GHOSTS - The outward and visible sign of an inward fear?

A couple weeks ago I was reading a post on Freddy in Space where he interviewed the star of Deadgirl. While it did increase my interest in a movie I already wanted to see it also got me interested in another thing. During the interview they talk about filming on a haunted set and the actress mentions two other places that she's been that spooked her. Those two places happen to be within an hour and a half radius from me. Which apparently awoke my inner ghost hunter cause ever since I've been looking into other supposed haunted places. Turns out there are several in the town I live in, which is a pretty small place so it was somewhat surprising. I'm also wondering how true these sightings are since I grew up here and went to the only high school in the area without ever hearing about them. It makes me very curious. I'm not a skeptic by any means cause I do believe that ghosts exist or at least I'm pretty sure I do. My grandmother used to hold seances across the street from where I lived growing up and swears up and down that she used to see ghosts there all the time. During all the time I spent there as a kid I never noticed anything creepy or odd so it might have just been the Manhattans talking in her case.

I have come across other things that just creeped me out and I couldn't logically explain them. Many many years ago we were at the home of a friend of the family. I can't remember the reason why now but I went into one of the bedrooms to get my coat, since it was an old house it didn't have any overhead lights only lamps near the bed so you had to cross the room to get to them. Upon entering the dark room I get halfway across when I notice the digital clock is changing from hour to hour (like they do when you're setting them) and there is no one in the room but me. I hightail it out of there and try to think logically, assuming someones trying to scare me so I need to not be a chicken and go back in. I try once again and fail miserably. The clock is still changing and I'm totally freaked out. Now there wasn't an evil presence or anything that I felt but it just didn't feel right. My dad ends up going in to get it cause that's what dads do, they come in and save the day. The night ends without anything else happening and I end up finding out sometime later that the people who lived there had seen a farmer walking down the hallway towards them on the couch several times. Creepy.

I have to be totally honest and admit that I'm still a chicken shit. I've always been one and I doubt that will ever change. Hell I remember hiding behind the couch when the Thriller video would come on. Yeah, embarrassing but I've come to accept that part of me so wanting to go explore these supposedly haunted places has got me torn. If I go will I just imagine things being there like when the water heater in the closet becomes Pinhead coming for me? Part of me still wants to go while the other part thinks I'm insane. Somehow I don't think that what I've seen the Winchesters do on Supernatural will have any basis on anything in real life but lore and myths have to be based on something right? Basically I need to make up my mind. Are ghosts real or are they only bits of peoples imaginations? Will salt and iron save my ass since I don't know any Latin? Or do I just watch too much Supernatural?

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Mass organ failures worldwide. GeneCo comes out of darkness to save the world with financing. Love the comic styled into. Organ repos are legalized. Holy crap this guy (Graverobber - Terrance Zdunich) is delicious!! Love the goth gypsy whatever the hell it is look he has going on. I really like the look of this movie. For some reason I keep thinking steampunk even though it's really not. I wouldn't consider if goth either. Maybe salvation army goth. Ew bugs. Why does every movie have to have creepy bugs now? Now I'm going to be feeling itchy all night. Damn Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega) has a set of pipes on her. Not even talking about how she's grown up. Get your minds out of the gutter. Giles (Anthony Head) is her daddy!! Shilo aka Carmen Cortez has a genetic blood disease that her father is tryin to cure so she doesn't die like her mom.

So far the music has been really catchy, at least I think it is. I bet I will be singing it in my head when I'm trying to sleep later tonight.

Shilo 17 yrs old. Mother got sick while pregnant. Nathans cure ended up killing her, he saved Shilo vis C-section. I'm going to assume that the poor girl has always been bald since she even had bad wigs in the flashbacks. Daddy is ultra possessive since "she is all I have." Turns out Daddy is the Largo family's main repo man. This family is seriously fucked up. Talking about screwing any holes available or making one or having sex with their sister. Sarah Brightman as Blind Meg is outstanding. Turns out that before Shilos mother met Nathan she was involved with Rotti Largo. After she left him for Nathan, Papa Largo (Paul Sorvino) played a large part in the illness that killed her. Largo claims to have the cure for Shilo.

Ooohhhh! Fearnet has the Freddy commercial in the middle of the movie. I'm really excited to see Jackie Earl Haley in this role. And I do love Katie Cassidy, even if it's only from her days the the original Ruby on Supernatural.

Back to the movie. Ok I'm not handling Nahtan/Repomans "operating" on this guys stomach well. Bad memories. lol His dark portrayal is surprisingly believable considering I see him as Giles from Buffy or the guy from the coffee commercial.

Pavi has a new face hooked over the bolts coming out of his skull. Luigi is sporting some pretty grisly stitches zigzagged across his stomach. Blind Megs eyes are hypnotic. She was Shilo's mothers best friend. She had her eyes operated on so she could see but was bound to the Largos in a blood contract.

Daddy is out working (repossessing although Shilo doesn't know this, she thinks hes a normal doctor) and they have an nice little duet vie phone while Dad is repossessing some poor schmucks spine.

Amber Sweet no shows during her fathers interview. Is she hooked on surgery or street drugs? I wonder if any of that is a friendly jab at Paris Hilton. Singing Hookers!! Zytrate (drugs). Paris does a surprisingly good job with her writhing and breathy singing. A vast improvement from House of Wax.

Using Nathans guilt over his wife's death Largo forces him to repossess Blind Megs eyes. After a repossession (not Megs) Nathan quits leaving Largo to threaten taking him out. Meg goes to visit Shilo.During her visit Meg's eye show videos of Shilos mom. Very creepy. Uh oh Dad's home. Shilo busts out in some song about 17 all I can think of is how is she keeping her boobs inside that shirt? Oh awesome Joan Jett!!

Ambers newest surgery went bad. She looks half Freddy Kruger. Largo calls a hit on Rhe RepoMan aka Nathan as Shilo goes to meet Largo wearing her mothers dress. Seeing Blind Meg standing under a large chandelier is a nice Phantom reference. Meg prepares for her final show. I love watching Bill Moseley smiling and swaying on stage.

Amber's final look is amazing. It would be an incredible costume that probably like 5 people would understand.

Italian singing ends in some nice self-inflicted bloodshed.

Oops. Shilo made a boo boo.Expected father/daughter fallout ensues. All is revealed in song!

I bet this would even more entertaining done Rocky Horror style with the audience participation.

Finally catching up with Jason.

I am so very extremely behind on movies, mostly due to lack of funding but I missed the latest Friday the 13th simply because I like Dean more than Sam. If you're a Supernatural fan (which you should be) you'll know what I'm talking about, if not let me clue you in. Last year Friday the 13th featuring Jared Padalecki aka Sam Winchester opened around the same time as My Bloody Valentine featuring Jensen Ackles aka Dean Winchester. As a fan of the original M.B.V. and Mr. Ackles it won my money. That was in 3D didn't hurt either. Anywho, Friday the 13th is showing tonight on HBO so I'm finally able to catch up.

A bit sad that nerdy guy died so soon. Booo! Kill the whore with the greasy boobs first.
I'm really really curious if Jared who's 6'4" is going to be taller than Jason. No Jared yet so we'll have to wait and see.
Yes greasy slut girl go outside half naked so you can die!! Oh nice set up!!!! A bit Sawesque. Looks like this Jason has some schooling.
Jason attacking through the floor is a nice touch.
Ok wait a minute, I thought greasy slut girl had come loose from the rope? Why is she hanging up again? Or did the bag just come off?
Argh why does every guy on here have poufy hair!! Well except for the token black guy.
SAMMY!!!!!!!!!! looks like a giant compared to poufy jerk.
Jerks girl looks about 14.
Sam's name is Clay but that name sucks so I'm going to keep calling him Sam. He just got pulled over by the Sentinel! (Old TV show they still occasionally show on SyFy.)
Wow totally saw the dog jump scare a mile away.
Poufy douchebag kids are drinking, 14 yr old girl is the definitely the last girl of the group. 
"Start button on a whoop ass machine."  F*cking Awesome!! He (redneck guy) reminds me of Ash.
Sam did the bitchface!!

 

What an amazing coincidence!! Sam just happened upon douchebag kids cabin. 14 yr old girl comes up to his nipples. 

 Oh yeah Trent, definitely a douche name. OMG this movie has horrible names for their characters. So far we have Whitney, Clay, Trent, Jenna. Maybe I'm just being crabby cause I have a toothache.
 I realize that Sam is terribly attractive but smart girls don't take off with strangers.
Wow Friday the 13th meets Mannequin. Redneck caressing the mannequin is way creepier than maskless Jason. I'm sorry sir but that is not right. Jason's normal compared to you.
I must hang out with some lame people cause my female friends never get topless anywhere near as much as these people do.
Douchebag jerk finally made a smart choice, drinking from a show is nasty.
Ouch topless girls head wound is very impressive. Makes my stomach a little queasy. I would worry about it getting infected from the lake water if I wasn't so sure she was going to die.
WTH! said head wound is magically gone when she's hiding under the docks!!
I'm liking this smarter Jason. Just because he's not the most attractive person doesn't mean that he's stupid.
But following him is stupid Sam.
Why is Sam's sister still alive? I mean I understand plot points and all that but I'm curious as to why she's so special to Jason that he's kept her as a pet.
Apparently it has something to do with whatever is around her neck. I can't quite making it out but I think it's a picture of her Mom.
Aw poor Asian guy. That's why flaming drinks are not a good idea!!
Please let some get killed with the bug zapper. Please please please.
Oh God No!! Thank you for the save Sam!! I do not want to watch some guy masturbate.
So very classy filming yourself. I was hoping this movie received an R rating for gore but I think it's just cause of all the boobs. Bleh.
LOL Love Asian guy (his name is Chewie?) offering Jason the hockey stick, goes with his outfit. Hehe I love a little humor in my horror.
There's the gore I wanted. Very gross.
No Don't go out alone!! I think other than the near masturbation Token Black Guy is my favorite of the douche bag crew. You gotta love a guy that arms himself with a wok.
Run run!!
Ouch. Smart Jason is pretty f*cking awesome. This is the Jason I want to see vs. Freddy.
How the hell did he get on the roof? Can he fly now? o.O
Was hoping for a little more from Slutty Video Girl's death but I guess they can't all be amazing.
Now that was an impressive death!!! Sorry Sentinel cop but that was cool.
Douche Jerk's gun sounds kinda wimpy. Like a BB gun or something. He screams like a girl too. Love it!!
"Where the f*ck are you gun?!" Unless this is a Disney movie I don't think it's going to answer you.
Another somewhat lame death. I still want someone to get killed with the bug zapper.
Sam and the 14 yr old in Jasons lair (for lack of a better world) reminds me of the Shapeshifters lair in Supernatural. If Dean was here he'd save everyone's ass.
Holy crap never saw that coming!!! 
Dammit stand up next to each other so I can compare your heights!!!!
Oh come on honey, you can hide better than that. I'm disappointed in you.
Was just starting to wonder when the scene with Sam getting attacked thtough the window was going to happen. Thank you!
Sam's sister has Jason's locket? Huh?
Damn that had to hurt! Sam's poor jaw.
"Say Hi to Mommy in Hell." .............lame.
Very pretty shot of the mask underwater.
Oooohh very nice!!

Over all I liked this movie, I do wish they had lost some of the nakedness in favor of more gore but I guess you have to please the masses and female horror fans are certainly not that. The kills were very realistic which I liked, I think that after seeing so many movies with elaborate kill scenes that I've started to expect that from all movies. I don't think that's necessarily a good thing but that's just the way I feel.

Still mad I never got to see Sam and Jason side by side. IMDB says that Derek Mears is 6'5" so Jason wins.

Reason #34934 why I love Supernatural

#34934 Episodes like Changing Channels, which aired 11.05.09. The Winchesters get trapped inside television shows by the Trickster, the spooky beginning is changed to something from an 80s sitcom including a cheery theme song and laugh track. They spoof Greys Anatomy, CSI (Miami mainly), insane Japanese games shows, Knight Rider and embarrassing medical commercials.While it is the funniest thing I've seen in ages it also has it serious moments and has some very, very interesting plot points.

"You know who wears sunglasses at night? No-talent douche bags."

#34935 Sam does a Herpes commercial. I was crying it was so funny. I've tried to find a vid to post but they all disabled embedding here's a link to watch it on YouTube.

Supernatural - Reason # 34932 I love this show

#34932 They get their butts kicked by Paris Hilton.

#34933 They put in little Easter eggs like Deans comment “I’ve never even seen House of Wax.” At which the camera cuts to Sam with an offended look on his face. For those of you not as obsessed with crappy horror films as I am, Jared Padalecki appears in the film as Elisha Cuthbert’s boyfriend who doesn’t survive as long as Paris does in the remake.

Vampires, Hairy Men & Scream Awards

While watching the Scream Awards the over-saturation of Vampires got me thinking and made me feel a bit ill to be honest. Waayyy to much True Blood, Twilight and the Twilight-lite from CW. I’ve read the books (well not the CW one I just can’t put myself through that.) after hearing how much better they were from friends. Twilight only increased my dislike for the whiny Bella, I just wish she’d shut the hell up already. Get over yourself. Jacob is cuter than Edward but it makes me feel dirty thinking about it cause he’s so damn young. Maybe if I was more girly I’d find it romantic but I greatly prefer the love triangles (squares? Octogons?) in Laurell K. Hamilton’s books.

I love the True Blood books and the tv show is entertaining, if a bit smutty at times.  Definitely the best of the current Vamp crop. But the blood-suckers of Bon Temps  just don’t do it for me. Sam the shape shifter is just so much better looking and likable (like-able?) in my opinion.

My tastes seem to be leaning towards the hairy, which is a little odd so I’m trying to think of an example where I like the Vampire better than the Werewolf. Only one I can come up with is Underworld 1 and 2. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is just flat out gorgeous, Micheal (Scott Speedman) is certainly nothing to sneeze at but he’s just not as attractive in my opinion. Then Underworld: Rise of the Lycans comes along and I revert back to the pattern, Lucian (Micheal Sheen) is just amazing.

I want my Vampires “Lost Boys” style not Abercrombie and Fitch.

Scream Awards ‘09
“Rise you Lycans for Rona Mitra?” Um, she’s the Vamp!!

I don’t care if Harrison Ford could be my dad, Han will always be hot.

Stan Lee is adorable.

What the hell was with the camera work? At times it was hilarious, like when it showed Justin Longs unhappiness  with not winning an award. Other times it was just frustrating, being a million miles away from Karl Urban and John Cho, the weird angle with Eli Roth and Jaime King. Just annoying.

Zombie piano players are pure win.

Jennifer Carpenter is gorgeous, had no idea that was her in [Rec].

Megan Fox is an overrated, ungrateful bitch. If she actually has a career 2 years from now I’ll be amazed.
The fact that Supernatural was virtually ignored is fucking ridiculous. It is the best horror/sci fi/fantasy show on television.
Bruce Campbell was robbed.