I'm reading Different Seasons again, the first story being Shawshank, many of the iconic moments from the film aren't in the book- Andy(Robbins) playing the record, Brooks the old librarian trying to survive outside(his character in the book is actually 2 combined), also the book goes through several wardens, and you don't have the same finale with the warden in the book like the move.

I'm now on the second story- Apt Pupil.

Guess we can't really be surprised, but someone has made a copy of Zombieland but with vampires Stake Land, even the title is "original".

In the aftermath of a vampire epidemic, a teen is taken in by a grizzled vampire hunter on a road trip through a post-apocalyptic America, battling both the bloodsuckers and a fundamentalist militia that interprets the plague as the Lord's work.

i hate it when that happens...

What's the movie slogan? Medium rare or well done?

Recently watched:

Phantom of the Ritz

Ed Blake is a balding middle-aged man who decides to buy an old movie theater, called The Ritz, to shape it up into a retro 1950s music hangout. With the aid of his loyal girlfriend Nancy, his foreman Bruno, and his assistant Marcus, Ed is able to assemble a construction team to plan to be on time for the grand re-opening. But unknown to everyone, a large and disfigured man lives in the passageways of the old theater since the 1950's occasionally popping out to murder an occasional wino or intruder that happens upon his domain.

Plasterhead (2006)

Every town has a local legend. Not all of them are deadly. Headed to Miami to celebrate winter break, a group of four college students from New Jersey take a detour into the bowels of rural West Virginia. There, the unwitting friends uncover a grotesque legend that stains the fabric of Rolling Glen, a sleepy backwoods town: the legend of Ray Williams, a black truck driver from Maine, on his way to Texas to make a delivery, brutally beaten by a band of locals after stopping off in town for a drink, his body left for dead in an empty cornfield and never found. They learn of crooked sheriff Earl Taggart, who helped acquit the locals involved in the attack, and who still lords over the small village with an iron fist. Fifteen years later, whispers of the Williams incident still float through the tired walls and eaves of Rolling Glen. As the four friends quickly find out, some believe Williams still roams the woods on the outskirts of town.

The Supernaturals (1986)



Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site where a bunch of yankee soldiers murdered a town of confederates. The corpses of the dead soldiers rise up to wreak revenge.

The Unseen

Freelance reporter Jennifer and her two friends, Karen and Vicki, accept an invitation for cheap room and board in a large farmhouse offered by a friendly, but shady, museum owner named Ernest Keller since all the motels in and around town are booked for a holiday parade fair Jennifer is covering. But unknown to the women, some unseen "thing" has been living in the basement of the house for over 20 years and is looked after by Keller and his shy sister Virginia, in which the "thing" soon gets out and begins harassing and killing the women one by one in various violent, but seemingly accidental, means.

I have a soft spot for this movie, partly because it did freak me out as a kid.

Which of the movies did you like? Not like?

I wasn't crazy with any one of them, but I didn't hate them either. I kind of like The Supernaturals because of the story, mostly. The Phantom of the Ritz, I only liked the nice cars in the beginning. haha. The Unseen has a good ending. Plasterhead was too cheesy and bad in a lot of places.

Oh, I haven't posted one I've seen. It's a recent horror called Husk. It involves a scarecrow and I actually enjoyed it. They gave a new twist on the scarecrow story and I liked it. A bit original and even if it involved teens, they were pretty good and you get to empathize with their characters as you go deeper into the movie.

I wasn't crazy with any one of them, but I didn't hate them either. I kind of like The Supernaturals because of the story, mostly. The Phantom of the Ritz, I only liked the nice cars in the beginning. haha. The Unseen has a good ending. Plasterhead was too cheesy and bad in a lot of places.

Oh, I haven't posted one I've seen. It's a recent horror called Husk. It involves a scarecrow and I actually enjoyed it. They gave a new twist on the scarecrow story and I liked it. A bit original and even if it involved teens, they were pretty good and you get to empathize with their characters as you go deeper into the movie.

Cool, I've been curious about Husk, I definitely want to see it now.

Yep. Worth seeing. I haven't enjoyed a new horror for quite some time so it's nice to actually see a good one.

Recently watched:

Husk



A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.



A new horror movie in a long time. The presence of the scarecrow alone would have warranted a reason for me to watch it, and I am glad I did. While it wasn't the greatest horror movie of all time and though I wished for some scenes to have had more development, I really liked the somewhat original concept this movie came up with regarding its use of the scarecrow. Would recommend this movie. :)

Just finished watching:

American Zombie



Tells the story of two Los Angeles filmmakers who set out to document a group of high-functioning zombies and their struggles to gain acceptance in human society. After weeks of following four charismatic characters, the filmmakers gain permission to shoot at a three-day, zombies-only retreat where the documentary takes an unexpected--and dangerous--turn.

Jeepers Creepers 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUv4nIHvp0

Looks promising. I like the first 2 Jeepers Creepers. Also nice to see Gina Philips and Ray Wise being brought back.

looks like there are some elements from the first 2 in there too...I might have to go see that on the big screen