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Channel Four: Down with the Gore
Holy Crap, I just turned of my DVD player an caught a few seconds of that show, ER. I used to watch it regular, but that was back when I knew the people on that cast...Anthony Edwards, Eriq LaSalle, Gloria Reuben, etc.
So I have it on for just a split second, when I see that short, bald, obnoxious doctor get his arm chopped off by a helocopter blade. Right there on TV, a severed arm.
How come when they show horror movies on TV, they cut that stuff out?
Damn NBC, what is it with you?
In other news, Auto Focus was pretty good.
Spider will be excellent.
So I have it on for just a split second, when I see that short, bald, obnoxious doctor get his arm chopped off by a helocopter blade. Right there on TV, a severed arm.
How come when they show horror movies on TV, they cut that stuff out?
Damn NBC, what is it with you?
In other news, Auto Focus was pretty good.
Spider will be excellent.
From a friend of mine
Last night was the greatest.
Picked up two 25oz cans of Labatt's and watched a bootleg screening copy of House of 1000 Corpses, Rob Zombie's feature directorial debut.
Aside from being a blatant rip-off of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre the movie was a refreshing reminder of what horror movies should be. I saw The Ring and was disturbed (but not disturbed enough to block out flashbacks from Mulholland Drive. Ooh baby. That's what The Ring needed. It should have been a porno called "The O-Ring." Then all the victims would look like that picture pirateman has been circulating.) I'm off on a tangent. What pissed me off about the Ring was that it relied on suspense to make up for the fact that it was pulling punches. Honestly, even if a wet little bitch dragged herself out of the scary video and out of the tv (fucking up my carpet in the process) she'd really need to work on the scary in order to make me die from the fright. I'd say, "Look you little ragamuffin, take your water-logged as back into that well and wait for someone else to let you shamble into their living room. This is bullshit and I'll not be party to bullshit." And I won't either.
House of 1000 Corpses was the story of a night in the life of a family. One face it felt good to see was the face of Otis. Fans of the TCM films may remember the actor who played Otis saying, "You dented my plate, Dogdick." from the TCM2. I also remember Dennis Hopper saying, "I'm the Lord of the Harvest!" and kicking much ass.
I'm pretty sure I saw the R-rated version of the flick, which is kind of a let-down. I bet the clown guy would have shoved some fried chicken up somebody's ass if given the opportunity.
Note to Rob Zombie (because I know you're reading): You broke the rules. No one in this flick had sex. At least I'm pretty sure they didn't. Let me qualify that statement: No one in the film had consensual, living-on-living intercourse. I thought people were supposed to screw before they got snuffed. Could be I'm just conditioned by the formulaic Nightmare and Friday series.
At any rate, the movie was a breath of fresh air. Mr. Zombie made a colorful film (gas station flourescent lights glow green, who knew?) but a little strobic. There were a lot of crazy cuts and fast shots which may have only been present because of editing that needed to be done to make the rating R. The major complaint I had was this: The scene cuts usually consisted of a quick montage of a) spooky scenery b) vintage horror movies or c) naked women doing naked things. The creepy little sister character in the movie was gorgeous and in one of the quick takes. I'm pretty sure there was a boob out, but it went too fast. I was forced to be grateful for the scene in which she stands up and her ass is hanging out of her stretch pants
Re: From a friend of mine
Re: From a friend of mine
Re: From a friend of mine
I am hoping it is because they are closed minded types who dont' understand that a family of killers is actually more common than we think, and that there are several documented cases of this. I hope that they are getting hung up on that idea because it also appeared in TCM. Because if I ever see Rob Zombie rip something or someone off, I'll be very sad. As sad as if I found out my hot hot boss had a girlfriend.
He doesn't though.