Monsters Psychos and Movies

Horror movie characters are things of nightmares even more so after you have just watched the movie. Going back to the great days of black & white I used to love watching horror movies late at night sure they used to be on BBC with Boris Karloff's Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolfman, these were classic no gory effects and the a text book story line by todays standards there rather comical but if you didnt know any difference this was the norm. After this I got into watching the Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee team up, Lee as the fearsome Dracula and Cushing as the ever pursuing Van Helsing.

You have to understand that with out the pioneers of the early horror movies we would not have the plethora of Movie monsters, demons and others creatures that we have now.

The 80's were a great era for franchise horror villains beginning with Michael Myers the never dying villain from the Halloween Movies the skin mask wearing 6 and a bit feet tall, slightly overweight knife wielding murderous stalker, and next is the similarly hockey mask wearing knife wielding unkillable Jason Voorhees the villain from the Friday the 13th movies and finally who could forget the 3rd degree burn scarred blade glove wielding janitor from Elm Street non other then Freddy Krueger who killed you in your sleep I remember the rhyme from the movie

 "One Two Freddies coming for you,

Three Four better lock your door,

Five Six grab your crucifix,

Seven Eight gonna stay up late,

Nine Ten  never sleep again"

I remember watching these movies in my early to mid teens best time of life to be scared witless defiantly know iv not seen all the movies from these 3 but they did get worse as they went along so I didn't miss much.

Now if you thought the three before were scary there nothing compare to the horror mind scares below Stephen King's miniseries IT saw the loosers club being tormented by Pennywise the clown, iv heard a remake of IT is being made just hope Hollywood dont ruin this movies like countless other remakes. Pennywise the child killing clown is as scary as they come when it comes to messing with your head, and speaking of heads next is Pinhead the once man who solved the puzzle box and for it had his face grid sectioned and nails pierced into his skull. Finally Samara Morgan an eight year old girl who but a whole new twist on 3D TV physically climbing out your TV she is one mixed up kid.

I know the monsters pictured from the 80's and 90's were not that scary to some but its how they got in your head there are a lot of mind messing movies out there and a lot more scary monsters iv just chosen a few of my personal fav's from growing up.

And last but by no means least my best psychos, the people we could be if our brains were wired up wrong. Norman Bates the motel owner how kept his dead mothers remains in her room and was instructed by her to kill the female motel guests, next up Jack Torrance a winter caretaker in a hotel staying there with his family Jack is haunted my physic premonitions turning him into a raging nut job this movies comes with the classic line "here's Jonny", and the last man you want to go have dinner with is Hannibal Lecter this is a man who could be your neighbour and you would never know till he is munching on your barbecued ribs with a nice bottle of chianti.

 There are thousands of horror movies out there with their own monsters and psychos in them so this Halloween dig out up the scariest movies you know or the ones you swore never to watch and have a Halloween fright fest, oh! and be brave and watch them alone at night in the dark, Enjoy!! 

Star Trek Beyond

Distribution Paramount Pictures.

Main Actors/Characters

Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto as Commander Spock
Karl Urban as Doctor 'Bones' McCoy
Zoe Saldana as Lieutenant Uhura
Simon Pegg as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
John Cho as Sulu
Anton Yelchin as Chekov
Idris Elba as Krall
Sofia Boutella as Jaylah

Setting 

The Movie begins and ends on the starbase Yorktown main part is on a planet in uncharted space.

Summary

Star Trek Beyond is the third in the line of the new Star Trek movies. The movie begins with Kirk narrating his thoughts on how boring time in space is becoming during the five year mission. The Enterprise is on its way to the Yorktown a proper head Feck of a star base (you'll understand when you watch the movie), whilst there an unidentified craft is detected on the scans, its an escape pod with an alien on board, I say alien as I missed what the species was. The pod is taken on board the star base were Kirk talks with the alien using a universal translator and is informed that the aliens ship is stranded in the nebular of uncharted space. The Enterprise is sent off to help the alien retrieve the ship you would think Starfleet only had one ship. The crew reach the nebular and navigate safely through it and then the alien informs them the ship is on the planet in front of them, at the same time Chekov reports a proximity alert, an unknown ship heading for them. Fist looks of the ship its one big assed ship but as it begins attacking the Enterprise you realise its a swarm of smaller ships and boy what a swarm. The swarm begins tearing through the Enterprise like a hot knife through butter first goes the shields and then the warp engines. Oh! no the Enterprise is helpless drifting as the onslaught continues, but just as it couldn't get any worse it does the attacking aliens begin boarding the Enterprise and take down the crew as fast as a warp 6 engine. The crew are left with no choice but to abandon ship, escape pods begin ejecting only to be snatched up by the swarm only a few pods manage to make it to the planet bet you cant guess who's inside them. Split up the uncaptured crew are hiding on the planet left wondering what happened and are the rest of the crew alive or dead.

What I Liked

The movie was just like the last two movies absolutely brilliant and the special FX outstanding great action.

What I Disliked

I felt that the story was not to dissimilar from the first movie the super imposing alien craft kicking the Enterprises ass and the oh! scary Federation destroying bio WMD (weapon of mass destruction). Also the witty one liners were few and far between.

Rating

Roald Dahl Day 2016

Roald Dahl was born in Wales on 13 September 1916 he was a British novelist, Short story writer, poet, screenwriter and fighter pilot. Dahl wrote 17 children's novels and 20 books for children in total, his books sold over 250 million copies worldwide. such titles were two fables, the witches and the Twits to name but a few. As im not the world's most avid reader so i'm going to give my most enjoyable 5 movies based on Roald Dahl books.

James Henry Trotter lives with his two horrid aunts, Spiker and Sponge. He hasn't got a single friend in the whole wide world. That is not, until one dark night a mysterious man gives James Trotter an unexpected gift... a bag of glowing, wriggling lights, and a promise of magic. When James drops the bag underneath a dead tree, something amazing happens - a single peach begins to grow, and grow, and grow. James goes in the peach where he meets the Old Green Grasshopper and the rest of the insects aboard a giant, magical peach! and this is the beginning of a marvellous adventure across the atlantic and a chance to escape his ghastly aunts. I love this movie and do watch it every opportunity I get really enjoy the story and overcoming have the hardships to finally achieve what he's always wanted.

Danny is only four months old when his mother dies; and at the beginning of the story, he lives with his widowed father, William, in a Gypsy caravan, where William operates a filling station and garage. When Danny is nine years old, he discovers that William has habitually taken part in poaching pheasants from the estate of local magnate Mr. Victor Hazell. One morning thereafter, at 2:10am, Danny discovers William's absence; and fearing some misfortune, he drives an Austin Seven to Hazell's Wood, where he eventually finds him in a pit-trap, disabled by a broken ankle, and brings him home. While he is recovering from his injury, he and Danny learn that Mr. Hazell's annual pheasant-shooting party is approaching, which he hosts for dukes, lords, barons, baronets, wealthy businessmen, etc., and decide to humiliate him by capturing all the pheasants in the forest. Danny the champion of the world was one of the only Roald Dahl books that I actually read which inspired me to watch the movie, this is one of those Sunday afternoon family movies with a great story drawing you into Danny and his father's world.

Matilda Wormwood is only five years old, but she is a genius. Unfortunately her parents are too stupid to even notice. Worse, her horrible headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a bully who makes life difficult for Matilda's teacher, Miss Honey, and her friends. But what Miss Trunchbull doesn't know is that Matilda has a trick or two up her sleeve. This is a really enjoyable heartwarming movie with a magical story
really like how Matilda take her revenge upon Miss Trunchbull.

The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions.

Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows. But Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see Queen Victoria (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all. I haven't see this movie yet though it is on my to watch list, is a great story and a wonderful friendship between the bfg and Sophie.

In an unnamed town, lives Charlie Bucket, his family are so poor he can only stare through the candy shop window. Wonka announces to the world that he has hidden five "Golden Tickets" in his chocolate Wonka Bars. The finders of these tickets will be given a tour of his factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Four of the tickets are found by Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous German boy; Veruca Salt, a spoiled British girl; Violet Beauregarde, a gum-chewing American girl; and Mike Teavee, a television-obsessed American boy. The next day, Charlie finds some money in a gutter and uses it to buy a Wonka Bar opening the Wonka bar he finds the real fifth golden ticket.

The next day, Wonka greets the ticket winners at the factory gates. a series of self inflicted event remove the first four winners from the tour. At the end of the tour, only Charlie and Grandpa Joe remain. Charlie was the only one who passed. The trio enter the "Wonkavator", a multi-directional glass elevator that flies out of the factory. Soaring over the city, Wonka reveals to Charlie that his actual prize is the entire factory itself because Wonka had created the contest to find an honest child worthy enough to be his heir. He informs Charlie that he and his family can move into the factory immediately. A classic brilliant movie Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder is my personal favorite though the Johnny Depp remake was good to.

Movie Musts id like to see

Having a look at what movies are coming up in the last quarter of 2016. There are a couple of big films which i'm desperate to watch and a whole host of movies I quite fancy having a look at.

So first off my two big movies I can't wait to see:-

Movie - Assassins Creed

Release Date - 1st January 2017 UK
Distribution - 20th Century Fox

Assassins Creed is about Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) man who through using a machine called the Animus allows him to access memories enabling him to experience adventures through the eyes of his ancestor Aguilar an Assassin in 15th Century Spain during the inquisition.

 

Movie - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Release Date - 16th December 2016 UK
Distribution - Disney

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) a soldier of the Rebellion is tasked with the mission of stealing the plans for the Death Star, she is aided through her adventure by rebels, rogues and a legendary swords man. Time is running out before the death star is tested.

Other movies i'm really looking forwards to:-

Movie - Doctor Strange

Release Date - 28th October 2016
Distribution - Disney

Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is another Marvel Studios creation, After suffering extensive injures to his hands in a car crash strange sets out to find a way to repair them and inevitably ends up on a journey to save humanity.

Movie - Inferno
Release Date - 14th October 2016
Distribution - Columbia Pictures

Inferno is the squeal to the Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon. Langdon awakens in a hospital room in Florence with no memory of what's happened over the past few days. He is once again flung into danger and conspiracy trying to unravel the toughest riddle he as ever faced.

Movie - Jack Reacher: Never go Back
Release Date - 21st October 2016
Distribution - Paramount Pictures

Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is back and out to uncover the mother of all government conspiracies. On the road to uncovering the conspiracy Reacher leaves a wake of bodies along the way.

 

Movie - Fantastic Beasts and where to find them

Release Date - 18th November 2016
Distribution - Warner Bros.

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them is set in the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling, it chronicles the adventures of writer Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) seventy years before Harry Potter read his book in School.

Movie - The Magnificent Seven
Release Date - 23rd September 2016
Distribution - MGM Pictures

Ok I think everyone knows of The Magnificent Seven, if you don't then its about seven skilled individuals recruited by Chisolm (Denzel Washington) to aid a town rid themselves of Bartholomew Bogue who is taking over their town menacing and killing the townsfolk.

Suicide Squad

Distribution Warner Bros.

Main Actors/Characters

Will Smith as Deadshot

Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn

Jay Hernandez as Diablo

Jared Leto as the Joker

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc

Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag

Cara Delevingne as June Moone / Enchantress

Viola Davis as Amanda Waller

Karen Fukuhara as Katana

Setting 

The Movie is set in the DC universe in the City of Midway

Summary

The movie begins with an introduction to the suicide squad characters, each of them chilling in there 6 by 4 long term hotel aka prison. Then comes Amanda Waller the creator of the squad and her one sided negotiation for their services. Random fact the actor who played Killer Croc was the same person who played Mr Echo in the Hit TV show Lost.

The movie takes up where Batman v Superman left off Superman’s dead Batman’s doing his thing jailing some of the suicide squad and generally kicking ass. Things go south when June Moone transforms into the enchantress, then finding a way to escape begins a chain of events through the resurrection of her dead brother that will eventually lead to eternal darkness if not stopped. So the Suicide Squad is brought into play unbeknown to them they weren’t told the full story, each squad member is injected with micro bombs if they run, get out of line or just vex Flag they go Kaboom. So guns, monsters, and a crazy lady with a bat, will the Squad be successful or will they go down trying.

What I Liked

I really liked this movie and would highly recommend going to see it, loved Deadshot and Harley Quinn aka Will Smith and Margot Robbie in the movie so funny with their little one liners and some great contribution from Rick ‘Capture the Flag’ Flag aka Joel Kinnaman.

What I Disliked

I didn’t like that as much as I’m a fan of DC comics I didn’t know who a lot of the villains were but that’s probably just me others will know them all.

Rating