So...it's been awhile. I feel like an ass. Here I am, a horror writer. Got a website devoted to horror. Didn't blog a single bleeping thing during the month of October, the most wonderful time of the year. Ah, well...mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maximum fucking culpa! I have been trés busy, what with the conventions, and the writing, and the...no...no excuses. I was a bum, and I neglected my baby. So, how about this? How about I give you a two-fer? Two reviews of some rather severely cool shiz-nit that I have come across just in the last few weeks. Cool? Cool!
Alright, then. Part, the first!
Found You. No, not a stalker's mantra (although, yeah, maybe). This is the sequel to Mary SanGiovanni's seminal work: The Hollower, about a creature from another dimension with a serious hate-on for humans. It takes the worst of you - your doubts, your fears, your insecurities - and shows them to you, amped up and fully-loaded so that it can feed on your fear and self-loathing. If you don't kill yourself, the Hollower will be glad to do it for you! Found You is as good - if not better than - the original. As a writer, there were a few spots that pulled me out of the narrative and made me wonder what her editor was thinking. But on the whole, the book was gripping, exciting and flat-out horrifying (and I mean that in the best possible sense, of course)! By all means, pick this one up if you've got a hankering for horror.
Alright, then. Part, the first!
Found You. No, not a stalker's mantra (although, yeah, maybe). This is the sequel to Mary SanGiovanni's seminal work: The Hollower, about a creature from another dimension with a serious hate-on for humans. It takes the worst of you - your doubts, your fears, your insecurities - and shows them to you, amped up and fully-loaded so that it can feed on your fear and self-loathing. If you don't kill yourself, the Hollower will be glad to do it for you! Found You is as good - if not better than - the original. As a writer, there were a few spots that pulled me out of the narrative and made me wonder what her editor was thinking. But on the whole, the book was gripping, exciting and flat-out horrifying (and I mean that in the best possible sense, of course)! By all means, pick this one up if you've got a hankering for horror.
The second thing I have to offer is a movie. Curse of Chucky. Frankly, I didn't expect to like it. On the whole, I'm not much of a one for killer dolls and the like, though I thought the first movie was fine. So, imagine my surprise when not only did I find the movie entertaining, but, in some places, genuinely creepy! The story revolves around a young woman, paralyzed since birth and living with her mother. Their relationship is strained, though the love is there, if a bit co-dependent. The action begins when a package is delivered to their home with no name attached to it. A package which contains a doll that wants to play. I don't want to give anything away (you hear that you "Walking Dead" posters? See how I don't give away the frigging juiciest parts of the show? Go...do thou likewise!) but what follows is both entertaining and satisfying from a story-telling point of view. Sure, it's not a perfect movie, and there is some cheese involved. It is, when you get down to it, a movie about a possessed doll. But the action scenes are good, and there are some pretty nice kills.
All in all, I would say that this is a solid movie. And if you're looking for some good horror, you can do much worse than this.
Until next time, Sayonara!
Christopher Collins
All in all, I would say that this is a solid movie. And if you're looking for some good horror, you can do much worse than this.
Until next time, Sayonara!
Christopher Collins
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