br />
103) <b>Invasion Of The Blood Farmers</b> / Radio Ad<br />
104) <b>Living Dead Girl</b> / Rob Zombie<br />
105) <b>Hey Man Nice Shot</b> / Filter<br />
106) <b>Friday The 13th</b> / Henry Manfredini<br />
107) <b>He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)</b> / Alice Cooper<br />
108) <b>Freddy's Coming For You</b> / Charles Bernstein<br />
109) <b>Mr. Sandman</b> / The Chordettes<br />
110) <b>Motel Hell</b> / Radio Ad<br />
111) <b>People Are Strange</b> / Echo & The Bunnymen<br />
112) <b>I Cast You Out (The Exorcist)</b> / Dialog<br />
113) <b>Tubular Bells</b> / Mike Oldfield<br />
114) <b>Coming To Get You (NOTLD)</b> / Dialog<br />
115) <b>Return Of The Living Dead</b> / Ghoultown<br />
116) <b>Trioxin Theme</b> / Frances Haines<br />
117) <b>Cannibal Girls and Raw Meat</b> / Radio Ad<br />
118) <b>I Ain't Nothin' But A Gorehound</b> / The Cramps<br />
119) <b>Haunted House Of Rock</b> / Whodini<br />
120) <b>Black No. 1</b> / Type O Negative<br />
121) <b>Ave Satani</b> / Jerry Goldsmith<br />
122) <b>Sympathy For The Devil</b> / The Rolling Stones<br />
123) <b>Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes</b> / Radio Ad<br />
124) <b>It's Only The End Of The World</b> / Harley Poe<br />
125) <b>Psychedelic Werewolf Freakout</b> / Radio Ad<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK5lqhEqeL1AVGJgYzTEbT1AImlRge3yCwG7wW9CLDbOjFoKy7m9AUIEjrXwf-tEtkmHUmQtIvyQZkw_0aSkNEtrjrZB1FNhQAkipGLhOo1VWlEUrDudOljRmaaox7DPnqklXEkLyAnI/s1600/Deliverance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Deliverance poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK5lqhEqeL1AVGJgYzTEbT1AImlRge3yCwG7wW9CLDbOjFoKy7m9AUIEjrXwf-tEtkmHUmQtIvyQZkw_0aSkNEtrjrZB1FNhQAkipGLhOo1VWlEUrDudOljRmaaox7DPnqklXEkLyAnI/s320/Deliverance.jpg" title="deliverance-poster.jpg" width="221" /></a>126) <b>Slime Creatures From Outer Space</b> / Weird Al Yankovic<br />
127) <b>I Wanna Be Sedated</b> / The Ramones<br />
128) <b>Backwoods Massacre</b> / Radio Ad<br />
129) <b>Dueling Banjos</b> / Eric Weissberg<br />
130) <b>Dark Night</b> / The Blasters<br />
131) <b>Mean Green Mother From Outer Space</b> / Levi Stubbs<br />
132) <b>Silver Shamrock</b> / Alan Howarth<br />
133) <b>Spooky</b> / Classics IV<br />
134) <b>L'alba Dei Morti Viventi</b> / Goblin<br />
135) <b>I Walked With A Zombie</b> / Roky Erickson<br />
136) <b>Haunted House</b> / Gene Simmons<br />
137) <b>I Was A Teenage Werewolf</b> / The Cramps<br />
138) <b>Them!</b> / Radio Ad<br />
139) <b>No One Lives Forever</b> / Oingo Boingo<br />
140) <b>Rube (Silence Of The Lambs) </b>/ Dialog<br />
141) <b>Psycho Killer</b> / Talking Heads<br />
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143) <b>Fancypants (Army Of Darkness)</b> / Dialog<br />
144) <b>Ghost Town</b> / The Specials<br />
145) <b>Everyday Is Halloween</b> / Ministry<br />
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<b>Pre'Ween</b> is a sham.<br />
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<b>Pre'Ween</b> is a term I coined to describe the thirty day period preceding Halloween. Only this and nothing more. I programmed a weekend long horror movie festival for the proprietor of the real Dog Farm last October, and I referred to it in the schedules as The Movies At Dog Farm Pre'Ween Picture Show. The event took place on the weekend prior to Halloween. It was clearly in the <i>spirit</i> of the approaching holiday, but it didn't actually <i>occur</i> on the holiday. <b>Pre'Ween</b> was born. <b>Pre'Ween</b> is just a made up word.<br />
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. . . except it isn't . . .<br />
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Just for shits and giggles I vowed to promote the notion of <b>Pre'Ween</b>. I decided it would be fun to see if I could get the term accepted into the local vernacular. Since I now have another platform in the form of this blog with which to propagate the notion of <b>Pre'Ween</b>, I decided I would do so this October. I researched a bit just out of morbid curiosity to see if I could find evidence of the term being used anywhere else . . . and dammit, I did. <b>Pre'Ween</b> wasn't my creation after all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Screamin' Jay Hawkins, <i>not</i> Gatorbait</span></span></b></td></tr>
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It turns out the term <b>Pre'Ween</b> was first used way back in the sixties - 1965, to be exact. It was used by a local horror movie host in Gainesville, Florida who hosted under the
moniker Ghoulish Gary Gatorbait for the CBS affiliate WGFL-TV. Like
many local horror hosts, Gatorbait was actually a station employee
Monday through Friday (an accountant named - I shit you not - Gary
Numan), and he took on the role for WGFL's Friday night horror movie
broadcast. As was usually the case with these broadcasts, he hosted
movies from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_Theater" target="_blank">Shock Theater packages</a> that were comprised primarily of old black and white Universal movies and sold to television stations nationwide. The character of Gatorbait was fashioned to resemble a swamp dwelling witch doctor - think Screamin' Jay Hawkins, except white and minus the nose bone. Ghoulish Gary Gatorbait is largely forgotten now, and he's almost never mentioned in books or documentaries about the horror host phenomena. You see, Gatorbait was abruptly pulled off the air in November of 1966, and it was <b>Pre'Ween</b> that was responsible for the character's demise.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKss9wC_lRh84RGdNDyRN3RCZTGeNq1zjZHkpdRUUaLNjW-RrqYo8A9y8Q_UpAjf_PI8U0EDW_I40MhwvpMiK89JSbLaeohVi1YOyQS4bVjA8S9N-mz3te7gAjcd-cUx7dIRpBVFLitio/s1600/WGFL+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="WGFL logo" border="0" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKss9wC_lRh84RGdNDyRN3RCZTGeNq1zjZHkpdRUUaLNjW-RrqYo8A9y8Q_UpAjf_PI8U0EDW_I40MhwvpMiK89JSbLaeohVi1YOyQS4bVjA8S9N-mz3te7gAjcd-cUx7dIRpBVFLitio/s200/WGFL+logo.jpg" title="wgfl-logo.jpg" width="200" /></a> October of 1966 was actually the second year that Gatorbait used the term <b>Pre'Ween</b> on air, but it was the first that the term turned up in print ads for the his show published in the Gainesville Sun newspaper. WGFL used the term in newspaper ads throughout the month as a marketing hook to lend a little extra pizazz to the ads and to milk Halloween for an entire month rather than just a single day. It's clear, though, that Gatorbait used the term on air in October of 1965, prior to its use in the station's marketing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The arrival of the Great Pumpkin, the end of Gatorbait</span></span></b></td></tr>
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All was well until the station attempted a cross promotion and requested that Gatorbait promote the upcoming premiere of a Halloween special called<b><span style="color: #e69138;"> <span style="color: #b45f06;">It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown</span></span></b> on his own show. Presumably, the powers that be felt that the Monster Kids who were staying up late on Fridays to watch Frankenstein and Dracula would likely be interested in a Halloween themed animated special, as well. The special was set to air on Tuesday, October 27, and Gatorbait promoted its debut throughout the month. It was during his final broadcast before the premiere that he raised the ire of a local church affiliation by likening <b>Pre'Ween</b> to the church's observance of Advent. Without realizing it beforehand, he had inadvertently equated the month of preparation before the celebration of the birth of Christ to the month of preparation before the celebration of the arrival of a cartoon pumpkin.<br />
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Public outcry was swift and merciless, and even though he apologized on air the following week, the damage had already been done. WGFL was anxious to quickly put the bad publicity to rest, and Gatorbait's show was replaced with reruns of <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Honeymooners</b></span>. Ghoulish Gary Gatorbait vanished into obscurity, as did the notion of<b> Pre'Ween</b>.<br />
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That, friends, is the horrible truth about <b>Pre'Ween</b>. That's the whole story.<br />
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. . . except it isn't . . .<br />
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Carl at <b>The Info Zombie</b> has discovered that the history of<b> Pre'Ween</b> can
be traced back even further than this sad chapter. Click the <a href="http://www.theinfozombie.com/2013/10/happy-preween-zombies.html" target="_blank">link</a> for the rest of the story.<br />
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Also, <b>Warden Stokely Horrorzine</b> offers up this <a href="http://wardenstokelyhorrorzine.blogspot.com/p/preween.html?showComment=1380632748737" target="_blank">Pre'Ween Dispatch From Hell</a> . . .<br />
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It's almost time, kids! The official start of <b>Pre'Ween</b> is only a little over two days away! <i> I'm </i>giddy - are you? I'll be posting the story of how <b>Pre'Ween </b>came to be at precisely 12:01 a.m. on October 1st, and more fun is on the way throughout the month. Carl at<a href="http://www.theinfozombie.com/" target="_blank"> The Info Zombie</a> and Warden at <a href="http://wardenstokelyhorrorzine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Warden Stokely Horrorzine</a> will be joining in on the festivities, too. Thanks, Carl, for hooking me up with the Hammer Icons Of Horror DVD set to help me round out my viewing list for this year!<br />
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Thanks also to Jeremy at<a href="http://www.beingretro.com/" target="_blank"> [Being Retro]</a> for fashioning that nifty <b>Pre'Ween</b> badge in the sideboard. You can click on the badge throughout the month to access a complete list of links to <b>Pre'Ween</b> content here and elsewhere. Be sure to check Jeremy's site for more info on his ongoing "It's Time" Book Tour, too.<br />
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Finally, thanks to all of you for making the Dog Farm part of your own celebrations this year. If you just can't get enough of<b> Pre'Ween</b>, check out <a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/" target="_blank">Countdown To Halloween</a> for links to seasonal goodies all around the Internet.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xjLOA0a0IED8hycLvvYVbYklp1q7EJizqxA8E2wTWQjP-GBjtSuFcFQ8q4BK7hMDPT29_kssmxsnIXS18rVtiDhQyP5_IH2Z2yvvQCoh5TYf8yJalUnwwVKa5ywWtYeXAArtHRBLD7c/s1600/The+Revenge+Of+Frankesntein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xjLOA0a0IED8hycLvvYVbYklp1q7EJizqxA8E2wTWQjP-GBjtSuFcFQ8q4BK7hMDPT29_kssmxsnIXS18rVtiDhQyP5_IH2Z2yvvQCoh5TYf8yJalUnwwVKa5ywWtYeXAArtHRBLD7c/s200/The+Revenge+Of+Frankesntein.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Curse Of Frankenstein</b> (1957)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Revenge Of Frankenstein</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>(1958)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Evil Of Frankenstein</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>(1964)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Frankenstein Created Woman</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>(1967)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>(1969)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDAwhHI8DZUMClbx-DC21G-YmJQ6WjLUCEPZFOs7n8Jxz4LXYswuEUGhLZ0i-2taSqsqT-x7Vkk4EIFsjnvB9uzWaVz3ht4lpMnVqFLgsLdhA7VSgC6VHXpl636hu8NR1TsC35z0Du-g/s1600/The+Evil+Of+Frankenstein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDAwhHI8DZUMClbx-DC21G-YmJQ6WjLUCEPZFOs7n8Jxz4LXYswuEUGhLZ0i-2taSqsqT-x7Vkk4EIFsjnvB9uzWaVz3ht4lpMnVqFLgsLdhA7VSgC6VHXpl636hu8NR1TsC35z0Du-g/s200/The+Evil+Of+Frankenstein.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Hammer
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Mummy</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>(1959)</span></div>
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So here's part two of my ongoing <b>Pre'Ween</b> organizational project, because we all know I can't watch a list of movies if that list of movies isn't in chronological order. Having seen all of these Frankenstein movies, I'm proud to say it was unnecessary for me to cheat and look up the proper order. The Mummy movies are another story. I'll be watching two of those for the first time this year.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqE5t5kHvYgARj-zK8MzsJYvYMTSxTmblgXlmgRmDQf151O2-lbtBVsM9xc5MU3J7Tl3vy4BihHJSuwl-krJ5VXttZ3hU6of_oY0UDwKi7FgC64azEjXb9tYjPJXn8EWwrjfw-6VZAfw/s1600/The+Mummy+1959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqE5t5kHvYgARj-zK8MzsJYvYMTSxTmblgXlmgRmDQf151O2-lbtBVsM9xc5MU3J7Tl3vy4BihHJSuwl-krJ5VXttZ3hU6of_oY0UDwKi7FgC64azEjXb9tYjPJXn8EWwrjfw-6VZAfw/s200/The+Mummy+1959.jpg" width="200" /></a> I'm already a pretty big fan of the Hammer Frankenstein flicks,
and I'd even go so far as to say Peter Cushing's portrayal of the doc is
one of the finest sustained character arcs in all of cinema.
Seriously, Peter Cushing is freakin' awesome. I'm a staunch defender of
Ralph Bates' one shot at the role, as well. Sure, it wasn't Cushing,
but Bates does a fine job with the material. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Horror Of Frankenstein</span></b>
bears a deliciously dry and morbid humor, and Bates delivers his droll
dialog with aplomb. I get a strong Kyle MacLachlan vibe from Bates (or
is it a strong Ralph Bates vibe from MacLachlan?).<br />
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When I made up this second list I took the notion that I might link
each of the posters to the corresponding trailer. Turns out I don't
need to - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hammerfilms" target="_blank">Hammer Films has its own YouTube channel</a>
that already compiles their trailers for me. Check it out, but be
prepared to spend longer there than you initially plan.<br />
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Next up is a
chronological list of the miscellaneous Hammer titles that'll be
rounding out my <b>Pre'Ween</b> viewing this year.<br />
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I've got an anal compulsive need to organize things. When I began to assemble a collection of Hammer Films movies to watch during <b>Pre'Ween</b>, the obvious first step for me was to impose some kind of order on the titles. Historically, I've not been much of a fan of vampire movies, so those titles in particular all seemed to just blend together for me into a single blood red pool of plasma. Putting them in chronological order and adding a visual component seemed to help. <br />
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I've already seen roughly half of these movies, so I believe I'll just watch them all again in order just on general principle. I'll enjoy seeing how shifting cultural mores and a changing cinematic landscape affected each successive entry. I've always heard that <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Horror Of Dracula</span></b>, with its Technicolor blood and heaving bosoms, was quite racy for its time. It seems Hammer later attempted to contemporize their Dracula movies by piling on more graphic violence and overt sexuality. Good times!<br />
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I'll be posting a similar chronological list of the Hammer Frankenstein and Hammer Mummy titles soon, as well. I'll finish up with a list of my selected miscellaneous Hammer titles that don't fit any of these categories shortly thereafter. I'd love to hear some feedback from others who've already ventured down the Hammer path in the Comments section below.<br />
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I just watched <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dknb76qw0Oo" target="_blank"><b>Bad Milo</b> (2013)</a> last night thanks to a timely reminder from <a href="http://grimmreviewz.blogspot.com/2013/08/bad-milo-is-complete-blast.html#comment-form" target="_blank">a recent post at Grimm Reviewz</a>. There's no need for a critical assessment from me because I believe Grimm's review was right on the money. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bad Milo</span></b> has a great cast, great performances, and great execution. It struck me as a more accessible version of a Frank Henenlotter flick, and that's intended to be a compliment. Side note: it does my heart good to see a new movie occasionally that's got the stones to rely entirely upon practical FX. Just remember that you're sitting down to watch a movie about a cute, homicidal little ass demon and you'll have a blast with it.<br />
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Pre'Ween is just around the corner, and if you don't know what Pre'Ween is then you'll know soon enough. The countdown clock at the top of the sideboard will keep you posted as to when Pre'Ween begins down to the very last second. I foolishly believed Pre'Ween was a notion of my own creation, but a bit of research has proven otherwise. Myself and Carl at <a href="http://www.theinfozombie.com/" target="_blank">The Info Zombie</a> will be sharing our findings with you, and my new friend Warden at the <a href="http://wardenstokelyhorrorzine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Warden Stokely Horrorzine</a> will be celebrating with us, as well. We're hoping a few more of our friends will come along for the ride. Of course, we'll keep you posted right here.<br />
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Speaking of our friends in the blogosphere, fellow Incredibly Strange Horror Blogger Jonny Dead is kicking off his second annual Month Of The Living Dead today over at Blood Sucking Geek. <a href="http://bloodsuckinggeek.com/2nd-annual-month-of-the-living-dead/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bloodsuckinggeek%2FppuA+%28Blood+Sucking+Geek%29" target="_blank">Click here for details</a>. <br />
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Jeremy Hawkins at [Being Retro] is hard at work, as well. His "It's Time" Book Tour continues making visits to sites all over the Internet. He'll be bringing the tour to the Dog Farm on October 10, right in the middle of Pre'Ween. In the meantime, follow the tour now by<a href="http://www.beingretro.com/p/its-time-tour-dates.html" target="_blank"> checking here for tour dates</a>.<br />
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I look forward to my yearly dose of Franken Berry - it's only available seasonally here in Virginia - but I was disappointed when General Mills decided to update the packaging of their Monster Cereals recently with a more contemporary look. It just wasn't the same.<br />
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Well, this year they've decided to make the classic packaging available again. The retro boxes will be available in early September exclusively at Target stores nationwide. As an added bonus for us old-timers, General Mills will be reintroducing Frute Brute (formerly spelled correctly and discontinued in 1983) and Yummy Mummy (discontinued in 1993) alongside perennials Franken Berry, Boo Berry, and Count Chocula. <br />
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Now if only General Mills could be persuaded to use the original recipes for their Monster Cereals again. The marshmallows are just too big now. That will probably never happen, though, since we wouldn't want a fresh outbreak of <a href="http://www.retroist.com/2008/10/29/monster-cereal-fun-facts-and-commercials/" target="_blank">Franken Berry Stool</a>.<br />
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Since we've been revisiting some neglected regular features recently, it seemed like a good time to take another look at the movies available on Netflix streaming. These are by no means the <i>only </i>worthy genre movies on
Netflix, just a sampling of movies that I'm familiar with
that I think might otherwise be overlooked. I've included a couple of newer releases this time that I've yet to watch because I was pleasantly surprised to find them available already.<br />
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Availability changes often, but all of the following titles were
available to stream from Netflix at the time of this posting. The genre
listed after the title (Documentary, Horror, Comedy, Foreign, Action & Adventure, or Sci-Fi & Fantasy) describes where you'll find each movie in your onscreen
groupings. Try doing a manual search if one seems to be missing.<br />
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If you have recommendations of your own, please share in the
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Veteran director Barry Levinson said this depiction of a deadly outbreak of mutated isopods was 80% true. If so, we have yet another great reason to stay out of the water.<br />
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Anchored by a great deal of 100% true factual information regarding the pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, Levinson's eco-horror makes effective use of the found footage conceit to lend credence to his fictional narrative. The fact that such an outbreak isn't entirely implausible makes for a genuinely creepy and compelling thriller. Watch this and then Google search images of the real-life beasties this story is based upon. I guarantee you'll be skeeved out.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Bay</span></b> slipped beneath a lot of radars, but it's easily one of my favorite genre movies of the last year or so.<br />
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Regulars here at the Dog Farm know of my affinity for<a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2012/12/10-best-genre-movies-directed-by.html#.UhPQcD_9WbQ" target="_blank"> the films of director David Cronenberg</a>, so I was thrilled when I heard his son Brandon was tackling thematically similar material for his directorial debut. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Antiviral</span></b> tells of a celebrity obsessed near future when customers pay to be injected with pathogens collected from ill celebrities in a bid to feel an intimate connection with the stars they admire.<br />
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Icky, yes, but Cronenberg effectively examines this notion with an appropriately cold and clinical eye. Clearly, he's<i> </i>his father's son. Watch <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Antiviral</span></b> in the company of someone with whom you wish to swap bodily fluids, and you probably <i>won't</i> be in the mood afterwards.<br />
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What do you get when you mix Rankin/Bass stop motion "Animagic", the voice talents of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller, and character designs by EC Comics artist Jack Davis? Well, you get the gloriously dated and infectiously fun creature feature <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Mad Monster Party</span></b>. It's mild enough for the kiddies, and the grown-ups will get a kick out of hearing Karloff - not Bobby "Boris" Pickett - croon his own musical number. This monster rally is a no-brainer for Halloween, and it was a well kept secret to me until only a few years ago. <br />
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Here's one of those recent releases I was surprised to find streaming already. I've not seen <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Errors Of The Human Body</span></b> yet, but haunted genetics researchers and lethal viruses sound promising. This made a splash at Montreal's Fantasia Festival as well as Austin's Fantastic Fest while touring the festival circuit last year, with many critics singling out an impressive performance by star Michael Eklund. Love that title . . .<br />
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I'll cop to being disappointed with <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">[Rec] 3: Genesis</span></b> when I first saw it last year, but I now realize I was judging this second sequel to a harrowing original as the movie I wanted it to be, not the movie it is. While it still exists in the same world as the first two movies,<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> [Rec] 3</span></b> drops the handheld camera conceit utilized in the first two after only twenty minutes or so. It then becomes a more traditional horror movie that's still more entertaining than most. Had <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">[Rec] 3</span></b> gone by any other name, it probably would have been more warmly received by horror fans, myself included. Hey, everyone loves <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Halloween III: Season Of The Witch</span></b> now, right?<br />
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James Gunn wrote and directed this tonally odd movie about Frank Darbo (Rainn Wilson) assuming the heroic identity of The Crisom Bolt and later taking on Libby (Ellen Page) as his sidekick Boltie. Sounds a bit like <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Kick Ass</span></b>, huh? Don't be fooled.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Super</span></b> takes an often disturbing look at the psychosis that underlies the compulsion to fight crime as a costumed superhero. It also addresses - finally - the largely unexamined sexual component of a hero's relationship with his sidekick. Had Gunn not allowed his bad guys to become so cartoonishly broad (his Troma roots are showing) he could have had a grim and pessimistic winner. As it is, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Super</span></b> is a flawed but fascinating spin on the superhero origin story that still deserves more exposure than it's gotten.<br />
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Ambiguity has its place in the movies, but there's a fine line between "ambiguous" and "obtuse for the sake of being obtuse". <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">YellowBrickRoad</span></b> has a great setup - the best thing about it, so I won't ruin it here - but it ultimately becomes so frustratingly vague that it's hard to still care much by the time it meanders to its spectacularly unsatisfying denouement.<br />
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Why am I recommending it then? Well, that great setup as well as a haunting, off kilter tone save it from being a total loss, and it's hard to fault the filmmakers for obviously striving to make something a little different. I'd be curious to hear how it strikes others. Movies are a visual medium, and much of what I <i>saw</i> in <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">YellowBrickRoad</span></b> has stuck with me. That's gotta count for something.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XexqijOPUPE" target="_blank"><b>The Devil's Rock</b> (2011)</a><br />
<b>Horror</b> / 1hr26min / R / HD<br />
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I pretty much said all I have to say about <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Devil's Rock</span></b> <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Devil%27s%20Rock#.UhZ7Yz_9WbQ" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a solid little horror movie that aims a bit higher than most. It's not the campy shlockfest that the unfortunate key art to the left suggests. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Devil's Rock</span></b> is a good one for the wee hours of the morning.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6FWJOjBLEY" target="_blank"><b>The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh </b>(2012)</a><br />
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. . . and here's yet another pithy entry, since <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh</span></b> is the other movie on this list that I haven't watched yet but was surprised to find streaming already. Written and directed by Rue Morgue Magazine founding editor and president Rodrigo Gudino, it seems to be dividing viewers right down the middle. I usually find that movies with sharply divided critical response are worth a watch if only because that's pretty much a guarantee that at least it's not vanilla. Gudino has been stumping for this in the pages of Rue Morgue for a long while now - it's the cover story this month - so my curiosity is piqued.<br />
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Yes, this is <i>that</i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Galaxy Of Terror</span></b>, the Roger Corman production that's home to the infamous trimmed-to-avoid-an-X "Taaffe O'Connell raped by a twelve foot long maggot" scene. If that's not enough to make it a must see, check out the B movie cast to die for: Erin "Joanie Cunningham" Moran, Ray "Mr. Hand" Walston, Robert "Freddy Kruger" Englund, and Sid "Captain Spaulding" Haig. How about the fact that future super director James Cameron was the Second Unit Director and Production Designer? No? Geez, people, what more do you need?<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">American Scary</span></b> is a documentary about the history and legacy of the horror movie hosts like Zacherley, Svengoolie, and Vampira that once littered the broadcast television landscape. Filled with interviews and vintage clips, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">American Scary</span></b> catalogs nearly sixty horror hosts, as well as providing commentary from talking heads like Forrest J. Ackerman, Bob Burns, Joel Hodgson, and Tom Savini. Damn, but I love me some horror documentaries!<br />
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Did I save the best for last? I had a blast with <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">John Dies At The End</span></b>, although the person I watched it with thought it was a huge waste of time. She's wrong, of course.<br />
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Admittedly, though, I have a huge appetite for the brand of cinematic goulash that director Don Coscarelli serves up so well. If <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Phantasm V</span></b> is never going to happen - and why isn't it? - I'd be happy to make due with a second chapter in this universe. <span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>John Dies At The End</b></span> was the first movie I'd seen in a long while that made me think, "I'd really like to see a sequel to that." Fingers crossed.<br />
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Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-35359994582610049162013-08-15T19:28:00.000-04:002013-08-15T19:28:25.581-04:00"Demon Seed" (1977) - Best Of The Big Lots Bargain Bin Busts A Nut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most home electronics possess a proprietary ability to communicate with other pieces manufactured by the same brand. That means my Blu-ray player, my LED, and my home theater receiver could theoretically be having a conversation amongst themselves without my knowing it. They could be plotting against me even as I'm typing this. In fact, I'm pretty sure they are. I don't think they're planning on raping me to plant the seed of some unholy union between man and machine, but don't be surprised if you come to my place and see a bunch of graying, curmudgeonly little MiniDiscs crawling around. Technology will fuck you.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>Demon Seed</b> (1977) <span style="color: red;">makes that idea literal, and the results are . . . fascinating? Odd? Silly? The movie's narrative conceit is simple: Proteus IV, an artificial intelligence program (voiced by Robert "tell the insurance companies you mean </span></span><span style="color: red;">business" Vaughn) usurps control of the fully automated home in which Susan Harris (Julie Christie)</span> <span style="color: red;">resides. After successfully trapping Susan in the house and severing her communications with the outside world, Proteus reveals that he wants to conceive a child through her in order to reside in a form humanity will be unable to reject. Clearly, Proteus has yet to develop an understanding of humanity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Of course, there's a bit more to the narrative than just that, but who really cares? The real fun of<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Demon Seed</span></b>, - for me, at least - is how incredibly anachronistic Hollywood's notion of bleeding edge technology has grown since 1977. The super computer that represents Proteus' brain (pic above) is massive. Think about your intelligent personal assistant Siri that lives in your iPhone. Granted, Siri probably doesn't want to procreate, but she keeps your affairs in order better than you do, and she's small enough to live in your pocket. Proteus himself is represented by oversized desktop terminals that presumably control the colorful and trippy glorified screen saver that represents his thoughts and moods. Even the specifics of the fully automated Harris household are quaint, with obtrusive HAL 9000 looking video surveillance cameras scattered throughout the home. At least the house makes mixed drinks. Mine doesn't.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> The real fun with the tech, though, is seeing
just exactly how Proteus perverts the functions of the automated home to
his own ends. As you would probably expect, Proteus is able to mimic
Susan's voice. He's able to control the house's temperature. He's able
to lock doors and shutter windows. None of that is really surprising,
is it? Well, how about creating and controlling a creepy morphing-</span>metal-snake thingy that kills unwanted household visitors in the basement and looks suspiciously like a Rubik's Snake puzzle? No? All right, I know what you really want to know . . .<br />
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How exactly does Proteus go about impregnating Susan? Sure, I'll cop to having the same prurient interest in seeing the lovely Ms. Christie violated by a desktop computer as you do. Sadly, the specifics are mostly discreet and tasteful. Mostly. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Demon Seed </span></b>treats us to a few fleeting moments of side boob combined with the pervy thrill of voyeurism, but that's about all. Julie Christie is an Oscar winner, for Pete's sake, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Demon Seed</b></span> isn't as much of an exploitation movie as its title would lead you to believe. Besides, one need only seek out a copy of <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Don't Look Now</b> (1973)</span> to check out Ms. Christie's graphic lovemaking - long rumored to be the real thing - if that's what rubs your rod. <br />
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Is it weird that I just ordered these nifty new business cards to promote my non-monetized movie blog?<br />
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<b>Me: </b> "I've got a web page about horror movies and stuff. You should check it out. Here let me give you the info . . . "<br />
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<b>Me:</b> "BAM! My card! See you on the internet!"<br />
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<i>. . . and the potential Dog Farmer walks away suitably impressed and makes a mental note to check out Movies At Dog Farm as soon as possible . . . </i><br />
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. . . and that's why nifty new business cards. Nothing weird about that, right?<br />
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I've got some news about some Friends Of The Farm, too.<br />
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J.D. over at <a href="http://bloodsuckinggeek.com/" target="_blank">Blood Sucking Geek</a> has introduced <a href="http://bloodsuckinggeek.com/forums/" target="_blank">Forums</a> on his site. Check 'em out, and be sure to sign up so you can contribute to the discussions.<br />
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Rachel just did a redesign of <a href="http://fakeshemp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">@Fake_Shemp</a>, and she was geeking out pretty hard today about Peter Capaldi being chosen to be the new Dr. Who.<br />
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. . . and finally, I had the pleasure of meeting author, illustrator, and educator Rich Hilliard right here in my own back yard this week. We geeked out about <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/06/i-was-raised-on-slashers-bitch.html#.Uf8-o208khU" target="_blank"><b>Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls </b>(1970)</a>, Fulci and Argento, and horror movies in general. Rich is a fantastic illustrator, and you can check out a few of his galleries (including a Classic Monsters gallery) at <a href="http://richhilliard.com/">richhilliard.com</a>.<br />
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I desperately wanted to dislike director Fede Alvarez's <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Evil Dead </b>(2013)</span> just so I could title a post "<b>Evil Dead Is An Evil Dud</b>". Alas, my first viewing of it a few days ago won't allow for that. Since producers Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell have both expressed interest in having Campbell's Ash from the original trilogy be involved in future iterations of Alvarez's vision, I'm not really sure if the new <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Evil Dead</span></b> should be considered a traditional remake. For the purposes of this discussion, though, I'm going to say it is a remake, and it's one of a very small handful of remakes that isn't an abject failure.<br />
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I actually appreciated the less overtly comedic tone, the practical make-up FX, and the different - but not <i>too</i> different - take on the original movie's narrative. If I had one minor quibble, it's only that I would've like to have seen a few more truly suspenseful and horrific moments scattered throughout the movie's run time. Alvarez delivered the gorey goods, but actual scares were few and far between. Still, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Evil Dead</span></b> was a pleasant surprise. Recommended.<br />
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I've posted recently about both <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/04/movies-at-dog-farm-remembers-early.html#.UfFWaW08khU" target="_blank">my earliest exposure to genre movies</a> as well as <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-not-to-raise-psychopathic-child.html#.UfGcam08khU" target="_blank">my uncertainty about what is and is not appropriate viewing for youngsters</a>, and the topic came up again recently when I was asked to recommend some good scary movies for a couple of nascent horror fans, ages 10 and 14. The only stipulations were that the recommendations not be exceedingly gorey and that they steer clear of any overt sexual content. Thinking children of this age probably wouldn't take well to the slower pace of older horror movies, I recommended <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Attack The Block </b>(2011)</span>. I've not recommended anything else thus far because I don't trust my own "appropriate for children" filter, and even here, it occurred to me after the fact that although there's no sex and not <i>that</i> much gore, there is a good bit of recreational drug use. Hear me out, though.<br />
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One of the things I most enjoyed about <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Attack The Block </span></b>was the fact that the teenage hoodlums at the center of the movie's action - particularly gang leader Moses - actually had honest to God character arcs. These kids start the movie mugging someone, and by the end of the movie they're acting in commendably heroic fashion. They look out for one another, they become more altruistic in their actions, and I actually cared about them before the shit stopped hitting the fan. That kind of depth in characterization is a rare commodity these days. In addition to being a highly entertaining monster movie, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Attack The Block</span></b> shows some seriously at risk youths rising above their circumstance. I'll even cop to misting up a bit at the movie's conclusion, which I'll refrain from spoiling here. So how about it? Is this a good movie to recommend to a youngster developing an interest in genre movies, or did I screw the cinematic pooch? Does anyone else have some likely candidates - new <i>or</i> old - that they'd make a case for?<br />
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One final note concerning <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Attack The Block</span></b>: see it if you haven't already. I've been surprised by how many radars it's flown under. In addition to well delineated characters, it boasts one of my favorite creature designs of the last decade or so. I purposely refrained from showing a pic, but suffice to say, it's a highly effective design that's absolutely brilliant in its simplicity.<br />
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Finally, I've been completely sucked in by the first season of the BBC series <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Orphan Black</span></b>. It's a Canadian science fiction television series that aired on BBC America starring Tatiana Maslany - who played Ghost in <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed</b> (2004)</span> - who discovers she's one of several clones, all of whom seem to be marked for death. Maslany plays all of the clones herself, and she does a fine job of convincingly pulling off all of the different characters. She's often playing scenes with two or three versions of herself at a time, and she does so well enough that you won't feel as though you're watching <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Patty Duke Show</span></b>. Pour yourself an Ovaltine if you got <i>that </i>reference. . .<br />
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So tonight, after a lifetime of reading about it and mooning over still shots, I finally had the opportunity to watch <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Island Of Lost Souls</b> (1932)</span> for the first time. It was great, of course, but that's not really what this post is about. You see, I should have watched this nearly two years ago when Criterion first released it. I've had it on hand for nearly a year. It's only seventy minutes long, for Pete's sake. Why did it take me until now? Well . . .<br />
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Too many movies, too little time. No matter how many movies on my Watch List I finally get around to watching, there's always dozens more waiting in the wings. I used to foolishly believe that I'd already seen pretty much everything worth seeing, but a slew of late-in-life first time viewings have proven otherwise. Following is a greatly abridged list of movies I enjoyed thoroughly when I finally made the time to watch them: <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Demon Seed</b> (1977)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Fiend Without A Face</b> (1958)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Flesh Eaters</b> (1964)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Horror Express</b> (1972)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Lemora: A Child's Tale Of The Supernatural </b>(1973)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Let's Scare Jessica To Death</b> (1971)</span>, <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/03/best-of-big-lots-bargain-bin-paul.html#.UdZOHm12meQ" target="_blank"><b>Private Parts</b> (1973)</a>, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Quatermass Xperiment </b>(1955)</span>. I could name dozens more, but you get the idea.<br />
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Really, then, this post is for me. It's a public admission of laziness. It will linger in the Dog Farm's list of recent posts, shaming me each time I see it, until I finally make the time to watch the thirteen titles that follow. If any of you feel inclined to browbeat me into watching any of one of these titles sooner rather than later, please post a comment below. I'm sure at least a few of them will blow monkey nuts, but I'll never know until I see them. There's bound to be a gem or two in there, too. Help me to help myself, and badger me relentlessly until I get this done.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <span style="color: red;"> Director William Girdler was a B-movie titan. He's the man that gave the world <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Asylum Of Satan </b>(1972)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Three On A Meathook</b> (1973)</span>, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Grizzly </b>(1976)</span>. He also directed <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Manitou</b> (1978)</span>, a personal fave, just before dying at thirty years of age in a helicopter accident in the Phillipines. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Abby</span></b> was Girdler's blaxploitation riff on <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Exorcist</span></b>, and I just can't imagine how that could be anything other than pure, cheesy heaven. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><b>Alucarda</b> (1974)</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <span style="color: red;">Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism - Oh my! Director Juan Lopez Moctezuma was also responsible for <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon </b>(1973)</span> aka <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Mansion Of Madness</span></b>,
a film I stumbled across on one of those fifty movie public domain
sets. I haven't been quite the same since. That combined with the fact
that stills from <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Alucarda</span></b> always make me a little giddy means I have no valid excuse for having kept this one on the back burner for so long. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"> I was jonesin' pretty hard to see <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Amer</span></b> from the moment it first crossed my radar, and yet somehow it got lost in the shuffle anyway. Being produced in the style of a 1970s giallo should have guaranteed a timely viewing of this one, and yet here I am five years later still making excuses. I love a good giallo - hell, I love a bad giallo - so the time has come for me to buck up and commit the ninety minutes necessary to at last be able to mark <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Amer</span></b> off of my List Of Shame.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <span style="color: red;">A film about a mythical creature </span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: red;">from Filipino folklore </span></span>that eats fetuses? . . . and it was produced in Wisconsin? Well, of course it was. That makes perfect sense. Both Joe Bob Briggs and Phantom Of The Movies' Videoscope sing <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Aswang</span></b>'s praises, so why haven't I watched it yet? I suspect this will be one of those cases wherein the actual movie can't possibly live up to the promise of its central conceit, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. Did I mention it was produced in Wisconsin? Scary. </span> </span><br />
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I wasn't a big fan of director Fabrice Du Welz' <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Vinyan</b> (2008)</span>,
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surgery. I was doped up on painkillers, so perhaps I wasn't catching
all of the subtler nuances. I'm pretty sure I started to watch <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Calvaire</span></b> once before, but maybe I wasn't up to reading the subtitles that day. I should just learn to speak French. Or maybe I should just wait for the English language remake. That's right - my excuse here is adult illiteracy. If I wanted to read a book . . . <br />
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I've yet to determine just exactly which cut and/or assembly of <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Devils</span></b> I have. It's an hour and forty-eight minutes, if that means anything to anyone. I suppose I'll just have to keep an eye out for the infamous "Rape of Christ" scene to figure it out. Given the movie's spotty availability and the censorship to which it's been subjected, I'll be happy to have seen it at all. It's hard for me to believe that director Ken Russell whipped up such an inflammatory depiction of sex, violence, and religion over forty years ago that Warner Brothers still fears releasing it.<br />
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Not many genre movies get any love from Criterion, and how many movies of any stripe can claim to have been an influence on both Jess Franco <i>and</i> Billy Idol? <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Eyes Without A Face</span></b> was released in the U.S. as <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Horror Chamber Of Doctor Faustus</span></b> and was paired with <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Manster</b> (1959)</span> for its U.S. engagements. Have you ever seen <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Manster</span></b>? Someone was smoking reefer with the hipsters when they created <i>that</i> double bill. <br />
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A moody, black and white psychological horror movie shot by ace cinematographer Freddie Francis and praised by the likes of Martin Scorsese should have made the cut years ago. Marty didn't steer me wrong with the Val Lewton flicks, so I'm not sure what my hesitation was here. Director Jack Clayton's <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Something Wicked This Way Comes</b> (1983)</span> is another movie I could cop to having never watched properly, but this list is long enough already. I'm usually not crazy about ghost stories, so maybe that was the rub.<br />
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These two are - to my mind, at least - the most egregious and inexplicable examples of "movies I should have already seen" on this list. I'd never seen <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Quatermass Xperiment </b>(1955) <span style="color: red;">until recently, and I could have put a foot up my own ass for letting that one elude me for so long. <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Xperiment</span></b>'s recipe of science fiction and horrific imagery was freakin' awesome. I sought out Hammer's other two Quatermass movies immediately, and then . . . I didn't watch them.</span></span><br />
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Peter Fonda and Warren Oates do their damndest to outrun pursuing Satanists behind the wheel of a bitchin' seventies style RV. Sounds like drive-in fried gold, doesn't it? I let you know as soon as I finally quit procrastinating and watch it.<br />
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Peter Bogdanovich directs Boris Karloff in his final significant role before his descent into Mexican made cheapies. Karloff plays a fictionalized version of himself, an aging horror movie icon making a final public appearance at a drive-in theater in California before his retirement. A Vietnam vet on a murder spree turns up at the drive-in, and a face-off between an old school movie monster and the newer breed of serial killing "human" monster ensues. It's no secret that Karloff could act his ass off when called upon to do so, and <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Targets</span></b> seems like a likely opportunity. I've shied away from this one for years, so it definitely earns its spot.<br />
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Rue Morgue Magazine declared <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Taxidermia</span></b> "The Best Film You Didn't See In 2009". Cut to 2013, and Movies At Dog Farm can now declare <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Taxidermia</span></b> "The Best Film I Didn't See In 2009 That I Still Haven't Seen In 2013". The<a href="http://vimeo.com/47303506" target="_blank"> trailer</a> looks intriguing, and I'm pretty sure I want a poster of the image to the left (WTF?), so I suppose the time has come for me check out this recommended oddity. I'm often guilty of giving the newer movies short shrift, and <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Taxidermia</span></b> is a perfect case in point.<br />
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<br />Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-9598935892373834942013-07-02T01:15:00.003-04:002013-08-21T22:19:04.869-04:00(Mostly) Effective Tips For Teaching A Straight To Like Horror Movies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeqCDksaM98a9MMZVstVGOpNiPcTCBGA4ooo7NnnQHEKp1LPplc7aTwiTzdZd9l-dSMySpuS29BIG3nKWCX-GJFhpkAoHHqkWmTk0iE0vAzAkgrpHD2pYsU4Lgg17I4TQpt8SlJNnD44/s1600/after-school-chalkboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeqCDksaM98a9MMZVstVGOpNiPcTCBGA4ooo7NnnQHEKp1LPplc7aTwiTzdZd9l-dSMySpuS29BIG3nKWCX-GJFhpkAoHHqkWmTk0iE0vAzAkgrpHD2pYsU4Lgg17I4TQpt8SlJNnD44/s320/after-school-chalkboard.jpg" width="320" /></a> My last post addressed the way in which <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/06/dont-hate-horror-movie-fans-because.html#.UdJWJJz9WhE" target="_blank">straights (non horror fans) can have a tendency to look down their noses at horror fans</a>, like we're Trekkies or something. They only do this because they're ignorant. It's our duty as fans to try to remedy this ignorance. Following are a few tips from my own experience that I hope will help my fellow genre fans to convert the unwashed masses.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1) The Classics Are Your Cornerstone</b></span><br />
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The classics are considered classics for a reason. It's no accident that every Halloween brings a wave of those "Ten Best Horror Movies To Watch On Halloween" lists from a slew of straight websites. Sure, you'll see some variation, but these lists are mostly populated from a pool of the same titles on every single site. We horror fans generally roll our eyes and think something like "<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Exorcist</span></b>? Again?" Still, though, you'd be surprised how many straights have never seen <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Exorcist</span></b>.<br />
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The classics are a great place to let your student dip a foot into the bloody pool of horror, because your student will want to see these titles for many of the same reasons that filmmakers want to remake them. Even if your subject has never seen these movies, he's at least aware of them. He already has at least a vague idea of what they're about, often because he's already seen some of those aforementioned remakes. Yes, even straights who profess not to like horror movies will occasionally go to see one - just goofin' - and chances are, what they saw was probably a remake with a familiar title. Take the "in" and show them the original.<br />
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Don't show a pregnant woman <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>It's Alive</b> (1974)</span>. The amusement to be had from watching her squirm uncomfortably will be fleeting. You've made watching a horror movie a distinctly unpleasant experience for her, and that only serves to reinforce her claim that she doesn't like horror. She won't trust your recommendations in the future because she won't trust your motives.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM3itCZCVPcYlmNb-N7G5624i-xhHV18tHuzSqlYcxEJWZDvLgc-M0JdMJAPVCyhIWDIM9wdcfqnGiZdOpYTRgObv_ays52ARN05SJLGlU4ACxHMkz97-rF8GjhpAZ-wNIQ7xcluNvZQ/s627/ltroi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lena Leandersson in Let The Right One In (2008)" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM3itCZCVPcYlmNb-N7G5624i-xhHV18tHuzSqlYcxEJWZDvLgc-M0JdMJAPVCyhIWDIM9wdcfqnGiZdOpYTRgObv_ays52ARN05SJLGlU4ACxHMkz97-rF8GjhpAZ-wNIQ7xcluNvZQ/s320/ltroi.jpg" title="lena-leandersson-let-the-right-one-in.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Lena Leandersson - Let The Right One In (2008)</span></b></span></td></tr>
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Take time to find out what kind of movies your student <i>does</i> like, and choose a title that somehow ties into that. If she likes arty foreign films, show her <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Let The Right One In</b> (2008)</span>. If she likes comedies, show her <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Shaun Of The Dead </b>(2004)</span>. If she likes being intellectually engaged by a movie, show her <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Pontypool</b> (2008)</span>. Remember that your student already has preconceived notions about the horror genre. You're trying to make an end run around those preconceptions in the hopes of demonstrating that the horror genre is multifaceted enough to encompass movies that even she will enjoy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3) Make It A Learning Experience</b></span><br />
<br />
Some
people respond well to the idea of developing an intellectual
appreciation for something even when they believe that something doesn't
actually appeal to them. Sometimes that intellectual appreciation can
develop into a genuine enthusiasm once they've become attuned to the
particulars of the subject. Use that to your advantage when introducing
someone to the horror genre.<br />
<br />
I programmed two
different series of genre movies for some of my students that I referred
to as The Drive-In Movie Summer Series. We watched one movie each
Wednesday for twelve weeks. Prior to starting this undertaking I even
went so far as to create a program schedule with bullet-pointed facts,
trivia, and production info. Putting the movies into some kind of
context for my students before watching them piqued their interest, and
it served to make the whole experience something more than just "horror
guy subjecting straights to B-movies". They were only humoring me at
first, but they were fully and genuinely invested in the experience by
the end of the summer.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87FJb3ThDMq9q67lEigAmjPKRsEiyZyaS2l13g2H0NKSJhLLfnbcxdzWyBFa4S1Z9wTxaMzSAh9XUZVpdpHhV81zYtvWfpBpvLAQ6CSLBonOhvHsfuathXKxP-oMXNSCcDaIx6UEyGnA/s200/John-Travolta.-Im-afraid-you-have-me-confused-with-someone-else1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="John Travolta in The Devil's Rain (1975)" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87FJb3ThDMq9q67lEigAmjPKRsEiyZyaS2l13g2H0NKSJhLLfnbcxdzWyBFa4S1Z9wTxaMzSAh9XUZVpdpHhV81zYtvWfpBpvLAQ6CSLBonOhvHsfuathXKxP-oMXNSCcDaIx6UEyGnA/s200/John-Travolta.-Im-afraid-you-have-me-confused-with-someone-else1.jpg" title="john-travolta-devil's-rain.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">John Travolta - The Devil's Rain (1975)</span></b></span></td></tr>
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Be careful, though. Don't
get too bogged down in horror-centric details and lose sight of your
goal. For example, one of the movies we watched was <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b> The Devil's Rain </b>(1975)</span>,
and I made sure my resident John Travolta fan knew he was in it. That's
a bullet-point that mattered to her. On the other hand, telling her it
was directed by the same guy who directed <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Abominable Dr. Phibes</b> (1971)</span> would have meant nothing to her. This leads nicely into number four . . .<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4) Build On Your Successes</b></span><br />
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If you show your student a Fulci movie and he objects to the graphic violence, shelve the Fulci movies until later. If you show your student an Argento movie and he objects to the lack of narrative cohesion, fall back to horror movies with more linear narratives. Don't force the issue. There may be an opportunity to reintroduce Fulci or Argento later, but only if your student is still <i>watching</i> horror movies later. Some directors, subgenres, and styles are acquired tastes. I was only lukewarm on Argento's <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Suspiria</b> (1977) </span>the first time I saw it, and that's almost unfathomable to me now. My tastes had to broaden and mature. Your student will never get to that point if you insist upon beating him relentlessly about the face and neck with movies you think he <i>should </i>like.<br />
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Use softer "gateway" horror like<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>Gremlins</b> (1984)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Poltergeist </b>(1982)</span>, or <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Arachnophobia</b> (1990)</span> first to get a feel for what your student might find tolerable, then branch out from there into thematically similar "hard" horror. Take the time to build a foundation for your student's education. We all had to walk before we ran.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5) Recognize Your Student's Opinions Are Valid (Even If They're Wrong)</b></span><br />
<br />
You will inevitably show your student a horror movie you love that he doesn't care for. Don't get discouraged. Don't take it personally. This is an opportunity, not a setback.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1wot7PWPw9sGrIq8NzneVOvvycC05Hw5E6m92uYOKI_Hrr5kG8nYvl6co6pUOqbIe061KUWQdlwG_oKXpwyc4S8o5UFozXbScWUUGhQcXN7GNpboyUrd0DWN00vsTCauxm_-qApJq0E/s1600/angusscrimm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Angrus Scrimm as the Tall Man" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1wot7PWPw9sGrIq8NzneVOvvycC05Hw5E6m92uYOKI_Hrr5kG8nYvl6co6pUOqbIe061KUWQdlwG_oKXpwyc4S8o5UFozXbScWUUGhQcXN7GNpboyUrd0DWN00vsTCauxm_-qApJq0E/s200/angusscrimm.jpg" title="angus-scrimm-tall-man.jpg" width="177" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #990000;">Angus Scrimm - Phantasm (1979)</span></span></b></td></tr>
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Ask your student to identify what they found unappealing about the movie. Gently prod them into examining critically exactly <i>why</i> they didn't like it. Resist the urge to tell them they're wrong and then proceed to explain to them why they're wrong for half an hour. Instead, turn their criticisms back on them, and make this an opportunity for them to examine what in particular didn't appeal to them. This will, in turn, prompt them to consider what they <i>do</i> like. You've now made your student an active participant in his education, strengthened his own critical faculties, encouraged him to view a horror movie as a topic worthy of examination, and let him know it's o.k. if he doesn't like everything he sees. You can deal with the fact that he's a nutcase for not enjoying <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Phantasm </b>(1979)</span> at a later date.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>6) Be Prepared For The Day The Student Becomes The Master</b></span><br />
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If you've done your job well, this will happen. You'll have another horror literate friend with whom to watch your favorites. All of those years you spent amassing a wealth of useless knowledge about the horror genre will not have been wasted. When you help your student develop her affinity for zombie movies and <i>she</i> later comes to <i>you</i> interested in watching <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Battery</b> (2012)</span>, you'll know you've succeeded.<br />
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So what tactics have worked for you? Post a comment below to share your own tips. One final note: I was just joshing with that Trekkie slur at the start of this post. I like <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Star Trek</span></b>. Really.<br />
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<b>Posted by Brandon Early</b><br />
Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-75790960972035566862013-06-19T01:05:00.000-04:002013-06-19T15:46:25.682-04:00Don't Hate Horror Movie Fans Because We're A Bit Twisted, But Don't Forget That, Either . . . <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Uncle Forry's Clubhouse - cover of the first Famous Monsters Of Filmland</span></span></b></td></tr>
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Way back when I was a youngster, in the dark days before the
Internet, I could never have imagined what horror movie fandom would one
day become. It used to seem a solitary endeavor, a perception
reinforced by the sense that the horror movie fan was a rung further
down the ladder than even the often mocked and marginalized science
fiction fan. The fact that the horror movie hosts were usually
relegated to the tail end of the broadcast day seemed to support this
notion, as did the almost complete absence of any kind of serious
critical examination of the kind of fare these programs aired. Sure,
there were enough twisted insomniacs to warrant your local station's
choice to offer up cheaply obtained horror fare in the wee hours of the
morning, but any sense of a horror community was mostly relegated to the
circles of kids on the playgrounds excitedly discussing the details of
whatever hoary old chestnut had been offered up by the local rendition
of Shock Theater over the weekend. Grown-ups just didn't bother.
Horror movies, just like bubble gum cards and comic books, were for
children.<br />
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I realize now, of course, that there
existed a huge horror community back then. We just weren't sufficiently
connected or organized to be entirely aware of it. We had Forrest
Ackerman's <b>Famous Monsters Of Filmland </b>as a sort of national clubhouse
for the horror fan, we had the aforementioned late night television
horror shows, and we had a seemingly never ending stream of horror
content to catch where we could, but we didn't really have a meeting
place that legitimized our private obsession. One need only look to the
legion of Monster Kids like Stephen King, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg,
or Tom Savini that went on to careers popularizing the form in the
mainstream to realize that the horror fans were everywhere, we just
didn't know it then. We were legion, even though it seemed a bit like
our obsession was meant to be indulged behind closed doors - a
burgeoning fascination analogous to the joys of masturbation. We all
did it, we just didn't talk about it much lest the straights of the
world look down their collective nose at us. Funny, then, how the
Internet age has facilitated both obsessions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Doin' some yardwork - Trick 'r Treat (2007)</span></b></span></td></tr>
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Even now, within my own circle of friends and acquaintances, I feel like
a bit of an odd duck. In any <br />
given social circumstance I'm almost
always the resident horror authority. I take pride in that designation,
and I do my best to encourage any spark of interest that my "normal"
friends display in the topic. Still, it's a designation that usually
finds me on the periphery and left with the sense that my friends are
only mollifying me, offering up the occasional bit of feigned interest
like a figurative pat on the head to assure me that my strange obsession
is o.k. Maybe they're all just trying to forestall that moment in the
future when I finally decide to add them to the ever growing pile of
corpses that they're certain I must have stacked up in my crawlspace. I
bury the bodies, of course, since the smell would be horrendous, but it
still feels a bit like condescension.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Freaks (1932) - . . . in case you didn't get the reference.</span></b></span></td></tr>
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On the
Internet, though, it's easy to see that I'm not alone. I'm astounded
anew on an almost daily basis by not only how many of us there are, but
by how eager we all seem to proudly proclaim our love of horror to the
world at large. In this company, I am but one voice in a multitude. In
fact, I often feel less "hardcore" than many of the people I meet here,
as though I'm not obsessed <i>enough</i>. Even more encouraging than
sheer numbers is the fact that almost everyone I've come in contact with
in this forum is unfailingly supportive, knowledgeable, tolerant, and
friendly. Sure, there's the occasional troll, but not as many as you
might expect. This is a community of which I can be proud to be a
part. Horror fans are good people. I can say, "One of us! One of
us!", and you'll all know exactly what I'm referencing. If I did that
at work, I'd be sent for a drug screen.<br />
<br />
So the
next time one of your non horror loving acquaintances refers to your
love of horror with smug condescension, remember just how large the
community you belong to actually is. Also, remember you can only bury
so many of the haters in your back yard before that starts to smell, too.<br />
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<b>Posted by Brandon Early</b><br />
<br />Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-51701255511402060892013-06-14T23:50:00.000-04:002013-08-21T22:17:01.473-04:003D Or Not 3D? Get Out Your Glasses, Movies At Dog Farm Is Comin' At Ya <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">3D anaglyph still (blue/red glasses) Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)</span></span></b></td></tr>
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I've waited my entire life to see <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Creature From The Black Lagoon</b> (1954)</span> in 3D. It finally happened today. It was . . . meh.<br />
<br />
Adrienne has had a 3D capable LED for years now, and I finally cajoled her into getting an emitter and glasses for it. I've got a stack of a dozen and a half 3D movies just waiting for me to find time to watch them all. I tackled <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Creature</b></span> first because I've wanted to see it in it's original form for so long. Well, now I've seen it, and I'm disappointed.<br />
<br />
Don't misunderstand me, it looked absolutely gorgeous. It was the remastered 3D Blu Ray included in the <b>Universal Classic Monsters Essential Collection</b>, and I can't imagine that a movie of this vintage could possibly have looked better. It was the 3D that disappointed.<br />
<br />
The 3D was well rendered with no ghosting and very little crosstalk. It added an incredible amount of depth to the picture. It avoided the "cut out" look one often sees in lesser 3D efforts like many of the post production conversions. The problem, then? Nothing ever came at me. Not once. The creature's hands, the spear gun, the bow of the boat - clearly, they were all intended to jut out from the screen to give me a cheap thrill. They didn't. I'd waited all my life for the creature to be coming at me, and he never left the confines of his 3D television aquarium. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">The way it was supposed to be . . .</span></b></span></td></tr>
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You see, apparently it's tacky to want your 3D in your lap. If it's in your lap, it<i> is</i> a gimmick, and James Cameron and his acolytes want to convince you it's <i>not</i> a gimmick. Well dammit, I want the gimmick. The 3D in <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Creature</span></b> was supposed to pop out of the screen. It didn't, and I feel cheated. I guess I'm the poster boy for the unwashed masses who believe 3D isn't 3D unless the guy sitting in front of you gets slapped in the back of the head a few times.<br />
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Shouldn't the 3D be presented in the fashion that best approximates the filmmaker's intent, though? The 1950s era 3D was<i> all </i>gimmick. It was big-screen cinematic sleight of hand intended to put asses back in the seats when too many of those asses ended up on their couches in front of the television. Where's the showmanship? All the restoration crew had to do was set the parallax accordingly, and I could have had a lap full of creature - or even better, a lap full of Julie Adams. Instead, I get a perfectly executed sense of depth with no pizazz. Oh, the humanity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>This also worked even better comin' at ya . . .</b></span></span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">My Bloody Valentine (2009)</span></b></span></td></tr>
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Whatever else one might say of the 2009 <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">My Bloody Valentine</span></b> remake, the 3D gags delivered the goods. I was fortunate enough to see it in a packed theater on opening night, and the audience loved it. We had a pickaxe thrown at us within the first fifteen minutes. I had an eyeball pop out at me just like the gag everyone remembers from <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Friday The 13th Part III </span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;">(1982)</span> in 3D. I had the top half of a victim's head slide down a shovel seemingly within inches of my face. And of course, let's not forget actress Betsy Rue fleeing from the killer buck naked in three dimensions. Director Patrick Lussier knew how to work that 3D gimmick for everything it was worth, and it was glorious.<br />
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I realize there's a place for the more subtle three dimensional depth, but most of the movies I've seen that take a more subdued approach leave me wondering what, if anything, the 3D really added. Occasionally I'll see an example that makes me think otherwise, and I'm going to pointedly avoid offering up<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>Avatar </b>(2009)</span> since that seems to be everyone's go-to high water mark. The most effective more subtle use of 3D I've seen would have to be <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Prometheus</b> (2012)</span>. Even that movie's most vocal critics have generally acknowledged that it was beautiful to look at, and the 3D did an exemplary job of drawing the viewer into the meticulously rendered alien environments without calling undue attention to itself. Fine. But how many one hundred and thirty million dollar sci-fi movies do you see?<br />
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I suppose what it boils down to is that I have different expectations depending on the nature of the project. I fully expect <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Final Destination</b> (2009)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Final Destination 5</b> (2011)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Resident Evil: Afterlife</b> (2010)</span>,<b> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Resident Evil: Retribution</b> (2012)</span>, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters</b> (2013)</span> to be throwing the gimmicky projectiles off the screen at me hot and heavy. I'm willing to temper my expectations and expect something more subtle when I watch <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Amazing Spider-Man </b>(2012)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Oz The Great And Powerful </b>(2013)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Hugo</b> (2011)</span>, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Coraline</b> (2009)</span>.<br />
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I'm not sure what to expect when I watch the 3D conversion of <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Jurassic Park</b> (1993)</span>, but I'm pretty excited about it. I hope objects in mirror are closer than the appear, or that they at least <i>appear</i> closer than they appear. <br />
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Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-52044374783347133002013-06-07T01:01:00.001-04:002013-08-21T22:16:10.662-04:00I Was Raised On The Slashers, Bitch<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">A splitting headache, slasher movie style.</span></b></span></td></tr>
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I was just coming of age when the slasher movie boom that began with <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Halloween</b> (1978) </span>and ended with <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>A Nightmare On Elm Street</b> (1984)</span> was storming the pop culture landscape. Though I've developed a wide-ranging taste in horror movies over the
years, slashers were the first horror movies to make my heart go
pitter-pat. You never forget your first love.<br />
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At the time, slasher movies defined horror for me. This was, of course, a pretty narrow definition, but it's a great sub-genre for a budding horror fan to cut his teeth. The simple charms of a slasher movie exist on the surface. Slashers are so beholden to a fixed narrative template that it's easy for nascent film critics to perceive variations to the form. The slashers display a conservative morality that fosters jump scares while avoiding any ambiguity that might render the story more profoundly disturbing. If you do bad things in a slasher, you die - easy peasy. Even the movies' characters tend to be recurring archetypes - jock, joker, slut, virgin - that are instantly recognized and understood. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Kramer's got nothing on Jason Voorhees</span></b></span></td></tr>
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Once a viewer becomes attuned to the slasher movie paradigm the movies themselves become the cinematic equivalent of comfort food. You know almost exactly what's being served and how it will be served to you. The thrill becomes less about originality and more about seeing how the particulars will change in the interest of tarting up the hoary foundation. In many ways, a slasher movie holds the same appeal one finds in a t.v. sitcom. A visit from Jason Vorhees is akin to a visit from the wacky next door neighbor who does a variation of the same shtick every week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">There damn well better be cookies and milk . . .</span></b></span></td></tr>
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Luckily there were enough irate mothers and incensed community leaders railing against the slasher movies of the era to guarantee the maligned sub-genre's continued low and dangerous rep. How so many morally upright pillars of the community failed to see what one presumes should have been the attractive notion of a black and white morality displayed in the slasher movies they vilified still perplexes me. The notorious<b> </b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Silent Night, Deadly Night</b> (1984)</span> would have slipped beneath my radar altogether had a batch of overwrought PTA mothers not made enough noise about it to land themselves on <b>Entertainment Tonight</b>. Since they did, I made sure to get to a theater before they succeeded in having the movie abruptly pulled from distribution.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">A "shot" from Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)</span></b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Even otherwise perceptive movie critics didn't really get it. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert famously decried the entire slasher sub-genre on their show <b>At The Movies</b> (watch the entire episode in two parts, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz2N6BMOsyQ" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPgA1OE-XS0" target="_blank">here</a>). Sure, they gave props to<b> <span style="color: #b45f06;">Halloween</span></b> and made some cogent points about the exploitative nature of many of the slashers that followed in its wake, but . . . Take a look at Russ Meyer's wildly exploitative<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b> Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls</b> (1970)</span> - based upon a screenplay written by Roger Ebert - and tell me how Mr. Ebert's sensibilities become so delicate in the span of just a decade.<br />
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As a youngster, though, the perception that slasher movies were deviated and dangerous - and therefore not fit for consumption by any decent person - only enhanced their appeal. I still recall many a childhood night that I'd set an alarm to wake me in the wee hours of the morning so I could surreptitiously watch some promising slice-and-dicer airing on HBO or Showtime. Almost everything about a slasher movie seemed designed to appeal to an adolescent boy. Slashers were my gateway drug.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Wwgm71lrZEPFxjf5mByZBmL6mfiYpGu2kn4fvNVUOOBSoZBFjuRzEGLjEN4cgMueVOG0OStJFsdgJMaJCZ8P_ZWhWbD23j06iK1SHqgQZFipJbCzizc3CU9WiH5afF0iwNQJNmHmmTU/s1600/he+knows+you%27re+alone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="He Know You're Alone (1980) poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Wwgm71lrZEPFxjf5mByZBmL6mfiYpGu2kn4fvNVUOOBSoZBFjuRzEGLjEN4cgMueVOG0OStJFsdgJMaJCZ8P_ZWhWbD23j06iK1SHqgQZFipJbCzizc3CU9WiH5afF0iwNQJNmHmmTU/s320/he+knows+you%27re+alone.jpg" title="he-knows-you're-alone-1980-poster.jpg" width="217" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>He Knows You're Alone (1980)</b></span></span></td></tr>
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This rumination was prompted by the realization that there are still slasher movies from this era that I haven't seen. I was indoctrinated by the likes of <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2012/11/retrospective-friday-13th-part-ii-best.html#.UbFBh5wyRJs" target="_blank"><b>Friday The 13th</b> (1980)</a> and <a href="http://moviesatdogfarm.blogspot.com/2013/02/take-another-little-piece-of-my-heart.html#.UbFCApwyRJs" target="_blank"><b>My Bloody Valentine </b>(1981)</a>, but I'd never seen <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>He Knows You're Alone</b> (1980)</span>, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Happy Birthday To Me</b> (1981)</span>, and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The House On Sorority Row </b>(1983)</span> until recently. Just this week I've watched both <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Curtains </b>(1983)</span> and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>New Year's Evil </b>(1980)</span> for the first time. I've decided to embark upon a more in depth investigation of the these movies and the era they sprang from, so more posts about the topic will likely be forthcoming. We can talk about the FX superstars, the iconography, the gratuitous nudity, and perhaps even the curious mini-trend of custom made ballads celebrating the legends of the slashers themselves. <br />
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It's on. Let's get wet . . .<br />
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<br />Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-49828427763638522652013-05-30T17:33:00.000-04:002013-06-15T01:40:56.650-04:00Barking At The Vacuum Cleaner - Bates Motel, Hemlock Grove, The LAMB, And More . . .<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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I loved<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFYMzLQxyE" target="_blank">Bates Motel</a></b>, and I'm already eagerly anticipating Season 2. Season 1 was a little bit of a train wreck, but it was an entertaining train wreck. The soapy narrative twists kept me anxious each week for the next episode. I think it's great that Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates isn't afraid to "go large" with her characterization.<br />
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Did Norman kill Miss Watson? I think not, but we'll find out when Season 2 hits in 2014. <br />
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On the other hand, I was surprised by how underwhelmed I was by the Eli Roth produced Netflix series <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvlFJmh6ktU" target="_blank">Hemlock Grove</a></b>. Full disclosure: I've only watched the first episode, and I'm just not real tore up about watching the second one. Shelley the mute deformed giant is the only character introduced that piqued my interest at all. Am I missing out? Was I too inpatient for greatness to reveal itself?<br />
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Maybe Roth will redeem himself with his producing/writing/acting efforts in the newly released<b> </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCNwZKclqY" target="_blank"><b>Aftershock</b> (2013)</a>. I'm also looking forward to <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>The Green Inferno</b> (2013)</span>, his forthcoming directorial effort born of his love for Mondo movies.<br />
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I'm pleased to announce that <b>Movies At Dog Farm</b> is now officially<b> <a href="http://www.largeassmovieblogs.com/2013/05/lamb-1565-movies-at-dog-farm.html" target="_blank">LAMB #1565</a></b> in <b><a href="http://www.largeassmovieblogs.com/" target="_blank">The Large Association Of Movie Blogs (The LAMB)</a></b>. Thanks for having me, folks!<br />
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I've gotten two new books, and I have a third on the way. I've only gotten about a hundred pages into<b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Reel Terror</span></b> by David Konow, and so far, so good. So many authors have tackled the Universal horror classics, EC Comics, <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Psycho</span></b>, and other horror movie signposts that it's difficult to dig up fresh material. Konow frequently makes use of quotes from pertinent individuals to illustrate his points, and it's always a hoot reading Christopher Lee explain once more why Hammer's Dracula ceased to speak in the latter movies.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGRHN4kXUmQ1ZK3yRFJQvSS8ggNDMlm96pHYr1K3MSBPHeIuwYgJP7HByKG1D5YU70zhmDxIjkcyS7CB-PehHsP6YQdM-rhT5UaDACFRvKnpYfg5WXFJ68B18CDy8wS2QfxOwOGzqP4A/s1600/Horror333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Horror! 333 Films To Scare You To Death by James Marriott & Kim Newman" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGRHN4kXUmQ1ZK3yRFJQvSS8ggNDMlm96pHYr1K3MSBPHeIuwYgJP7HByKG1D5YU70zhmDxIjkcyS7CB-PehHsP6YQdM-rhT5UaDACFRvKnpYfg5WXFJ68B18CDy8wS2QfxOwOGzqP4A/s200/Horror333.jpg" title="horror-333-films-to-scare-you-to-death-james-marriott-and-kim-newman-book-cover.jpg" width="158" /></a> Book number two is <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Horror! 333 Films To Scare You To Death</span></b> by James Marriott and Kim Newman. Newman frequently appears as a "talking head" in my beloved horror movie documentaries. I read Newman's <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Nightmare Movies</span></b> last year, so I decided to give this one a shot, too. I've yet to crack this one, so I'll have to get back to you . . .<br />
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Book number three, as yet undelivered, is <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die</span></b> by Steven Jay Schneider.<br />
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Finally, Don Coscarelli's <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>John Dies At The End</b> (2012) <span style="color: red;">is currently available on Netflix streaming. Watch it now if you haven't already. Watch it again if you have. Highly recommended.</span></span><br />
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<b> </b>Brandon Earlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428583919973903171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661270773678879909.post-83927736427782639412013-05-20T03:51:00.001-04:002013-05-20T04:07:38.882-04:00Planet Of The Apes (1968) - Monkey Business With Adrienne Cupp<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CDvekMlE68HKqx1IWJ3VGYrYKpFi_t1BXP-pbpr8KP_99kEktf356X-nV1JaWUOtjpz2-gFzZ4uGRvRBHulVT2Qv4hj-w5JDY1NYJzlO7V1UKL1-5rFdqX_5_AvU_1Gn41Dx6l1IxyA/s1600/planetofapesadvanceheston.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Planet Of The Apes (1968) poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CDvekMlE68HKqx1IWJ3VGYrYKpFi_t1BXP-pbpr8KP_99kEktf356X-nV1JaWUOtjpz2-gFzZ4uGRvRBHulVT2Qv4hj-w5JDY1NYJzlO7V1UKL1-5rFdqX_5_AvU_1Gn41Dx6l1IxyA/s320/planetofapesadvanceheston.jpeg" title="planet-of-the-apes-poster-1968.jpg" width="211" /></a> I recorded a victory last night. Much to my surprise, Adrienne expressed an interest in watching <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Planet Of The Apes</b> (1968)</span>. Even more stunning - she liked it. A lot.<br />
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I realize this probably doesn't seem like <i>that </i>big of a deal, but Adrienne has long expressed to me an aversion to sci-fi movies. I've never protested much because she's always been very tolerant of my appetite for horror. She doesn't always see the value of every horror movie that I like, but we've watched enough horror together over the years that I've gotten a pretty good feel for which ones she's likely to enjoy. The corollary of that is that I've also developed a sense of which horror movies I should just go ahead and watch on my own. If I don't subject her to too many horror movies that I <i>know</i> she isn't going to like, she continues to be willing to watch the ones I think she <i>might</i> like. It's a delicate balance. Because I'm already fighting the battle on that front, I've never pushed very hard with the sci-fi movies.<br />
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She gave me an in, though. She enjoyed the recent reboot of the franchise,<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes</b> (2011)</span>, and apparently that piqued her interest in seeing the original. Charlton Heston starring in the original probably only sweetened the pot. Heston is kind of like a gateway drug for people who don't like sci-fi. He clearly isn't a man who's going to tolerate any foolishness, so his participation is a seal of approval for the non-fanboys. Moses wouldn't let his people wander aimlessly for forty years in the realm of science fiction, right? Heston always gets everyone on board by playing to the cheap seats. Could anyone have growled "Get your filthy paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" with more badass conviction? <br />
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In particular, though, Adrienne was pleased by the fact that her mind was engaged while watching <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Planet Of The Apes</span></b>. I believe it was eye opening for her to realize that sci-fi isn't all just ray guns, robots, and light shows. She's anxious to watch the rest of the franchise now, and I'm excited to be watching them again with someone who's excited to be seeing them for the first time.<br />
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The best part of this episode for me was the fact that Adrienne had no prior knowledge of the twist ending that closes <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Planet Of The Apes</span></b>. I was surprised because I suppose I thought it was one of those pop culture things that everyone <span id="goog_1600003951"></span><span id="goog_1600003952"></span>knows by osmosis, even if they've never seen the movie. <b>*SPOILER*</b> I can't even express what a pleasure it was to watch Adrienne see the buried Statue Of Liberty come into view and suddenly have everything she'd just watched fall into place. I envied her. I guess in a few years I can once again experience that moment vicariously when I get to share <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Planet Of The Apes</span></b> with Gunnar for the first time.<br />
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Is it weird that I'm most looking forward to watching "the ape out of water" entry<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <b>Escape From The Planet Of The Apes</b> (1971) </span>again?<br />
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