A Salem's haunting/ American Lot

As promised, movie report on 'Salem's Lot' and a bonus hauning, an American one even.
I'm not easily creeped out and I really don't like long-long movies, but this one blew me away. If ever you have an hour or three to spare, go ahead, put it on. I promise you will not regret it. It all begins when Ben Mears comes back to Jerusalem's Lot (Salem's Lot for short: King had to change it because his publicist thought it was too religious.) along with some invited friends. The rest is history... Or should I say that the people were ? Anyhow the classic how-did-it-become-a-ghost-town tale. Only longer and better. So anyway, this kid and his brother fall victim to a... well... nobody knows at that point. The one kid is yet to be found, his brother is returned home in shock and later dies of anemia(scooby-clue number one). Other people mysteriously die and Mears, Susan (a 'friend'), Burke (a gay high school teacher), Mark Petrie (a kid) and Dr. James Cody (a... well duh...) investigate what's going on. It's pretty obvious that the culprit is a vamp. King kicks ass in this one, he wipes the floor with any other vampire story (eat this Twilight!), other than the original one of course. I must say there are a few minor details that I picked up such as: vampires need to be invited in, King makes it very clear, yet one of the vampires comes in uninvited... That's it really. Anyhow, I'm not a fan of blatantly clear plots, but this one did not bother me the least bit, I mean almost instantly you know who's causing this. BUT the ending is surprising though, you'll notice as you watch. Another note is that it's not bam in-your-face scary but the special effects and the atmosphere make it espescially creepy. Note the eyes lighting up and the knocking on the windowat night (I promise you will check your window every night before bed after this, just imagine somebody knocking on it in the middle of the night...) plus the haunted house deserves a medal, I would totally buy a house like that. Special effects-wise it deserves a medal too, some of them are pretty cool. Plus the movie is a reminder of how old school vampire hunters did it. No stake+heart=poof but stake+heart= painfull screaming and agony followed by a poof. King also inserted an underlying message:"There is good and bad in everybody, but the good outweighs the bad. Most times." As I said I'm not easily creeped out but I kept one eye on my window at all times last night.
The other movie 'An American Haunting', I can't tell much about it without giving away the plot. It is at once surprising and obvious. Let's just say that the suspicion most of you have at the beginning, is the right one. It was kind of a creepy film, but I would not recommend it if you're looking for a real scare. It's more psychologically scary. The creepy thing is though, is that it's based on true events.
I have another movie tucked away in my right sleeve, I will watch that tomorrow and if funds become available I will have 5 more next week. See you then if God wills it.
'Till next time then and remember to close your windows before going to bed and never to invite a stranger in, not even an acquaintance for that matter...

You were always a sound sleeper...
XO-reos
Monco

'wesome...

Hello there, I am running a tad late, but, I'm sure somewhere in this world it's still Sunday. Anyhow, the big news, well for me at least: FOB is releasing a new album November 4th. Hurrah, hurrah. Other news: the VMA's are coming up next week and I will be on the lookout for, not only hots or nots, but also crazy behavior and whatnots. I'm also going to be analyzing the winners and not-so-winning, and complaining if I'm definitely not okay with whoever won.
I saw a documentary about Michael Jackson today and I am outraged. Really where do they get the nerve to...
Anyway, I just finished watching 'The Pianist'. If you loved 'Shindler's List' you'll adore this one. Well I did. (Note that 'loving' is relative, I mean it could just touch you. IMO that genre is not something you love, but something that you must understand. If you catch my drift...) There is nothing I can say without ruining the movie. Just watch it and be amazed.
Last Friday my mom and I watched 'Seance' together. The actors were all unknown to me, and I thought the acting was a bit iffy from time to time. The plot wasn't well thought out, I mean sometimes even I wondered where they got that information from. The movie itself is like really slow and the makers must have noticed they were either running out of money or attention span, because they finished the movie in a hurry. Everybody died all of the sudden. Anyway the movie itself wasn't all that creepy and only moderately good. In my humble opinion that is. Other people might poop themselves... Anyway, change the actors, improve the acting skills, shorten the story, lengthen the ending, explain everything better and put in more ghoulish things and you have yourself a good horror movie. I would recommend it to teenagers looking for a quick scare and a Ouija board-dare afterwards. I would not recommend it to people looking for a real scare. Tomorrow 'Salem's Lot' is up, I will report on that on Tuesday otherwise I will have too much info on Sunday.
Before I go: I too have been sucked into the myspace black hole, here is the URL. (Ooh well here's something I didn't know... well to make things easier I will link every movie to its page in the IMDB for more info, hopefully just by clicking on it.)
Anyhow, I must go, it's getting... well no, it is late.

Sunday always comes too late...
XO-reos
Monco