Showing posts with label Lovecraft. Show all posts
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The Banshee Chapter Review
Review by Randomflashbang
The Banshee Chapter is a 2013 independent film and the directorial debut of Blair Erickson.
I first watched this movie about four years ago at around 1 in the morning, clicking the square on my tv because the name was kooky, and sleep is for failure. And, throughout the entire film, I kept telling myself that this was complete low budget trash, that I’m barely keeping my eyes open and there was a warm bed in the next room. But I was stuck. Banshee Chapter had me hooked in it’s hypnotic and weird modern pulp science horror gaze.
On the surface. Banshee Chapter doesn’t really do anything new, but it effectively combines a lot of common ideas and tropes that swirl around our collective horror landscape that in a way I’m not sure I’ve seen before.
The Banshee Chapter is a 2013 independent film and the directorial debut of Blair Erickson.
I first watched this movie about four years ago at around 1 in the morning, clicking the square on my tv because the name was kooky, and sleep is for failure. And, throughout the entire film, I kept telling myself that this was complete low budget trash, that I’m barely keeping my eyes open and there was a warm bed in the next room. But I was stuck. Banshee Chapter had me hooked in it’s hypnotic and weird modern pulp science horror gaze.
On the surface. Banshee Chapter doesn’t really do anything new, but it effectively combines a lot of common ideas and tropes that swirl around our collective horror landscape that in a way I’m not sure I’ve seen before.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Today's Horror Choices 09/14/16 - I Refuse to Talk About Jurassic Park Again
September 14th is the birthday of none other than the dinosaur-taming, black hole-exploring, New York Times best-selling Antichrist himself, Sam Neil. Of course I will always remember him first and foremost as Damien in The Omen III: The Final Conflict, wherein he delivers a monologue that could turn the purest soul to ash. Watch it ironically today on The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. There's also certainly something to be said for what may be one of the most popular and entertaining "Lovecraftian" films ever produced, In the Mouth of Madness. I remember buying it on DVD with one of my first every paychecks as a teenager and being bored to tears at first, only to be blown away by the visual flourish in the latter part of the movie. Yesterday was supposed to be "Uncle Sam Day," but I think someone made a typo because this is clearly the Uncle Sam I'm here to celebrate.
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| I guess I'm not the only one with wood right now. |
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Today's Horror Choices 05/19/16 - Mad Scrawls
It's another dry day for obscure celebrations, but a gamer like me rarely shies away from a challenge. Today's Horror Choices are as follows.
The highlight of the day for most horror fans is the first annual National Notebook Day. What notebook in history or literature is more revered than The Necronomicon? Evil Dead II is a go-to for
The highlight of the day for most horror fans is the first annual National Notebook Day. What notebook in history or literature is more revered than The Necronomicon? Evil Dead II is a go-to for
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