random thought of the day

John carpenter came up with the idea of doing new halloween movies that would have nothing to do with michael myers. His idea was to put out a new scary movie every october that would somehow be about or take place around halloween. Each movie would be diffent and original. The downfall of this awesome idea was calling the first movie halloween 3 season of the witch. Now because it was called halloween 3, everyone expected it to be about michael myers. When the movie came out and everyone went to see it and found out hey michael myers is not in this movie, fans got pissed off. I think it would have been a better idea to drop the halloween title and just called it season of the witch or at the very least they sould have dropped the number off the title. Because michael myers had nothing to do with the movie, fans hated the movie, no one really went to see it and because it bombed at the box office that is what killed i think such a great idea. I think the idea is still good and i like to see john carpenter still do something with the idea.

random thought of the day

Well it,s halloween and i,ll be spending the rest of the day watching scary movies. I,ll start off with john carpenters halloween, then watch trick or treat, from beyond the grave, fright night, in the mouth of madness. I read yesterday my book of all edgar allen poes storys and poems. I read it every halloween. I been reading a tradeback of the tomb of dracula. It,s the comic book where we first meet blade, the vampire slayer. I don,t know what scary/horror book i want to start reading next. I been meaning to read salems lot, I,m thinking of reading still life with crows plus i have a john saul book i picked up at the library. So what sould i read next.

random thought of the day

Halloween is this coming sunday and stores are already starting to get rid of all the halloween stuff and candy and are starting to put out xmas crap. I,m sorry but i think that is just wrong plus i don,t want to think of xmas yet. I mean people are going to be buying last min candy this weekend. people will be buying costumes, makeup and other stuff this weekend for halloween. So i want to ask everyone how does it make sense to get rid of all the halloween stuff when halloween is just days away. I,m the kind of person that likes to take down stuff after the holiday is over. This goes for halloween,xmas,easter. I,m ready to take things down the very next day after the holiday is over and done. I mean i been invited to a halloween party this weekend and i,m seeing my friends and godson this weekend for what sounds like a mini halloween bash so i like alot of other people will be buying last min stuff for halloween. So what does everyone think, do you agree with me or think i,m crazy.

review of suspiria

Suspiria is one of my fave dario argento movies. This is the first movie in his 3 mothers series. This first one is about the mother of sighs. This movie is a mix of supernatural and a giallo. It,s about a girl who goes to a ballet school. This girl slowly doscovers the school has it,s history based in witchcraft and finds out by the end that it,s run by the mother of sighs and her coven. The movie has a very dream like feeling to it. It uses color, sound, in a way i have never seen before. It,s almost like a fairy tale. It is very bloody and gory but it,s still a good scary movie. This was dario argentos first supernatural movie. He wanted to do something diffent from his other movies but he still added a little bit of his giallo work into it because he knew thats what his fans liked from him. I think even if he left out the giallo stuff and made it just a supernatural movie, it would have worked just as well. This is the first dario argento movie i ever saw and it,s the first one i got on dvd. I asked one of my friends to get it one year for xmas or my birthday. After that i always had my friend get me one of his movies for every birthday and xmas and because of my friend, I now own most of dario argentos movies. I would give suspiria 4 stars.

My review of the bird with the crystal plumage

Here is my first review of dario argentos first giallo. The bird with the crystal plumage was dario argentos very first movie. I think it is a great movie. In some ways you can tell it,s his first movie but it other ways you think it was made by a old pro like hitchcock. You see right from the start things that will become part of dario argentos later movies. Like his killer always wears black gloves and you see things from the killers point of view but you never see the killers face until the end of the movie. It,s one of the many ways dario argento wants to keep you guessing as to who could the killer be. For a first movie it,s pretty well made, it has a fast pace to it. The movie does have some really good scares to it. It does a good job of keeping you on the edge of your seat. You have no idea who the killer is and when do you find out at the end it is a shocker. If your looking for a good scary movie thats not really bloody or gory then you sould see this movie. The acting is pretty decent,good for darios first movie. Oh before i forget, the movie did come out back in 1970. look for more reviews later on this week.

the history of giallos

I,m going to tell everyone about giallos. Now i,m sure your thinking what the hell is a giallo. It is a type of movie. A giallo is both a mystery and horror movie. Like most mysterys it makes you think and also it scares you like a horror movie. Giallo is the italan word for the color yellow. Every mystery book back in the 30s and 40s had yellow covers because yellow was the cheapest color paper to buy and use in those days. The giallo movies were created by mario bava in the 1960s but most horror fans would say dario argento created the giallo movies. Dario argento helped make giallos as big as they are now. A giallo is kind of like a cross between a hitchcock movie and a slasher movie. Giallos are kind of like a smart slasher movie where instead of it being just about blood, guts, gore, it cares about the story it,s telling and characters. My fave giallos are all made by dario argento. I,m going to start writing reviews of dario argentos giallos. Look for the first review tonight.

random thought of the day

I,m sorry everone i did mean to write more then i have been. My sister got me to join a dating website. My sister has been wanting to do the whole dating website thing for me forever and i finally said yes to her. I got told about one website from a friend and it,s the one i,m trying. The nice thing about the website is that it,s free. The website is plenty of fish.com So thats what i been doing instead of writing on my blog. Since this is the week of halloween, i,m going to try to make sure i write something everyday this week. I,ll keep people updated about how i do with the website.

movie news

we will see a ghost rider 2 with nic cage coming back and we may see the HIGHLANDER himself chris lambert starring in the movie. I don,t know what role he would play. I have to say i love the ghost rider comic books but the first movie just did,t do it for me. I hope this sequel will be better and i hope they are basing it more on the comics. Theres lots of great storys from the comics that would make for good fun movies.

movie news

tim burtons next movie will be dark shadows and he will start filming it early next year. His pal johnny deep will be the star of dark shadows.

doctor who news

well series 6 of doctor who will film it,s first 2 episodes here in the good old USA. They will be filming in utah. The story will take place in the late 60s and we will see the doctor end up at the white house. When i find out more i,ll update this post later on. Series 6 will start next spring.

book review

I,m going to be on a little vampire kick and I started by reading the strain. Guillermo Del Toros the strain is the best vampire book i have read in years. It is one of the most original ideas for a vampire story i have ever read. It is a mix of CSI, salems lot, I am legend. It takes the idea of what if vampires were real and still did exist today. It looks at being turned into a vampire the same way you might pass on a cold or flu to other people but a vampire still has to bite you. The book is scary, bloody, gross. It keeps you guessing at what will happen next. This is a must read for halloween. It is worth buying. If your looking for a good scary book to read then pick up the strain. I give it 4 stars.

horror con

there is a horror con called rock and shock the weekend of october 15th. It runs all that weekend. It will be at the DCU CENTER IN WORCESTER MA. Here is some of the guest list for the con, George romero, Adrienne barbeau, Dee wallace stone, William katt, doug bradley, danielle harris, zoe bell, meg foster, danny trejo. You can go to the website rockandshock.com to see the rest of the guest list.

katy perry and elmo video

This will be the only non halloween/horror thing i will write about. Everyone has made a big deal about when katy perry was on sesame st and she did one of her songs with elmo and parents feel that she showed too much cleavage and because of this sesame st did,t air her song with elmo. I first have to say really stuff like this is still a issue in the year 2010. I could understand parents making a big deal about this 20, 30 or 40 years ago but to make a big deal of something like this today to me is a joke. When they say parents you know they really mean mothers, because lets face it no father would have a problem with katy perry showing a little cleavage. I know people would say i,m a guy so of course i don,t have a problem with this. I saw the video and katy perry really does,t show that much cleavage, she,s pretty covered up. I think the big problem here is parents forget to do one big thing and thats to look at it from your kids point of view. I have a 1 and a half year old godson that loves elmo and i know if he saw the video guess what he would only care about elmo. My godson would,t give a crap about katy perry, he be too busy watching elmo run around and being silly. My godson would care about katy perry if he were older but guess what he,s still just a little kid. I think sesame st sould air the song. The dress she wears has this lacy thing that covers up her chest and you really don,t see much cleavage. I think this is something that really sould,t be a issue with all the other things going on in the world today.

random thought of the day

Hello everyone sorry i have not posted anything in a while. I just been lazy but you be seeing me i hope write something new if not everyday then a few times a week. I love october because of halloween. I love halloween. I have been a life long horror fan and I love seeing all the old classics getting played on tv, seeing what new movies will be coming out in theatres and on dvd. I,m not the huge horror fan i used to be but when october rolls around, it becomes all horror movies/tv shows for a month for me. So for the month of october i,ll be writing about horror movies, books, comic books and tv shows. If anyone wants to write up a review for your fave scary/horror movie let me know. You,ll notice i,ll be writing more about the classic movies instead of anything new because i really don,t like todays horror movies. I,ll write up something telling you why i don,t like todays horror movies and i,ll write about why i love the old movies more then todays stuff.