I am really looking forward to this movie. I just read the graphic novel for the first time and it was really good. One interesting thing is that the climax of the book features a confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union. A few days later the fighting broke out in Georgia. Now we're sending troops to Georgia. Swell!
Anyway here is the trailer:
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Some light holiday music
The good folks at the HP Lovecraft Historical Society have released their second album of soul shattering holiday favorites entitled "An Even Scarier Solstice". Just remember, when you listen to the void the void also listens to you!
Here is a sample:
BLUE SOLSTICE . . .
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I was also thinking about good HP Lovecraft style horror movies. There aren't too many of them, but when I really thought about it there were more than I at first realized. Granted none of these movies is "authentic" HP Lovecraft but all of them seem to be heavily inspired by his work.
The Mist -- the Stephen King story turned into a movie just recently
Hellboy -- not strictly a horror movie but the horror elements are definitely Lovecraftian. I liked this movie as much for its humor. The dialogue between Hellboy and the kid on the roof is great. It also has this great one liner: after Hellboy slays a demon from hell (by electrocuting him) he says "I'm fireproof, you're not"
In the Mouth of Madness -- a book that drives people insane
Event Horizon -- a spaceship and its crew are sent to recover a ship, the Event Horizon, lost at the edge of space for years. The ship was a prototype with a special warp drive that would open a hole in space. If you know Lovecraft you know this is something you don't want to be doing. Sam Neill who was the lead for In the Mouth of Madness also plays in this one.
Also IMDB has a tag for HP Lovecraft , not sure how accurate the ratings are but some of them look interesting.
Here is a sample:
BLUE SOLSTICE . . .
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I was also thinking about good HP Lovecraft style horror movies. There aren't too many of them, but when I really thought about it there were more than I at first realized. Granted none of these movies is "authentic" HP Lovecraft but all of them seem to be heavily inspired by his work.
The Mist -- the Stephen King story turned into a movie just recently
Hellboy -- not strictly a horror movie but the horror elements are definitely Lovecraftian. I liked this movie as much for its humor. The dialogue between Hellboy and the kid on the roof is great. It also has this great one liner: after Hellboy slays a demon from hell (by electrocuting him) he says "I'm fireproof, you're not"
In the Mouth of Madness -- a book that drives people insane
Event Horizon -- a spaceship and its crew are sent to recover a ship, the Event Horizon, lost at the edge of space for years. The ship was a prototype with a special warp drive that would open a hole in space. If you know Lovecraft you know this is something you don't want to be doing. Sam Neill who was the lead for In the Mouth of Madness also plays in this one.
Also IMDB has a tag for HP Lovecraft , not sure how accurate the ratings are but some of them look interesting.
Monday, November 26, 2007
The Mist
My wife and I went to see The Mist over the holiday. I have to say that it was a really good horror movie. There was a definite tension throughout the film as the characters lives were threatened and the bonds of "civilization" were pushed to the breaking point. There was an underlying message that when put in a situation of great fear people will do or believe almost anything to relieve themselves of the responsibility for feeling it. If they feel powerless they will attempt to reassert their power in whatever way they can. Scapegoating provides a convenient outlet for this. The terrible unknown is reduced to something familiar and identifiable.
Overall I really enjoyed this movie. Nowadays a well done horror movie seems to be a rarity. I did have a couple of problems with it. The first complaint I have was the quality of the computer generated graphics. At points they were not that great and took me out of the movie a little bit, at other points they were fine. I couldn't help but thinking they might have done better relying a bit more on animatronics and other low tech for the creatures instead of so much CG.
The bigger complaint I have is with the ending.
BIG SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
Why did they decide to kill themselves after being out of gas for 5 seconds! I mean come on! They worked so hard to survive up to that point, any normal human being is going to hold out as long as they can. I imagined myself in that situation and could easily imagine surviving for several days, and yet they decided to end it after what, maybe, 5 minutes! No, you hold out until you are either eyeing each others ribs hungrily or the monsters are about to break in.
I don't have a problem with the movie ending this way, in fact I liked it, but the context in which it happened kind of soured it for me.
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One part I liked was the beginning when you see the main character, an artist, working on the movie posters that are his livelihood. In the background is the movie poster for John Carpenter's "The Thing", a favorite movie of mine in both its version. The poster he is working on as the movie opens is obviously for Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. HMMM . . .. perhaps a hint of things to come?
Overall I really enjoyed this movie. Nowadays a well done horror movie seems to be a rarity. I did have a couple of problems with it. The first complaint I have was the quality of the computer generated graphics. At points they were not that great and took me out of the movie a little bit, at other points they were fine. I couldn't help but thinking they might have done better relying a bit more on animatronics and other low tech for the creatures instead of so much CG.
The bigger complaint I have is with the ending.
BIG SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
Why did they decide to kill themselves after being out of gas for 5 seconds! I mean come on! They worked so hard to survive up to that point, any normal human being is going to hold out as long as they can. I imagined myself in that situation and could easily imagine surviving for several days, and yet they decided to end it after what, maybe, 5 minutes! No, you hold out until you are either eyeing each others ribs hungrily or the monsters are about to break in.
I don't have a problem with the movie ending this way, in fact I liked it, but the context in which it happened kind of soured it for me.
* * * * * * * *
One part I liked was the beginning when you see the main character, an artist, working on the movie posters that are his livelihood. In the background is the movie poster for John Carpenter's "The Thing", a favorite movie of mine in both its version. The poster he is working on as the movie opens is obviously for Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. HMMM . . .. perhaps a hint of things to come?
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