First horror film into the blog then.
Evil Dead, directed by Sam Raimi.Watched it last night on SyFy. Not the first time I've seen it though. Watched it on recommendation from the Rough Guide to Horror Movies 50 Must See Films.
It looks totally cheap, almost like a student film, despite that, the zombie make-up is very good. The zombies appearance becomes more disgusting as the film goes on, although one of them looks like that kid out of The Exorcist! The gore increases as the film progresses, so much so that I felt queasy by the end.
The tension is cranked up constantly as long takes with not much happening followed by some sort of jolt, relying on the power of suggestion. That goes on throughout the whole film, although the music sometimes gives the game away.
My main gripe is the acting - its so wooden! The zombies seem to be better actors than the humans! Whether thats deliberate or not, I don't know. The whole film screams "B-movie!" Maybe thats part of its charm.
Although its not the best horror film I've ever seen, I do think that Evil Dead provided the template for zombie movies to follow.
Short and sweet for now.
Toodles
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Monday, 13 June 2011
Hellay Hellay!
Well, this is my first blog so I'm really excited about this.
I suppose the best way to start is to explain my main interests, the stuff I'll be writing about, if you like. Hence the title.And maybe I'll put in some random stuff as well.
My first love is music. To elaborate, my two favourite bands in the whole world are Genesis and Madness. Quite a stark contrast, I know. I will admit here and now that I am musically challenged - I can't sing and can't play any instruments. Terrible isn't it? I won't go into more detail now or I won't have anything else to talk about!
The next one is film, specifically the horror genre. Our family tradition is on Friday nights, when I get home from work, we, as a family, sit down and watch a horror film each week. I do like comedy films too, mostly the "old" ones like the Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks' films and the Monty Python films.
And my last one is literature. My favourite subject at school was English and even completed a degree at university in English. If I'm not watching a film or listening to music then I'm reading, a great fiction novel is a fabulous way of escaping reality for a couple of hours. The same applies to films too, come to think of it.
So there you have it. Be nice to me since I've never had a blog before so bear with me, I'll get the hang of it, I hope.
I suppose the best way to start is to explain my main interests, the stuff I'll be writing about, if you like. Hence the title.And maybe I'll put in some random stuff as well.
My first love is music. To elaborate, my two favourite bands in the whole world are Genesis and Madness. Quite a stark contrast, I know. I will admit here and now that I am musically challenged - I can't sing and can't play any instruments. Terrible isn't it? I won't go into more detail now or I won't have anything else to talk about!
The next one is film, specifically the horror genre. Our family tradition is on Friday nights, when I get home from work, we, as a family, sit down and watch a horror film each week. I do like comedy films too, mostly the "old" ones like the Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks' films and the Monty Python films.
And my last one is literature. My favourite subject at school was English and even completed a degree at university in English. If I'm not watching a film or listening to music then I'm reading, a great fiction novel is a fabulous way of escaping reality for a couple of hours. The same applies to films too, come to think of it.
So there you have it. Be nice to me since I've never had a blog before so bear with me, I'll get the hang of it, I hope.
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