the beast of bray road

i just got through watching two movies and they were both pretty good. the first was Blue Demon and it was about genetically engineered sharks. six sharks were named after the Marx Brothers and the seventh shark, the rogue, was named Red Dog. the military had taken over a project to train sharks to patrol waters for terrorists. the military turned it into a project to arm sharks and blow things up. that would be our military alright...the higher-ups, not the soldiers. i like the characters a lot, though the sharks were phoney. any movie with a Little Person in it has to be quirky. if you have MVP at Hollywood Video, or Netflix, i would recommend it, but don't pay for it.

the second movie was The Beast of Bray Road and it is an Asylum production and, wow this is a first, i actually liked it! i liked the actors, they were pretty good. i liked the twist at the end. the 'creature' was just a guy in a costume, but it wasn't bad. i'm a sucker for creature features. you should check this out and it would be worth a $4 rental if you like this kind of thing. what really made the movie were the actors. the Sheriff was pretty hunky and check out the barmaid Kelly. they got pretty hot together, but alas, they did not go all the way. damn. you may never see me praise an Asylum movie again, but if they make some more movies like this, i just might.

long day

hey. it's been a long day. work was okay but it was a nine-to-fiver. then, i had a visit for 6pm. i left the prison at 8:30 and took 25 minutes to get home, which was pretty good. i stopped at Hollywood Video and rented the original Amityville Horror (i am also rereading the book) with James Brolin. back then, he was a hottie. now he's Streisands do-boy. still, not so bad to look at. i'm going to snuggle up in bed with my full body pillow, goosedown featherbed and stuffed prairie dog toy and polar bear. the polar bear belonged to my husband. he used to sleep with it... well into his 30's. that is one way i knew we were a good match because i always have and always will sleep with stuffed toys. plus, a hard living, ex-junkie, motorcycle riding, tattooed punk rocker who sleeps with teddy bears is pretty darn cool in my book. anyway, i'm going to snuggle up in bed, eat cotton candy, and rewatch the original AH. alone. in the dark. but first, i will break out the Rosary and take a tranquilizer. yep, i plan on being scared.

movies

well, here i am back in my sanctuary, the Halloween Bedroom all snug in my pj's, eating a piece of pumpernickel bread with sour cream on it, drinking an IBC rootbeer. and i'm feeling pretty happy even though i have a full day of work tomorrow. i have just got done watching the remake of the Amityville Horror and it royally sucked compared to the original. the original scared the shit out of me. this one was way too psychological and focused too much on Ryan Reynolds, whom i do not like. he did play a good homicidal psychopath. otherwise, he's just a no talent pretty boy with weird, nearly crossed eyeballs. i did not connect with anyone in the family and i downright hated the kids. they changed Jodie the pig to "Jody" the little sister that Ronnie killed. the house looked dilapidated and not the least bit scary and chopping up the family dog was just over the top. i GOT that the dad was being possessed...we didn't need to see him hack up the family pet to prove it. see, i don't mind seeing plain folk hacked to bits, but i draw the line at defenseless animals.

then i watched about 15 minutes of Human Nature. it's an Asylum production and i KNOW that Asylum pictures suck ass but i seem to get hooked on the cover images and think, "well, maybe this one will be good" and they never ARE! this movie was about some Rastafarian who went out and found women to take home to his garage to torture and mutilate while his dumb, blonde wife never suspected a thing. even when he walks in the door, his shirt soaked in blood. this was "inspired" by a "true" story. yeah. there is one thing the asswipes who made the picture didn't remember from their forensic psychology classes...serial killers are picky. white males will kill other whites and black serial killers are rare. very rare. the only one i can recall is the Atlanta Child Murderer. another reason why the movie sucked was the blood was too red and runny. gosh, i hate runny blood.

so, Amityville gets 3 slashers ///

Human Nature.../ and that's being generous!

movietime

i stopped by Hollywood video on the way home and rented some movies. i have five.

1. Cup of My Blood a seemingly random accident leaves photographer Jack Fender in possesion of one of Christianity's most Holy Relics. He must confront Evil's relentless assault of blood, murder and deceit for the preservation of the faith and the salvation of his soul."
2. Creepies deadly spiders, military, weapons of mass destruction, demolishing cities.
3. Human Nature inspired by a true story "HM documents the shocking life of a married man who abducts and tortures women in his garage, while keeping his wife, who longs for his attention, in the dark."
4. The Beast of Bray Road based on a true story "for years an unidentified creature (werewolf) hunted the backwoods of Walworth County. then one night, it came to town."
5. The Revolting Dead "an ancient evil rises only for revenge."

so, i have them until friday. i did want the new Amityville Horror but they were out. i think these will keep me entertained and no, these will not give me nightmares. only alien movies and some ghost stories give me nightmares. even Close Encounters of the Third Kind still freaks me out.