Soft frozen footsteps
Hiking beside the water
Winter ambience
Tag: Poetry
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Review and Haiku: Terrifier
The Miles County Clown
Creeping through the dark city
Slaughtering with glee
Gore and Effects: The main reason to tune in. There’s plenty of blood to be had. The sawing the girl from crotch to head scene alone is gory enough for more than one movie. It’s intense and disturbing. Then you throw in the girl getting shot to death, the guy getting his face obliterated, Art peeling a woman’s body a part so he can dress up in her hair and skin, and on and on it goes. If you tune in for just the gore then you will not be disappointed.
Story and Script are not to be found in this one. Those two elements only exist to give Art a place to play. That’s it.
Directing, despite the lack of story and script, Damien Leone does a fantastic job behind the lens. The movie isn’t dull. Keeps you watching. Keeps your interest. I’m never bored watching it.
Acting, Catherine Corcoran does a solid job in her role and she is the standout actor, next David, who has brought so much life to Art the Clown, a basic slasher villain on the page that David has given so much life too, but Catherine has some solid acting abilities and I hate to hear about what she endured on this set. In rewatching this movie, she’s hung upside down for a while and topless, breasts on full display. If her safety and nudity concerns were not met. She does have a reason to sue and to seek damages. It seems like she gave her all to that scene and should be rewarded for it.
Score, it’s another highlight and it adds a lot to this nice Eighties low budget slasher grime that is all over this movie.
Killer, Art the Clown, he’s already iconic. He’s already becoming the next big villain in horror, up there with Jigsaw, Freddy, Jason, Michael, Chucky, Lestherface, etc. etc. etc. I foresee this villain having many movies to play in for many years to come.
That’s it. What are your thoughts about Terrifier? Love it. Hate it. Let me know in the comments below. I personally am starting to like this one a lot. There’s just something so simple about it that Part 2 and 3 don’t have. Sure 2 and 3 have better stories but this one has a certain old school low budget charm that I like. Maybe that’s just me. Take care and have a good one.
See the video here and my other videos on the Terrifier Series. Part 2 coming soon: Terrifer Videos on YouTube
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Haiku: Sand Demons
This was a video I made for my YouTube Channel Disembodied Screams. Lots more over there if you enjoy it.
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Review and Haiku: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Freddy needs new flesh
Jesse will be his vessel
A chance for rebirth
A big highlight for Nightmare 2. Freddy. He’s dark, menacing, evil, less jokey, intense, fierce, grotesque, and very burned. It’s some of the best make up effects they have ever created for this villain. Robert Englund is great once again as Freddy. He added a bit of swagger to the dream demon this time, which I liked, and he had great one liners too – You’ve got the body, I’ve got the brain, followed by an amazing scream from Jessie played by Mark Patton who knows how to scream. Some of the best screaming I have ever heard in a horror movie. Mark did a great job in this role. You felt this character’s pain and torment and you sympathized with him because of the great job Mark did bringing this character to life. Rest of the cast was solid too – no complaints.
Minimal gore but gory enough when needed. Standout kill, one of the best in the franchise, one of my favorites. It’s when Freddy slams those knife fingers into Grady’s chest, quick cut to the other side of the door and you see the bloody tips burst through, and then a quick cut back to Freddy as he happily drags those knives ever so slowly down Grady’s dying tormented body. And that kill took place after some amazing special effects when Freddy tore himself out of Mark’s body. Just a whole gruesome set of events in that scene. And there are some other good kills too and some solid special effects sprinkled through this movie – Freddy dogs – nightmare fuel.
Story, script, and directing – solid work in those departments. Great score and I also liked seeing the Elm Street house again. Also liked how they tie this movie into the first one with the journal even though we don’t see Nancy writing in that journal. It’s plausible enough and it helps to keep Part 1 and 2 linked. This movie may be an outlier like Halloween 3, but don’t sleep on it. This is a great sequel from start to finish. Scream at me if you want to for that but it should get more love than it does.
Have you seen A Nightmare on Elm Street 2? Is it a terrible sequel or not? Is Mark one of the best horror screamers of all time? Is it one of your favorites in this franchise, if not, which one is? Drop your thoughts about all of that in the comments.
Take care and have a good one.
Video for this script on YouTube.
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Review and Haiku: Jason X
This is one helluva a fun watch from start to finish. One of my favorite Friday the 13th movies. Jason looks great in either version. OG Jason has a cool mask and rotten look while Uber Jason looks menacing and large and terminator like and invincible. Kane Hodder does an amazing job playing either version of Jason. Brings a lot of life to the character. Cast is solid. Effects too even if the movie has a Sci Fi original movie tone to it at times that still doesn’t hurt it.
Kills are bloody, fierce, and mean – especially that cryo frozen face slam. Disgusting and there’s a great virtual reality throw back scene to the original 80’s movies that works extremely well. Wish they would have stayed there longer. Directing is solid. The movie doesn’t lag or drag. Keeps moving forward at a steady pace. Needless to say, this is a fun watch, and one I always look forward to revisiting. There’s also a cameo by David Cronenberg who gets killed by Jason at the start.
Moving on, here’s information about the mask from Jason X – thank you horror fandom.com – link in the show notes. That site states that In this film, Jason’s mask appears far more angular, and lacks the round nose from previous installments. Once again, it only has the forehead triangle, and once again retains the axe and motorboat damage, though these are much more subtle. When Jason is transformed into Über-Jason, he once again wears a hockey mask, but it is composed of a metallic alloy and conforms around his face. The holes are also positioned differently, and it appears to have nostrils.
Source: https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/Jason_Voorhees%27_hockey_mask
There you go. A brief bit of history on both masks and some overall thoughts about the movie. That’s it. What are your thoughts about Jason X? Love it, hate it, want to send it through the air lock and let it die in deep space. Let me know all that in the comments. Take care and have a good one.
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Review and Haiku: Weapons
SPOILERS – PROCEED WITH CAUTION
SPOILERS – PROCEED WITH CAUTION
Let’s start at the top and the reason why this movie works, writer and director Zach Cregger. I don’t know how he kept this story from falling apart with everything going on. Cutting between multiple points of view and tying them together seamlessly without a burden of showing too much repeated content. And his direction, especially at the end of this movie, amazing. That end chase has a lot of funny moments but also a lot of great shots too.
Julia Garner and Josh Brolin are amazing in their roles. I bought into everything they were meant to sell in this movie and Cary Christopher, the main kid actor, the only kid left in the class, top notch acting from him.
Rest of the cast is solid too but big kudos go to Amy Madigan for playing an all time villain in Aunt Gladys. Amy put so much life into that character. Creepy and intense and powerful. Someone you truly want to root against.
There are also a couple of great jump scares. The one with the person on the ceiling got me to scream the most. Dream sequences are spooky with some great nightmare vibes. There’s also a really great mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.
Did I mention the score? That’s great too. Fits every scene and every moment perfectly and there is some gore especially Gladys’s kill. She got torn apart like a character in a zombie movie – a very worthy death for that villain.
I could go on and on but I will stop here. This is a great movie from start to finish. One of the best of 2025.
What are your thoughts about Weapons?
And if you want a deeper dive the Dead Meat Podcast went deep into the story on this one. Finding things that I never thought to look for. Check them out if you want to explore this movie further.
Take care and have a good one.
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Daily Prompt
What’s your favorite cartoon?
Scooby Do was the one that popped to mind. Been a fan of it for many years and it was always one I loved to watch as a kid.
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