tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post2001131938210389183..comments2024-03-27T07:58:00.899-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: 31 (2016)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-77930131991724589782017-01-04T23:11:26.468-08:002017-01-04T23:11:26.468-08:00Sorry if that was a little incoherent. Basically I...Sorry if that was a little incoherent. Basically I think 31 would've been a lot better if Zombie had a go-to cult actor amongst his troupe like James Gunn has had going back to Slither in Michael Rooker. Or Michael Biehn. Or even Rutger Hauer. I'm not saying I wanted to see William Forsythe as one of the carnies. Of course, I guess I'm ignoring that one of these solid actors as the male leader of the carnies would've overshadowed you-know-who. That's too bad. But like I said that's why I felt this thing was hampered by being too much of a Rob Zombie joint. Because of that though all the heads prior to the final boss feel like prelim matches on a wrestling card. If Rob had been a little more ambitious and less gritty (more monstrous characters harkening back to HO1KC) this could've been so much more. At least I hope Rob keeps serving up juicy parts to Richard Brake in the future. Every thing he did was great including the elevator ride to the compound where he had a real Iggy Pop crazed out rock star vibe. Ray Puresoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100453409471134289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-67626250449464044002017-01-04T21:38:13.919-08:002017-01-04T21:38:13.919-08:00You actually hit upon my problem with them; the ca...You actually hit upon my problem with them; the casting and characters are a little too low-rent and Rob Zombie-by-numbers. I never thought I'd miss William Forsythe and I don't but by all the heads that preceded the main head having to be goofy ass jokes you could accept being dispatched by mere carnies; I guess that erases the need for any male leads for the carnies with cult badass cred. I mean all Michael Biehn does now-a-days is make DTV schlock. I don't know what his pay grade is but I'd much rather seen the heads be a little more formidable leading up to the main baddie and likewise the carnies be made up of a couple of actors that aren't scraping 1970's TV notoriety bottom of the barrel. Most of all though I wish Zombie hadn't been so stuck on the heads all being some goofy ass variation of clowns. I'd much rather Zombie have returned to his House of 1,000 Corpses outlandish roots and had at least one of the heads be some hulking brute like Earl Firefly AKA the Professor. Would it have really diminished you-know-who's tour de force? Not really. In fact I think it would've added something to the proceedings if you had a couple of the carnies be actors with cult badass credibility survive a monstrous killer only to meet their match in the spindly final boss. Doomhead made this movie for me. I just wish there had been more variety in the prior killers and ensemble of carnies so that the movie could've gotten a true Running Man vibe going. Ray Puresoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100453409471134289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-6549188522597109052016-12-23T16:18:13.474-08:002016-12-23T16:18:13.474-08:00Unrelated to 31, was just thinking about how much ...Unrelated to 31, was just thinking about how much I miss you live tweeting horror films. I'm not sure I ever successfully watched along with you, but I did make several attempts. Ah, the good old days of HMAD.Clay Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-37838982460179430642016-12-22T15:14:56.390-08:002016-12-22T15:14:56.390-08:00Rejects, Salem, H2 (d-cut), Corpses, 31, H1 (any c...Rejects, Salem, H2 (d-cut), Corpses, 31, H1 (any cut). Don't really count Superbeasto since it seems his "director" credit was largely ceremonial, but it'd be in the middle somewhere.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-3859699429611553602016-12-22T15:10:45.584-08:002016-12-22T15:10:45.584-08:00How do you rank his films?How do you rank his films?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com