Pet Sematary: Special Edition After moving to an idyllic home in the countryside, life seems perfect for the Creed family... but not for long. Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children settle in to a house that sits next door to a pet cemetery - built on ancient Indian burial ground. Their mysterious new neighbor, Jud Crandall (FRED GWYNNE), hides the cemetery's darkest secret... until a family tragedy brings the secret to life. Now, an unthinkable evil is about to be resurrected.
From STEPHEN KING, the Master of the Macabre, comes a journey that leads to hell and back. Though not everyone survives the trip. For the Creeds, home is where the horror is.
My Thoughts: My Thoughts: This is one of my all time favorite horror movies. As with most of the Stephen King movies... Stephen King himself has a cameo in the movie. This time as the preacher at the funeral for Mrs. Dandridge... the woman that helped the creed family in the beginning of the movie. This movie is one of the few movies that can make me cringe when watching it. actually from 2 things in the movie. First when Jud gets the back of his ankle sliced... the next when he is sliced across both cheeks when he is screaming. Both those look extremely painful to me. I couldn't even imagine. Not to mention.. this is a true horror movie for any parent. It even effected me... I had a time watching this movie when my daughter was about Gage's age... especially considering I live on a road that has a high school just down the street... you would not believe the way kids race up and down this road! There for the longest time I wouldn't even let my daughter play in the front yard at all!
I had the original bare-bones release of this movie... but being one of my all time favorites.. I was quick to upgrade when the special edition was released. I was hoping for more extras then I actually got... but it is much better then the first release. This DVD contains a Director's Commentary and 3 making of featurettes. As I said... definitely an improvement.. but could have been better. I would have loved to of seen some deleted scenes on here... maybe a gag reel. Of course I have yet to watch any of the extras that is on there.. but I do know I will get to them.
OK... that concludes my double feature... when I saw that Denise Crosby was in Mortuary.... there was just no way I was not going to watch both movies. And let me tell you... I really enjoyed this double feature. Any thoughts on either of these movies is welcome and appreciated.
Murder by Contract (1958) 84/100 - A very economical, but stylized B-movie noir that held my attention for its brisk 81 minutes. What surprised me most was how good Vince Edwards was as Claude, the cool, calculating and methodical hitman. I had only seen him in some films he made after his famous stint on television as doctor Ben Casey, and in those films he was extremely wooden. It's a shame he couldn't sustain the promise that's on display here, he's got screen presence. I kind of wish it had stayed closer to the theme and atmosphere it started with, as opposed to the rather lighthearted humor aspect that it veered towards when Claude goes to Los Angeles. There were times when I prayed that Claude would shoot Phillip Pine's character as he was annoyingly over the top at times. It didn't hurt the film, but for me, kept it from being considered a masterpiece of the genre. And finally, the ending was predictable and that is what finally keeps me from rating this any higher. I'd definitely watch it again, and for me, that's high praise enough. Oh, and it was nice to see Kathie Browne, the future Mrs. Darren McGavin in the role of the party girl, aka the prostitute.
What the color coding means...
Teal = Masterpiece Dark Green = Classic or someday will be Lime Green = A good, entertaining film Orange = Average Red = Cinemuck Brown = The color of crap, which this film is
Glee Season 1.09 Wheels Writer: Ryan Murphy (Created By), Brad Falchuk (Created By), Ian Brennan (Created By), Ryan Murphy (Writer) Director: Paris Barclay Cast: Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury), Kevin McHale (Arty Abrams), Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones), Mark Salling (Noah "Puck" Puckerman), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang), Stephen Tobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson), Iqbal Theba (Principal Figgins), Mike O'Malley (Burt Hummel), Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike Chang), Dijon Talton (Matt Rutherford), Josh Sussman (Jacob Ben Israel), Cheryl Francis Harrington (Nurse), Aaron Fotheringham (Artie's Wheel Chair Double), Jeff Lewis (Manager), Lauren Potter (Becky Jackson), Robin Trocki (Jean)
A great episode. The first time there is any focus on Artie, the kid in the wheelchair. This episode also has some great moments between Kurt and his father. This episode also shows the human side of Sue Sylvester, the cheerleader coach and the rival of the Glee club. Will thinks she is up to something when she allows Becky, a girl with Down Syndrome, to be on the cheerleading team. But it turns out, that she does so, because her older sister has also Down. There is a nice scene at the end with Sue and her sister.
Tina-Watch: This episode is the start of Tina's doom as a character. Her only character trademark they had introduced so far was, that she studders. But in this episode she admits that she was faking it. It's like the producers realized that it was not a good idea and now they do not have any idea what to do with her character.
Notable music: There is a great diva-off between Rachel and Kurt where they compete/audition to sing the song "Defying Gravity" from the musical Wicked:
Kurt is throwing the note at the end on purpose. It has something to do with his storyline with his father. This episode also has the first solo of Artie. He sings a cover of Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself". I really liked it.
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