Happy Halloween

Not much happened for me today because of work. I thought I would be able to catch a few trick or treaters once I got home, but my block was dead... Not one person was giving out candy. This year was wasted, I didn't dress up either. At least we had our movie month. So, I'll see you all back here in a month. 

Rabbits

I've watched many Tim Burton films and have talked about it a lot, but there are other directors out there that do a lot of similar work and sometimes do much creepier work. When I was in college I was talking to someone that told me to look up a David Lynch film whenever I got the chance, I wrote it down and that was that. I had been wanting to look up one of his films for a while so I decided to do it today. I looked up David Lynch on YouTube to see what I could find, then I looked up David Lynch movies and one of the first films that popped up was Rabbits. I knew his films where supposed to be creepy, but I had no idea what else to expect. Based on the comments I saw on this video a lot of people, like me, didn't understand what was happening and thought that what they were watching had to do with the holocaust. I have no idea, but this film was boring and strange. I wouldn't watch it again, but I do want to look into his other work and see if there are better films. Rabbits is supposed to be like a 9 episode sitcom so maybe that's why it was so weird, but maybe a different one would make more sense to me. If you end up watching it let me know what you think about it and your interpretation of it.

Tomorrow is finally Halloween, I am going to be working so I won't get to celebrate it like most other people. I'll be back tomorrow with the last Blogoween of this year not with a movie, but with something else. Let me know what you plan on doing tomorrow.

Mabel

Headless

Today I tried to get my brother to watch a scary movie with me since the Internet was actually working again. He decided on a movie we have seen a few times before, Sleepy Hollow.

This is another Tim Burton film which means it's a good one. It's about Icobod Crane looking for the murderer in a small town. He is sent there basically to be gotten ride of because he wants to figure out people's actual deaths. It's a good film, perfect to watch at night to make it a bit creepier.

Mabel

Always

On Wednesdays I tend to hang out with my brother all day because we watch Supernatural together at night. When he came home from work I asked him if he would watch a horror movie with me and he actually agreed as long as he got to choose. He isn't a fan of horror movies so I thought this would be great. We actually went out and bought snacks before picking a film out. We came back home ready to chose the film and the internet didn't work...no Wi-Fi, no Netflix. So we decided to watch one of our own movies, one we have watched plenty of times. We had just watched the first film a few days ago so we watched the second one. It's one of our least favorite, but the small details complete the entire story. We watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

I love to watch Harry Potter films anytime throughout the year, it's great for all holidays and people.

Other than that my brother and I watch a lot of episodes of random shows, YouTube videos, stand up, and Arthur when we eat dinner. Speaking of I really want to be one of the characters from the show because it's a simple costume idea. All you would need is regular clothes, similar to the one the character wears and the ears for that character.

Anyways, it's Halloweek which means a lot of shows are doing their Halloween specials this week which are always good.
Mabel

Rules

Today I watched Zombieland, which I tried to watch once before and didn't get a chance to finish.

It's a funny movie with zombies of course. The zombies may scare those that don't enjoy horror movies, but that's about it the rest of the movie has funny situations that includes the zombies. This was a good film and I would definetly watch it again. I would say to watch it even if you dislike zombie films at least for Bill Murray's appearance. 

Dragged on

Today I watched The Omen. I had heard about it before, but I had never watched it. Now that I did I know that it's not for me. It was boring and it dragged on. The deaths of people were the only part that was so gross it made the movie a "horror" film, but there was nothing scary about it. 

There was no resolution to the story which made this movie worse because I already felt like it was taking forever to get to the good point which didn't happen. I wouldn't watch this movie again and I don't want to look into the sequel either.

Missing Weekend

You probably noticed that I missed two days of Blogoween...I did watch a film on Friday, but I got called into work last minute and I didn't get to write about it. I basically worked Thrusday-Sunday (today) so I didn't get any time to post these last two days. Luckily I got out of work at a normal time today so I can do a recap of Friday's film. I watched Dark Shadows which I had never watched before, basically one of the only recent Tim Burton films I hadn't seen yet. I actually remember when it was being advertised and thinking it was a completely different type of movie from what it actually is. 

My friend took a picture of me in front of the movie "poster" when we went to the movies once, I searched through my old Facebook posts and found the picture...

It was a good film, I hated the witch so much which shows how good of an actress and character she is. I would like to see why the ghost goes to the girl that he falls in love with and see more from her character. I don't think people wouldn't notice someone was a werewolf if they were a baby, babies can't hide that. Other than those few flaws it was good and I would watch it again. 

Candy

I own Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I love it so much and I watch it a lot. I've never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory so today I decided to watch it and see if there is a difference.

I still like the movie even though there are many differences with the one I own. There's singing, but instead of just the umpaloompas doing it other characters in the beginning sing too. The umpaloompas are of course different as well and are barely even seen in the film, whereas in the new version they are seen throughout the film and even in back stories. In this film Willy Wonka was much weirder and said random things, Johhny Depp's Wonka is weird, but because of his upbringing (which we actually get to see) we understand why he is the way he is. I know and say a lot of lines from the movie I have, but the only one I see here is "Violet, you're turning violet!", I love the new version because of the squirrels and the funny lines that come with that although I understand the golden eggs and how "a bad egg" can be just as funny as "a bad nut". 

Overall the movie was good, but I like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory way better.

Mabel

Creepy

Today I watched an Arabic film called Djinn. It's basically a messed up version of Rosmary's Baby.

I found it on Netflix and decided to watch it since the synopsis sounded good. Not much more to say about it other than it was good and it had its creep factor. It wasn't scary, but there were moments where I jumped.

I'm thinking about watching a kids movie next, but I have no idea what can be considered Halloween/ horror films, any suggestions?

Remake

Today I watched a remake of an old movie titled the same Evil Dead...

I actually watched the first few minutes of the older version this Sunday, but it stopped working so I gave up on it. Today I tried again and failed so I decided on this 2013 version of the film. I don't know how different it is from the older version. This film was basically a possession film and a few people dying because of it.  I started watching the movie in the morning by myself, but had to stop and later kept watching it with my brother. Watching a "scary" movie with other people is fun because of the commentary. Horror movies are great for people who like to talk to their TV and for those of us that don't because suddenly we all talk to the characters as if they can hear us. 

The movie was okay, the gore and ugly faces were the best part. 

Mabel

Fail

Today I tried watching a scary movie I heard about a few years ago because of a remake, but it didn't work out. So, I decided to watch another movie and instead of being a horror movie it ended up being a lifetime type film (I was mislead). So, I watched a short film that comes out every year on tv, but I never watch it.

It's more of a Peanuts special and it's cute, but I don't get the hype. It is probably someone's tradition to watch every year and it's so short that it's fine to do. The only problem is I don't understand why things happen, like why does Charlie Brown keep getting rocks? If you know please tell me I'm very curious.

Hopefully tomorrow I can find the movie I originally planned to watch, and who knows I might watch both the old and new version.

Mabel 

Contenders

I don't think that I'm going to dress up this Halloween since I might be working that day, but I'm still thinking about what I would like to dress up as if I could. I might just do my makeup in the evening if I get out early enough so I can celebrate it someway. I found a few makeup looks (on Pinterest) I can try so I thought I would share...

Some villains, monsters, and mermaids...

And then I found a picture that contained things I already own and simple makeup, I think this ones a winner...

Yes I have feather earrings and extensions, I also have a beautiful old shirt that would look perfect with this "costume". 

Mabel

 

E.T.

Today I watched a movie I hadn't seen in a long time. E.T. is just as cute, creepy, and sad as it's ever been. It's a movie that you can watch no matter how good the graphics get and still feel like you are watching a recent film. Drew Barrymore is just as adorable as I remember and made the whole film what it is today. 

The Boring Inn

Today I watched a bad movie, as in never watching it again movie. It was played out completely wrong and the acting was bad. It seemed as if they were trying to be funny at points with the writing/dialogue of the film, but failed. The parts in the movie where we were supposed to get scared were ruined by the sound fx and/or music. The movie I am talking about is THE HAPPY HOUSE.

There were points in the movie that were not even believable and they tried to confuse you about the innkeepers, but stopped at one point and brought in another story. If anyone has ever read the ghost story about the escaped convict they used that here and it sucked. The convict was crazy and they tried to show that by making him repeat phrases and in the end he's too dumb to even kill some of the characters. 

This movie was boring, stupid, and not scary at all. Did I mention the bad characters and how unbelievable they were? Anyways, tomorrow I'm watching a classic I haven't seen in a while so as to not be disappointed.

Mabel

Folklore

Today I watched a Norwegien film entitled THALE, which I randomly found on Netflix. The cover was what lured me in, I didn't even know what I was going to watch and that it was in a different language (subtitles to the rescue). 

The movie wasn't anything special, not scary either. The only thing that came from this movie is a cool Scandonavian folklore about Huldra and a cool costume idea.

Not only would it be pretty, but creepy as well. There are a bunch of different pictures so it would be easy to make up your own costume the only important thing is the tail. 

I wouldn't watch the movie again, but I would definetly like to see more of these creatures since they are similar to mermaids and wood nymphs. 

Gross

This week I've been watching films I could easily find on Netflix. Today I looked through the horror section on Netflix and clicked on so many films that ended up leading me to a film called Contracted. The simple movie image made me want to watch it.

This movie isn't scary, it's gross. I'm going to admit something today about my weakness when watching these films, the only thing that freaks me out is when someone's nail is pulled off. This movie had that and more; I was cringing, covering the screen, and had stomach pains at certain points in this film. I wouldn't watch this film with other people, mostly because I look silly covering the screen when the nails come off. But also this film is about a girl who is practically raped and then because of that contracts a disease that turns her into a zombie. The beginning of the film "explains" why she would turn into a zombie just from that, like I said this movie is gross. I don't know if I would watch it again, but I would definetly look into the sequel. 

 You know an actor/actress is good when they can make you feel good/bad for the character they are playing.

Mabel

Bad Children

Today's movie was CHILDREN OF THE CORN which I had never watched before. Those kids are just crazy to have done what they did, this is basically a cult classic (pun intended). I enjoyed the film and I don't have much to say about this other than what is up with that mist thingy. You don't really see any monsters just a bunch of teens who are going to regret what they did once they become "adults". I might have to look into the sequels, but I have no wish to ruin this film with what might be 5 or more sequels. 

What!?!

Today I watched a movie that came out last year. The Babadook is about a boy that needs a spanking and a mom that lets him do whatever he wants. In the beginning of the film I thought exactly that, midway through the film I felt like the mom needed a good spanking, and by the end I was just done. This film isn't memorable to me, I literally just finished watching this and already forgot most of the film. 

[my thoery]

I think the mom is just unable to function because of her past and her crappy family and she's just about had it and writes a book that might scare the crap out of her kid. It was the wrong approach when trying to discipline her kid. She places the book in his room for him to find and then because she's nuts she thinks her story is real and just makes her son's life a living nightmare. 

If you watched or will watch this movie let me know what you think about this film and what happened in it. 

Mabel 

The movie

When I grew up I watched a show that many have seen. Before it was a show there was a movie which came out a few days after I was born. I've always wanted to watch it, but never got to watch it. So, today I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

It's not scary, obviously there are vampires, but it's actually supposed to be funny rather than scary. I enjoyed it and loved Pike and Buffy. Any movie made in the 80s/90s with a good excersise/fighting montage is always a great film. I now want to go out and buy some new clothes because of Buffy, a lot of what she wore then is actually my style (i.e. Flannel shirts, sneakers, doc matins instead of heals, etc.). Definetly a great film to watch no matter what year it is. 

An original

Out of all of the Child's Play movies I feel like I only missed one, but then I saw this one on Netflix...

Which I had no idea about so not only have I not watched the 3rd part, but I also had this film to tackle. So, today I watched Curse of Chucky and if you haven't seen any of the other movies it's fine, the only other movies referenced where the first and fourth films. In other words Andy and Chucky's wife are mentioned, but not a big part of the plot. 

I jumped once, but I knew it was coming because it's one of those classic horror movie scenes. It wasn't scary, not a lot of deaths, and it took around 45 minutes for Chunky to do his thing. It was good overall and I had no idea why they made this film and how it was relevant until Chucky himself explained it (poorly). 

Yesterday I also watched The Corpse Bride with my brother, who had never seen it before. I thought I'd mention it since it is also a Halloween type film. Anything directed by Tim Burton is good so not much more to say, love the characters, the story, and the film.