Fudge yeah, got one! I can't wait to see what treats await...
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Cavity Colors Spook Bag
This Wednesday....
Haunt
The premise
to Haunt is nothing new to fans of
Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse although the
look and feel of both movies are entirely different animals. Haunt is more of a haunted house experience rather than the carnival like atmosphere
of The Funhouse, advertising itself
as “extreme” to appeal to the Generation XYZ-who gives a shit crowd. Real world extreme haunted houses are
something I don’t think I would ever put myself through; they are essentially legalized
torture where people poke you with sticks in the dark and vomit in your face
while trying to induce the feeling of being drowned. No thanks, life is torture enough.
What I liked
about Haunt is that you essentially know what to expect from the start, but it
keeps messing with those expectations throughout. You know the kids going through the haunted
house are the proverbial meat for the grinder, but the movie is very patient,
gathering the right amount of suspense and atmosphere before going into full
tilt crazy kill mode, and it doesn’t disappoint. The killers themselves seem to be next-level
Halloween obsessed freaks, the movie leaks just enough information about them
to keep them mysterious, creepy, and terrifying. You don’t want to know what’s behind the
mask. The film is bathed in the neon
glow colors of a funhouse which seems appropriate, and the kill-set-pieces are
well done, it kept me guessing until the end and wishing for a sequel. They aren’t overdone or over the top like Saw where you have trouble believing
someone could build these traps, and the movie isn’t overly focused on gross torture
porn. I think this is a good stalk and
slash to kick start the Halloween season this year, and a surprisingly good
slasher. I would have gone to the
theaters to see this one. I think there
was a movie with almost the exact same premise that came out last year (except
it was a horror festival rather than a single haunted house), I can’t even
recall the name of it, but I have a feeling I will be re-watching Haunt for a while. I
think it’s the best new slasher I’ve seen all year, or at least since Halloween
2018.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Halloween 4 - new designs by Gutter Garbs
Tonight at 630 EST Gutter Garbs is releasing new designs based on Halloween 4.
https://guttergarbs.com/collections/halloween-4-the-return-of-michael-myers
Gutter Garbs/ Terror Threads - New Halloween shirts
I just wanted to point out Gutter Garbs and Terror Threads are continuing to impress with their new Halloween line of shirts...
https://guttergarbs.com/products/halloween-halloween-1963-t-shirt
https://terrorthreads.com/collections/mens/products/halloween-the-evil-is-gone-baseball-t-shirt?variant=13785704988727
Or maybe a rewind of die baseball tee? Halloween is coming kiddies! What will you be for the big night?
Anybody want to grab me some?
Saturday the 14th
Saturday the 14th is a hooky time killer, great for a hung-over pizza laden Sunday. None of the jokes are actually funny, nothing sticks, but for some reason I can't tear myself away from its cheap basement budget charm. It reminds me of Scooby-Do meets The Spookies. They kind of toss in as many rubber monsters and dime store vampires as they can to spice things up a bit, which is fine by this monster kid. I get the feeling that the writers are from the same pool of talent as the people behind Return of the Killer Tomatoes. The jokes kind of land the same, all lame. This is really some next level goofy nonsense, but it's the 80's so nobody really gives a damn, just have fun with it. It centers around a family that moves into an old haunted mansion. The son accidentally unleashes a monster Armageddon from an ancient book of evil that prophesies Saturday the 14th as the end of the world. Despite the movie having a kind of wholesome family quality to it there is some gore centering around the creatures tearing people to pieces mostly off screen. It was actually kind of shocking to see any blood in this; it could have easily screened on television as part of a fun Saturday morning marathon for kids. I would recommend if you are in the mood for some serious cheese:
Friday, September 13, 2019
Happy Friday the 13th!
Friday, September 6, 2019
Thursday, September 5, 2019
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