Top 10: Reminded Movies #1
Nov. 5, 2009
One of my favorite things about reveling in the post-Halloween glow is that gift buying season is rapidly approaching and now I'm armed with all sorts of good stuff to ask for. Why? Because the scary movie marathons running non-stop in October, and especially the final week all do a great job of reminding me of horror DVD's that I don't own yet, but really want.
Sometimes it's an oversight of a classic, sometimes I simply rediscover how much fun a certain B-movie cheese fest is, and occasionally I finally catch a flick I've either missed or been ducking, and find out that I shoulda boogied with that sucker a long time ago.
So this week I'll take your through a tour of 10 flicks that I've recently recalled I want. Consider it a Christmas wish list if you like. But whether or not anybody purchases these for me, by the time the calendar turns on the New Year I will have these in my collection. Spit bullets on what you're missing these days.
On the terms it presents itself, aka a HALLOWEEN movie, this sequel is best forgotten. But if it wasn't saddled by it's unfortunate name, it's actually a decent B-movie that is as notable for it's brutal gore as it is the annoying jingle heard throughout. I've never bought it because I hate it as a sequel, but I'm gonna have to lock it down and maybe just scratch out the title on the cover.
It's weird to find a movie that is this stupid in many aspects of plot, performance and general vibe, yet manages to have some startling effective scare scenes. When ghostly shite starts going down in this it's all about mood, atmosphere, sound design and misdirection. Every horror fan, and especially every budding horror director needs to watch this film and see just how much you can do with hardly anything at all.
Had only heard about this flick peripherally, but after Eric talked it up on the Halloween edition of the AITH podcast, I had to look into it. Anything that leaves a New Yorker as disturbed as DERANGED left Eric is worth a cold buy. Plus it's currently bundled with another entry on the list that we'll get to in a minute. Hard to go wrong.
I used to equivocate about why I liked this entry in the F13 series, but forget that noise. I think this flick is a f*cking blast. I love the kills, the creative set ups, the scantily dressed cast, and Jason in space. Hell, I even dig Terminator Jason. This is one of those movies I could probably watch daily and not get tired of it.
Here's the sick puppy that DERANGED is packaged with. Quite a double feature eh? The idea of dark comedy mixed with horror isn't new by any means, but this is one of the first to really knock the concept out of the park. Why I don't yet own it is simply an oversight, or perhaps I just knew on some level that if I waited I could pick it up as an awesome double feature.
4:20PM on 11/07/2009