movies

Watched Evil Dead 2 for the first time last weekend! Way better than the 1st, really fun movie and am looking forward to Army of Darkness this week

Casa Bonita Mi Amore! - Documentary on the reopening of Casa Bonita, an amazing gigantic 50,000 sq ft. cross between a Mexican Restaurant and Disneyland. The guys who created South Park ended up buying the place out of nostalgia thinking it'd just need some new carpet and a coat of paint to get back to its glory days but quickly realize things are a lot more complicated. Truly captivating stuff.

Caddo Lake was surprisingly good. Try it.

Just watched Cobweb last night. Really love how Halloween is worked into the setting but doesn't matter at all for the main plot. Works great as a "Just Before Halloween" movie.

Also watched Night of the Living Dead over the weekend. Really impressed how perfectly Romero nailed the quintessential zombie movie before there were zombie movies.

Recently went to a screening of the 1922 Nosferatu with a live accompanist creating an improvised soundtrack on violin, piano and waterphone - which was not an instrument that I had not encountered before, but evidently features in the score of The Matrix, Aliens and a range of other films. I can certainly see why - it was extremely atmospheric. I had seen Nosferatu a couple of times before - as well as the 1979 Herzog version, and Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - but this definitely added something new.

All 3 versions of Salem’s Lot! Will be wrapping up the newest one tonight, then more horror movies until the weekend.

Watched The Batman which I hadn't seen since the cinema viewing. Forgotten how good the film was. I primarily watched i in preparation for viewing The Penguin.

I tried to watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but gave up after an hour. It just wasn't for me and I found it quite boring just watching actors playing actors.

Instead, I went to YouTube and watched something recommended to me, Tom Hank's Electric City. It was originally streamed on Yahoo! back in 2012, and someone has saved it and upscaled it to 1080p.

It is an animated story of a post apocalyptic civilisation that has rebuilt to the stages of having electricity again. Everything is hard-wired. The city is under strict control by a secret group and the wired radio service provides entertainment and information and laws about living in the city.

However, a group of people have developed wireless radio and is preparing to start a rebellion.

My description is rather naff, but I recommend it. It's a shame it didn't go any further, as it ends on a point where you wish a season 2 existed. [YouTube Link]

I got a library card recently and realized they have a bunch of DC Comics animated movies I’ve never heard, so I’ve been taking out lots of those lately. Aside from that, I picked up Jacob’s Ladder on my last trip. Haven’t watched it yet.

It's horror month Baby!
So, far not gotten as much off my list as I would like but.

Bloody Hell: really great film, almost Deadpool esque kinda movie without the 4th wall breaks. They look straight at but never break it. Good action. Good acting. Fun story if a bit underwhelming an end.

Stuart Gordon films: (i.e. Re-animator, From Beyond, Dolls ) and these are just fantastic for the cheap yet super effective practical work. I really love them and gives that right ick factor.

Uzumaki: I like Junji Ito a lot. And I respect that he is a silly weirdo more than I think others do. This show is just as disturbed and silly as his books but does suffer from a budget issue that gets worse as the show goes on. But I don't think it ever ruins the show. It's campy and I think it's gonna be a cult classic that way that most of the others on my list are. You get tension and giggles at bad effects. What more could you want.