tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post8144144811867964504..comments2024-02-16T10:27:42.320-08:00Comments on Krell Laboratories: Casualty FridaysVulnavia Morbiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-26327136983789092712012-07-22T20:20:31.913-07:002012-07-22T20:20:31.913-07:00I think you have devoted more time and insight int...I think you have devoted more time and insight into the film than most fans. I guess it is all about timing in regards to Friday's success. I watched it a few years ago and kind of liked some of the scenes where it started to rain, there's this kind of disquiet, and because only young adults occupy the grounds, the murderer has free reign to pick them off. I think there is a scene where Cunninghum shoots above the bed with Bacon (you might have to freshen my memory) where we see the goofy kid's neck slit, as a spit of lightning flashes to unveil his demise. Little scenes actually work better for me like that.crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669900632326853467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-15040536410671519442012-07-19T18:12:46.405-07:002012-07-19T18:12:46.405-07:00Hi, Ashlee. Welcome.
I think I mentioned that my ...Hi, Ashlee. Welcome.<br /><br />I think I mentioned that my relationship with slasher films is nuanced. Your mention of the political economy of the slasher movie is well taken. I've found myself defending them on more than one occasion (usually from unreflected charges of misogyny).<br /><br />I should mention that I kind of like Jason X. It's ridiculous, I admit, but I love watching David Cronenberg act in other people's movies and I love the scene with the big drill. I say this knowing full well that it's not a very good movie. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for commenting.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-22005278594497401602012-07-19T17:47:38.609-07:002012-07-19T17:47:38.609-07:00You make some seriously excellent points worth con...You make some seriously excellent points worth considering. I personally love the slasher genre as much as other horror subgenres but akin to your argument in opposition of them, I've managed to argue for their virtues, symbolic or otherwise. <br /><br />It's reasonable to dissect the political economy of the slasher circa late 70s/early 80s.<br /><br />The friday the 13th franchise is not one of my favorites but it is one I do own and have written about myself. I have to be somewhat considerate of what the later films ('89, '91 I believe) tried to do to brandish some sophistication.<br /><br />But I'm just an eternal optimist.Ashlee Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530884243523757687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-6322400652524629152012-07-16T13:46:50.721-07:002012-07-16T13:46:50.721-07:00Like you, I have no fondness for slasher films, no...Like you, I have no fondness for slasher films, nostalgia be damned. But I found your sequel concept intriguing because it promises a potentially rich Manichean view of things. The first "Friday the 13th" even hinted at such a view, albeit obliquely. There's a relatively early scene in which one of the female characters relates a troubling dream. This moment is followed by a rainstorm out of the Old Testament. Together, the two scenes suggest the killer has some religio-moral significance. So while your sequel idea would surely rile hardcore fans of the series, you'd be on defensible thematic ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-86244897125460976252012-07-13T21:50:32.204-07:002012-07-13T21:50:32.204-07:00While you are making a sequel to Friday the 13th, ...While you are making a sequel to Friday the 13th, I'll be making porn. After all of these years of watching so many movies of nearly every genre, I just recently had to frantically write down plot outlines to 2 films that I must make. They are both porn flicks. One is in the style of internet, amateur porn and the other is a pornographic nature documentary. I keep pondering this and at this rate, I'll be storyboarding them in my sleep tonight. <br /><br />I have never liked the Friday the 13th movies. I always found amusement in Freddy Kruger, but never Jason. Although, I might like slasher films as I hate to admit that I liked Eli Roth's movies, which was totally unexpected.DeAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200742286951395986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-26855148283445284082012-07-13T20:42:40.177-07:002012-07-13T20:42:40.177-07:00Hi, Barry. I know, right? This is one of the thing...Hi, Barry. I know, right? This is one of the things that really bothers me about a movie like The House of a Thousand Corpses. The victims are snotty bourgeois douchebags that in the film's universe somehow deserve their fates and the degenerate murderers are lionized for leading them to slaughter. It's a seriously reprehensible worldview.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-72145750258757458952012-07-13T20:26:28.149-07:002012-07-13T20:26:28.149-07:00Very thoughtful post about a (mostly) thoughtless ...Very thoughtful post about a (mostly) thoughtless sub-genre. I agree that the works of such directors as Cronenberg and Carpenter are far more compelling. <br /><br />Oddly enough, I caught a rare 3D 35mm screening of Friday the 13th Part 3 at my local movie house today. I took note of the fact that these movies aren't designed to side with the victims, but the assailant, as you simply wait for the next inventive kill. Cheap thrills, indeed.Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.com