The Creature

So, we recently get another horror musical that mainly follows in the slasher film style and it has Meat Loaf in it…Sounds Interesting enough for me to take a look at it.

A girl named Camilla aspires to become an actress, following in the footsteps of her mother. Until one day, her mother gets murdered after a production of the Haunting if the Opera. Ten Years Later, Camilla and her brother are now cooks at Center Stage, a summer camp for theater students while being raised by her mother’s former lover Roger McCall (Meat Loaf) who runs the camp.

The camp musical director decides to do a Kabuki version of the Haunting of the Opera. While stirring up bad memories, Camilla auditions for it and gets the lead role. Meanwhile, a man wearing a Kabuki mask stalks the campground and starts killing off the campers one by one.

I guess Sgt. Kabukiman isn’t a fan of Musicals.

If you know about plenty of musicals, you’ll notice that the film has some minor references to them. The most obvious is that the play is a gigantic reference to Phantom of the Opera as well Camilla being a lot like Christine Daae from the Phantom, Although she doesn’t have the singing abilities as Ms. Daae…or the likability…or the talent.

The Songs in it are similar to in style to Les Miserables where they mostly talk while singing. They don’t do it as often as Les Miserables though. Actually, they barely sing at all in this film. Plus they tried to make some of them Rock songs, mainly with the villain, but they ended up falling flat. You’d think that Meat Loaf would get a solo song since he’s the only person in this who could sing well, but he only gets parts of only two songs in the whole film. He barely gets any screen time and I ended up thinking that I could watch his song in Rocky Horror Picture Show and it would be longer than every minute he’s in this movie.

One of the biggest issues of the film is the slasher aspect. The Film has the proper set up for a standard slasher film along with a bunch of its typical tropes, except the sex, but it takes at least Forty minutes for the Slasher aspect to start going in the film and it’s not even worth waiting for it.

Plus with it being a slasher, we obviously get a villain for it. I’m not going to give away too much, but all I’ll say is that the killer’s songs are terrible and he just lingers around until the third act of the film.

If there’s one thing that the movie has right is the characters act like they come right out of a slasher film. The majority of them have no personalities to them and the ones that do aren’t very likeable characters and you can’t wait for them to get killed off.

Overall, this was really bad. The film could have had so much potential and could have been great, but unfortunately any idea of that was not found in this at all. Meat Loaf was pretty much wasted, the songs were lackluster, the characters weren’t interesting, the slasher parts were very dull, and it was overall a film not really worth watching. If you want a Horror Musical to see, skip this and watch Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Devil’s Carnival, or The Rocky Horror Picture Show instead.

Just a List of upcoming posts I’m doing.

 

As I hinted at in my 2^nd Q&A, I’ve decided to celebrate my 2^nd Year on Manic Expression by doing a 3^rd (Maybe Final) Q&A.

You can ask questions for it in the comments or on the forum for it:

https://www.manic-expression.com/forums/topic/the-creatures-qa-3-2-year-anniversary-on-m-e/

 

It Came From the Drive In

 

Zombie Month

For November 2014 on It Came From the Drive In, I’m going to be looking at films made by Metal singer Rob Zombie.

 

Here are the films chosen for it (No Order for it yet):

House of 1,000 Corpses

The Devil’s Rejects

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Halloween Remake

 

It Came From the Drive In’s 100^th Review – Slowly but surely, It’s coming. I recently posted my 70^th a couple of weeks ago.

 

Old vs New: Fright Night

Old vs New: I Am Legend films (Last Man on Earth vs The Omega Man vs I Am Legend)

 

I also plan on doing some posts Music related since I wanted to try posting into that field.

 

Plus I plan on posting some lists soon:

 

My Top 13 Troma Films – For their 40^th Anniversary

My Top 26 Favorite Albums

13 Films I Recommend to Watch on Halloween – Obviously for October

My Top 13 Creepypastas

My Top 20 Favorite Directors

My 13 Favorite Gorillaz Songs

 

 

 

Letters to Celestia

I’m mostly going to be posting Lists so far plus some reviews that I’ve wanted to do for a while. Here’s what will be coming soon:

 

My Top 5 episodes of S1, S2, & S3

My Top 13 Favorite MLP Episodes (So Far)

My Top 13 MLP Songs

Rainbow Factory – For October

Double Rainboom

Past Sins

Rarity’s New Dress – For October

Banned (Forever) – I’ll attach this with another review, since It will be incredibly short

My Top 13 Favorite Brony Videos

 

 

 

 

 

Also, Here’s a Re-post of the 31 Days of Halloween Schedule just to post as a reminder:

October 1- Moviefan12

October 2- The Second Opinion

October 3 – Chilton

October 4 – richb

October 5 – Atreyu

October 6 – Gurning Chimp

October 7 – HorrorViewer

October 8 – The Creature

October 9 – Brekclub85

October 10 – HedonisticActor

October 11 – Ratin8tor

October 12 – Les

October 13 – BigBlackHatMan

October 14 – TheOtherDude92

October 15 – Des Shinta

October 16 – Des Shinta

October 17 – Chilton

October 18 – T-Kun

October 19 – T-Kun

October 20 – T-Kun

October 21 – DisneyOtoko

October 22 – The Second Opinion

October 23 – Atreyu

October 24 – jashykins

October 25 – Smiffy

October 26 – Ratin8tor

October 27 – Moviefan12

October 28 – SomeJerkFromBoston / Kyle

October 29 – SomeJerkFromBoston

October 30 – James

October 31 – Chilton

In the Early 1900’s, we always had these amazing ideas and concepts for the Future.

Flying Cars, Robots as servants, Skyscrapers reaching almost as high as space, People wearing one-piece Jumpsuits, all of these ideas and many more were presented in many different works of science fiction or ideas of what people believed we would achieve. While some ideas may have come true, the majority have just been left behind as ideas.

One such idea was in the form of a TV show known as the Jetsons.

Hanna Barbera’s space age counterpart to the Stone Age Family was one of their many different cartoons that was often remembered among the general public, although with it being remembered fondly is something I can’t say. (I know many people who don’t like it.) With it still being relevant since the second and third season being made in the late ‘80s, a film adaptation of the show was made and it ended up being a very big Mess. So out of curiosity, I decided to revisit this film that is often vaguely remembered existing.

Mr. Spacely is having trouble at his freshly built Mining Colony as the equipment is frequently destroyed by unknown forces which often scares off the head of the company (apparently for the Fourth Time.) He then needs to find the right man for the job and after a long time deciding who to pick (aka using a computer to calculate the right employee for about one minute,) he decides to pick George Jetson for it. So, he and his family go up to the Colony as George gets to be Vice President of the Orbiting Ore Asteroid which makes Spacely Sprockets which serve…some unexplained purpose.

The film is also filled with minor plot points such as Judy and her relationship status since before she moved she had a date with a rock star and how she copes with the fact she gets to miss it but eventually falls for another boy and it ends up being pointless to even throw this in here. There’s also another plot point with Elroy and playing Basketball but it’s resolved incredibly quickly. Basically, the film fills itself with a bunch of minor plot points probably to fill up time.

The one thing you will notice immediately is that the film is going for a pro-environmental message. I’m not against being environmentally friendly by any means, but this movie was just not being subtle about it at all. The characters all deliver lines that are pro-environmental as well as have that being the message of the whole film. The whole thing gets old really quickly.

The Animation in the film was mostly average. It was accurate to the original show’s animation and style plus it uses a large portion of Computer Animation that’s similar to something in the style of a Music Video (Similar to most ‘90s and early 2000’s cartoons.) It was probably one of the few decent things in the film.

Speaking of Music Videos, the film uses a lot of generic synthpop style of generic pop music that was popular and done heavily in the ‘80s. They sounded like something you would hear in between music videos on MTV. Plus there was one part of it actually did have a Music Video in the film. It wasn’t very necessary to add in the film. I understand the synthpop aspect since it’s supposed to be the distant future, but they could have done it better. (At least it’s not Dubstep.)

Final Thoughts: This was Dumb. The Animation was okay, the songs in it were generic, the Environmental message was hammered in too much and too often, and it ended up being a film that really didn’t need to be made. I don’t Jetsons fan would really find much interest in this film either

I absolutely love the music of Weird Al Yankovic.

I’ve heard his songs over the course of many years of my life and he’s made many great songs over the course of his career. So with his newest album coming out recently, I’ve decided to take a look at his Film Debut which was meet with mixed reviews but later became an overnight cult classic, UHF.

The film tells of George Newman (Weird Al), is a young man with a highly active imagination which often gets him fired from many jobs. One Day, His gambling Uncle Harvey eventually wins the deed to a bankrupt UHF Television Station. After being “Convinced” by his wife, Harvey lets George become the Manager of the station and head of Channel 62. He eventually finds out about the VHF Station and its manager R.J. Flecther (Kevin McCarthy) who is not very pleased of the idea of his station and its rapidly developing popularity as he tries his best to wipeout all means of competition.

The Plot of the film seemed to be rather generic. The story was pretty much a predictable battle of Television stations that also including the overused financial issues plot element that ended the film. Plus the film relied mostly on the sketches and parodies of the film help it move along.

The Film shows off Weird Al’s main talent of making parodies and it is full of them. Since the film tells of a TV Station, we get lots of TV Show Parodies such as Wheel of Fish, Stanley Spadowski’s Clubhouse, Town Talk, Inside Al Capone’s Glove Compartment, and many others scenes that are cutaway gags.   The film parodies are mostly imagined inside of George Newman’s head or on a commercial for the Television Station as well as characters saying lines from films. Plus he also does a parody of the Dire Straits’ song “Money for Nothing” making it about the Beverly Hillbillies.

I have to admit that a lot of the humor seemed a bit Hit-or-Miss for me. I thought some of the parodies were long (mainly the movie parodies) and many of them were mainly focused on dumb humor (I don’t really care for it very much.) Although, there was still sketches in the film that I thought were funny. So I guess that aspect is a bit of a Mixed Bag.

One issue of the film some critics had was actually Weird Al himself.

Some say he didn’t have much of a screen presence and he probably shouldn’t continue acting. Personally, some of his scenes do fall flat for me though, but aside from that he gave a decent performance.

Plus the film was packed with a lot of characters actors that end up a majority of the spoofs and homages in the film like David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Michael Richards, and a bunch of others that might draw your attention if you don’t like Al’s character.

FINAL THOUGHTS: I thought it was Okay. The humor was mostly a mixed bag, the plot was predictable, the acting was decent, and I really couldn’t get angry at it since it ended up being fairly accurate to what I was expecting. So, I guess that it could make some people laugh a lot more than I did. I‘ll stick with listening to his music.

FINALLY! We get an actual clip from the Rainbow Rocks movie. At least we can get some knowledge about the film as well as getting to hear another song.
It starts off in the Cafeteria with a reformed Sunset Shimmer meeting up with most of the Mane 6. She speaks of when getting a tour of the school to a group of students; she notices something “Off” about them. Seconds Later, we get our first look at these Students, the Dazzlings lead by Adagio Dazzle.

The Dazzlings sing a song about having a Battle of the Bands stating “What’s Wrong with a Little Competition?” which actually splits the whole school up into their own little groups plus intriguing Sunset Shimmer as well (She’s probably going to end up being a Villain again in this one) While the Girls watch there song but aren’t affected by their song. (Vinyl probably wasn’t as well considering she has her Headphones on the whole time and they play her up to having a large role in this film where she’ll most likely team up with the Mane 6. )
The Dazzlings were acting Seductive throughout the whole video. They mostly just mesmerized the whole student boy over with a little help from their Necklaces that the three of them have.  It reminds me of Dr. Facilier’s Necklace and Jafar’s Staff.
(My Guess is that the Necklaces might be a weakness.)

Not much is known Adagio Dazzle and the other two aside from them being the villains and that they use their necklaces to win people over.  (Also according to the toys, Adagio was a Pegasus.) Her design is a bit similar to Carrot Top/Golden Harvest with a Jem-esque outfit.  Aside from Adagio, the other two looked like they are characters from Monster High.

The Song in the clip “Let’s Have A Battle” was very simple and it mainly was just Adagio turning the whole school against each other with the Battle of the Bands idea. From the sound of it, Adagio’s singing voice is done by Kazumi Evans. I have to admit, I surprisingly ended up liking the song and I think it’s better than the other two songs we’ve gotten so far.

To be honest, I thought the clip looked good. It got me interested and it could help me look forward to the film.

Also on a minor note, Octavia pops up in it. I thought that was a nice touch. (I partially prefer here over Vinyl. )

FINALLY! We get an actual clip from the Rainbow Rocks movie. At least we can get some knowledge about the film as well as getting to hear another song.
It starts off in the Cafeteria with a reformed Sunset Shimmer meeting up with most of the Mane 6. She speaks of when getting a tour of the school to a group of students; she notices something “Off” about them. Seconds Later, we get our first look at these Students, the Dazzlings lead by Adagio Dazzle.

The Dazzlings sing a song about having a Battle of the Bands stating “What’s Wrong with a Little Competition?” which actually splits the whole school up into their own little groups plus intriguing Sunset Shimmer as well (She’s probably going to end up being a Villain again in this one) While the Girls watch there song but aren’t affected by their song. (Vinyl probably wasn’t as well considering she has her Headphones on the whole time and they play her up to having a large role in this film where she’ll most likely team up with the Mane 6. )
The Dazzlings were acting Seductive throughout the whole video. They mostly just mesmerized the whole student boy over with a little help from their Necklaces that the three of them have.  It reminds me of Dr. Facilier’s Necklace and Jafar’s Staff.
(My Guess is that the Necklaces might be a weakness.)

Not much is known Adagio Dazzle and the other two aside from them being the villains and that they use their necklaces to win people over.  (Also according to the toys, Adagio was a Pegasus.) Her design is a bit similar to Carrot Top/Golden Harvest with a Jem-esque outfit.  Aside from Adagio, the other two looked like they are characters from Monster High.

The Song in the clip “Let’s Have A Battle” was very simple and it mainly was just Adagio turning the whole school against each other with the Battle of the Bands idea. From the sound of it, Adagio’s singing voice is done by Kazumi Evans. I have to admit, I surprisingly ended up liking the song and I think it’s better than the other two songs we’ve gotten so far.

To be honest, I thought the clip looked good. It got me interested and it could help me look forward to the film.

Also on a minor note, Octavia pops up in it. I thought that was a nice touch. (I partially prefer here over Vinyl. )

New York is filled with plenty of famous venues and clubs were bands play. In the ‘70s, there were two major clubs that usually stood out among the rest. First there was Studio 54, a massive nightclub for the Disco Scene that stayed around until the early ‘80s (Similar to the Disco Era as well.) Then we have the place that’s simply called CBGB.

A venue originally slated for Country & Bluegrass Music, the small bar quickly became known as a hot spot for the new and then upcoming genre of Punk Music with artists like Talking Heads, The Ramones, Blondie, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, The Dead Boys, and many others who gained their rise to fame.

Eventually, someone got the idea to make a film about the venue, much like Studio 54 did, and it was released about a year ago. While the 54 movie flopped on its release, I can’t help but wonder about the same thing here. So, I’m here to let you know if it lives up to the Venue’s reputation or falls flat on its face.

Hilly Crystal (Alan Rickman) is a man who simply wanted to buy a Bar. He soon gets his bar and he decides it will hold bands who will play Country, Blue Grass, and Blues music. Although not finding such artists, he does find bands that didn’t originally fit the bill but the venue soon gives birth to the Punk music genre.

One of the things that becomes highly noticable throughout the film is that it the film’s plot is heavily repetative. The one thing that mainly happens throughout is just that Punk bands play their songs on stage. The “Conflict” of the film is mostly just that the Rent on the bar needs to be paid as well as Hilly managing the Dead Boys. Speaking of the Dead Boys, a good chunk of the film is taken up by them whether it be their schennigans or playing music on stage. Their scenes didn’t add anything of real interest to the film and they could be cut out entirely.

Since CBGB was the essential Punk Rock venue, the film is filled with tons and tons of Bands and aritsts who played at the venue such as Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Police, The Dead Boys, and many others. All I’ll say about their performances is that a majority of them are dull andf they don’t really seem to match the personalities of the actual musicians.

Plus the main actors are just as dull, Especially with Alan Rickman as Hilly. He seems like he just didn’t care and was almost mumbling throughout the whole film. I know that sometimes that’s how acts in some films, but at least in other films you could understand what he’s saying.

One thing you will notice almost immediately is that the music they band plays is Lip-Synced. It is incrediblely obvious when the bands start singing that they don’t match the actors’ voices. It gets old very quickly in the film and possibly could irritate some viewers.

Aside from the Lip-Syncing problem, I’ll admit the Soundtrack is the only good thing about the film. It’s pretty all the songs that are played in Montages as well as the ones the bands are playing to in CBGB. Although, this absolutely will not be able to save the film.

Overall, this was a really dull film. The film didn’t intrigue me into the history of the Venue or any of the bands in the film. Plus with the performances, the film could possibly just put you to sleep. It’s a shame that the film didn’t offer anything engaging to the viewing audience about the film. The Soundtrack may be the only thing that’s worth looking at from the film, but even that can’t hold up to the venue’s legacy.

New York is filled with plenty of famous venues and clubs were bands play. In the ‘70s, there were two major clubs that usually stood out among the rest. First there was Studio 54, a massive nightclub for the Disco Scene that stayed around until the early ‘80s (Similar to the Disco Era as well.) Then we have the place that essentially gave birth to Punk Music simply called CBGB.

A venue originally slated for Country & Bluegrass Music, the small bar quickly became known as a hot spot for the new and then upcoming genre of Punk Music with artists like Talking Heads, The Ramones, Blondie, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, The Dead Boys, and many others who gained their rise to fame.

Eventually, someone got the idea to make a film about the venue, much like Studio 54 did, and it was released about a year ago. While the 54 movie flopped on its release, I can’t help but wonder about the same thing here. So, I’m here to let you know if it lives up to the Venue’s reputation or falls flat on its face.

Hilly Crystal (Alan Rickman) is a man who simply wanted to buy a Bar. He soon gets his bar and he decides it will hold bands who will play Country, Blue Grass, and Blues music. Although not finding such artists, he does find bands that didn’t originally fit the bill but the venue soon gives birth to the Punk music genre.

One of the things that becomes highly noticable throughout the film is that it the film’s plot is heavily repetative. The one thing that mainly happens throughout is just that Punk bands play their songs on stage. The “Conflict” of the film is mostly just that the Rent on the bar needs to be paid as well as Hilly managing the Dead Boys. Speaking of the Dead Boys, a good chunk of the film is taken up by them whether it be their schennigans or playing music on stage. Their scenes didn’t add anything of real interest to the film and they could be cut out entirely.

Since CBGB was the essential Punk Rock venue, the film is filled with tons and tons of Bands and aritsts who played at the venue such as Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Police, The Dead Boys, and many others. All I’ll say about their performances is that a majority of them are dull andf they don’t really seem to match the personalities of the actual musicians.

Plus the main actors are just as dull, Especially with Alan Rickman as Hilly. He seems like he just didn’t care and was almost mumbling throughout the whole film. I know that sometimes that’s how acts in some films, but at least in other films you could understand what he’s saying.

One thing you will notice almost immediately is that the music they band plays is Lip-Synced. It is incrediblely obvious when the bands start singing that they don’t match the actors’ voices. It gets old very quickly in the film and possibly could irritate some viewers.

Aside from the Lip-Syncing problem, I’ll admit the Soundtrack is the only good thing about the film. It’s pretty all the songs that are played in Montages as well as the ones the bands are playing to in CBGB. Although, this absolutely will not be able to save the film.

Overall, this was a really dull film. The film didn’t intrigue me into the history of the Venue or any of the bands in the film. Plus with the performances, the film could possibly just put you to sleep. It’s a shame that the film didn’t offer anything engaging to the viewing audience about the film. The Soundtrack may be the only thing that’s worth looking at from the film, but even that can’t hold up to the venue’s legacy.

New York is filled with plenty of famous venues and clubs were bands play. In the ‘70s, there were two major clubs that usually stood out among the rest. First there was Studio 54, a massive nightclub for the Disco Scene that stayed around until the early ‘80s (Similar to the Disco Era as well.) Then we have the place that’s simply called CBGB.

A venue originally slated for Country & Bluegrass Music, the small bar quickly became known as a hot spot for the new and then upcoming genre of Punk Music with artists like Talking Heads, The Ramones, Blondie, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, The Dead Boys, and many others who gained their rise to fame.

Eventually, someone got the idea to make a film about the venue, much like Studio 54 did, and it was released about a year ago. While the 54 movie flopped on its release, I can’t help but wonder about the same thing here. So, I’m here to let you know if it lives up to the Venue’s reputation or falls flat on its face.

Hilly Crystal (Alan Rickman) is a man who simply wanted to buy a Bar. He soon gets his bar and he decides it will hold bands who will play Country, Blue Grass, and Blues music. Although not finding such artists, he does find bands that didn’t originally fit the bill but the venue soon gives birth to the Punk music genre.

One of the things that becomes highly noticable throughout the film is that it the film’s plot is heavily repetative. The one thing that mainly happens throughout is just that Punk bands play their songs on stage. The “Conflict” of the film is mostly just that the Rent on the bar needs to be paid as well as Hilly managing the Dead Boys. Speaking of the Dead Boys, a good chunk of the film is taken up by them whether it be their schennigans or playing music on stage. Their scenes didn’t add anything of real interest to the film and they could be cut out entirely.

Since CBGB was the essential Punk Rock venue, the film is filled with tons and tons of Bands and aritsts who played at the venue such as Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Police, The Dead Boys, and many others. All I’ll say about their performances is that a majority of them are dull andf they don’t really seem to match the personalities of the actual musicians.

Plus the main actors are just as dull, Especially with Alan Rickman as Hilly. He seems like he just didn’t care and was almost mumbling throughout the whole film. I know that sometimes that’s how acts in some films, but at least in other films you could understand what he’s saying.

One thing you will notice almost immediately is that the music they band plays is Lip-Synced. It is incrediblely obvious when the bands start singing that they don’t match the actors’ voices. It gets old very quickly in the film and possibly could irritate some viewers.

Aside from the Lip-Syncing problem, I’ll admit the Soundtrack is the only good thing about the film. It’s pretty all the songs that are played in Montages as well as the ones the bands are playing to in CBGB. Although, this absolutely will not be able to save the film.

Overall, this was a really dull film. The film didn’t intrigue me into the history of the Venue or any of the bands in the film. Plus with the performances, the film could possibly just put you to sleep. It’s a shame that the film didn’t offer anything engaging to the viewing audience about the film. The Soundtrack may be the only thing that’s worth looking at from the film, but even that can’t hold up to the venue’s legacy.

Just posting the 31 Days of Halloween Schedule up here for the New Site.

Plus letting people know a few things about the event.

For posting the content, you can use the 31 Days of Halloween Tags from last year. We have them for Videos and Blogs.

We have title card art by Ox_Bigly

http://s111.photobucket.com/user/OX_Bigly/media/Manic%20Expression/M-E_31DaysLogo-05_000000_zps79c49fa5.png.html

We also have a video opening (I’ll find the link for it eventually.)
and a video closing made by Chilton:

Here’s the Schedule of This Year’s 31 Days of Halloween:

October 1- Moviefan12
October 2- The Second Opinion
October 3 – Chilton
October 4 – richb
October 5 – Atreyu
October 6 – Gurning Chimp
October 7 – HorrorViewer
October 8 – The Creature
October 9 – Brekclub85
October 10 – HedonisticActor
October 11 – Ratin8tor
October 12 – Les
October 13 – BigBlackHatMan
October 14 – TheOtherDude92
October 15 – Des Shinta
October 16 – Des Shinta
October 17 – Chilton
October 18 – T-Kun
October 19 – T-Kun
October 20 – T-Kun
October 21 – DisneyOtoko
October 22 – The Second Opinion
October 23 – Atreyu
October 24 – jashykins
October 25 – Smiffy
October 26 – Ratin8tor
October 27 – Moviefan12
October 28 – SomeJerkFromBoston / Kyle
October 29 – SomeJerkFromBoston
October 30 – James
October 31 – Chilton

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Just posting the 31 Days of Halloween Schedule up here for the New Site.

Plus letting people know a few things about the event.

For posting the content, you can use the 31 Days of Halloween Tags from last year. We have them for Videos and Blogs.

We have title card art by Ox_Bigly

http://s111.photobucket.com/user/OX_Bigly/media/Manic%20Expression/M-E_31DaysLogo-05_000000_zps79c49fa5.png.html

We also have a video opening (I’ll find the link for it eventually.)
and a video closing made by Chilton:

Here’s the Schedule of This Year’s 31 Days of Halloween:

October 1- Moviefan12
October 2- The Second Opinion
October 3 – Chilton
October 4 – richb
October 5 – Atreyu
October 6 – Gurning Chimp
October 7 – HorrorViewer
October 8 – The Creature
October 9 – Brekclub85
October 10 – HedonisticActor
October 11 – Ratin8tor
October 12 – Les
October 13 – BigBlackHatMan
October 14 – TheOtherDude92
October 15 – Des Shinta
October 16 – Des Shinta
October 17 – Chilton
October 18 – T-Kun
October 19 – T-Kun
October 20 – T-Kun
October 21 – DisneyOtoko
October 22 – The Second Opinion
October 23 – Atreyu
October 24 – jashykins
October 25 – Smiffy
October 26 – Ratin8tor
October 27 – Moviefan12
October 28 – SomeJerkFromBoston / Kyle
October 29 – SomeJerkFromBoston
October 30 – James
October 31 – Chilton

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Recently, the film V/H/S/2 came out on Netflix and I decided to check it out considering since I saw the first one and thought it was ok. Plus, this one is considered better than the first one so I figured that’s worth a look.

Much like the first one the film is set up in the style of a Found Footage Anthology film. I’ll be looking at each segment individually as well as the film overall and how well the set up works with it.

MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD.

Main Narrative/Tape 49

A College Kid goes missing and Two Private Investigators go to his Apartment to check things out. In there, they find a whole bunch of Analog Televisions along with A Bunch of VHS Tapes (Much like the First one.) and his Laptop which contained a Vlog about his thoughts on the tapes as well as some of the Stories for the film. One of them decides to watch the tapes while the other goes on exploring the apartment.

Phase I Clinical Trials

After a car accident, a man gets surgery on his missing eye in which he gets an Artifical Eye which has a Camera inside it which is part of a test the doctors are conducting. Later that day, he starts to see people who mysteriously enter his home without showing any intention of what they want.

The segment, basically, turns into a mini ghost film. The segment only offers one more character named Clarissa who apparently had surgery done on her hearing and can also see the ghosts.The method of only them seeing the ghosts isn’t explained but it’s hinted that if you’ve either had replaced body parts or have been in a near death experience, you’d be able to see them. (Similar to The Frighteners.)

I thought this one was the weakest segment for me in the film.

A Ride In The Park

A guy filming his bike ride with his Go Pro comes across a woman who needs medical attention. She then bites him, and he eventually becomes a zombie.

The rest of the segment is just him going around bitting people and getting attacked while he also vaguely remembers who he once was near the end of it. That’s pretty much all I can say about this segment.

(Interestingly, I found out this was made by the Directors of The Blair Witch Project.)

I thought this was Ok. I didn’t really like it, but it’s not the worst segment on here.

Safe Haven

A camera crew goes to a Indonnesian Cult group to interview their Leader and hope to answer some questions upon some rumors that have been spread about him and his “Children.” Meanwhile, a few of the crew members explore the area to find some rather bizzare ritualistic style of events that soon will plague the Interviewers.

Each of the interviewers finds something that encounter in the village like area where they could basically be killed almost instantly and it ends up to be a part of a Ritualistic Sacrifice to summon a Demon from the pregnant filmmaker.

This one was definitely the most bizzare of the bunch…and it was the Best Segment out of the whole film.

Slumber Party Alien Abduction

….Gee, I wonder what happens in this segment….

As the title pretty much says, a bunch of guys are having a Slumber Party all day and they constantly pick on the main boy’s older sister & boyfriend, and, Obviously, Aliens arrive and they decide to take each of the kids one by one.

The Camera work on this one was done by a Go Pro style of camera, like the zombie segment, that was mainly strapped to the Dog the family had. The segment made the footage look damaged and a bit blurry to help hide the look of the aliens. As for the aliens themselves, they were Greys, The most generic type of Alien.

This one ended up being one of the segments from Both films that I really enjoyed.

(Another interesting fact, this segment was made by the Director of Hobo with A Shotgun, Jason Eisener.)

As the film progressed, I noticed that each of the encounters in the segments involved some form of monster. The first film didn’t really have some consistent encounter like that and it was a mix of Serial Killers, Monsters, and an Exorcism.

One of the bigger issues I had with the first film was wondering how did they put some of the footage onto a VHS Tape since a few segments were done Digitally. Thankfully, 3 of the segments were on the missing kids’ laptop and the Safe Haven segment was on VHS.

Overall, this one was more Enjoyable than the first one and I ended up liking it. I guess I could say watch it if you want to see a Found Footage Monster fest.