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"Let the Right One In" My review
Though this movie has circulated all of the arthouse theaters and living rooms of true horror fans, I still feel as though I should pay some homage to this refreshing foreign film. Let the Right One In is frightening because it lets itself be frightening. It doesn't force feed eerily edited images and try to spook with a simple scene. If you're not sure what I mean by this, check out the girl found in the closet from The Ring or even better, in Jacob's Ladder when Tim Robbins is in the hospital in the basement and he sees demons, especially the one shaking its head manically to the point of revulsion. LtROI allows the plot to propel the film and its frights come in relation to the niceties of the romance and the subplot of the vampires domestic life. It feels like a Lasse Hallström movie that just happens to have a vampire character. It's My Life as a Dog with blood. I mean that as a very high complement. It may be the Scandinavian factor, but I believe that Alfredson captures human nature in a very holistic way, much like Hallström. If you liked this movie, you might also like...
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The Greatest Novel of All-Time
Flicker by Theodore Roszak
The Greatest Book of All-Time: An Unbiased Review
August 19th, 2009
Flicker_coverEveryone has that book or two or five that resonate with them more than anything else. For me, the novel is a broad-sweeping, conspiracy theory, thriller by Theodore Roszak entitled Flicker. Many of you may have come to know this title as the ill-fated Darren Aronofsky project. It is considered one of the novels that are unfilmable, but then again so were Perfume and Naked Lunch. One can very easily argue that these should not have been made either. However, I don't believe there is a director alive or dead that can handle the intricacies and the breadth of the book's plot to do it justice in film.
Flicker is about art films; it's about horror films; it's about love; it's about sex and lust; it's about the perpetuation of the human race; it is about history; it's about total annihilation; it's about 600 pages long. I will not argue that it is the most beautifully written novel I have ever read-that distinction probably lies with Lolita. I will not argue that it is the most important novel I have ever read. I will, however, argue that it is the most intriguing book I have ever read. Roszak is best known for his books on sociology-having coined the term "counterculture." For the horror fan, it serves as a sort of metafiction. It shows the horror film world from the inside out, the outside in, every which way one could possibly look at the genre, Flicker allows all angles to become transparent, and that is only a small part of the novel.
It details what may very well be the largest conspiracy theory in history. It weaves in pieces of Hollywood history-Orson Welles plays no small part in the plot. Flicker provides solid, sexy intrigue from start almost to finish-the ending is absolutely perfect and totally original. It is impossible to convey my true feelings for this work because I am guided solely by the overall feeling of intrigue and a general sense of well-being that I get when reading this book. I have read it five times. I will definitley read it five more.
Review - The Somnambulist by Johnathan Barnes
Great New Author - Auspicious Debut
If you haven't heard of Johnathan Barnes, don't worry. The Somnambulist is his debut novel, and a very auspicious debut it is. The briefest summary is :The protagonists Edward Moon, a conjurer and detective, and his silent partner The Somnambulist, a milk-drinking giant who does not bleed when stabbed, are called to investigate a murder that may tie to the poetry and prophecies of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the fate of London.
I would imagine that this summary is quite perplexing. But once you are initiated-50 or so pages in-you are hooked. It starts to become very apparent that you are a part of something very special-a knew author who is sure to leave his mark on the horror/sci fi/detective/fantasy world. Barnes is able to take protagonists that I wouldn't think that anybody can relate to and make you care for them outright. Aside from being a great mystery novel, it offers up an awesome variety of idiosyncratic characters, most of which are too strange to be thought up by anyone else. We are allowed a look into the fetishizing taking place in this fictitious London. A varitable cornucopia of freakish fiends and misshapen strumpets, The Somnambulist is definitely worth the read for anyone who enjoys a good mystery, a freakshow, or being on the groundfloor of a bright, up and coming novelist.
The Land of Great Horror
It Is Not Here
This is a soundingboard in which I claim that American horror films of the past 5 years pale in comparison to some of their foreign counterparts. I do not believe that America has an answer to "Let the Right One In," "The Descent," "Undead," "Pan's Labyrinth"--if you count that as horror, "28 days later," and many more. These films are better than anything America has had to offer in recent years.
Do you agree that America is making inferior horror films?
Yes, I agree. Mister E is so switched on to what is happening.
gideon43 says:
Hollywood seems obsessed with remakes or rehashes. Any semi successful foreign movie is instantly remade i.e The Ring, The Grudge, Let The Right One In. How many remakes recently have been poor imitations of the originals such as Halloween, Last House On The Left, Prom Night, the Hitcher and many more.
Films are made for profit more and more each day. I can`t remember the last time I saw a good American Horror Film.
No, I disagree. Mister E sucks, and American horror films are the best.
The Future of Horror Films
Are We Doomed To Remake Hell?
Many have begun to wonder whether there are any truly original storylines or ideas in the world of horror. The major studios would have us think that all one can do is recycle old material, sometimes even copying it frame for frame - see Gus Van Sant's "Psycho." We are often told that they are "reimaginings," but I say that if they are imagined in a new or different way, why not just make them a new flick insteaded of updated old material? The reason is most likely the added draw that name familiarity brings and with it, $$$. Are we in formany more years of remake hell?!
MisterEHorror predicts:
Horror remakes will continue for the next 10 years. We may even start seeing remakes of remakes.
gideon43 predicts:
We will see a rise in Horror movies coming from Europe. France, Spain and good old Blighty will lead the way.
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