I saw this movie for the first time as an adult. Still, the "eye scene" was some scary shit to me. If I had to explain it (umm, SPOILERS?) I'd say the terror is how she thinks she's cautiously approaching a potentially dangerous situation, at its periphery, but then realizes she's actually at the center of the…

Kind of going cultural commentator here, but…

"You can't rape a townie."

"Deathdream" is pretty good for what it was, and a good melding of horror and social commentary.

I've read some speculation on the Internet of what the phone calls are about. Some say there's a connection between the killer saying "it's just like having a wart removed," and the subplot about the floating specter of abortion.

A friend of mine's favorite holiday movie is "A Christmas Story," and he made it a ritual to watch it every year (Mrs. Trenchant is the same with "Christmas Vacation"… I just don't get it, but anyway…). One year I offhandedly mentioned how the guy who made ACS had an interesting career in movies, and how one of his…

I'm marking 'to-read' a book about the movie "Birth of a Nation." Especially with what's going on with "The Interview," it's put me in mind of what would be on a list of, say, '20 most controversial films ever'…

I was a prototypical high-school student who was into Led Zeppelin despite it being the band of previous generations.

I don't think people really listen to music anymore.

I used to be fairly good about not purchasing a book until I'd finished what I had. This year I kind of threw that discipline out the window. As a result I've acquired a stack of unread books, but I'm determined to finish all of them before the month is out. So…

I think virtually everyone wants a sequel to that movie, because when it came out to such hype, audiences were disappointed/pissed that they had just been given a small part of what was very obviously a bigger idea.

Actually, you killed her, and then claimed it was a misunderstanding.

Hmm, almost Haiku-like in its brevity and undeniable truth.

I. Just. Don't. Care…

When talking about the '90s, you could have endless discussions about who was "overlooked," "underrated" or "shoulda been better known." But Swervedriver really does fall into this category. I think they tried to do a decent U.S. push for "Mezcal Head," but they were still consigned to the also-ran pile almost…

It's the same type of shit that they show in that Froot Loops commercial about the Gen X parents waiting 'til their kids are asleep to eat Froot Loops and play Super Mario Bros.

"That album got played a million times with a bunch of red eyed freshman nearly passed out in my dorm room."

I had similar experiences trying to get into them, i.e., kept buying their albums thinking 'maybe this one…' but was always disappointed. *

This one IS a gem. On a personal level, I love the "Dark Mansion in the Woods" trope. A couple other examples from the '80s is "Hell Night" and "Creepers" (Later titled "Phenomenon").

Ehh, it's one of those movies you come across on cable and perhaps watch because you have nothing better to do and it juuuusssst makes the threshold of being entertaining enough not to turn the channel.