Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Mama


If Orphan taught us anything, it’s that tiny-statured people are terrifying. Furthering that theory is this creepy trailer for the very similar looking MAMA. Produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Andres Muschietti based on his own 2008 short, the film tells the story of two feral children adopted after fending for themselves alone in the woods for five years.
Of course shit gets ghostly, but there’s an interesting tidbit regarding Jessica Chastain’s character I came across that hints there’s something more disturbing going on beyond your run-of-the-mill ghost story. It’s not mentioned in the trailer and I certainly don’t want to spoil it, but potential leads me to hope this is one of the good ones:
 
MAMA Trailer Promises Feral Children & Goth Chastain | CHUD.com

Sinister Trailer



I can’t recall the last time I was legitimately terrified in a movie theatre. Sure, I’ve been shaken up by the occasional jump scare. But the sense that I’m looking at some seriously messed up shit that will have me thinking twice about that bump in the night? Not since I first saw The Exorcist upon its ’98 rerelease.
So it’s with great joy that I reveal the following: this trailer is pretty goddamn scary. Horror’s effect is subjective of course, but I’d like to suggest doing as I did. Turn the lights down, crank the volume, and let this short glimpse of Sinister work its indelibly creepy magic.

This Red-Band Trailer For SINISTER is Scary | CHUD.com

From the looks of the trailer, I won't be arguing that it doesn't look scary initially.This looks like a good one for the Drafthouse.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Unearthed



UNEARTHED - A SHORT FILM By Dalang Films - YouTube

International Association of Time Travelers: Members’ Forum Subforum

I read this a few years back and forgot about it until today...

International Association of Time Travelers: Members’ Forum
Subforum: Europe – Twentieth Century – Second World War
Page 263
11/15/2104
At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl’s cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games. Let a free world rejoice!


 
At 14:57:44, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1936 Berlin; incapacitated FreedomFighter69 before he could pull his little stunt. Freedomfighter69, as you are a new member, please read IATT Bulletin 1147 regarding the killing of Hitler before your next excursion. Failure to do so may result in your expulsion per Bylaw 223.

At 18:06:59, BigChill wrote:
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first trip. I did. It always gets fixed within a few minutes, what’s the harm?

At 18:33:10, SilverFox316 wrote:
Easy for you to say, BigChill, since to my recollection you’ve never volunteered to go back and fix it. You think I’ve got nothing better to do?

11/16/2104
At 10:15:44, JudgeDoom wrote:
Good news! I just left a French battlefield in October 1916, where I shot dead a young Bavarian Army messenger named Adolf Hitler! Not bad for my first time, no? Sic semper tyrannis!

At 10:22:53, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1916 France I come, having at the last possible second prevented Hitler’s early demise at the hands of JudgeDoom and, incredibly, restrained myself from shooting JudgeDoom and sparing us all years of correcting his misguided antics. READ BULLETIN 1147, PEOPLE!

At 15:41:18, BarracksRoomLawyer wrote:
Point of order: issues related to Hitler’s service in the Bavarian Army ought to go in the World War I forum.

11/21/2104
At 02:21:30, SneakyPete wrote:
Vienna, 1907: after numerous attempts, have infiltrated the Academy of Fine Arts and facilitated Adolf Hitler’s admission to that institution. Goodbye, Hitler the dictator; hello, Hitler the modestly successful landscape artist! Brought back a few of his paintings as well, any buyers?
At 02:29:17, SilverFox316 wrote:
All right; that’s it. Having just returned from 1907 Vienna where I secured the expulsion of Hitler from the Academy by means of an elaborate prank involving the Prefect, a goat, and a substantial quantity of olive oil, I now turn my attention to our newer brethren, who, despite rules to the contrary, seem to have no intention of reading Bulletin 1147 (nor its Addendum, Alternate Means of Subverting the Hitlerian Destiny, and here I’m looking at you, SneakyPete). Permit me to sum it up and save you the trouble: no Hitler means no Third Reich, no World War II, no rocketry programs, no electronics, no computers, no time travel. Get the picture?
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More: Wikihistory by Desmond Warzel | Tor.com

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Doctor's Wife Earns a Hugo

Neil Gaiman collected a Hugo award for the Doctor Who episode the Doctor's Wife this week:

Yesterday I flew to Chicago,

I had my photo taken with the other nominees

I believe Dan Harmon (L) brought the Darkest Timeline instant goatees (well, vandykes)

I went to the Hugo Award ceremonies, brilliantly moderated by John Scalzi, a man who needs his own TV show...

...and collected the Hugo Award for my Doctor Who episode, THE DOCTOR'S WIFE.


More Neil Gaiman's Blog - Hugo is The Doctor's Wife ... - Goodreads

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Blade Runner-inspired short by Ridley Scott's son


As a collaboration with the designers of RED cameras, Luke Scott (the son of Blade Runner director Ridley Scott) has directed the 20-minute science fiction film Loom. This short, which stars Giovanni Ribisi as a laboratory grunt in a dystopian future, aims for atmospherics and openly acknowledges a stylistic debt to Blade Runner. Hat tip to Alexander! More »