please do not get hung up on those specific phrases.

No problem! I'm clear now, then.

We've been trying to find a movie to take a somewhat nervous 17 year old to freak her out and prevent her from sleeping (17 year old and her mother are both on board--we're not really that mean). That flick? Oh, fuck the hell no. Grindhouse was dismissed as being too violent, but not creepy. Currently the winner looks like Dead Silence. And she winces when we say its name.

What I really wish is that Santa Sangre wasn't showing the damned weekend of my black belt test. Because I'd totally liquor her up and take her to that.

What I really wish is that Santa Sangre wasn't showing the damned weekend of my black belt test. Because I'd totally liquor her up and take her to that.

Yeah, that would probably do it. Shame about the timing.

I suppose THE HOST is probably too much of a monster (as opposed to creepy) movie to do the job?

We've been trying to find a movie to take a somewhat nervous 17 year old to freak her out and prevent her from sleeping (17 year old and her mother are both on board--we're not really that mean).

????? If she falls asleep, does she DIE?????

What about the Eddie Murphy flick?

What about the Eddie Murphy flick?

Talk about your Pyrrhic victory.

If she falls asleep, does she DIE?????

As long as she thinks that, we're in for a good time.

Shame about the timing.

I'm begging my black belt friend to give me some sort of dispensation, some indication that a midnight movie Friday wouldn't mess me up for intense training Saturday and testing Sunday, and I just can't get anything. It's been twenty fucking years since I saw that movie and I'm terribly curious.

But the belt test kinda wins.

What I really wish is that Santa Sangre wasn't showing the damned weekend of my black belt test. Because I'd totally liquor her up and take her to that.

Isn't that the one that gave you nightmares for ages? I remember hearing that made me add it to my too-scarrifying-for-my-blood list along with Audition.

I suppose THE HOST is probably too much of a monster

I've heard awesome things about that flick, so I shall be seeing it, even though I'm not much of a monster-film aficionado. Plus, it's from South Korea, which is where I originally hail from, and Korean film industry hasn't had this type of international success in this particular genre, if I recall.

I've seen a couple of posters. The one with the chick with the bow and arrow looks wicked cool.

Isn't that the one that gave you nightmares for ages?

Not nightmares--luckily my sleep wasn't disturbed. But it ruined a perfectly good and long-desired date and chilled my waking hours whenever it came to mind.

I'm so curious to see if it lives up to that freakout, but I refuse to have it in my own home.

I'm so curious to see if it lives up to that freakout, but I refuse to have it in my own home.

See, I'm just the opposite. With very few exceptions (IRREVERSIBLE, for instance) any movie that manages to seriously disturb me is one I MUST own.

I've heard awesome things about that flick, so I shall be seeing it, even though I'm not much of a monster-film aficionado.

I don't think I've read a bad review of it yet. Hoping to see it this week or this weekend.

With very few exceptions (IRREVERSIBLE, for instance) any movie that manages to seriously disturb me is one I MUST own

Santa Sangre might be my Irreversible. Even though from what I've heard of Irreversible, the subject matter is in no way similar.

I was talking to a friend who described Irreversible as having the worst rape scene he'd ever fast-forwarded through. I was trying to remember the name of the movie to tell my sister, and I just mentioned the "worst" part and she knew it was Irreversible right off the bat.

I don't think I'm even curious about that one. My sister's gone into more detail on the plot, and no, nope.