Netflix Rocks Horror...Instantly!

Netflix, while single-handedly reinventing the wheel and revolutionizing the DVD rental business, has brought movies to those of us who no longer have another rental option available.
You lucky dogs who live in or close to cities have Redbox in your local grocery stores and/or a Blockbuster right down the street are too fortunate to realize your blessings.

I live in the sticks. Well, maybe not the sticks - but close enough. And when my local rental place closed down I was shit outta luck as far as renting movies. It became extraordinarily expensive to just buy everything I wanted to see, and even getting HBO was a moot point because everything they show has been out for months.
You can hear me rant and rave about this subject here.

Suffice it to say that I am in love with Netflix. It brings me movie after movie into my mailbox (and who doesn't like getting something other than bills?) and puts a smile on my face when I realize I don't have to drop a fortune at Wal-Mart or Target on DVDs I might never watch again.
I have only a two day turnaround for movies which means I could conceivably watch up to say, six movies a week with the plan I have. Yep, new releases too of course.
Add to that the fact that you can watch tons of movies right on your computer (or with a Wii) instantly....and seriously, who can deny it's a great deal?

Now...
Of course I realize many people do not have Netflix, but for those who do, I really feel I have to mention the plethora of decent horror films they now have available on their 'watch instantly' feature.

(And please forgive me for not linking all the films...I would have been at my computer for a whole day doing that! But you can look any and/or all these films up on Netflix, Amazon, or IMDB. Please do so.)

Included in the awesomeness:



I can tell you I personally watched every one of these films (not necessarily on Netflix mind you) and they are all worthy of your attention.
So seriously, if this didn't make non-subscribers want to jump on this bandwagon - for the instant watch if nothing else - I don't know what would.

I'm thinking I should get some sort of compensation for this lovely infomercial here...

Horror Quotes: How mad are your skills?

So, how good are your horror trivia skills? Your talent at remembering quotes?
We all talk in movie quotes at one time or another, but when it comes down to it - how much do you put to memory?

I saw this on Facebook and thought I'd post it here instead.
The deal on FB was to pick twenty of your fave movies and find quotes (on IMDB or the likes) and post them for people to guess.
So I thought a horror version might be cool.

I'll start off easy. But I'm not gonna do any "You're gonna need a bigger boat" or "Wanna play a game?".... way too simple.
And yes, this pic is sure enough from one of the flicks.



So here goes:

1) "Get away from her, you bitch!"

2) "It's totally insane. We have three new cheers to learn in the morning, the game is in the afternoon, I have to get my hair done at five, and the dance is at eight! I'll be totally wiped out!"

3) "You listen to me, and you listen good! I am gonna kill every member of your family! I'm gonna hunt them down like the animals they are, and I'm gonna skin em' alive! They are going to feel the pain and suffering of every last victim! They're gonna crawl on on their hands and knees, and they're gonna beg me for mercy! But all I'm gonna have for them is pain! Pain and death! "

4) "I don't care. I'm just gonna smoke. I'm just gonna totally smoke. I'll finish these, go to the store and get a brand new pack, smoke the shit out of that one."

5) "What's the point they're all the same, some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can't act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door, it's insulting. "

6) "He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker."

7) "Samhain, also known as All Hallows' Eve, also known as Halloween. Pre-dating Christianity, the Celtic holiday was celebrated on the one night between autumn and winter when the barrier between the living and the dead was thinnest, and often involved rituals that included human sacrifice."

8) "How'd we get into the sex crime business anyway? My brother, Saul, a plumber, makes twice as much money as I do and gets three weeks vacation too."

9) "I live in the weak and wounded."

10) Q: "Would you like to hear today's specials?" A: "Not if you want to keep your spleen."

11) " I gotta thing about chickens. "

12) "Have you ever had a SINGLE MOMENT'S THOUGHT about my responsibilities? Have you ever thought, for a single solitary moment about my responsibilities to my employers?? Has it ever occurred to you that I have agreed to look after the OVERLOOK Hotel until May the FIRST. Does it MATTER TO YOU AT ALL that the OWNERS have placed their COMPLETE CONFIDENCE and TRUST in me, and that I have signed a letter of agreement, a CONTRACT, in which I have accepted that RESPONSIBILITY? Do you have the SLIGHTEST IDEA, what a MORAL AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLE IS, DO YOU? Has it ever occurred to you what would happen to my future, if I were to fail to live up to my responsibilities? Has it ever occurred to you? HAS IT??"

13) "I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?"

14) "Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!"

15) "You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other, and for all of it, we never budge an inch."

16) "Woe be unto him who opens one of the seven gateways to Hell, because through that gateway, evil will invade the world."

17) "Amputate a man's leg and he can still feel it tickling. Tell me, mum, when your little girl is on the slab, where will it tickle you?"

18) "Wrists are for girls. I'm slitting my throat."

19) "Ohh, for God's sake! He's got an arm off! "

20) " Good shot! OK, he's dead; let's go get 'im. That's another one for the fire."

And two bonus quotes -

*"That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people."

*"Dance with me, you little toad."

So, there you go.
And if anyone gets them all, I'll know you're cheating. No one's that good. (And if they are, I should have married them.)

What's that I hear??

Because I love lists, here are a few of what I would consider 'well-placed' songs in Horror Movies:
Bear with me, and feel free to disagree - or suggest a few of your own.


1) Sympathy for the devil (The Rolling Stones)- Interview with the Vampire




I love this song for the ending shots of Lestat and the interviewer in the car. Perfect.


2) Mama Told Me Not To Come (Three Dog Night) - April Fool's Day


Some people call this flick a cop-out, I thought it was brilliant.


3) Don't fear the reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)- Halloween


Iconic tune - also used in Zombie's 2007 remake and during the 'love' scene in Scream.


4) First Cool Hive (Moby) - Scream


Speaking of Scream, it has alot of fairly appropriate songs, but this tune (sans lyrics) seems to fit just right for the mood.


5) Down with the Sickness (Disturbed) - Dawn of the Dead (04)


Seems to be written specifically for this movie, but those in the know are aware that it was used in Queen of the Damned prior to DOTD '04.


6) Before I'm Dead (Kidney Thieves) - Queen of the Damned


Ahh.. Queen of the Damned. Some people just freakin' hate it. I do not. And the end credits song is really...cool.


7) After Dark (Tito & Tarantula) - From Dusk Till Dawn


My husband still begs to watch this movie. One guess why? Alas, not for the music.


8) People are Strange (Echo & The Bunnymen) - The Lost Boys


The 'vampires are us' theme song, really.


9) Summer Breeze (Type O Negative) - I know what you did last summer


Fluffy teen flick had some killer tunes. I still listen to the soundtrack, it's one of my faves.


10) Hip to be Square (Huey Lews & The News) - American Psycho




Who ever would have expected this 80's gem in this kind of flick? Well done.


11) Don't stop me now (Queen) - Shaun of the Dead


All the music from SOTD is well thought out, though none as appropriate as this one!


12) Sweet Dreams (Marilyn Manson) - House on Haunted Hill


Love this Eurythmics cover - in anything, anytime. But really liked it as the group of guests were coming to the house.


13) Love Rollercoaster (The Ohio Players) - Urban Legend


Because the song itself IS an urban legend within itself.


14) Hurdy Gurdy Man (Donovan) - Zodiac


A haunting song for an equally haunting movie. It will stick in your head.


15) Blue Velvet (Bobby Vinton) - Blue Velvet


Not on the original soundtrack, strangely enough. But certainly used in the disturbing Lynch film.


16) Wait for the rain (David Hess ) - Last House on the Left (1972)


A cover of this was used in Cabin Fever as an homage, but I think Hess's version is the real 'shiny happy tune'.


17) Bad Moon Rising (CCR) - An American Werewolf in London


Every song in Landis's masterpiece spoke of 'moons' - but this one really comes along at the right time.


18) Dark Secret (Matthew Sweet) - The Craft


Also a great alternative soundtrack, there were many tunes appropriate for this movie, but this one encompasses the whole 'witch' thing pretty good, and was used at a really great time within the film.




19) Pet Sematary (The Ramones) - Pet Sematary


Gosh, I can't actually remember if this song was used in Pet Sematary or its sequel, but I couldn't resist putting up a pic of poor, doomed little Gage....


20) Jeepers Creepers (Paul Whiteman) Jeepers Creepers


The Mac guy - having a really bad day.
Should have stuck with a PC I guess.


21) Pussy Liquor (Rob Zombie) - House of 1000 Corpses


Zombie's films are always filled with good tunes, not necessarily his own. But this one has a grindingly good beat and you just can't help but sing along.


22) Redemption Song (Bob Marley) - I Am Legend


They also used Marley's Three Little Birds... but lets be honest, folks - everything wasn't gonna be alright, was it? End credits tune was ideal.


23) Mr. Sandman (The Chordettes) - Halloween II (1981)


I also liked the psychedelic-sounding version from Rob Zombie's Halloween end credits.
Either way, it's a strangely weird song to use in a movie about a homicidal maniac. But ya' can't help but like it.


24) Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood) - Christine


Perfect opening tune. Maybe best ever.


25) The Midnight Special (CCR) - Twilight Zone: The Movie


"wanna see something really scary?"


26) Mad World (Gary Jules) - Donnie Darko


Shit, man. This goddamned rabbit still cares the hell out of me!


27) We've only just begun (The Carpenters) - 1408


Never did a Carpenters song disturb or annoy me more than during this crazy flick.

So there you have it.
Comments?

Soon to come: Songs I think would have been appropriate for horror movies but were NOT used.....