by Nemoide Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:00 pm
Oh man, Killer Crocodile sounds like my kind of movie.
I watched Taxidermia recently, I remember this one making waves amongst the "extreme horror" crowd. It's not quite as upsetting as A Serbian Film, but it's definitely a disgusting film that isn't for the squeamish. The film follows three generations of men in in Hungary: one man is a soldier buried in rules who gets sexual gratification through unusual means, next is a man who works as a competitive eater, representing Hungary against other communist countries and coaching other eaters, finally we follow a taxidermist in the present day.
I'm pretty sure this film is saying something about Hungarian history and experiences. Unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with Hungary to really get much out of it beyond saying "well, this is disgusting."
I wouldn't recommend it but I'm glad I was able to get it through interlibrary loan, so I didn't have to pay for it and my curiosity has been satisfied.
I also rewatched a couple 80s classics: Return of the Living Dead and Child's Play.
I've seen Return of the Living Dead many times, but it's always a fun time. This time I watched it with three friends who had never seen it before and it was fun seeing their reactions (they all liked it).
Child's Play is one I think I only watched once when I was in high school when I watched everything up through Bride of Chucky. I remember liking it but not loving it, but to my surprise, it really held up as being a really solid movie! Even though the premise is ludicrous, it takes the threat of Chucky seriously and plays as a straight horror film with some silly elements. And of course the Chucky puppet was a great prop. I kind of want to go through the rest of the series, especially since I've heard good things about the new TV show.
I'm still reading horror comics too with the most interesting one I've just gotten through is The Supernaturals, a 1998 Marvel mini-series. It's essentially a reimagining of the Marvel universe by the creators of Chaos! Comics: in an alternate timeline where all the Marvel superheros vanished, this group of heroes are reimaginings of Brother Voodoo, Ghost Rider, Satana, Werewolf-By-Night, The Gargoyle, Ghost Rider, and The Black Cat with the primary villain being Jack O'Lantern who does things like resurrect The Living Mummy and even a dinosaur skeleton from a museum. The synopsis sounds like it should be a lot of Halloween fun but unfortunately it's juggling so many characters that it feels incoherent and unsatisfying. It's an interesting oddity and something that's kind of been forgotten, like a lot of other late '90s comics, but it isn't exactly a hidden gem.