Calling it Quits.... on the unseen horror project of 2013

I started this blog over a decade ago and in that time it's waxed and wained I don't know if any one still comes here to look at it. .. and that's on me cause I stopped feeding it. I let it fall fallow... I got restless and moved on...

Which is what I am doing with some other things in my life.. I am calling it a day on my weekly OTC podcast segment after 2 years... it's just not as fun as it had been and it's just become a grind for me...

in a smaller move I am calling off the October unseen horror film watching... why? because I am not having fun with it. It has been a while since I have really really liked horror films and while I get a kick out of a few here and there over all I have been left cold by far to many. Been there, done that, it's old hat, it's stale and I am just not into it..

I am sure there are a couple of horror flicks that I will check out during the rest of the month, but for now it's not going to be something that I am going to make sure to get to each day of this month....

I can't get off the ground and it's got me down...

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 13

Newer slasher flick, well made and OK, but over all maybe I have simply aged out of the watcher/ fan base of these films... for what ever reason I find that crime and noir films engage me more than the slasher film....

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 12

Killer Pad...
dumb dumb fun. It moves along quickly and I did laugh at some of the jokes....
Looking for silly fun, you could do a lot worse...

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 11

Big Bug film-- fun romp and worth a look if you dig this kinda thing..

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 10

Cold Prey
A slasher from Norway... it's cold, it's snowy and in an abandoned ski resort 5 friends stop for the night after one of them is injured. It's spam in a can for the most part and while it looks good, the cast is solid, I am not seeing anything that elevates it from being a average slasher...  aside from the fact
 that it's Norway and it moves along nicely. So maybe solid B territory for this...

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 9

Solid 50s proto slasher.... moved along nicely and while I figured out who the Bat was early on, it's still worth a look..

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 8

yeah... I missed day 7... but maybe I'll do 2 in one day at some point..

anyway, tonight was the much talked about

Frankenstein's Army..

a WWII USSR found footage film, the title pretty much says all you need to know...

It was ok... a little limited and a little light in giving a set up, but overall it's worth a look

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 6

High Tension.... home invasion, capture, escape, psycho flick from France... looks great, made well, but the story??? not something that I loved, and not really anything new. I have to say that I feel I have made my peace with oblivion and so the theme of death, destruction and annihilation don't cut me as deep as others... after all freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose... and I might be the mot free MF on the planet..

Ok not really, but I am closer that so many others....

over all, B- for High Tension...

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 5

Remake of  The Wizard of Gore.... I have never seen the original but picked this up for a couple of bucks at big lots... so we shall see if it was worth the time or the money...
Weird, strange, Noirish,It's a bit dark in places (I am talking photo wise here) and there is a William S. Burroughs feel to the film... not a great film, but worth a look.

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 4

Rob Zombie as a film maker had been hit and miss for me. I have seen all of his films and until now the only one that I ever felt the need to revisit was The Devils Rejects (but I will admit that I know I need to check out House of 1000 Corpses again).... but now Zombie has given us a film that is worthy a follow up to The Devils Rejects...

The Lords of Salem is a creepy 70s devil worship tale set in present day.  It's an ambitious film that references cult and classic films, but also high brow fair. Kubrick's DNA is in this film, as is the Devils Rain and Altered States. It looks great not only in photography but also the set design and lighting. The sound is creepy and restrained, and while the film drags just a bit the pace is fine.

Sheri Moon Zombie is very effective as the star of the film, she is restrained in ways we have not seen from her before, and I would love to see her in another role like this. The music is solid and appropriate for what the film is evoking. 

I am going to have to check this out again, if you liked House of the Devil, check this out.

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 3

Some trash called Decadent Evil it's from Echo Bridge set that I picked up cheap cheap cheap...

Honestly is trash and sleaze this hard to get right?


Oh well, it's just over an hour long so why not...

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 2

last night watched Critters 3 for my 2nd film for Oct... it was... well ok, very early 90s and sill... which is what I expected...

Oct 2013: 31 Unseen Horror Flicks day 1

Starting off with some groovie 70s Hammer Horror...