Sense of Dread

TRUE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL!!!!!!!!!...and murder... LORDS OF CHAOS was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and stars Rory Culkin and Emory Cohen and is a biopic and takes place in 1987 Oslo, where 17-year-old Euronymous becomes fixated on creating "true Norwegian black metal" with his band Mayhem. He mounts shocking publicity stunts to put the band's name on the map, but the lines between show and reality begin to blur. Just to put this out there, this is sort of a docudrama...that starts out sort of silly and then...well...let's just get to the things I noticed about this film... To start, let's talk about the bad...the editing in this film kind of took me out of it briefly, with strange jump cuts to the future, thus making the flow of the film feel awkward at times. We see Euronymous at 17, then 18, 19, 20, etc. but without anything happening in between really, just the highlights of his career. Also, the film is being marketed as a "true story, mostly"...

I've always wanted to tell you this, to explain to you, more than anyone else, what I'm going through. Unlike everyone else around me, you understood me. But Mark, and may I call you Mark? There's no easy way to say this...I couldn't have you running around. You're not stronger than I am. You're not better than I am. Wait, I shouldn't even say 'you're not' since...well...you can't even answer me anymore, especially since you're not breathing. Or have your tongue. You were probably thinking, as I cut it out, why I'd remove the tongue. Well, it's simple, I can't have you talking about what you've seen here. I can't have you droning on and on about how you're better and more powerful because blah blah blah...I needed silence. And you're not breathing because, well, you did attack me. Your own knife, used to slit your throat, cut out your tongue, and carve the sacred runes. But Mark...you let out a noise. I c...

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot was written and directed by Robert D. Krzykowski and stars Sam Elliott as Calvin Barr, a man who served his country during World War 2 to assassinate Hitler. Years later, his country calls on him to once again serve his country, to eliminate the mythical Bigfoot because it is spreading a deadly virus in the wilds of Canada and is making it's way South to the United States. The film co-stars Aidan Turner who plays the WW2 Calvin Barr, Ron Livingston, Caitlin Fitzgerald, and Larry Miller. A lot of people were talking about this film after Fantasia Festival in the summer of 2018. I didn't know what to make of it, really. A lot of movies with silly titles, such as this one, are usually films I take a pass at. I saw Sam Elliott was starring, and had a cast of actors that I did enjoy seeing before. A few friends passed along what they thought, and I instantly knew I needed to see this film. Alamo Drafthouse here in town was lucky e...

Welcome one, welcome all, we're here today to pay homage to a great horror franchise (and by great I mean 3 of them are great...and 2 of them are...ehhhhhhhhh...) This is a franchise that I love with all my heart. A franchise that I've seen every entry (thus far) in cinemas. I've enjoyed the lore, I've enjoyed the villains and the heroes, I enjoyed the family drama and the happy endings (...I mean except for like two of 'em...) The Conjuring Universe (as it's being called now) is one that follows the cases of renowned paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren. I've known about them since I was young, watching episodes of A Haunting on Discovery Channel, and then doing research about them online and following their cases closely. It's one of those things that got me intrigued by paranormal research in the first place. I do believe in ghosts. Being raised Catholic, I do believe the devil, God, demons and angels all exist. For me, this franchise hit...

I've been to Hell and back. I've been to the deepest depths of the darkest parts of my mind, and I found you, my Other. You promised me things, you told me I'd be a star pupil, I'd be given things. All you brought me was blood. Dead bodies. Women, men, children...You've pushed me to a place where I hate the chaos around me. I'm drowning in this dark place you've brought me to. You are not alone in this place. No, I'm not. Because you...you fucking evil, vile, disgusting...beautiful thing...you're here too. You drag me down into these depths because I haven't evolved yet. I haven't become what the Father wants me to be. I'm not ready yet, I haven't lived up to your dreams. In fact...I think I have an idea. What idea? What are you talking about? I won't let you eat anymore. No, from now on I will be the one in control. I'll also find this other one like me. Yes...I'll leave New York, I'll go to Texas, I'l...

Okay so...this is less a review and more of a rant. This weekend I attempted to do the impossible...I tried to watch all of the Resident Evil films back to back to...well you get the idea. I want to say first that this isn't a shot at Milla Jovovich. She's great and I am indeed a huge fan of her work. It isn't even an attack against the cast or the crew...or even Paul W.S. Anderson...ok not entirely an attack (I still loved Alien V Predator and Event Horizon is totally amazing)...but this franchise? Yeah, it sucks. It really **BLEEP**ing sucks...it sucks so bad that I couldn't even get through the last movie (The Final Chapter). And yes, before people start blowing up my feed reminding me Anderson didn't direct all the movies...he was still the producer and writer for a few of them. For all intents and purposes, this is his baby, his mega franchise, and he made a ton of money making it. But let's start with the first film...Resident Evil. It got a lot of...

Honestly I have no idea what I wanted to write about today. I haven't really seen any new movies I wanted to talk about that I haven't already except for Glass and Bumblebee (Glass was ok, Bumblebee was awesome, if you have kids bring them to it ASAP). I also didn't want to release another part of my story (My Other) so soon after the first part. Instead, I'm taking my mentor's advice and just writing for the sake of writing...also because Kirk, Zeke and Beth are cracking the whip and if I don't write I'll be cursed...or something...so I'll just go back to what I talked about last time, and see if I can't explain some more about my psyche. Before I get into my dark side, let me just say that the outpouring of love and support I got after posting that was intense. I had no idea it would get that kind of a response and I greatly appreciate everything, every word, every DM, and every single one of you who followed or interacted with me on that. It m...