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Serenity 3 - Firefly Convention September 2006 - Starfury Events

Opening Ceremony - Guests: Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Morena Baccarin, Mark Sheppard, Christina Hendricks, Nectar Rose, Gigi Edgley & Michael Fairman

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Serenity 3 - Firefly & Serenity Convention Starfury Events

Q&A Mark Sheppard & Nectar Rose

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Serenity 3 - Firefly Convention September 2006 - Starfury Events

Q & A  - Nectar Rose &  Gigi Edgley 

Photos by me

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89. Roman

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(via Triskaidekafiles - Where bad horror movies get good reviews - Reviews - The Hazing (2004))

Continuing our look back at past reviews counting up to the big #100, today we hit #49, with our third movie from Rolfe Kanefsky, The Hazing.

I stumbled upon this one pretty randomly, and it had a LOT of stuff I instantly liked; fun characters that were likable at moments that weren't two dimensional, random transformations, and a classic college kid slasher initiation formula.

And Brad Dourif.

Seriously.  Tell me he's in a movie, I'll watch it.  Don't worry, I know the Child's Play movies exist, they're lurking in my awareness, but I like delving through the lesser known corners.

This movie could have been REALLY terrible, but no, it's actually really, surprisingly good, for this sort of thing.  It is the most recent, yet perfectly suited for the 80s, movie.  I often talk about how once we hit the late 90s, things started to turn, and the cheesy fun became lessened.  This movie clearly breaks that rule, and it was so great to discover something so recently made that so hearkens back to those glory days.

And incidentally, this movie's date of production being 2004 is the actual reason that 2004 is the kinda sorta official cut off date for movies I'll review.

A rule I break at least twice a year, it seems...

But whatever.  The best thing about this movie is, yes, it has a few good surprises in the scare department, which is always nice.  But the absolute best, is the characters.  I love characters that you see in the first five minute and roll your eyes because UGH you know that stereotype SO well, but by the end of it, they reveal hidden depths and hidden sides to them.

This is a common storytelling method in other mediums, but less used in the horror genre.  The movies, especially the cheap, quick ones, want to get the thing made, and generally don't care about character.  They throw those stereotypes out and call it good, because they'll be dead soon anyways.  Why waste time when you can just do the same thing everyone knows?  Hazing takes the time to build them up, and flesh them out, and the movie is THAT much better for it.

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