Halloween Horror Show at Pathe Tuschinski 26/10/13 00:00

The movie theatre where they hold the Halloween Horror Shows. (Taken from the Pathe website.)

Hiya!!

Every year there's a Halloween Horror Show where 4 of the newest (usually not yet released in the cinemas here) horror movies are shown along with various short films and special previews and lastly also prices to the best costumes. This was the 5th year it was organized and was my third time there. I have to admit that the movie line up was the best one for me this year!

This year they had a lot of horror artwork from Eric Peters hung in the foyer of Tuschinski. It looked very cool to have those painting of classic horror characters such as Dracula and the Joker to name a few. And after all the bags were checked for bottles or cans of drinks (these weren't allowed but at least you could transfer your drinks in cups they provided for you, food was okay) we finally got to go to our seats. Since we bought our tickets online and we got appointed seats from there, we didn't feel the need to arrive there before the doors opened, because there is always a HUGE line, which was even there when we got there 5 minutes after the start of the show. But having quite a few of these marathons we knew that the first movie would start somewhere from 00:30. So we weren't worried at all :)

Originally we would've started with Curse of Chucky, but Universal Studios called in the morning before and made the theatre cancel the viewing of the movie. The reason why is not publicly known, so they moved up the line-up and the movie we started with was Insidious Chapter 2. I was most anxious about this one because even though I am fascinated by horror movies, I scare very easily. I've seen Insidious at a previous Halloween Horror Show and it had a lot of good scares which all made me (reluctantly) jump in my seat. And Insidious Chapter 2 had even more and better scares. It was a bit predictable at times, but those jump scares! I have never been scared that much and that bad in any movie I've seen. My poor heart!

Then there was time for a break which usually lasts about 20 minutes, and then the first short movies started with the first of a short trilogy from Jason Stutter: CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE. 



It's about 2 or 3 minutes long but was made perfectly and very unexpected! Loved it! 

 

Hereafer one the next movie started which was the new version of Carrie. I was a bit apprehensive about the remake of this classic, because I tend not to like remakes that much. However, I have to say they've done a reasonable job making the movie a modern version where the highschool kids actually look much more like high school kids than the original movie and they all had smartphones. I have to say I liked the movie! I still prefer the classic mainly because I feel that the actress portraying Carrie was better suited for the role than the remake and somehow the atmosphere was better. 

Then it was break time whereafter the next short of the trilogy was shown: CAREFUL WITH THAT POWER TOOL, which, even though you know what to expect from the first one, was very well done and still very unexpected! Another 3 minutes of sitting on the edge of your seat.
Then another short was presented which was THE APPLICANT (Tim Dean). This one was not too much to my liking. Started off where you were wondering what was going on during that job interview to a twist that was kinda weird and far fetched... A little bit sci-fi horror if you will. It wasn't my style really. You can see the entire short on youtube: 

So around 5AM came the time for the third movie of the night which I was very excited about: The World's End. 



They announced that the movie was not of a particular genre which made it a huge discussion to show it in the Netherlands. It was one of the reasons I wanted to go to this marathon because I really wanted to see it, and I understand after seeing it how it's difficult to put that genre label on this one. It is more of a comedy/drama between middle aged men, but it does have a sci-fi/horror theme to it from the middle on. Not really scares but there are quite some wtf moments. I liked it! But I was also a big fan of the first 2 movies of this trilogy which were Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. It wasn't as good as the last 2, but definately worth to see! 

Now it was 7:30am and the last movie had to be shown as well as the shorts after the last break. But first there was a prize ceremony for the best costumes. I love seeing how people put so much effort in it, especially since you have to sit in that costume the entire night, which let's be honest, with a lot of makeup or schmink/latex etc on your face is not comfortable and if your outfit it elaborate you tend not to be able to sit comfortably either. So I applaud those brave enough to go for it! The winners were 2 zipper-faced girls, and the first price was a tie between a horror Sinterklaas & zwarte Piet and 2 witches (which had chins and noses stuck on.
Now it was time for the last short films which was the third of the trilogy: CAREFUL WITH THAT CROSSBOW. A very good short with perfectly fits the other 2! Then there was another short film which lasted about 10 minutes which was Fist of Jesus (Adrián Cardona & David Muñoz) which you can see entirely on youtube:



Without giving too much away, this is a splatter movie which reminded me a bit of the style from the movie Braindead. The story was very original and a lot of humor going with the gore, which is the usual go-to for splatter movies. Then there was a special preview of a upcoming Dutch movie called 'de poel' which I did not find that interesting to be honest. But then again I'm not a fan of Dutch movies anyway. The crowd also did not seem too excited because not many people applauded which was a bit uncomfortable because the director was in the room. We clapped to be nice :) Finally the last movie of the marathon started which was I Spit On Your Grave: 2.



I have never heard of this movie and because the movie was chosen at the last moment they only announced it at the start of the marathon. I fell asleep in the first part, because well I've been awake for all of the above and I was just exhausted. I woke up because the main character was screaming, which happens during horror movies of course, and then I followed most of the movie. It is very graphic and basically a sick movie really. The young woman was raped, cut, beat up, kidnapped etc, to escape the men that kidnapped her, only to get tricked back into the same house. I won't say much more, but I found it surprisingly an interesting film, even though it was that graphic. It did show the emotional traject from someone undergoing the abuse and how others can be too late to really help that person. But definitely not a film for the faint at heart! 

Now at 9:45 the night has ended and we went ahead to walk towards our bikes to have the dreaded bike ride home with all the horror makeup still on (even though it itched like crazy) and having all the people that were up and about staring at us, well especially me since I was wearing skeletal makeup. I'll post the look in another post.

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