Saw 3, Masters of Horror, and Slither.
Hey folks it's me again, your role model. The future of society and the reason for the internet. The Saint. I want to first start off with a sour note folks.
Masters of Horror. I had high hopes for this one and was severly let down. There are major spoilers up ahead so if you haven't seen it for yourself and are planning on seeing it, stop reading right........NOW. Otherwise, I just want to tell you Tobe needs to stop riding on the coat tails of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. First there was the toolbox murders, which was ok. Nothing special though. Then there was Dance of the Dead. Tobe's episode on last months Masters of Horror, and now he has this piece of trash. Ok let me be fair for a minute the movie started out good and tense, I mean to see somebody get utterly dimemboweled by an unseen entity is pretty damn cool, and there were a couple of gory moments after that. This was all it had though, besides potential. It has the start of atmosphere kinda like a cross between In the Mouth of Madness, and ended like The Shining. Sounds good so far right? Well what we had at the very end was a ending that was the equivalent of the last half of Jeepers Creepers. The movie ended with a giant cheap cgi oil monster tossing the Sherriff in the air and eating him. Very retarded. And next week looks to be a horror version of The Burbs. *sigh* Not looking good campers.
That was the low light. Now for the Highlight. Saw 3. What else can I say but I thought this was awesome and did a nice job rounding out the series and bringing things full circle. Besides the typical setup at the end but, I am not going to give away too many details and leave you to find out for yourself. Needless to say the gore was all there and some very creative traps and kills. The traps themselves part of the end too. Just watch it and you will see what I am talking. Once again Tobin Bell reprised the role of Jigsaw perfectly and to a tee, almost seems like it was the role he was born to play. Shawnee Smith was back as Amanda, and whatever questions one was left with by the end of 3 they are all answered in detail. It could have been the perfect end to close out the series which they didn't do. Makes me feel like there may be an alternative ending. So if the new crew comes through and rapes the franchise, just don't see past the first three. Kinda like Star Wars. Go see it. It was well worth the price of admission and perhaps my top horror pic of the year.
Slither...I have to admit that at first when this movie was released I was apprehensive. I just didn't know about it, but as reviews started to roll in...I wanted to see this movie more and more. Our local theater didn't get it unfortunatly so I was forced to wait for it on DVD and MAN am I glad I did. Let me just say this is not your usual dread and feel like crap horror movie. This movie is one that sets out to entertain and let me tell you that it does, you will yourself laughing, cheering, and just going what the hell. Some of the dialogue that was written just had me rolling. Don't get me wrong this isn't in line with your trauma movies, not cheese for cheese sake. I believe when James Gunn helmed this movie he was looking to entertain nothing more nothing less. And he hit the mark. The characters are actually pretty real, if not over the top at moments. We are introduced to the mayor at the beginnning (and my favorite character of them all). The creature was done well the story line works. The plot moves along nicely. Check this movie out, I say buy it! Because I bet you will watch it again and again.
No game reviews this week, check back next week though for my reviews of Marvel Ultimate Alliance and this weeks Masters of Horror.
Hey folks it's me again, your role model. The future of society and the reason for the internet. The Saint. I want to first start off with a sour note folks.
Masters of Horror. I had high hopes for this one and was severly let down. There are major spoilers up ahead so if you haven't seen it for yourself and are planning on seeing it, stop reading right........NOW. Otherwise, I just want to tell you Tobe needs to stop riding on the coat tails of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. First there was the toolbox murders, which was ok. Nothing special though. Then there was Dance of the Dead. Tobe's episode on last months Masters of Horror, and now he has this piece of trash. Ok let me be fair for a minute the movie started out good and tense, I mean to see somebody get utterly dimemboweled by an unseen entity is pretty damn cool, and there were a couple of gory moments after that. This was all it had though, besides potential. It has the start of atmosphere kinda like a cross between In the Mouth of Madness, and ended like The Shining. Sounds good so far right? Well what we had at the very end was a ending that was the equivalent of the last half of Jeepers Creepers. The movie ended with a giant cheap cgi oil monster tossing the Sherriff in the air and eating him. Very retarded. And next week looks to be a horror version of The Burbs. *sigh* Not looking good campers.
That was the low light. Now for the Highlight. Saw 3. What else can I say but I thought this was awesome and did a nice job rounding out the series and bringing things full circle. Besides the typical setup at the end but, I am not going to give away too many details and leave you to find out for yourself. Needless to say the gore was all there and some very creative traps and kills. The traps themselves part of the end too. Just watch it and you will see what I am talking. Once again Tobin Bell reprised the role of Jigsaw perfectly and to a tee, almost seems like it was the role he was born to play. Shawnee Smith was back as Amanda, and whatever questions one was left with by the end of 3 they are all answered in detail. It could have been the perfect end to close out the series which they didn't do. Makes me feel like there may be an alternative ending. So if the new crew comes through and rapes the franchise, just don't see past the first three. Kinda like Star Wars. Go see it. It was well worth the price of admission and perhaps my top horror pic of the year.
Slither...I have to admit that at first when this movie was released I was apprehensive. I just didn't know about it, but as reviews started to roll in...I wanted to see this movie more and more. Our local theater didn't get it unfortunatly so I was forced to wait for it on DVD and MAN am I glad I did. Let me just say this is not your usual dread and feel like crap horror movie. This movie is one that sets out to entertain and let me tell you that it does, you will yourself laughing, cheering, and just going what the hell. Some of the dialogue that was written just had me rolling. Don't get me wrong this isn't in line with your trauma movies, not cheese for cheese sake. I believe when James Gunn helmed this movie he was looking to entertain nothing more nothing less. And he hit the mark. The characters are actually pretty real, if not over the top at moments. We are introduced to the mayor at the beginnning (and my favorite character of them all). The creature was done well the story line works. The plot moves along nicely. Check this movie out, I say buy it! Because I bet you will watch it again and again.
No game reviews this week, check back next week though for my reviews of Marvel Ultimate Alliance and this weeks Masters of Horror.
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