list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer/4709/default.aspx Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Year: 1992
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Plot: The idea of fusing teen sex-comedy and horror genres into a boffo box-office bonanza seems like classic braindead Hollywood-think... but somehow, beyond all reason, the makers of this film manage to pull it off. Much of the credit goes to director Fran Rubel Kuzui (Tokyo Pop) who chooses wisely to let the jokes and action rip by so quickly that viewers won't have time to realize there's practically nothing going on. Also excellent is Kristy Swanson as the bubble-headed cheerleader who learns from a Van Helsing-ish stranger (Donald Sutherland) that she's, like, the reincarnation of this pure female warrior and stuff, destined to rid the world -- or at least the Valley -- of vampires. No sooner is the Buffster being schooled in the ways of vampire butt-kicking (much to the consternation of meek pretty-boy beau Luke Perry) than the lead vampire (Rutger Hauer) and his leering cronies show up -- and leading up the pack is none other than Pee-Wee Herman himself, Paul Reubens. Fans of this film's popular TV offspring will appreciate the fang-sharp humor but may be surprised to find little evidence of the spooky atmosphere that permeates the series -- though there are some inspired moments, particularly the ridiculous death-by-ruler scene. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:58:44 GMTBuffy the Vampire Slayer1992Fran Rubel KuzuiThe idea of fusing teen sex-comedy and horror genres into a boffo box-office bonanza seems like classic braindead Hollywood-think... but somehow, beyond all reason, the makers of this film manage to pull it off. Much of the credit goes to director Fran Rubel Kuzui (<a href=/films/35354/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Tokyo Pop</a>) who chooses wisely to let the jokes and action rip by so quickly that viewers won't have time to realize there's practically nothing going on. Also excellent is <a href="/players/P____69296/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kristy Swanson</a> as the bubble-headed cheerleader who learns from a Van Helsing-ish stranger (<a href="/players/P____69192/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Donald Sutherland</a>) that she's, like, the reincarnation of this pure female warrior and stuff, destined to rid the world -- or at least the Valley -- of vampires. No sooner is the Buffster being schooled in the ways of vampire butt-kicking (much to the consternation of meek pretty-boy beau <a href="/players/P____56177/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Luke Perry</a>) than the lead vampire (<a href="/players/P____31015/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rutger Hauer</a>) and his leering cronies show up -- and leading up the pack is none other than Pee-Wee Herman himself, <a href="/players/P___108024/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Paul Reubens</a>. Fans of this film's popular TV offspring will appreciate the fang-sharp humor but may be surprised to find little evidence of the spooky atmosphere that permeates the series -- though there are some inspired moments, particularly the ridiculous death-by-ruler scene. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide41Tag Target (>10)34443http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t13055an4j7.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer/4709/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_mow/archive/2009/5/7/42155.aspx Post By: The_MOW
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Body: "Buffy" (Kristy Swanson) is the lead cheerleader of a high school who is dating the star basketball player who acts much like the typical valley girl who cares more about status, her appearance and the cheerleading squad. But her destiny has nothing to do with anything she cares most about. She soon learns about her destiny when she meets "Merrick", a mysterious man who tells her she's "The Chosen One". "The Chosen One" is the one who will lead the fight against vampires. She is "The Vampire Slayer". "Merrick" trains "Buffy" secretly so she can face the vampires, which are lead by "Lothos" (Rutger Haur) and his right-hand man "Amilyn" (Paul Reubens). To make things worse for "Buffy", her friends and classmates are becoming "Creatures of the Night". Now, "Merrick", "Buffy" and "Pike" (Luke Perry), a real jerk who slowly warms up to "Buffy", must join forces to save the town and school from the world of the undead. OK, although this is the movie the very popular television series is based upon, it is nothing like the TV show. The TV show is a serious horror/drama, while this movie is a campy B-movie. There are some good performances in this film, but they are not perfect due to the script being only fair. The script has some plot holes, like how does "Merrick" know "Buffy" is "The Chosen One"? It's never explained. Like I said before, the performances are not great. The main cast are stuck in a fair script. Sutherland, Swanson and Reubens have some of the strongest performances. Hauer is underused for being the lead vampire. For the lead vampire, "Lorthos" isn't seen much as he has "Amilyn" head any attacks outside the place he resides, which I think wasn't mentioned in the movie. Another thing you will notice with this film is that there is no gore and very little blood. The scares are pretty mild. I also noticed that the vampire attacks on "Buffy" are "telegraphed" (meaning, you can see it coming) thanks to the stomach pains "Buffy" experiences when a bloodsucker is near. Maybe if they eliminated that plot device, and added some moody music that suddenly gets louder when something scary happens, the scares would have been much better. It is also obvious that this movie has a fairly low budget thanks to the vampire makeup. The actors who play the bloodsuckers had powdered faces, fairly good looking fangs and horrible, but believable ears. But, for some reason, "Lorthos" looks more human than the rest of the vampires. Since it's release to theaters, this film has become a cult classic. It's pretty good for watching on cable, and maybe for rental if your first couple of choices are unavailable for whatever reason. Just remember one thing, if you have seen the TV show, but not the film on which it is based, there is a good chance you may be disappointed because you are expecting something drastically different.
]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 01:13:50 GMTThe_MOWThe_MOW Blog5/7/2009 9:13:50 PM"Buffy" (Kristy Swanson) is the lead cheerleader of a high school who is dating the star basketball player who acts much like the typical valley girl who cares more about status, her appearance and the cheerleading squad. But her destiny has nothing to do with anything she cares most about. She soon learns about her destiny when she meets "Merrick", a mysterious man who tells her she's "The Chosen One". "The Chosen One" is the one who will lead the fight against vampires. She is "The Vampire Slayer". "Merrick" trains "Buffy" secretly so she can face the vampires, which are lead by "Lothos" (Rutger Haur) and his right-hand man "Amilyn" (Paul Reubens). To make things worse for "Buffy", her friends and classmates are becoming "Creatures of the Night". Now, "Merrick", "Buffy" and "Pike" (Luke Perry), a real jerk who slowly warms up to "Buffy", must join forces to save the town and school from the world of the undead. OK, although this is the movie the very popular television series is based upon, it is nothing like the TV show. The TV show is a serious horror/drama, while this movie is a campy B-movie. There are some good performances in this film, but they are not perfect due to the script being only fair. The script has some plot holes, like how does "Merrick" know "Buffy" is "The Chosen One"? It's never explained. Like I said before, the performances are not great. The main cast are stuck in a fair script. Sutherland, Swanson and Reubens have some of the strongest performances. Hauer is underused for being the lead vampire. For the lead vampire, "Lorthos" isn't seen much as he has "Amilyn" head any attacks outside the place he resides, which I think wasn't mentioned in the movie. Another thing you will notice with this film is that there is no gore and very little blood. The scares are pretty mild. I also noticed that the vampire attacks on "Buffy" are "telegraphed" (meaning, you can see it coming) thanks to the stomach pains "Buffy" experiences when a bloodsucker is near. Maybe if they eliminated that plot device, and added some moody music that suddenly gets louder when something scary happens, the scares would have been much better. It is also obvious that this movie has a fairly low budget thanks to the vampire makeup. The actors who play the bloodsuckers had powdered faces, fairly good looking fangs and horrible, but believable ears. But, for some reason, "Lorthos" looks more human than the rest of the vampires. Since it's release to theaters, this film has become a cult classic. It's pretty good for watching on cable, and maybe for rental if your first couple of choices are unavailable for whatever reason. Just remember one thing, if you have seen the TV show, but not the film on which it is based, there is a good chance you may be disappointed because you are expecting something drastically different. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Ass_Kicking_Heroine_Films/190/39333/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Body: Let's see: Resident Evil BloodRayne Buffy the Vampire Slayer Aeon Flux Charlie's Angels Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Elektra Freeway Coffy Foxy Brown La Femme Nikita / Point of No Return The Long Kiss Goodnight The Quick and the Dead My Super Ex-Girlfriend Cutthroat Island Red Sonja Supergirl Ultraviolet Catwoman Barb Wire Silver Hawk Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Lady Vengeance For me, I either loved or hated these films. Kill Bill and Alien are probably my favorite female action protagonists.
]]>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:19:28 GMTmercurialTop 51/9/2009 5:19:28 PMLet's see: Resident Evil BloodRayne Buffy the Vampire Slayer Aeon Flux Charlie's Angels Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Elektra Freeway Coffy Foxy Brown La Femme Nikita / Point of No Return The Long Kiss Goodnight The Quick and the Dead My Super Ex-Girlfriend Cutthroat Island Red Sonja Supergirl Ultraviolet Catwoman Barb Wire Silver Hawk Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Lady Vengeance For me, I either loved or hated these films. Kill Bill and Alien are probably my favorite female action protagonists. http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/11/10/37161.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 11/10/2008 5:01:23 PM
Body: The big love for Let the Right One In and high expectations over the impending release of Twilight has sparked some chatter about vampires as a symbolic narrative construct — or, as Jeff Wells puts it in a post condescendingly titled “Girls Vampire Club,” “the romantic whatchamacallit vampire metaphor.” At this point, it’s not even much of a metaphor: in the fifteen years between the birth of the Buffy franchise and the release of the two teen vampire films named above, the plight of the brooding but well-meaning undead has become so synonymous with teenage alienation that fiction about the convergance of the two “outsider” groups has just about run out of points to make. It’s become refreshing to see vampires function as unambiguous villians, an evil to be dealt with sans angst. And so you’ve got to give it up for Barackula, just a little bit, just for refusing to engage in the “vampires are romantic subjects too!” cliche. This short, online-only musical (which we first learned of months ago, before it went online, but only got around to watching after last week’s election) re-imagines a young Obama’s circa-1990 induction as president of the Harvard Law Review as song-and-dance-off between our hero and a clan of literally bloodsucking would-be lawyers. Its not exactly a game-changer as far as musicals go, but it’s exceptionally narratively tight and polished for what amounts to a dramatic user-generated campaign ad, and its anticipation of what would become the major themes of the campaign all the way up to Election Day is truly remarkable. Barackula’s setpiece takes place after the young Obama has been elected to the highest office in Harvard’s budding lawyer land. He shows up for what he thinks is an inauguration, but his befanged colleagues soon set him straight: it’s a “conversion” (is that what’s going on at the White House today?) Vampires, so often coded as cool rebels in teen-oriented media, are here the in crowd, the establishment, an ancient, elite group that’s so wary of Obama the outsider that they immediately set forth to make him One Of Them. When Obama learns that the vampire lawyers want to induct him into their “secret society,” he breaks into a funky protest song. Rather than either assimilate into or conquer his opponents, Obama suggests peaceful collaboration: We can talk about it, we can compromise… We don’t need any violence, we just need to unite… We can live together, mortals and immortals — conversion’s something of the past…. As expected, this is not what the vampires want to hear, but I’ll let you see what happens for yourself rather than spoil it. I do think it’s worth pointing out that the villainous vampires in Barackula are not coded as Republicans — they even brag about being responsbile for the career of a certain “Arkansas governor and his wife” — but the political status quo in general. This young Obama is a potential hero who is charged with reforming a general culture of political toxicity, and like the real Obama, he does it by calmly refusing to engage the negative forces. It becomes necessary that here’s nothing sexy or sensitive about these vampires; this draining of angst from the vampire myth perfectly suits the no-drama Obama. The musical’s songs and choreography are largely unremarkable, but Barackula’s very existence is notable as an artistic snapshot of the obstinate optimism that the Obama campaign improbably sold to a majority of a depressed nation. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:01:23 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog11/10/2008 5:01:23 PMThe big love for Let the Right One In and high expectations over the impending release of Twilight has sparked some chatter about vampires as a symbolic narrative construct — or, as Jeff Wells puts it in a post condescendingly titled “Girls Vampire Club,” “the romantic whatchamacallit vampire metaphor.” At this point, it’s not even much of a metaphor: in the fifteen years between the birth of the Buffy franchise and the release of the two teen vampire films named above, the plight of the brooding but well-meaning undead has become so synonymous with teenage alienation that fiction about the convergance of the two “outsider” groups has just about run out of points to make. It’s become refreshing to see vampires function as unambiguous villians, an evil to be dealt with sans angst. And so you’ve got to give it up for Barackula, just a little bit, just for refusing to engage in the “vampires are romantic subjects too!” cliche. This short, online-only musical (which we first learned of months ago, before it went online, but only got around to watching after last week’s election) re-imagines a young Obama’s circa-1990 induction as president of the Harvard Law Review as song-and-dance-off between our hero and a clan of literally bloodsucking would-be lawyers. Its not exactly a game-changer as far as musicals go, but it’s exceptionally narratively tight and polished for what amounts to a dramatic user-generated campaign ad, and its anticipation of what would become the major themes of the campaign all the way up to Election Day is truly remarkable. Barackula’s setpiece takes place after the young Obama has been elected to the highest office in Harvard’s budding lawyer land. He shows up for what he thinks is an inauguration, but his befanged colleagues soon set him straight: it’s a “conversion” (is that what’s going on at the White House today?) Vampires, so often coded as cool rebels in teen-oriented media, are here the in crowd, the establishment, an ancient, elite group that’s so wary of Obama the outsider that they immediately set forth to make him One Of Them. When Obama learns that the vampire lawyers want to induct him into their “secret society,” he breaks into a funky protest song. Rather than either assimilate into or conquer his opponents, Obama suggests peaceful collaboration: We can talk about it, we can compromise… We don’t need any violence, we just need to unite… We can live together, mortals and immortals — conversion’s something of the past…. As expected, this is not what the vampires want to hear, but I’ll let you see what happens for yourself rather than spoil it. I do think it’s worth pointing out that the villainous vampires in Barackula are not coded as Republicans — they even brag about being responsbile for the career of a certain “Arkansas governor and his wife” — but the political status quo in general. This young Obama is a potential hero who is charged with reforming a general culture of political toxicity, and like the real Obama, he does it by calmly refusing to engage the negative forces. It becomes necessary that here’s nothing sexy or sensitive about these vampires; this draining of angst from the vampire myth perfectly suits the no-drama Obama. The musical’s songs and choreography are largely unremarkable, but Barackula’s very existence is notable as an artistic snapshot of the obstinate optimism that the Obama campaign improbably sold to a majority of a depressed nation. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/10/37160.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: The big love for Let the Right One In and high expectations over the impending release of Twilight has sparked some chatter about vampires as a symbolic narrative construct — or, as Jeff Wells puts it in a post condescendingly titled “Girls Vampire Club,” “the romantic whatchamacallit vampire metaphor.” At this point, it’s not even much of a metaphor: in the fifteen years between the birth of the Buffy franchise and the release of the two teen vampire films named above, the plight of the brooding but well-meaning undead has become so synonymous with teenage alienation that fiction about the convergance of the two “outsider” groups has just about run out of points to make. It’s become refreshing to see vampires function as unambiguous villians, an evil to be dealt with sans angst. And so you’ve got to give it up for Barackula, just a little bit, just for refusing to engage in the “vampires are romantic subjects too!” cliche. This short, online-only musical (which we first learned of months ago, before it went online, but only got around to watching after last week’s election) re-imagines a young Obama’s circa-1990 induction as president of the Harvard Law Review as song-and-dance-off between our hero and a clan of literally bloodsucking would-be lawyers. Its not exactly a game-changer as far as musicals go, but it’s exceptionally narratively tight and polished for what amounts to a dramatic user-generated campaign ad, and its anticipation of what would become the major themes of the campaign all the way up to Election Day is truly remarkable. Barackula’s setpiece takes place after the young Obama has been elected to the highest office in Harvard’s budding lawyer land. He shows up for what he thinks is an inauguration, but his befanged colleagues soon set him straight: it’s a “conversion” (is that what’s going on at the White House today?) Vampires, so often coded as cool rebels in teen-oriented media, are here the in crowd, the establishment, an ancient, elite group that’s so wary of Obama the outsider that they immediately set forth to make him One Of Them. When Obama learns that the vampire lawyers want to induct him into their “secret society,” he breaks into a funky protest song. Rather than either assimilate into or conquer his opponents, Obama suggests peaceful collaboration: We can talk about it, we can compromise… We don’t need any violence, we just need to unite… We can live together, mortals and immortals — conversion’s something of the past…. As expected, this is not what the vampires want to hear, but I’ll let you see what happens for yourself rather than spoil it. I do think it’s worth pointing out that the villainous vampires in Barackula are not coded as Republicans — they even brag about being responsbile for the career of a certain “Arkansas governor and his wife” — but the political status quo in general. This young Obama is a potential hero who is charged with reforming a general culture of political toxicity, and like the real Obama, he does it by calmly refusing to engage the negative forces. It becomes necessary that here’s nothing sexy or sensitive about these vampires; this draining of angst from the vampire myth perfectly suits the no-drama Obama. The musical’s songs and choreography are largely unremarkable, but Barackula’s very existence is notable as an artistic snapshot of the obstinate optimism that the Obama campaign improbably sold to a majority of a depressed nation. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:01:12 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/10/2008 5:01:12 PMThe big love for Let the Right One In and high expectations over the impending release of Twilight has sparked some chatter about vampires as a symbolic narrative construct — or, as Jeff Wells puts it in a post condescendingly titled “Girls Vampire Club,” “the romantic whatchamacallit vampire metaphor.” At this point, it’s not even much of a metaphor: in the fifteen years between the birth of the Buffy franchise and the release of the two teen vampire films named above, the plight of the brooding but well-meaning undead has become so synonymous with teenage alienation that fiction about the convergance of the two “outsider” groups has just about run out of points to make. It’s become refreshing to see vampires function as unambiguous villians, an evil to be dealt with sans angst. And so you’ve got to give it up for Barackula, just a little bit, just for refusing to engage in the “vampires are romantic subjects too!” cliche. This short, online-only musical (which we first learned of months ago, before it went online, but only got around to watching after last week’s election) re-imagines a young Obama’s circa-1990 induction as president of the Harvard Law Review as song-and-dance-off between our hero and a clan of literally bloodsucking would-be lawyers. Its not exactly a game-changer as far as musicals go, but it’s exceptionally narratively tight and polished for what amounts to a dramatic user-generated campaign ad, and its anticipation of what would become the major themes of the campaign all the way up to Election Day is truly remarkable. Barackula’s setpiece takes place after the young Obama has been elected to the highest office in Harvard’s budding lawyer land. He shows up for what he thinks is an inauguration, but his befanged colleagues soon set him straight: it’s a “conversion” (is that what’s going on at the White House today?) Vampires, so often coded as cool rebels in teen-oriented media, are here the in crowd, the establishment, an ancient, elite group that’s so wary of Obama the outsider that they immediately set forth to make him One Of Them. When Obama learns that the vampire lawyers want to induct him into their “secret society,” he breaks into a funky protest song. Rather than either assimilate into or conquer his opponents, Obama suggests peaceful collaboration: We can talk about it, we can compromise… We don’t need any violence, we just need to unite… We can live together, mortals and immortals — conversion’s something of the past…. As expected, this is not what the vampires want to hear, but I’ll let you see what happens for yourself rather than spoil it. I do think it’s worth pointing out that the villainous vampires in Barackula are not coded as Republicans — they even brag about being responsbile for the career of a certain “Arkansas governor and his wife” — but the political status quo in general. This young Obama is a potential hero who is charged with reforming a general culture of political toxicity, and like the real Obama, he does it by calmly refusing to engage the negative forces. It becomes necessary that here’s nothing sexy or sensitive about these vampires; this draining of angst from the vampire myth perfectly suits the no-drama Obama. The musical’s songs and choreography are largely unremarkable, but Barackula’s very existence is notable as an artistic snapshot of the obstinate optimism that the Obama campaign improbably sold to a majority of a depressed nation. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/23/36623.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: As if the run-of-the-mill high school movie wasn’t scary enough (cough–High School Musical 3), Hollywood has been upping the ante for years by tossing unsuspecting teens into horrific situations. Audiences seem to enjoy watching vulnerable characters having the hormones scared out of them — or else they just enjoy seeing annoying teens get tortured. Every high school teen horror flick has a stereotypical cast of characters straight out of cliche-ville: the jock/hot guy, the cheerleader/hot girl, the know-it-all nerd (male or female), the misunderstood girl, the new student, and a slew of others who normally end up as a victim for the killer/monster/plague at the heart of the movie. Maybe this is one of the reasons why the acclaimed Swedish preteen vampire film Let the Right One In (which comes out in limited release tomorrow) has been so successful at festivals: it finds ways to rework the nerd/bully/bad guy constructs that Hollywood has been regurgitating in teen movies for fifty years. After the jump, we take a look at the prototypical high school horror stories that make Right One feel so fresh. Carrie Talk about rough times in high school, Carrie is ridiculed by students and teachers alike when she experiences her first period during gym glass. However, she develops telekinesis and goes on a killing rampage that is still impressive in sheer terms of numbers as she takes out a whole gym full of students on prom night. The movie is based on Stephen King’s first published novel, and inspired a terrible sequel (The Rage: Carrie 2), a Broadway musical, a TV movie, and Zapped! Although that movie doesn’t feature Scott Baio going through the joys of menstruation, and the prom scene involves a lot more nudity. Teen Wolf The Michael J. Fox modern-day version of the 1957 I Was A Teenage Werewolf may not hold up that well today, but it still holds a spot in my heart because this was one of the first movies I ever took a date to. And yes, I was in my teens. This movie about a high schooler who becomes a werewolf has a lead female character inexplicably named “Boof,” a sequel starring Jason Bateman, an animated cartoon series, and it was the inspiration for a live-action TV sitcom called Big Wolf On Campus. If that weren’t enough, when this movie was released in Brazil, not long after Back to the Future, they translated Teen Wolf into Boy from the Future. Someone explain that one to me. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Joss Whedon wrote the script for this 1992 movie before it went through several rewrites by others, and as a result it changed so much that he eventually walked off the set and didn’t return. Of course, he got his sweet revenge when his Buffy TV series later became a billion times more popular than this movie. Still, it’s not half bad: Rutger Hauer makes a great vampire, as does Paul Reubens in one of the hammiest death scenes you’ll ever see from a bloodsucker. It’s one of the first times a teen was employed as a Van Helsing instead of becoming the monster, and the fact that it’s a woman made it even more unique. Try and ignore Luke Perry and you’ll probably enjoy this. Fright Night This is basically a love letter to teens who are obsessed with horror movies, and if you haven’t seen this one you need to get a group of friends together, rent it, and decide how cool Evil Ed is. Plus, Roddy McDowell really shines in this as a star of old vampire movies turned late-night horror movie host (based on Vincent Price) who gets recruited to fight vampires. It’s got Susan Sarandon’s brother Chris as a vampire, a werewolf, straddles the line between horror and comedy, and even has a sequel that returns both of the main stars. The Faculty Finally a horror movie that tells us what we’ve suspected all along: our teachers are horrible aliens who want to inhabit our bodies and turn us into vicious killers. This often overlooked Robert Rodriguez film stars Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Bebe Neuwirth, Famke Janssen, and even Jon Stewart, and doesn’t treat high school students like they are idiots. If you can forgive the incredibly out of place and pandering cameo appearance by Harry Knowles, there’s some good stuff in here. With the exception of a couple of scenes, it all takes place in the halls of high school, including the creepy climactic scene in the gym locker room. Why are so many horror films obsessed with locker rooms? Puberty: The Horror can’t be far away. The Monster Squad Probably most famous for giving us the highly quotable line “Wolfman’s got nards!”, this movie features 12 year old kids doing battle against the classic Universal monsters: Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and “Gill Man” (apparently there were rights issues with The Creature From The Black Lagoon). While not exactly in high school, these preteens have a clubhouse and their own business cards that proclaim “The Monster Squad.” Isn’t that an extracurricular activity any kid would want to be involved with? Apparently there’s a remake in the works right now; maybe they can squeeze in Dr. Jekyll and The Invisible Man. Prom Night Returning to the ground already consecrated by Carrie and her prom night massacre scene, this 1980 movie sees some 12-year old kids (a popular age for horror) playing in an abandoned building, when one falls to her death. Six years later, on prom night, the rest of them start dying. Spooky, right? Prom Night starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen (and it’s not a comedy) and inspired a three sequels and a remake this year. Could it be that all of these writers had disappointing prom nights themselves, and this is their revenge? Just listen to that terrible narration in the trailer. Pretty soon 10 Year Reunion and My Second Marriage horror films will start popping up. Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Final Destination All of these movies star high school students in jeopardy from a deranged serial killer, aliens, or even Death itself, and have multiple sequels. These students might not spend much time in class, but they seem to get all of their lessons in running, screaming and making poor decisions just fine. They earn an honorable mention on our list because of the sheer numbers of students in the cast that get taken out along the way, and the fact that two of them are from Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson, who also wrote The Faculty. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:01:21 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/23/2008 2:01:21 PMAs if the run-of-the-mill high school movie wasn’t scary enough (cough–High School Musical 3), Hollywood has been upping the ante for years by tossing unsuspecting teens into horrific situations. Audiences seem to enjoy watching vulnerable characters having the hormones scared out of them — or else they just enjoy seeing annoying teens get tortured. Every high school teen horror flick has a stereotypical cast of characters straight out of cliche-ville: the jock/hot guy, the cheerleader/hot girl, the know-it-all nerd (male or female), the misunderstood girl, the new student, and a slew of others who normally end up as a victim for the killer/monster/plague at the heart of the movie. Maybe this is one of the reasons why the acclaimed Swedish preteen vampire film Let the Right One In (which comes out in limited release tomorrow) has been so successful at festivals: it finds ways to rework the nerd/bully/bad guy constructs that Hollywood has been regurgitating in teen movies for fifty years. After the jump, we take a look at the prototypical high school horror stories that make Right One feel so fresh. Carrie Talk about rough times in high school, Carrie is ridiculed by students and teachers alike when she experiences her first period during gym glass. However, she develops telekinesis and goes on a killing rampage that is still impressive in sheer terms of numbers as she takes out a whole gym full of students on prom night. The movie is based on Stephen King’s first published novel, and inspired a terrible sequel (The Rage: Carrie 2), a Broadway musical, a TV movie, and Zapped! Although that movie doesn’t feature Scott Baio going through the joys of menstruation, and the prom scene involves a lot more nudity. Teen Wolf The Michael J. Fox modern-day version of the 1957 I Was A Teenage Werewolf may not hold up that well today, but it still holds a spot in my heart because this was one of the first movies I ever took a date to. And yes, I was in my teens. This movie about a high schooler who becomes a werewolf has a lead female character inexplicably named “Boof,” a sequel starring Jason Bateman, an animated cartoon series, and it was the inspiration for a live-action TV sitcom called Big Wolf On Campus. If that weren’t enough, when this movie was released in Brazil, not long after Back to the Future, they translated Teen Wolf into Boy from the Future. Someone explain that one to me. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Joss Whedon wrote the script for this 1992 movie before it went through several rewrites by others, and as a result it changed so much that he eventually walked off the set and didn’t return. Of course, he got his sweet revenge when his Buffy TV series later became a billion times more popular than this movie. Still, it’s not half bad: Rutger Hauer makes a great vampire, as does Paul Reubens in one of the hammiest death scenes you’ll ever see from a bloodsucker. It’s one of the first times a teen was employed as a Van Helsing instead of becoming the monster, and the fact that it’s a woman made it even more unique. Try and ignore Luke Perry and you’ll probably enjoy this. Fright Night This is basically a love letter to teens who are obsessed with horror movies, and if you haven’t seen this one you need to get a group of friends together, rent it, and decide how cool Evil Ed is. Plus, Roddy McDowell really shines in this as a star of old vampire movies turned late-night horror movie host (based on Vincent Price) who gets recruited to fight vampires. It’s got Susan Sarandon’s brother Chris as a vampire, a werewolf, straddles the line between horror and comedy, and even has a sequel that returns both of the main stars. The Faculty Finally a horror movie that tells us what we’ve suspected all along: our teachers are horrible aliens who want to inhabit our bodies and turn us into vicious killers. This often overlooked Robert Rodriguez film stars Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Bebe Neuwirth, Famke Janssen, and even Jon Stewart, and doesn’t treat high school students like they are idiots. If you can forgive the incredibly out of place and pandering cameo appearance by Harry Knowles, there’s some good stuff in here. With the exception of a couple of scenes, it all takes place in the halls of high school, including the creepy climactic scene in the gym locker room. Why are so many horror films obsessed with locker rooms? Puberty: The Horror can’t be far away. The Monster Squad Probably most famous for giving us the highly quotable line “Wolfman’s got nards!”, this movie features 12 year old kids doing battle against the classic Universal monsters: Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and “Gill Man” (apparently there were rights issues with The Creature From The Black Lagoon). While not exactly in high school, these preteens have a clubhouse and their own business cards that proclaim “The Monster Squad.” Isn’t that an extracurricular activity any kid would want to be involved with? Apparently there’s a remake in the works right now; maybe they can squeeze in Dr. Jekyll and The Invisible Man. Prom Night Returning to the ground already consecrated by Carrie and her prom night massacre scene, this 1980 movie sees some 12-year old kids (a popular age for horror) playing in an abandoned building, when one falls to her death. Six years later, on prom night, the rest of them start dying. Spooky, right? Prom Night starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen (and it’s not a comedy) and inspired a three sequels and a remake this year. Could it be that all of these writers had disappointing prom nights themselves, and this is their revenge? Just listen to that terrible narration in the trailer. Pretty soon 10 Year Reunion and My Second Marriage horror films will start popping up. Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Final Destination All of these movies star high school students in jeopardy from a deranged serial killer, aliens, or even Death itself, and have multiple sequels. These students might not spend much time in class, but they seem to get all of their lessons in running, screaming and making poor decisions just fine. They earn an honorable mention on our list because of the sheer numbers of students in the cast that get taken out along the way, and the fact that two of them are from Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson, who also wrote The Faculty. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_Scary_Movie_Quotes/222/14752/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 7/15/2007 5:14:15 PM
Body: ... judging from the 'valley girl' dialect, I can assume it is from one of only a couple movies like that that I know of... I don't think it is "Night Of The Comet" as I have seen that one a couple of times... so I will take a stab in the dark and say "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" ... although I have seen this one a couple of times as well... but it was a looong time ago...
]]>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:14:15 GMTDr_GorHORROR MOVIES 1017/15/2007 5:14:15 PM ... judging from the &#39;valley girl&#39; dialect, I can assume it is from one of only a couple movies like that that I know of... I don&#39;t think it is "Night Of The Comet" as I have seen that one a couple of times... so I will take a stab in the dark and say "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" ... although I have seen this one a couple of times as well... but it was a looong time ago... http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_How_About_your_Favorite_FUNNY_Scary_Movies/222/7843/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: divinemsjunebug
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Post Date: 4/29/2007 9:43:55 PM
Body: I totally forgot that movie. I haven't seen that since the 80s. I think I am going to have to put that on my Netflix Queue too and see it again. That was cute. I ought to see the first Howling again too, it's been so long since I've seen them. I have to say that I am probably one of the few that really liked the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Movie - I thought it was pretty cute. Now the series was just classic (in my opinion) I loved just about all the episodes of it - Hush was my favorite episode, I loved the Gentlemen.
]]>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:43:55 GMTdivinemsjunebugHORROR MOVIES 1014/29/2007 9:43:55 PMI totally forgot that movie. I haven&#39;t seen that since the 80s. I think I am going to have to put that on my Netflix Queue too and see it again. That was cute. I ought to see the first Howling again too, it&#39;s been so long since I&#39;ve seen them. I have to say that I am probably one of the few that really liked the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Movie - I thought it was pretty cute. Now the series was just classic (in my opinion) I loved just about all the episodes of it - Hush was my favorite episode, I loved the Gentlemen. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/funny/MemberTagFilms.aspxfunny
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