If we're going with New French Extremist movies there are several better picks than High Tension. Martyrs, Inside, and Frontier(s) are all much better.

This movie is awesome. It's so different from the first one. The first is still one of the most frightening movies I've seen. I saw it when I was really young and it fucked me up good.

I hadn't even thought of that but you're right. I just hope the writers will carry forward with that.

The best thing about this episode was seeing things from Wilfred's point of view. I actually like the stupid human-as-dog jokes like shaking the can filled with coins to torture Wilfred, especially when Wilfred tried to use it to torture Ryan. Wilfred's comment about Ryan's gray backpack confused me until they showed…

I think what makes this episode so horrifying is that it's happening to David, the most sympathetic character on the show for me. I identified with his need for order, obsessiveness, the burden of being the responsible one, and desire at times to break out of that and do some really dumb shit.

Or like Cronenberg's film of Ballard's Crash.

I've watched a few movies on FearNet OnDemand (Shivers, The Howling, Evil Dead 2, Dread) and haven't noticed any editing for content or language. It's possible there is and I just didn't notice. I'm usually several beers in before I watch a late night horror movie.

Kind of. Ballard is more concerned with the sociopolitical ideas the high-rise and characters represent (basically he hates them all) while Shivers is closer to a zombie movie with Cronenberg focused on violence, gore, and sex. But they both take place in a high-rise and are about survival, horrors of modern…

For those who have had trouble finding a copy of Shivers and do have cable, check out FearNet's On Demand. It's free if you have whatever package it comes with. I got to watch it again this past weekend after having not seen it in a long time and just love that movie. I wish some company would get hold of it and give…

This movie isn't nearly as memorable as the first movie.

Exactly. I don't know this isn't being discussed more. Ginsberg's slippery slope looks like a reality.

"Little Indian Big City" is the movie I meant to include that had the great quote from Siskel who when he saw it they were missing the last reel so he couldn't finish viewing the movie and said "If the third reel had been the missing footage from Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons, this movie still would have…

Definitely should have included that. I think he wrote something in his review about being disturbed at the other members of the audience who were enjoying the movie. Classic.

I think I'd rather have a week of Ebert's least favorites:

Eh, I'd rather watch Conceived in the Wild.

How about Ernie Hudson as Solomon in The Hand That Rocks The Cradle? It's been a really long time since I've seen it but I don't remember his performance being especially horrible. He just seemed like a plot device to make DeMornay's character even more evil for terrorizing someone who is seen as purely innocent and…

Tack Big onto that list as Tom Hanks is just a boy in a man's body banging an adult woman. She's not even skeeved out at the end when he transforms back into being a boy.

I disagree with Dominick and Eugene being thrown in there. Though I haven't seen it since I was a teenager when it was shown on HBO constantly, I remember it being a well-made dramatic movie. I don't remember Hulce playing Dominick over the top. Maybe that opening scene is too blunt but after that I remember finding…

The CD is inessential if still a fun listen. Sure they only had two studio albums but they were selling out large venues as they did here and those two albums had plenty of songs to play a good long live show as they did here. But they don't sound much different live than studio. The gem is the DVD which is definitely…

I haven't seen the movie. I attempted reading the book but couldn't handle it and stopped reading it. I'm assuming the movie isn't nearly as disturbing as the book as movies rarely are. I'd still rather attempt reading the book again before seeing the movie.