19 Things I've Learned

1. How to use Google Analitics
2. How to use Google Adsense
3. Creating Widgets on Webs.com
4. Creating a Webs.com Website
5. Creating Webs.com Pages
6. Using a Counter on Pages
7. How to create a blogger.
8. Adding widgets to my blog.
9. Creating blog posts.
10. Creating Hyperlinks.
11. Using Cafepress.
12. How to create an Ebook
13. Setting up a ClickBank Account.
14. Using Click Bank.
15. How to properly promote items.
16. Creating a Landing Page.
17. Adding amazon products to my page to make money.
18. Generating Traffic.
19. Setting up a PayPal Account

Un-Watchable

So after my review of whatever it is that is called Chillerama I got to thinking about other movies that I had to turn off because I couldn’t watch them anymore. I am not talking about movies like the Human Centipede II, which is probably my least favorite movie I have never watched. I am not talking about the kinds of movies that are created for the soul purpose of gore, or gross outs. There are whole genres of movies I will never watch because I don’t believe they have any redeeming qualities. Shock is the lowest form of entertainment, it is why I refuse to watch Hostel, A Serbian Film, or Human Centipede. I tend to think more about movies that I will never watch again because for some reason they struck a nerve. There is an Australian movie called Wolf Creek, it has pretty good reviews, and from what I remember was actually a pretty well made movie, and aired at both Cannes and Sundance. I watched it one afternoon in a friends dorm room, as we usually did a couple times a week, but for some reason I have never felt so much dread in my whole life. I guess I have to give the movie credit for that, setting the story in the desolate Australian outback, just gave of an aire of no hope at all. We ended up turning the movie off well before it was over because of how we felt, I never plan on rewatching but I will recommend it. It’s pretty cool to me that movies can actually make someone feel real emotions about things.

The Avengers

Man o man I cannot wait for the summer blockbusters to be in full swing, but easily the first thing that will set the stage for this summer is The Avengers! Seems like we cant get enough of Joss Weedon this summer, Cabin in the Woods is already one of the best reviewed movies of the year, and early reviews of The Avengers seems that he could have struck gold twice. The Avengers is Marvel Studios culmination of well received Comic Book Movies. In my opinion the first Iron Man took the title of best Comic Book Movie away from SpiderMan 2, but quickly lost it to The Dark Night. It doesn’t matter because Robert Downey Jr.’s portrale of the billionaire Tony Stark is fantastic. Iron Man 2 may not have been as good as the first it still set up perfectly for this movie. Captain America, the first avenger, was probably my second favorite, I loved the movie, because who doesn’t like seeing a wimp go to supersoldier and beat up Nazis. The Avengers of course is rounded out by the Hulk, whom I expect to be wowed by because I have never been that big of fan, Thor who I kind of feel the same way about, Black Widow, and Jerimey Renner playing Hawk Eye, which I honestly cant wait for, as I am a huge Renner fan. The movies leading up to this have sort of made it an event, and I am totally okay with it. After Iron Man came out and Samuel L Jackson showed up after the credits talking about the Avengers Initiative, every film since had a reference to the next movie, and placed these heros into eachothers movie, creating one solid universe. I really hope that this movie does well because I would love to see an intricate movie universe that goes as deep as the comic universe. Hey a kid can dream cant I.

Prometheus

There is so much internet buzz about Promethius, and as with most things before they are released I am trying to do my best to avoid any possible spoilers. This includes me not actually seeing an actual trailer for the movie, but I have to put my trust in ridley scott. The only things that I actually have seen are the grand set pieces that are reminiscent of Alien. What I do know is that Promethius is set in the same universe as Alien, one of my favorite movies. Ridley Scott is returning to the director’s chair for this sequal? Prequel? Whatever it is I cannot wait. Promethius supposedly will not have the famous alien or its face huggers, but I am very okay with that, especially after seeing one of their viral marketing for the movie, featuring one of my favorite rising stars Michael Fassbender. Fassbender will play a human like robot named David. His demeanor and speech are so close but there is still a distance. The way he stresses some words, is definitely causing some distress. Watch the video below to get a better understanding of what I mean. This summer is going to be a great one, with Avengers, Spiderman, and the Dark Knight Rises, but I really think that the one I am most excited for has to be Promethous. I think there is something more mysterious, about it, I really hope that it lives up to the hype. I hope that they don’t just remake alien, but I definitely feel like that they are smarter than that. It’s been a few years since I have been this excited about a Science Fiction space movie, I think the last was Moon which was beautiful. I have complete faith that this movie will be one of the best of the year.

Cabin in the Woods

So Cabin in the Woods, I guess I have very little left to say on the matter, but really quick on the blog I wanted to post a picture of the white board that the puppetmasters place their bets on. It is easily one of the best parts of the movies, and gets all your nerd juices running. It is just an easy list of some cliché horror movie monsters but its so good none the less. The horror classics are there: werewolf, alien, zombies, whitches, clowns, demons, snake, mummy, and vampire. But seeing it all at once is just enough to go wild. The board includes nods to other movies like the “angry molesting tree” a total nod to Evil Dead and also Deadites, which is what the zombie like demons in Evil Dead are called, which shows how much respect Weedon has for Sam Rami and the whole seriese itself. The Hell Lord is a nod to Hell Raiser. The next groups areother stapeles of horror lore reanimated, jack o lantern, scarecrows, wreatihs, the doctords, sasquatch. And finally the ones that get the most laughs from the crowd: not just witches but “sexy witches”, a Unicorn which doesn’t seem terrifying, but when it spears a random person later on the laugh is one of the best in the movie. DragonBat is a personal favorite of mine, as well as the terrifying merman. Also, never rule out Kevin. The whole movie gets my undying respect and love, I just wanted to point out one of the best things that is easy to miss if you only see once.

Stuck In a Rut

After writing about famous directors that got their start in the genre it made me think harder about the ones who never were able to shake off the stigma of being a writer or director of horror. The person I think about the most is George A Romero, the creator and director of Night of the Living Dead. He was so promising as I have stated before Dawn of the Dead is one of the best not just zombie films but horror films in general. The way that it statires mall culture, and consumerism in America was outstanding. He singlehandedly created the modern day zombie, but from there what else was there. Night of the Living Dead, Dawn and Day of the Dead, Crazies, Martin, and Creepshow are all horror classics, but what else was there. He will forever be known as one of the greats of independent cinema. But after 1988’s Monkey Shines there is little else to him. Hollywood started remaking all the first two movies he did, and poorly I might add, but this lead to the zombie boom of the last ten years. Romero, it seemed would be back on top, the grandfather of the zombie, however all the movies he made were terrible. Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the dead were all critically panned, even by fans of the genre. It is a shame that Romero couldn’t ever get away from the world of zombies.

Stigma #2

There are of course directors that absolutely transend this mold. Hitchcock is absolutely renowned as one of the greatest directors of all time and Pycho will almost always be noted as one of the best “horror” films, with Norman Baits always being known as one of the best “horror” villians. The Brids and Rear Window are also notable as being inbetween the horror and thriller categories. Peter Jackson won an academy award for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, but will always be beloved by the entire film community not because of the Lord of the Rings or Hobbit series, but because of his first two movies, cult favorites Dead/Alive and XXXX , two low budget gorefests filmed in his native New Zeland. David Cronenburg comes to mind. Sam Rami of Spiderman fame directed The Evil Dead seriese and Army of Darkeness, two of the largest cult films that are loved by many. Ridley Scott is another great director. Alien is one of the scariest movies ever made, and it is wonderfully shot and clostrophobic that it always is on the list of greatest movies of all time. He went on to direct Blade Runner, and Gladiator. Even giant James Cameron who directed the two most profitable movie of all time Titanic and Avatar directed Aliens. Rosemary’s Baby which is one of the creepiest, and most loved movies of all tme was directed by the controvercial Roman Polanski. The movie itself transends horror s does Stanley Kubrik’s The Shining. What is it about these two movies especially that people will take as far as not even calling them horror. What is the stigma? Why do we perpetuate this.

Stigma #1

Ok, the whole thing is tricky. Putting a movie into a specific genre. Where do thrillers end and horror movies begin. I guess I should lead off with what got me thinking, there exists a movie titled Apt Pupil. It was adopted from a Steven King short story and stars the always wonderful Ian McLellin as an ex-Nazi living out his days in hiding in the United States, his neighbor takes interest, and eventually finds out who he is, which leads to more deception, and domination over each other. The movie explains that as a nazi Sir Mclellins character was responsible for many atrocities, which intetest the boy even more. They both take on traits of eachoter and eventually leads to a murder as well as him being found out by the Isreali procecutors. The movie is labeled as a thriller, and I would totally agree, however it contains what I believe to be some of the most gutwrenching, and terrifying things I have ever watched. There is very little blood and gore in this movie, but the domination that the boy takes over, as well as his actions and behavior throught the movie makes for a very interesting, if not terrifying movie.
Now thrillers being labeled as horror is nothing new, but I feel like the other way around is a much higher mark. Movies like Fallen, Apt Pupil, and Pycho are very easy to suggest to fans of the horror genres, but it seems that a movie must reach a certain level of prominence before it can lose its stigma of being a horror film.

Chillerama

Ugh. Ok so everything I have reviewed so far I have pretty much loved, or spoken highly about, but I cannot about this movie. Infact I am deliberately writing this review out of pure unadulterated hate for this film. A midnight movie, great I love those, Trick or Treat is one of my favorite horror movies that came out in the last 10 years, and I have a special place in my heart for Steven King and George A Romeros Creep Show, movies with short little vinyettes sometimes interwoven or with a background. CHillerama I guess you could say falls into the same category, but I hate to even mention these movies in the same breath. Chillerama came recommended from a few friends, but I have no idea why. The movie centers around a drive in theater, but on a night where zombies raise from the dead, we are shown 3 movies, interspereced with the coming zombie apocalyplse. The movies which I even refuse to say the name of any of them because they are discusting, or flat out offensive, are trite. There is no substance, only mean spirited jokes, or jokes played only to be offensive. There is an entire movie that is completely unwatchable, because it is so uncomfortable because it is so homophobic and full of terrible stereotypes. I understand what the 4 directors tried to do when started, but they failed miserably. Honestly do not listen when people say it is light hearted and its supposed to be that way, it is not it falls flat and is not worth wasting an hour and a half of your life on.

The Collector

Walking around the local Family Video, almost every newer horror movie on the shelf says from the creators of Saw, or from the writers of saw one, three, or five, or any number of the seemingly endless sequels that exist in the franchise. Let me say this right now, stop, no one cares who wrote the sequels of Saw, they weren’t good, and certainly the writing and dialogue was the weakest part. I know that I have really no room to talk, but there are just so many boxes that feature this prominently. That said, I did take home a movie like this called The Collector. It written by the guys who wrote Saw IV through VII, but what confuses me is that they also did the Feast trilogy, which is to me a much better film series, it does not take its self seriously, much of it is played for laughs, and unlike a lot of horror movies, the jokes actually work. Doesn’t matter, back to The Collector, this movie is not funny, like at all. It revolves around a man named Arkin, a reformed criminal, who is working on a house in the country, it turns out that his ex wife owes people money, so Arkin decides to rob the family that he is working for. He breaks into the house to discover that the house has been booby trapped, and that someone else is there trying to both kill or collect family members. Ok so kind of a silly plot, and the more you think about it the dumber the idea of setting up such intricate booby traps is, but somehow I didn’t hate it. I didn’t hate it to the point that I kind of liked it. Arkin is such a good character, he is so likeable, because he does have so much heart. I can’t spoil you any more, but this movie is worth watching for any horror fan, or I guess anyone who wanted to see an adult version of the Mcully Kulkin Home Alone movies.

The Muppets

On their first outing since their debatably muppetesque ‘Muppets in Space’, the muppets make a return to form in 2011’s ‘The Muppets’. At the helm, we have (thankfully) a man who grew up loving the muppets for what they were, Jason Segel. Once word got out that he would be writing and starring, there was little doubt that the muppets would stray from what made them so arresting almost 40 years ago. What we have is a fantastically self aware and family friendly movie with laughs and heart. The new muppet, Walter, is Jason Segel’s little brother and the two of them are the muppet’s biggest fans. They drive out to California and take a tour from Alan Arkin of the old Muppet’s studio. When Walter over hears Tex Richmen, the greedy, oil loving tycoon is going to buy it and destroy it, he decides that he must reunite the muppets to save the theaters. Jason Segel’s love interest, Amy Adams, is fantastic as always. The two have a side plot going on that only adds to their strength of character without overpowering the muppets plot, which is, after why we’re watching this move. The cast is star studded, with plenty of cameos and pleasant surprises along the way. Plenty of enjoyable nostalgia and some of the catchiest songs for a movie in recent memory, the muppets movie is worth your time. It’s nice to see a movie low on computer animation, and actual heart. Something tat is truly hard to come by these days. Love and accept each other, kindness and laughs will always win out.

Angry Birds Space

Angry birds space has finally arrived! After months of teasing the internet with movie style posters of everybody’s favorite birds wearing super awesome new flight gear. The internet has been squawking with anticipation wonder just what the birds will bring to the table. Turns out they deliver and how! It really is out of this world.
So the first new thing we have here is the difference in gravity. Physics were always central to the angry birdsphere, now even more so. As you know, we are in space now. So, once you shoot your favorite birds, if they don’t go near the gravitational pull of a tiny planet they just flap and squawk into the endless abyss. Most of those gosh darned pigs are found within a gravitational pull stacked on the familiar ice, wood and cement blocks. Once the birds cross that threshold, centrifugal force takes over! The bird then circles the planet with increasing speed until BANG! You just gave those pigs the bird!
In other levels, we find those pigs floating in space, suspended in a bubble for oxygen purposes. A pig’s gotta breathe ya know? In these you only have to nudge them in the right direction and then they fall to the planet like fallen angels. There are so many levels, with so many options and the colors are far out. In other levels, we find golden eggs and if you hit them you open a black hole, so then there’s even more levels and it’s really super fun. I love angry birds space!

Movie Blogs

Ok, Terry here, just wanted to give a plug for my three favorite movie blogs that i read.  It pretty easy to get wrapped up with the nonsense that is the internet, especially with the information overload that happens every day.  Instead of tracking the news paper, or seeking out other websites I use the AV Club, /Film and Bloody-Disgusting to keep me up to date on movies.  Slashfilm is great for everything involving movies, it has trailers, teasers, casting news, and interesting tid bits of information on upcoming films.  The website really gets me excited about upcoming films, and keeps me informed.  They also have weekly round ups on comic book movies and other semi nerdy things that keep me interested.
Bloody-Disgusting on the other hand is much more specific. The site is my go to for horror news and reviews.  Their database of films is wonderful, because pretty much if it was made, even if super low budget there will be some review on it.  Their year end reviews and previews are a wonderful way to get excited about movies you would not have heard about otherwise.

My third favorite website for news is the onions AV Club, based out of Chicago it is the place I go for reasonable reviews and discussion.  The news is always up to date, and unlike the other blogs gets their own indepth interviews with leading stars in the industry.  AV Club also reviews TV, music and books which is another reason it is one of my favorite websites on the internet.

Top Film of 2011

Drive.

Oscar Preview

Oscar season is here again, so once again I get to discuss a bunch of movies with friends and rank them as best and, i get to talk like i know what I am talking about.  Alright lets just jump in with a quick list post of how I rank the Best Picture nominated movies I have seen.
5. The Help - Enjoyable yes, Oscar worthy probably not.  While the performances by Octavia Spenser and Viola Davis were great, I don't really understand why this movie was nominated as a whole.  Dealing with race relations seems to lend itself to getting nominated a lot.
4. Moneyball - Another one that kind of esapes me for why it was nominated.  I really enjoyed how the movie looked, and being into baseball helped me like it more, the whole movie just didn't do it for me.

3. Hugo - Alright, this one I agree with the nomination for.  Scorsase's tribute to film was mesmerising, the 3D and the sets were beautiful.  I was litterally in awe through the majority of the movie.  Ben Kingsly's deeply saddened character and the flashbacks to the old days of film were awe inspiring.  Would not be suprised if this wins, although I don't think it will.

2. Midnight In Paris - There is no way this movie will win the award.  There I said it, Hugo is the better, but this is my list I can put Midnight In Paris further down because I loved this movie, the homages to the Ex-Pats and authors made me so giddy.

1.  The Artist - Gushed, I loved this film, I gurentee a win.  The ending made me so happy, reminded me of all the movies I was raised on.  I cannot say enough good things about this film.

Bloody Disgusting's 2012 Preview

Oh yes, That time of year again, when all my favorite blogs are putting out their previews of movies again.  This time i will look into horror juggernaut Bloody Disgusting's Indie Releases for 2012.  Color me excited.  As usual the best thing about this is that otherwise I would not have heard about these films, as they are the smaller budget ones.  This post is getting me excited about the films by giving me just enough information, without giving to much away, which is great because it adds to the suspense.

Of these films listed, I am most excited for Maniac, Lords of Salem, V/H/S, and John Dies at the End.  Maniac I'll put myself as cautiously optimistic, its a remake of 1980's bizarre splatter film following the Maniac Frank Zito as he terrorizes New York.  Easily the most drastic difference is the portrayal of the lead, Elisha Wood is a young star, small and fit, in contrast to the original who was an over weight middle aged man.  I really think this could work.  Maniac has a very eerie film style with strange flashbacks, and if they do homage to the original i think it might work.

Lords of Salem is another I am excited about.  Rob Zombie proved himself capable with House of 1000 Corpses, and blew away all expectations with the now cult classic Devils Rejects.  He has spend his other time doing the Halloween remakes, which I have not seen, but I really expect his new film to continue where Devils Rejects left off in terms of ability.

Movie Trailers

Movie Trailers and I have a long history.  I think they are a great way to get people interested in the films that are being released but lately I have decided to give up watching them.  I honestly think I have been sold by trailers before, and I am the kind of person who wants to be at the theater early so I can watch all of the trailers.  I have a very fond memory of watching the trailer for the 2008 horror film The Strangers, and being more terrified from a 30 second movie trailer than any movie I had seen in a long time.  When I finally saw the film I was pretty disappointing but the ending of the trailer still gets to me.  However it seems that a recent trend in film lately is to show pretty much the whole movie in the span of a 1:15.  The best (or should i say worst) example of this was last years horror comedy Dale and Tucker Vs. Evil, the movie its self is an amazing black comedy/ parody of the genre about two rednecks going away for a weekend and getting caught up in the accidental deaths of teens who think that the Dale and Tucker are cliche horror villains.  The movie does these scenes perfectly, the only problem is that every single payoff was in the trailer, honestly every single one.  The movie is great, but we as the audience gets nothing new, it is absolutely disappointing.  Since then I have read a few articles saying the same thing, people are fed up with trailers.  Since watching that movie I have tried my best to avoid trailers, and synopsis of movies, it works out well especially for horror movies, it lets even the smallest twist not be spoiled, and keeps you an objective audience member.  I really am trying to push a blackout of trailers, or at the very least turning off the trailer halfway through, to leave some of the wonder and suspense.

Attack The Block

The animated gif above brings me so much joy, it is the centerpiece of the film that is Attack the Block, and it is quite possibly my favorite depiction of alien life in a film since John Carpenter's The Thing.  Attack the Block is also probably one of the most unlikely sci-fi horror movies.  The movie revolves around a group of ne'er do wells  living in a project in England.  The movie starts with the gang mugging a nurse named Sam, who eventually gets away because of an unidentified object falls from the sky.  After they search they discover an alien like creature which they kill and bring back to the project.  The gang leader Moses however is apprehended by the police but is able to break free when more aliens arrive on earth and attack and kill the police.  The rest of the movie involves the gang running from the aliens, and killing and being killed by the beasts.  Eventually the nurse Sam is saved by Moses and his crew, and in the end Moses survives but is apprehended by the police, but not before the entire project stands up for him and all he's done with bringing down the alien life forms.

The movie, once it gets going seems formulaic, having the woman from the beginning eventually have to confront her muggers, and they both end up with a respect for each other.  However, it really doesn't matter, the thrills come every minute, and the special effects are amazing.  It is funny, heartwarming, violent, and thrilling.  Honestly one of the freshest movies I have seen in a long time.

Paranormal Activity 3 Review

So I have explained what I like about the series on a whole, it is time to dissect the most recent film.  I originally saw this movie in the theater, but just rented it again which is why I am doing the review.  The film starts with a pregnant Kristi, and her sister Katie dropping off video tapes from their child hood.  Now after the last film we know Kristi is now dead and a possessed Katie is missing.  We now are transported back to 1988 our camera man is Dennis a comical younger looking wedding photographer who is obsessed with documenting everything.  This man just so happens to be dating Kristi and Katie's mother Julie.  We are introduced to this seemingly happy family, and soon to their guest, Kristi's imaginary friend Toby.  After an earthquake shakes dust onto an invisible being Dennis decides to record everything. After strange events and sickness, the family finally decides to leave the house and go to Julie's mothers house, where we find out more about the Paranormal activity series as a whole, and the whole movie comes to a dramatic close.  I made the synopsis as brief as I could, because really you should watch the movie, but also I would like to dissect what I love about this movie.

The cheap scares are a plenty, but they seem to be done this time with a wink and a nod to the movie goer, almost to say "we know why your here."  The two that stand out are when the babysitter jumps in front of the camera, and when Julie jumps out of a closet wearing a werewolf mask.  These parts aside we get real tension and real suspense.  The audience who has already seen these tactics twice before is given different types of scares in this movie.  One of the best scares is so utterly simple, but brilliant.  Because it is 1988 and cameras are expensive Dennis creates a surveillance camera by modifying an osolating fan and attaching a camera to it.  The scare comes when some one in a bed-sheet looking like a Halloween ghost approaches the babysitter from behind, and then just when our view is leaving the sheet drops showing no one was underneath.  The tension builds and builds and the payoff is incredible.

The second thing I love about this movie has been at play since the first film, the back story about the demons, and the coven of witches is so creepy, and when things start happening, after dark the pay off is wonderful.  For me this is the series, campy, funny, creepy, and terrifying.  This third installment is easily my favorite, it is a little formulaic but it is insanely fun. I highly recommend this film for any fan of the genre.

Paranormal Activity Series

The Paranormal Activity films are much disputed in the horror community, it seems you either love them or hate them.  I myself have to go with the ones who love them.  I was very cautious when the first one came out, the commercials on television claiming it to be the scariest movie of all time really made me doubt it, I did hear good things from my friends, and I eventually rented it, and rather liked it.  My problem with these movies, as well as most critics of the film is the "jump scare."  The jump scare in my opinion is killing the horror genre, having someone focus on a screen then having a loud noise and a sudden movement is cheap, it is easy it is a simple thrill that leaves nothing else to be disired.  The movies I love and that stick with me and genuinly scare or creep me out are ones with actual suspense, terror, or a sense of dread.

On the surface Paranormal Activity 3 should be a movie I hate, it is a found footage film that relies on the cheap jump scare to make massive amounts of money because of the low budget.  People go see this series because they know what they are getting cheap thrills, and cheap horror.  I keep watching these movies because, well, the story is actually kind of awesome.  Where Saw failed the PA series are doing quite well.  The Saw series and PA series actually have a lot in common.  Saw is generally considered the father of the splatter film sub genre that launched hundreds of gory rip offs, while Paranormal Activity launched the blossoming found footage, that hasn't been done well since The Blair Witch Project.  Every year around Halloween one of these movies comes out, for 7 years Saw sequels came out, and now for the past 3 years we have gotten a Paranormal Activity film.  The thing that PA3 does well is keeps a cohesive story line, there may be a plot hole here or there, but it has been fascinating that over three films we still have an original story.  PA1 focused on Katie and Micah, PA2 on Katie's sister Kristi, and now we get a prequel set in 1988 with both Katie and Kristi and their demon friend Toby.  Paranormal Activity 4 has been announced, and I for one am excited about where this one will take us this fall.

First Post; Side One

In this first post I would also like to introduce myself, I am Terry Sweeney, a college senior studying Information Systems.  I enjoy playing music, whether it be alone or in a band.  In searching for a topic to start a blog around, I was given the advice to write what you know.  This lead me down to one topic, Movies.   Therefore I started this blog, mainly as a place where i can write movie reviews, but also there will be times, when i rant about genres, upcoming movies, what is wrong with Hollywood, or the movie going public.  .

One of my main interests in film are horror movies.  I did not grow up watching the genre, and in fact I was terrified of even watching them.  I remember as a child crying after I saw the final reveal in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho of Norman Baits' mother's skeleton in the chair.  When family members, or friends watched horror movies I would just leave the room.  It wasn't until I saw Shawn of the Dead when i was in high school did I have any interest in the genre.  After that I began going to see the teen scream and horror remakes that went to the local theater.  I was interested but not sold.  It wasn't until college when I began watching horror classics like The Thing, Rosemary's Baby, Dawn of the Dead, and Texas Chainsaw was I hooked.  Since then I tried to make it a point to get together with friends to watch a horror, or sci-fi film a week.  I consider myself versed in horror and I look forward to documenting it in this blog.