Any other horror fans out there?

[Mr Mystery]

That's what I was thinking?

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Watched the live-action version of "Attack on titan", not sure if it was better/worse than the anime, I think I liked it just as much and the special FX were pretty impressive for a japanese movie. Like the anime, it sure knows how to tap into that primal fear of not being #1 on the Food Chain.

Shall watch the part 2 film later on...

Defo recomended if you want a good fantasy-horror.

[Mr Mystery]

Currently watching Turbo Kid. Not a horror film, but shall follow up with Hellions

[Kirsten]

Watched the live-action version of "Attack on titan", not sure if it was better/worse than the anime, I think I liked it just as much and the special FX were pretty impressive for a japanese movie. Like the anime, it sure knows how to tap into that primal fear of not being #1 on the Food Chain.

Shall watch the part 2 film later on...

Defo recomended if you want a good fantasy-horror.

I am curious about that, by and large the fans hated it, but the original Attack on Titan creator loved it, which is quite strange.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I am curious about that, by and large the fans hated it, but the original Attack on Titan creator loved it, which is quite strange.

I havent seen part 2 yet so can't comment on that. Were there any common criticisms of why they hated it? Personally I do not mind the changes as I do not want to watch the same exact story again and also given the format I tend to expect some things to be taken out/cut too...

[Kirsten]

well the criticisms were about part the first. I can't remember specifics, but pretty much every bit of it I think

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Oh well, I often tend to go against the masses, I'm just too cool obviously :P /hipstermode

[Mr Mystery]

TurboKid is pretty mental

Definitely worth a watch - mostly because of hilariously impressive practical effects.

[Mr Mystery]

Final Girls.

It's alright. Kind of a Scream/Cabin In The Woods mashup.

Nothing scary at all, but witty enough to be worth a watch. Maybe a Netflix job

[Mr Mystery]

And today I'm watching the Insidious trilogy. They're actually pretty cool, and certainly a less common take on the paranormal than we usually get.

But that aside, I want to go off at a tangent, and discuss Trailers.

See, when I got into Horror, it was the mid-90's, just a few short years before DVD came along and wiped out VHS as a format, and with hindsight took the like of Blockbuster with it.

Why do I say this?

The Trailers.

Once upon a time, it was far more cost effective to rent VHS than to buy them, and this of course meant a wee trip to your local video rental shop.

Being of limited means, I'd go for the best deal I could find, which usually meant the older tapes in the section. Quite often these would be rent two, get three. And things being things, you could bet your arse that you'd only find two you really wanted to see. So there you'd be, going through the slim pickings, looking for something that looked halfway decent or inventive. Sometimes you'd get lucky, and the 'mystery third' would be the best of the bunch. Most times it turned out to be a right turd in the punch bowl of your evenings viewings.

But the trailers? Oh the trailers never disappointed. Films you never heard of. Casts that never worked again. Thinly veiled rip offs of much better films. And of course Big Bob Voiceover declaring 'In A World That' before introducing the setting. Oh glorious, glorious days. It was through these trailers (and you can bet the best were on Mystery Third Tape, every time) that you found your next viewing list.

Except.....except there was always at least one film trailed you could never, ever find. It either never existed, was never released in the UK, was already rented, or worse - so mind blowingly awesome it was rented once, and then never returned, it's leasee found dead 20 years later, their brain asploded, the tape still in their machine, long since turned to dust by the sheer awesomeitude that man had foolishly tried to contain between its spools.

These days of course.....well they're just trailing films I've either seen, or own. Very, very rarely do I get the thrill of OH MY GOD THAT LOOKS WELL ACE. And that's a real shame. Because of VHS trailers, I never got into formal reviews, instead letting Big Bob Voiceover seduce me into watching yet another slightly ropey horror or SciFi. In the modern day I've tried using the Internet's to find review and recommendations. That didn't end well because of people like Harry Knowles.

You know Harry Knowles. Looks like an Orangutan, responsible for the opinion Blair Witch is great, when in truth is only marginally preferable to watching some ****er drown unwanted kittens. In short, the Internet chats an awful lot of ****.

Without Big Bob Voiceover (FOR THAT IS HIS NAME), I'm utterly lost for cool, random stuff to take a punt on.

RIP the cheaply made trailer for the cheaply made film. Your guidance is sorely missed.