130 - Horror, Part 1

Slowly making our way through the list...

Checklist:

Changeling
Eraserhead
Event Horizon
Hellraiser (1987)
Jacob's Ladder
Ju-On (The original Japanese The Grudge)
Pet Sematary
Session 9
The Brood
The Fly
The Mist
The Mothman Prophecies
The Shining
The Thing
Videodrome

Event Horizon is a great movie. I remember watching it a long time ago and finding it very, very good. It's one you do need your thinking caps on for though. It's not jumpy but it is something of a psychological thriller. The Story: In 2047 Earth receives a signal from a starship and goes to investigate what happened. The answer? Weird and scary crap that will make you uncomfortable.

Hellraiser is surprisingly good. Both movie buddies agreed that even without using the excuse of "it was made in the 80's" it is a great, gory, scary movie. We were expecting something funny, like Exorcist, but were pleasantly surprised to find it more horror than the usual humour found with 80's "scary" movies. The Story: A man and wife move into a home that is possessed by the man's dead brother, who once-upon-a-time solved a puzzle that called forth demons/angels from hell to get him.

Session 9 was one I had never heard of. It's not jumpy, but it really does get into your mind - though probably not as much as Event Horizon might - and is well worth a watch. I'll be watching it again, I'm sure. The Story: A bunch of guys are hired to remove all the asbestos from an abandoned mental hospital. From the very beginning the project foreman hears a voice and starts getting a bit stressed...

The Fly... is crap. Come on. A guy gets 'merged' with the body of a fly. I watched this a long time ago and have no idea why I downloaded it this time round! If you want a giggle at silly 80's horror, then give it a shot. The Story: Uhm... fly + man = manfly?

Videodrome is just weird, and not scary or thrilling or at all engaging. It's awkward. The Story: The president of a TV station is shown a video broadcast of a show called Videodrome where people are beaten and murdered. He thinks it would be good viewing and wants to track it down to it's origin. As it turns out, the video has some sort of hypnotic virus thing that infects the president guy's brain and ultimately makes him insane via strange and awkward hallucinations. For example, the scene where the television wants him to whip 'her' all kinky like. Yes, he whips the TV, as the TV moans and groans like an excited lady...