Posted October 23, 2012
I'm gonna go with a less obvious one, Dead End. A kickass horror movie that gets under your skin. When i first saw it i thought it was some generic movie or something and didn't really expect much but boy was I wrong. It stars Ray Wise from Twin Peaks who does an awesome job.
The premise is simple, a family of 4 and the daughter's boyfriend are driving on Christmas Eve to visit relatives. It starts out like it's gonna be one of those wrong turn slasher movies and then it goes crazy and all over the place in the most unpredictable way. The characters are fighting and arguing and neither one of them seems to want to be there: there's the angsty teenage boy with headphones on all the time, the sister with her oblivious boyfriend, the calm passive aggressive mother and the father who is sick of everyone but is doing his best to hold the family together.
They end up driving on a long country road that doesn't seem to go anywhere, followed by a creepy mysterious black car. It doesn't scare you with the usual gore and jumps, most of the film takes place inside and around the car.
The best thing about this movie is that it fools you with some humor and gets your guard down and at the same time it starts creeping inside you and you start getting this strange itchy gut feeling and you find yourself holding the edge of the couch or bed real tight involuntarily; instead of jumping at you the scare simmers inside you and grows until it makes you beg for a pause in the action. The humor isn't just some throwaway trick, the dialogue is great and the chemistry between the actors is also great; they are a believable family and their reactions also seem real and unforced. Because the movie does not follow any typical guidelines and cliches it doesn't let you guess what's going on.
When i saw this movie I went from a jaded horror movie fan who thinks he's seen everything to feeling like a little kid watching tv at night alone and seeing his first scary movie, almost like a horror virgin (I think that's the best i can describe the experience).
Another great thing about it is that the movie doesn't get up it's own buttocks, it's smart and clever but it isn't afraid of being campy at times. I doesn't pretend to be Shakespeare, it's there to do it's job and it does a great one. It has some gore not a lot but just the right amount, the ending could have been a little better but I won't say it's bad, it just could have used a little more work.
If you want to watch it do it either by yourself or with a date or another person but don't watch it in a group because it may get ruined, it doesn't go as well as nightmare on elm street or friday 13th do at parties.
There it is, hope you guys have a great Halloween and I'll be checking out this thread for movies I haven't seen. Thanks for the awesome contest idea.
The premise is simple, a family of 4 and the daughter's boyfriend are driving on Christmas Eve to visit relatives. It starts out like it's gonna be one of those wrong turn slasher movies and then it goes crazy and all over the place in the most unpredictable way. The characters are fighting and arguing and neither one of them seems to want to be there: there's the angsty teenage boy with headphones on all the time, the sister with her oblivious boyfriend, the calm passive aggressive mother and the father who is sick of everyone but is doing his best to hold the family together.
They end up driving on a long country road that doesn't seem to go anywhere, followed by a creepy mysterious black car. It doesn't scare you with the usual gore and jumps, most of the film takes place inside and around the car.
The best thing about this movie is that it fools you with some humor and gets your guard down and at the same time it starts creeping inside you and you start getting this strange itchy gut feeling and you find yourself holding the edge of the couch or bed real tight involuntarily; instead of jumping at you the scare simmers inside you and grows until it makes you beg for a pause in the action. The humor isn't just some throwaway trick, the dialogue is great and the chemistry between the actors is also great; they are a believable family and their reactions also seem real and unforced. Because the movie does not follow any typical guidelines and cliches it doesn't let you guess what's going on.
When i saw this movie I went from a jaded horror movie fan who thinks he's seen everything to feeling like a little kid watching tv at night alone and seeing his first scary movie, almost like a horror virgin (I think that's the best i can describe the experience).
Another great thing about it is that the movie doesn't get up it's own buttocks, it's smart and clever but it isn't afraid of being campy at times. I doesn't pretend to be Shakespeare, it's there to do it's job and it does a great one. It has some gore not a lot but just the right amount, the ending could have been a little better but I won't say it's bad, it just could have used a little more work.
If you want to watch it do it either by yourself or with a date or another person but don't watch it in a group because it may get ruined, it doesn't go as well as nightmare on elm street or friday 13th do at parties.
There it is, hope you guys have a great Halloween and I'll be checking out this thread for movies I haven't seen. Thanks for the awesome contest idea.
Post edited October 23, 2012 by morciu