Monthly Archives: October 2011
Corina’s Cartoon Cuts: Best of Simpsons Halloween
Halloween is still my favourite holiday of the year by far. Candy, costumes, horror films and no family obligations? Awesome. And call it nostalgia or die hard loyalty, but The Simpsons are still my favourite source of Halloween-themed entertainment. So, in celebration of my favourite holiday and my favourite show, I’m happy to bring you my Top 5 Simpsons Halloween episodes.
My Favourite Horror Film: Shannon Watkins on 28 Days Later
Horror films are a scary (pun intended) subject for me. For perspective: My best friend’s mom took her and I to see Jurassic Park in theatres when we were nine. I had nightmares about about being chased through my kitchen by velociraptors for almost an entire year. IT ALL SEEMED SO REAL AND POSSIBLE!
That was the first – and last – movie that even resembled frighting that I watched for a decade.
Biff Bam Pop’s Box Office Wrap-Up Report – Weekend of October 28th
The unexpected snowstorm in the Northeast managed to hit the box office tallies a little bit. At least, that’s what the folks at Dreamworks will be saying is the reason Puss In Boots managed to open with lacklustre numbers this weekend. In the meantime, Paranormal Activity 3 had the expected large drop, while few were willing drink rum with Johnny Depp. Here’s a look at what happened this weekend at the box office:
My Favourite Horror Film – Scott Guest on why listening to Mother can sometimes be a bad idea
Of all the genres of film that exist, the one that I am least qualified to write about is horror. I’m just not a huge fan of horror films. Of the original Friday the 13th films, I have only seen Jason X. Of the original A Nightmare on Elm Street films, I have only seen the first and last installments and for the most part, any staple of the genre that I am supposed to have seen, I most likely have not. In fact, I will go so far to say that there are not a lot of horror films that are actually good. I know I’m going to get ripped apart for that comment, but for me it’s rare to find a horror film that I can recommend that others should go and see. I’m not a big fan of slasher films, as I don’t find them scary. When I watch them, they are more to see the inventive death scenes then for being scared. What I do appreciate is a good horror film that doesn’t resort to a ton of violence. Recent films like Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2 and The Strangers did an effective job of this and earned their scares. As much as I enjoyed those films, there is no better horror film than Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. This was a film that I saw at a young age, and was one that I watched behind my parents back, which turned out to be a very bad idea as images from the film stayed with me for months on end.
My Favourite Horror Movies: Mat Langford’s favourite scary movie moments.
I love horror movies. As a lot of people have, I started watching them when I probably shouldn’t have been. I would sneak down into the living room when my parents were watching them and watch through the railing, scaring my self like crazy and then running back up to my room, scared out of my mind and having to get myself to sleep with visions of ghouls and ghosts dancing in my head.
There are some scenes that I can remember being the scariest that I have seen, the ones that really stick with you. Here they are in no particular order.
