tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86039320669318721112024-03-13T18:16:45.452-07:00William Pattison/Eric Morse---RawWilliam "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-64594063998138180652024-01-27T21:52:00.001-08:002024-01-27T21:52:37.257-08:00Top Ten Edible Food Delivery System <div>Ok, people, it is list time again and I got a tough one...</div><div><br></div><div>Name your top 10 Edible Food vessels (delivery system of food to your mouth).</div><div>(note: individual bread types)</div><div>Here is my list:</div><div>Waffles</div><div>Ciabatta bread</div><div>Egg</div><div>Crepe</div><div>Hot dog buns</div><div>Hamburger buns</div><div>Tortillas</div><div>Dumpling skin</div><div>Intestine (as in sausages)</div><div>Crescent roll</div><div>What is your list?</div>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-14463766064911664452023-12-21T00:36:00.000-08:002023-12-21T00:37:20.649-08:00Review: Godzilla Minus One<p> Review: Godzilla Minus One</p><p>By William Pattison</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I just finished watching Godzilla Minus 1, thanks to a friend sending me a screener he got. </span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I have to say that in my opinion this film is the best Godzilla film ever produced, and yes I'm including the original. This was a solid film with a serious, well written storyline. The story was not simply about a monster destroying Japanese cities. It was the story of a Japanese pilot who survived WW2 and came home feeling that he shouldn't have survived because he failed to do his duty on two occasion. He comes home to find that his girlfriend now has a little girl that survived the bombings of Japan. He doesn't accept this ready-made family because he can't free himself of the ghosts of the past. Now add in Godzilla and this guy getting caught in the middle.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This film has some great monster FX and brilliant camera work. And, amazingly enough it was made on a fraction of the budget of either Shin Godzilla or any of the most recent Monsterverse films.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hope when this film comes out on DVD/Blueray that it has an English dub because I want to enjoy this film without having to strain my eyes reading subtitles. This is a film I nwill feel honored to add to my collection. 5 stars Awesomtacular!!!!!</span></p><p><br /></p>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-85295027405138115802023-10-22T14:14:00.001-07:002023-10-22T14:14:56.336-07:00Review: SAW X<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400;">By William Pattison</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #ffa400;">Last night I finished watching SLASHER: Ripper. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this season. The plot was interesting. The killings were interesting. But all the WOKE bullshit this season was annoying and took me out of the story. The black detective with the cornrows (give me a fucking break) and the black woman coroner distracted me. I kept saying to myself that this was bullshit. It went against the era the story was set at and did NOTHING to forward the narrative, thus shouldn't be there.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span>I'm sorry but the social politics ruined what could have been a very interesting season. I cannot recommend this season, unless you like to yell at the screen and get </span>annoyed...</span></div></div>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-10993444773590528462023-04-09T12:59:00.002-07:002023-05-01T00:14:19.209-07:00Shazam: Fury of the Gods<span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Ok, people, last night I saw Shazam: Fury of the Gods. What the fuck has gotten up people's asses? I really enjoyed this film. I saw NOTHING wrong with this film. People keep saying that this film is a waste of time because it won't be part of James Gunn's DC universe. I say who gives a shit. Fans these days are WAY too spoiled. They think every film has to be part of some huge narrative and if they aren't they aren't worth watching. In my day I watched a film titled Superman and a few years later a film titled Batman. Both these films had sequels but they had NOTHING to do with each other yet people got excited about them and watched them, even though they weren't part of a big planned DC universe. Give me a break. I would be happy that this excellent film is not related to James Gunn's future shit show. I highly recommend this film...So, take that and****</span>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-91184872930939305712023-01-13T14:34:00.003-08:002023-05-01T00:16:20.866-07:00Is This Film Any Good?<div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">What does it say about a film if all the major horror mags give it a 4 or 5 out of 10 and only posted a synopsis of the film but no opinion on it. It is almost like they are afraid to give an opinion...</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Also, this film has gotten a few public reviews and the major issue that the story is that it is just the same thing over and over again with the male lead saying the same line over and over again.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">But the worst part is these filmmakers, who have been making films for over a decade, have shown that on their own their lack of filmmaking skills are showing. The main thing people have complained about is the sound design. Supposedly the sound is really bad and to make it even worse the filmmakers put loud music that drowns out the dialogue, which I don't know if that is a good thing or not.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Also, according to the public reviews, the editing is horrid as well. What I've heard that the filmmakers should have cut half an hour to 45 minutes out because the mid point of the film drags.</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">So, people? Thoughts?</span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Consider this a what if...</span></div>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-9850626081055077402022-03-28T23:04:00.002-07:002022-03-29T11:49:10.711-07:00William Pattison’s Top Ten Horror Movies from 2021<p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> William
Pattison’s Top Ten Horror Movies from 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">By William Pattison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Gore and Scares everyone! 2021 was a really good year for
horror. I watched a lot of good horror films, so many it was really hard to
choose just ten, but I prefer doing a top ten rather than a top twenty. So,
after a lot of deliberation, here is my top ten horror movies for 2021…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">10. Censor</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hqqbzmuSAjPUJWoKv8Qfbp-2r_12LWYrOUjKxQmYj6trBj2tTEq3UiB9zupGyRDrtEOf2F9LpMCEg20zvzM-OAIBS9M-VftdkYSpCGkUPOuJSp5TysIvns5KsTav_N5_fHpXn5u19QFUimdmDnXSpIk-bLclfYjCUy_XV3uQ_LX-0frlcyKZv3RmOQ/s1500/MV5BNzNlZjUwMjItNDc3Ny00NWFhLWEwZDItMTNjMThhZGFiNjYyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1013" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hqqbzmuSAjPUJWoKv8Qfbp-2r_12LWYrOUjKxQmYj6trBj2tTEq3UiB9zupGyRDrtEOf2F9LpMCEg20zvzM-OAIBS9M-VftdkYSpCGkUPOuJSp5TysIvns5KsTav_N5_fHpXn5u19QFUimdmDnXSpIk-bLclfYjCUy_XV3uQ_LX-0frlcyKZv3RmOQ/s320/MV5BNzNlZjUwMjItNDc3Ny00NWFhLWEwZDItMTNjMThhZGFiNjYyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Prano Bailey-Bond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Prano Bailey-Bond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Anthony Fletcher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Niamh Algar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Michael Smiley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Nicholas Burns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">In 1985, Enid Baines works for the British Board of Film
Classification during the height of the Video Nasty controversy. Enid's
co-workers call her "Little Miss Perfect" due to her strictness in
recommending that violent content be cut or banned. While Enid is having dinner
with her parents, they discuss the disappearance of Enid's sister Nina when the
two were little. Enid's parents have since declared Nina legally dead, but Enid
is convinced that her sister is still missing and is the star of the film she
is currently censoring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">This was a very interesting psychological film. this
film strongly echoes the works of Argento, Fulci & Cronenberg with its
splendid use of color, style & mood. Those films within the film pay homage
to the low-budget horror & exploitation films of the 1980s while its own
plot is missing chunks of flesh. It also gives away the ending rather early
with hints of a dark past concerning our protagonist but remains gripping.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">9. Halloween
Kills</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAQNxWrvg1S2cbkPlKGBQTDZB6ZfEiCuf8iEf_bfLqeTXvHgvQ7jJuuOwaJg6Il_z5ryjNf-KAkTb5WavAucGqeIUuP_b_nDDdOHqPc__C64kVrK0O1sxToSDnMe2q5MisAI5DwpfecJUJXGNbUzvqhA2CUP8RTq1Nbc9esdVG2mcciOZEGhoq4c0dQ/s5000/MV5BM2RmMGY2Y2UtNjA1NS00NGE4LThiNzItMmE1NTk5NzI5NmE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjY1MTg4Mzc@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="3158" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAQNxWrvg1S2cbkPlKGBQTDZB6ZfEiCuf8iEf_bfLqeTXvHgvQ7jJuuOwaJg6Il_z5ryjNf-KAkTb5WavAucGqeIUuP_b_nDDdOHqPc__C64kVrK0O1sxToSDnMe2q5MisAI5DwpfecJUJXGNbUzvqhA2CUP8RTq1Nbc9esdVG2mcciOZEGhoq4c0dQ/s320/MV5BM2RmMGY2Y2UtNjA1NS00NGE4LThiNzItMmE1NTk5NzI5NmE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjY1MTg4Mzc@._V1_.jpg" width="202" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">David Gordon Green<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">John Carpenter (based on characters created by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Debra Hill (based on characters created by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Scott Teems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jamie Lee Curtis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Judy Greer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Andi Matichak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn't over
yet. Minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and
granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged
and burning in Laurie's basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with
life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor.
But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie's trap, his ritual
bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself
against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their
unstoppable monster. The Strode women join a group of other survivors of
Michael's first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands,
forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">This installment in the rebooted Halloween franchise was
quite effective. The entire audience was screaming and shouting and just, in general, having a spooktacular time. The storyline was modern but yet paid
homage to the original. The scares, the gore, the stupid decisions, it all came
together to make one killer movie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">8. Antlers</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM_IeP6kdQg00XKkwTGrzN72sxcvKr5DZtvkLHPYK8ddCgNdpGE_JAijHngQciTj-QnNWNwA6cXDGSUcZWfHsYAS0LC6FJvWh3FXb0l-RM85CwXJmKn7-iMMoNYuCi33Kqh2L83igRoL3_HNpiG8MfSAV3983I4PnGNgg23CQ9Zu2GJZiknPdSFIzHg/s2000/MV5BY2UzODAyNjktN2MwYy00M2RkLThiOTEtMjU1MTgxY2EzM2YyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk5MDA0MDU@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM_IeP6kdQg00XKkwTGrzN72sxcvKr5DZtvkLHPYK8ddCgNdpGE_JAijHngQciTj-QnNWNwA6cXDGSUcZWfHsYAS0LC6FJvWh3FXb0l-RM85CwXJmKn7-iMMoNYuCi33Kqh2L83igRoL3_HNpiG8MfSAV3983I4PnGNgg23CQ9Zu2GJZiknPdSFIzHg/s320/MV5BY2UzODAyNjktN2MwYy00M2RkLThiOTEtMjU1MTgxY2EzM2YyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk5MDA0MDU@._V1_.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Scott Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Henry Chaisson (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Nick Antosca (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Scott Cooper (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Keri Russell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jesse Plemons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jeremy T. Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">In a small town in central Oregon, Frank Weaver runs a meth
lab out of an abandoned mine. While his young son Aiden waits outside the mine
in his truck, Frank and an accomplice are attacked by an unseen creature.
Investigating strange noises, Aiden is also attacked by the creature. Frank and
Aiden survive their encounter with the creature and return home, where their
condition quickly worsens. Frank sets up a locked room and demands that no
matter what, Aiden's older brother Lucas keeps them locked inside.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">This movie was quite surprising to be fair, I was expecting
a typical horror with the basic format of a scare here and there with a cliche
ending, but no this creature feature is actually quite unique with very
interesting themes about trauma and abuse and has great parallels between the
two main characters. The effects were pretty good and the creature looked
really good when it was finally revealed. The acting was solid even the kid
actors weren't bad at all. The score was pretty cool and fit the creepy vibe of
the film. Not too long and not too short of a film, perfect length for these
sorts of films as they drag on if they're too long and feel bogged down with
exposition. Not much to say really about this one. Just a solid horror.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">7. Blood Red
Sky</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbpRk8mml0LPnp9ScvsA7rQK280pLpMZz3p0BUtCKWLSX2AtnbGqVsn03JKjqxWXh53NkF558wZat0XeYIim0nWh_82OhllkBdOVz_yRSwCMhN7A0DYftG9EhSQANhaNnbmEnLDryxteadbF5Y1EBf3G4k5XvpTMayHI7cHHoNY187i6FpwY5ndAKdQ/s8000/MV5BMDQ0MWEzMDEtMGZmNC00NjQ0LWJlNDItZDMyNDc5MmFkODJjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8000" data-original-width="5400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbpRk8mml0LPnp9ScvsA7rQK280pLpMZz3p0BUtCKWLSX2AtnbGqVsn03JKjqxWXh53NkF558wZat0XeYIim0nWh_82OhllkBdOVz_yRSwCMhN7A0DYftG9EhSQANhaNnbmEnLDryxteadbF5Y1EBf3G4k5XvpTMayHI7cHHoNY187i6FpwY5ndAKdQ/s320/MV5BMDQ0MWEzMDEtMGZmNC00NjQ0LWJlNDItZDMyNDc5MmFkODJjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Peter Thorwarth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stefan Holtz (scenario)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Peter Thorwarth (scenario)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Peri Baumeister<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Carl Anton Koch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Alexander Scheer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">A woman with a mysterious illness, who is with her young
son, is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a
transatlantic overnight flight. The result is a bloodbath.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">This film is an original twist on the vampire saga. Don't
take it all that seriously and you are going to see a rather good movie. It's all
there that you want from a vampire flick and somehow it did remind me a lot of
the series The Strain. You know, the airplane were things go wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6. Wrong
Turn</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmIDCoWRmJ8sXCDdQUIDOgBt5-iZkLg6wAx68LzzYEHvunTq4Quv0iqhvfDXt8IhQWlryHFB83qqVumOA0c2-1DKvgtw-DScWFfgzYv6lHM4MCnJY9P4vQopuA44ws9ak-8aPsT-UX3KXLbmXLUVKjVJAAlbk1kW6-X_5GfDLAnbcOhIORiHe1SdHog/s1778/MV5BM2Y5ZWE2MTMtODE3ZC00NWQ4LWJkNzctNGY4Njg5NDY5MzNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjUxMjc1OTM@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmIDCoWRmJ8sXCDdQUIDOgBt5-iZkLg6wAx68LzzYEHvunTq4Quv0iqhvfDXt8IhQWlryHFB83qqVumOA0c2-1DKvgtw-DScWFfgzYv6lHM4MCnJY9P4vQopuA44ws9ak-8aPsT-UX3KXLbmXLUVKjVJAAlbk1kW6-X_5GfDLAnbcOhIORiHe1SdHog/s320/MV5BM2Y5ZWE2MTMtODE3ZC00NWQ4LWJkNzctNGY4Njg5NDY5MzNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjUxMjc1OTM@._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mike P. Nelson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Alan B. McElroy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Charlotte Vega<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Adain Bradley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Bill Sage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The
Foundation', a community of separatist people who have lived in the mountains
since the Civil War.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">I must say that I only saw the original Wrong Turn film so I
went into this with no real expectations about what should happen. It turns out
it was one of those few reboots that outdid the original horror film. There are
plenty of scary moments as well as quite a few unpleasant deaths. The
protagonists aren't particularly likable; they may be diverse and politically
liberal but they have their own prejudices. Without going into retails I
thought the way friends crossed paths with The Foundation; the various traps
were fun and the Foundation appeared scary. On the downside one really does
have to suspend one's disbelief; The Foundation might be a danger to hikers but
one can't imagine the authorities would be ignorant and tolerant of people
disappearing on a particular mountain for a hundred and seventy years! The
setting looks great even though it was filmed in Ohio rather than Virginia.
Overall I'd say this is worth watching but not a must-watch for horror fans;
just don't take it too seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">5. Malignant</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUVzF6xsst7fvaywwHFFxxK-PBhf52EnFqTyThT08M12EgLRbpZN7weeJQ5XFTe1lBlFdQICOylygdewWG11Wiaeq8yL5tzUVs5RBHkammyqYwzXOT7ypNbfi7vEt8gv9OZjAHZulzqVnfs26Cl4tWiOddHbPxujLzR-CqlWDQOK3vwOnG7C30YqPcg/s4096/MV5BYTc0NWIwOTYtNzEwYi00YmUyLTlmYWYtYjJiZjRjN2RjMjAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUVzF6xsst7fvaywwHFFxxK-PBhf52EnFqTyThT08M12EgLRbpZN7weeJQ5XFTe1lBlFdQICOylygdewWG11Wiaeq8yL5tzUVs5RBHkammyqYwzXOT7ypNbfi7vEt8gv9OZjAHZulzqVnfs26Cl4tWiOddHbPxujLzR-CqlWDQOK3vwOnG7C30YqPcg/s320/MV5BYTc0NWIwOTYtNzEwYi00YmUyLTlmYWYtYjJiZjRjN2RjMjAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">James Wan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">James Wan (story by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ingrid Bisu (story by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Akela Cooper (story by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Annabelle Wallis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Maddie Hasson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">George Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Twenty-seven long years after the brutal Simion Research
Hospital incident, abused Madison wakes up in a hospital in present-day
Seattle. But with numbing visions of murder getting in the way of a normal
life, more and more, Madison's obscure past emerges, baffling both herself and
the local detectives. Are these explicitly violent killings figments of
Madison's troubled imagination? Either way, someone, or better yet, something,
links the past to the present, demanding closure and blood. Is the bogeyman
real?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Horror movies are tough to make. Especially when you are
trying to please the general crowd and the hardened horror aficionados.
Especially the latter might depict your movie and quite a few things you chose.
Now James Wan seems to love a moving camera ... and I think that works nicely.
But he also seems to like action ... which is apparent towards the almost
insane action set piece almost at the end of the movie. It is so over the top,
that one might feel it doesn't belong in there.<br />
<br />
It still sort of works if you suspend your disbelief. Other points you can criticize
are things that are being built up without a payoff. While it may not be too
bad when it comes to the (comedic) romance subplot, it is more than weird with
a location towards the end. It gets such an epic ... introduction and yet it
deflates into almost nothing.<br />
<br />
Maybe there is more (deleted scenes I'm quite sure), some scenes obviously have
been cut, one, in particular, comes to mind with more romantic stuff, that didn't
make it into the movie. Dialog wise that is, just in case you are wondering.<br />
<br />
But if you only see the negative, you will miss out on the fun and the horror
the movie dishes out. The story/plot does check out and while you'll be trying
to figure out what is what (and again hardcore horror fans will probably be
onto Wan early on), it does not take anything away from the journey.<br />
<br />
There are some horror clichés too (the very last frame may annoy you), but
overall the movie is a nice mixture between horror, comedy and action. If you can
dig that, you are on a good way to really like this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. The
Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU3VdAGBf2l6hb91sH5bnUTvzB-Aqjjpxd0SMKuEFfgCsliTjtJz_KOTV435ebgSmnymHCxuH3jpBNXMz5NYnpOUoZa4BByUEZ3QSuX3E2bq2tHLo0FPnS_u27PYFdqPTCq4YBxnYmilPeyCjErsoZev4C4mQblJZpkmmcyqTEDWi-zQOCznng_eAwA/s4096/MV5BOWRkOTYzZTQtMzQwNi00NDYwLTk4NjUtN2FjYTI4Y2UzM2RjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODE5NzE3OTE@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU3VdAGBf2l6hb91sH5bnUTvzB-Aqjjpxd0SMKuEFfgCsliTjtJz_KOTV435ebgSmnymHCxuH3jpBNXMz5NYnpOUoZa4BByUEZ3QSuX3E2bq2tHLo0FPnS_u27PYFdqPTCq4YBxnYmilPeyCjErsoZev4C4mQblJZpkmmcyqTEDWi-zQOCznng_eAwA/s320/MV5BOWRkOTYzZTQtMzQwNi00NDYwLTk4NjUtN2FjYTI4Y2UzM2RjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODE5NzE3OTE@._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Michael Chaves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">James Wan (story by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Chad Hayes (based on characters created by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Patrick Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Vera Farmiga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ruairi O'Connor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Based on the infamous demon murder case. A chilling story of
terror, murder, and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life
paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational
cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy,
then takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time
in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a
defense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Everyone who's complaining that they're too much story and
not enough scares, are you kidding? Story and character is the reason why we
care about the stakes that's where drama, tension, and horror come from. If it
was all jump scares and lacking in the story (the movie Winchester comes to mind),
I guarantee y'all would've been even more disappointed. But if that's your
thing, you'll probably be just as entertained by a jack in the box. While
remaining faithful to the Conjuring universe, I appreciated that this third
movie explored new territory so it wasn't just a repeat. It is a quality
addition to the series with good production value and much more thoughtfully written than the spin-offs. It's a win for what it is considering
the impossible task the writer and the director had of pleasing all these harsh
fans who couldn't even tell you what they liked about the first two conjuring
movies other than "it was scary."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Army of
the Dead</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gGvlKZCI7RvGXs9dInhRRuZzBtacrcHInQPC7-UuMjKpJUPdaCkZ5NapWznb0fKh6Uyv_B5_Ueq4_zvUu3sdS1dzFzUbwZrVxP3salY5yfF4aWbYJpyDSSPaaqde_DthA_A0MHAvKZLu4UXQ38MZuXKWRu_KP0b-HT_VRdvhsx4C-8bUfdtjLrhKCQ/s2222/MV5BNGY0NzgzYzctYWQwMC00MzM2LThjNGMtZjFjMWUyNzg0ZmM0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2222" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gGvlKZCI7RvGXs9dInhRRuZzBtacrcHInQPC7-UuMjKpJUPdaCkZ5NapWznb0fKh6Uyv_B5_Ueq4_zvUu3sdS1dzFzUbwZrVxP3salY5yfF4aWbYJpyDSSPaaqde_DthA_A0MHAvKZLu4UXQ38MZuXKWRu_KP0b-HT_VRdvhsx4C-8bUfdtjLrhKCQ/s320/MV5BNGY0NzgzYzctYWQwMC00MzM2LThjNGMtZjFjMWUyNzg0ZmM0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Zack Snyder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Zack Snyder (story by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Shay Hatten (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Joby Harold (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Dave Bautista<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ella Purnell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ana de la Reguera<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">With the abandoned, walled city of Las Vegas overrun with
zombies, after a disastrous government fault, billionaire casino magnate Bly
Tanaka realizes he has left something behind in Sin City: $200 million to be
more precise. But for the time being, his mountains of cash are safe behind an
impenetrable casino vault. Now, Tanaka is willing to pay $50 million to
decorated former mercenary Scott Ward and his hand-picked team to retrieve the
money before the US President nukes the entire city. Indeed, this is a
life-changing offer Scott cannot refuse; nevertheless, the rules have changed,
and this time, the horde of the walking undead seems to be more organized than
they might have expected. And, above all, time is running out. Will Ward's crew
return from Vegas in one piece and rich?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Oozing with a gung-ho attitude, smeared with a brawny touch,
and brimming with an unabashed brainlessness, Army of the Dead has all the
hallmarks of a silly, idiotic & extravagantly dumb yet fun blockbuster with
a bonkers premise & stupid characters to steer the adventure and not only
does it deliver what it set out to do but also does so with panache &
near-fatal overdose of style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Last
Night in Soho</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN0v6rEP1hEKKfZMk-Z03HQz50KmVbbwRkUQrsCxzSng0xzmY3zLMsFVGcSvh8-20GyRmptOMZbOROZ3nlopwKlhDGx6iGNqdzFcDU8B2uKCzK-nT7ct84llOgzLyC5cMwa-34_m0CF3thczE6ZHfY7JYzxj_sQIkTTgRVmUPCOUgsvSk4iKb1VeUOQ/s1500/MV5BZjgwZDIwY2MtNGZlNy00NGRlLWFmNTgtOTBkZThjMDUwMGJhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1013" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN0v6rEP1hEKKfZMk-Z03HQz50KmVbbwRkUQrsCxzSng0xzmY3zLMsFVGcSvh8-20GyRmptOMZbOROZ3nlopwKlhDGx6iGNqdzFcDU8B2uKCzK-nT7ct84llOgzLyC5cMwa-34_m0CF3thczE6ZHfY7JYzxj_sQIkTTgRVmUPCOUgsvSk4iKb1VeUOQ/s320/MV5BZjgwZDIwY2MtNGZlNy00NGRlLWFmNTgtOTBkZThjMDUwMGJhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Edgar Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Edgar Wright (story by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Krysty Wilson-Cairns (screenplay by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Thomasin McKenzie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Anya Taylor-Joy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Matt Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">In acclaimed director Edgar Wright's psychological thriller,
Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s
where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not
all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter
into something far darker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Edgar Wright seems to polarize with this movie. Although
generally speaking the majority seem to love this as much as I did. Or in
similar fashion - no pun intended. And for a genre movie it starts off ... well
off (weird). You don't get a shocker, quite the opposite it starts off with a
music number/dancing. Which makes sense when you think about it in hindsight
and still sets a tone for the viewer - even if not one that is as menacing as
the movie becomes later on.<br />
<br />
Technically speaking the movie is impeccable. Anyone arguing differently surely
has not seen far lesser movies produced than this and is probably blinded by
the fact they don't like the movie. Which is more than fine, just don't let
your dislike turn into a general bashing. One does not have to like a movie
that is well made. We have different tastes and that is a good thing.<br />
<br />
There are things that depending on how you view things, may feel like flaws or
things the movie did not get right. Like the moral ambiguity or the love
interest. The latter may feel a bit one dimensional, but ask yourself this: how
many female love interests have been played or rather written the exact same
way? So this is nothing unusual - unless you count the gender swap for who is
playing the gullible and way too nice person to be real ... having said that,
again that may not be enough to sway you to like the movie or the characters.<br />
<br />
And the moral issues the movie displays including an ending that some may not
be entirely left satisfied with (character choices and so much more) - with
many unanswered questions ... on the other hand, some things are better left
without an answer, so we as viewers can fill in the blanks.<br />
<br />
Stylish and probably with quite a few in-camera effects (I imagine certain
tricks were used to avoid a higher special effects cost, but I may be wrong),
this movie has a few exquisite jump scares and a really good story as a
backbone. Oh and before I forget, a great cast. It has been ages since I last
saw Terence Stamp on the big screen.<br />
<br />
Anyway, really good genre movie by a director who knows what he wants - for an
audience who mostly seems to appreciate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 107%;">1. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Willy’s Wonderland</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAg2bIsYBnI0MeOOW86eHNdg7yEZ-3eXUXBZWhJ7dm0FU3vsWsZdeMYT3BL0XepSmgVpHvc2tL1ydn4wxaFl3bmH7u92Dz_Udyk2xWMHlv6Q60_S-Vdm0iLEWd1PZI-GtX3Li8f_UCuriyN8yUMA1qVhTNl7VdDDsptDtSVF2eTkiy2I88SqNUV_tShA/s1600/MV5BMzFkMTQyZDAtOTU4My00OWRkLTk0ZTAtZWU4ZDdiNTU5N2Y5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA3MDk2NDg2._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAg2bIsYBnI0MeOOW86eHNdg7yEZ-3eXUXBZWhJ7dm0FU3vsWsZdeMYT3BL0XepSmgVpHvc2tL1ydn4wxaFl3bmH7u92Dz_Udyk2xWMHlv6Q60_S-Vdm0iLEWd1PZI-GtX3Li8f_UCuriyN8yUMA1qVhTNl7VdDDsptDtSVF2eTkiy2I88SqNUV_tShA/s320/MV5BMzFkMTQyZDAtOTU4My00OWRkLTk0ZTAtZWU4ZDdiNTU5N2Y5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA3MDk2NDg2._V1_.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kevin Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Writer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">G.O. Parsons (screenplay
by)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Nicolas Cage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Emily Tostaa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Beth Grantt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">A quiet loner (Nic Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote
town when his car breaks down. Unable to pay for the repairs he needs, he
agrees to spend the night cleaning Willy's Wonderland, an abandoned family fun
center. But this wonderland has a dark secret that the "The Janitor"
is about to discover. He soon finds himself trapped inside Willy's and locked
in an epic battle with the possessed animatronic mascots that roam the halls.
To survive, he must fight his way through each of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">I like the general premise and the place. I love Cage's
obsessive cleaning although his character should start differently. Instead of
a bad mother driving a muscle car, he should be a simple workman driving a
beat-up truck. He should be poor which would explain him working as a janitor
more easily. I like the teen group for the most part and they are good cannon
fodder anyways. I like the animatronic killers although the killings get a bit
repetitive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, there you go my top ten for 2021. Hope you found them
interesting. I’ll see you next year around this time for the top ten of 2022.
Keep America Strong, Watch Horror Films…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-12085013272085967432022-03-21T12:20:00.001-07:002022-03-21T12:20:30.895-07:00Awards Season is a Joke<p> <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Seriously, I hate awards season. People make a big deal over pretty statues and rub them in other people's faces. It would be different if the work actually mattered, but it doesn't. It is all about who you know and how popular you are. Shit, I recall last year a person who had not done anything for a year and a half got nominated for the best in there area of the genre for that year. How the hell do you get nominated for sitting on your ass for a year and a half. It's a joke. Guess what? I'll NEVER get nominated because I've told the truth about all these "Awards". It's hilarious that a film that fails in the box office and that practically no one saw gets a best picture nomination. But please feel free and live in the fantasy world where these Awards have actual meaning and really represent the best. Me, I'm living in the real world and I just shake my head.</span></p>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-57708834258829282772021-11-29T22:43:00.000-08:002021-11-29T22:43:07.334-08:00JJ Abrams is fucking over Constantine fans for the WOKE assholes!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIhaGLu-XyNEvwOvvOHBIfqJlr0HV0E0dcj2w4gFwrYYRJo7U5HHXzAaewgmOIDQ9-UTfaO_DTJ_NbPdiLJqBDaQ_u4VKXU9YmAPReqmfDHN00Ewj7c4gcaEyRpmq5v9cjgXt6rEzPhEz/s1112/69593689_1874846929285670_2530636095633227776_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIhaGLu-XyNEvwOvvOHBIfqJlr0HV0E0dcj2w4gFwrYYRJo7U5HHXzAaewgmOIDQ9-UTfaO_DTJ_NbPdiLJqBDaQ_u4VKXU9YmAPReqmfDHN00Ewj7c4gcaEyRpmq5v9cjgXt6rEzPhEz/s320/69593689_1874846929285670_2530636095633227776_n.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="12mmp" data-offset-key="6bgcj-0-0" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.875px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6bgcj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6bgcj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Constantine fans need to realize that JJ Abrams is going to fuck them over. He is going to hire a black guy to play John. It is because of this disgrace that Matt Ryan was pulled from the roll.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="12mmp" data-offset-key="d3et5-0-0" style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.875px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d3et5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d3et5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Just forget this series is even going to be made because it is not for you, but is for a bunch of WOKE assholes who would never pick up a Hellblazer comic if it was thrown in their faces by Keanu Reeves or Matt Ryan, even though in the comics and on Legends of Tomorrow John was bisexual. It's all about spitting in the face of the fans and showing us that John is the property of Warner Corporation and they can do whatever the hell they want with him...Assholes!</span></div></div></div><p><br /> </p>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-42146618283879896582021-04-25T16:57:00.003-07:002021-04-25T16:57:50.189-07:00Thank God it's over for another year...<p><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Thank God The Rondo Awards will be done with for another year at midnight tonight. I get so tired of the overload of ego cases playing the good ole I'm better than the rest of you crap. Just because you got a shelf full of cheap resin busts don't mean you are great. What makes you great is the fans and the work... The rest is all vanity and gloss and it is never fair.</span></span></p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Here is a bit of truth about myself. If I was as much of a delusional ego case, like some of my denouncers say, I would have walked away from horror years ago because even though I put my blood, sweat, and soul into my work I get treated like crap by a lot of people in this community. All I've ever asked for is fair treatment but a lot of assholes think that's too much. Shit, I got kicked out of The Horror Authors Guild based on a picture that was obviously photoshopped, but no one cared to even listen to me and even allow me to point this out. I just got kicked out and treated like guilty until proven innocent. So, don't think that this community treats its members fairly, that is the real delusion.</span></span>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-26870107961240928332021-02-19T21:01:00.002-08:002021-02-19T21:01:37.250-08:00Goodreads supports harassment of authors on their website<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Well, I just deleted my Goodreads account. I’m done with
Goodreads because they support harassment and cyberstalking. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the last several years the cyberstalkers have been
harassing me and getting pretty much all the good reviews on my books taken
down and have been using fake profiles of myself and others to constantly write
disgusting “reviews” and messages on my books and those of Christopher
Highland. This situation has cost me readers and potentially damaged my
reputation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The last straw happened when Goodreads blatantly refused to
pull an obvious fake profile of me, the avatar was a six hundred pound naked
person with my head badly photoshopped on it. This cyberstalker was writing all
over my books that I was getting married to a gay friend of mine. They even
went so far to make a fake profile of my friend backing up their assertions.
Now, get this straight assholes I’m heterosexual. I’m not homophobic for saying
this. The person using the fake profile definitely is because they are
constantly rubbing homosexuality in my face on Goodreads and the comment
section of my blog.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another reason I’ve also cut all ties with Goodreads is
because they just took down the ability for people on their site to flag and
report abusive content. I used to be able to flag the cyberstalker’s “reviews”
and disgusting comments on my and other’s books. I was forced to constantly do
this. Now, Goodreads has pulled that ability, thus allowing harassers free
reign.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The only reason I’m writing this is to let other writers
know of this situation and to give them a chance to express their displeasure
of the way Goodreads is handing this kind of abuse and writers on the internet
in general.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is not a time to sit on your hands and just ignore the
situation. It’s gotten so bad that I’ve walked away from this, that says
something. This crap needs to end and it is up to YOU, the writers, to say no
more.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And to the low life pieces of shit that have harassed me on
Goodreads for the last several years. You have won nothing. It is Goodreads
that has broke the trust with the writers of the internet. It is Goodreads that
has turned its back on the writers. So, will you accept this like cowardly
fools, my fellow writers?<o:p></o:p></p>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-73399338130281096562020-10-11T00:25:00.002-07:002020-10-11T00:25:38.761-07:00Archived For Future Generations<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, William Pattison fans, I have some wonderful news I want to share with you. For the last couple of years, I have been working with the non-profit organization, The Alexandria Project to have my books contributed to their digital archive. This will make my books available to libraries and other digital outlets associated with the Alexandria Project. Also, my books will be protected so that they will be available for future generations of readers.</span></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ckgnj" data-offset-key="3vsch-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3vsch-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3vsch-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Both my books I wrote under Eric Morse as well as my new books I’ve written in recent years have been included in the archive. I’m really happy to finally make this announcement. It has been a lot of work to achieve this, but for me it was definitely worth it.</span></div></div>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-88527835621273687052020-05-01T11:46:00.002-07:002020-05-01T11:46:57.866-07:00Proof of cyberstalking (Even an Idiot can see this)....<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ok, you guys are going to love this. My cyberstalkers are
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">In the early afternoon on April 29<sup>th,</sup> I was
looking around Youtube, like I usually do when I finish doing my job, which is
taking care of my sister who has damage to her knees and back from car crashes
she’s had in the past. I get a couple hours break before I get her lunch and
help her out in the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Anyway, I was looking over Youtube and found a video by a fellow
author who does a video blog. His video was about his experiences about how
people close him downplay his writing and act like it isn’t important because he
isn’t making a living as a writer, which is like around ninety percent of
authors in the business. I left a comment on this video that I knew what he was
talking about because people close to me act quite a bit the same when it comes
to my books. It’s almost like they think that if I’m not making a Stephen King
salary that my writing has no value to them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Well, amazingly enough, an hour later I get a notice from
Youtube that Hey Internet, it’s Eric, aka Eric Hyde commented on my comment on
this author’s channel, since it’s ludicrous that Youtube is so big, oh and the
fact that Hey Internet, It’s Eric is blocked on my Youtube account, thus he
shouldn’t even be able to comment on any comment by me much less track me to a
Youtube channel I’d only been to once and that was over two years ago. Sounds
pretty cyberstalkery to me, but that’s ridiculous since Eric is constantly
complaining that I’m accusing him of being a cyberstalker when there is no way
he could be. So, obviously, him monitoring my Youtube viewing and creating
another Hey Internet, it’s Eric profile to comment on my comments after he has
been blocked is all OK and not in any way an indication that he is an obsessive
stalker-like person?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Oh, and then amazingly some person who is not Eric Hyde and
has no association at all to him comes on that same comment thread using a fake
William Pattison profile, with a photo of me with my sunglasses on as his
avatar, and starts leaving fucked up, immature, and gross comments on the
comment thread. (See below) But, of course, this doesn’t have anything to do with
Eric Hyde. No, Eric Hyde is just an innocent person who is angelic in all this…
I call BULLSHIT and if you have a brain, reader, you will believe the same. As
I said, take a look below…</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Four hours later, after helping my sister, I get back on the
computer and I see these asshole comments. Because I have a college education,
which Eric Hyde doesn’t (He was stupid to mention in a video that he was a high
school drop out), I put one and one together, because I doubt some random
cyberstalker is going to find my comment thread on his own in the vastness that
is Youtube and in reality, and not in the fantasy excuse world of Eric Hyde’s
obsessive mind, that this makes sense. So, I confronted Eric publically on the
thread and told him to grow up. (see below to see the continuation).
Immediately Eric Hyde comes back on and comments. Isn’t that amazing and not at
all stalkery… He thinks he’s smart (chuckle, chuckle) and says I’m a fool
because I came to the conclusion that he was the author of the fake William
Pattison profile, because of course he is innocent and an angelic person. The
thing is even if he brought in his pet whack job minion Jay, aka JayTV on
Youtube (who I also blocked on my channel). I call Jay a whack job because he
just went nuts on me out of nowhere. I didn’t even know the world had shit out
this turd until he sent me an email with a link to his video. Oh, but producing
an insulting video about a perfect stranger based on propaganda you got from
his cyberstalker who lied to you and told you that I was cyberstalking him. Oh,
and I loved how Jay stated that he didn’t care about my side of thing, meaning
that whole Eric Hyde cyberstalking me thing, and how he was going to personally
destroy my life because Eric told him that I threatened Eric’s family because I
said I was going to sue him and his unfortunate family was going to be homeless
because Eric was being an immature, obsessive asshole who wouldn’t back off and
walk away after I’ve given him over a dozen chances, but I’m the evil mental
one… Anyway, see below…</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Nice? Looks obvious as hell? Give me a break. Either it is
indeed Eric doing both of these last posts or it was Jay, his attack dog,
writing it. Which is in fact still Eric doing the attacking since he is pulling
the strings on that ignorant, brain fucked, (Well, he looks like he is a drug
addict or he is a mental case off his pills) idiot who only listens to the
fucking mental case, obsessive, cyberstalker (now come on… at this point it has
to be obvious) who, rather than walking away, has made a second (or more) Hey
Internet, it’s Eric profile(s) because I blocked him on social media (and yes
I’ve flagged him dozens of times on Youtube) and is monitoring my viewing on
Youtube as well as monitoring my Facebook. I think it is more than obvious what
happened here and who is the joke in this situation. It became obvious when
Eric Hyde flashed his true self in this quote, “You DO know there are more than
me who hate you…” Yeah, I do, Eric, but you are the one that was here and most
of them have had the good sense to walk away because they were fighting a
losing fight. You can’t because you are so obsessed you’ve lost your good
sense, which is why you will share the same fate as an old stalker of mine name
Wil Kieper. Wil, didn’t know when to stop and his followers turned on him and
he lost everything. He ended up a broken man who is now trying to put the
pieces of his life together again. He learned a hard lesson and he NEVER took
me down no matter what he did. Oh, and, Eric, you call me a liar yet everything
you do shows you to be a liar, thus a total hypocrite who needs to shut your
mouth because you have no right to judge me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-47983925266334743692020-04-19T18:55:00.001-07:002020-04-19T18:57:00.273-07:00Goodreads has Lost All Crediblity<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01);"><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Ok, people, Goodread has lost all credibility. They are allowing cyberstalkers to write whatever crap they want and won't delete these troll reviews when I flag them. Ok, writers of the internet take a good look and ask yourself if you can trust an organization that allows crap like this? Goodreads fucking clean house assholes! This is supposed to be a review of Symphony of Death Part 1: Robert Diablo:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01);">Harvey Ellison rated it did not like it</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01);">Beware author is a pervert and likes sexually harrassing 18 year old boys. I worked at McDonald's with the author. McDonald's hires mentally ill people which is great but this guy is mentally ill in a diffrent way as he pretends he's a famous author but anyway I trained Bill as he asked us to call him on dishes and he would bump into me and go excuse me but I would feel his hand on my ass. He kept telling us he worked this job only for research for his next book which was bullshit as his sister actually brought him a bag of adult diapers one day cause he forgot to bring them with him. I think he worked there for the discount. I even saw him eat burgers out of the trash. One day I went out to the dumpster for a trash run and Bill is out there well he turns around and has his penis stuffed between two buns and says hey Billamigo want to try my McPickle? I quit on the spot. I understand he has since been fired for stealing burgers.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none 0px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01);">Goodreads you have lost all your credibility as a reader and author resource. Clean up your act. </span></span>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-89259809350001345422020-04-12T14:14:00.001-07:002020-04-12T14:14:12.851-07:00Authors are being stupid and missing an opportunity with the Corona Virus<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By William Pattison</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm blown away by how stupid writers are being in regard to this pandemic situation. The majority of them I've conversed with are saying they are avoiding doing any writing based on the Corona Virus. They state that there is no market for fictional stories related to this subject. I think these people are idiots. Yes, they are right that there is no market currently, but there will be. Why, as a writer wouldn't you want to capture the essence of this experience? How better to capture it than when you are actually experiencing it? I'm currently working on a short story related to the lockins. It is a dark comedy piece but it is definitely using the current situation as inspiration. The fact is we as writers have a responsibility to use our skills to take a snapshot of this time, like so other writers in the past.</span></span>William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-61986681886243112002020-04-12T00:41:00.004-07:002020-04-12T00:41:27.407-07:00Cyber Stalkers are lying to the public and committing fraud...<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is William Pattison the real and only Eric Morse and author
of The Camp Crystal Lake Novels. I want to make it clear that for the past two
years Eric Hyde and a bunch of cyber-stalkers have been committing fraud. They
created a fictional author named Dan Foxx and have gone around changing Friday
the 13th wikis and websites stating that this fictional person is, in fact,
Eric Morse. Don’t be fooled by their bullshit. All it takes is checking out Dan
Foxx’s Facebook page to see that most of his pictures are doctored. The
cyber-stalkers have taken pictures of me and pasted the person they use for Dan
Foxx’s face over mine. They have also used a banner I had for Martinsville
Horrorfest and doctored it to use as a fake promotional banner for a fake book
signing that never happened. Also, they have used my birthday as Dan Foxx’s
birthday and used my sister and my niece’s names mockingly as Dan Foxx’s
daughters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The most recent bunch of bullshit is the wiki site Fandom
blocked me from correcting the information on their public access synopsis on
my books. Eric Hyde and his buddies changed my name on the biography of the
writer to Dan Foxx and put that he had a wife named Kathleen and used my sister
and my niece’s names as his children. I corrected all this. Well, a couple of
days ago I went on there and found I was blocked and that someone changed the
biography to read that “there is a dispute in regard to who is author Eric
Morse. Dan Foxx and William Pattison both claim to be the author.” Excuse me?
Any idiot with a little research could find out that my name has been all over
the internet as being Eric Morse since the 90s, whereas Dan Foxx just suddenly
appeared out of nowhere two years ago claiming to write my books. I think the
logical assessment should be clear, but Fandom would rather support the lie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, Eric Morse fans, support the real author of The Camp Crystal
Lake Novels and denounce this fictional creation of the cyber stalkers and Eric
Hyde.</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />William "Eric Morse" Pattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314655361067752306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603932066931872111.post-73251785316296103232020-03-14T17:36:00.000-07:002020-03-14T17:38:40.900-07:00Honestly, the human race is in grave danger of drowning in stupidity instead of Corona Virus….<b><br /></b>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>The human race is in grave danger. Thousands of people are
showing severe symptoms already and there is no known cure.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>No, not coronavirus, but sheer stupidity.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Never have so many brain cells been sacrificed on the altar of
toilet paper fever. Come on people, what is that about?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Why, when you’re warned you may get a (for most folk, mild)
respiratory tract infection do you instantly think what you really need in your
life is industrial supplies of toilet rolls?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>On what planet does that even begin to make sense? (Okay,
possibly Uranus). It’s not as if our sexy new version of flu gives you a runny
nose. It’s mainly a dry cough and fever.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>The only reason you may need that much TP is because you’ve
stockpiled baked beans and canned prunes too. Which is probably highly likely.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>A vaccine for Covid-19 is already being tested and, like every
other flu before it, we will soon have this particular bug under control. But,
alas, being a sheep-minded moron is terminal.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Those efficient German types actually have a word for panic
buying – hamsterkauf. It says what it does on the tin (probably tomatoes
because they’re being stockpiled too). Hamsters hoard stuff in their cheeks.
They also have very small brains. Go figure.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>On International Women’s Day footage of females fighting over
loo rolls in an Australian supermarket went viral.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Each of them had shopping carts full of the stuff. More than
they’ll ever need in a month of Sundays, let alone the one or two weeks we’re
all supposed to be now sofa surfing in front of Netflix.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Curiously not one of them had any food. Which means they’ll
starve to death surrounded by a fortress of pulped trees and cardboard tubes.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>If toilet roll is plain bonkers, shall we add dried pasta to the
mix? Supermarkets have also seen their shelves stripped of one of the most
disgusting foodstuffs known to mankind. Even if you do cook it properly it’s
still a glutinous mess of beige stuff.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Plus it’s from Italy. You know the country were EVERYONE is
dying!! (They’re not, but trying to keep up the tradition of reacting like this
is a zombie apocalypse).<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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might want to give every piece a wipe down with the buckets of hand sanitiser
you’ve also hoarded.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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of those idiots who have cleared the shelves of stuff to decontaminate your
hands with you’re depriving everyone else.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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all. Yay, congratulations on that one, you utter pile of pathetic shit (Damn!
No toilet paper!)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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can get their freshly scrubbed paws on. Look, people are ill with other stuff,
especially little kids. Depriving them of things really does make you a grade-A
selfish wazzock.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>There is absolutely no defense for bulk buying. If we all kept
our heads and just went about our everyday shopping business we’d all be perfectly
able to purchase what we need.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>But this applies to almost every aspect of this latest panic
pandemic. Rather than all the deliberately scaremongering headlines and reports
I’d love to see a story telling me how many people who have contracted coronavirus
survive. Thousands.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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does. It always hits a peak.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>BUT it is down to every single one of us to
keep calm and carry on. Nine out of 10 people recover.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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thousands of people every year. Yet did that send you into a tailspin of toilet
rolls and pasta? No. So can we all stop being hysterical halfwits and get a
grip. Just wash your hands first, okay?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It is now my pleasure to once again review a film done by The Twisted Twins,
Jen and Sylvia Soska. The film in question is the remake of David Cronenberg
masterpiece Rabid, a very challenging thing to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Rabid tells the story of
Rose (played excellently by Laura Vandervoort) who is a meek introverted and
rather plain aspiring fashion designer who is working under the iron hand of
fashion mogul Gunter (played by Mackenzie Gray). Rose’s adopted sister and best
friend Chelsea (played by Hanneke Talbot) tries to help Rose get out of her
shell by getting her a date with fashion photographer Brad (played by Benjamin
Hollingsworth). While at the party Rose goes to the restroom to quell her
anxiety caused by being with Brad and being at the party. While sitting in a
bathroom stall she hears two shallow model twins (played perfectly by Jen and
Sylvia Soska) talking shit about her and laughing about how her sister had to
talk Brad into going out with her. This is enough for Rose. Upset she tries to
leave riding her scooter. She doesn’t watch where she’s going and gets hit by a
car. After she wakes in the hospital to find the lower part of her face
disfigured and her intestine damaged so she would never eat normally again.
Luckily an experimental surgeon who was obsessed with transhumanism offers Rose
a chance to be healed through a unique stem cell procedure. The result is that
Rose’s face and body are completely healed, though the doctor has her drinking
special nutrient drinks as part of her recovery. Unfortunately, for Rose she
doesn’t realize she is the carrier of a new strain of rabies that has a shorter
incubation period. Also, she finds she has strange dreams and a hunger for
blood. Oh, and not to mention the worm-like appendage with a needle-like point
that comes out through her mouth and armpit. Now the city is in danger of being
overcome with the new rabies plague and Rose is the cause.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now comes the part you’ve
been waiting for…what I thought about this film. Well, first off obviously this
film is nowhere near the masterpiece that the original Rabid is. There just was
no way that Jen and Sylvia Soska could outdo Cronenberg. Cronenberg is a horror
master and he has far more education, skill, and pure artistic genius than The
Twisted Twins could ever muster. But I will say that as a remake and homage to
David Cronenberg’s work the Soskas film is not bad. I honestly have to say this
the best film they’ve done in the horror genre. This film is solid. The ladies'
use of pace, shock, and gore value were matured, unlike their earlier attempts.
I was glad they stuck to classic practical makeup FX rather than CGI, like they
did in See No Evil 2. Also, as much as the red doctors' gowns and gloves gave
me a red light in the trailer, but when I saw it in the context of the film
itself it worked excellently and really pushed the fact that the doctor was
like a cultist. Also, the ending is royally Cronenberg and kind of reminded me
of The Brood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Since I was first
introduced to the twins years ago, when they were promoting their film Dead
Hooker in a Trunk, a film I loved, I’ve been royally disappointed in the films
they’ve done since. I felt the films for the most point felt shallow and
lacking the spark I saw in Dead Hooker. With Rabid I see that the girls have
matured as filmmakers and in the case of this film took the time to really
craft a film that shows the potential I saw in those fresh film students I knew
who were running around in bars showing their first film. This was the work I
was waiting to see come from them. I hope they take these words to heart and
continue to craft their film rather than just throwing things out quick and not
putting the love into the work. That is the lesson you should get from David
Cronenberg. He puts everything into his art and never compromises. One little
suggestion for Jen and Sylvia…if you could please go back to your roots in a
future project. Leave the shallow world of social circles and give the fans a
well-crafted grindhouse horror film, like of like your own From Dusk Till Dawn.
I’d like to see a bit of grit and humor again. Congratulations on your
achievement ladies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Ok, so, as you all know the new episode of my podcast An
Awakening of Horror was pulled by both Facebook and Youtube because a certain
person named Eric Hyde complained about it and said it was harassment focused
on him. But here is the truth, horror fans. The truth is that Eric wanted to
mute the fact that I proved him and his buddies wrong on a supposed wrong they
accused me of. That being that I stole the idea for my short story Robert
Diablo from a treatment the Soskas sisters wrote for a screenplay they had
intended to do after American Mary. Well, the Soskas didn’t do their story,
which was simply called Bob, after American Mary. Nope. They sold out to Vince
McMann and all thoughts of Bob disappeared. Yep, They had See No Evil 2 that
they were doing and they had bigger projects in their heads than the quirky
tale of a morose person and their friend who was a demon from hell.</span></div>
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over Bob. American Mary is humorless and negative, where Bob would have been a
nice multi-layered dark comedy.</span></div>
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writing a bunch of my old horror treatments I thought I’d take that idea I
thought had merit and shouldn’t be wasted. So, I decided to develop it myself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What Eric and his buddies want to ignore is that treatments
and ideas can’t be copyrighted. Scripts and completed movies can, but not
ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here is a prime example that you people may remember. It is
the case of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and <st1:city w:st="on">Babylon</st1:city> 5. Creator of Babylon 5, J. Michael
Straczynski, went to Paramount Studios to try and sell them the idea for <st1:city w:st="on">Babylon</st1:city> 5. <st1:city w:st="on">Paramount</st1:city> wasn’t interested, but a couple years later <st1:city w:st="on">Paramount</st1:city> used Stracznski’s idea for <st1:city w:st="on">Babylon</st1:city> 5 to create Deep Space Nine. Of
course, just after <st1:city w:st="on">Paramount</st1:city> launched Deep Space
Nine Straczynski got the backing to develop and put <st1:city w:st="on">Babylon</st1:city> 5 on TV. Well, there you have it. You
have two TV series based on the same idea and no one is suing anybody. Also, we
have two unique and individual series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It is the same with Robert Diablo. I took the Soskas idea
and developed it. I added a lot to it. In Bob the morose was not the heir to a
billion dollar business. Also the morose character wasn’t being held in jail
having been accused of a murder. Also, and more importantly my story is told
from the perspective of the psychiatrist the family lawyer hires to evaluate
the morose character and prove his friend Robert is a figment of his
imagination. My story is only on the most basic level like the Soskas’ Bob and
that’s it. I breathed life into it. I gave it substance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And, to make a long explanation short (right) another thing
that blows away the haters is that Robert Diablo is a book, not a screenplay.
If eventually it does it won’t matter either because it will be a screenplay
based on the story I developed, not the Soskas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So, there you have it. This is the real truth that Eric Hyde
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It is the same with my work on the treatments for Star Trek
II and III. The treatments don’t really matter. They are the beginning. It is
the finished script and who writes that that matters. But Eric and the haters
want to make mountains out of mole hills. No one really cares, except them so
they can paint me in a negative light. Don’t believe the bullshit. These people
lie so much they wouldn’t know the truth if it fell on them like a tone of
bricks. Enough said on this….</span></div>
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Bradley Stryker, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Land</st1:placetype>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The film centers on a girl named Abby (played by Alexandra
Turshen). Abby has just gotten out of college and is ready to start her life.
Her best friend, Jen (played by Jen L. Burry), wants to take Abby on vacation
to purge her inhibitions, since Abby is a bit of the good girl type. Abby tells
Jen she doesn’t want to go. This starts an argument. Abby tells Jen it has
nothing to do with Abby’s boyfriend Brad. Jen walks off in a huff. Abby ends up
going home to find Brad having sex with another girl. Abby shoots them both in
the face with pepper spray. Then we see Abby on a plane alone to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region>, not a
good idea. Once she gets to Thailand Abby meets documentary filmmaker Ben
(played by Keenan Henson) and his girl Jewel (played by Caitlin Cromwell, aka Caitlin
Stryker). The threesome decide to travel around <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region> together because Ben has
been all over the island and knows the best places. Then they add an Australian,
Dale (played by Bradley Stryker) and Penny (played by Krista Donargo) It is
around this time that Abby receives a video that is handed to her by a
stranger. The video shows her friend Jen tied up and painted up in clown
makeup. There is a man with her in a yellow jumpsuit and a disturbing clown
mask. The man tells Abby that if she doesn’t play his game and do as he says that
he will cut Jen to pieces with an electric saw. He tells Abby not to tell Ben
or Jewel as well. Abby immediately goes to Ben and Jewel and shows them the
video. Ben tells her not to worry because he figures it is Jen pulling a trick
on Abby to help get her out of her shell. He backs this up by showing her a
couple of videos of people pulling a similar trick. Abby doesn’t believe him
and wants to get the police involved. Ben reminds Abby that the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region> police
are corrupt will only help if they are paid enough. He suggest she just go
along with the game and that he is sure it’s all a big joke. The next day Abby
is given another not from the clown masked man. He tells her that now that she
has told Ben and Jewel they must play the game too and if any of them fail to
go by the rules Jen will suffer. They decide not to tell Dale or Penny what’s
going on, since they don’t want them involved. It is a little bit later that
they find out this is all no joke when they find Penny, painted up in clown
makeup, murdered in a motel covered in sheets with clown scrawl over them with
blinking green, red, and blue Christmas lights as well. It is also soon after
that they receive a finger in a package and a pendent Abby gave Jen. Now the
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horror film that also exploits the setting very well. You have an American
tourist in a strange country where she can’t even count on the police for help.
Bradley counters the incredible beauty if <st1:place w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place> with it’s darker
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Turshen and Keenan Henson as Ben. Bradley Stryker adds a lot to the film as
Dale as well.</span></div>
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did not think the clown motif worked well with the setting. I know clowns have
been the big thing the last few years with the clown sightings and attacks all
over the globe. Also I understand that clown masks are the easiest thing to
find, but I just don’t see clowns and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region> as a good match. It all
looked cheap to me and thrown in. The backgrounds in the videos of the clown
who was supposedly keeping Jen in a secret place in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region> didn’t match up with the
rest of the film. Also, the big twist and reveal could have been done far
better. I was less than impressed with the execution and it brought down a
really good build up. Though I doubt Bradley Stryker is going to read this
review, I hope he does a better job ending his next film.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Well, it's horror awards season. But the issue I have is that most horror awards are really based on social status rather than the real quality of the work. It is truly sad that people are awarded more based on who they are friends with or who they got drunk with at conventions rather than the virtue of the work. I've seen filmmakers who have spent years to craft fantastic horror films and they get completely ignored. And, I've seen great works of horror writing get ignored because these "horror awards" will lump novels, short stories, comics, and biographies into a single category and give one one award foall these. Sorry this is outrageous.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, the time has come yet again for me to do a review on a
film by the Twisted Twins Jen and Sylvia Soska. This time the girls have
thankfully left the horror genre behind them and have moved on to the action
drama genre with their second film for WWE films, Vendetta.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Vendetta stars Dean Cane (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures
of Superman) as Detective Mason Danvers. Mason captures tough gangster Victor
Abbot (played by WWE wrestler Paul “The Big Show” Wight) but when Abbot and his
brother are released on a technicality, Abbot viciously tortures and kills
Detective Danvers’ pregnant wife. Abbot is caught before <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>, who arrived just after Abbot killed
his wife gets a chance to get revenge and shoot him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
goes and kills Abbot’s brother and a couple other drug dealers and gets himself
arrested. <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
is sent to the same prison as Abbot and put in general population. At this
point the film becomes a series of fight scenes as Abbot (who somehow now runs
the prison) sends convicts to kill <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city> and <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city> one by one takes
out Abbots lieutenants as he works his way up to killing Abbot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, I had a bunch of issues with this film. The
script that was written by Justin Shady is full of blatant technical errors and
plot glitches that should make any real prison film fan scratch their head. A
couple of the most obvious would be the main plot point of Danvers being sent
to the same prison as the man who tortured and murdered his wife. No judicial agency is going to do something
as idiotic as this, and don’t tell me that was the only prison he could be sent
to. Another script flaw was the fact that <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
was put in general population. There is no way that any prison would put a
former cop in general population. That would be a death sentence because every
convict in the place would be gunning for him. I can back this up because I did
my homework and conferred with a friend of mine named Matt who is in fact a
prison guard at a prison that is the same size as in the film. Matt and I
discerned a number of outrageous errors in this film. Another was the fact that
the warden assigned <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
a just at the prison laundry, not a risk they would do with a former cop. Also,
when <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city> is working in the laundry there is
not a guard in sight which actually leads to a group of six prisoners nearly
beating <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
to death. Also, coincidentally, it turns out one of the guards is an old friend
of Danvers and right out in the exercise area in front of the prisoners chews
the shit with Danvers and tells him that the warden is working with Abbot.
Right, like any intelligent guard would be stupid enough to tell that out loud
with the other prisoners watching and listening. Also, to show the bad writing
the guard survives till the end of the film. Excuse? Oh, and there is the
amusing prison policy (which is unique to this prison) that prisoners can leave
the exercise area and go back to their cells unescorted or watched by guards.
This is obvious because one of Abbot’s men goes back to his cell only to be
killed by <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
who was waiting for him there. Seriously, both Justin Shady and this production
in general drastically needed a technical advisor. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Another annoying thing about this film was the fight scenes.
Not because they weren’t bloody enough. Oh no, Jen and Sylvia learned from the
kick in their teeth they got from both reviewers and fans in regard to See No
Evil 2 and threw the blood around. The problem was the fight scenes look way
overly staged. You could actually see that the punches didn’t impact. Also in a
number of shots the bad guys would fall the wrong way. Shoot, the one fight
scene that wins my prize for most lame is one where <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city> uses a push broom to choke one of
Abbots men. Now, hold back your laughter…<st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
uses the brush end and presses it down on the guy’s throat. The guy flays his
arms and over acts the gagging. Then, after an unbelievable amount of time, <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city> switches to using
the handle. Oh, my flippin’ god. The only good kill in this film except the
killing of <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city> wife, and that could have
been shot better, was a killing where <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
uses a plastic pen that he fashions into a knife and stabs one of Abbot’s men
to death. In that scene <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
gets a stream of blood in his face from the shaft of the pen which is sticking
out of the guy’s neck. Come on girls!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As for the camera work and lighting, I did like some of the
colored lighting in the early parts of the film, but through the second half it
seemed standard and uninspired. I’m sorry to say the camera work seemed rather
uninspired too. I’ve seen forth year film students that set better angles than
I saw in this film. The only scene where I can honesty say the girls did it
right was in the warehouse scene where <st1:city w:st="on">Danvers</st1:city>
initially captures Abbot. In that one scene the Soskas managed to use the
angles and lighting in a dramatic way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I saw the trailer for this film I was ready to applaud
Jen and Sylvia Soska. Thankfully they had moved on from horror, which I can not
under express that they could not do. I remembered how well they did the action
scenes in Dead Hooker in a Trunk and looked forward to seeing a little of that
early Soska magic on the screen. Unfortunately, all I saw when I saw Vendetta
was a disappointing mess. I honestly felt sorry for the girls. There was so
much of this they had no control over due to the fact that they are stuck
working for a control freak like Vince McMahon. I’m pretty sure Vince just gave
them the script and said shoot it. I even think most of the cast was already
hired before they were even assigned. Hell, like all WWE directors, the Soskas
didn’t even get the chance to even edit the damned film, which itself was
sloppy and uninspired.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Given all this, all I can suggest is on their next film the
Soskas put some budget to getting an on set advisor. The faults and idiot
mistakes in this film are like nails on a chalkboard. It was the same with See
No Evil 2 with people working in a coroner’s office and doing autopsies in
plain clothes rather than in scrubs…Oh and the blue embalming fluid instead of
yellow to name just a couple of things. My friend that works as a mortician
nearly gagged on his popcorn while he watching it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, I can only in good judgment give this film two and a
half stars. Do your homework next time, ladies….</span></div>
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