Crimson Screens wonders, "Where are all the horror movies?"

Crimson Screens wonders, "Where are all the horror movies?"

Hey there!
So, horror movies are big again. All it takes it one little horror movie to make a lot of money and the greed begins and soon enough we get a new horror movie every Friday. But even though there is an abundance of horror movies, it doesn't mean that they are all good.
Let's review some of the ones I have seen this year:
The Hills Have Eyes- I did miss this in the theatres but I would thoroughly entertained when I watched it on DVD. The original is a boring piece of shit though and I'm glad they made a better picture without repeating the mistakes the first one made.
The Fog- Haha, they did a remake that was even worse than the original. What a bunch of losers. The fact that the original Fog was a dreaful mess, even makes it more obnoxious that the remake was so bad. Pathetic.
An American Haunting- Even though I was warned by numerous people to skip this, I had to see for myself. Oooops! Big mistake. This was a horrible movie. In fact, the creepiest thing about it was Donald Sutherland, but not because he was acting creepy, but more because he is a dirty old man at this point. Skip it! Also, the ending was complete horse shit.
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose- Well, the trailer for this looked great. Too bad the movie was a X-Files version of Law and Order. Dumb.
The Omen- I don't know how long this was, probably about two hours, but it seemed at least twice as long. Another pointless remake. Also, stars Julia Stiles, who I hate. Her catlike features, annoying voice and waifish frame completely distracted me and made me hate this movie even more than I would have had she not been in it. I would like to see her eaten by a shark though...
See No Evil- I don't see any evil and I don't see a good movie either. It promised a lot of graphic violence and it kind of deleivered that, with lots of nasty scenes of eyes pulled out of screaming victims heads. But, the acting was pretty bad and it fell right in with any random slasher movie of the past. It did have a quick weirdo scene of a little boy playing with himself. But I was sad because I wanted to see the girl get eaten by those dogs. No such luck though. The first time I saw this, it was entertaining, but its rewatchability is nonexistant.
Cry Wolf- Terrible piece of shit. No gore, no nudity, no action and a former hair rock superstar as the lead actor. Yikes!
The Lady In The Water- Oh man, M. Knight Shamalamalamalamalamalan, he made Unbreakable. I love that movie. Signs wasn't too bad either. But remember how at the end of The Village and the big twist was revealed and you wanted to shoot yourself in the head because it was so dumb. Well, I felt like that through most of this entire movie. It's a childrens fantasy movie thinly disguised as a horror movie and it sucks big time. Even super talented Paul Giamati can't say this.
That is all I can think of for now, but you get the point. The Descent comes out next week and I have high hopes for that, but part of me won't be surprised if it sucks. I thought Slither was going to be an updated version of Slugs, but it wasn't. it wasn't even a good movie on its own. In fact, its more proof that special effects aren't all that is needed to make a good movie.
Yes, I'm disgruntled. Because I love horror movies. But it's hard to not be sad when nine out of ten horror movies come out are terrible wastes of time.
Oh well...
Next update soon... Pinata: Survival Island...

Crimson Screens is "Running Scared"...

Crimson Screens is "Running Scared"...

Ok, Paul Walker, he's a seemingly cool dude. He's been in a lot of moderately successful movies over the past ten years or so. Hollywood has been trying to make him the next big action star for some time. Most of those attempts didn't really work out. Then he chose to do this, a movie which in my opinion, is his best work so far.
He plays a member of a gang, and after a shooting, he is given the simple task to get rid of a gun. Well, he doesn't do it fast enough and a kid gets a hold of the gun and things quickly spiral out of control.
The acting in this is superb, especially from Paul Walker. He drops the pretty boy routine and does quite a good job as a caring father. I'm telling you, great stuff here.
The movie opens and closes with two spectacular shoot outs. Heads explode, crotches are shot, with bullets and bodies everywhere. There is also random violence, to a lesser extent, spread throughout the movie. Our hero even takes multiple hockey pucks to the head near the end, in the most painful scene I can recall seeing in a long time. There is no shortage of blood here, so if that's what you are looking for, then you have found it here.
This movie deals a lot with the seedier side of life, hookers and pimp and drug dealers and gangsters and I think it carries across the dirty feeling quite well. Almost every character is a degenerate or a scumbag in some way or another and the movie does a fantastic job of showing it.
There is a scene a little over halfway through, that takes place in the house of two parents and it's in their colorful house where something shady might be going on, and let me tell you, that is by far the most surreal thing I've seen in a long time. Once you see it, you will know what I'm talking about.
Ok, this movie is well acted, paced and scripted. What could have been a simple cat and mouse chase for the entire course of the movie, is really a cat and mouse chase with a lot of cool twists and turns and surprises to keep you completely interested until the end of the movie. I give it an A+