The hobbit

To be honest I am not a fantasy kind of girl. I love fantasy horror but when its comes to classic fantasy I loose interest. I have watched the entire seris of the Lord of the Rings movies. I found them to be very interesting but lacking female characters and romance. I feel the same way about The Hobbit. I enjoyed parts of it, with golem and the giant spiders. The writing was clever and beautiful. But I had no strong female character to look up to or even a damsel in distress. And obviously there was no romance or sexual content of any kind. To be honest being a women I couldn’t relate. It seemed formulaic, they get attacked, they escape, they get attacked they escape, ect. I know it is a great book and I can respect it. But I feel it is offensive that women are not even worth mentioning. Are they too busy raising children and washing clothes to go on quests? I know the author was thinking of a bigger picture but I feel it is just not made for women. Also the violence is not suspenseful or creepy it’s just fighting, one group fighting and dominating another. Maybe if I was a man I could appreciate it more. 

KWAIDAN

The story of MIMI-NASHI-HICHI.

This story was very grounded in religion. He lives with a priest and he writes spiritual text on him to protect him. But of course he forgets his ears. The part I found most scary was just the fact that he was blind and some stranger lead him away. He followed this strange voice to somewhere unknown and placed all his trust in the person leading him. I have to say I did enjoyed when the servants tried to pull him from the graveyard and he was offended and said it was rude of them and they just laughed in his face. It was just a quirky moment to point out how ridiculous he was acting.

OSHIDORI

I am vegan so I find this story upsetting. I feel most vegetarians/vegans have a moment that is an eye opener. A moment where you don’t see meet as food, instead you see it as a rotting corpse. An animal that once had a life and died in pain. This is an intensified version of that moment. I can understand why a lot of Americans could not relate to this. For that reason the cultural differences are strong in this story. 

Let the Right One In

I heard great things about this film and so I just had to see what all the hype was about. Well I was not disappointed. A classic young romance story with a disturbing twist. I enjoyed the role reversal. A young girl was the tough vampire protector of a weaker boy. They are both outcasts in their own way. And even among all the horror it still manages to be adorable. Even though she is killing people you are routing for them to be together. And in the end when she saves him from drowning and kills those bullies you feel happy and reveled. It’s kind of an odd thing to say but I feel this is the horror version of Moon Rise Kingdom. They both deal with very young kids in love, running away together. The way they are handled is completely different but the underling story is similar. 

"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires."

I love 80’s horror movies. So of course I love Lost Boys. This movie is much more light hearted approach to Vampires. It is playful and cheesy in all the right ways. And it has that unique 80’s charm. Michael becomes infatuated with a girl who happens to be a vampire. To win her love he is roped into drinking blood and there for becomes part of the vampire gang. His younger brother and some neighborhood kids try to help him defeat the vampires. Of course they have to kill the head vampire who turns out to be there moms new boyfriend. “Great! The Bloodsucking Brady Bunch!” Of course they succeed and happily ever after. The dialogue is clever and some times down right hilarious. This is a classic film that I would recommend to anyone.

Interview with the Vampire

Vampires have always fascinated me. I read the Cirque Du Freak novels at a young age and later read the Twilight saga.  I grew up watching the movie Interview with the Vampire. So it has always been a favorite tale of mine. I found the book to very closely match the movie. Interview with the vampire I feel is a lot about the meaning of life and the search for your place in the world. It seems in most vampire stories there is a soul searching that comes with becoming a vampire. Or lack of soul. Louie wonders if this is hell or if there is a god. I feel he is more compassionate than the other vampires. He is not motivated by greed. He is just going through the motions searching for answers. Louie longs for companionship and for others like him. This is a serious novel and there is no happy ending. A vampires life is one filled with suffering and loneliness.