Psycho

Have you ever seen a movie were a killer kills a person when hey are in the shower. Well i just watched the movie that started that trend. Hi, Monster here I love slasher movies, today I watched he father of all slasher’s: Psycho. Directed by: Alferd Hitchcock, the psycho Norman Bates Played by: Anthony Perkins. Perkins plays the part of an insane hotel owner.

A young Lila Crane is sleeping with a guy that has a wife and he mentions that he is trying to divorce his wife but needs money. Lila returns to work as a client is purchasing a house. He pays $40,000 cash. Her boss asks her to take the money to the bank. Lila decides to take the money and run. As she is heading out of town her boss spots her. As she reaches the next town she buys a new car to throw off any followers. Finally she reaches a point were she cant drive any more and stops at the Bates Hotel. After settling in she hears Norman and his mother fighting. She waits as Norman to bring her a sandwich. After he arrives at her room she asked him if they were fighting about her. Norman said that she did not want a lady staying here. After Bates leaves she hides the money and takes a shower. This is were the famous shadow killer killing a victim in a shower comes from. Bates finds the body and disposes of it. Then Lila’s family starts looking for her. They come to the Bates Hotel and The mysterious killer strikes again killing a privet investigator. It all goes down hill from here. I don’t want to spoil it but Norman’s Mind dies But not his body he is sharing that with his mother who is dead.

I like scary movies but this is not a scary as sick and twisted. This movie gave birth the whole insane killer Slasher gene. This movie is awesome, with its killing, its pyschoness, and goryness. my favorit part was at the end when you find out who the killer is. Just saying it is realy creapy. It got nder my skin more than anything else. i ive it 9 1/2 heads out of 10.

Beat Sheet

1. Opening Image: A nice day in Pheonix where people have a controlled mind
2. Theme Stated: When the boyfriend Sam talks his money troubles
3. Set Up: Marion's Boss asks her to bank the 40K
4. Catalyst: Marion is seen leaving town with the money
5. Debate: While driving Marion lets her imagination take over
6. Breaks into Two: Goes to the Bates Motel
7. B-Story: Marion meets Norman Bates
8. Fun and Games: Norman Kills Marion while she is laughing in the shower
9. Midpoint: Norman takes the body and hides Marion's body
10. Bad Guys Close In: PI Dies
11. All is Lost: Marion's Sister can't reach P.I.
12. Dark Knight of Soul: When Sam and Marion's Sister go to talk to the Sherif and find out the mom is dead
13. Break Into Three: Sam and Marion's Sister devise a plan to go to the motel
14. Finale: Marion's sister searches through the house
15. Final Image: Norman is sitting in jail as his mother

Buffy Hush

Monster here, today in class we watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer and the Episode was Hush. This has to be the most creepy Buffy ever. Like all Buffy episodes there is a big metaphor. In this episode is when you don't talk you express what you really want. This episode won Buffy its first Emmy nomination. The episode Hush was made because people were telling the writer and director Joss Whedon that the only reason that his shows were good Because of his dialogue so he wrote Hush were nobody can talk.

This episode starts out with Buffy asleep and having a dream. In the dream she sees a little girl sin a song about the mysterious beings could the Gentleman. The song goes like this:
Can't even shout, can't even cry.
The Gentlemen are coming by.
Looking in windows, knocking on doors,
They need to take seven and they might take yours.
Can't call to mom, can't say a word,
You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

The next morning every one wakes up and believes the town of Sunnydle had been stricken by an epidemic of laryngitis. It is rally the Gentlemen. they steal you voices and take your hart.

I really liked this episode it has just enough creepiness to get under your skin and relay shows how important communication. What relay creeped me out is how the Gentlemen looked and how they smile with there metal teeth. This has to be the best Buffy that I have ever seen. But I have not seen many. I recommend this to any one who wants to watch a Buffy episode. There is rummer of Megan Fox playing her in a new move.

Nosferatu

Nosferatu is directed by F.W. Murnau and was released March 4, 1922, in Germany. Nosferatu is based off the book Dracula by Bram Stoker. Murnau did not get permission to make this film. So when it was released, Bram Stoker's widow sued them for copyright infractions, and tried to have it destroyed. Obviously she failed.

Nosferatu begins with Jonathan Harker (Gustav von Wangenheim), Renfield's clerk, giving flowers to his wife, Nina Harker (Greta Schroeder). Life is good, so far, for the Hakers. Then one day, Renfield (Alexander Granach), a real estate agent, tells Harker that Count Dracula (Max Schreck), from Transylvania, wants to buy a house in their city. Renfield convinces Harker to visit Count Dracula and sell him a house across the street from where Harker lives.

While traveling to Count Dracula's castle, Harker stops at an inn. The locals warn him about the Land of the Phantoms, but he is not swayed by their warnings. After staying the night at the inn, he continues traveling to Count Dracula's castle.

Once Harker makes it to the castle, he is greeted by Count Dracula, and served dinner. While eating, Harker accidentally cuts himself with a knife causing Count Dracula to become drawn to the sight of his blood. The next morning, Harker awakes to find bite marks on his neck. Life begins to suck for the Harkers.

To watch the movie and find out what happens next, click here.

This movie was not as scary as we thought it would be. The night scenes were confusing, and the lack of dialect made it hard to follow. If Murnau were to add more scenes of Count Dracula killing and sucking peoples' blood, the movie would have been a heck of a lot more interesting and scary. For being made back in 1922, we can see why so many people would have been scared silly. Max Schreck was already a weird looking dude. When dressed up as Count Dracula, he's nightmarish.

For the most part, Nosferatu kept us intrigued, and entertained. We recommend this movie to anyone. If you like a good classic horror film, Nosferatu is the movie for you.

Night of The Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead is a creature film made by George A. Romero in 1968. We thought this film was going to be just another cheesy old horror movie in black in white. But we were mistaken. Even though the film has some cheesy acting, there are a few scenes that will have you squirming in your seat.

The plot: A satellite has fallen back to earth with radiation levels off the chart. The dead all around the world are coming back to life, attacking and eating people. A group of people get trapped in a house surrounded by zombies. They have to come up with a plan to escape from the house and make it to a town shelter, without getting eaten.

Night of the Living Dead begins in an old cemetery with Johnny (Russell Streiner) and Barbra (Judith O'Dea). "They're coming to get you Barbra" is what Johnny says just before the zombies start attacking. A zombie kills Johnny and chases Barbra to an old farm house. There, she meets up with Ben (Duane Jones).

Later, they meet up with Tom (Keith Wayne), Judy (Judith Ridley), Mr. and Mrs. Cooper (Karl Hardman and Marilyn Eastman), and their daughter Karen (Kyra Schon), who were hiding in the basement.

After searching the house for wood and other supplies, Ben and Tom find a t.v. They learn that the zombies use to be dead people that were brought back to life, possibly, due to the radiation from a spacecraft that just recently returned to earth. They also find out that there is a shelter a few miles from where they are. After considering their chances, they begin to come up with a plan to make a break for it.

If you want to find out what happens next, then watch the movie.

This movie revolutionized the way horror films are made today. Before this movie, horror films used to be watched by all ages. People would go see them to have a good laugh, but when they saw Night of the Living Dead they were left speechless with fright.

Living in the twenty first century, we didn't think this movie was all that scary. Some of the scenes were a bit unsettling, such as the scene where Mrs. Cooper gets killed by her daughter, but for the most part, the movie had us laughing. The scene where Ben and Barbra get into an argument over whether Johnny is still alive is our favorite. Although that scene had us laughing, it also left us a bit shocked. You don't see that in movies now a days.

Besides the cheesy acting, there's nothing that we didn't like about this movie. It keep us interested and entertained the entire time. If you're a true horror film fan, then you should definitely take the time to watch this classic movie.

Beat Sheet for Night of the Living Dead

1. Opening Image: Barbra and Johnny pull up to an old cemetery to pay their respects to their grandfather.

2. Theme Stated: "They're coming to get you Barbra."

3. Set-up: A ghoul (zombie) comes to life and attacks Barbra

4. Catalyst: Barbra gets traumatized from the ghoul attack and the murder of her brother

5. Debate: Barbra is so traumatized that she can’t do anything, so the main character switches to Ben.

6. Break into two: The ghouls start to surround the house.

7. B-story: after fighting a few ghouls out of the house, they meet up with some people that were hiding in the basement.

8. Fun and Games: Ben, Tom and Judy make a run for the gas pump. In the process, Tom and Judy die and Ben makes it back to the house.

9. Midpoint: They find out that if you die or get bitten by a ghoul, you turn into one.

10. Bad Guys Close In: The ghouls break into the house and Ben gets trapped in the basement with the ghoul parents.

11. All is Lost: Every one that was alive is dead (except for Ben) and the ghouls are blocking the way out.

12. Dark night of the Soul: When Barbra gets taken by her ghoulish brother, Ben is shocked, but only for a second or two.

Blake Snyder Beat Sheet for X-men Origins: Wolverine

1. Opening Image: A sick child having to be taken care of.
2. Theme Stated: When Victor tells Jimmy (Wolverine) that they’re brothers now and have to stick together and watch out for each other.
3. Set-Up: Mutants and humans both inhabit the world. They are mutants that can’t be killed because they heal really fast
4. Catalyst: Wolverine doesn’t want to kill innocent people, so he leaves the group and his brother to live on his own.
5. Debate: William Striker wants Wolverine to help find who’s responsible for killing off members of his old group, but he refuses. Then Victor kills his girl friend and forces him to get involved.
6. Break into Two: When wolverine gets animation put in him and begins to search for Victor.
7. B Story: When wolverine finds old friends and learns about the island.
8. Fun and Games: Wolverine fights Gambet and Victor.
9. Midpoint: When Wolverine is hurrying to the island to find Striker.
10. Bad Guys Close In: When they raise weapon 11.
11. All Is Lost: He learns that his girl friend is a mutant and not dead.
12. Dark Night of the Soul: He was going to leave the island but goes back to save his girl friend and other mutants.
13. Break into Three: He saves the other mutants, then fights and defeats victor.
14. Finale battle: Wolverine and Victor team up and defeat

weapon 11.
15. Final Image: He gets shot in the head and loses his memory and needs help to remember who he is and what happened.

Welcome to Macintosh

Monster here, I just watched the documentary “Welcome To Macintosh”. In this movie the viewer gets told the history of the company and see some crazy people.

Macintosh was started by two friends Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak. There first computer, the Macintosh 2, was first sold in stores in 1977. The Macintosh company had several bad years after IBM reelected the first personal computer or PC as we know it now in 1981. It would be another decade and a half before Mack would be in the spot light gain. In 1994 Steve Jobs became CEO of the Macintosh Corporation. Shortly after the name changed to Apple Corporation. In 1995 the next world changing product was reelected the IMac.

The documentary contains many interviews and even a tour of a persons collection of Macintosh and Apple products. Some of the interviewees are Guy Kawasaki and Andy Herzfeld. the interviews is what made the movie so good and entertaining to me.

This movie gets the monster approval. Now go see it for your self.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Monster and Slim here. Knowing that "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" is a musical, we expected it to be boring. Surprisingly so, we were proven wrong.

"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" was written and directed by Joss Whedon. Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible), Nathan Fillion (Captain Hammer), and Felicia Day (Penny, the girl that Dr. Horrible is so deeply in love with) play great lead roles keeping the movie interesting and funny.

The parts we liked most about the movie were the funny songs sung by Neil Patrick Harris, and the confrontations between Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer. The scene where Penny introduces Dr. Horrible to Captain Hammer at the dry cleaners made us laugh the most. We don't want to spoil that seen for you, so here's a link to the movie.

Some things that we didn't like about "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" was that some of the songs were a bit depressing as well as the life of Dr. Horrible. All Dr. Horrible wants is to be respected and seen as a true villain, and to be able to talk with the girl he loves. But right as he's about to accomplish something or make a move on Penny, Captain Hammer steps in and ruins everything. We think Captain Hammer got what he deserved in the end, but what happened to Penny almost made us burst into tears.

Disrict 9

(Spoiler alert! This post may spoil the movie) Monster here. I thought District 9 was a great movie with lots of action and a great plot.

The plot was: In 1982 an alien space ship landed in Johannesburg, South Africa. The aliens are forced to live in District 9 were they are treated poorly. The movie starts when the humans are trying to move the aliens to District 10 to calm the human population of Johannesburg.

I also thought the graphics were mind boggling. The aliens and their space ship looked as if they were actually there. The end of the movie left me wondering, will there be a District 10? Who knows? I think there will be.