Next time you watch it, jot little notes down all over your body so you don't forget anything. I always want to listen to Sadness Will Prevail by Today Is The Day whenever I hear someone talk about that movie. I think I'll watch it now, actually. Got it on VHS. Time to wiggle the popcorn!

Motherfucking, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the best movie EVER, of all time, forever. And ever. Period.

No man, I really don't need to watch it again. You want a spoiler, fine:



That's the movie, man, it's not unclear and it's not even intended to be so. It's just told in a weird way and has a good twist at the end.

hey there people, been wondering if some of you may recognise a film I am searching for. I watched it a couple of times but can't remember the friggin title.

here it goes: its a black and white movie, about a man who enters a vagina. No, it's no porn, no real vaginas etc it's kinda artistic movie. A man is shrunken, gets a torch, and enters a vagina.

Rings anyones bell? Thanx, much appreciated.

Probably not the film you were looking for, but there's a short film within Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her" where pretty much the same thing happens, sans the torch. Which is probably more respectful, 'cause a torch would burn that shit.

Saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(the original)

I liked it. Good ambience, some pretty unsettling moments. Far better than I was expecting.

Also, the hitchhiker dude fighting with his father is hilarious. "Shuuuut up you bitch hog!"

That movie is awesome. Was a little more powerful of a viewing experience than it is now but still a great horror movie.

The original TCM is one of the best pure horror movies of all time and one of the only ones with a genuinly unsettling atmosphere.

I don't remember the first time I had sex. I don't remember the first time I got high. I don't remember the first time I got drunk. I do, however, remember the first time I saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I was probably somewhere between 9 and 11 and sitting in a chair about a foot away from the t.v. I had never seen anything like it before. Just a sick, dreadful, trippy masterpiece.

What Would Leatherface Do?!

I was drunk and high but I still remember the first time I had sex...

And still never seen the massacre movies. Old or new...

I saw Death at a Funeral yesterday. What a hysterical movie. Great performances from every actor. Just when you think a joke is about to get old, they really take it to another level.

I too have a specific memory of the first time I saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (though it's a little less impressive for me because I have a fantastic memory). I was either 10 or 11, and I had read about the movie somewhere and told my stepdad at the time that I wanted to see it. He was kind of a chicken when it came to horror, so when he said "Sure" I was kind of surprised. At that point in life I wasn't much of a horror fan and the only slasher movie I'd seen was Halloween 4 when it was on TNN or something, obviously edited, so I was really pumped because TCM was such a big deal and it was going to be my "first" real horror movie. I watched it with my whole family around 9pm (this is significant because it was summertime, so I was normally up watching movies or playing videogames until much, much later in the night), and the whole time something just felt... wrong. I couldn't explain it at all, but everything about the movie made me feel uncomfortable. There was basically zero gore or graphic content, but certain things just got to me. The sound of that big metal door sliding shut, the bumping around in the freezer, that room full of chickens, just so many little things buried themselves into my little ten year old brain and made me squirm. And then that fucking dinner scene. Even today, nearly twelve years later, that entire sequence is difficult to watch. The atmosphere was so unsettling, the family seemed so genuinely deranged, I felt like I wasn't even watching a movie anymore, I was strapped to that chair. When they cut her fingertip and the old man started sucking the blood out... oh man that just chilled me to the bone. Despite the fact that I was spoiled by the effects, make up, and props of the time (2000/2001 was still a more advanced time than 1974, believe it or not) and was thus expecting some sort of bloodbath of a film, the overwhelming atmosphere just completely encapsulated me. Now as an adult, I can explain that the atmosphere was extremely powerful and unsettling, and the fact that nothing is overdone or silly is why the movie affected me so much, but at the time, as far as I was concerned, what I just watched was pure evil, and that's why I felt so wrong when it was over. After it was done, I barely said anything, I just walked upstairs and went to sleep. I laid in bed for a while, just thinking about the atrocities I just watched, and without warning just started vomiting.

I got almost no sleep that night, I just stayed up, puking every hour or so, cursing my mom and stepdad for allowing that corruption into the house. I didn't watch the film again until years and years later, and it stands as one of the most powerful movies I've ever seen, and possibly the only one to cause me to physically wretch, and it wasn't even due to graphic violence, it was purely done on the unsettling mood. That's an accomplishment that I've yet to have had matched even to this day. So yeah, if you for some reason have yet to watch this, fucking hop to it.


tl;dr version: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is phenomenal, a top ten movie for me.

Out of all of the fantastic places I could go, if I had a time machine, I would definitely go back and visit when The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released in theaters. Of all of the stories I've read of people getting sick and walking out, it must have really been something. Another good movie to check out if you dig that sort of style is Driller Killer. Another overlooked gem that is WAY underrated.

I watched Lord Of War earlier and that was such a powerful film, mainly because things like this really do happen.
Fuck West Africa, seriously.

The intro said to me that it was going to be an awesome documentary. Then of course they stuffed 3/4 of the film with irrelevant Hollywood drama bullshit like the arms dealer getting the girl, his family life, the junkie brother and his drug problems, getting shitfaced in Liberia, and a dumbass Interpol agent who couldn't search a container if his life depended on it. There's probably just 1 or 2 scenes that are worth watching.
Fuck Hollywood, seriously.

You watched a Hollywood movie about illegal arms trade and came to the conclusion that West Africa sucks...

No, I knew already but watching it reminded me.

Southern Comfort **

Some lollygagging weekend warriors during a patrol exercise lose their way in the Louisiana bayou and run afoul of some local Cajuns. This survivalist adventure pic has been compared to DELIVERANCE by some moviegoers and while the comparison is not completely off base, I didn't find it really akin nor anywhere close to as good as that film. In actuality, it's just another Walter Hill saga about a band of alpha males who must battle for a passage home through an enemy turf. This movie is a bit dated and also suffers from a sluggish pace but is redeemed somewhat by a magnificent Ry Cooder score and a cinematography that emphasizes the green of the swamp and camouflage.

Yeah, my most genuine "horror movie moments" all came when I was younger and couldn't really process the material. TCM is one, the David Cronenberg's "The Fly" remake is another. I remember a couple really cheesy b-movies like "The Prowler" and a couple others that are completely silly now, but hit really hard when I was a kid. "The Gates of Hell" comes to mind...

I just can't see a horror flick producing actual horror for me as an adult. 99% of it just comes off as silly now. The most likely material would be more atmospheric, much less gore. But I haven't seen anything in years that really hit the right triggers (and haven't really sought it out).

Finally saw "The Raid."

3/10

Pretty great action for the first half (as expected) but painful, unambitious and boring everything else with what might be the world's most vanilla leading man (definitely not as expected). The climax was so egregious it was literally hurtful to watch. Extremely unimpressed, and not recommended to anyone who can spell their name.

I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, because a large chunk of the movie is really hammy and not good, but the Ju-On (the movie remade as The Grudge in America) is probably the only movie to genuinely scare the fuck out of me as an adult. There are some unforgivably bad special effects, and unbearably dull pace, and shitacular acting, but the second to last segment ("Kayako" I think it was called, the movie was split up into several small parts, all named) had me on the edge of my seat, clutching on to my hypothetical Leo Bloom Blue Blanket. Seriously, all the build up wound up paying off in the most spectacular way possible. I tend to watch most movies with my brother nowadays, and if it's bad we riff it MST3K style, but we were both silent, eyes perfectly spherical, staring horrified at the screen during that segment, despite the several assholes we tore it in the previous 70-80 minutes.

Judging by what I've heard of movies like Audition (which I've yet to see) and games I've played like Silent Hill 2 and Fatal Frame, the Japanese are definitely at the top of their game when it comes to horror.

Never been into Asian horror. There are probably some really unknown gems I've never seen, but the ones I have seen are always too muddled in faux-artistic camera shots and supernatural nonsense as well as unrelatable characters to really draw me in. They have a good feel for bizarre imagery and atmosphere but eh, just doesn't do it for me personally is all. I like stuff like Absentia from the last page which combines realistic characters with only slight supernatural stuff - or just all-out realistic horror like Megan is Missing. It's true that horror doesn't really scare me...but it's nice to try and be scared anyway sometimes.

Expendables 2 was surprisingly awesome. That movie is hilarious. It's such non-stop action, ridiculous, and testosterone filled. Great fun.
Unfortunately, Arnold felt flat most of the time. Mostly delivering really lame puns and self-aware jokes.

Completely agree with this. Rather than have a bunch of gore, it shows some realistically unsettling depictions of death. I remember one scene a guy getting bludgeoned and how his body reacted was just disturbing. Convulsing and looking like it took the actual physical blows. In modern horror it'd just be some big blood splash and disfigurement. Modern horror is so bad that it's at the point you can barely tell the difference between horror and comedy.

My latest movie I liked was The Dark Knight Rises. Worst of the 3 new Batmans but still good.

This is sarcasm, right???!!!

Not at all. I laughed constantly through the entire movie.
Unless of course you think I'm talking about the american version, but why would you assume that.

Fuck yes. That is all. I rented it from the local video store, and they knew me there and knew my dad, so I was allowed to rent horror movies and stuff even though I was young. I watched it by myself on a shitty little tv in the attic, also about a foot away from the tv.

I interviewed the guy who played Franklin (paul partain) once for my website but he died midway through the interview. (I mean, not because of my interview, but he died before we finished it.)

saw Thirteenth Warrior yesterday. Underrated film, great atmosphere and some humour thrown in too. 7/10

Watched Bloodsport. Don't even know what to say about that movie. Terrible acting all around, cheesy as hell music, unrealistic, weirdly slow fighting. Yet, it was so entertaining.

Oh yeah I also saw Day of The Dead 2008. The original was my favorite Romero film. This was a joke, the zombies walk on walls like spiderman, drive cars, shoot guns. my god, and the casting was atrocious. Mena Suvari replacing Lori Cardille? I did find Nick Cannon hilarious though. 3/10.

Lord of Illusions - 1/5

Like most Clive Barker movies this one has some interesting moments that merit 1 star, but everything else is just such a drawn out, confusing, directionless mess. There's very little about this that is entertaining, and what is entertaining is in spite of itself, like the goofy acting and the way some of these characters dress. A movie about ritualistic cults and magic shouldn't be so hard to get right. It's like he went out of his way to make it suck ass.

yeah I never understood the hype over this too. The fighting was very awkward with the slowmotion. Love JCVD but pass on this one.

Bernie - 3/5

An alright film with nothing really negative to speak of and nothing great to speak of either. The main problem I had was I went into it expecting a comedy and what I got was a drama with a couple of moments of slightly funny chatter and sight gags. Also, I guess the back and forth between documentary and the actual movie got rather annoying, it killed any sort of pace the film was originally going for. It certainly wasn't an amazing film, it's mostly a slow burner that could of been summed up in half an hour, but it was a good way to kill time and one of the few Jack Black films I've seen that hasn't sucked. I really would advise anyone seeing it to not wait for the jokes, your wait will be fruitless.

Jungfrukällan: A classic naturally, but I think I do prefer Det sjunde inseglet over it. Jungrukällen seems to have a more of an episodic nature to it, going from one theme to another, one deadly sin to the next. I suppose there's some of that episodic nature to Det sjunde inseglet as well now that I think of it, but the overall theme tying it all together is worked better on that one than the one on Jungfrukällan.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: A striking depiction of dance-a-thons from the Great Depression. People doing unbelievable things, going to maddening lengths just trying to survive in the world. Kind of a mismatch of writing, the male lead though. Jumping to such a long commitment and then just throwing it all away willy nilly.

The Deadly Companions: An early Peckinpah-western and it shows. Really low budget with a script that seems to have been written over a couple of booze-addled nights. An old veteran finds his old nemesis that he's been looking for a long time, but ends up dutybound to escort a widow to Amerindian lands before he can take his revenge. The story is on revenge, what it's worth and how one needs more substance in one's life than something as fleeting as that. A common enough theme in films and books, but how many people actually are motivated by something as petty and short-lasting as revenge? The film is entertaining enough, but still obviously shows that Peckinpah isn't at his peak yet and that sometimes a low budget can really hurt a film.

Harsh Times: Christian Bale as a war vet who tries to get his life together, but also partying up with his ol' time bro who is also trying to get his life together after having supported his girlfriend through college. They're both torn up by the duty they feel towards their 'homegirls' (Bale's a Mexican girl still living in Mexico with her parents and bro's high maintenance, modern girlfriend) and just wanting to party, being teenagers still. Bale is also trying to come to terms with his PSTD, though naturally, as these things go, he is denying everything. Until everything is fucked up. Royally.

Harsh Times was great but I couldn't help but feel like Bale was a little TOO over the top and the ending was unsatisfying.

Felt really nostalgic for some reason and watched All Dogs Go To Heaven. Holy shit, not only did that movie make me cry but it was a much better story than I remembered as well. The musical numbers are mostly unmemorable but that's the only glaring flaw I can point at. Really dark subject matter for a kids film, especially if you know what happened to the girl who voiced the little girl.

Yeah, that's definitely not not Peckinpah at his Peckinpeak. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is probably my favorite, very gruesome and dark even by his standards.

Excellent movies, both. Have you seen any other Bergman movies? I highly recommend Vargtimmen, Through a Glass Darkly (using the English title because it's too much hassle to get the special characters on this keyboard), Shame, The Passion of Anna, Winter Light, and Wild Strawberries. The Passion of Anna in particular left me exhausted and wrung-out by the end. (Certain chemicals added to this.) Winter Light is also a rather demanding movie, and one of my favorites. On the other hand, The Magician is a rather funny movie, and kind of uncharacteristic for Bergman. Definitely worth watching.

Strangely (to me), I didn't care for The Silence or Persona. Maybe part of it was things going on in my life at the time; I should watch them again.

Last night I watched Let the Right One In for the second time. Got to say I love this movie, along with the remake, Let Me In. It's so quiet and cold, and touching in a strange way. I'd give it a 9/10, easily.

Strange that I haven't seen Harsh Times since Bale is one of my favourite actors at the moment. I'll have to check that out soon.

Harsh Times was terrible, but beside that, why would anyone other than adolescent girls and preadolescent boys label Bale a "favorite?" He's the very embodiment of the vanilla GQ model foist into the spotlight because his daddy was a talent manager. I've never seen an interesting Bale performance, and I never will.

Speaking of which, The Flowers of War: 4/10. Without Bale, may have been as high as a 6.

Is that what they call syphilis when it moves to the dementia stage?


Recently put virtually every film by Kurosawa, in chronological order, on my Netflix queue. I feel this is an oeuvre I need to complete before I die.