Worth a thousand words

Jazz Hands!

toolish follow-up

Calum Waddell is a horror geek of the nth degree.
Actually, so am I.
The thing is, usually horror geeks watch commentaries...they traditionally don't participate in them.

In this case however, the second commentary extra from the two British producers was so coated with fanboy slobber I couldn't make it to the end. Calum's filmic knowledge and girthy Scotch accent aren't enough to excuse his desperately lame anecdotes and ejaculations.

The good news is that Tobe and the writing duo of Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch (Ned, the greasy human sheepdog/handyman) on the first commentary track provide an informative, honest, and often self-deprecating overview of on-screen as well as behind-the-scenes events that in my estimation made this movie a far more entertaining project to make than to watch.

Tool Box redux

My best bud Damian recently bought me (among many other disks) a copy of Tobe Hooper's remake of "The Toolbox Murders" .

Talented young cast, impressive pedigree, and a decent budget.
Talk about ruined potential...

This movie could have stood proud among its predecessors and well into the future, except for a) lack of splatter b) stolen (unreworked) themes c) wonky editing.

It spends lots of time teasing the threads of old horror themes, yet it fails to yield any unique scares or tension of its own.

Coffin Baby?
That's not a name for a monster.
That's what you'd say to the person who just caught your mononucleosis.

Some themes borrowed, but not explored:
Rosemary's Baby
House by the Cemetery
Suspiria / Inferno
The People Under the Stairs
And yes, the original Toolbox Murders...

Tobe Hooper is a heck of a filmmmaker.
I refuse to believe that the final product was his idea.

Tonight I'll listen to his commentary and judge for myself.

Sunday school salt-lick.

Piety on the underpass.

Seriously people, quit it. The winos down there have enough to worry about.

pyat' shest' sem' vosem' !

Did I sleep through Russia's demotion/exclusion from the G-8?

Because this confuses me.

Mostly just stuff

Some links one might enjoy.
If one were me...

Mine

Hee

Hmm

Heh

AHA!

Maybe next time

Oh, those poor, poor people.

My heart just breaks for them. I'm talking about the media, of course.
With the Pope and Terri Schiavo dead, the average reporter must be feeling kind of...adrift. The fact that the last two major earthquakes in the southeast region have failed to yield even the smallest tsunami is just cruel.
Talk about kicking them while they're down.

Oh well. Buck up, little newsmedia types. There are lots of other horsemen to chase.
Famine and war spring to mind.

Sudden yakking impulse

Ew. I just got substantially nauseated there for a spell.

Tonight's eggs gave me trouble, but this morning's undercooked pork chops still have me nervous.


I can't beleive I didn't puke. I stood there over the toilet and salivated like a rabid raccoon for fifteen minutes before I started feeling better.

Just checked my last empty beer for a mouse carcass.
Nothing.

Very peculiar.