Ultra Violent Horror

[wednes]

I'm trying yet again to watch SAW III, which I've tried to watch once before and couldn't deal with the brutality. It's pretty good though, plenty of life lessons and hands dipped in acid and all. It may be that I'm losing my taste for this type of horror; or it may be that this particular movie isn't as good as say, Hostel. Being behind on my movie watching I haven't seen Hostel part II. I guess I'll find out for sure whether my love of ultra violence is true...as soon as Rob Zombie's Halloween comes out.

Put up two new chapters of my serial killer story over at wednes_writes. I may not be able to to the JulNoWriMo after all since I'm getting such a huge head start. I'll have to check the rules about WIP's and all that. The new chaps are pretty good. I think it's really starting to build some suspense.


Isn't this hilarious? And scary? I guess I'm glad I don't live in Florida.

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[eroslane.livejournal.com]

That gator pic is funny.... and creepy. I seem to remember the article that went with that the lady said she the beast kept trying every which-way to get into the house, as she was cooking chicken.

Now, when I leave for work, I stumble and stagger out of the house. I curse the sun, I flip off the rain, and snow is RIGHT OUT. I know if I lived in Florida there would be one day I would forget to look on the porch first and there we would be: Al E Gator lickin' his chops and me with Old Spice Chicken Of The Sea Scent slathered upon my pasty-white flesh.

BTW, saw one of the 8000 trailers for RZ HallRedux tonight and there was zero, zip, nada interests from the 80 or so people there. They could have cared less.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't expect the average movie goer to be excited for a new Rob Zombie film. As you well know, the "average" movie goer has very little in the way of taste. I'm going to maintain a positive attitude until I have reason to do otherwise.


Ha! chicken of the sea...

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

If I happened to see that on my porch I'd scream so loud you wouldn't believe it. I'm not a screamer either.

OMG.

Here in So. California I never even check outside first, just barge right out the door, maybe even with my nose in a book 'cause I want to walk around my yard while reading. Maybe even in bare feet.

Gawd ... do they let their kids play in the yard in Florida? I wonder if any little kids have been attacked by gators in their yards? And what about pets? :SHIVERS::

[wednes.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, attacks on children are rare. Pets, OTOH, are in constant danger.

This one is what they'd call a nuissance gator (although they probably spell it correctly). So fish and game guys will come take it away.

[locakitty.livejournal.com]

Well, pets are in danger, small dogs especially, because they aggravate the gator. They bark at it and it goes "SWEET DINNER!" Of course, it has to drag it to whatever water area it's living in and let the carcass rot for a while before it eats it. Attacks on humans are very rare.

The thing is, is people FEED THE GATORS. And then get all upset when it starts coming up to their backporch look for some food. There are signs EVERYWHERE near canals all over Florida warning people to not feed the gators. They should have signs out here in Arizona to not feed the coyotes. But, I have a feeling people do it. I have two that live near my house. I make sure that the cats stay inside at all times.

So, I think if there was a gator on my porch when I walked out the door, I would just go "Oh, shit." And try to slowly back into the house. Those fuckers can move very fast, so you have to be fairly careful if you are gonna try to get to safety. Really, they are just misunderstood creatures. And they make fabulous purses. :)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I couldn't imagine feeding the gators. In MI we have to tell people not to feed the bears. If they associate people with food they become problem animals. I guess it's the same with the gators.

Purses! ;-]

[thorswitch.livejournal.com]

Matt has long been a fan of horror movies, and the more violent and gory, the better in his mind - and yet even he is finding these new "ultra-violent" horror movies leave a lot to be desired. We were talking about it, and he was wondering if he was maybe just becoming desensitized to the gore, but then realized is that the real problem (or, at least, the bigger problem,) is that the movies depend ENTIRELY on the gore for any entertainment value there might be in the movie. There's no reason to care about the characters, no reason to care about the story (the pretense for ultra-violent horror flicks are just about as thin as those for most pornos), its devolved to the point where the movies are just showcases for a wankers who want to see how many special effects and how much gore they can throw up on the screen - and how far they can keep outdoing each other in "extremeness."

I'm sure there is a bit of desensitization on his part because he does watch a LOT of horror stuff, but he's always enjoyed movies that have a brain to them rather than movies that are nothing more than a collection of bloodbaths.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Funny you mention the porn, because I've been referring to such films as "gornography" for quite some time. And in fact, I've been known to fast forward through a sucky movie just to get to the gore. I know...it's almost a perversion.

The SAW movies to tend to have more of a plot, a surprise ending and all that. But they still aren't what one would call high drama.

[sudrin.livejournal.com]

The problem is that the picture isn't scary because I just anthropomorphise the Crock, give him Barney's voice (from Flintsones not the Dino) and imagine him saying "Hey, let me in!"

[wednes.livejournal.com]

That's pretty funny.