Rainy Day Movie is a new feature here on Living With a Nerd. These will be short insights into movies that you should save for a rainy day, so that you can spend time after viewing to reflect on what you have just experienced. For the first Rainy Day Movie entry, we will be taking a look at the classic film Metropolis.
Perfume is one of the best movies you have likely never seen. With a great cast, amazing acting, an interesting storyline, and some of the “dirtiest” and grittiest images ever put on film, Perfume belongs on every movie lover’s shelf.
Fans of Rob Zombie have been waiting years for his animated movie The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Well, the Beasto is finally upon us. Was it worth the wait?
In recent years, it seems that humans have become more central to zombie stories instead of the zombies. No longer content to focus on rotting flesh and cliches, zombie storytellers have begun exploring the way survivors would change through their ordeal…mentally, physically, and even intellectually. As the newest member of the “focus on humans” club, Zombieland is worth three times the price of admission.
Sam Raimi returns to his roots with one of the best horror movies in years. A perfect balance of gore, scares, laughs, and story create an experience that any horror movie lover can’t miss.
Sometimes, an anime comes along that changes all the rules. Conjuring up unsettling images that provide the viewer with a sense of intense dread, you don’t just begin to identify with the main character; you actually find yourself becoming a part of her plight, wondering when “they” will get you.
Horror film cliches are overused nowadays due to the lack of original and interesting concepts. The Haunting in Connecticut is, unfortunately, a film that could have functioned very well within just the story and the idea of what was going on, but instead was filled with scene after scene of groan-inducing cliches. It’s a real shame, because there are some moments of horror movie brilliance that rank up there with the big boys (Suspiria, House by the Cemetary, Jacob’s Ladder, etc.)…but they are almost overshadowed by uninspired and unoriginal scares.
