Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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The scariest thing about Poltergeist to me is that both girl-children died within years of its release.
My favorite moment, though, has to be before all the weirdness starts, Steve and Joanne are getting ready for bed and Steve does the suck-in-stomach move, and then pooches it out. "Look, Joanne--Before, After. Before, After." It's such a married moment, ordinary, sweet, and funny, before all the scary.
Nelson and Williams are very convincing as a long-married couple in that movie.
I brought this question up at dinner last night, and the DH (who has the same reaction to clowns and creepy dolls as any right-thinking person) said "I don't remember that part."
And then went on to say that he didn't think Poltergeist was all that scary. In fact, at one point he said it reminded him of The Neverending Story.
Between that and his statement last week of "I don't know anyone who actually likes Glee, " I'm getting concerned that his worldline is happening in an alternate universe.
Raq,
I don't mean for you to doubt me as well, but I don't remember the clown thing either. I was afraid to say it earlier.
I do remember the movie as being troubling, especially the face in the mirror scene and the "after birth" - my teenage self said "man, that's gross."
How old was he when he saw it. Perhaps if you were older than 14 or so, it didn't hit you the same way?
I remember being scared and grossed out by Poltergeist the first few times, but not overly so. It seemed more like a fun, scary ride.
Now it's terrifying, though. Hearing your kid's voice like that, not knowing where she is, the house attacking you? Total nightmare.
I can't watch from work, but For Colored Girls trailer. It seems to be good. I might see a Tyler Perry movie...
Korea's man-eating pig masterpiece, Chaw, coming to the U.S.!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the pig pen... We've been pumped for Chaw, Korea's monster pig movie, for a couple of years. So it's amazing news that Magnet Releasing has bought the U.S. rights.
Magnet is renaming the film Chawz, to try and suggest that this is sort of a remake of Spielberg's killer-shark movie — only with a giant pig instead of a shark. It makes total sense. In a press release, Magnet's Tom Quinn is quoted as saying:
If Jaws was looking to branch out to dry land, without a doubt he'd want to be Chawz. Another worthy addition to the Korean monster hall of fame and the Magnet Releasing library.
According to Variety:
The genre division of Magnolia Pictures swallowed North American rights to the gory, tongue-in-cheek film from director Jeong-won Shin. Story tracks the killer pig's attacks on a group of organic vegetable-picking tourists.
Saw The Town. It was Fine. Pretty much Heat with 1/4 of the characters. It was what you get in the trailer, and nothing more. It hits every beat needed for your standard heist movie (well-acted by people portraying ciphers with no hobbies, inner life, or moral qualms) and NO MORE. See it drunk, like I did!
I suspect if you know Boston there may be additional bits of interest. i've heard it actually gets the geography right (as it should, coming from homeboy).
I need to see it to support my childhood crush who co-wrote the script. But probably not this weekend.