"What's your favorite scary movie?" "Showgirls- absolutely terrifying!"

I've promised myself I would write more consistently, so this is going to be more of a free association post.

We're watching the Friday the 13th movies on AMC and they are just so very very bad.  Sometimes it's not even in a good way.  There are always the fun cliches of dumb people cowering in the corner in slow mo horror rather than defending or running for their lives.  There's always the hulking killer who somehow manages to be everywhere at once and unable to be killed almost in a supernatural way.  And of course, there's the blatant objectification of women, something I am not a fan of at all. 

I still can't help but love the cheesiness and graininess of a good horror film.  Just the opening graphics alone of part 3 looked like the graphic designers learned a new trick on their Commodores.  It was absolutely hilarious and looked like something I would have been fascinated by as a kid picking through the worn VHS covers at the red carpeted West Coast Video back in the 80s. 

I finally saw Silence of the Lambs a couple days ago (I know, right?) at L's insistence, and it truly freaked me out.  It was a perfect blend of thriller and horror with truly skin crawling (literally!) moments.  It still shocks friends that I of all people saw Red Dragon but didn't see that.  Yet, I get my copy of Sleepaway Camp signed with glee.  Ha!

Slasher, splatter, and torture porn aren't really my thing.  I enjoy it but don't go nuts for it... I have to be in the right mood for those kinds of films.  Yeah, I own Hostel 2 (for Roger Bart), Devil's Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses (come on, Rob Zombie rules), I saw Grindhouse in the theatre by myself (the previews alone made my day), and I have a slew of 70s-80s horror on my Netflix queue.  I still find myself often desensitized in a way to that sort of violence and don't have a problem watching the gore.  But I was hiding in my best friend's sleeve while watching The Ring because of the death masks.  I can't watch demented or twisted faces and eyes, it's just too much for me.  Often what is glimpsed, inferred, or done in a truly psychopathic way is what sticks in my mind and scares me the most.  Like Twin Peaks.  But that's another entry altogether!

We just adore Halloween and the dark spooky aspects.  We are truly macabre geeks, and we love it!  For Halloween this year, we're decking the house out in a twisted Wonderland for a party, kind of like American McGee but with our own flair.  It's already looking amazing.  L is going to be the batshit Mad Hatter, and I'm going to be the crazed Queen of Hearts.  We didn't get the typical costumes you find at the store.  It's going to look a-maz-ing.  I love Halloween so damn much!!!

Now time to watch part 4 starring the one and only Crispin Glover.  Bless 80s horror cheese!