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What! Don't try to squash my hopes for this movie. I have a total horrorboner for it, as I'm sure any self-respecting horror fan does by now. So yeah, I think it's gonna be that great.

1. I r scared.

2. In the beginning, we got that Halloween through the killer mask view - that was cool.

3. I think the Dad is creepy.

4. Even though Anna Paquin won an Oscar as a child, as an adult she seems to have studied at the Eliza Dushku School.

Please, 5 Oscar winners who shot their wad?

Halle Berry
Catherine Zetabetadouglassfucker
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Renee Zellwhatsit
Affleck

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Robin Williams was nominated for "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Dead Poet's Society" AND "The Fisher King." Note how old the youngest of those movies is.

Even though Anna Paquin won an Oscar as a child, as an adult she seems to have studied at the Eliza Dushku School.

So true, and I just don't understand it. How can someone get so much WORSE with maturity and experience?

Once again, Dustin, you should probably stay away from horror movies and leave their review to people who actually watch and enjoy the genre. Trick 'R Treat has been getting great festival buzz since the film was made for its Halloween 2008 release. That Warner Bros. shelved it for a year, eventually dumping it to DVD, is a mystery to practically everyone who has seen it. I, for one, am looking forward to owning it.

Also,

-I hate the new layout of stuff on the left!
-Well, to be fair, I just dislike change.
-Although in honesty, I only dislike change when it first happens. I actually like change.
-Wasn't this the way the layout was before it moved to the center and we all bitched about that?
-Dustin must really enjoy listening to us whine.
-I like the new layout of stuff on the left.

Yes, AvB, Ginger Snaps was released in theaters. But only in Canada.

Aw, it is so nice to see the Sack Mask kid from El Orfanato still getting work. Good for him!

I've got your first two Oscar winners that have fallen from grace:

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Jon Voight

I saw "Love Boat" again on TBS the other day. Christ, that movie sucks worse than a 2 dollar coke whore who's getting her leg nawed off by rabid wolverines.

Then again, that shows her commitment to earning her 2 bucks by continuing to blow you while under mortal peril.

You go, working girl!

It's gotta be Cuba Gooding, Jr., right? Snow Dogs, Boat Trip, and Radio alone merit a separate wing at the Razzies.

Unless one of the criteria is that the person drummed him or herself right out of the business. Cuba's been working, he just hasn't been working out.

It can't be Anna Paquin, what with the X-Men franchise and True Blood. Her failures, unlike Cuba's, have been mostly noble attempts, e.g., Amistad, Buffalo Soldiers, and she's had some pretty good supporting roles in some pretty good films, like The Squid and the Whale, 25th Hour and A Walk on the Moon. "Child Star Becomes Successful Working Character Actor" is really her tagline.

Ooh, Vermillion, forgot about Mira. Mira who? Jeezus, really, where the FUCK did she go?

She should just blow Woody again...oh, wait, that was what your last sentence was about. Disregard.

I saw this last year at a screening when Warner Brothers was still trying to decide if they wanted to attempt a theatrical release.

It's not revelatory, but it was a fun movie. I'd recommend it with tempered expectations. I enjoyed the anthology aspect, and it felt like a throwback to the days when horror made you laugh and jump instead of just making you cringe, as tends to be the practice these days (e.g., Hostel, Saw, etc.). The extent to which they maximized production value shows up on screen; I was very impressed and was expecting something less polished. I was honestly very surprised this wasn't a slam dunk for at least a limited theatrical release, so in my opinion "straight-to-DVD" doesn't say much in this case.

So why didn't they try a release? Two reasons, I think.

1) It's so Halloween-holiday-specific that it could truly only be released in October (unlike...confusingly...Rob Zombie's Halloween), and I guess the studio did not want to counter-program against whatever established gorefest sequel was trying to corner the scare market.

2) (SLIGHT SPOILERS) Children die in it, and the buzz was the studio was not too comfortable with having that element in a fun scare movie. Seems very wimpy to me, but whatever.

I saw this film last year at an AICN screening and it is TERRIBLE. I almost walked out 20 minutes into it but forced myself to remain seated because I wanted to see just how bad/predictable it could get.

It rips off so many other (better) horror films, I lost count by the end.

Stay FAR AWAY from this crap-fest.

First off, as far as the "5 Oscar Winners," I didn't see anyone mention Kevin Spacey. K-Pax, anyone? Or how about Pay it Forward? I could go on and on.

Second, I totally want to see this movie. I'll probably buy it. Dylan Baker and Brian Cox being in it is just gravy as far as I'm concerned.

Last, I've mentioned before that I find Tahmoh Penikett fascinating because I've been unable to make up my mind whether he can act at all or not. With this movie, maybe I'll get a chance to see him do "scared" and finally figure it out.

Most of the horror films that fans revere as "classics" from the late 70s and early 80s would never see the flickering light of a movie theatre were they released today.

A Hollywood studio would shitcan the theatrical release of Suspiria and delay the DVD release until they could get their shitty remake with a hip-hop score in theatres.

Halloween would get picked up by a studio trying to make its bones, and while it would actually get on screens and make some crazy scrilla, the distribution company would fall apart attempting to go public and John Carpenter would never make another movie.

Sorry, "Thir13en Ghosts". MUCH better.
Shudder.

I have read about it for days. lol.