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All Hallows Eve

I am a huge fan of holidays. Not for socially correct reasons beaten into us by parents – like love for your family, the “giving” mindset, or quality time with your loved ones. No, I am definitely not a giver; I love holidays for what they do for ME.

And why shouldn’t I? The bulk of my time for each day/week/month year goes to servicing others and making the rich even richer, ranging from the boss’s Yoda vocabulary in my professional life (”Logistics you have, effort levels you don’t?”) to my personal life (”was it supposed to end this quick?”), even extending into my beloved TV time (”is ExTenze right for you?”). And then comes the relief that for one night, for one solitary night of drinking, costumes and debauchery, social constraints don’t apply. I love Halloween.

The Mayans must have boogied on Halloween too, because this holiday is the calendars gift to all horror movie aficionados, NBA fans, social deviants…and whores. And I love them all. Each time Halloween rolls around, it’s like all the mistakes in life mask their flaws for a night: tasteless horror movies becomes insta-classics, the Lakers have an 0-82 season while the Golden State Warriors grace the NBA hardwood, and the abdominal flab on the nearest girl looks like a rock hard 6 pack (or 18 pack, depending on the size of that particular girl and the conviction of your beer goggles).

Though there wasn’t any Golden State Warriors frenzy present, this years’ horror appetizer “Chain Letter” had all the makings of an instant TNT classic. Blood, guts, suspense, nudity, and a murderous wardrobe. And by murderous, I mean the Chain Man killed it with a wardrobe we all can relate to: tattered shirt and pants (from our poorer days), over sized chains (like the steroid freaks use for workouts at your local 24 Hour Fitness), and a cool mask (think Scream meets Ninja Gaiden). You know, all white, enveloping the head AND mouth area, just to make sure his air supply is recycled.

We can hit up our neighborhood’s seasonal Halloween store (that was a run down Save Mart on September 29) and pick up gear from our favorite horror movies, like Chain Letter. Its cool horror-movie masks and motifs like that that makes Halloween all the more enviable to party-goers throughout the nation. More so for the guys, however. Ah, whores. What’s even better about the Halloween apparel season (aside from B-level wardrobe accessories, obviously) is that for all the creativity I might put into an outfit along the lines of Freddy, Jason, or the Chain Man, drunken socialites and the classiest of sorority chicks will do the polar opposite: less equals more.

It’s as if their inner selves hid from perverted eyes for the previous 364 days of the year and came out on All Hallows Eve with pent-up anticipation and a penchant for promiscuity. If only you’re sloppy night could last for another twelve hours, preferably while you wear the Chain Man’s mask. Awards for the best costume won’t go to the guy with a head full of pins and 3 hours of makeup (a la the late 1980’s Hell raiser classic); no, they will go to a perverse ex-cheerleader sporting a mini skirt & thong combination, push-up bra and just enough Bacardi in her to prove to the room she can still do the splits, thus effectively saving all “Megan’s Law” members from having to use an expensive rufy. I love Halloween!

To learn more about Chain Letter,stop by the official site where you can find out all about the movie. Also visit Youtube and check out the official trailer.

Jeff Lynch 11 October 2010 Movies , , , , , , , , , , , , , No Comments

Breaking Into The Business With Horror Movies

It is odd, is it not, how popular horror movies have always been? This means odd considering the fact that fear is not usually a very pleasant state of mind to be in outside of the theater. It is a survival mechanism, and a primal one at that, yet people like to pull the trigger on it in groups and even when they are home alone.

Maybe it is the adrenaline rush when the scary monster jumps onto the screen. Maybe it is the fact that folks can allow themselves to get frightened knowing all along that it is all make believe. Certainly it is the opportunity for a date to get closer together and maybe squeeze hands. Yeah, scary movies are fun indeed.

So when one is watching those things, does one ever wonder what kind of sick mind is putting them all together? Many do, and some to the point of fascination. There is a stereotypical type; they go to wacky conventions dressed up like ghouls and vampires on their time off. But those running those conventions know something that others do not.

The folks who produce this fare know that they are gold mines waiting to happen. And the directors get involve for the very same reason. So why not get involved as a business venture? Here is a little secret: these pictures are often so low budget that they will use anyone who can make it to the set to work. No, the pay will be not be good, but the experience will, and an artist can build their reputation.

Perhaps a makeup artist could use some help with all of that fake blood getting splashed all over the set. At the very least they will need someone to help clean it up. And those makeup people need a break too, so if that is what you are into, think about doing ghouls, ghosts, and creepy things. Many very famous makeup artists started out doing cheap B-films in their hungrier days.

And what about writing a script? It seems that a writer could distill the essence of every great scary film into a simple formula. It could probably be described in about four sentences. And that right there is the seed for a new film script. Just add in some new characters and locations and it may actually be on to something big. Again, all famous film folk started in the same basic way.

And as far as the acting goes, if an actor can scream really good, and if they are attractive enough, it should not be too hard to find a small role, in which the character gets killed off pretty early on in the film, and start building a resume reel thereby. Again, many of these types of films are very low budget, so the return in any work put into to them could be substantial.

So instead of paying the hard earned cash out of pocket to get scared by someone else, why not think about using some of that cash to do the scaring professionally? Many good, respectable careers have been started on the low budget B-film horror circuit. It is safe to say that others could, too, and could actually make a living with horror movies.

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Adriana Noton 22 August 2010 Movies , , , , , , , , , No Comments