Happy Halloween 2012!

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Wednesday Addams

After watching the reruns of kickass Halloween movies on ABC Family, such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Hocus Pocus, and of course, The Addams Family. This sparked my idea and newfound passion for Wednesday Friday Addams. Christina Ricci plays her ever so carefully and I love her character, especially when she is at summer camp in Addams Family Values and burns down a village as Pocahontas.

With my bottle of poison and Thing hand, I am enjoying my Halloween miserably.

Tonight’s Shocktober movie lineup includes my favorite, Trick r’ Treat and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

I made some yummy treats for the Halloween horror party tonight including (some not pictured below):

  • Bloody turkey chili
  • Crackers with jalapeno cheddar
  • Deviled eyeballs
  • Carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

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Grave Encounters – SHOCKTOBER

Grave Encounters was such a thrill to watch. So exciting that they are already working on a sequel. 2011 Canadian horror film blew my socks off. Truly a scary thrill. A couple cheesy scares but overall the ‘Blair Witch’ of mental hospitals. I love watching the behind the scenes of a ‘supernatural reality show.’ Kind of gives you insight on what it would be like if Ghost Hunters had a Grave Encounters moment.

Just found out they are having a limited midnight showing for the sequel on Halloween! Exciting!

 

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Pandorum – SHOCKTOBER

Pandorum was awesome. I liked it even though it was strange and had really crazy cinematography. Patrick thought it was lame.

What’s it about, here’s a super quick recap: two astronauts suddenly ‘wake up’ and find out that their ship has been torn to pieces and there are alien lifeforms onboard. Oh and they have no recollection of why they are there in the first place. Goal is to try to survive to make it out alive. You gotta watch it to find out how it ends.

The Tall Man – SHOCKTOBER

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WARNING: THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS.

The Tall Man is a 2012 English-language French mystery film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. The film, Martyrs, was a stunningly shocking film that Pascal Laugier wrote and directed. Being such a fan of it, I hoped to have a similar reaction to The Tall Man.

I was immediately excited to see Stephan McHattie in this film. after his superb performance in Pontypool, I have this newfound passion for his performance. although his character was minor, I enjoyed the appearance and recognizing him.

This was a thriller that had some twists. Jessica Biel was a very convincing as a victim and I liked that she seemed like the child killer towards the end. I like that she ended up sacrificing herself for the greater good of The Cause: redistributing stolen children into rich white suburban homes.

I give it a 3.5 out of 5.

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Quarantine 2 – SHOCKTOBER

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WARNING: THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Quarantine 2 wasn’t terrible, I’ll give it that. I loved the premise: being stuck on the plane with a virus. I could have seen a little more of that versus the on the ground action in a broken down terminal at an airport, which was mostly what the movie was.

The tie-in from the original is that this plane derailment happens simultaneously with the original Quarantine in LA. The flight was leaving LAX and one of the passengers that boarded the plane smuggled on a lab rat that…wait for it…was a test subject for the virus. Yeah, kinda lame, but still entertaining noneoftheless.

I was pissed when the ending allowed the little boy to live and walk away unharmed. Too nice and Hollywood squeaky clean happy ending for me.

I give it a 2 out of 5.

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