Showing posts with label gross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gross. Show all posts
Monday, May 14, 2007
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Rental Review: Descent
By Ryn Gargulinski
While I thought this would turn into a stupid chick flick, it ended up being a very cool chick flick. And not the chick flick in the sense of designer duds and boo hoo boyfriend stories, but the tale of a handful of strong, able women trapped in an underground cavern. With a monster.
Actually, it was a colony of monsters and the women, strong as they were, had no chance. This movie effectively takes you to the depth of their horror, which includes loss of hope, insanity and their ultimate death and dismemberment, not necessarily in that order. Beautiful!
Highlight: No sappy happy ending here.
Lowlight: The dream sequence where the one woman murders the other woman who already murdered another one on accident is only a dream sequence.
Rating: (1-10): 18
This movie was recommended by JCE.
While I thought this would turn into a stupid chick flick, it ended up being a very cool chick flick. And not the chick flick in the sense of designer duds and boo hoo boyfriend stories, but the tale of a handful of strong, able women trapped in an underground cavern. With a monster.
Actually, it was a colony of monsters and the women, strong as they were, had no chance. This movie effectively takes you to the depth of their horror, which includes loss of hope, insanity and their ultimate death and dismemberment, not necessarily in that order. Beautiful!
Highlight: No sappy happy ending here.
Lowlight: The dream sequence where the one woman murders the other woman who already murdered another one on accident is only a dream sequence.
Rating: (1-10): 18
This movie was recommended by JCE.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Rental Review: Saw III
By Ryn Gargulinski
Gory, disgusting, twisted, grotesque – excellent viewing for a quiet evening.
Some scenes, like the brain operation with a power saw or “the rack” that twists appendages until they snap, are revolting enough to make you turn your head.
Don't turn your head too far, however, for that’s what happens in “the rack.”
In case you missed the first two Saw flicks, flashback scenes fill you in so you know the logic behind the unfolding. As if there is logic behind this type of unfolding.
Highlight: The rotting hog corpses getting chopped up and dumped on a chained up judge.
Lowlight: Knowing they’re going to make a Saw IV, even though all the masterminds seem to have been killed off. Think of Jason and Friday the Thirteenth Part 912.
Rating (1-10): 13
Gory, disgusting, twisted, grotesque – excellent viewing for a quiet evening.
Some scenes, like the brain operation with a power saw or “the rack” that twists appendages until they snap, are revolting enough to make you turn your head.
Don't turn your head too far, however, for that’s what happens in “the rack.”
In case you missed the first two Saw flicks, flashback scenes fill you in so you know the logic behind the unfolding. As if there is logic behind this type of unfolding.
Highlight: The rotting hog corpses getting chopped up and dumped on a chained up judge.
Lowlight: Knowing they’re going to make a Saw IV, even though all the masterminds seem to have been killed off. Think of Jason and Friday the Thirteenth Part 912.
Rating (1-10): 13
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Rental Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
By Ryn Gargulinski
Blood, guts, gore, disgusting scenes involving severed heads and ligaments, watching folks ripped in half by a chainsaw through a car seat….for a horror movie, what more do you need?
I loved it.
Unlike the tiresome Jason movies or the sequels to other of the genre that keep getting stupider and stupider, every sequel or pre-sequel to the massacre mess just gets gorier and gorier. The special effects have also much improved since the 1974 debut, making legs severed into stumps much more plausible.
Besides, the plotline is believable and our antagonist, inspired by the bloody crimes of Ed Gein, is somewhat likable.
I’m kidding.
Born and raised in a Texas slaughterhouse, our main character finally grabs a chainsaw and goes on his way. All questions are answered, like why the family turns to cannibalism, how he got the jazzy “leather” face (which is really human skin) and why they are the only folks left living in a remote Texas near-ghost town.
Highlight: The tea party scene where the fat lady works as an effective kitchen door barricade against the enemy.
Lowlight: Yes, at times it actually got TOO gross. I had to look away during a couple of scenes (it didn’t help I was eating mushy grits and peanut butter). But then again, for a horror flick, grossness is a highlight, no?
Rating (1-10): 13
Blood, guts, gore, disgusting scenes involving severed heads and ligaments, watching folks ripped in half by a chainsaw through a car seat….for a horror movie, what more do you need?
I loved it.
Unlike the tiresome Jason movies or the sequels to other of the genre that keep getting stupider and stupider, every sequel or pre-sequel to the massacre mess just gets gorier and gorier. The special effects have also much improved since the 1974 debut, making legs severed into stumps much more plausible.
Besides, the plotline is believable and our antagonist, inspired by the bloody crimes of Ed Gein, is somewhat likable.
I’m kidding.
Born and raised in a Texas slaughterhouse, our main character finally grabs a chainsaw and goes on his way. All questions are answered, like why the family turns to cannibalism, how he got the jazzy “leather” face (which is really human skin) and why they are the only folks left living in a remote Texas near-ghost town.
Highlight: The tea party scene where the fat lady works as an effective kitchen door barricade against the enemy.
Lowlight: Yes, at times it actually got TOO gross. I had to look away during a couple of scenes (it didn’t help I was eating mushy grits and peanut butter). But then again, for a horror flick, grossness is a highlight, no?
Rating (1-10): 13
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