I saw Nightmare on Elm Street when I was in the first grade, an option I was given to watch over Charlie Brown & the Great Pumpkin King. My parents rented the first Halloween film when I was in the 4th grade to specifically scare my brother and I. We were allowed to stay up late and watch the USA Network on Friday's when they ran the Friday the 13th marathons (they usually only played parts I, II, V, VII, & VIII, never figured out why these particular ones). In high school my friend and I probably rented every horror film from our local Blockbuster (we saw some really shitty films).
As an adult I still get giddy watching horror films. I like being scared, it's a weird condition I realize and not many people understand it, but it's a thrilling sensation like no other. I want to be clear about something very quickly, I NEVER cheer for the villains or bad guys of a horror flick that would be insane and I never understand the type of people that are actually cheering when Michael plunges a butcher knife into some poor teenagers chest. I am always hoping that the good guys will win and defeat the monsters...but of course leave the door open for a sequel.
Last year I attempted to watch a film every day and blog about it. I wanted to find something interesting to write about each film. Not necessarily a review but diving deeper in the film to find hidden meanings, or maybe something I could personally take away. The watching the movie portion was easy (thank you Netflix) the writing was difficult. However, I did manage to squeeze off 13 blog entries (which I think is not to shabby for 31 days, it's almost half, you have to remember I work for a living and have a complex and very busy social life).
This year, I will again put myself through the rigorous exercise of staying up way to late watching a terrifying movie by myself and than attempting to write something thoughtful about them. However, this year there will be a little twist.
Some of you may know that I started a podcast in January of this year titled Armchairs & Earphones (we can be found on ITunes as well..you should subscribe) If you have not listened to the podcast I usually, with a guest, talk about a variety of topics that pertain to entertainment from sports to music and whatever else strikes our fancy. I may skip writing about a film in favor of podcasting about it. I also would like to introduce some new guests to the show that can talk in depth about horror films, so be on the lookout for that.
So, that is what is going to happen starting tomorrow. I will be posting on Facebook & my Twitter account when I have completed the film & that write up. Please feel free this year to leave comments, suggest movies you would like me to view (if you want to come over and watch you are more than welcome to). If you would like to be a guest on the Podcast we can also work something out to get you on as well.
Cheers my friends and expect the first post to be up tomorrow.
I just saw this movie last week, everyone should go and see this flick, it was fantastic!
