But you can't tell me that an obvious fan of the horror genre like the filmmaker wasn't aware of Derry, Maine—it's the setting of several King novels and short stories, most notably It.

Ha ha, touché!

Yes, as well as the novels Insomnia (which, ironically, I happen to be reading at the mo), Bag of Bones and 11/22/63, and is mentioned or visited briefly in several other King novels. It's also the setting in some of his short stories. Needless to say, anyone with a passing knowledge of King's works (and the horror…

Derry, huh? Is that an ode to Stephen King or just a direct rip-off? I suppose I should watch it before opening my yap. Okay, here goes . . .

Yep. It's been awhile since I was stung by one, but as I recall their sting is about equivalent to that of a red wasp, and I've been stung by those plenty (you don't live in the South for any amount of time without getting stung by these a-holes at least two or three times in your life). But cow killers are actually…

Cow Killer! I've stepped on those bastards when I was a kid. I hate their furry little red asses.

I love both the comic and the film, but there are some significant differences between the two. I think Moore's big complaint about the film was that it was really more of a reaction to America under Bush than the comic was, which was more of a reaction to Thatcher's England, and I think that is not a totally…

The truth is, of course, that it's not a zero-sum game: insularity and identity-policing will consume geek culture faster and more thoroughly than any legion of imaginary interlopers. For decades, we've prided ourselves on being forward-thinkers, early adopters, willing to challenge cultural norms and think and work…

Although I am a male, I consider myself as much feminine as masculine, so I really don't give a crap about gender labels. In fact, my chosen ID for this site, Ivan Nazarova, is actually a contradiction. The 'a' attached to the end of most last names in Russian denotes female, while Ivan is an obvious male name. …

Oh my gawd, Charlie, why did you have to do that to me so early in the day? Why? Great story!

I have always been an outsider in many respects, and as such I always identified with aliens, robots and other nonhumans, so sci-fi and fantasy were in my blood. And growing up in a rural town in the Deep South, I was an outsider right from the get-go and so were my friends: the only black kid in my grade at school,…

Yeah, I think I might've done it a time or three.

I think it was just a case of the director being provocative for the sake of being provocative. The film really had no artistic or cultural merit as far as I could tell. It was intended to shock and that's what it does. Unfortunately, that's all it does.

Yeah, I guess I should've warned people. But I sorta, kinda did. If you're in the mood to be emotionally scarred for life, that's the ticket.

By the way, according the Wikipedia page A Serbian Film actually was investigated, and hence should be on your list.

Three words: A. Serbian. Film. Seriously, someone needs to be investigated for... this.

I would include the snapped cable on the deck scene in Ghost Ship. The rest of the movie pretty much sucked, but that scene really got to me.

The first film is, in my opinion, an underrated horror masterpiece. Okay, not quite a masterpiece but still a damn good film. Yes, there are some . . . er, logical anomalies, but you overlook them because the film is so effective at the horror stuff. Not having played the game (I really don't do video games) I was…

You are absolutely correct. Maybe there really is nothing new under the sun, but if you've got enough style and intelligence and a new angle on the concept to sell to the current generation, then that's all that matters. There will always be fans of good writing and a good story.