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Horror Movies-Original vs. Remakes – Battle One

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So, you call yourself a horror movie fan?  Well, even as a middle of the road fan, meaning I won’t watch them at night, and if something is too gory or too much, I will turn it off to preserve my sanity.  Given that, I’ve seen a lot of scary movies, but even I was surprised to find out some were remakes. Let’s take a look, beyond the obvious.   Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Yep, this sister vs sister thriller/horror was remade in 1991 starring real life sisters Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave.  John Glover plays the part, I think, that Victor Buono played in the original.  I’ve seen it, I’ve noted it, I’ve blanked it out.  Nuff said.  Here’s the trailer. [wpdevart_youtube]https://youtu.be/ASNWw6yFIb8[/wpdevart_youtube]   The Crazies Timothy Olyphant, who I will always forever see as sexy salesman Danny Cordray on The Office, and Radha Mitchell do a great job in… Continued

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Horror Movie Review -The Collingswood Story

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Title The Collingsworth Story (2002) Synopsis A young girl staying in touch with her boyfriend via a webcam discovers an unimaginable horror linked to the house she just moved into. Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller Opinion I’d started watching this movie some time ago.  Something happened where I couldn’t finish it, and I never got back to it because I couldn’t remember the name of the movie! Luckily, or unluckliy for my time and temper, I rediscovered the movie while researching found footage movies.  As you know, I’m a sucker for found footage, no matter how terrible, so I suppose in watching this movie, I got what I deserved. The movie begins with some newspaper clippings and vague old-time pictures you know are going to come into play later.  Yeah, yeah, let’s get to the movie.  Stop with all the history you’re just going to repeat over and over throughout the

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My Top 3 Favorite Versions of Danny Boy

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!   In celebration of the day, I’d like to take a moment to wish you all the luck of the Irish and I tip my cap to you.   May you have warm words on a cold evening, A full moon on a dark night, And the road downhill all the way to your door.   There’s nothing I like more in classical/traditional music than a lovely Irish tenor.  Tenors in general are the neglected vocal part. It tears me apart when the altos are recruited to sing tenor.  The timbre can be so very different. Well, before I have a flashback and lapse into musically technical terms, let me give you what you came here for.   Danny Boy:  Placido Domingo & Itzhak Perlman Domingo has a pleasant timbre and his phrasing.  I feel that this version is a little rushed, as Danny Boy, to

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Horror Movie Review -The Invitation

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Title: The Invitation Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama Director: Karyn Kusama Writers: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi IMDB Link:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2400463/                 NO SPOILERS After seeing this movie on Netflix, I will never say…   I no longer want invitations to anyone’s dinner party.  Keep your invites, really.   Synopsis Will and Eden were once a loving couple. After a tragedy took their son, Eden disappeared. Two years later, out of the blue, she returns with a new husband… and as a different person, eerily changed and eager to reunite with her ex and those she left behind. Over the course of a dinner party in the house that was once his, the haunted Will is gripped by mounting evidence that Eden and her new friends have a mysterious and terrifying agenda. But can we trust Will’s hold on reality? Or will he be the unwitting catalyst of the doom

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Horror Movie Review -Train to Busan (Busanhaeng)

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Title: Train to Busan  – Busanhaeng (original title)Genre: Horror (Zombies), Thriller, DramaDirector: Sang-Ho YeonWriters: Sang-Ho YeonIMDB Link:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5700672/ NO SPOILERS Me after seeing this movie on Amazon Video:   PLOT SYNOPSIS: (imdb.com) While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan. Before I even begin, I’m going to say I loved this movie.  A lot.   Many horror movie viewers are cynical and jaded.  They claim that “they’ve seen it all” and “nothing can scare them now”.  That’s all well and good, but once you claim that, where is the fun in watching movies?  Movies are escapist creations, much like many fiction books.  The point of any given movie is to immerse yourself in the experience, and in a manner of speaking, let the filmmaker have his way with you. As a film viewer of the age that I am at now.

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