Horror Movie Notes

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game

I’ll be honest, I have not read Gerald’s Game by Stephen King, but I have seen the movie. By the description of the movie I almost passed. I can’t remember if I watched it on Netflix or Amazon, but I only did because it had King’s name on it. The description made it sound like it was some humdrum drama or boring romance that one would see on Lifetime or the Hallmark channel.

I was grossed out and pleasantly surprised when the good stuff started happening like the dog starting to eat the man’s corpse. That was pretty gross and perfect for the movie.

Unlike his many others, the bad guy was not an alien. I wasn’t disappointed about that, but I wasn’t pleased that it wasn’t something supernatural either. I was kind of hoping it would have been a real fairy tale come true instead of some deformed crazy guy.

Either way, the part where she slips her hand out of the handcuff made my skin crawl and that is what horror movies are all about. If you have succeeded in doing this, then your story has made my day. Most stories don’t, but that scene made me shiver in pain. That was good.

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

The Stand is Going to be New Series

One of my favorite books and mini series from Stephen King is The Stand. I love the good vs. evil apocalyptic movie theme and The Stand is no question one of the best. I think the actors in the mini series is also what made it so good. There were some really talented people on that show.

Now I wish they wouldn’t recreate most shows as they never equal to the first one. IT was nothing like the original IT. The first IT was creepier. I don’t know if it was because of my age back then, but I certainly wasn’t scared of movies. I think the clown in the original IT was better because he was more human like which makes it more real. That might be why so many movies aren’t the best these days and why a show like Criminal Minds is better because the idea of something more human without the humanity is far freakier than something that will never happen and that is the vibe the original IT clown gave. The second looked too sinister.

But...I’m getting off topic. The Stand is by far the best movie of King’s yet just because of the story itself and the chemistry of the actors. I just hope the second one is as good as the first.

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

Pet Semetery by Stephen King

I heard this was being recreated into another movie. I have no clue if it is or not. I would love to watch a new one as I barely even remember the original. As with most of his work, I read the story before seeing the movie and the books are always far better because you can read the minds of the people involved and the movies aren’t very good at portraying character thoughts.

Again, another movie where the aliens are the bad guys, or at least I think they were aliens but now I’m not so sure. It would make more sense if the bad guys were the souls of the dead who were buried before the animals. That would be creepier than aliens. I honestly don’t remember.

The scariest part of the whole book was the little boy getting hit by a truck.

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

Scary Story Time

I’ve been listening to scary story podcasts and scary stories on YouTube for awhile now. I wish they would start telling more unique stories. I hear a lot of the reddit and creepypasta stories and they’re all repetitive and boring. It’s like if you hear one, you hear them all.

Once of my favorite storytellers is Spooky Boo from Spooky Boo’s Scary Story Time. I wish she would tell more of her own stories because those stories are really creepy. I would even still listen if she just came out with her own work every week or even every month. I usually don’t listen to the creepypasta stories, but when Spooky writes it then I’m always listening.

My favorite story of hers is Sludge. It was the kind of freaky story that I like with the unknown monster that freaks you out and chases you until it wins and takes over your soul.

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

Stephen King’s Silver Bullet

I hadn’t seen this movie in years. I’ve read all of Stephen King’s earlier books and really enjoyed them. I also enjoy Silver Bullet. The movie was no exception. I know, the graphics are older and more made for tv type of fx, but sometimes that can be even better.

I had forgotten about the little things like the guy’s head flying off in the beginning of the movie. That was great! It’s not the special effects that make it gross, it’s the whole idea of how it happened. I see some movies that just put me off because they try to make it gory but the premise of what is going on it stupid. This is never the case about Stephen King except for when he seems to give up about getting creative and making the bad an alien which has happened in IT, Tommy Knockers, and Pet Semetary. I was actually disappointed with the lack creativity in those endings, but how Silver Bullet ended was pretty good. Who the bad guy in the end really was and why was haunting.

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

My Thoughts on the Movie Hereditary - Spoilers

I think the horror movie Hereditary was OK. The problem I had is that it wasn’t very scary and the reviews and advertising made it out to be the most frightening story ever. It wasn’t.

The idea was ok, although there wasn’t enough hints as to what the demon was the women in the family were worshiping. There was no indication ever from the teen about where his place in the family was.

The story just seemed to kind of drag on without anything exciting ever happening. In fact, the only really fun part was when the husband burst up in flames.

Maybe I’ve just seen too many horror movies?

[sinisterhorrorlover-blog]

Rob Dyke Changed His Name

I’m a little peeved at youtube. I thought it was bad enough they were putting off horror and political channels, but now their Orwellian AI has flagged Rob Dyke’s name so often that he changed it. They thought it was derogatory. Um, HELLO YOUTUBE that is his name!

This is my first post. Rob Dyke is one of my favorites.