It's a common known fact in the horror genre of films that intensely visually appealing scenes cover loop holes in the script and/or deficiencies in the actors' abilities. Horror movies within the last decade have summarily categorized these blemish-masking techniques into two main fields readily accepted by the mentally disturbed and sexually frustrated audiences: visceral death and steamy sex. And I watch
For example, in 2005's House of Wax, director Jaume Collet-Serra cleverly saved ears worldwide from Hilton's monotone line deliveries by...giving her a love scene in a tent and extremely short shorts. She could've been educating movie watchers on the positive side of the Holocaust and it wouldn't matter as long as eyes bulged and heart beats raced.
Director Deon Taylor's recent released Chain Letter, displays the flip side by using gruesome, spine tingling, Mortal Kombat-style deaths to cover up his writer's flaws and welcome horror fans into the Halloween season with style. For example, in one scene a stereotypical White jock shows off his lack of college football scholarships while fatiguing after a 1 minute and displaying the bench press skills of a quadriplegic. How to hide this? Hmm...break his arms and rip his face off (in a see-saw motion, of course). With no mouth, horror-loving audiences with the memories of gold fish forget he could ever talk in the first place. Problem solved.
But again, in the Chain Letter movie, the nerdy, PC-loving brother of a sexy cheerleader buys a gun for self defense only to rely on the security of confusing soliloquies and solitary confinement in his room...with a huge glass wall and skylight and no gun in sight. How to mask the oversight of giving omitting character survival skills without fooling viewers into thinking he's Bear Grylls? Harpoon him and reel that fish in. No-brainer for everyone involved, right?
In the meantime, while some good movies have succeeded at taking off both unique techniques successfully, I couldn't imagine any horror audience that craves guts, gore, and elevating body counts not wanting to kick start their Halloween season with Chain Letter. There's even a sexy treat for the die-hard trick o' treaters out there.
Happy Halloween! - 40724
For example, in 2005's House of Wax, director Jaume Collet-Serra cleverly saved ears worldwide from Hilton's monotone line deliveries by...giving her a love scene in a tent and extremely short shorts. She could've been educating movie watchers on the positive side of the Holocaust and it wouldn't matter as long as eyes bulged and heart beats raced.
Director Deon Taylor's recent released Chain Letter, displays the flip side by using gruesome, spine tingling, Mortal Kombat-style deaths to cover up his writer's flaws and welcome horror fans into the Halloween season with style. For example, in one scene a stereotypical White jock shows off his lack of college football scholarships while fatiguing after a 1 minute and displaying the bench press skills of a quadriplegic. How to hide this? Hmm...break his arms and rip his face off (in a see-saw motion, of course). With no mouth, horror-loving audiences with the memories of gold fish forget he could ever talk in the first place. Problem solved.
But again, in the Chain Letter movie, the nerdy, PC-loving brother of a sexy cheerleader buys a gun for self defense only to rely on the security of confusing soliloquies and solitary confinement in his room...with a huge glass wall and skylight and no gun in sight. How to mask the oversight of giving omitting character survival skills without fooling viewers into thinking he's Bear Grylls? Harpoon him and reel that fish in. No-brainer for everyone involved, right?
In the meantime, while some good movies have succeeded at taking off both unique techniques successfully, I couldn't imagine any horror audience that craves guts, gore, and elevating body counts not wanting to kick start their Halloween season with Chain Letter. There's even a sexy treat for the die-hard trick o' treaters out there.
Happy Halloween! - 40724
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