Horror Movies Part Two

Okay, time to get back to what I was working on when I got sidetracked by horror movies earlier this week. My husband recently brought home on DVD “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s latest foray into cinematic horror. I watched his first movie with my hubby. It’s called “House of 1000 Corpses.” After that one, I decided I didn’t want to see any more Rob Zombie horror films.


No more for me, thanks!


I love horror movies, but I hated “House of 1000 Corpses.” Everyone dies in the end and the bad guys walk off into the sunset. It was as if mass murderers documented their crimes and cast themselves as the heroes. Totally unsatisfying as far as endings go since it puts the viewer in the very uncomfortable situation of having to identify with the killers. It simply did not follow my expectations of how a horror movie should end.

This raises the question, when you read (or watch movies, which ever you’d like to talk about), do you expect the story to end a certain way? Do you find it satisfying or not when it does? Ever read or watched something that ended in a completely different manner than you thought it would?

Horror Movies Part One

Okay, I have been a little remiss in posting here, but I PROMISE to do better from now on. So, Let's get down to business, shall we?

It’s almost October and I can’t wait. It’s my favorite month. I love Halloween. I love things that are creepy and crawly. I love scary movies and you can’t swing a dead cat (figuratively, of course) without hitting a bunch of those in the month of October.

You know, I was going to blog about actual writing stuff tonight, but … screw it! Let’s talk about horror movies instead! I’ll save the writing stuff for a “Part Two” later this week.

Like I said, I love horror movies. I really love bad horror movies, so much that there are too many to name. So I will settle on a major release film that often gets overlooked: The Prince of Darkness. It’s a John Carpenter movie that stars Donald Pleasance and the blond guy from that TV show “Simon and Simon.” And his gigantic, porn-star mustache. Plus, there’s a cameo by Alice Cooper. And it’s about the Devil. If you haven’t seen this movie, put it on your To Watch list.



Your turn. What’s your favorite horror movie?