SerpicoJones

First time I saw Wolf more than ten years ago. I barely remembered anything more than Jack Nicholson's supercool performance. So, it was nice rediscover.

If you take Wolf as a serious horror film you probably get huge disappointment. But if you take it more like a satire about back- stabbing-ass-kissing-sweet-revenge world we live in today, then you'll probably get huge enjoyment out of this.

The story about strife between the two co-workers in the publishing house is cleverly mixed with the werewolf story. The dialog is witty and there are many cool quotable lines (I've been offered a choice between no job and a job no one would want.)

As a pure horror film Wolf fails because it goes maybe too melodramatic at times and there isn't much shocking moments in it. Though the Gothic views over nocturnal New York were very classic horror moves. But as a satire Wolf works almost perfectly. And Wolf is one of the few movies that leave some questions unsolved but I feel satisfied about it (usually I want all the answers in the end).

Overall, Wolf is enjoyable drama but not so much of the horror film.

I saw this under the title Terror in the Haunted House. I didn't know anything about this movie and I didn't bother to look up any information about it. So, I presumed it could be some creepy ghost story like The Haunted. But nevertheless I didn't have to disappoint. Well, maybe a little bit because I learned what is the Psycho-Rama and subliminal message in the film.

The story first seems simple but as more the movie grows the more peculiar and more complex it goes. It has so much plot twists that even M. Night Shyamalan would be envious. The film builds up the tension and pace so fast that the ending seems to comes too abruptly. And I will go that far and call this movie little bit Hitchcockian.

But remind, this is more a suspense-thriller than a horror film. Otherwise it would have been decent movie but those ridiculous subliminal messages(?). Why were they needed anyway?

Overall My World Dies Screaming is nice entertaining B-flick with great performances.

After watching Steamboat Bill, Jr. the only word you can think about is - amazing. After the week you'll think, what was the film about, but you never cant forget those magnificent stunts performed by Buster Keaton.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. was the first ever Buster Keaton movie I saw. I'm usually quite skeptical when I decide to watch silent film. Only silent before Bill I had seen was The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. I liked that one also. But I'm afraid silent films might be too boring and they are out dated too much. But Steamboat Bill, Jr. managed to convince me that they are not boring at all (at least Buster Keaton's movies). Now I feel that I have to go through all the Buster's movies.

The film starts bit slow but with the scene in the hat shop where Buster plays straight into the camera the film starts building the pace until the extreme climax in the storm. Brilliantly timed stunts that you can't see in the modern cinema anymore (unfortunately), heartwarming father- son relationship and comedy. And the stunts amazed me the most. You can watch all the modern action films but all you can see is CGI. Steamboat Bill, Jr. is all in flesh. And when you think all those neck breaking stunts Buster performed you never want to see any Transformers or Resident Evil ever.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. is really the film that changed my life. It did something to me that only Jackie Chan has managed to do before.