On Sunday Franke and I trekked off to see “The Host” and “OMG!” was it great! It’s been a really looooong time since I have seen a horror film this fun, scary and moving. It helps that the writer/director actually give you main characters that you like and care about. It helps that the monster movie thrills are really well done. It helps the movie (and the horror genre in general) that the gore is kept to a bare minimum so those fans of “horror” and not “gore” can get into the movie as well. It helps that the movie has several subtexts (United States politics, pandemics, Agent Yellow!) that make it resonate more. There is some much good stuff in this movie that I couldn’t possibly write it all down. I love, love, loved it! Go see it. NOW!!!
hey chas.
i’m really looking forward to seeing ‘the host’. it’s not playing in my neck of the woods yet, but the local rep thatre will be getting it eventually.
i did manage check out ‘grindhouse’ over the weekend though, and i loved it. i’m seeing it for a second time tonight — before the winestein’s break it up into two separate films.
by the way, the bob clark news is very sad. i’m a huge fan of ‘black christmas’, ‘deathdream’, ‘murder by decree’, and ‘a christmas story’. it sounded like clark was ready to get back into some really interesting filmmaking. too bad this terrific filmmaker’s career was cut short.
I really hated one of the characters in The Host, I’m sure you can guess which one!
I’ve ordered The Host from Diabolik, they have a region free special edition for about $20.00. It should be in any day now…