- It's a great friggin' time to be a horror video game fan! First, when September 30 rolls around and Silent Hill 5: Homecoming is released, you can just kiss me goodbye. Pyramid Head and knifey nurses, and melty bathrooms? Ba-ring 'em on! Bloody-Disgusting has the creeptastic trailer for you to get creeped out by. Is it just me being a nerd, or is that Travis from Silent Hill: Origins making a cameo in the truck?
Bloody-Disgusting has also got a bunch of lo-down regarding Resident Evil 5, including 2 gameplay trailers that are totally drool-inducing. Uh, the awesomely scary bane of my existence- chainsaw baghead guy- makes a return. Guhhhhhhhshmlehhhhhhhhhhhh. I'm just thankful it's not being released until March 13, 2009- I'd hate for RE 5 to have to battle with SH 5 for my affections. It's like choosing a favorite spoonful of mint chocolate chip ice cream from a single bowl: it's just not possible.
Hi Stacie
ReplyDeleteYES! Phantasm is indeed a gem of a film and your many, many reasons to love it all rang true to me... But I especially like the article because you used the very British phrase 'Having it off'... well done. Great review.
No posts and then several in a short period of time? Great to have you back posting. Now, if only you would include your commentary on posters as you did in the beginning, such as the one for "Friday the 13th"---"remember at the end of Friday the 13th when that giant blue woman appeared out of nowhere from behind that piece of paper? That scared me so bad when I was 10!"
ReplyDeleteUgh I wish Konami would send me a free copy of Silent Hill to review like they did you.
ReplyDeleteI even asked them and everything, but they didn't have the love for me like they did you.
Hmm. Can't say I've ever been interested in Phantasm, but you make it sound intriguing. Do you have any other products or services that can improve my life, and can I call now while supplies last?
ReplyDeleteThere are some movies I never get tired of talking about, and "Phantasm" is one of them. I like how you describe it as a jumbled bunch of setpieces, because that's part of its charm -- there are so many unexplained moments, and some scenes seem unconnected to the story (why does the blonde girl go to the mortuary early in the film? We hear her scream, but she reappears later).
ReplyDeleteOne underrated aspect of the movie that keeps me coming back is the music. It starts out with that simple (yet creepy) piano score, but gets jazzier and more complex as the movie goes on.
Dead Rising, coming to the Wii.
ReplyDeleteRE 5, coming to the Wii.
Silent Hill . . . not coming to Wii.
2 out of 3 ain't bad, but DAMN!!!!!
Ryne, I never get anything free from Konami, unfortunately. It's surprising, given how often I lick their boots!
ReplyDeleteDead Rising on the Wii sounds AWESOME!