Thursday, October 15, 2009

Night 15 and 16 of "The 31 Nights of Halloween Film Fest"

I've joined in the fun over at Domestic Witch's October Blog Party. You can find a list of participating blogs that are having fun celebrating the season of Halloween. When you're done here take a broom ride over to her site and you'll see the list of blogs on the right side bar.
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Here at The Lounge we will have a "31 Nights of Halloween Film Fest". Check back each day to see which movie is featured and some days you may get more than one. They will be a random selection of my favorites. You can see all past selections on the sidebar.
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Make sure to leave a comment for each movie as one lucky person will win their choice of pendant from Laughing Vixen Lounge at the end of the film fest. Please see rules at end of post.
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Night 15 and 16... "Slither"
Got a little behind but I'll throw in some extras down the road to make up for it. 8)
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Written and Directed by James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead '04 and Scooby Doo I&II) and released on March 31, 2006 by Universal Pictures. In the redneck town of Wheelsy a meteor falls from the night sky and a local man decides to get up close and personal with it. Bad idea! The ooey gooey parasite infects him and sets off an alien outbreak. Can sheriff Bill (Nathan Fillion) and the girl he longs for Starla (Elizabeth Banks) save the town before it's too late?
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This movie is a fun campy take on old B monster movies. Our main alien seems like a close relative to the Blob, the infected stumble around like the walking dead and the townsfolk are simple and slow witted. The dialogue is cheeky and cheesy in a cleaver way. If you keep in mind this is suppose to be a send up of low budget films you will find it a funny film. It has lots of blood and guts and what-nots flying around along with the laughs. It may not be for everyone but if you enjoy the old monster movies then you should enjoy this modern take on the genre.
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Some trivia about the movie...
There are many tributes to the horror genre in this movie. My favorite is the bathtub scene straight out of A Nightmare on Elm St.
1. There is a mention of neighbors named "the Castevets". The Castevets were Rosemary's neighbors in Rosemary's Baby (1968).
2. As an in-reference to past genre movies, the Mayor and his store are named R.J. MacReady, the same name as Kurt Russell's character in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), and the high school is named after Earl Bassett (Fred Ward's character from Tremors (1990).
3. The ammunition store is named for Max Renn from Videodrome (1983).
4. The bar hosting the "Deer Cheer" party is called "Henenlotter's", a homage to Basket Case (1982) director Frank Henenlotter.
5. When Starla is on the phone talking to the doctor about Grant, the voice of the doctor is Rob Zombie.
6. In the script when Bill comes back from the vigil for Brenda, the mayor mentions to him that she is the niece of Randy Flagg. Randall Flagg is the bad guy in several of Stephen King's stories including being the main antagonist in The Stand.
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(1) comment about a movie per movie.
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12 comments:

  1. I haven't seen this one, but I think I'll add it to the rental list.

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  2. I actually haven't seen Slither either but I've heard it of it. Not sure if it's my preference for horror movie but it seems okay :)

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  4. my guess for tomorrow is Poltergeist

    "they're heeeeere"

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  6. There were alot of movies like that in the 80's! I too would have to guess Poltergeist since it is one of the better known. The Preacher to me was by far one of the creepiest ppl EVER & still is! :S

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  8. This movie actually got really good reviews and a three star rating when I looked it up awhile back. So, of course, I had to watch a horror movie which actually got a 3 star rating.

    Doug and I both liked it, but the ending was a little silly. Overall though, good movie.

    But gross. LOL

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    boo

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  9. I don't think i saw this movie. We have about 300 or more VHS mostly horror but i don't think we have it. Great facts,sounds like a fun movie!!
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  11. When I saw the previews for this I thought that it looked pretty dumb because it seemed like they were trying to pass it off as a serious horror film. I then watched it and realized it was more of a spoof kind of movie and it was halarious!

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