Seeking Xanadu

Drag me To Hell

Ok, I remember when I first saw the Raimi creation that was Evil Dead I was jumping every few moments and laughing hard a number of times. It's a peculiar blend of jumpy, genuinely creepy and kinda funny that became a bit sillier as the movies progressed. Bruce Campbell was wonderful as the unhinged Ash and Raimi made the clear statement that he didn't do happy endings with those films.

So roll forwa to 2009 and Sam and Ivan Raimi get to write and direct another horror. These guys have not grown up at all. The budget may have been better but the same balance of brilliantly creepy and schlocky hilarious horror that marked the Evil Dead films as cult classics is present here in spades.

I spent the whole time in knuckle biting tension and laughed so hard I cried. The fight scene in the car is brilliant.
Alison Lohman as Christine Brown was a brilliant replacement for Campbell, playing the part with amazing subtlety to bring you to just the right place emotionally for the end of the film. I can't help feeling that the wrong casting for this role would have been a disaster and I am very glad the part ended up with Lohman.

Some of the effects and events were almost straight from Evil Dead and it would be deeply offensive to gypsy's if it weren't so over the top. I really hope we see more of the style that made Raimi's name back on the screen and I hope we see a great deal more of Lohman in these tough rol

grrr snarl

I hate children. They have homes and nice gardens and a great park and the village green and all sorts of places to go and play, but no they hang out in a pack on the close being insanely loud and making me nuts. aaaargh. and the cat keeps farting at me.

Two Gentlemen Play the Pops

M and I went to the pub in the village last night for a couple of pints with some mates. We'd forgotten the band was playing and it's usually busy for these guys. Everyone must have been tied up at the wedding or something because the pub remained quiet, which is how M & I prefer it. None the less the boys put on a great set for all ten of us and we had a fantastic time. An unexpectedly delightful evening. M & I have always been a bit dubious as to what kind of cover set two blokes with a drum set, an acoustic guitar and a kazoo could manage but they are both extremely good and very entertaining.