31 days of horror year 3 TV 02

American Horror Story episode 02

Well this actually managed to keep up the momentum from the first episode. We get some more back story on the house. Find out that thanks to the father's affair he has a kid on the way. Plus the whole part with the "murder junkies" invading the house and holding the Mother and daughter captive. Then we get an ending that seems to be hinting that the maid,Jessica Lange and the teenage boy are all connected.

Loved it,if the show can keep this up for the rest of the season I predict it will become a huge hit for FX. Episode 02 gets a A.

Walking Dead Season 02 Episode 01

Starting off right after the end of last season. We have our band of survivors almost out of gas and food. They are heading to Fort Benning. When they run into a bunch of cars almost completely blocking the highway. They get out to loot what they can from the cars. When  a herd of zombies shows up. Thankfully they all manage to hide.

Not too long after the herd passes through Rick and Sophie are in the woods and get separated. So for the rest of the episode we get the group trying to find Sophie. After much searching they find a church. They clear out all the zombies and take a much needed break. Rick sends everyone but Shane and Carl back to the vehicles. And as the three of them are out looking for Sophie they see a deer. Before Shane can kill it Carl approaches it. Strangely the deer doesn't run off. Then we hear a gun shot and see both the deer and Carl hit the ground.

Now I have read the first 66 issues of the comic so far. And yes I know Robert Kirkman has said that the show and comic will have differences. So when at the end we get Shane,Rick,and Carl all in the woods I was expecting Shane to get shot and die. Well Sophie and her mom were not in the comic so I really have no idea if either of them will survive. But this was a great way to begin the season. We get some good character development for Andrea and Dale. And Daryl seems to have become more accepting of the group. Walking Dead Season 02 episode 01 gets a A+.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 19

Frankenhooker

1990
Unearthed Films Special Uncut edition DVD

Where I grew up we didn't have access to cable until the end of 1990. But once we got cable I would look through the Showtime guide each month and make it a point to record every horror movie that came on. Well in 91 or 92 late one night they showed Frankenhooker. And with a title like that I knew I had to see it. I was so excited for the movie I stayed up to 3am to watch it. And since I didn't get any sleep that night I faked being sick the next day and didn't go to school. This is another classic film from Frank Henenlotter.One thing that was neat was the VHS release. The box had a sound chip in it and when you pressed a button on it you heard the Frankenhooker say "WANNA DATE!". I would love to get one of them that still works but the prices are way more than I am willing to pay.

We start off at the lead actor's birthday party. He is wanting to show his chubby girlfriend his remote control lawnmower. But something isn't working right and she gets killed by the lawnmower. Well he saves her head and decides to rebuild her body. But he only wants to use the perfect parts.

So he goes around NYC picking up hookers,killing them and taking whatever body part they have that he finds perfect. One great scene has him taking a group of about 10 hookers up to a ratty motel room. The hookers are dancing around and he is checking out their bodies. But see he has created what he calls "SUPER CRACK". And has brought a duffel bag full of it with him. Well the hookers find it and start to smoke the super crack. This causes them to blow up in a matter of minutes. But finally he has all the parts he needs to bring his girlfriend back to life.

He brings her back to life in a scene very similar to the scene in the original Frankenstein when the doctor brings the creature to life. But there is a problem. It seems somehow the various body parts of the hookers have taken over her mind. So she wanders off to the 42nd street area of NYC and starts picking up johns. Which she kills quickly.

The DVD is full of extras. We get a commentary with Frank and Gabe Bartalos. A long interview with Patty "Frankenhooker" Mullen. A featurette showing how they did lots of the FX work.A couple of trailers and some production photos. I know that this has either just come out on Blu Ray or is coming out soon. I think Synapse is the company releasing it. I hope they port over all the extras from this release. FrankenHooker gets a B.