Scary movies
Last night our friend Patty was in town, so we went out to dinner (Iguana’s in Hills, which is always delightful) and to the movie Dark Water. As you can see, it got mediocre-to-bad reviews, but I liked it pretty well. It was atmospheric and spooky and didn’t rely too much on jump-out-of-the-bushes scares, which I consider cheating. It was fun.
My favorite scary movie is probably The Exorcist. I saw the remastered version in the theater back in Y2K, and it was really quite frightening. There’s just something about strange-acting children that’s creep-o-rama. I was terrified by “Home Alone” for the same reason. That kid smashed an iron into another human being’s face! How bizarre.
In other news, work is quiet today, so I’m shopping online for gift bags. What a country!
The thing that freaked me most in the re-release of The Exorcist was the spider walk. Yikes!
Leah maintains that the quality at the Iguana’s Hills location has suffered in the last couple years, but I still love the salsa verde there (I think they call it something else on the menu now). Thoughts?
Erm…”chili verde.” :/
I totally agree with you about strange-acting children – zoiks! You know what else freaks me out? That editing trick that makes it look like people are moving with really jerky/jumping motions – like in The Ring when the girl was coming out of the well.
Emily: yeah, I know just what you mean. There was a tiny bit of that in Dark Water.
MAP: I agree, the scariest part of the Exorcist was the spider walk thing. That was incredibly creepy. I can’t believe it didn’t make the cut in the original. Or maybe it was too creepy for people back in the ’70’s, when everything was wussier.
As for Iguana’s…I guess I haven’t noticed much change over the last couple of years, but I only started going there probably 3 years ago, so maybe it changed a while back. I enjoy the drive out there; it’s some pretty countryside.