The Out-of-Towners
Yep, we were out of town this weekend, sorry for the break in postings. However, you know that the new Springsteen is coming out this week, which should have you pretty pumped, and also, Silent Hill was released this weekend. Far from the typical past 30 lookalike horror films, this one is a surrealistic nightmare-esque beauty, hearkening back to the Italian giallo horror films of the 70s. Things aren't all explained away, some things don't seem to make sense, it's like you're stuck in a ....dream. Which we're sure is exactly what director Christopher Gans was going for. It's all in a heightened state of reality, which the average idiot will likely be confused by and chalk it up to bad acting, but that's really the point. Like when you do things in a bad dream that you don't WANT to do, but you can't help yourself from moving forward. And it don't waste any time: THIRTY SECONDS in, when a little girl is getting ready to jump off a cliff, you pretty much think:
GAME ON, MOTHERFUCKER!
So go support an intelligent, strange, twisted arty horror film- so they won't make Alien Vs. Predator 2, with any luck.