Though its title suggests it should’ve been released ten years ago, and its dreadful poster makes the gorgeous Aaron Johnson look a bit like a cyborg, Chatroom is one of my favourite horror/thrillers of the last few years. I went to see it on a whim, dragging along my reluctant horror bud Rich (blog here - read it, it’s good) as I prepared myself for the worst. It’s bad enough a film was made in 2010 with a chatroom as the subject matter, but to cast the rogueish, squeaky-voiced Aaron Johnson (whose breakout role was in sugary teen romcom Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging) as the villain of the piece? Preposterous, I squealed. The tagline “welcome to the anti-social network” had me fuming - it positively screamed of someone who was completely out of touch with my generation.
Library/archives scenes from Se7en and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I love both of these films so much…also want Rooney Mara’s pants big time.
I’m a massive fan of horror veteran Katherine Isabelle, whom most of you probably remember from the awesome coming-of-age werewolf story, Ginger Snaps, or, more recently, the all right Freddy Vs Jason.
She’s back in a starring role in American Mary, which is currently making the rounds at Cannes. If I’m honest, the plot - which revolves around Isabelle’s disillusioned med student, who gets involved in dodgy underground surgeries to make some fast cash - doesn’t fill me with joy. The film is being described as American Pyscho crossed with The Skin I Live In, but it’s reminding me more of that dodgy non-horror, Pathology, from a couple of years ago. Eek. I’ll watch Katherine Isabelle in pretty much anything though, and she does look beautiful with dark hair. The chicks in the pic above, with the corset piercings, might also be hot.
Check out the poster below - a competitor for worst movie poster ever, perhaps?
It’s not often I get excited for a sequel - in fact, I can’t even remember the last time it happened (Toy Story 3 maybe?), but I am proud of the fact that, for the past few months, I have been salivating over the tits-and-fish glory that would be Piranha 3DD. Even the name makes me giggle, it’s amazing. It completely encapsulates the tongue in cheek attitude of its predecessor, letting us all know that it’s okay to be happily, shamelessly, delighting in beautiful women parading around with their boobs out, before being torn to shreds by badly-rendered CGI fish.
