Enter Ti West's House of the Devil, Exit Valuable Time

From Friday night- never seen this before, and I wish I hadn't. Slow burn is not the phrase- more like grinding gears in reverse. So painfully dull and boring, with absolutely nothing happening for over an hour. I was incredibly fidgety, watching the main character roam a house, doing nothing. And when something does happen, it's shaky cam nonsense that just does not deliver. An utterly useless piece that is not remotely scary, tense, or anything. All it made me feel was anger for being subjected to this drivel. A complete waste of my valuable time.

Hudson Horror Show 16 - The Aftermath

Still recovering from what has now become a staple in the 35mm experience twice a year. Feel like I'm hung over without imbibing anything. However, I wouldn't trade my bodily aftermath for anything in the world because of this event. I moved from my usual comfort of theatre 6 to theatre 1 this go around just to change it up, as well as the order of the lineup being closer to my taste. On to the films-

Classic Monster Mash Double Feature

So after finishing out 24-hour Horrorthon, thought to might as well stick around for this double feature event.

1. Frankenstein's Bloody Terror- great to see this Paul Naschy venture on 35mm and in 3-D, though no Frankenstein is even in it. Slow building, but the 3rd act starts to pick up and become an increasingly incoherent mess.

2. Dracula vs. Frankenstein- started off ok, with amazing title sequence, but just falls flat and became absolutely dull and overly silly. Had enough after an hour, so some of us decided to call it quits and split.

Again, a great time overall, getting to hang with friends, the sinister secret Santa, and the potluck dinner.

Exhumed 24 Hour Horrorthon - Part II, The Final Four

Made it back down to Philly to finish out the 4 remaining films from 24-hour Horrorthon that was cut tragically short to an indoor waterfall, back in October. Here they are:

Screening Check: Suspiria (uncut and in Italian)

I first saw this over twenty years ago and hated it. So I figure to give it another go being on 35mm. Guess what? Still hate it. The print looked amazing, but that's all it had going for it. Extremely slow paced, not much happens, and I was utterly bored to tears. Folks say it's Argento's best, but I must vehemently protest. I even had to shush some hood rat woman for speaking extremely loud with retarded comments like, "Oh my god, she's bleeding!" It was a Key and Peele sketch come to life. Luckily she and her man left shortly after I shushed her dumb ass. May she get Ebola.