Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

12:36 PM / General / Comments10 Comments

Spine-tingling seasonal greetings to you, faithful readers! Tonight's spooktacular viewing aboard the HMS Whimsy shall consist of:

Scream 4 The Descent Wake Wood

SCREAM 4 (Wes Craven, 2011) - Despite the negative word of mouth, I'm doing my best to keep an open mind about this one.

THE DESCENT (Neil Marshall, 2005) - One of the best horror movies of the last decade, I have a sneaking suspicion I may need this to cleanse myself after SCREAM 4.

WAKE WOOD (David Keating, 2011) - The latest from Hammer. I believe Mark Kermode had some nice things to say about it on his Radio 5 show.

 
10 Comments

1. Kenneth said:

Well, you really need to see Descent after SCRE4M coz it aint good at al! :)

(Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 6:49 PM)

2. Christopher D. Jacobson said:

Thought it might be worth mentioning that some Mondo Vision titles are going for real cheap at Horror Movie Empire right now (though dunno for how long):

http://www.shop.horrormovieempire.com/CLEARANCE_c84.htm

I've ordered from there a few times; they're legit.

(Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 7:45 PM)

3. David Mackenzie said:

Oh no. Not Sc-four-um!

(Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 9:43 PM)

4. Greg M said:

I really enjoyed Scream 4! Sure it was unnecessary... but it was still fun, imo. The most brutal of the four if I recall correctly.

The Descent is of course, a classic.

Still haven't seen Wakewood!!! Wish I had planned to do so this evening (or this past weekend even).

(Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:46 PM)

5. Phil Quail said:

Haven't seen Scream 4, I'm not a fan of the franchise at all. I have seen Wake Wood, interested to see what you think of it.

After the Frightfest all-nighter on Saturday, I really can't be bothered to watch anything much tonight. I do have the thoroughly rotten Halloween Resurrection on the TV, though.

(Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:53 PM)

6. Toecutter said:

I don't think Scream 4 was anymore disappointing than part 2 & 3, which might not say much...

Scream 4 on blu looks good though, kills the other three in PQ.

(Posted on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 10:39 AM)

7. Christopher D. Jacobson said:

Scream 4 on blu looks good though, kills the other three in PQ.

Ain't really saying much. :( Shame the Blu-ray for the first film looks so poor. Thankfully it was my friend who plunked down the money for that one and not me.

(Posted on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 11:46 PM)

8. Count Fosco said:

To my untrained eyes I thought SCREAM 4 looked quite flat or 'soft' compared to other modern films on blu. I watched SERENITY prior to SCREAM 4 on BD for example and the difference was immense.

(Posted on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 6:20 PM)

9. FoxyMulder said:

Scream 4 was shot Panavision scope while Serenity was shot Super 35, different film stocks too and different style of cinematography.

I don't think you can compare them, better to compare the cinematography of the previous Scream films to this one.

(Posted on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 11:39 PM)

10. Count Fosco said:

FAO: FoxyMulder

Thanks for the clarification fella. That makes a lot of sense.

(Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 6:46 PM)

 
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