The Green Inferno ....finally.

No matter what, KEEP STREAMING!

I watched The Green Inferno after what's been a long and painful wait.

Let's talk about it!

In 2013 we were told about a new Eli Roth film that involved gore, cannibals, and the jungle. And we patiently waited until 2014 to see it. But then the production company ran out of money and The Green Inferno was removed from release. We mourned, we were angry, we thought about protesting but then worried that would be ironic. And eventually it was released last September through Blumhouse.

Green Inferno is a splatter horror film directed and written by Roth. It stars a pretty great cast including Lorenza Izzo and Daryl Sabara and the film is inspired by all those old Italian cannibal films during the cannibal boom of the 70's and 80's. Specifically of course, Cannibal Holocaust which is where The Green Inferno actually gets its title.

The film follows Justine who is a college freshman whose father works for the United Nations. She becomes interested in social activism like most college freshman do and joins a group led by a guy named Alejandro who is extremely passionate about the cause, along with his girlfriend Kara. The group are planning a trip to the Amazon rain forest where they plan to protest and stop a big company who are logging the rain forest and destroying the homes of the ancient native tribes that live there.


When the group arrives in Peru they meet the young guy who is apparently funding it and organizing it all, Carlos. The protest involves the group wearing masks, chaining themselves to the trees and equipment and filming the entire thing while streaming it live to the internet to hold the bad guys accountable. Alejandro and Kara make sure that Justine's lock doesn't close so when the loggers come over and start grabbing at the kids, Justine gets pulled from her perch and has a gun held to her head. Alejandro yells out that her father works for the United Nations and basically just uses Justine as a pawn. Needless to say, Justine is pissed. But the protest works and the group get back on their plane thrilled to have made a change.

But then the plane crashes. And everything goes to hell in a hand basket.

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

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After a gory plane wreck, including one idiot walking in front of the still spinning propeller after the plane's landed and getting the entire side of his head demolished, the survivors begin to regroup and find a way out. But the ancient native tribe they were just protecting come out of the jungle and knock them all unconscious with darts.
You see, the group are wearing the same clothes as the logging company, and they're a bunch of white folks who speak English. So to the tribe, they're the enemy.

When the group wakes up they are led into the village and there is a very intense scene where there's hundreds of tribes people grabbing and groping the girls, touching their face and their hair. As someone who can't stand people touching her, this scene really had me shook. And the girls did a great job of acting out the emotion of this crazy, claustrophobic scene.

Immediately one of the guys, Jonah is killed, very slowly - eyes gouged out and eaten, tongue ripped out, legs cut off, arms ripped off while Jonah screams and bleeds like crazy. It was a tough watch. The tribe then prepares Jonah's body and cook it while the rest of the survivors are kept in a cage in view of everything. While in the cage, Alejandro reveals to everyone that the protest they partook in was a fraud. They were hired by a bigger logger company to get the smaller logging company off of the land so the rival operation could move in. Which....I mean....maybe just keep your mouth shut at that point?

Alejandro was a great villain, but sometimes not so believable. There's one point where Alejandro is jerking it in the cage with everyone around him and he's doing it because it helps him "clear his mind". And some of the comments he makes especially when some of them are trying to escape are just nuts. I just don't believe that a guy in a situation like this would act like that.

During a very intense scene, our lead Justine and two of the other female survivors, Sam and Amy, are pulled out in front of the tribe and stripped down to their underwear. The lead woman of the tribe discovers Justine is a virgin in a very uncomfortable way and decides to perform genital mutilation on her. You've probably heard whispers of this scene. When Sam and Amy are put back in the cage, Sam distracts the tribe and manages to escape. I'm assuming she dies? I may have missed the reveal. But I didn't see her/or hear of her again.

When Justine is put back in the cage while the tribe prepares for the mutilation, they are offered some food. All of them eat quickly but when Amy reaches the bottom of her bowl she notices a piece of skin with one of Jonah's tattoos on it and realizes they've all been eating Jonah. Which, duh. What else would they feed them? Amy loses her shit, smashes her bowl, and slices her throat wide open. Which seems a tad dramatic. But she was a vegan. So....

Things get a little weird at this point....Lars finds weed that he stashed in his boot from earlier and decides to shove it down Amy's throat. The thought being that when the tribe cooks her, they'll get high as fuck from eating Amy. And strangely enough it works? The tribe are all giggling and falling over. This scene seemed way out of place and the logistics behind it? I don't think so.

During this mess, Justine and Daniel escape, Lars tries but Alejandro stops him by stabbing him because he doesn't want to get eaten. Justine and Daniel make it back to the original plane crash site only to find the tribesmen have hung up all the dead bodies. The duo manage to find a working cell phone in Kara's pocket but unfortunately the tribesmen capture them again and drag them back to camp.

Justine is now being prepared for her genital mutilation ceremony while Daniel is tied to a post, has all his bones broken and then is fed to ants. Which gave me major flashbacks to the time when I was 6 and lived in the jungle and fell into a fire ants nest. I was covered in those motherfuckers and it was one of the scariest moments of my life. Moral of the story? Maybe don't raise your 6 year old in a jungle? I had waaaayyyy too many close calls including a rattlesnake I thought was an actual rattle, and swimming with a tarantula.

ANYWAY, after a very tense (like crazy tense - one of the best moments of the film) moment where the tribe leader is waving her knife around Justine's vajayjay, the tribe is suddenly interrupted by a member wielding a head in a yellow helmet (which is the uniform of the loggers) and all of a sudden the entire tribe goes running into the jungle. A small boy comes forward and releases Justine. After grabbing the phone from Daniel she escapes into the jungle and stumbles upon the tribe being gunned down by the loggers. She steps out of the jungle, holding up her phone, and pretends she is filming/streaming the situation. The logger grabs her and she is finally sent back home to America.

Back in America, Justine lies about what happened. She tells her father and the UN that the tribe helped her survive, fed her, and tried to help her get out of the jungle until they were gunned down by the loggers. When Justine looks around the campus she sees a new group of social activists wearing a picture of Alejandro on their shirts.

Apparently there's also an after credits scene which was not included in my itunes rental (GODDAMNIT ITUNES) which sounds bad ass - Justine is talking to Alejandro's sister and finds out the sister has located Alejandro....and he's alive....DANNNNGGGGG

END OF SPOILERS

Well....I enjoyed it. I think unfortunately we all hyped ourselves up too much about this film. People who first got to see it back in 2013 were talking about how people fainted and puked while watching it. And then we had two years to sit there and stew and obsess over this film. So of course, it will never live up to our expectations.

But putting those expectations aside - it was a fun watch. I think it would've been more fun to watch it with a group of people so you could all scream about the violence and gore. The gore itself isn't so much you can't stand it. Obviously, some of the scenes I wouldn't recommend if you're a little sensitive but I'm not big on gore and I didn't care. I enjoyed the watch immensely and I'll definitely be watching it again.

The story itself isn't super strong, but it gets the point across. You'd have to be an idiot not to understand what Roth was preaching.

Watch this trailer first, then figure out if you're down for the Green Inferno:
Click here because youtube won't let me embed it

I give it an 8/10. Eli Roth haters can suck it. CANNIBALS YEY!

Stay spooky!

Watching The Visit while I visit my mama

I'm at the airport! Due to my control and anxiety issues I have arrived with almost two hours to spare so I've set up camp on the airport floor next to the outlet and I'm watching The Visit.
This is my first time watching it so I'm pretty stoked. Ya'll know I am a firm believer in the shamalamadingdong come back.

The Visit came out last year and is found footage, although when watching it doesn't feel like the typical found footage. There's barely any shakey cam or blurred shots, which is kind of a nice break.

Rebecca and Tyler are two kids who are going to see their Grandparents for the first time. Their mother, Paula, has a bad relationship with her parents and so has never introduced them to her kids. Paula's husband left their family for another woman when the kids were younger but now Paula is finally dating and happy, so the kids decide that it would be good for the two of them to get out of town for the week and let their mom go on a cruise with her new boyfriend.

Rebecca is filming this whole thing because she's clearly interested in filming and directing. She's decided to make a documentary on their first visit to the grandparents.


First thoughts? This movie is beautifully colored. And I really dig the two kids - they're smart, believable and not that forced awkward acting that some young kids end up doing.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Once the kids arrive at their Grandparents house things start to get strange right off the back. The first night Rebecca sneaks out of bed to get some cookies, only to find her Grandma walking around projectile vomiting. When exploring, Tyler discovers a shed and inside finds an actual mountain of shit filled adult diapers. I was gagging.

In between these strange goings on, Tyler and Rebecca continue to film for the documentary. They interview both the Grandma and the Grandpa and even interview briefly with a few of the strangers who drop by. But at night things are getting weirder and weirder - they catch the Grandma naked scratching at the walls. The Grandpa explains all of this behavior saying she has what's called "Sundowning" which is dementia after dark. To simplify it.

There's also one night where they catch the Grandma running around in the house in the dark and then crawling around and ya'll that got me creeped out. Finally the kids decide to film the Grandma at night to see what's really going on, but when reviewing the footage they see that Grandma was trying to get into their room with a knife. This is when they call Paula and tell her all that's going on. But here's where it gets Shamalamadingdong....when Paula is shown her parents on camera...THEY'RE NOT THE GRANDPARENTS.

That's right, these kids were picked up by some total nutcases who had escaped from the asylum near by, killed the real Grandparents, and were hiding out in the house. The actual Grandparents volunteered at the asylum and probably let on that their grandchildren were coming to stay, prompting the nutcases to choose that time to escape. The reason the two of them were in the asylum was for drowning their own children, but the husband decided it was time for his wife to relive having children.....are you with me?


The nutcases catch onto the fact that kids now know what's going on and decide to torment and kill them. Including one scene with a dirty diaper that made me yell out in the middle of a busy airport. And will haunt me. Forever. But thanks to Rebecca being an actual bad ass, the kids manage to escape and their Mom shows up in the nick of time.

SPOILERS ENDED

You know what? It wasn't a masterpiece. And I'm sure people smarter than I figured out the twist almost right away. But I had a great time watching it, it was fun, it was fresh, the twist was shocking for me. And there were a few minor scares that got me.

The way people were talking about this film, it was like it was another The Happening. But it's not. It's a great little horror film that didn't disappoint me in any way. And the message of the film, about letting forgiveness in, and not holding onto anger, it was an important one and it gave the film some great emotional moments.

8/10 

Anyway, as I'm finishing this up I am in my Mom's kitchen waiting for dinner. And tomorrow I get Christmas the sequel - presents and turkey!!!!

Stay spooky!

Drag me to the bargain bin

GUYS
LOOK WHAT I FOUND TODAY
Mitch and I were on a hunt for shallot today (completely different story) and in our search I ended up finding gluten free cupcakes, a new cardigan....and....

DRAG ME TO HELL FOR $3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
What a fucking steal ya'll. I am so blessed ~~

So now me and Mitch are watching it. Mitch, for the first time, obviously. My quest continues to subtly develop an interest in horror movies in Mitch. One day he'll think to himself, hmmm...I want to watch Freddy Vs. Jason.....and my quest will be completed. I'm basically just using those techniques that big companies do to get you to crave their product by subtly inserting it into movies. If he watches enough of them by accident, eventually he'll choose to do it on purpose. It's been 5 years and I feel I'm getting closer.

ANYWAY

Drag Me To Hell....
Let's talk about this masterpiece while I live blog watching it.

 
What is it exactly? In 2009 Drag Me to Hell was released into theaters where we could feast our eyes on this joy of a film. Co-written and directed by Sam Raimi, it focuses on Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) who refuses a loan to a gypsy woman at the bank where she works. The gypsy woman places a curse on her which basically ruins her life. It also stars Justin Long.
Aka it's very close to my life because my life also has a gypsy curse which I firmly believe. (another story for another day)

Drag Me to Hell did great at the box office, grossing over $90 million worldwide and ended up winning the award for Best Horror Film at the Scream Awards and the Saturn Awards.

The original story was written ten years before the release of Drag Me to Hell and was a morality tale where a character who wants to be a good person, but makes a choice out of greed and ends up paying for it. Some of the elements are drawn from Night of the Demon.



It's a dark and humorous, campy horror film that is also disgusting and actually quite jumpy the first time you watch it. The gypsy is scary and some of the scenes combine both humor and horror in the most perfect way. It also has a really great score!

Honestly, it's just the perfect Raimi scare/laugh hybrid.

So Mitch and I just finished watching it together and he enjoyed it! It's a fun movie to watch with someone else because you get to have the discussion side of it. Like, who would you give the button to, knowing they would die? He was pretty grossed out at some parts, but I mean....that's a Raimi film.
Every time I watch this film I fall more in love with it. It's just a great, solid piece of work. And one that comes with a moral tale.

Always a 10/10

GO WATCH IT YOU WEIRDOS

I've got to be up early tomorrow to catch my flight so I'm signing off for now. This was my first blog of the new year AND my first horror movie of the year.....HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2016 be filled with jump scares, gore fests, and some original horror.

Stay spooky!

Where I finally watch The Pyramid

Yeah, yeah, it's not on my list. In fact, I'm pretty sure it was on last years' list. BUT...I'm the only one at work today for a few hours so I've set up camp in the kitchen where the TV + Netflix is and with only access to Netflix Canada, I have chosen to watch The Pyramid. At 8:15am. Alone. On New Year's  Eve. My life gets so angsty sometimes.

Note I'm only paying half attention because I am actually working.

But backstory, that no one asked for - I was not a high achiever in school. I got that I had to be there, and I worked to pass, but it wasn't until we began to study Ancient Egypt and its' Gods and the Mummies and the pyramids, that I finally discovered that great feeling of a thirst for knowledge. I poured over books reading about all of this fascinating lore and history, going above and beyond what was asked of me in class. My interest for Ancient Egyptian history never waned. And when The Mummy came out when I was junior high, I went nuts for it. I was convinced I would be an archeologist and dig up dinosaurs (I also loved Jurassic Park) and Mummies. Clearly, since I'm not blogging from a dig site right now, I did not achieve that dream.

So when I saw a trailer for The Pyramid - a found footage horror film about a group of archeologists who discover a three sided pyramid buried in the sand - I felt that excitement in my belly. And that poster!!!! It's a great poster. But I have kept putting it off and putting it off. It's been on my 'to-watch' list since the first time I saw the trailer. And I think I've been putting it off because I know it won't be that great. And as the reviews came in and I saw lots of 2/5 stars, I knew the truth.

BUT, as I always say, I like to form my own opinion from actually watching this shit - so here we are.

The Pyramid came out in 2014 and was directed by Gregory Levasseur. The plot of the film revolves around an archaeological team who, during the Egyptian protests in 2013, discover a three sided pyramid buried in the desert. They discover a tunnel but when it's opened, a poisonous gas is released, killing a worker. The team is then ordered to leave the site because of the uprising in Giza but the team are unwilling to give up what they've worked so hard to find. They send a remote controlled robot into the pyramid to survey but soon after entering, the robot is attacked by something and goes offline. This leaves the team nothing to do but enter themselves....because horror movie.

(spoilers going forward)

It stars Ashley Hinshaw (Gossip Girl), Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story: Freakshow), and James Buckley (The Inbetweeners)

This is one of those infuriating found footage films where most of it doesn't make any sense as to why they're filming, or how they're being filmed. And it does sometimes take you out of the film because you're suddenly thinking...wait...how is that camera angle possible? does this ancient pyramid have security cameras already inside? what?

The group, once inside the pyramid, fall apart pretty quickly. They all start bickering right away which is a bit annoying. Like, ya'll chill, take a second, you're inside a pyramid that's never been discovered, get some perspective.
The pyramid starts collapsing as the group gets hopelessly lost and then they all fall into a room basically full of feces. Which they blame on a dog trapped inside, which according to this group of educated individuals, also attacked their robot. Cause dogs live to be 5000 years old. Then a giant piece of the ceiling falls on Michael, which is kind of a relief, because he was kind of a dick.

Sunni, the camera woman/interviewer, finds a hole in the ceiling and decides to climb up it because they need to escape obviously. Then, what can only be described as one of those naked cat things but like...giant...attacks her face. This group of university graduates all still believe it is a dog. This 5000 year old dog which has now managed to destroy their robot, fill a room with shit, and stalk this group through a pyramid that has been sealed for god knows how long.

Reading the hieroglyphics on the wall, they discover a tunnel leading out of the shit room and after more bickering, they decide to take it. They leave Michael behind, who btw survived the giant rock hitting him but is basically stuck beneath it.

Once they get through to the next tunnel shit basically hits the fan. There's a creature coming at them from all angles. And so they decide to turn off all the lights, because even though this creature has lived in the pitch black for 5000 years, it's safe to assume it can't see in the dark....right?

After a bunch of awesome booby traps are set off, Sunni falls into a pit, because she's just full of bad luck today. AND THEN THOSE NAKED CATS START EATING HER. It was amazing. Like, my favorite part of the film so far. At least this group finally figured out it wasn't a dog.

Now that there's only three left, they're all starting to get very sick. They discover a dead body with a freemason ring on. CONSPIRACYYYYYY.
Then there's this gnarly scene where the lead archeologist is standing there talking and all of a sudden a fucking hand just punches through his chest and there's blood everywhere. It was so bad ass. And then you hear all these like...Mummy roars? Which are actually quite spooky.

Then you get to see the Mummy and although it's super CGI it's actually pretty sick because it's NOT A MUMMY. It's some sort of giant cat creature. But, it's actually Anubis!!!!!! ANUBIS YOU GUYS!!! Anubis was the protector of the graves in ancient Egypt and was also an embalmer. He was lord of the underworld until he was replaced by Osiris. Anubis was known to usher souls into the afterlife by attending the "Weighing of the Heart" which determined whether a soul would be allowed to enter the realm of the dead. HE'S SO COOL!

They actually do a pretty cool job of what it looks like. Even though it's clearly CG, it doesn't pull you out of the story. It's still creepy as fuck. And anyway, this just means the final two are fucked. Of course, when you finally see Anubis up close and personal. It looks awful. It looks like Scooby Doo looked in those live action films.

Anyway, Anubis and the last standing lady face off. The young lady escapes but is basically dying. A small white child (because there's a lot of those wandering around the Egyptian desert) finds her but SURPRISE Anubis snatches the child and the movie ends.

Was it great? No. Was it fun? Kind of. Will I watch it again? Yes.
This pulled on my history strings (even though none of this is accurate) and I didn't hate it or feel super disappointed.

5/10

Alright,
It's New Year's Eve! I'm actually leaving the house this evening maybe so that will be coooooool. Then on Saturday I fly home to Calgary to see my folks.

Keep watching horror movies!
And stay spooky!

(never forget)

PA: The Ghost Dimension - why it sucks, but why I still love the franchise

First off - major complains about The Ghost Dimension:

• It's way too dark (more than usual)
• It's way too blurry (more so than usual)
• I spent the whole time going WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE ARE WE
• There's just too many "twist and turns" that don't work

The Ghost Dimension is the end to a long franchise that includes 6 films. It came out this October in 3D and was directed by Gregory Plotkin. Plotkin was the editor of the last four PA films but this is his first foray into directing.

Paranormal Activity was, of course, not the first found footage film, but is one of the greats. It helped cement the idea that you can make a horror movie for very little money and bring in a ginormous profit with a good ad campaign. And Paranormal Activity was scary. It was unpredictable and jumpy and haunting. The story was nothing special but you didn't really care because you had so much fun watching it. Inevitably there were sequels, the second being set a few weeks before the first film, the third being set in 1988 when our lead characters were little girls, and the fourth being set after the events of the first two films.

Then came The Marked Ones which was a breath of fresh air into the series and the story itself. And now finally we have The Ghost Dimension. Which is just sad. It's like the creators just gave up and pulled ideas out of a hat. "yeah, that makes sense, go with that one".
The Marked Ones, in my opinion, brought a new hope to the series and made the storyline so exciting. It spoke deeply about the cult that surrounded all of these movies and stories and it had some really creepy shots. Think, sticking a camera down a vent into an apartment only to find a creepy naked woman doing some sort of ritual.

But Ghost Dimension destroyed all of that. It follows a new family who have moved into a new house. There's a father, mother, young daughter, the uncle, and a friend. Of course, more of the same happens - child acts weird, spooky stuff happens around the house. The father finds a box with an old video camera in it and tapes. The camera, it turns out, can see ghosts. And the tapes are of the Midwives cult. Sure, some questions are answered, but it's all a bit underwhelming. Even the scares are boring and overused and completely lacking. The beauty of Paranormal Activity was sitting there watching an empty bedroom for two minutes just losing your mind knowing something would happen but not when. And of course, you expect people in horror movies to be dumb, but these people are just infuriating.

Although Ghost Dimension is lacking, I don't want it to damper the franchise itself. Paranormal Activity had a great run. It was unique, scary, and super fun to watch. The Marked Ones is a wonderful horror film that brought something unique to the genre and the franchise. I think what happened was they set themselves up too much. The story got too big with all the jumping back and forth between timelines and houses and children. They lost themselves. But all of the movies are great standalones and I don't think we should discredit the franchise for a few bad ones. It's just natural to have some stinkers! Not every franchise has a perfect lineup. So, don't give up on PA, and keep watching the original few movies and enjoy them for what they are, not for what they're leading up to.

So, a disappointing end to a franchise. Guess now we'll just look for the inevitable "re-boots" and "re-makes" in a few years.

4/10

Stay Spooky!

New Year Watch List aka catching up from 2015

 

To-watch list: 
aka I'm cleaning out my itunes wishlist to make room for all the new and exciting horror movies we'll hopefully get in 2016.

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
I'm a sucker for the Paranormal Activity movies and so of course this is on my list. It's the end to it all. And although I'm sure there will be a billion unanswered questions and a bunch of open endings, I'm still willing to put myself through this probable mess so I can complete the story.
Also, this is the worst title ever.

Hellions
Saw the trailer on itunes, was attracted by the poster, it's a Canadian film, it looks trippy as hell, it was well liked at sundance etc etc.

Poltergeist
(the re-make)
I have no hopes for this. Like actual 0 hopes. The trailers made me annoyed, I hated the idea of this film even happening, I've read some pretty awful reviews. BUT I'm a strong believer in watching shit myself and forming my own opinion. Even if I'm just proving myself right.

Satan Lives
A documentary by Sam Dunn and Scot MacFadyen who decide to take a look at faith, fear and the cultural obsession with the devil. I love a good documentary. I don't believe in Satan. But I love watching crazy religious people try and defend their beliefs. Think Jesus Camp.

Man Vs
Attracted by the poster and the little blurb on itunes. Seems like a guy who has one of those discovery channel type shows goes off into the wilderness to film ends up finding something alien like or supernatural or who knows. A mix of found footage and regular film. Could be good. I do love a good nature horror film. Remember my orgasm over Backcountry back in October? 

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 
Heard a tone about this film, it was advertised all over the place. Looks just like a horror comedy much like Cooties. Could suck, could fall flat, could be a joy to watch like Final Girls. I'll find out!

The Visit
Despite the shit I get for it - I have never given up on M. Night Shyamalamadingdong. I am constantly rooting for this guy. I mean, I've watched The Happening more than once. So his new film is something I have faith in. Regardless of all the terrible reviews I've had whispered in my ear, I am here for Shyamalan and maybe I'll be the only one that likes it. Out of pity.

The Vatican Tapes
Why do I keep thinking that these never-ending exorcist films will be good? I have no idea. But I love watching/reading about demons and I keep hoping one of these films will be bearable. And every like ten shitty ones I find a good one. So I'm addicted.

Knock Knock
Directed by Eli Roth so I'm already game. Love Roth, love his passion for horror, and love the idea of this film. Two crazy ladies tormenting Keanu Reeves. Sign me the fuck up.

Tales of Halloween
A new anthology film with ten short films revolving around Halloween night. I heard a lot of hype about this collection and the trailer looked exciting so I'm ready to re-live Halloween in December (or January depending on when I get around to it).

The Hive 
This didn't appeal to me. But I am so damn loyal to Nerdist and this is their first dabbling into horror films. I love that they're willing to support independent horror and so I also want to support their support. But hey, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. But at least I won't feel guilty.

A Christmas Horror Story
Another anthology film - this time surrounding Christmas....so....yeah.

The Green Inferno
Again, Eli Roth. Cannibals. I almost threw up watching the exclusive clip of the eye scene. I won't say anymore. I NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE!

I also still need to watch Cub and The Boy which got slashed from my 31 days of horror list but I'm still dying to watch.

I did a list like this last year around this same time and I managed to make it pretty far through the list pretty quickly. So I'm hoping for the same enthusiasm from myself this time around. After two months of no horror films, I'm craving something good and horrifying. I also need to choose one of these for my airplane ride, because I love when nosy seat neighbors look over and regret doing so when on your screen are people getting violently murdered. 

'Till next time. I've got some movies to watch!
Stay Spooky

We're talking horror comics!! Give me your recommendations!

Let's talk horror comics!

I'm a big comic nerd, my only problem being I suck at keeping track of them all. I've probably read 100's of #1's and then forgotten to continue with the rest of the series. But for Christmas from my amazing family in England I received a substantial gift card to amazon so I'm buying a tone of Volume 1 + of comics to round out the stories and my collection. 

I love Marvel comics of course, the Star Wars series and spin offs are great, especially the Princess Leia story line. I also love Ms. Marvel, Loki Agent of Asgard, and the new female Thor story line. 
I'm also head over heels in love with the new reboot Archie comics which are being created by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples (known for another amazing comic series - Saga). 
But what I love most are horror comics. Some of my favorites are The Walking Dead (I gave up on the show by the way, just kept reading the comics), The Strain, and Revival. 

So since I'm about to spend some money like crazy on Amazon, let's talk about the comics I'm picking out and why you should be reading them too. And if you've got any recommendations, put them in the comments!

OUTCAST 

Written by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) and drawn by Paul Azaceta 

 

It's a supernatural horror story that tells the tale of Kyle Barnes. Kyle's life has been destroyed by his loved ones being involved in demonic possession. But when he meets a reverend who believes in demons and believes himself to have been possessed at one point, the two of them set out to unveil what lies behind the demonic manifestations he keeps encountering. The first issue (which I have read) was published in 2014 by Image Comics.

So far it looks like there has been 14 issues released and two volumes. I've ordered volume one (issues 1- 6) and cannot WAIT to read it. I love Kirkman's writing style and the complexity with which he writes his stories. And the art work is gorgeous and creepy.

HARROW COUNTY

Written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Tyler Crook

Originally a serialized prose story called Countless Haints and released on Bunn's website, it ran for ten chapters before it ended. Then later it was made into an ongoing comic with Crook coming on board. It's published by Dark Horse Comics and currently has 8 issues and one volume (which I have purchased) which includes the first 4 issues. 

The comic tells the story of Emmy who lives on a farm with her father next to dark mysterious woods where back in the day a town witch was hung, shot and burnt. On the eve of her 18th birthday, Emmy discovers she is connected to the woods and the creatures within them.

A beautifully illustrated creepy comic. The panels are truly stunning and I just love the whole feel of this story and can't wait to read the rest of it! 

iZOMBIE

Written by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred

Published by Vertigo in 2010, iZOMBIE tells the story of Gwen Dylan who is a gravedigger in Oregon. She's friends with a beautiful 1960's ghost named Ellie and a were-terrier named Scott. Gwen herself needs to eat a brain once a month to keep herself from losing memories and intelligence. So being a gravedigger makes this pretty easy for her. Except, when she consumes the brains, she takes on the deceased's thoughts.

In 2011 it was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best New Series and in 2013 it was made into a TV show for the CW. Which I have not watched yet because I want to devour the comics first!

I've read the first two issues of this story and absolutely fell in love. It's so cute and fun, and Gwen is a great lead and her rag tag group of friends are adorable. I can't wait to get into the full story and see what sort of adventures they all get into.

This series has ended at 28 issues and 4 collected volumes. I've purchased number 1 which includes issues 1 to 6. 

I've also ordered Wytches Volume 1 but I haven't read any of those yet. Stephen King likes it though and that's good enough for me.

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Alright, 
That's it for me today! Go read more comics and stay spooky!