Morbid

This is a fun flick, it is cheap, looks cheap, but does not try to be anything else. It reminded me of stuff i work on, the dialogue at the beginning is oozing with geekdom, the low budget tv stations are straight outta Tromaville, the over acting by the cop is done with tongue firmly in cheek. Is this film a modern day slasher classic? No. Is this film a fun flick made with heart? You bet your ass it is. Chuck Conry knows his shit, the stuff he loves in real life is transferred on to his script and that in  turn is placed on film. I will be the first to admit that no budget horror can be a pain to watch sometimes but this one felt like a legit underground piece of awesomeness! I hope to see more films from Conry and i hope he makes the films he wants to make, this here is indeed a Chuck Conry film!

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Zombie movies are overdone, most suck, there have been a few awesome ones in recent years but overall most are shit.I would not have guessed for a major studio to give us one hell of a fun zombie flick. It is self aware, full of tits & gore, funny as shit, i do not get the hate it is getting, i had a blast with it. Purist(like i am) should enjoy it as a throwback to 80s horror comedy, it reminds me at times of Night of the Creeps(not saying it is on the same level) . I laughed my ass off and enjoyed the gore, all i wanted.

Back to the Future Series Ranked

So today is October 21, 2015, the date from BttF Part 2, well where we're going, we don't need, blogs.....well maybe we do!

1. BttF
Duh, the first will be number one, it is a classic, it is one of the most iconic films of the 80s and rightfully so. What a cool film this is, humor, sci fi, tons of heart, a coming of age sub plot, time line changes. The cast is solid gold, plus it is one of the most quotable films you can find. The time theory works in this one.

2. BttF Part 2
A fun fucking film but a film with tons of flaws when it comes to time travel, Marty being able to see his future self, if Marty traveled than future Marty would be in limbo, only way this would work is if it was a multiverse.

3. BttF Part 3
I don't hate this film, i love the first 2 but this one i merely like . I think the western stuff is hit & miss, but i love to bond with Marty & Brown as usual. It is a tad hokey and not really needed but it completes the trilogy, and come one, they had to make a sequel, they had to make a threequel.

Sicario

Denis Villeneuve is a director that gets alot of praise, i began noticing it after Prisoners came out, that was a damn fine film but it didn't make me want to go watch his older french canadian films, Sicario however did. This film is intense, it is intense from the moment it begins and doesn't let go of its tight grip for two hours. The film is humorless and doesn't have light moments but for a film like this, it works, it is supposed to be tense, it is gripping and action packed, action packed in a non action sort of way, it has great amounts of blood, it is also thought provoking as all hell knowing that the shit that happens in the film really goes on. There are only two redeeming characters, those being in the FBI as the cartel & the CIA are both equally cruel . Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya & Benicio Del Toro are all fantastic in this, easy ocsar nods for Del Toro, Brolin & Blunt. IT is awesome that we are getting gripping thrillers like this right now, it is a type of film that a little over a decade ago could have been dull but it came out at the right time. 

Crimson Peak

Out of Guillermo Del Toro's American films Crimson Peak feels closest in line with his Spanish films, now to many that is great, and don't get me wrong i love Cronos & The Devil's Backbone but the film is will draw comparisons to is Pan's Labyrinth, a film which i love the look of (to me it marked Del Toro's signature look) but the civil war/non fantasy-horror elements drag a bit. This film seems like it wants to be a Hammer film yet it resembles a BBC special more than anything(again i am talking about the non horror-fantasy elements). The gore is great, the bathroom sink scene is fantastic, the stab in the face is another terrific effect. The acting is okay, for a film with Jessica Chastain, it is kind of wooden, yet Tom Hidleston steals every scene, he has charisma and it oozes out whenever he appears. The plot is non existent, it feels like an exercise is visual storytelling, it looks gorgeous, the production, sets & costumes are top notch, and the creature designs as usual is Del Toro films are brilliant. With all that said i enjoyed it but was still not super impressed.

Goosebumps

While it is no horror masterpiece or even a family friendly horror masterpiece, Goosbumps is a fun flick. THe books i loved growing up, my school's teachers hated them, tried to persuade us to read other books, but they called to me, i loved horror plus the covers were amazing! After that i had Goosebumps shirts, school supplies, and vhs tapes of the show. The show was a favorite of mine, i would watch it whenever it aired . They were fun, and were basically lighter versions of Tales From the Crypt. The movie takes RL Stine and puts him in the forefront, his bullied past led to him writing, and somehow his writings became real so he locked them away......until the events of the film that is, it is a unique concept to choose for a Goosbumps movie, i was thinking perhaps they would adapt a book or make a shared universe film when it was first announced, but this i dug. If they do a sequel they should focus on the writings stuck in the books and the world they live in.

The Walk

Man on Wire is probably my favorite documentary of all time, it is gripping & makes you love the oddball(which is easy for me). When a film was announced i was on the fence, a part of me thought, just watch the doc but the other half was stoked. Robert Zemeckis directing? I trust him, oh and he got JGL to be the lead? Sign me up. Now as far as the story of this man, the doc has the focus of his beginnings but is about how the plan came together, how he assembled the team. The film shows alot more of the problems he faces with his partners & his girlfriend. At times he can be unlikable it fleshes him out & adds some depth, the flashbacks of his youth, his training, his relationship with his parents, street performing, love, friendship and the ultimate test of balancing are all shown in top notch form., THe moment he begins the walk, someone like myself that is not a fan of heights gets the sweaty palms going hardcore. I wish i would have seen it in Imax, and i never see shit in imax, but this has that scope behind it, and i can see how 3D would also benefit the film, neither are needed but i can see why it is the preferred method of viewing, it would add the the beauty and to the fear one faces in a heightened(heh) state.