Killer Joe and Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This is a great little story set in Texas about an insurance scam that you know right away wont end well. Just in like TCM4, McConaughey plays a fucking creep, and it does it wonderfully. Not that Vilmer and Joe are very similar, because Vilmer was an erratic mess, but Joe is calm and collected. Of course, he still goes off the deep end when someone pushes him, but he's very particular about his routines. Hell, he even threatens to wear someone's face. And then, like any chainsaw movie, there's a dinner table scene where it all goes south.

I really like Killer Joe. It's one of those gritty deep-fried crime dramas that feature a lot of rednecks, incestuous vibes, and violence. I also want to say that the character of Ansel played by Thomas Hayden Church is a great, laid-back hick who goes along with everything. He amuses me, but everyone does good in the movie.

Emile Hirsch kind of always looks like a piece of shit, what with his facial hair and whatnot, but he's been in some good movies. Then, you have Juno Temple playing Dottie, who's in her 20s playing a 12 year old that everyone looks at sexually. Uh oh. 🤔 Of course, this plays a big part in the storyline, but it still makes us all inherently uncomfortable. Gina Gershon is good too, playing a sleazy broad who we never quite trust. Because of her, you may never look at fried chicken the same way ever again.

The movie was based on a play, but last I heard, they were trying to make a tv series about it. Not sure how that would play out, because the movie is pretty concise. Not much room for expansion, me thinks, but what do I know?

McConaughey is awesome.

Willem Dafoe, The Smile Man

I saw that damn gif of him the other day and had to find out what it's from. Turns out it came from this little short gem about a man with a permanent smile on his face:

Great Comics That Never Happened

I've been seeing these on facebook and it's pretty damn awesome.

Escape from NY - The Best Cast Ever

Since America is in shambles right now, this movie seems like a more than appropriate viewing. As the opening titles roll, I was in awe at all the great names involved.



Kurt Russell - John Carpenter's go-to for a genuine bad-ass.
Donald Pleasence - An English man who somehow became president.

Isaac Hayes - The duke of New York, a number one!

Ernest Borgnine - Happy go lucky cabbie!
Harry Dean Stanton - Jog left!
Joe Unger - In scenes deleted!

Adrienne Barbeau - Brain's squeeze!
Nancy Stephens - Stewardess terrorist!
Jamie Lee Curtis - I didn't even realize she was the computer narrator.

Tom Atkins - The man with the 'stache.
Charles Cyphers - Secretary of State?!
Lee Van Cleef - Turns out Snake is too tired to kill him in the end.

George Buck Flower - NOT the president!
Carmen Filpi - These two are the best hobo actors of all time!


Nick Castle - Uncredited pianist!

Dick Warlock - Kurt Russell's stunt double!
George P. Wilbur - Another Michael Myers actor doing stuntwork!
Ted White - A Jason actor doing stuntwork!

UFO Abduction aka The McPherson Tape (1989) the first horror found footage

I can count the amount of found footage movies that I think are truly good on 1 hand: Cannibal Holocaust, Trollhunter and since yesterday I can add finally a third.

Apparently shot in 1989 even though it feels it is even older. I have seen the year 1983 circulate as well. So it predates the first popular and widespread full found footage horror movie The Blair Witch Project by at least 10 years. It remains rather unclear to me why the director decided to release this immediately on video but afterwards it seemed only a happy few got hold of a copy of the videotape and spread it among each other. Especially among alien enthusiasts the movie was believed to be authentic and apparently the NASA wouldn't confirm either it was actually all put in scene. This was probably as the end credits were erased and the movie ends with pictures of the missing 'family' members.

Imagine there was widespread internet at that time could it have been a hit just like The Blair Witch Project. BWP I don't like it at all mostly because the protagonists are all unlikable and I really didn't have the feeling it was realistic and it did felt acted and put in scene. I didn't have that with The McPherson Tape. It's all shot with a heavy handcam and the picture quality is not really good. You don't get to see much of the aliens but you do actually see them a few times (you don't get to see The witch in BWP nor any other possible threat if my memory serves me right). IN other words there is a real threat and not just some sounds or the aftermath of a nightly visit. The movie takes place in and around the house all in the same night where family are celebrating their daughter's 5th birthday. And guess what this kid isn't the whiny brat and sounds braver than most of the grown ups. The threat and the fear they have that at any point those aliens could take a leap at them feels genuine. Actually I rarely have seen that so convincingly.

Hopefully this one gets a DVD or BRD release with some nice extras, I think it deserves the recognition.
A real SOV and a good one IMO.

I thought it was the 4th of July

This is one of the main things I think about when the 4th of July rolls around:



We don't have much to celebrate this year. Everyone's locked up, our freedoms are being taken away by easily offended snowflakes, racism made an unwanted comeback, and everyone wants to destroy what America stands for.

Guinness Reinstates Billy Mitchell's World Records

Now, it's being said there isn't enough evidence to claim he cheated. I thought it was confirmed he used emulators instead of real hardware.
https://www.pcgamer.com/billy-mitchells-pac-man-and-donkey-kong-guinness-world-records-reinstated/

(Rape) Revenge flicks vs psycho cat and mouse movies

Lately I have seen a movie in each of the above categories.

Rape-revenge:

Even lambs have teeth (2015)
Two young female students are going to work on a farm. However there is no farming to do as they are baisically used as prostitues being locked in a container. They manage to eventually get out and take revenge on all the people that are involved in the whole business. It's not very explicit but especially the revenge part is brutal. And it might actually be a much more believable approach than most of the movies in this subgenre. Take Revenge (2017) which had an interesting premise but the revenge part is basically a splatter show with no logic whatsoever. Not to be taken serious IMO. ELHT had a much simpler approach and felt much more effective. I actually lowered my rating for Revenge from 6 to 4/10 after seeing ELHT.


Psycho cat and mouse:
What keeps you alive (2018)
A couple decides to spend the weekend in a house/cottage near a lake in the woods. The special thing is that it is a lesbian couple celebrating their 1 year anniversary. One of them actually spends most of her childhood there. It's also that girl that proves not to be the sweet thing she appears to be at first. It's the story of the psycho who for one or the other reason likes to kill hunting down their victim(s) in a cat and mouse game. In some cases the prey becomes the hunter. The movie offers a few surprises but again there is also a lot of the things that actually will irk me, make me impatient or almost make me want to scream at the screen asking them to hurry up and come to a conclusion. WKYA is probably one of the 'better' in this subgenre.


While the concept sounds good of these kind of movies they are IMO not very effective as full feature. If you need to fill 90 minutes or more it's bound to get repetitive, characters must do dumb things, coincidences will happen, people keep going despite the wounds and survive nasty falls. Eden Lake is possibly the best example where all logic is defied expecting the viewer to turn of its brain. Or some try the long build-up approach were almost nothing happens. Seems clever but this viewer might lose interest before the good parts even are to start. Wolf Creek (2005) is possibly the one taking the unexciting build-up to an extreme. No that the violence that followed was so shocking it was worth the wait. And there is complete riciculous ones like High Tension (2003) mostly thanks to a dumb twist making everything that happened before totally impossible or House of 1000 Corpses mostly because of a director who thinks his wife is a good actress.


It might be mostly personal preference why rape revenge works much better for me than the psycho stuff. But as I described earlier it's not always a winner like Revenge or The Last House on the Left where the misplaced country music and comedy cops ruined the experience mostly for me (and the violence wasn't that shocking IMO).


You have a preference dear forumites?

June Slasher Results! 

Thank you to everyone who joined in on my first challenge!! Y'all are amazing!

Our winner is ZombieCPA!!!

1. ZombieCPA with 338 points!
2. Ballz with 259 points!
3. Tromafreak with 233 points!
4. Box_A_Hair with 210.5 points!
5. Snowy_Owl with 84 points
6. PickOfDestiny with 51 points!
7. Bambithedeer with 49 points!
8.Onyx with 0 points!
8.I_Have_A_Big_Penis with 0 points!


I hope y'all had a fun time, and I hope to see you guys in this months challenge!! Thanks again everyone!

July 2020 Seamonster challenge! Sign-up/Rules thread!

JULY SEA MONSTER CHALLENGE!!!
Hey everyone. I hope all is well. There is one week left until July so I thought I would go ahead and post the signup thread and rules!

This challenge will begin July 1st at midnight and will end August 1st at midnight.

Ways to earn points will be simple.
-2pts if it's a FTV
-1pt if it's a rewatch
-1pt for each kill/victim (has to be an onscreen kill)
-1pt if the sea monster is a mixed breed!

••LAKE MONSTERS WILL COUNT BUT WILL ONLY BE WORTH 1 POINT. IF YOU WATCH A SEA MONSTER MOVIE THAT WILL BE WORTH 2 POINTS!••


This challenge will just be simple and easy!
Anyways, I hope you guys sign up! If you have any questions at all please feel free to message me.