In the cheap DVD bin I found a disk with 3 Wes Craven vampire movies. I haven't watched them yet, but I figured Wes Craven knows his way around a horror story and was curious as to what he'd do with the classics. Are they dreck? Are they amusing dreck? Will they be a pleasant way to while away one of my upcoming vacation days?
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
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Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2013 3:12:48 pm PDT #25650 of 30000
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DavidS - Oct 14, 2013 3:28:58 pm PDT #25651 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Actually, the comments have a bunch of movies for me to check out. Yay, more vampire movies!
Have you ever seen The Reflecting Skin? That's one of my favorite obscure vampire movies. And the vampire isn't particularly evil; teenagers are.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 14, 2013 4:52:25 pm PDT #25652 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That was one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen.
Until I saw the clip I was disgruntled that the kung fu movie edged out Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, but it would definitely win the weird-off between the two.
My notable missing selection from the list is Club Vampire . John Savage plays a vampire who survives being decapitated and raps, and Michael J. Anderson plays a dwarf vampire named "Kiddo."
Vonnie K - Oct 14, 2013 4:59:04 pm PDT #25653 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The Reflecting Skin
The exploding frog! I'd forgotten almost everything about that movie but that image stayed with me. Well, that and baby!Viggo.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2013 6:41:33 pm PDT #25654 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Lair of the White Worm IS pretty damn weird.
Bears repeating. But that's Ken Russell for you.
The Reflecting Skin
I was never sure if that was a vampire movie or that it was all in the kids' imaginations. Either way, it ended up being a fairly bleak movie.
Sean K - Oct 15, 2013 12:00:39 pm PDT #25655 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
RE: Gravity (This comment occurred to me last night during my second viewing)
I really kind of love that Clooney's entire purpose in the movie is essentially to keep the audience (and Bullock) from just freaking out completely. Like - it's okay. Everything will work out in the end. Clooney's here. And yet it does it without robbing Bullock of her character's all important agency to the story. When he shows up to "save the day," it's really only her own subconscious reminding her of stuff she knows.
I'm really just so in love with this movie. I really didn't think movies could make me feel like that any more. It was just SO immersive and transportive. And every single part of the film goes to serve that purpose, and serves it so wonderfully and well. So many beautiful, haunting, and harrowing images and sequences.
Jessica - Oct 15, 2013 1:47:59 pm PDT #25656 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
For people who think Gravity might be too intense, I highly recommend this audio montage.
smonster - Oct 15, 2013 4:54:57 pm PDT #25657 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
You know what I loved about Gravity? She survived in no small part because she read the damn directions.
§ ita § - Oct 15, 2013 5:04:47 pm PDT #25658 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So is it worse that there was instant full penetration in Brokeback Mountain or that this movie says it has to hurt: [link] ? I'm just disappointed that Dan didn't do his own research. Don't take someone else's word, dude! It's just a sphinctre and a small courgette. Oh, and Crisco.
Connie Neil - Oct 15, 2013 5:11:06 pm PDT #25659 of 30000
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I have never seen the word courgette outside of a Harry Potter fic till now.