Does it even have an explanation beyond a character study of I guess a rather gullible person and a person who is already more invested both wanting to find answers. And I guess the dis/information overload of modern society. I liked it, a lot, watching it was confusing but thinking about it after I think is the only way to pull it together, which felt impossible while watching. Neither of them were right, but John was an asshole, convicted to something more already. And Levi was just looking for answers, troubled, and they both just got wrapped up in ultimately destructive bullshit. I don’t think the “behind the scenes” footage in the credits was in film, or showing the characters faking anything. I think we have to assume the supernatural things were their delusions, an expression of the characters investment in their endeavor, their want to see or understand more, hence why it created conflict when one or the other did or didn’t see or believe in each others things.
Giljagaur aka Gully Gawk arrives on the 13th and stays until the 26th!
On 13 December it is Gully Gawk’s turn. Before milking machines were invented he had a habit of stealing into the cowshed and slurping the foam off the milk in the buckets.
The second was Gully Gawk, gray his head and mien. He snuck into the cow barn from his craggy ravine.
Hiding in the stalls, he would steal the milk, while the milkmaid gave the cowherd a meaningful smile
Gully Gawk, as his name implies, approaches towns and farmsteads by way of gullies and sneaks into the cowsheds at the first opportunity. He hides among the cows and, when the milkmaid is inevitably distracted by the strapping farm lad that inevitably wanders in, skims off the top of the milk, thus stealing the cream. And boy howdy is that bad, because cream is the foundation of all good Christmas food from the buttery side dishes to the cream cake toppings and even the best Christmas sauce. All you’re left with in his wake is a bucket of skimmed milk and a happy milkmaid.
Defense against Gully Gawk
Discourage sin among the farmhands
Beat young strapping men with sticks so they won’t approach
Stekkjarstaur aka Sheep-Cote Clod, Appears on the 12 and hangs around until the 25th!
The first of them was Sheep-Cote Clod. He came stiff as wood, to prey upon the farmer’s sheep as far as he could.
He wished to suck the ewes, but it was no accident he couldn’t; he had stiff knees – not to convenient.
He arrives, the first of his brothers, and his most notable feature – aside from sheep-related depravity – is his legs. Note that they do not bend. His joints are so stiff that he cannot truly run, and must hobble along as if on stilts. This will make his particular activity especially unpleasant for the sheep. You see, he sucks their teats dry.
Defense Against Sheep-Cote Clod:
Guard the sheep throughout the night
Milk them dry first and then don’t give a shit
Knee-high obstacles which he will be comically unable to jump or step over
This is a psychological thriller (that counts as scary I guess) staring Gary Busey, Mimi Rodgers and Michael McKean. Jake Busey appears in scenes where Garys character is a child.
It sounds like it should be hilarious, but it isn’t.
Gary escapes from a mental institution and starts living in the attic of an unoccupied house. Then a family moves in. He spies on them, kills their dog, and starts interacting with the wife. Gary ends up trying to kill the family members and is killed by the cops. Its a TV movie and its not great. 1.5/5.
The best of the Halloween sequels, and one of the best horror films ever.
I have seen this before but not for a long time. It isn’t directed by John Carpenter like 1 and 2 (Carpenter and Debra Hill produced, Carpenter also co-wrote the music), and there’s no Michael Myers. How is this even a sequel?
A toy company, Silver Shamrock, makes a Halloween mask that every child wants. Each mask contains a microchip with a piece of Stonehenge in it. Upon watching a special commercial to be aired on TV anyone wearing the masks will die and insects will escape their body killing anyone nearby. The masks creator wants to sacrifice children like ancient Celtic pagans did, presumably to gain powers!
“Nobody knows it really happening – People are dying, and people are laughing.” – IMDB review
Some kid named Eddie Burber accidentally kills a girl in a Halloween haunted house run by his family and has to leave town. Skip to 20 years later, he is living in the woods with his mother who suddenly dies and he decides its time to return home. A fraternity in the town need to raise money to pay for fees and they decide to use the “Old Burber House” to host a Halloween haunted house event, the same house where Eddie killed the girl 20 years earlier. A stranger appears at the fraternity and says they should use the house and gives them a key. During the Halloween event Eddie turns up in a mask and starts executing the fraternity members running and acting in the event, and none of the townsfolk attending know its real. A surviving fraternity member eventually kills Eddie.
Its rather low budget, the generic characters and setting don’t require any fleshing out, the general idea is a good one, and it goes rather fast for 127mins. Its still only a 2/5 being generous.
“In 1993, Dr. Florence Weaver and her colleagues Victor Fields and John Gregory treat a violent, disturbed patient named Gabriel at Simion Research Hospital. Gabriel is able to control electricity and broadcast his thoughts via speakers. He kills several staff members. Dr. Weaver determines that he is a lost cause and the “cancer“ must be removed.
Yeah there’s a weird and convoluted storyline. The important parts are all the weird WTF moments, the straight acting, the genre and style mashing, the style choices generally, the creepy shit, and the insane action scenes and horror. It feels kind of like a collage of genres and styles from different films, that meld and even overlap each other even in the same scenes. It feels ridiculous and that is in no way a bad thing. Argento films, Homicide: Life on the Street, Possession, Blade, Exorcist 2? I have no idea…
It makes no sense to watch a film like this and rate it low for being this ridiculous, that’s not how the Horror genre works. And the more confusing and ridiculous it got the more I liked it. Its a fucked up ride. 3.5/5. (The “Where is my mind” musical stabs were the dumbest part)
As per previous years: Watching 31 Horror/Spooky/Scary type films from any genre during October. 31 total films, but not trying too hard for 1 per day, because that actually sucks to keep up.
Haha! I got the Deluxe box set & Limited blue LP! That blue is looks fantastic and I think same as the limited to Scandinavia version of Eternal Hails (that I obviously missed out on)
Also, probably the best album cover of the last 30 years! for any band!
