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.
