Subscription Box; Horror Block; November 2015

YouTube Un-Boxing;  

https://youtu.be/tgV2LIDg-Kg

What Box; Horror Block

What is Horror Block; A subscription box for those who love all things horror.

Cost; $16.99 per month for 6 months plus shipping

What I paid; No Discount

How to subscribe; www.nerdblock.com

Choose between; Several options are available

·        Nerd Block Jr. Boys

·        Nerd Block Jr. Girls

·        Horror Block

·        Arcade Block

·        Comic Block

·        Sci-Fi Block

What did I get?

1.     T-Shirt with a Vampire

2.     Print/Autograph of Addy Miller

3.     Rue Morgue Magazine

4.     Twilight Zone Mystic Seer

5.     Bloody Cleaning Cloth

6.     Sharknado Vinyl Bobblehead of The Hoff

Thoughts;

I think this box was better than the October box. This was a good one! The Bobblehead is awesome! Not only is it huge, but it’s David Hasslehoff!!! Amazing.

I like that they are giving you a sneak peak of the next months box in the box you are opening. I also love the fact that you get a shirt in each and every box. I will continue this!

Movie; Last Shift (2014) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Last Shift

 

Came out; 2014

Time; 90 Minutes

Watched on; Netflix

Rating; R for bloody horror violence, disturbing images and language

IMDB Rating; 5.7

Rotten Tomatoes Score; No Score

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; A rookie cop’s 1^st shift in the last night of a closing police station alone turns into a living nightmare.

Staring;

Juliana Harkavy as Jessica Loren

Joshua Mikel as John Michael Paymon

Natalie Victoria as Marigold

Thoughts;

The movie starts out strange and doesn’t end any differently. This movie is creepy, scary and is different.

The movie starts out with Officer Loren talking to her mom on the phone. She ends the phone call and walks into the station, where she finds another Officer banging on a door and yelling at it. The man turns out to be the Sergeant Cohen, he speaks to her in a strange tone, gives her the tour and a few instructions before leaving. This is when things go from strange to spooky.

As the story line unfolds, you learn that her father was also an officer who died while on duty and the entire thing boils down to a cult that was arrested for several murders and also killed themselves at the station.

This movie really has one person in it with a few “ghosts” popping in and out. Since she has to stay until the crime scene bio hazard people come get the rest of the evidence, she can’t leave but yet you keep wondering why she doesn’t go sit in her car until they show up.

Lots of jump scares, this movie was a relief from all the “found footage” ‘movies out there now!

Wax; Man Made Candles & Gifts; November 2015

Vendor; Man Made Candles & Gifts

Order placed; November 2015

Website; www.amazon.com/ManMadeCandles&Gifts

 Facebook; JJ’s Famous Man Made Customers

Owner; JJ Johnson

YouTube Reveals;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9GKBSZL_nU

What I ordered;

Fossil in Candles, although you can’t pick scent I received Berry Delightful

Extra “Love” Clam shell in “Black Cherry”

Thoughts;

My understanding is that JJ has been in business for some time and has just started selling online. He has an Amazon store and is very active on facebook. He is super approachable, I know that sounds funny since we are talking about online, but some people come off as bitchy or rude even before you try to “speak” with them, not JJ, he seems like a super sweet person and is very easy to talk to. I had questions and he got back to me right away.

He asked me if I had a wax type preference, I told him no. The candle and clam smells so good. I am glad I received scents that I like and I truly can’t wait to see what’s in this unique candle!

Book; The World's Weirdest Places; By; Nick Redfern

The World’s Weirdest Places

 

Author; Nick Redfern

Came out; September 2012

Read on; Nook

Rating; Per Amazon 3.7/5

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis;

In the books mysterious pages, you will Redfern’s personal top 25 paranormal-themed locales, and the strange, amazing and diabolical things that lurk within them. From the legendary Loch Ness, Scotland to the slopes of Mount Shasta, California; from the dark depths of the Solomon Islands to the heart of the Kremlin; and from the magical landscapes of Sedona, Arizona to the turbulent waters of the Devil’s Sea in Japan.
 
Thoughts;

This was a decent book. Some chapters, which were all different places, were hard to read. Some gave more details than others. I would have loved to have seen lots of details on all of them. Maybe it’s because more was known about certain places.

All in all I would rate this book as Ok, it is not one that I would read again but glad that I read it once.

Movie; Skeleton Crew (2009) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Skeleton Crew

 

Came out; 2009

Time; 90 Minutes

Watched on; DVD

Rating; R for strong bloody violence throughout, some sexuality and pervasive language

IMDB Rating; 3.6

Rotten Tomatoes Score; No Score

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; An asylum is being used by a film crew trying to film the movie “Silent Creek” based on murders that occurred in the 70’s. The institution was shut down after Doctor Andersson “The Auteur” was caught making snuff films of himself torturing patients to death. It was believed that all films were confiscated, yet the location where they were developed and screened was never found. While doing recordings, the crew find a hidden room. It contains the Doctor’s undiscovered recordings, although the crew is disgusted by the snuff films, they decided not to call the policec. The director of Silent Creek becomes obsessed with Andersson’s films. He beings to act deranged, claiming their film is “not real enough”.

Staring;

Rita Suomalainen as Lisa

Steve Porter as Steven/The Auteur/Sanders

Anna Alkiomaa as Anna

Jonathan Rankle as Darius

Thoughts;

The movie starts, you think you are actually watching the things that happened. Turns out you are watching the filming of the movie within the movie.

The movie is real “campy” and the acting is actually pretty bad. The plot and locations were awesome. The start of the movie was good, but then once they find the hidden “room” it becomes obvious what is going to happen, especially when the crew decides not to call the police.

The movie did have a few things going for it, it was filmed on location in an actual old abandon mental hospital in Finland. The creep factor is there with this. The plot was really good, snuff films aren’t put into movies as the horror factor generally, other than 8 mm with Nicolas Cage.

Better actors and less sex would have made this movie perfect!

Movie; Shallow Ground (2004) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Shallow Ground

 

Came out; 2004

Time; 97 Minutes

Watched on; DVD

Rating; R for strong violence and gore, nudity and some language

IMDB Rating; 5.1

Rotten Tomatoes Score; 67%; Average Rating 5.8/10, Reviews Counted 6; Fresh 4; Rotten 2. 33% of people liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff’s station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Sheperd, guild ridden over the girl’s murder, must confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy’s true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.

Staring;

Timothy V. Murhpy as Jack Sheppart

Stan Kirsch as Stuart Dempsey

Lindsey Stoddart as Laura Russell

Patty McCormack as Helen Reedy

Rocky Marquette as Boy

Thoughts;

This movie was a little strange. The “horror” aspect was excellent with the gore. The story line was good, however not something that could actually ever happen. The “naked” boy covered in blood was really good, I just don’t understand why he had to be naked. Along with the women that were seen hanging, I’m not sure I will ever understand why we need nudity in horror films, I don’t think it makes or breaks the film and can be done without. It’s been proven in other movies.

The problem that I have is, the old lady would not have been able to pull any of this off by herself. She wouldn’t have been strong enough and second, while the Sheriff is in her home, which seems to be a bed and breakfast, why didn’t he notice the smell? That would have been a really stinky place and based on true life events we’d know that the smell would have seeped outside.

All in all, it was good. It wasn’t brought to light until the end what was really happening so it did keep you guessing.

Movie; The Harvest (2013) Caution; Spoiler Alert

The Harvest

 

Came out; 2013

Time; 104 Minutes

Watched on; Netflix

Rating; Not Rated

IMDB Rating; 5.0

Rotten Tomatoes Score; 65%; Average Rating 5.7/10, Reviews Counted 17; Fresh 11; Rotten 6. 43% of people liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door.

Staring;

Samantha Morton as Katherine

Michael Shannon as Richard

Natasha Calis as Maryann

Charlie Tahan as Andy

Thoughts;

This movie was really good. What is really going on isn’t revealed close to the end of the movie, so the entire time you are watching it you know that something is going on. The mother is a complete nut case! The movie plays very well with the creepy and insane parents and is very good with twists and turns.

It starts with showing Maryann moving into her Grandparents home after her parents die. While exploring she finds a house and meets Andy. She comes to know him as a very sick child in a wheelchair who is kept in his room all day.

Andy’s mom doesn’t want Maryann around. Throughout the movie the dad is sneaking around and the parent have a really strange relationship.

After sneaking Andy outside when his mother is away, Maryann finds herself hiding in what she thinks is a closet. Really, it’s the door to the basement which she of course goes down. There she discovers a room with a child in a hospital bed, xrays on the way show two different names. After she is able to sneak out she goes home to “google” the other name and finds that the boy was kidnapped from a hospital shortly after birth.

In the end it is revealed that “Andy” is actually the boy in the hospital bed and the boy we think is Andy was stolen to give organs to the dying boy.