Freddy vs. Jason: the Ultimate Matchup

A couple of years ago, I watched that slasher film named Freddy vs. Jason, consisting of 85 boring minutes before you can finally watch the two evil characters (Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series) fight with each other in a kind of final epic struggle to death. Here it is:



This is so funny, don't you think?

A Lawn Mower Can Save Your Life!!!

Remember what I wrote in my blog entry of 7 October? Well, for the first time I have to quote myself:

[Talking about Peter Jackson's Braindead]
I keep the best scene for the article I'll post on 31 October: it'll suit perfectly to the theme of the day… See you then!

Here we are. 31 October. I'm writing this at 6.42 pm. It's already dark. I'm alone in the corridor where my student room lies. It's the perfect time to watch the best scene of Braindead: the Lawnmower Scene. If you don't like horror movies and loathe the sight of blood (even fake), then you'd beter not watch this. Nevertheless, if you do want to have a good laugh, please watch it. It's definitely not the kind of movies that "make you shit bricks" (just to quote again thenostalgiacritic – cf. yesterday's post), but instead it's a tremendous movie.



And I can't resist to the temptation of showing you the fight opposing Father McGruder to several zombies:



And this is the origin of the zombie problem: rat monkeys of Sumatra (!):



Haha!!!!

I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the film!

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead definitely kicks ass! It's a British zombie movie that's meant to be silly. As I didn't remember the plot quite well, here's the story in a nutshell (taken from the Wikipedia entry):

The plot focuses on Shaun, an unmotivated young man who is attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he reconciles with his ex-girlfriend and settles his various issues with his mother and stepfather. At the same time he has to cope with an apocalyptic uprising of zombies that is causing society to collapse.

Here's a video containing some very good scenes of the film.



And a video featuring an appropriate song to fit the footage (and vice-versa):



The humour featured in this movie is typically British, and it is one of the reasons why I warmly recommend it, even if you don't like horror films. There are lots of references to George A. Romero's movie, too.

If you're interested in seeing more of that, check the many videos on YouTube.

The Top 11 Scariest Movies of All Time

Welcome to the Halloween Theme Week! It means that this week, I plan to post videos relating to Halloween.

Today's video was made by thatguywiththeglasses (my favourite YouTuber) for his channel thenostalgiacritic (which had also been deleted by YouTube). He analyses the "top eleven scariest nostalic moments of all time. Why top 11? Because I like to go one step behind".



# 11: The Wizard of Oz

I definitely have to see this movie: it's a reference for many parodies. It's a little bit too kitschy for me, though.


# 10: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (old version: 1971)

Never seen this one too, but just a couple extracts. Too kitschy as well.

"So, what's the deal, Wonka*?" [*pronounced as "wanker", I think…]

# 9: Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland

In French, I think it had the ridiculous name of "Bizounours"…


# 8: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (animated version)


# 7: The snake from Beetlejuice (by Tim Burton)


# 6: Ghostbusters

I was scared the shit out of myself by that ghost librarian when I was young!!

"… a spiritual nanny played by Peter MacNicol. Peter MacNicol is already really scary… Now imagine him in drag trying to play a Mary Poppinsish pedophile from hell and you got yourself a pretty nasty image."

# 5: The child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Never seen, but I heard of it, especially as a musical.


# 4: Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure (again by Burton)

I saw this movie a couple of years ago, and I regret it… It's one of the dumbest (in the bad sense of the term) films ever. On the other hand, I rather like Big Top Pee Wee (shame on me).


# 3: Judge Doom from Who framed Roger Rabbit

This film stands in the my Top 10 Best Movies ever. I love Christopher Lloyd playing this part. He never blinks in the whole film… And the French version is great, too.

"The vilain is tall, is dark, is Christopher Lloyd…"

"… and you can count the bricks we shit after seeing this scene."

I just love this kind of expressions.

By the way, do you know why the title is written without a question mark? It's due to a superstition in Hollywood saying that you can never put such a sign in a title. Basically.


# 2: the clown from Poltergeist

I still have to see it. Another source of parodies.


# 1: the banshee from Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Don't know that one… But it looks scary… I mean back then it probably was.



Anyway, this is a great list, even though there are other monsters and creepy creaters that'd deserved to be on that list. I'm thinking about the wrath of God at the end of Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark, for instance.

Baby Attacks Human

After all, if a mutant turtle is able to attack a human, no wonder that a mutant baby does the same, as shown in Peter "Yeah the 'Lord of the Rings' one" Jackson's gory movie Braindead, a masterpiece of fake-blood horror…



I also wanted to show you a fragment featuring a sheep. I thought it was in Braindead, but Mr Romero (not the horror movies director…) lets me know that this fragment was from Bad Taste, another Peter Jackson movie. Enjoy!



Moreover, this other extract kicks ass. You'd better believe me…



Divine intervention! I kick ass for the Lord! — Father McGruder (Stuart Devenie).

It's just perfect!!! I LOVE IT! Absolutely dumb and bloody.

I keep the best scene for the article I'll post on 31 October: it'll suit perfectly to the theme of the day… See you then!

What If The Simpsons Had Magic Skills?

Tomorrow I'm gonna go and see "The Simpsons Movie" at the cinema. So I decided to show you this sketch, which was part of a "Horror Show" (the episode that's broadcast on Halloween).



Silly, wasn't it? I like it because of the monster. And other puns like: "Head Zepplin!"