Well, tonight I don't feel like doing a review of a full movie. I'm still bummed about that jury verdict yesterday, among other things. I'll be back Sunday night with a proper review.
So, as of late I haven't seen too many horror films. However, I can mention that when it was shown recently on TCM Underground, I tried watching The Beyond for the first time. I know some won't like hearing this, but I didn't even watch it all the way through. The bad/bizarre acting started to turn me off, but one moment made me change the channel. So, if you're driving on the 24 mile long Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana and out of nowhere a woman appears in the middle of the road and you discover she has strange colored pupil-less eyes and she wants you to take her to the old hotel you just inherited... and you take her there no questions asked? That just insulted me. Sorry Fulci fans, but maybe he's not for me. That sort of "dream logic" filmmaking isn't for me... guys like David Lynch, no thanks. Ironic I say that, considering that there are some Freddy Krueger movies I enjoy.
Speaking of that, I randomly rented A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2. Oh no, I've seen it before (although that was years ago; when I saw it then, of course I noticed the blatant homoerotic overtones then; however, since then and the infamy it's gotten for being SO homoerotic...), but watching it a second time and it's amazing I didn't notice all the clues the first time. It's so blatant!
I can't say that the movie is really any good (especially compared to the original) but at least there were some interesting touches throughout and it was definitely fascinating viewing it as an allegory involving the main character dealing with his homosexual feelings and possibly coming out. I'm not sure how that parakeet scene fits into the allegory, but it at least makes me laugh.
This review delves more into the rampant homosexual overtones (rather than undertones) of the film.
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