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Suck (2009)
Eclectic, Electric, and Fun
What a great ride! Suck is one of those movies that will put you in a good mood. Jessica Pare is mesmerizing as a vampire, you will find yourself unable to break eye contact with her in some of her scenes. The makeup is done in the vein of the original Dawn of the Dead, giving the vampires a graphic novel look and feel. The humor is akin to Shaun of the Dead and rarely misses. I found myself laughing all the way through the movie, something I can't often say with many of today's comedies. The cameos by the old school rockers were awesome and contributed immensely to the production. The music-videos-in-a-movie format works well and almost makes you feel like you're back in the day when MTV was actually MUSIC television. There is one song performed by Jessica Pare that is quite touching, in my humble opinion. The director's conservative use of ever so slightly slowed movement is hypnotic. I know my comments may not seem like they were written for a film like 'Suck', but that's why I feel it's so eclectic, and it so works.
Der Untergang (2004)
Immersive, Haunting, Fascinating
This is the most amazing movie I have ever seen. As I sit here in Iraq, it has given me new purpose and introspection. While Sadaam Hussein paled in comparison to Hitler, both in terms of levels of evil and intelligence, Der Untergang brings home the fact that evil, in all of its forms, must be confronted.
Ganz's performance was immaculate. We all have our own imagined version of Hitler, Ganz has single handedly swept those away and replaced them with what has to be the most accurate rendition there has ever been or ever will be of Adolf Hitler.
An absolutely amazing achievement. It is movies like this that elevate film to a true art form.
Halloween (1978)
Had me hiding in a closet for hours...
I had watched this movie when it first came out on HBO, I must have been 10 years old. It scared the hell out of me - had to sleep with my parents that night. About a year later they left me alone in the house as they went out for the night. It was a country house out in the woods and it wasn't long before I started hearing things. There were lots of windows all around, and I could feel Michael watching me - so off to the closet to hide. I was in there for hours hoping he wouldn't find me. I was good until I looked over in the corner and saw my dad's coveralls hanger there - holy crap!! I survived the night but I'll never forget how Halloween scared the bejesus out of me.
This is a must for any collection - 10/10.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Do da loo do do - do da loo do (Spooky Netherworld Circus Music)
Nothing beats flipping the channels at one o'clock in the morning with a case of insomnia topped with boredom than to run across a great B movie. How about running across the greatest B movie ever made - Killer Klowns from Outer Space! Who can resist a macabre blood-sucking killer klown with bad teeth delivering pizza?
This movie sucks you in to its psychotic psychedelic world, each scene like a walk through a twisted candy store with melted fun house mirrors for walls. The first contact with the circus tent space ship deep in the dark moonlit forest begins your journey into the Klowns surreal universe. The Chiodo Brothers imagination seems limitless with each passing minute - gnarling mutating popcorn, cotton candy digestion pods, bloodhound balloons, acid pies, killer shadow puppets, color coded giant footprint collages, and clown capped ice cream truck car chases - to name but a few of the demented scenes. Each successive scene is a journey further into dementia, leaving you anxious for the next treat.
This movie is like going to a carnival - on Mars. If you haven't seen this movie do yourself a favor and BUY it, you never know when that late night urge for a good B movie is going to strike. Throw some popcorn in the microwave (if you're feeling lucky), put on you clown shoes, and strap on the straight jacket for 88 minutes of weird.