Screaming for 30 Days

[dotinthesky]

30 Days of Night has a terrible script, full of plotholes and cardboard characters that you wish to slap sense into rather than watch get killed by vampires. The hero always tries to save the day; the heroine always needs to be saved; the town loner comes to the town's rescue; and a whole lot of things are left unexplained by the end. However, I was completely sucked in and was terrified by the horrific vampires that invade an isolated Alaska town for a 30-day-long human carnage. Kudos goes to the director for injecting tons of suspense and gore into a film that could have easily got lost under a weak story.

I don't watch horror movies on the big screen very often so, when I do, I jump, cower, cover my face, suffer through heart palpitations and think of leaving a million times. I think it all boils down to when I was 5-years-old and my aunt convinced me to go into an amusement park's haunted house with her eventhough I was scared shitless. I've been chasing that combination of fear and excitement ever since.

I sat in the theatre between kixie and denalyia, while the boys - bottled_cat, his housemate and zenithed - flanked us. I actually felt part of the girls since there was a lot of jumping, mouth-covering and groans between the three of us. I even held hands with Kixie at one point! And, of course, we muttered and nearly shouted at the screen when characters did (the expected) stupid things that would call the vampires' attention to their hiding places. All in all, it was a really fun afternoon which I need to repeat more often. It's the closest I get to riding a roller coaster these days.

The trailer for an upcoming horror film, Shrooms, caught my attention. I've known so many people who've had bad experiences with magic shrooms, as well as heard some horror tales bordering on urban legends regarding bad trips, that it's actually a wonder nobody thought of making a movie about it before. If anyone feels like holding my hand through it, let me know!

Comments

GOD!!!

[bon-homme-dane.livejournal.com]

God ...

Did that movie suck!

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

I quite want to see 30 Days Of Night even though I hate the comics. I think it's such a wonderful IDEA, even if the way the plot develops is clumsy and quite ridiculous. I was kind of hoping there might be slightly better characterisation in the film, but I guess not from what you say.

I'll try to check it out this week nevertheless.

I missed Shrooms when it showed at Frightfest this year on the grounds that it didn't start until about midnight and after a whole day of being pummelled by rubbish horror films, it wasn't too appealing, but I'd be up for seeing it.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

I'd be up for a cinema trip. I have seen hardly any flms this year.

I'd had a comically terrible experience on mushrooms half way up a hill in Wales. *shudder*

[moveslikegiallo.livejournal.com]

the heroine always needs to be saved

*rolls eyes*

[bottled-cat.livejournal.com]

Actually I saw the poster for Shrooms and for a split second had strange ideas about killer fungi attacking people and taking over the world. Alas, it looks like yet another teenagers-go-to-the-woods-and-get-hacked-up slasher. Otoh these films are my bread and butter, so I could be persuaded...

[blu-bear.livejournal.com]

If there's space for one more I'll come along and see Shrooms!

[knacker-prince.livejournal.com]

Shrooms is an Irish movie that doesn't look Irish. Kudos for that alone.

[kevyn-kronycles.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that movie sucked, I'm certainly not going to watch it now. Thanks for the heads up!

[suede.livejournal.com]

another film to my dont-watch list XD

my story of seeing 30 days of night

[saint-narcissus.livejournal.com]

after spending the day drinking beer at a lovely brew pub down the coast (literally 20 feet from the Pacific Ocean) with the man I've fallen in love with, He and I met up with his partner back in the city and all went to see a 1145pm screening of 30 Days Of Night. 20 minutes into the film a very drunk women waving her bottle of whiskey comes into the theatre screaming ' where the fuck are you guys, is this the movie we're seeing" her as drunk friends yell from the middle of the theatre, "we're over here bitch". she stumbles over people on the way to her friends all the time caring on a very loud conversation containing many "you bitches" with them. needles to say, many upset film patrons started yelling at them to "shut up bitches" various tubs of popcorn, cups of soda and shoes were soon flying threw the air. security guards arrive enmasse flash lights in hand and escourt the problem patrons from the theatre. sitting through all this, the man I've fallen in love with on my left, his hand in mine, his partner on his other side, other hand in his, even with all the commotion we were still able to completely follow the film, in my mind it's saving grace; some of the "art film" type techniques used in certain scenes. we were all glad to recieve free passes for future movies.