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That Time of the Year Again
6 years ago
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In eternity, where there is no time, nothing can grow. Nothing can become. Nothing changes. So death created time to grow the things that it would kill and you are reborn but into the same life that you've always been born into.
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Spooks spooked, goblins gobbled, UFOs KO-ed, aliens alienated, and monsters remonstrated!
With this particular time comes the usual fare with scary movies and such. Obviously the classics are a must (meaning the Universal monster classics and the other associated with Halloween like "The Exorcist"), but I also love finding some that have flown under the radar and horror has quite a lot of those. I'll give three recommendations in this journal and will try to post another with more, but these are movies I've seen fairly recently and that stand out in my mind.
First up: Hereditary (2018). Alright, look I can't describe this movie any better or convince anyone to see it any more than the trailer. If this doesn't intrigue you, then it may not be for you.
Next we have The Ritual. This movie follows a group of friend from the UK, after a tragedy has left one of their group dead and another member of the group suffering from deep guilt over the incident. In remembrance of their friend, they take a trip and go backpacking through a forest in Scandinavia. However, after getting the bright idea to take a shortcut (obvious stupid idea is, admittedly, obvious), strange things begin to happen and it seems that someone is taunting and messing with the group.
Finally, this one I just saw a few days ago and it's been one of the most impacting horror movies I've ever seen. It legitimately terrified me at points, but also provoked other emotions, including quite a bit of sadness. This movie, called "Lake Mungo" is a mockumentary type movie. It follows a family (father, mother, and son) following the tragic death of Alice, their daughter and sister, respectively. Friends and classmates are also interviewed and as the film goes on, images of what seems to be Alice's ghost start appearing in photos and video that the son is taking. As the family investigates further, even strangers things start to turn up...including that Alice had some secrets that seemed to burden her quite a lot.
The last movie can get especially difficult to watch because it provokes a lot of questions and speculation about what happens after we die, and I don't mean the obvious "is there an afterlife?" kind of questions, but rather whether or not our loved ones' understanding of us change, if they might learn things about us that we intended to keep hidden, how our passing will affect them, and, on the flipside, will the people we lose know how much we care for them when death takes them? What makes Lake Mungo rather, well...haunting is that it asks the questions but leaves the answers up in the air, implying that although some of the family is able to move on, others (perhaps even Alice herself) are still unable to do so.
Spooks spooked, goblins gobbled, UFOs KO-ed, aliens alienated, and monsters remonstrated!
With this particular time comes the usual fare with scary movies and such. Obviously the classics are a must (meaning the Universal monster classics and the other associated with Halloween like "The Exorcist"), but I also love finding some that have flown under the radar and horror has quite a lot of those. I'll give three recommendations in this journal and will try to post another with more, but these are movies I've seen fairly recently and that stand out in my mind.
First up: Hereditary (2018). Alright, look I can't describe this movie any better or convince anyone to see it any more than the trailer. If this doesn't intrigue you, then it may not be for you.
Next we have The Ritual. This movie follows a group of friend from the UK, after a tragedy has left one of their group dead and another member of the group suffering from deep guilt over the incident. In remembrance of their friend, they take a trip and go backpacking through a forest in Scandinavia. However, after getting the bright idea to take a shortcut (obvious stupid idea is, admittedly, obvious), strange things begin to happen and it seems that someone is taunting and messing with the group.
Finally, this one I just saw a few days ago and it's been one of the most impacting horror movies I've ever seen. It legitimately terrified me at points, but also provoked other emotions, including quite a bit of sadness. This movie, called "Lake Mungo" is a mockumentary type movie. It follows a family (father, mother, and son) following the tragic death of Alice, their daughter and sister, respectively. Friends and classmates are also interviewed and as the film goes on, images of what seems to be Alice's ghost start appearing in photos and video that the son is taking. As the family investigates further, even strangers things start to turn up...including that Alice had some secrets that seemed to burden her quite a lot.
The last movie can get especially difficult to watch because it provokes a lot of questions and speculation about what happens after we die, and I don't mean the obvious "is there an afterlife?" kind of questions, but rather whether or not our loved ones' understanding of us change, if they might learn things about us that we intended to keep hidden, how our passing will affect them, and, on the flipside, will the people we lose know how much we care for them when death takes them? What makes Lake Mungo rather, well...haunting is that it asks the questions but leaves the answers up in the air, implying that although some of the family is able to move on, others (perhaps even Alice herself) are still unable to do so.
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