tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post2606337489368836060..comments2023-10-05T07:46:44.392-04:00Comments on And Now the Screaming Starts: Movies: She's gotta habit.CRwMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-83247536527313328952008-02-21T11:33:00.000-05:002008-02-21T11:33:00.000-05:00Maybe WE could talk about it and YOU could write i...Maybe WE could talk about it and YOU could write it up! God, my writing blows!<BR/>My (eventual) review on THE THIRST is a total rambling trainwreck.<BR/>But, yeah, I just heard about THE ADDICTION as well.<BR/>Dammit! ANOTHER movie I should check out.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm... I guess these horror movies, character studies, social examination deals make sense if you have the right ideas in the mix.<BR/>Like, uh...<BR/>Maybe you have a summer camp full of Christians or anti-war peace-niks, and then they discover there's a maniac on the loose.<BR/>Is it morally acceptable for them to kill to defend themselves? Etc.<BR/>It sounds more like a skit or comedy, but I suppose, there's some potential for some interesting thought in there.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>MEANwhile, I CONTINUE to suck... Yes, I have all 12 issues of BLACK HOLE (astounding!) but I haven't read them all (typical!). But since I've found them all after some recent housecleaning, maybe I should, you know, etc., etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-67270073131704467602008-02-21T09:07:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:07:00.000-05:00Screamin' Cattle,You could do a triple feature if ...Screamin' Cattle,<BR/><BR/>You could do a triple feature if you threw in Abel Ferrara's 1995 flick "The Addiction" - yet another vampire = chemical dependency themed flick.<BR/><BR/>In "Habit" the main character is boozer, to he's technically addicted. I haven't seen "The Thirst," so I can't compare - but "Habit" does not make as much out of the hooked/drug link as "The Addiction" does.<BR/><BR/>As for Fessenden's approach - I don't know how well it would work in a slasher context. I see the Fessenden slasher flick turning into something like "Waiting for Godot" meets "Dazed and Confused" meets "Halloween." It would end up being a character study of teenagers who live out their lives while they have this giant, murderous thing hanging above them. They can't control or stop it, so it would take on both an air of inevitability and kinda be ignored.<BR/><BR/>You ever read the comic "Black Hole"? I see it like that, only with slashers instead of mutation as the threat.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe we should write that up.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-72121220737636758562008-02-20T02:53:00.000-05:002008-02-20T02:53:00.000-05:00I have not seen this, but I've borrowed the DVD an...I have not seen this, but I've borrowed the DVD and have to return it someday since, uh, I've had it for at least a year, maybe two (cripes).<BR/><BR/>You know, your description of Fessenden's approach to horror seems like a more interesting suggestion to improve horror films than your recent Godzilla post.<BR/>I mean, maybe filmmakers need to approach their ideas like they've never seen a horror film before, rather than the opposite.<BR/>Well, that doesn't always apply, but sometimes current filmmakers are focused on their homages rather than telling their stories.<BR/><BR/>Although, in a way, the idea of the recent Godzilla films being separate unto themselves, eschewing previous Godzilla history, sort of falls into that line of thinking.<BR/><BR/>Hmm.<BR/><BR/>I guess in this case, from a horror genre perspective, Fessenden's approach is closer to exploring the dramatic aspects of a horror/fantasy situation.<BR/>If you're a horror fan looking primarily for scares, that approach does de-prioritize that, I would think. But, that's not necessarily a bad thing at all.<BR/><BR/>By coincidence, I just saw THE THIRST over the weekend (with Clare Kramer) and it tried to draw parallels with vampirism and drug addiction.<BR/>Unfortunately, I think it did so poorly.<BR/>There was a number of things I had issues with in the film, but I think it had a tough time meshing the vampire story with the addiction story. Too bad, because the idea had promise, I think.<BR/><BR/>I think if they approached it more as a drama, an addiction drama, it would have at least been more focused on its unique contribution to the vampire tale, and stronger by that, but not necessarily scarier.<BR/>It would have been more an art-house type film, I guess, than just a horror film that went straight to DVD.<BR/><BR/>I should check out HABIT now, on the heels of watching THE THIRST. If the title means as much as I think it does, it might make an appropriate double feature choice, thematically speaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com