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Cirque Du Freak The Vampire~s Assistant_KidsTurnCentral
Did you know that Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is a book first published in 2000? Apparently it is Book 2 in The Saga of Darren Shan. Interestingly enough, these books are also written by who else? Darren Shan. (a.k.a. Darren O’Shaughnessy which is his real name, and his other pen name is D.B. Shan F.Y.I.)
And here I thought The Vampire’s Assistant was just another mind-to-script-to-screen movie hopping on the vampire hype wagon taking full advantage of the fang fever sweeping the world! I guess it’s good to have fangs these days!
Will you go see it? Or will you, like me, wait for that other fang-tabulous movie that is on the near horizon? The countdown has begun, BTW!
Paranormal Activity_IMDB
mock·u·men·ta·ry
[mòkyə méntəree]
noun
Definition: a film or television program shot in documentary format but is fictional and often satirical
(Thank you dictionary.reference.com and ca.encarta.msn.com)
So, exactly what does happen when you sleep?. I’m not too sure what goes on in my house, though I’m sure the dust bunnies are having a party and multiplying, but in Oren Peli’s house there is something strange going on. I took in Paranormal Activity (directed by Oren Peli) over the weekend and either I’m just too old and jaded to be scared anymore, or Paranormal Activity just wasn’t that scary, but it was definitely creepy. I was definitely creeped out by some events. And it was definitely cringe worthy for some. The kid in the front row section of the theater whimpered and cried almost all the way through the movie. (Poor little guy. Just who are this kid’s parents?) When Paranormal Activity was over, everyone shuffled out of the theater quickly and silently, which I found exceedingly strange. Usually after a movie, theater goers are feverishly abuzzing with their thoughts on the film. The theater auditorium and halls are filled with post cinematic experience excitement (PCEE). Not so with this film. It had me wondering, was everyone simply terrifed? Or are Vancouverites harder to truly scare than LA audiences? Well, one thing is for certain. If anyone was truly scared by the antics of the demon on screen, poor Katie Featherston definitely was. You could almost feel her terror.
Katie and Micah_Paranormal Activity_Shock Till You Drop
Paranormal Activity had all the chills and thrills in the right places, a perfect movie just in time for Halloween, and oh, how I do love Halloween simply because it’s the time of year for scary stories ~ and I wanted to be scared. I’m more of a believer than a skeptic, and I would love to go on a paranormal investigation. I have a fair sized paranormal section on my book shelves, I even have a few paranormal stories of my own, and I’ve researched the topic until the cows come home. So why wasn’t I extremely terrifed? Sadly, I’ve finally come to the conclusion that I’m just not that scared anymore by the paranormal. Or maybe it’s because I did go into the movie fully aware that it was a mockumentary about a demon seriously haunting tormenting a couple. It was filmed with a Blair Witch Project (that was scary! but I was also younger and more naive when I saw it!) style and reminded me of a very non scientific paranormal investigation, which was at times hard to take seriously because of Micah Sloat’s wisecracking, though he was funny in a comedic relief sort of way.
Steven Spielberg_IMDB
Legends have already been spun to hype up the movie like the one about Steven Spielberg. Legend has it that while watching the DVD, he inexplicably became locked in his room and couldn’t get out. The next day, he brought the DVD to the studio in a garbage bag, believing it to be cursed. He did, however, decide to get on board with giving this movie the go ahead.
All in all, I could have waited until this movie came out on DVD ~ I think I may have been actually frightened and really super creeped out by watching it in the apparent safety of my home, just like Steven Spielberg. Although there was one scene that had my eyes wide near the end. While Micah slept soundly beside her, Katie was dragged forcibly from the bed, out of the room and down the hall by the unseen but usually noisy demon, though it uttered not a sound while dragging her out of sight. Katie, on the other hand, screamed her head off. That scene did make me a little uncomfortable as I thought what it would feel like to actually be going through this and have something like that happen. Can you imagine being dragged down the hall by some unseen entity? Oh, and did I mention that whatever dragged her also bit her? Creepy. A lot of people claim not to be able to stop thinking about this movie long after they’ve left the theater. A lot of people claim not to be able to sleep with the light off since seeing this movie. Do you think you will be? So what does happen when you sleep? Are you brave enough to find out?
The Tudors Season 3
Well, I missed the kick off of Season 3 of The Tudors on Showtime on April 5, 2009, but I am making up for lost time and catching it on the ancient CBC, a beloved Canadian station. And let me tell you ~ Season 3 kicks of with a bang! Henry is as despicable as ever, and isn’t even bothering to hide the fact that he is a blue blooded tyrant. Heads are set to roll, and marble ones already are, as the churches are being dissolved and their riches ransacked and funneled into the king’s coffers. Lady Seymour has found the highest dread favor in the land by landing the king, becoming queen to England’s best known philanderer. (However, out of all Henry’s queens, she was favored the most because she bore him a son and had the good grace to die of her own volition instead of forcing Henry to kill her off when he was bored of her!)
Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
Meanwhile, fates and fortunes are rising and falling like a waterwheel, as usual subject to the mood and fancy of the king, which is unpredictable and foul as ever. The court is as morally ragged and corrupt as usual, rife with intrigues and plotting, which is always good fun. Princess Mary has sold out to return to the good graces of the king and regained the privilege of calling him father. Now it is the little Elizabeth who must suffer Henry’s wrath and punishment simply for being the daughter of the once beloved Anne, who is openly referred to as “the whore Anne Boleyn”.
The Tudors Season 3_Henry and the Women In His Life
Even though I know how all this will end, I am looking forward yet again to another rousing season of romps and routs, betrayal, scheming, conspiracy, manipulation and maneuvering, pomp and pageantry, and watching heads roll and necks stretch! I also greatly enjoy watching Henry become more decrepit (and pain riddled, which is the least he deserves! Good gracious, Tudor times sure brings out the devilishly bloodthirsty side of me!) as his rottenly wicked insides start to tarnish his once glorious, athletic outer splendor. Kudos once again to Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who is simply fantastic as the deplorable Henry VIII, and to the stupendous cast who really take you back to Tudor living at its voracious best, where I guess it was very good to be king! We are very pleased indeed!
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