DARKNESS FALLS …FLAT!
Just watched DARKNESS FALLS! Watched the documentary that accompanied it. The director said that he didn’t like to do the usual slasher film and that he wanted to do something like JAWS and ALIENS, TOTAL CLASSICS. The writer in his turn said that he wanted to subvert the horror genre and come up with something original. WELL THEY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THEY DIDN’T WANT! WHICH IS A TOTALLY BORING MOVIE ,USING EVERY CLICHE EVER INVENTED BY EVERYONE WHO MAKES HORROR MOVIES ! Everything down to the false suspense, cat falling into the shot, sound volume increase to elicit shock value! THIS WAS A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME! And the characters are so bland and one dimensional that you need a pogo stick to prop them up! The creature…youv’e seen one ..you’ve seen them all! I SHOULDN’T HAVE watched this! But I needed the break after working all day.

Why aren’t the modern masters working on anything new? Where’s TOBE HOOPER? JOE DANTE? DARIO ARGENTO? GEORGE ROMERO?All we have now are film school and workshop hopefuls armed with computer graphics and mobile camera jibs. Thinking that those are the only things that make horror movies, good!

My biggest mistake was watching TALK TO HER first! SHOULD HAVE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST! Now I have to walk around with the bad taste of this movie for the entire week!

Just bought THE HERO MIRAMAX SPECIAL EDITION DVD, KIKI’S DELIVERY SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE, 25TH HOUR, SEX AND LUCCA , JUNGLE BOOK and the GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE for SELINA.Now I have fifty dvds which I haven’t watched. Must have a new filing system!