Mandi Rae's Top Horror Flick Recommendations
Here is my personal list of horror movies, that I highly recommend, in no particular order:
Cabin In The Woods
Silent Hill
Carrie- The Original
Scream
Saw
IT
Insidious
Child's Play
28 Days Later
There are a million more, because I just LOVE horror movies. These are just a few that I really love, out of nostalgia or true creepiness.
WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, THEN DON'T BOTHER READING ANY FURTHER. I DO TRY TO GIVE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AWAY, BUT I DO HAVE A BIG MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK, SO ODDS ARE, I WILL GIVE AWAY PLENTY. READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
So, for my next horror movie review.... Drag Me To Hell.
I adore a good freaky movie, just as much as the next guy, and this one was interesting. For me, horror movies HAVE to be filled with blood, guts, and gore.... and this one, well... it has two out of the three.
Drag Me To Hell made me cringe. Yes, most of it was predictable, BUT there were scenes that had me fairly close to running to the bathroom holding my mouth.
First, let me touch a bit on the actors.... Justin Long is usually a comedic actor. The guys is insanely funny... but he fell flat for me in this flick. I really liked him in Jeepers Creepers as the main character, but here, he plays the leading man and is just on the bland side. Alison Lohman, on the other had, was fantastic. I swear, I would NOT have wanted to be her in some of the more gross scenes. I give her major props for having to be slobbered on by a dead old lady for a lot of the movie! On that note, Lorna Raver was so creeptastic as the old lady in question.
Now, for the scene that made me go ewwwwww.... I usually don't get sick to my stomach from a movie. This one scene made me throw up a little in my mouth and took me a while to get my gag reflex back under control. I don't know how Alison Lohman did it, but having an old, dead woman throw up maggots and other nasty thing, into my mouth and all over my face..... well, every meal I had eaten in the last month, would have been coming back up! Add that too having the old woman gum and goo slimey stuff all over my chin and face..... *cringe*.
I do have to say, a major downside to the movie was the poorly done CGI. Most of it, like the many things that were spit in Alison's face, looked so fake, that I was NOT impressed. I have seen so many movies with far better CGI.....
All in all, it was a pretty good horror flick. I don't recommend it as highly as I do others, but its still a good watch for those days when you just need a little gore in your life.
SO I have decided to start reviewing movies, when I get bored enough to care. My first is going to be THIS one, obviously!
WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, THEN DON'T BOTHER READING ANY FURTHER. I DO TRY TO GIVE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AWAY, BUT I DO HAVE A BIG MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK, SO ODDS ARE, I WILL GIVE AWAY PLENTY. READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
I recently rented The Cabin In The Woods..... mainly because I am a huge Whedonite. What is a Whedonite you ask? Well its simple: a Whedonite worships and salivates over everything Joss Whedon has his hands in.... and everyone who knows me on a personal level, knows how massive of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan i am. Those who don't know me, well, I will just say 2 words: action figures. Enough said there!
So back to the movie, which was written, produced, and directed by.... dun dun dududun... Joss Whedon! Now, every fan of Mr.Whedon knows, he often has actors from his popular tv series' pop up in his movies. This one was no exception. Amy Acker, who appeared in both Angel and Dollhouse, Tom Lenk who is one of my FAVORITE actors from the Buffyverse, Fran Kranz who appeared on Dollhouse, and a recent addition to the Whedon family, Chris Hemsworth whom we ALL know as Thor from Avengers. Add in the super sexy Jesse Williams from Greys Anatomy and the incomperable Sigourney Weaver and you have a steller cast! Now I do have to give props to Bradley Whitford and Jodelle Ferland as well. Jodelle played Samara from the Silent Hill Movie, Case 39, a small role of Bree in Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and numorous others. She is the perfect creepy zombie girl!
So, in addition to a great cast, the plot line is one hell of a twister. The previews gave so little of the story away that it seemed like your typical kids party in the woods, killer attacks, all die bloody deaths except one. Well, if thats where you thought this movie was going..... you were WRONG!
I LOVE movies with a good twist and I can tell you, Whedon delivers. Yes, there is plenty of blood. Obviously there are zombies of some form involved, because I sort of gave that one away earlier, but the rest is so different from the usual horror films you see, that I was in awe!
Its very hard for me to not go more indepth and give the whole thing away, but I will give you this much.... how the movie starts before the main title sequence will make you go.. "ummm what? Did I put in the right movie?" Trust me... it gets slightly odder from there, but it is soooo worth it!
Lions Gate films are usually hit or miss, never in between, and this one was a major HIT. Rent it, hell, BUY it, if you like twists, blood, reality tv, a short tit shot (for the gents), and Jesse William's amazing eyes and shirtless body (for the gals)!!!
A+++++++++
