Woowee, it's been a long time since a good original Halloween themed movie came out. My girlfriend and I wanted to see this one out of curiosity based souly on a commercial. We hadn't heard anything about it or seen anything else. After watching it I did some research. It was released this year but filmed and was originally supposed to be released in 2007. WB for a reason that has not been explained pulled the movie from a theatrical release and released it to DVD this year. Rumor has it they didn't want it compete with SAW IV. Trick r' Treat is one of the most fresh Halloween movies I've seen in a long time. I loved it, it has everything a good Halloween movie should, zombies, werewolves, vampires, Halloween demons, and a murderer.
It takes much insperation from the old horror magazines/comis like Creepy or Tales from the crypt. It's a series of small stories that take place on Halloween. But what's neat is that they're all linked in some way, some small as seeing the characters from one story in the background to characters being in several stories. It also doesn't follow a set time line and jumps around a little but it doesn't take away from the film. Also there's no straight CG, the movie is like a classic horror movie with make up and animitronics. There is a little bit of CG, but it's used tastfully and doesn't ruin the movie. I don't have any scenes I can show, I also wouldn't want to post much of the movie because I wouldn't want to ruin it! I cannot stress how much I love this movie. I watched it twice in a week, once with Sara and again for our horror movie marathon. If you can go out and rent/buy a copy and watch it Friday night or even on Halloween night and you wont be disappointed. There is a small list of movies I watch every year around Halloween and this one has been added to it, damn near the top too. WB really fucked up not releasing this one in theaters. But that's ok they already announced a second one! So hopefully that one will have a theatrical release.
The last week or so has been pretty hectic, we lost a close family friend, her funeral is tomorrow. I've also been kind of ill, so I haven't had a lot of "up" time aside from work. I've been getting exhausted really quick. With that said I'm way behind on my costume and because of that I'm building it with what I have around and as cheap as I can. I'm pretty pleased with it so far, this is just the first coat of spray paint, I'll be putting another coat on by hand as to not damage the foam anymore.
I'm about 80% done with the gun, I have to add the barrel with the barrel ring, trigger, wire, the two canister type parts to the front and a bracket to attach it to my pack. As far as my pack goes I'm about 10% done....I'm hoping to get most of it hammered out on Sunday.
As far as the actual uniform goes, I'm all done minus a walkie talkie and a safegard, but I'm pleased with where I'm at. Here is a "preview" haha
Here's a good one, a classic. For as long as I remember the theme song of this movie has haunted the rooms of my house every October. It's always been one of my dad's favorite movies. Sadly none of it's sequels have been able to capture the essence of the original, though the remake a couple of years ago was alright. It's not Halloween until you've watched Halloween.
Every October I have to watch this and two other movies for it to really feel like Halloween. Mike Myers is such a creepy slasher villain and for such a small budgeted film it's amazing work. It's better than most horror movies in the last couple of decades. John Carpenter really hit the ball out of the park with this one.
You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find good scenes of the original on youtube. But I have good news, AMC is showing Halloween on the 26th and 27th, 10pm and 6pm respectively. I'm not sure if that's Pacific or Eastern or what. If you haven't watched it this year mark your calender, Halloween is just around the corner.
So last night Shane came up and visited for a few hours. Him, our friend Matt, my girlfriend Sara and I went ghost hunting. For three years now it's been a tradition that we go trouncing through parks, graveyards, parking lots and other place that we've heard have activity. A couple of years ago we picked up some interesting noises that would respond to our questions, that was neat. Last year we weren't as lucky. According to Matt we might have picked up one EVP but I've yet to hear it. Well, tonight we didn't get to make it to any of our regular haunts, no pun intended, but we went to a new spot. Nothing special, didn't really feel anything, didn't really see anything. I did pick up some interesting things on my camera that I didn't realize I captured until after we left. Sadly my camera cord is out of commission at the moment. But I ordered another one and I hope to have it with in the week and I'll post the images and see what you guys think.
