It’s that time of year again, when all the ghouls and goblins come out to play. I personally have made it a point to be very vigilant while surfing the net around this time of year, cause one of the things I hate the most, is those stupid pix or vidz that start off all calm and soothing and then play some loud scream sound clip and flash a picture of the exorcist or some crap. I HATE IT! Like I tell my wife about ten times a day around Halloween(poor darling), I like scary stuff, but I hate being startled. Which is why I refuse to go see Paranormal Activity. We did however get our paws on two movies recently. The First one we saw was Drag Me to Hell. I won’t go too deep in to that one, but it was good. Sam Raimi is a good director, as seen in Spider Man and the Evil Dead series. It had a couple startling moments, but overall it was fun and creepy. Worth a watch, if only for the season. But the one I really liked was Trick ‘r’ Treat. This gem went straight to DVD, released on October 6. Let’s get in to it, shall we.
The bad. I can see why they may have decided to release it straight to DVD. I think a lot of critics and movie goers would have dissected it unfairly and seriously crippled the overall opinion of this movie. Other than that, I don;t have much to complain about.
The good. I LOVED this movie. It was well directed and well acted. You get Dylan Baker from Across the Universe and the Spider Man movies. Brian Cox from Troy and X-Men 2. Anna Paquin from Almost Famous and that silly show called True Blood(Twilight with slightly more substance). The movie has a Tarantino feel to it, as they jump between 4 stories but they all intertwine. All the stories are nice and creepy. And none of that jump out and startle you crap, either. I got the feeling watching it like when I was a kid watching Tales From the Dark Side. I loved it. And that little big-headed kid was SCARY.
If you haven’t checked it out, go get it and watch Saturday night after the kids have stopped mooching candy from ya. It’s worth a watch.
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AC
