I want to visit this dimension. They make cooler video games. {D}

Sci-FI NES Games from a Parallel Dimension

We were unfortunate enough to live through such horrible movie-licensed games like Robocop, Total Recall, and E.T. (or as we usually refer to it: That Game Which Shall Not Be Named), but perhaps somewhere in an alternate timeline where good things happened and people knew how to make good movie-based vidya gaemz, we could have had such instant classics like “They Live!” (with real 3D glasses action? Give me that) and MST3K (do you play the movie they’re watching, or just Press A to quip?)

(source: vgjunk / via: io9)

Dead Shadows looks potentially TENTACULAR! Due to be released by comets sometime in 2012. {D}

If you wanted to the paint the town weird and liquored up Paris during the 1890s was a good place to get your gothy vices on. Enjoy periodphiles. {D}

Happy Mother’s Day from one happy little facehugger! {D}

In preparation for Prometheus, it’s good to go back to the original source…

H.R. Giger’s artwork for the 1979 film Alien directed by Ridley Scott.

This review of Dark Shadows does not bode well for Tim Burton’s latest foray into the absurd, but so far few of the cursory reviews have been possitive. I haven’t seen the film yet of course, so I’ll leave my headman’s axe in the stump for now. {D}

As a huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft and many of the great fictions that have been inspired by his troubled mind’s creations, it truly saddens me to see that the Guillermo del Toro’s vigilant effort to make the Mountains of Madness film may not happen because another Lovecraftian-flavored film by a certain Ridley Scott (PROMETHEUS you fools) may have squashed it’s possibilities.

I was and am still hoping del Toro can somehow make it happen, as he’s the right man for the job and I want to see both films bring mature monster horror to the screen! {D}

Finally, a musical I might actually like! Fans of H.P. Lovecraft and the 1980’s cult film might want to sink their syringes into Re-Animator the Musical too. {D}

I can’t believe I missed this one in the 1980’s. I love b-movie post-apocalyptic stuff!!! Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988) is now on my MUST WATCH LIST. Booyah! {D}

Nice piece… {D}

‘Cocaine’ by Alexis Marcou

AWESOME NEWS!!! Fox Promises ‘Prometheus’ Will Remain Uncut Even If It Gets An R Rating. {D}

As a horrorphile, all the hype for Joss Whedon’s latest film The Cabin in the Woods didn’t really excite me. Truth: I’m a Whedon fan, but not a Whedon lover, because his form of self-referential writing is cute, but sometimes lacks depth. I do think Firefly was a masterpiece (LOVED IT!) and not all his vampirically-focused TV shows, but I digress. What Joss lacks in mood/atmosphere he makes up for in clever writing.

Anyhow, with his latest film, enough of my friends who love horror raved about it for me to finally plop down some bargain matinee cashola to check it out and decide if Joss was “on form” this time around.

Spoilers averted (mostly), the gist of the movie is it’s only about 15 percent horror, and 85 percent comedy and hinges on being a movie that might surprise “someone” about halfway through. This time around Joss stuck to his strengths: characters & clever writing. That said, there is NOTHING that will scare any real horror fan here, but it’s wrapped up like a horror burrito from Taco Bell — not true Mexican food, but it’ll pass for the clueless masses.

Also, despite all the hype, there is nothing really original here — though it’s clever — given that 12 minutes in I had figured out the main plot, but to be fair, part of the play of the movie was to all the horror clichés, so anyone with half a mutated brain can figure that out… braaaaaiinnnns!

Important factoid: I saw this with two people who ARE NOT horror fans and they both enjoyed it, saying it was silly fun. Two points to Joss for making it mainstream appealing, but minus one for ruining my hopes of something scary.

What the movie lacks in horror it makes up for in fun schtick that keeps the characters interesting and the movie propelling forward. There’s nothing deep here and the “surprise” is not a surprise if you’re a paranoid Illumanti/Lovecraft fearing horror fan, but again, that’s moot, because it works well as a comedy with horror flavor.

I’d give Cabin in the Woods ⚰⚰⚰⚰ coffins for succeeding as a comedy with some horror sauce on top. Enjoy your Taco Bell fueled horror folks… it’s fun and fattening! {D}

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47 looms like a hagraven on a frosty mountain top just waiting to cast evil spells at me. Bleh, birthdays.