The Importance of Being Idle

The Name In Laughter From The Hereafter

I had a bit of a mini John Carpenter film festival today, which was nice. I read somewhere that he was a director of B-movies, but GREAT B-movies, and much as I love his work, that's probably fair. When he's good though, he really is good. I was really lookin' forward to seein' Prince of Darkness again, and I wasn't disappointed. It really is a throwback to the old style of 50s sci-fi/horror (hell, Carpenter even wrote it under the Quatermass pseudonym); scientists and historians investigating an ancient and mysterious power, everything goes horribly wrong and the world ends. It's cracking good stuff, although it did make me want to see The Exorcist for a supernatural horror that is PURE supernatural, real balls to the wall good and evil stuff. There seems to be something of a profusion of Exorcists DVDs out there though (thanks for milking it Warners), with none of them offering the complete package: one has all the extras, the other has a more complete, extended version of the movie. Obviously the plan there is to make you buy both, but that shit ain't gonna fly! At least, its not gonna fly at full price!
Hmm what else? Well, my head really hurt this morning, too much to drink last night I suspect, although I have this apple sour stuff that is REALLY yummy. Might not be the ideal think to drink after vodka and tequila, but it was good. I'd love to be able to say that my lack of activity could be blamed on the hangover, but we all know that's not the case, don't we?

posted by BadMonkey @ 10:28 PM