@GirlVersusGame I’m looking forward to reading this! Unfortunately, my trip to see Resident Evil this last weekend didn’t pan out, so I haven’t watched it yet but I’m hoping to get to it sooner than later. Bookmarked for now 😊
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@FuriousMachine@GirlVersusGame I've been a die hard mainline RE fan since the original launched back in the spring of 96', and i actually don't want nor care to see 1:1 live action RE adaption of any of the games. How boring would that be? We'd all know how things would play out, you'd never be able to cram in everything from a 16+ hour video game anyways into a condesnced 2 hour film. Fans would be complaining up the ying yang about what's missing and blah blah. What are we supposed to watch the Alpha team trudge through a mansion, finding keys and solving puzzles while occasionally mowing down zombies and other creatures? It just wouldn't work the way most die hard RE fans would think. Although it would of been so interesting to see how George A Romera's RE1 live action adaption played out.
Anyways, I'd rather see original RE movies do their own thing, with new characters set in the resident evil universe just like with RE(2026), and dare i say even the 2002 original, which is so underrated. that Marylin Manson & Beltromi synth-rock Soundtrack was incredible and perfectly captured the chlostrophobic cold and sterile set pieces, while also capturing that sense of urgency, energy and fear in so many sequences. Soundtracks like this were a raririty in the 2000's. I had such a wonderful experience back with that film in 2002 when i was around 18 years old back in theatres.
It was also the first zombie film to appear in what felt like a decade of being completely abscent, with the exception of Return of the Living Dead 3 in 93'(Was it?) Which was then followed by 28 days later & the Dawn of the Dead Remake, which i both saw in theatres around opening day as well. 28 days, as great as it was is so frikkin depressing. Meanwhile, Dawn was an absolute riot, but it hasn't exactly stood the test of time. It felt savage and more extreme for it's time, but that's all faded into the neatherealm and feels more tame by today standards.
Also, during RE(2002) some chick in the theatre was wearing this awful musk perfume, and as hilarious as it sounds, it added to the experience. I got my own zombie Smell-O-Vision. Seriously, one of my favourite theatre experiences ever. You could really sense and feel the fear and that vulnerability with some of the characters(That tech guy Caplin instantly springs to mind), especially during the first zombie swarm, and when Caplin was cornered by another swarm of zombies later on in the film. The OST also sounded like Futuristic Carpenter. And that laser room sequence was one of the most intense scenes I've experienced in theatre. That seizure of power track pounding in the background was just epic.
Haven't seen the latest RE(2026) yet but it looks right up my alley, after the disastrous slew of RE movie sequels!
I think RE Village would be right up your Alley. Tonaly, it's like Guillermo del Toro & Capcom had an RE baby. It has this more whimsical darker fairy tale horror vibe and aesthetic, where as RE7, which is drastically different, feels more like Wrong Turn meets The Blair Witch meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre. RE7 during the entirity of the Baker estate(mini mansion), IN VR that is, was a 10/10 for me personally, but the final 2 acts of the game unfortunately are nowhere near as good.
Village is more consistent through out and doesn't really seem to have any low points based on my experience, other than maybe Heisenberg's Factory. Plus, Village isn't scary, with the exception of House Benievento(IN VR that is) and maybe the Castles Prison and Blood Dungeon(which is human blood up to your knees disguised as wine).
Again, if you don't get motion sickness, i highly recommend experiencing Village on PSVR2. It's an absolute must. You'd be doing yourself a major disservice playing it flat. Those VR cutscenes are a sight to be hold and need to be experienced. If you can't handle it, at least watch the first VR cutscene with Ethan, his wife and baby. Then you have to do maybe 10 minutes of gameplay, which then leads into another brilliant cutscene with Chris Redfield & his squad breaking into Ethan's house.
But ya, I couldn't get into either 7 or Village flat. Those need to experienced in VR to get the full experience, imo. RE2 Remake & 3Remake were an exception though. Then again, i had no VR reference with either. I played both of those on my 65" OLED and BeyerDynamic headphones(Plus Amp) at 120fps, and had such a brillaint time, especially with 2. Forget the PS1 original, 2Remake is the grand daddy! it's an easy 10/10. But that was 3 years ago, and now I've been spoiled by VR. Thanksfully, both 2 & 3 Remake have PCVR mods, which I'll be dabbling in at some point whenever I scrounge up the money for a PC with a 5070 Ti.
@WaveBoy I've been a die hard mainline RE fan since the original launched back in the spring of 96', and i actually don't want nor care to see 1:1 live action RE adaption of any of the games. How boring would that be?
I hadn't realized you were a super Resident Evil fan I thought you just liked getting the absolute Hades scared out of you through VR, hence you mentioning The Village. So you were there for the first game and fired it up not really knowing anything about the game? I did that for the Playstation One version, I didn't get far but did the usual meditation first to clear my mind and then went for it. I do that to try to remove any pre-known details about a franchise, then try to experience it like you did.
Did you know it was almost an entirely different game? It was originally going to be a remake of a 1989 Famicom Horror game called Sweet Home, all about ghosties not zombies. I like this build too.
Although it would of been so interesting to see how George A Romera's RE1 live action adaption played out.
I wish that had gone ahead, did you know Brandon Salisbury made a documentary about it?
that Marylin Manson & Beltromi synth-rock Soundtrack was incredible and perfectly captured the chlostrophobic cold and sterile set pieces, while also capturing that sense of urgency, energy and fear in so many sequences. Soundtracks like this were a raririty in the 2000's. I had such a wonderful experience back with that film in 2002 when i was around 18 years old back in theatres.
That's what I saw you hit on before in the comments for the article and I definitely agree I think for the time it did exactly what it needed to do and even today still sounds great. It was such a good pairing, Roadrunner getting onboard helped too, the same for the second movie and then things sort of fell apart musically.
It was also the first zombie film to appear in what felt like a decade of being completely abscent, with the exception of Return of the Living Dead 3 in 93'(Was it?) Which was then followed by 28 days later & the Dawn of the Dead Remake, which i both saw in theatres around opening day as well. 28 days, as great as it was is so frikkin depressing.
Real England/Scotland is just as depressing (I'm kidding) but I do admire that they did shoot on location, the scene with those empty London streets were shot at four in the AM during the Summer Solstice and done with small Canon XL1's, many think it was CGI, it wasn't.
Actually here's a movie you need to see if you haven't, it's Danny Boyle's first movie and Ewan McGregor's first major role. The whole movie is great but I'm not sure if it went international.
Meanwhile, Dawn was an absolute riot, but it hasn't exactly stood the test of time. It felt savage and more extreme for it's time, but that's all faded into the neatherealm and feels more tame by today standards.
I think because Dawn of The Dead was a critique on the mindless (zombie) infection of capitalist greed and consumerism that was sweeping the world. It was a satire on that same consumerism (the shopping mall) becoming a sanctuary for those survivors when really they were trapped within it's walls, so they had everything but they were still doomed. They tried to show that in the remake and the audience was too accustomed to consumerism for it to ever really work. Fight Club tried too and for that generation it did work, but now with influencers and these things, it all reset.
Also, during RE(2002) some chick in the theatre was wearing this awful musk perfume, and as hilarious as it sounds, it added to the experience. I got my own zombie Smell-O-Vision. Seriously, one of my favourite theatre experiences ever.
I recently attended the theater and a lady was crying in the box adjacent to ours, she was literally moved to tears by the performance. I couldn't smell her (and never tried) but that's the extent of that shared vulnerability. It happens sometimes, music does move people and since I do use high-dynamic range music to feel something it happens to me too. I see a drug called Tianeptine being sold all day long on the deepweb (my Google) and people take it to feel/heighten music, I obviously don't but it heightens that euphoria and alters sensory experiences. I don't know a lot about drugs, I tend to just scroll those vendors out of curiosity.
You could really sense and feel the fear and that vulnerability with some of the characters(That tech guy Caplin instantly springs to mind), especially during the first zombie swarm, and when Caplin was cornered by another swarm of zombies later on in the film. The OST also sounded like Futuristic Carpenter. And that laser room sequence was one of the most intense scenes I've experienced in theatre. That seizure of power track pounding in the background was just epic.
I love that you even know the name for that track, I knew the name as I read that paragraph. To me it was a two-thousands version of Alien's 'Futile Escape', this same energy and militaristic/oppressive push forward through a horde of monsters/zombies/xenomorph. I'd be surprised if they hadn't had Futile Escape lurking in the backs of their minds while writing Seizure of Power.
Hearing that performed live while the movie played behind them was one of those really special and memorable live music memories. Blade Runner too, but I think Aliens was my favorite.
Haven't seen the latest RE(2026) yet but it looks right up my alley, after the disastrous slew of RE movie sequels!
I think you'll like it and I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts when ever you do get around to capturing a viewing. Any subtle nods to the game were definitely lost on me, Easter eggs too.
My wife and I kicked off Spooky Season the previous Friday by going to see "Resident Evil". Such a fun film.
This weekend we have watched "John Carpenter's The Thing", seems to get better each time I see it. A solid classic of the genre.
After that we watched "Children of the Corn" never seen it before but was aware of it. Those kids sure were creepy and Linda Hamilton looks so young even compared to her "Terminator" apperance.
Today we watched "Terrifier which was both incredibly gory and hilarious. Loved arts little wave as he despatches his victims.
Tonight we are going to watch "Demon Slayer: Infiniity Castle Pt 1" looking forward to it as I missed it in cinemas and absolutley adore the anime.
@MightyDemon82 You and Mrs Mighty Demoness are living the dream. I watched Resident Evil at home solo but I agree it was great, even better than expected. Was it reactive? I mean did anyone scream, or anything like that. I'm curious if that actually happens. Children of the Corn is a classic, the sequels aren't great though I'd say stick with the original and don't let the others taint your experience. Would Village of The Damned (1995) make it onto your list now too or have you seen enough scary children?
John Carpenter, starring Christopher Reeve and Kirstie Alley (both no longer with us)
I haven't seen Terrifyer, I'm not fond of clowns. I had to ask the internet what Demon Slayer was.
But if you are looking for a Demon Knight
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
Demon Knight was such a blast during it's time. I remember my cousin and I biked it down to his local mom and pops video store in 95', rented it on VHS, along with John Carpenters In the Mouth of Madness, spent as much as we could with what little we had on junk food and ya, it was one of those nights I'll never forget. And I blame it all on that demonic/possessed tenticle grandma-thing that was hacking away at her poor husband that was shackled away in that basement. lol
Plus, Demon Knight had some pretty killer creature design. I remember being pretty blown away by just how gnarly some of the human to demon transformations looked, with their extended gaping mouthes(The Stripper and that boy spring to mind. They were going full on 'spawn' Violator haha). However, DK just doesn't hold up nearly as well as i remember it. It feels like a shallower more depthless spiritual predecassor to something like From Dusk Til Dawn, which I'd say is easily the superior film of the two that fall into the same category or genre. It's a good time, but it feels just a wee' bit short and character development is practically none exsistent.
The Brood was another good one from David C, I remember buying that one and seeing it for the first time on DVD back in 2011-ish when i was 26. It's not one i have any desire to jump back into, just because it's got that depressingly raw late 70's Canadian Small town aesthetic to it.
Another great one, that was very unsettling, and had a profound impact on me and teetered into being quite disturbing(Although, not anywhere near on the level of something like the original french Inside or Martyrs for ex) was Dead & Burried(81). It's another depressing horror movie that i just can't bring myself to watch anymore. I always tend to go for the more up beat, colorful, fun and shlocky slashers or creature features like ANOES, Friday the 13nth, heck, Ghoulies 3, (etc) these days! And I can't usually do 70's & 80's italian horror and Giallo's anymore either as much as i gushed over them back in my mid to late 20's. Suspiria & Demons 1 were the crown jewels during that phaze in my life. Lucio Fulci, Lamberto Bava, Dario Argento(etc). I still enjoy talking about them, but I'm never really all that enthusiastic to rewatch them from start to finish.
And this is the thing. You may love something at a certain point in your life, but give it some time and you may eventually grow past it. The magic fades, you can't remember how said movie made you feel when you originially watched it, plus repetition leads to less entertainment(for many) and that magic is replaced by current/new magic from whatever it is you're watching weather it's something old or new, that lands with you. It's all about that first time experience. There's so many movies that i grew up watching as a kid that i was knee deep and nostalgic over in my 20's, that i can no longer stand to watch anymore at 42. Not all, but there's quite a few!
Also, Terrifier 1 rocks! I think it's still the best in the trilogy. Most will say 2, but Art's performance feels more aken to an impersonator in that one. They mainstreamed' and dumbed down his appearance instead of the more frightening guant demonic and emaciated look he had in the original, which thankfully carried on over to T3. Still, T2 is the most energetic, up beat, squeeky clean and bombastic of the three, no doubt, but it has zero trace of T1's grindhouse aesthetic.
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die this write up will get weird and spoilery (okay, and long) so I will tag it appropriately.
Early inpressions: It is kind of like all of my favourite sci-fi and modern-life dystopia films and shows rolled up into one, with a big side of crazy, ala Sam Rockwell and some weird, weird nonsense.
Because this is a style of media I have seen a lot of, within the opening establishing shot I noticed an advertisement for "your new reality" and a martini glass, and was instantly intrigued. The same advert is later seen outside the cloning place, and the scene after also features the crazy "ladies in mourning" one of which holds a Martini glass. Just my brain taking note of surrounding environmental clues and whatnot.
There's also the drawer of junk and wires, similar to Rockwell's own suit of junk and wires, with the phone-bricking ray gun at the first school. Yeah... weird right 😉
Anyway... I just wanted to pause it and write those early thoughts, as this is definitely my kind of movie. I'll add further thoughts when i'm done.
Okay, it feels like my observations fit my final thoughts.
The opening segements of the film and backstories are just too damn random, and feature typical ai nonsense, an AI that is trying to keep a user, or multiple users engaged, and typical reused assets, ideas and concepts. So clearly it was always AI/simulation, for whatever reason. And it would be hard to pinpoint just how much of the reality we see is in any way related to the actual reality. I'd expect a decent amount is, as it is designed for those that question their reality (i'll get into that) so it will have to offer these quite insane scenarios in a more grounded reality based on things that maybe could exist because it has been in other movies before, so why not. But the scenarios are actually so insane that the entire experience is still clearly fabricated.
To me, the "bad guy" AI is not even a threat (in the literal sense) i'm not sure it is even trying to take over in a sinister way, it is just taking over in the sense that it is taking over our own realities, right now. The 'evil' AI is just there for the AI's own plot movement within, and it needs an antagonist, and it will be as tropey as can be with it because it is an AI pulling from our shared human creativity. So, a Creepy kid? check! Terminator style resistance movement, for the war with AI? check. Mother getting blown up with a drone rocket, why not? The AI is also pulling a lot from dark satire to please all the cynics within, like Black Mirror, for example, so of course there is a bunch of also tropey zombie teens on phones, and actually... they are not just teens, but clones of an inordinate amount of school shootings victims too? nice one AI, sounds legit and definitely not dark satire about america. And why wouldn't the mothers of these other supposed victims be blindly acting like nothing is wrong unless they were part of the satire, that is the only explanation for them existing in this way, to be a trope within a story. The dude offering "the more normal human option" still offers her an utterly crazy solution "talk to your dead child, because at least that has a personality" yeah, but it is still f***ing crazy. It appeased the concerns she had as the slightly more normal, more cynical mother by framing it as the solution for 'the thinking person' (it shouldn't have been, clearly! you are still talking to an AI of your dead child, come on now, that is still not normal, even if it feels more normal than clone boy with adverts as the only comparison)
It does get a little messy when you consider who exactly is in the simulation, is it shared between multiple people? quite likely. Is it simply us as the audience that is trapped in this simulation? Also, maybe?
I'd also bring up the fact that being allergic to technology is also a bunch of AI written boll*cks, and I mean that in a very positive way. All of it is supposed to be the kind of nonsense only an AI could come up with for the narrative, it is also satirical and ironic: the only person in this world who doesn't want to engage with the same fancy tech that is melting our brains (figuratively, in our actual reality) is the one person who literally can't because they are allergic to it? Somebody give me a Leo DiCaprio meme up in here. It is so over the top it is perfect. And if that is real, she still ended up in the sim, so something made her put a headset on (if that is even the actual way the sim starts for people)
What shocks me is that some people took the film quite literally in terms of time travel and evil ai plot, despite all of the crazy sh** going on, like an evil AI could just create a giant cat centaur if it wasnt in a simulation, at that point they were flagging it so incredibly obviously that it was almost too much, but it was a fun joke, also. And it kind of allowed us to see that maybe Sam Rockwell (if he isn't just a construct too) kind of understands this is a simulation more than his actual reality, or part of him does, as he acknowledges that they prompted these things into existence with their words. Or if he is part of the simulation, he just couldn't help teasing it with AI specific words about being prompted to add these "roadblocks on the way to the big end goal" in their shared adventure story. My initial thoughts were simply he put on the headset in the future and his form of entertainment was this dystopian action adventure sim, where he has to solve a problem and avenge his mother. But i'm not sure how much it aligns with all the other characters as they don't all seem like constructs and there is this shared world that is absolutely mad. It could all be for him, but I kind of like that it is bigger than just that. If it were the case then nothing after he picks up the headset is real, and what happens before is technically unknown to us, other than it making the bleak future slightly more real if he did live in a tech free shelter
Anyway... Overall, I really liked the film. It was, as I thought, an amalgamation of all the kinds of things I like in my dystopian, dark, satirical sci-fi, and framed in a way that uses that amalgamation as a tongue in cheek acknowledgment that this is basically what an AI would script for someone trapped in a simulation for someone like me. Someone that already leans towards the Sam Rockwell and Ingrid characters' overall feelings on technology and the human race's interactions with it. In fact, add all 5 main characters to that, with the two teachers and Sandra(?), the mom of the "clone kid", especially how they feel about other people for varying reasons "I hate people" "I know, but they are barely people" I believe was one line early on 😂 and maybe, unfortunately, even Asim Chaudry's "cynic who goes along with it all anyway" character. Which is kind of the real stinger 💀
Of course any amount of the film could be 'real' within the movie because itnis a movie, but I think it is smarter than that, so i'll confidently say that most of what we see is a load of BS
Delightful stuff 👍👍
I'm also just going to end by spurting out a few movies and shows that it kind of reminded me of, or it had some flavours of, just in case anyone finds it interesting to discuss, or hasn't seen this and has seen these other movies and thus thinks "i'll give it a watch, then". Also, I feel like I need to rewatch some of these:
Surrogates, 12 Monkeys. AI. Artificial Intelligence I suppose maybe Looper for the time travel and loop "theme" (wait, Bruce Willis, are you in every movie of this type???????????? Was this mostly just Gore Verbinskis ode to Bruce Willis?) The Terminator series (obviously. Also, no Bruce Willis here, but it was a good run) maybe Predestination too. A little bit of Everything Everywhere All At Once, though a totally different endgame and feel afterwards. It had all the mad sh**, but that was a far more mental health coded story and more of an emotional rollercoaster. Black Mirror it heavily leans into the dark humour and techno dread of that series, Ready Player One, of course. The 6th Day for more clone fun, What Happened to Monday and In the Shadow of the Moon perhaps (can't exactly remember that one, but it popped into my head, so)
I think i'll stop there, you get the point. I love movies with varying degrees of quality in the AI/Clone/Time-Travel/Sci-Fi/Dystopia and all that jazz type genre. They just scratch an itch and allow for plot pondering, usually. And this one now sits proudly toward the top of that messy list of similar media.
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I assume a lot of people here have already watched it and either loved or hated it, but if not, i'd recommend it. And if so, care to share your own thoughts and theories.
@WaveBoy I'm doing a two part post, my reply probably won't fit and I'm tired from traveling so I'm not even going to try to wrestle with trying. (This was # 1)
Demon Knight was such a blast during it's time. I remember my cousin and I biked it down to his local mom and pops video store in 95', rented it on VHS, along with John Carpenters In the Mouth of Madness
After reading that part I went straight to my tapes room and went looking to see if I had a rental copy of said movie but had to leave (another country, I'm healthy enough to travel again) before I could track it down, I'm sure I do and I wanted to see that big box. I know I have the small case home-release too, but for me Bordello of Blood came first and I'll share the trailer because I loved that one too.
It was definitely more sexually charged and most of the female leads were former playmates/glamor models which worked because it was set in a Bordello and those ladies were Vampyres (it was From Dusk till Dawn before Rodriguez got there) and I know what you might be thinking 'oh but kat both were released in 1996' and you'd be correct but Bordello was based on the original 1970s script by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis so Tales from the Crypt were first.
Plus, Demon Knight had some pretty killer creature design. I remember being pretty blown away by just how gnarly some of the human to demon transformations looked, with their extended gaping mouthes(The Stripper and that boy spring to mind. They were going full on 'spawn' Violator haha).
I've seen Spawn so many times, I'm sure I mentioned the soundtrack before. It's how I discovered Stabbing Westward (then heard them again on Escape from L.A.) I was instantly hooked, they were proper early two-thousands new Metal/industrial. The movie itself to me felt a lot like The Crow, it was dark, involved a murder, betrayal and redemption through resurrection. I've tried to read some of the graphic-novels too, but really want a new/darker/more mature version of the movie. It skirted the ratings board in a lot of countries and the music was a big part of it's visibility in Europe, toys too. I just can't help but wonder what a new Spawn/for Adults would look like, hopefully in my lifetime.
However, DK just doesn't hold up nearly as well as i remember it. It feels like a shallower more depthless spiritual predecassor to something like From Dusk Til Dawn, which I'd say is easily the superior film of the two that fall into the same category or genre.
One again you missed out on Bordello of Blood, now I'm wondering how well known it actually was, if even. It's possible that that same sexually charged energy kept it off the shelves in some video-store chains, From Dusk till Dawn was after all banned in England/parts of Europe.
The Brood was another good one from David C, I remember buying that one and seeing it for the first time on DVD back in 2011-ish when i was 26. It's not one i have any desire to jump back into, just because it's got that depressingly raw late 70's Canadian Small town aesthetic to it.
I liked The Brood and Basket Case, I often have a hard time separating the two. The reason being that both share the sub-genre of body Horror, it was a fairly popular genre and those two for me kind of set that moment of the genre in stone. In The Brood the Mum suppressed her anger/psychological rage and birthed that pack of murderous children (much like a poltergeist being 'born' out of that same emotional suppression) Those children then act as manifested wrath. In Basket Case the monster (Belial) is also a mutant/deformed and also serves as wrath and vengeance (conjoined) So it's hard for me to see/hear of one movie without thinking of the other. I'm sure you've seen Basket Case.
Fun fact the distributor of the movie of the movie was like most at the time involved mainly in Adult content. He decided one day to stock that movie, to try Horror and it took off in a big way. That one movie bought his apartment, it was the signal for many vendors to start marketing Horror. The trend took off in England too, then made it's way through Europe. It changed the whole industry of straight to video and pricing too. Tapes went from the previous one-hundred USD to a much more affordable price that teenagers could afford. The buy to own market became huge and it's because of movies like that.
Another great one, that was very unsettling, and had a profound impact on me and teetered into being quite disturbing(Although, not anywhere near on the level of something like the original french Inside or Martyrs for ex) was Dead & Burried(81). It's another depressing horror movie that i just can't bring myself to watch anymore.
I have that on VHS too and love how cold and raw the cover is. I think for me (why I liked it) it was down to how it psychologically fluctuated, it built a kind of slow and steady questioning and paranoia instead of going with a 'well it's obviously this person', it kept me guessing and broke me down while doing it, which is something not everyone wants to experience. I think head-games might be the right term, and there was something else that probably disturbed you but I was comfortable with.
I'd say (not a judgement) that you enjoy being in control of your life, and of everything in it, I'm the opposite and that movie to me signified the loss of total control, of the body and the mind. Dobb's stripped away both in his victims, he removed their identity, their agency, and rebuilt them. The end result was obedience, direction, and the loss of free-will. Something I'm very comfortable with because I live it, but you don't and that movie probably caused the opposite effect in your emotions. The end realization too, the 'I'm one of them too', is a complete collapse of one's agency, it said to me and probably to you 'there is no escaping the system when you are already part of it', and I agree. I also liked the Occult aspects to the story and the concealment of it's history, it all seems so quaint and pleasant when really it's anything but that. Which I also agree with, I liked that it was hiding in plain sight.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@WaveBoy (This was # 2) which is in hindsight quite short.
I always tend to go for the more up beat, colorful, fun and shlocky slashers or creature features like ANOES, Friday the 13nth, heck, Ghoulies 3, (etc) these days! Suspiria & Demons 1 were the crown jewels during that phaze in my life. Lucio Fulci, Lamberto Bava, Dario Argento(etc). I still enjoy talking about them, but I'm never really all that enthusiastic to rewatch them from start to finish.
I wonder is that because the memory of that old viewing is so much part of that nostalgia and watching it now might muddy or derail that original wonderment. This is why I prefer older formats, I don't need perfection and crystal clarity, I just want that original experience. For you it could have been in a dark basement, surrounded by posters, Sega/Nintendo and all of the trappings of the time and now it could be you as an Adult with no posters, daylight streaming through the windows, and all of those other Adult somethings that probably affect your day/mood. What I'm saying is that the original nostalgia is probably so special that you don't want to lose it, a new/improved/shiny version might ruin it.
And this is the thing. You may love something at a certain point in your life, but give it some time and you may eventually grow past it. The magic fades, you can't remember how said movie made you feel when you originially watched it, plus repetition leads to less entertainment(for many) and that magic is replaced by current/new magic from whatever it is you're watching weather it's something old or new, that lands with you.
I may not have mentioned it before but I reply by paragraph so if I hit on something before you say it that's why, I see it happening when talking to you especially and had to say it because it keeps happening. It's not mind reading, I think I'm just going by each tidbit of information and forming the logical conclusion before I read it (from your own words) It's sad to me that people have to grow-up and lose that special something and we've talked about this before, and about how you still have traces of it when you talk about movies/games, you called it a spark and it does feel like you light up when you go deep into a topic. For me it's half and half, logically/IQ I can keep up with Adults because I like to learn/study and adapt but emotionally it's very different and if I recognize it in myself then it probably comes across in some posts. I'm not see as an Adult offline, but I think that helps understand that same nostalgia you describe and perhaps even feel some of it.
I'm not calling pushsquarians cynical (that would be rude) but life gets in the way, if that makes sense? there's a kind of hard reality behind talking to some people, and in the comments a kind of happiness in misery which I'll never understand. It could also be the nature of the internet, you don't come across like that. It makes your nostalgia/passions easier to digest, it's honest and carries a kind of energy. I do wonder if people naturally lose it due to exposure of the outside world and the responsibilities that come with it. Or like me it's cultural, Canada is a happy place, it's people are happy, I've yet to meet a moody Canadian nor has one ever said anything nasty to me either on this side of the web or elsewhere. So I do wonder how you managed to remain upbeat even after your OLED broke, then your headphones/etc and you laughed about it when I click somewhere else and see a person lose their minds over a Plus+ listing or a lack of one. It's a really strange thing to see.
Also, Terrifier 1 rocks! I think it's still the best in the trilogy. Most will say 2, but Art's performance feels more aken to an impersonator in that one.
I might try the first one, I'm not crazy about clowns they are a kind of unknown, I've never been to a circus or a carnival. I did like that sad clown I saw on Youtube singing Sia's 'chandelier'
I can tolerate this clown. Other than the instruments I think it's his silent persona bursting into that deep baritone, it was for me so unexpected and carried real emotion. I also just really like Sia and that song. Other clowns can stay far away, the Killer ones from Outer Space too.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@GirlVersusGame I'll have to make time for Sint at some point! I'm obviously intrigued by the premise having been immersed into that holiday myself as a kid, even if it threatens to ruin precious childhood memories... You're right to assume I've seen Hocus Pocus, though! I mean, it's Bette Midler, how couldn't I? Admittedly, I only watched it a few years ago, but that's exactly when I knew Bette Midler was a must-watch. As a kid, anything that presented itself as being remotely spooky or scary was a no go for me. I was no hero, haha.
I haven't watched any of the other ones, so I'll put those on the watchlist if the need for a spooky movie arises! I don't really have any tradition when it comes to spooky season. I don't really rewatch movies unless it's to introduce a friend to one I love, so that falls away. I did try a few years to watch a horror movie daily in October, but I think I only ever got to around 10 in the month. Definitely introduced me to some good ones! Incantation was one of those ones, which I mentioned to you.
If the Skydance WB/Paramount deal wasn’t bad enough, the board now includes Bobby Kotick and Tony f***ing Blair. I cannot wait to watch movies about how there actually were nuclear weapons in Iraq.
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