Sept. 24 - A Dark Song
Setting the pace according to "ritual time" is such a fascinating idea. The ending is a little pat and the lackluster evils at the end slightly let down the subtle build-up.
Sept. 25 - Teeth
Vagina dentata is such a rich nexus of cultural anxieties that there are metric ton of interesting ideas you could explore with them in film, but unfortunately Teeth is not a film that does any of them particularly well.
Sept. 26 - Tourist Trap
It is amazing what you could put in a PG-rated movie back in the day. This one had been a hole in my infamous horror experience--I've been meaning to watch it for at least a decade--and man, it was worth the wait.
Sept. 27 - The Relic
Like Jurassic Park but minus the dinosaurs and with the addition of Scully Lite, a tough-talkin' Chicago cop, and an asthmatic, rubbery monster.
Sept. 28 - The Others
Haunted house movies have always been my favorite, and this is one of the best.
Sept. 29 - Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai
Bollywood soap opera and comedy with occasional gory deaths.
Sept. 30 - The Shining
There's not much that can really be said about the Shining; we're almost at the pop culture saturation point where you don't even need to see it to know the major beats. That said, during this viewing I realized how much work the soundtrack is doing.
It is amazing what you could put in a PG-rated movie back in the day. This one had been a hole in my infamous horror experience--I've been meaning to watch it for at least a decade--and man, it was worth the wait.
Like Jurassic Park but minus the dinosaurs and with the addition of Scully Lite, a tough-talkin' Chicago cop, and an asthmatic, rubbery monster.
Haunted house movies have always been my favorite, and this is one of the best.
Bollywood soap opera and comedy with occasional gory deaths.
There's not much that can really be said about the Shining; we're almost at the pop culture saturation point where you don't even need to see it to know the major beats. That said, during this viewing I realized how much work the soundtrack is doing.
