Random thoughts - horror movies edition.

- "You have to have faith for that to work, Mr. Vincent!" from Fright Night might well be one of my favorite line deliveries in all of film.

- I caught My Soul to Take the other day. First of all, it didn't need the 3-D. Second, I'd sum it up as a) not great, b) not terrible and c) too dull to count as a proper guilty pleasure (kind of like The Last Airbender, now that I think about it). The strange thing is some of the comments I read at Shock Til' You Drop stating that "Wes Craven shouldn't be allowed in Hollywood" and that he should "stop making movies". Okay, how fucking old are the people making those comments? 15? 16? Isn't there a "Jersey Shore" marathon that merits their attention?! Granted, this was only a step or two above Cursed, but you'd think that horror fans would be grateful for something that isn't a remake, torture porn or, say, Fakeboring Nightvisioncrap 2.

- No matter what happens, I will never cease to be amazed at how many cinematographers got their start doing horror films: Peter Deming, Russell Carpenter, Robbie Greenberg, Peter Levy, Tim Suhrstedt, Dean Cundey, Peter Collister, Steven Poster, Mark Irwin, John Lindley, Robert Elswit...

- It's always a kick to read comment threads that talk about watching movies on television, particularly if they mention the likes of USA in the 80s. Just one more reason that I believe I was born too late to really enjoy this stuff.

- As I've mentioned a bit too much, Critters used to scare me as a kid (and still does, however fleetingly)...but seeing a clip of Critters 2 in watercooler's review on YouTube puts me in mind of that episode of "Doug" where he was too chicken to sit through a horror movie...then a further watercooler review of Critters 3, featuring a clip of the Krites eating dish detergent, farting and throwing pastries, put me in mind of the end of the "South Park" episode, "Passion of the Jew": that something that once filled me with fear had flown so completely off the rails.

- I saw The Exorcist on TV a couple of years back. Maybe it's because I hadn't been to church in a while, but I wasn't anywhere near as creeped out by it as I probably should've been. It was certainly well-made, but, in me, it didn't inspire the desired reaction.

- For some reason, I really think that The Nightmare Before Christmas ought to be screened every year on November 28th. Think about it.