It's very common to find in the horror genre of films that the most visually appealing scenes cover empty spots in the script and changes in the actors' abilities to act. Horror movies in the last 10 years have somewhat organized these secretly hiding techniques into two main areas steadily accepted by the mentally disturbed and sexually frustrated people: visceral death and steamy sex, and I watch.
For example, in 2005's House of Wax, director Jaume Collet-Serra saved ears worldwide from Hilton's dim line deliveries by...giving her a sex scene in a tent. She could have been educating film viewers on the positive sides of the Holocaust and it wouldn't matter as long as all eyes were on the screen and hearts raced.
Film director Deon Taylor's recent release Chain Letter shows the flip side by using gruesome, spine tingling, Mortal Kombat-style deaths to cover up his writer's flaws and welcome horror fans into the Halloween season with a spoke. For example, in a key scene a stereotypical White jock lambasts his lack of college football scholarships while fatiguing after a 1 minute run on the treadmill and displaying the bench press skills of a quadriplegic. How to hide this? Hmm...break his arms and rip his face off (in a see-saw motion, of course). With no mouth, horror-loving audiences with the memories of gold fish forget he could ever talk in the first place. Problem solved.
But again, in the Chain Letter movie, the nerdy, PC-loving brother of a sexy cheerleader buys a gun for self defense only to rely on the security of confusing soliloquies and solitary confinement in his room...with a huge glass wall and skylight and no gun in sight. How to mask the oversight of giving omitting character survival skills without fooling viewers into thinking he's Bear Grylls? Harpoon him and reel that fish in. No-brainer for everyone involved, right?
In the meantime, while some good movies have succeeded at taking off both unique techniques successfully, I couldn't imagine any horror audience that craves guts, gore, and elevating body counts not wanting to kick start their Halloween season with Chain Letter. There's even a sexy treat for the die-hard trick o' treaters out there.
Happy Halloween! - 40729
For example, in 2005's House of Wax, director Jaume Collet-Serra saved ears worldwide from Hilton's dim line deliveries by...giving her a sex scene in a tent. She could have been educating film viewers on the positive sides of the Holocaust and it wouldn't matter as long as all eyes were on the screen and hearts raced.
Film director Deon Taylor's recent release Chain Letter shows the flip side by using gruesome, spine tingling, Mortal Kombat-style deaths to cover up his writer's flaws and welcome horror fans into the Halloween season with a spoke. For example, in a key scene a stereotypical White jock lambasts his lack of college football scholarships while fatiguing after a 1 minute run on the treadmill and displaying the bench press skills of a quadriplegic. How to hide this? Hmm...break his arms and rip his face off (in a see-saw motion, of course). With no mouth, horror-loving audiences with the memories of gold fish forget he could ever talk in the first place. Problem solved.
But again, in the Chain Letter movie, the nerdy, PC-loving brother of a sexy cheerleader buys a gun for self defense only to rely on the security of confusing soliloquies and solitary confinement in his room...with a huge glass wall and skylight and no gun in sight. How to mask the oversight of giving omitting character survival skills without fooling viewers into thinking he's Bear Grylls? Harpoon him and reel that fish in. No-brainer for everyone involved, right?
In the meantime, while some good movies have succeeded at taking off both unique techniques successfully, I couldn't imagine any horror audience that craves guts, gore, and elevating body counts not wanting to kick start their Halloween season with Chain Letter. There's even a sexy treat for the die-hard trick o' treaters out there.
Happy Halloween! - 40729
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