S&Man and why I hate this film so much

S&Man 2006

"I have a feeling real murder would never itself be that satisfying, you'd have to commit it yourself, that's the end point, not just watch it."

This is a mokumetary style film directed by J.T. Petty that surrounds a group of mock snuff film fans, actors, and academics that speak about and explore the violent trends in modern horror. The main focuses of the film are Debbie D, a scream queen who is enthusiastic about her work but seems quite tight lipped about going much deeper on the 'why' of the need for these movies. There's also Bill Zebub, a drunk who's known for his film Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist and is absolutely a pervert. We also follow Fred Vogel who likes to play the killer in films and is also most likely a pervert. And finally there is Eric Rost - the star and creator behind the S&Man series, pronounced Sandman.

On the academic side we listen a lot to Carol Clover who penned the book "Men, Women, and Chainsaws" and speaks quite frankly about gender politics in horror and the shift in horror movies over the years. The narrator also sits down with two people who study sexual deviance.

Mostly though this documentary settles on Eric Rost. At first the host speaks about wanting to track down his old neighborhood peeping tom who was caught filming everyone in the neighborhood. Once the neighborhood realized they would have to play the films in court, the charges were suddenly dropped and the peeping tom went free. But the pervert wouldn't agree to be in the film, so the narrator focuses on Eric. Eric's movies are him stalking one woman at a time and then killing them in remote locations. And at first you think he's just another mock snuff lover, trying to sell his videos but soon you realize he's up to something. When the narrator tries to meet with some of the actresses from the S&Man films, Eric keeps evading him. And the way he refers to himself and his movies is unsettling.

Look....I hated this film. I hated everyone in it, it made my uncomfortable and I had to watch Casper afterwords to get my sanity back. Why does the narrator just give up on the actresses? If he truly believed the obvious, that Eric is really killing these women, why doesn't he do more? It seems unrealistic and sticks out like a sore thumb in this "realistic" documentary.  They also touch on a lot in the movie that if someone were to see a real snuff film, would it have the same impact as a horror film? And then we see Eric's films and of course they are unconvincing and boring. But...we get it? Snuff is awful and it freaks me out that it exists. But this mockumentary isn't a snuff film. These are actors being "killed." So the point they're trying to drive home is completely pointless. It's like they want you to go OMG IVE NEVER THOUGHT OF IT LIKE THAT. But yet everyone knows that. Snuff films are fucked up, mock snuff films are fucked up, and quite honestly - most people who seek out this stuff...are fucked up.

 I will admit that with the interviews and scenes with the directors and actresses - you do lose the line of what is real and what is staged. So you do absorb a lot of what they're trying to get across. But, again, this seems like an obvious point being made.

Regardless,
I hated this movie. I don't know why ya'll recommended it to me so much? Maybe back when it came out it had a Blair Witch thing happen and perhaps people thought it was all real? And maybe it's fond memories or something. But I'm over here in 2017 like....no thank you. 

Boring, cringey, uncomfortable.

0/10

Stay Spooky!

SPLIT 2017

I finally saw Split, I went in unspoiled, and had my brain broke. Before we jump in I just wanna say ya'll judged me for years for supporting M.Night Shamalamadingdong. I knew he would come back. You don't make Signs and The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable and then just lose your creativity. He just needed some time. But ya'll jumped on that hate wagon while I sat here watching The Happening in support (more than once!!!!!!!! What?! No!) and now everyone's supporting him.

Just saying - maybe stop jumping on hate wagons and trust that sometimes directors and writers have some off movies, but usually they come back. And Shyamalan came back with The Visit and then came back even more with Split. And it's #1 at the box office for a second week in a row.

I'M JUST SO PROUD OF HIM YOU GUYS.

Alright, let's talk about Split and there will be spoilers so proceed with caution.

SPLIT 2017

"He's on the move. Someone's coming for you and you're not gonna like it."

Claire and Marcia are best friends and have thrown a birthday party for Claire. They invited Casey, the weirdo in class, but only because they felt bad for her. When Claire's Dad offers to drive Casey home, the three girls hop into the car, but Claire's Dad doesn't follow. Instead a stranger gets into the drivers seat and knocks them all out with some sort of spray.

The girls wake up trapped in a room and as the day progresses they realize the man that took them is insane. He has multiple personalities. Casey keeps her head and tries to use the youngest personality, a 10 year old boy named Hedwig, to help the girls escape.

Meanwhile we are being introduced to Kevin, the kidnapper, who is a man with 23 personalities. He visits his therapist, Dr. Fletcher, but usually visits as Barry (a fashion designer) who is the most dominant personality. The way he describes it is that all the personalities sit inside a room and then Barry chooses who gets to go forward. Dennis, an OCD with pedo tendencies, Patricia, a school marm type, and Hedwig have been banned from coming forward for awhile as they are the most aggressive. And Hedwig has the ability to come into "the light" whenever he pleases. But something has gone wrong inside of Kevin and those three have come to the forefront.

As Dr. Fletcher begins to worry, and the girls attempt to escape, soon they all find themselves in a fight against time, and a fight against the mysterious 24th personality who is referred to as the beast.

Overall?

I adored this movie. It was not scary by any means, so for all those worried about that, this is not a scary film. There are no jump scares and it plays out more like a thriller. But it was a wonderful horrific character piece as we learn more and more about Kevin and all his strange personalities. James McAvoy is phenomenal in this film, and if Oscars took horror movies seriously, you bet your ass he'd be nominated. An absolutely amazing piece of work. There's a scene where multiple personalities comes through at once and I couldn't even believe what I was watching. I also found myself falling for certain personalities. When Hedwig would appear, you truly believed it was a 10 year old boy, and your heart would break for him, and then you'd have to shake yourself and be like...dude...it's still James McAvoy. Stunning work.

Joaquin Pheonix was in the loop to play Kevin but backed out due to contract issues. He would've been returning of course to the Shyamalan universe after working with him a few times. This is a shame but now that I've seen it I don't think anyone but McAvoy could've played this role.

Anya Taylor-Joy, known of course for her amazing delivery in The Witch, was also fantastic to watch. As this poor girl deals with her flashbacks of abuse and the horrific things going on around her, the performance seems so incredibly real. I appreciated how smart Casey was as a character and it was fascinating watching her story line play out. I really fucking hope she didn't get out of that cop car at the end.

We also got a Shyamalan cameo as always which was fun to see. And it was quite a funny moment. In fact this movie had quite a few comedic moments, though they were quite morbid.

The movie runs just under two hours, and I know I preach a hard game about horror movies having no business being that long, but this wasn't bad. Yes, it could've used a few edits. But it wasn't a drag.

Alright so lets talk about that twist ending. What the ending reveals is that this is in fact a somewhat sequel to Unbreakable. We see David Dunn lean over the counter and say, "Mr. Glass" in response to a girl's question. So now let's take a look back at the movie with the understanding that this is a sort of sequel. Here's my thoughts - Kevin's Dad who left when he was young and caused the abuse from Kevin's mom to begin, died in the train crash from Unbreakable. The "Beast" when he's transforming does so in a train yard and on a train. And before doing so, he lays down flowers as if laying them down at a grave. So Kevin's origin story begins with that traumatic train crash, much like Dunn's story began as well.

Hedwig loves Kanye West and in fact risks Casey leaving her cell to listen to the music and watch him dance. Of course, Kanye West references Unbreakable in his song Through the Wire with this lyric; "Unbreakable, what you thought they called me Mr Glass?".

And lastly, (from what I can see - please let me know if you see more) in our final scene with Kevin the score that plays in the background and leads to Bruce Willis is the score from Unbreakable.

Could we have known all along? Perhaps. The title of Split is of course the exact opposite of Unbreakable and the posters themselves mirror each other with the cracks. And when you put the posters side by side the cracks match up:

And with Shyamalan in talks to do an Unbreakable 2, he has mentioned that we would most likely see the return of David Dunn going head to head with The Horde, what Kevin basically becomes in the end after accepting the beast as its leader. And it will be interesting to see if Mr. Glass will team up with the Horde since Glass is of course wheelchair bound but mentally incredibly strong, whereas Kevin who is mentally weak, is now insanely physically strong due to the horde. Between the two of them it would be quite the battle against Dunn....

Phew

My head hurts with theories. This will take a few more re-watches to catch it all and I don't know about you, but I really want to watch Unbreakable now.

Split is a fine piece of work filled with amazing performances and creepy moments. I highly and aggressively recommend it so we can yell at each other about theories.

10/10

Love you Shamalamadingdong, I will never betray you.

Stay spooky!

The Good Neighbor 2016

So I'm not sleeping well because the pain in my face is so bad but there's two good things that come out of this - 1) I can watch a lot of horror movies 2) my wound looks like a vampire bite

Last night I was looking through my Netflix list and saw I had added something called The Good Neighbor. I looked it up on IMDB and saw the cast and went...yup. And watched it.

Let's talk about!

THE GOOD NEIGHBOR (2016)

"Rule one - no physical interference with the subject at any time.

Rule two - strict deadline, 6 weeks to prove hypothesis or the project's abandoned.

Rule three - objectivity....

The theory simply put - with the proper execution it is possible to drive an unsuspecting person into believing they are truly being haunted."

Sean and Ethan are two teenage best friends. Sean is new to the town and Ethan latched onto him and the two became bestis. Sean is played by Keir Gilchrist who was in It Follows and Ethan is played by Logan Miller who was in Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. They have their sites set on their creepy neighbor called Harold Grainey, played by the incredible James Caan who I know best from Misery.

The boys decide to test a theory that they call "The Haunting Project" to see if by tampering with Harold's house they can convince him he's haunted. They break in one day and set up lots of cameras and effects and then sit back and fuck with this guy for weeks. They flicker the lights, they slam the screen doors, they turn the heat off etc.

But as time wears on the boys get frustrated because Harold doesn't react the way they want him to. And in fact he gets stranger and stranger, spending more time in his locked up basement that they can't get access to.

So who is Harold Grainey, and did he really murder his wife? Are the boys just pulling a harmless prank, or are they altering the life of an old man? And what exactly is in that locked basement?

What did I love?
The movie is set up in a really great way. It has clips of the boys watching Grainey, clips of Grainey inside of his house, and clips of the boys fooling around during the day and night. It then has flashbacks from Grainey's perspective of him and his wife in the past. And in between all these are what we can assume are current day court scenes. It keeps you on your toes and creates a sort of mystery for you to unravel.

The relationship between Sean and Ethan is fascinating to watch and when Sean finds out the real reasons for them picking on Grainey, you watch as this tight knit friendship completely unravels. Watching Ethan's progression is intense and the final shot (I won't reveal the ending) of Ethan is something that leaves you thinking.

James Caan is a powerhouse in this film and although he has virtually no lines, his eyes tell it all. He was SO FUCKING GOOD. There's a scene where he smashes a screen door with an axe and it's so unexpected and the rage and emotion in that scene was amazing.

The twist ending (I didn't see it coming, but some might) had me shook. I was completely sobbing into my blanket when it happened. At that point I figured it out but I still was heart broken when it all revealed itself. Ugh. It destroyed my heart. BUT I also can't stop thinking about it and spent the morning telling Mitch every detail of it.

The tension build ups in this film were absolutely wonderful and had me almost screaming for relief. So many scenes where Grainey just sits there deadpan and you know something's going to happen but you keep waiting and waiting. 

What didn't I love?
Some of the details were a little hazy if you think about them too much. Like Sean's family - I would've liked a lot more detail on them and what that whole situation was. And Ethan - I see the logic of his hatred towards Grainey but I don't fully understand it, and I'm not sure that at his age he really would feel like that.

Overall 
The Good Neighbor was directed by Kasra Farahani and written by Mark Bianculli and Jeff Richard. I haven't heard anyone talk about this film and I think we need to change that. It was absolutely amazing and although I suppose it's not strict horror in a sense, it's horrific and dramatic and well played out. I loved every moment of it. And again, it's one of those movies you NEED to talk about with someone.

Solid 10/10

Stay spooky!

Sadako vs Kayako and why we should stop judging that fight scene

Sadako vs. Kayako is up on Shudder! And I watched it and I want to talk about it! Directed by Koji Shiraishi, SVK obviously combines the baddies from Ju-on and Ring. What started as an April fools joke quickly became a much anticipated fan film.

Warning - heavy spoilers.

You wanted a showdown?! Well you've got it! ....sort of.

SADAKO VS KAYAKO (2017)

Natsumi and her friend Yuri are hunting for a VHS deck to convert a wedding tape of Natsumi's parents into a DVD for their anniversary. In a pawn shop they find the cheapest one they can and bring it home with them. But when they plug it in, a tape pops out. They begin to watch but Yuri is distracted by her cell phone. Which is lucky for her, because this is the cursed tape. And as Natsumi watches in horror, her cell phone rings and she realizes she now only has 48 hours to live.

Luckily their Urban Legends professor is a total fan girl for Sadako and her cursed tape. When the girls bring it to him he watches it immediately and is cursed. This brings about a hilarious moment where the professor is fan girling on about Sadako and losing his shit about finally finding the tape, poor Natsumi goes, "even if this is the tape, I'm dying in two days okay." So the professor lets them know the ways to be saved, one of them being you hand the tape to someone else and make them watch it. But unfortunately it was Yuri who handed over the tape, so that's already failed.

Next step is to go to a Priestess who is kind of a bitch, and get an exorcism performed which to me looks more like water torture? But I'm also not a Priestess, so I'm sure it was fine. But shocker, this does not work. In fact it blows up in everyone's faces by basically breaking everyone's necks. This was a really great scene that had a lot of shocking quick death scenes one after the other.

Keizo and Tamao are called in. Keizo is some sort of....wizard? He's like this super cool, pea coat wearing guy who whips his hands around a lot and things happen, I think? Tamao is a sassy little blind girl who is not here for any of your shit.

BUT - while all this happening, we are also introduced to the stunningly beautiful Suzuka who has moved to a new town and learns about the house that is cursed with the spirit Kayako and her little ghost cat boy, Toshio. And our introduction to them is incredibly fun when four young boys enter the cursed house only to be killed one by one. CHILDREN BEING KILLED!!!!!!!!!! You know I love when that happens in horror movies!

Anyway, we don't spent a lot of time with Suzuka, which was weird. I kept wondering how on earth they were going to tie it all together. But soon she goes into the cursed house to find the missing boys only to come across Kayako. Her parents rush to her aid only to be violently killed by the spirits. Keizo and Tamao arrive and pull her out of there.

We've got three girls cursed, and possibly the whole world, after Natsumi in a shocking turn of events decides to upload the cursed tape onto the internet. Which is just super rude. Keizo and Tamao decide the only way to end these curses is to have Sadako and Kayako fight it out. They send Yuri and Suzuka into the cursed house with the tape and the fight begins.

Now, I will say - I do understand why people are annoyed that the fight isn't longer and bigger. Obviously, in Freddy vs Jason we get like 20 minutes of non-stop battle. BUT - I'm going to come to this movies defense and say I thought the fight scene was great! It was spooky and intense and when the curses combine it's terrifying. So, I think they did a great job with the two curses fighting it out. I mean, these are two angry spirits...they can't exactly throw punches and stab each other with machetes.

So give it some credit.

There are a lot of really funny moments that I liked like when Natsumi bribes Yuri to help her she says she'll buy her 5 lunches and Yuri is like uh fuck yeah, that had me cackling. There's not a tone of plot holes to be quite honest. I think they pulled it off really well. I liked how it all connects and how the cursed tape comes back. There were also some very emotional moments like when Yuri watches the video to save Natsumi, and then ultimately sacrifices herself at the end to save Suzuka and the world. Yuri is a bad ass bitch. And I also enjoyed the ending....basically they combine and become one super curse that's going to destroy the world. Or at least, that's what I got out of it.

I thought it was a fun watch, I really enjoyed myself, and I got really wrapped up in the film.

Solid 10/10 and I will fight you if you come at me complaining about that final battle. Also I learned I am still terrified of Kayako soooooooo

Stay Spooky!

ps: everything is not going as planned with the lump in my face - doctor had bad news, but I'm done chatting about it for now. I'm just going to pretend everything is fine.....that usually works right?

Exorcisms, Demons and Priests, Oh My! Double Bill!

I’ve got a double bill review for you today! Also this is my 200th post! HOORAY! I’ve bored you 200 times already….

Quick update on my own life since I know ya’ll are waiting patiently to hear about my gypsy cursed life. That’s why you really read this right? HA!

I had surgery last week on my face and got the lump removed, only they weren’t able to remove it all. So they stitched it up and tomorrow night I have to go get steroids injected into the wound and hopefully that kills the rest of it. If it doesn’t, I’m off for more surgery! That twin I absorbed in utero is really hanging on! Jokes aside, I’m really stressed about it and scared. BUT that’s why horror movies are so great because when I watch them they make me forget about my trivial panics and think, well at least I’m not being chased by nazi zombies in the snow!

So I laid out my “to-watch” horror movie list in a nice and organized way and then completely freaked out because there’s 44 movies on there, and that’s not including the ones coming out this year.

I think I need to sort out another challenge for myself because that’s when I actually carve out the time to watch horror movies properly. I organized my movies into decades. Maybe I could do like an early 2000’s themed week? I’ll figure it out.

BUT…this week I did watch a double bill of my own choosing:
The Exorcist 3 and Hostage to the Devil.
So without further ado – let’s jump right in!

THE EXORCIST 3 (1990)

Well, there I was so awfully dead in that electric chair. I didn't like it. Would you? It's upsetting. There was still so much killing to do, and there I was, in the void, without a body.

Written and directed by William Peter Blatty (RIP) it is based on his book, Legion. Blatty of course brought us the original The Exorcist novel which is an amazing piece of horror fiction that I highly recommend. I haven’t read Legion yet but have it on order.

It stars George C. Scott, returning as Detective Kinderman, Ed Flanders, returning as Father Dyer, and Brad Dourif. It takes place 17 years after the events of The Exorcist and starts off with a traumatic murder of a priest and a young boy. Kinderman is on the case and is starting to think it may be the work of the Gemini Killer (who is based off of the Zodiac killer) which is impossible…the Gemini Killer should be dead!

What I loved most about this movie was the caring, loving relationship between Dyer and Kinderman. The two old men who have seen some shit together, are tender and loving to each other and banter back and forth about old movies and tease each other. But Dyer is put into the hospital and shortly after killed. The aftermath of Dyer’s death is so freaky, leaving a lot to the imagination. There’s little cups of blood all around the room that have somehow been drained from Dyer’s body without making a mess and painted on the wall in his blood is ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. George C. Scott is triumphant in this movie and when he switches from calm to absolute rage, it’s an amazing thing to watch.

Kinderman’s investigation takes a strange turn for the worse when he discovers a patient in the hospital who looks like Father Karras who died at the end of the first movie. Dourif’s portrayal of Karras/the Gemini Killer is wonderful. Dourif is such a force to be reckoned with.

This is a character driven piece with lots of monologues and quiet moments. But when the horror hits, it hits fucking hard. Of course, this movie is known for its famous horrific scene with the nurse in the hallway. And even though I knew it was coming I still jumped like a lunatic and it gave me goosebumps. It’s the perfect buildup of tension that creates the paranoia in you as your eyes roam back and forth across the screen, wondering when and where it will come.

The Exorcist 3 is a wonderful, horrific, dreamy film that holds its punches until you can’t take it anymore and then smacks you upside the head. I adore it and can’t wait to watch it again. And I’m also angry I took so long to watch it.

10/10

HOSTAGE TO THE DEVIL (2017)

The devil does exist, he really is out there, he is our enemy and he hates us.

Next up I watched the documentary Hostage to the Devil. I have read the book that Malachi Martin wrote which this documentary takes it name from a year or so ago and found it enjoyable but boring in some parts.

The documentary tells the life story of Father Martin, an Irish Catholic priest and writer. During his life he was heavily involved in the preparations of the Second Vatican Council before starting to disagree with the reforms. He asked to be released and moved to New York where he wrote 17 novels that oftentimes were critical of the Catholic Church. A lot of his work was focused on exorcisms and the existence of demons. After his “mysterious” death, friends and disbelievers come together in this documentary to explore his life and memory and to relive the exorcisms he performed during his long career.

Unfortunately this documentary spends most of its time having Martin’s friends and family talk about how charismatic he was and when the film does finally focus on the exorcisms it gets very confusing. Near the end it introduces a paranormal research team who did one of the first “paranormal shows” for ABC. I have no idea why they were introduced? And then it shows Martin’s last exorcism through the words of a CIA friend but since that friend wasn’t actually present during the exorcism it gets super confusing what he’s talking about.

The two saving graces I will give it are that Lorraine Warren makes a few appearances as she was a good friend of Martin’s. While she doesn’t speak to the documentarians, she is in some of the old footage and you know I love the hell out of her. The second is Ralph Sarchie who I also love. He was the New York cop whose story Deliver us from Evil is loosely based on. He also got his own TV show last year which is so bad that it becomes good again. He speaks frankly and honestly with the camera and I liked hearing his point of view.

What I did like were the little tidbits that we learn about real life exorcisms and some of the quotes from Martin and the church. We’re told about the four signs of a possession that people look for:

• Extraordinary Strength
• Knowledge of ancient language
• Fear of sacred things
• Knowledge of things they couldn’t possibly know about other people

Honestly I wouldn’t recommend this to most people. Unless you have a complete fascination of the paranormal and know a lot of the big guys and gals in the community, you won’t get much from this. Even the exorcism footage they show is not worth it – it’s grainy and blurred and hard to make out.

I obviously believe in ghosts, I’ve spoken a lot about that on this blog before. But I always struggle with demons. I’m not a religious person so I don’t believe in heaven and hell and angels, but for some reason I do believe that demons could possibly exist. Either way, documentaries and shows like this always make me question for hours what to think. Can I believe in demons if I don’t believe in God? Are demons fake? Are exorcisms real, or just mentally ill people being taken advantage of? Ugh. My brain hurts.

I give this a 5/10. Quite boring at some parts and very confusing.

Alrighty, I’ll leave you with that for now. I’m back to the doctors tomorrow and we’ll see what happens with my face. I’m not making any concrete promises on when I’ll be back. Could be tomorrow, could be a week, could be a month. You know me – but one of these days this thing will actually be updated daily and properly. In fact one of my goals this year is to move this blog over to an actual website and set myself with a proper horror website. I’ll be looking for writers to join, but I’ll sort all that out in the summer.

ANYWAY

I’m going to go and figure out some sort of fun challenge to get through all these movies on my to-watch list and hopefully not die from the lump in my face.

Stay spooky!

Chucky, Rings, and my lump

Well hey there! I sort of bailed on everything but let me explain - instead of New Years Scream, Mitch's flight got screwed up. He flew all the way to Vancouver only to have the plane fly all the way back to Edmonton and then BACK TO VANCOUVER AGAIN. All because we had a little snow fall. Our city doesn't handle winter well. We're actually in a salt crisis right now and all the sidewalks are icy as fuck. I digress, I went and surprised Mitch at the airport with beer but because of all the delays and what not we didn't get home until 11. So we played two games of crib and then went to sleep.

THEN I went back to work and had an appointment with a doctor to take a look at a lump that's growing out of the side of my face. I'm convinced it's the twin I absorbed in utero coming back for revenge. But the doctor does not agree and I will be getting it surgically removed from my face on the 19th. (I'm still convinced they'll find teeth and hair inside of it)

SO clearly I've been distracted with my body continuously falling apart BUT I have some time now as I'm at the brewery while Mitch does a Saturday brew, so let's talk about some of the horror news that's come out:

RINGS

We've got a final trailer, we've got a new poster, and we are creeping ever closer to the premier of Rings.

How great is that poster? LOVE IT.



And there's the trailer. I have to say I'm more on-board after seeing this trailer. I can tell I'm going to enjoy it but I can also tell the CG is going to annoy me. There's a lot in that little trailer.  BUT I'm still here for it and you can watch it in theaters February 3rd.

Mitch will not be watching this with me as his school took him to see The Ring in the theater when he was young and it traumatized him. Which, by the way, what kind of school takes young children to go see The Ring????? And why didn't I go there? Also it's ironic as he's dating me and I am basically Samara's body double. But okay.

Speaking of Samara, coming to Shudder on January 26th is the face off we've all been waiting for.....

SADAKO VS KAYAKO

Coming exclusively to Shudder (go subscribe to them if you're not already. $4.99 a month for basically a netflix of curated horror...it's amazing.) They did a quick review of this film on Shockwaves the other day and it sounds like it will be a tone of fun. The Grudge vs. The Ring...I mean....come on...
And remember how great the marketing campaign was? The instagram family photos? The baseball game? So great.

You can watch the trailer over at Vulture

CULT OF CHUCKY

My boy is back.

We've heard the rumors, we've seen the photo, and now we know it to be completely true. Chucky 7 is happening and Don Mancini is about to start filming in Manitoba. Oh, and best news, it will arrive in time for Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!! Filming begins on January 9th and Alex Vincent will be playing grown up Andy again, and Nica will be back played by Brad Dourif's daughter Fiona. AND...AND...Tiffany is back. JENNIFER TILLY IS BACK. And not just a cameo, seems like she's playing a pretty major role in the plot.



Universal released the announcement video and it's pretty great.

I'm already planning some sort of Chucky themed month long party for October.

Continuing on the Chucky route....Bloody Disgusting just brought attention to a great video that's popped up on youtube. It's a VHS Screener from 1989 when Child's Play was headed to VHS. See, back in the day studios would send VHS Screeners to video shops to convince them to buy their VHS and sell it in their store. But Child's Play went above and beyond and made a great video where Chucky himself brags about how much money the movie made, takes shots at Freddy and Jason, and reads all the great reviews it got back in the day. There's some footage from the movie and some behind the scenes footage and a song.....there's a song...and it's about Chucky...and I can't believe I'm just hearing it now. My life is changed.

Watch below


Alright, that's it for me today. I've got an idea for an upcoming challenge but I'm still working on it.....i'll be right back....

Stay Spooky!