The Official 2017 IMDb Horror Draft Sign-Up Thread

I've got this great idea and it makes total sense right. Plumbers and electricians are ripping us all off when you think about it by pretending that we need to have two completely separate systems in our houses for delivering water and leccy. If you stop for a moment, there's no reason why hot and cold water pipes couldn't double up as the mains supply. Live in the hot pipe, neutral in the cold. Waste pipes could then be connected to the earth. Electric sockets could then be soldered onto central heating pipes on radiators, with no ugly wiring to conceal.

This system would be perfectly safe, providing you always wore rubber gloves and rubber boots when turning on taps and light switches and that. I know that this radical combining of water and electricity would be controversial and would put millions of sparkeys out of work but fuck them, they've been conning us for years, the thieving cunts.
Ninety fucking quid to rewire a socket? Fuck that. Fucking rob dogs.

Be nice to get the three previous winners back: thingy, thingy and thingy but I imagine after winning they're all living the high life these days and have no further interest in defending their previous victories.

This is just where you sign up. Go on, just blindly put your name forward. You won't have a fucking clue what's happening but then again, neither will I.

For all queries and questions ask some other cunt.

Yeah so anyway, this is where you sign up for the fourth annual IMDb horror draft so fucking do it... now...

It's Nothing Mommy, Just a Game (1974)

Anyone ever heard of this or seen it? David Hemmings is in it, and it was supposedly right before he was in Deep Red. It's apparently about a serial killer who kidnaps girls, tortures them, dresses them up as rabbits, then turns them loose in a forest and hunts them down.

It's not listed on IMDb.

Holy fucking Hell...

Twin Peaks... What a phenomenon! HalloweenLove posted a great, realistic article about this:
https://halloweenlove.com/twin-peaks-2017-first-impressions-and-advice-for-new-fans/

It's such a hard series to describe. Especially since it starts from a 90s show, then continues 25+ years later, right on track with the typical David Lynch weirdness! It's an absolute cult following on every level, but it's soooo fucking heartwarming! I guess a lot of it has to do with how great of a character Kyle MacLachlan's character of "Special Agent Dale Cooper" is! •thumbs up•

It's strange, but even as a fan, I've only know this series for a few years. Yet, the long gap and return of every popular character makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I suppose it's because the actor's dedication and love for their characters, but a lot of it is sentimental too. Also, consider how we have good old Miguel Ferrer, who unfortunately passed away this year... but we still get to see him as Albert Rosenfield in this good old testament to great 90s television! Not to mention the Log Lady, who also recently passed. 😟

Damn fine series!

American Gods TV series

Has anyone else here been watching this? I have been able to follow what is happening pretty well, overall. I am pretty sure I'm misunderstanding some things, but, whatever. It will all become clear... or not.

I had been a little surprised at how few cast members are actually American citizens... until this week's episode. This episode (A Murder of Gods) might be the reason American actors might have decided not to get involved with this show... it is so overtly politicized, I bet a lot of actors who have lived in the US for their entire life would say "Um, no thanks, I'd rather not lose half my friends for the rest of my life" if they read the script and realized what their role would involve. I personally tend to agree with what they say in this episode, but I don't think I would have made it so black and white. They are going to lose a LOT of viewers with this episode.

What else can I say about this show... well, I have been a bit stunned by Emily Browning. Holy crap. I don't think I have seen her in anything since that Lemony Snicket movie... no, since The Uninvited. If you have been watching American Gods, you'll know why I'm in shock after seeing her performance. Just that one scene where her undead character walks home, covered in blood, carrying her own severed arm, after having been killed in a car crash while giving her lover a blow job... Jesus fucking Christ, I was in shock. Maybe that's why she took the role, to avoid being typecast as an angelic innocent waif. I have no idea.

What else, what else...

--Mad Sweeney the 6'5" leprechaun is hilarious, because/although he is usually offensive as hell...

--also, I am a little confused about why Laura (the Emily Browning character) always sees Shadow as surrounded by a sort of nimbus or aura of flame. What the hell is up with that?

--Also also, flies seem to appear a lot. You know, flies, like in The Fly, but totally flies, not half-flies. They probably mean something, but I don't know what. Maybe something to do with Beelzebub, the Lord of Flies? I don't know.

--Gillian Anderson has been pretty mind-blowing, playing Lucy (from I Love Lucy), Ziggy Stardust, and Marilyn Monroe. I liked her Ziggy Stardust segment a LOT. The writers did a great job with that too, packing in tons of quotes from Bowie songs.

--Technical Boy, played by Bruce Langley, cracks me up. I actually said "good job dude" or something like that, to him on Twitter, and he said thanks. So, that was cool.

--also also also also also, they have a lot of significant-seeming shots of clouds. Not so much in this episode, but in other episodes. I wonder if it is supposed to mean something. Does anyone here know??

Anyone have any thoughts at all, on anything I said here, or anything else about the show?

Universal's "Dark Universe"

Yep, that's really what they're calling their new monster cinematic universe...ugh. Although I love a lot of the classic Universal Monster movies and think this new cinmatic universe is a good idea on paper, it feels really forced. Every studio seems to be jumping on the cinematic universe trend and it's unnecessary. It makes more sense for comic book based properties like Marvel and DC to be doing it, but Universal...I don't know. Sure they've done some monster crossover flicks in the past, but a shared universe is harder to pull off. In regards to how the "Dark Universe" is shaping up already, The Mummy looks rather blah and like just another Tom Cruise action flick. Why it's set in modern day too is beyond me as well.

What are your thoughts if any on this?

Horror Movies You Love to Watch During the Summer

Which horror movies do you love watch during the summer and why (if you got reasons that is)?

I can always pop in a Friday the 13th movie during the summer due to the fact that the series revolves around the cursed Camp Crystal Lake. What better horror series to get you in that summer mood?

On the subject of summer camp horror, the Sleepaway Camp series is also nice to revisit during the summer.

Of course there's Jaws too which is set during the 4th of July weekend! I don't mind revisiting Jaws II either, but the other two sequels I can easily skip.

The Hitcher (1986) is another one I love to watch during the summer because it has a road trip feel to it...a road trip to hell feel!

Double Down (2005)

posted the hilarious (fan made) trailer to this on Smerd's thread about shitty flicks you like, but since it fits the TE bill so nicely Neil Breen's masterpeice now has it's own page.

if ya unsure to invest in the whole movie - posted in the DOUBLE DOWN shoutbox where all the cool Breens hang - here's Rich Evans to dissect in a 5min nutshell. with Mike and Jay, but(t) Max Landis...

The Barkley Marathons

Can't recall is anyone posted this one or not yet... it's a FAB doco! Just watched it last night and thought it was great...highly entertaining and I love these lunatics!!!! If I was 20 yeras younger I might attempt it... not that I'd have a bat's chance in hell of finishing...

People driven crazy by horror movies

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/us/bella-bond-murder-trial/index.html

There were a couple of threads about this kind of thing on the IMDB board. I hope the person who started those threads comes here now... I can't remember who it was. At least one of the threads was about the Bill Paxton movie Frailty, and whether it could drive a crazy person to think their friends, neighbors, etc were demons. I thought the person who started the thread was making a fair point, although freedom of expression is important and shouldn't be fucked with.

Anyway, the person (or possibly people?) in this story might not have been driven insane by horror movies, but horror movies probably didn't help much. I think it's debatable. In this case, it sounds like both the guy and the woman in the couple were both pretty crazy... it sounds like either one could have killed the little girl. Jesus.

Aftermath (2017)

These last few years have shown Arnold to try out some more emotional acting. There was some in 'Sabotage', more in 'Maggie', and it all culminates to 'Aftermath', probably the most bleak film he's done yet.

It's a movie about performances, really. Arnold goes to meet his family at the airport, only they never show. Something really bad has happened, and someone has to pay... but what if it wasn't entirely that someone's fault? What if it was an accident? It shows you what happens on both ends of the spectrum.

The film is all about dealing with grief, and if you want something dark and depressing, here ya go! Don't watch the trailer though, or it'll give away the whole damn movie.