I had been wanting to try out shuddertv.com--basically Netflix for horror fans--but wasn't too thrilled about having to watch movies on my computer. Then I found out it's available as an add-on subscription through Amazon, which means I can stream it on my TV! I'm kicking things off with Dead and Buried, one of my favorite movies to rent back in the halcyon days of VHS.

I had been wanting to try out shuddertv.com--basically Netflix for horror fans--but wasn't too thrilled about having to watch movies on my computer. Then I found out it's available as an add-on subscription through Amazon, which means I can stream it on my TV! I'm kicking things off with Dead and Buried, one of my favorite movies to rent back in the halcyon days of VHS.

Caught Alice, Sweet Alice yesterday. I could have sworn I'd seen it as a kid, but I guess I was thinking of Don't Look Now because of the yellow raincoats. Great flick, with a thin layer of sleaze, and tons of Catholic contempt going on. I could swear the girl who played Alice was in a ton of other '70s stuff, but apparently she'd only done two or three movies.

The other Jacoby boy! He does a good turn in one of my faves, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.

^^ David what is the scoop on this? Looks interesting!

I had been wanting to try out shuddertv.com--basically Netflix for horror fans--but wasn't too thrilled about having to watch movies on my computer. Then I found out it's available as an add-on subscription through Amazon, which means I can stream it on my TV! I'm kicking things off with Dead and Buried, one of my favorite movies to rent back in the halcyon days of VHS.

Watched the US remake of Martyrs last night...as you might imagine, it was a turd! Why even bother remaking something like Martyrs??!!

... Catching another missed classic today, Sleepaway Camp. Kinda glad I didn't see it when I was younger, the ending would most likely have traumatized me. Some inventive death scenes here, and they make the most of the low-budget. But boy oh boy that ending!!

Same story here; just caught it for the first time within the last few years. I can't think of any other movie that had a creepier reveal to me than Sleepaway Camp. You may figure out who the killer is early, but that won't take away the intensity of the end At All. So many movies are forgettable, but not that one. Just thinking about that face, yikes.

I give SC two severed thumbs up (that's a good thing).

Based on the recommendations here, and a [relatively] okay rating on RT, and against my better judgement, I beared through Unfriended. Nothing about the premise of that movie or the way it was made, made it sound the slightest bit appealing to me, but what I can say, I guess I am clearly desperate for some horror entertainment (not which I think this was, but I digress).

Anyways, only really commenting here and mentioning it again to save some other people who might share my mind the tortuous hour and twenty minutes or so this sucked away from me. I guess I am just too old or not with it, but I honestly found it a horrible film. I was fed up in less than a minute with the 'gimmick,' but I could forgive that - which is exactly why I sat through the entire thing, hoping for something, anything, redeemable. I didn't find it. To each their own though; like I said, I guess I am just not in that era, but nothing about the film was relatable to me. The actions was simply atrocious, I found the story and writing was pretty awful, and none of the main characters behaviour throughout the film made any sense (to me). Horrible portrayals of terrible characters, who were in no way something I could understand or appreciate. If general people are like that now - and it may well be that they are - it is the true scare of this movie for me. The film was an exercise in annoyance. Yes, I am a grumpy old dude.

But THE WORST part of this movie is that it did such a pisspoor job of even attempting to address cyberbullying in a reasonable and sensible fashion. At least if the message had been delivered I would be willing to look over some of its flaws, but even at that it failed. The people making this film don't understand (or show that they did) what bullying is really about, nor deliver any kind of story related to that - except in a very oblique sense. It is something serious, and it actually really pissed me off that they did a cheap rip on the Amanda Todd video. They should feel embarassed to have included that. Grrr, see, I didn't even want to write much, but this movie just got to me with how much I didn't enjoy it. I could go on and on, but anyways, I apologise for the rant. Sigh. Horror failure. Movies like this are why I am always skeptical of so many recent forays into the genre, and why, when there is something even moderately well done, it shines that much more.

Sorry guys, I just couldn't get into it.

OK you guys have inspired me to re-watch this movie. I've never seen part 2 or 3, will try to do a marathon this weekend.