Haunted Las Vegas

In about 4 days I will be in Vegas with my Fiancé where we will be attending a huge rockabilly convention called Viva Las Vegas. As with most of my trips I look up haunted stories about where I am going. I haven't done this with Las Vegas, but I figured since I have been slacking on my posts of horror news and movies I might as well do some paranormal stuff since it's another one of my passions.

If you look on The Shadowlands's website on haunted places you get a lot of hauntings in the various hotels and casinos.  All basic hauntings and nothing out of the ordinary. There's also a Haunted Las Vegas tour which looks interesting. Sinnermag has a nice list with more information on haunts that happened in the Las Vegas area.

While this trip will have little if anything to do with ghosts I like to know if there is a possibility of hauntings so I can be aware of any feelings that I have. All this ghost talk makes me wish I had more ghost experiences to share with you all like in my videos, but I don't.

Also if you go to vegas and are looking for some horror related attractions you are in luck. Eli Roth... yes that Eli Roth has a year round haunted house called Goretorium

So nothing will be coming from me between march 27-31 while I enjoy my vacation.

World War Z Second Trailer

We have been given the second trailer to the... well I won't say anticipated movie because I doubt anyone is looking forward to this movie anymore. With all the news about the issues with it and then re-filming there's little hope for it now I think. 

I thought the book was okay and was looking forward to the movie to help me see things better, but after seeing this trailer there seems to be almost no parts of the book even in this movie. Yes, the book is written like a memoir with different people's experiences, but I do not see anything I remember from the book. This trailer does seem to have some hope that the movie isn't a total lost, but I think relating it to the book is a bad call. Did anyone even see a zombie in this trailer? I didn't. 

Bates Motel Pilot Episode

If you know me, you know that one of my all time favorite horror movies is Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock. So when I heard they were doing a TV show and all based on Norman and his mother I was a little unsure about how I felt about it. I'm not always a horror purist, but there are some things I think the horror genre lately has been ruining and that's with the remakes, sequels and overall bad bad choices.

The pilot episode of Bates Motel was on Monday March 18th and I was able to find the full episode on A&E's website.

Synopsis:
Norman Bates and his mother Norma move from Arizona to some small Oregon town near the coast. They buy a home with a motel. This is starting over... again for the two of them. Norman seems to hit it big with the pretty girls in school despite being a bit awkward. His language arts teacher is his advisor as well and seem really into him finding his place and there's a bit of awkwardness between the two.





The former owner of the house and motel start harassing the Bates because he lost his property and decides to come claim it and everything inside including Norma. He kills the man and has Norman help her move his body to the motel to hid in a tub. To cover it up they start taking the carpet out to show that they are remodeling it so it doesn't look suspicious. They dump his body in the lake and the episode ends.

Review:
Overall I have no idea how I feel about this show. One episode isn't enough to really judge it, but its not enough to make me fall in love with it. I'm a little confused on why Norman and his mother dress like its 1950s yet it's clearly present day. I don't know if its some kind of throw back or what. Just seems odd. Yes there are people who dress in vintage clothing but this does not see like the answer.

I also don't understand why they are in Oregon. The Bates Motel is in Arizona where they say the Bates are from just outside of Scottsdale. I get that it's a wink to those who know Psycho but just doesn't make sense.

I will watch more to see if its going to be worth it. I will say that the acting is good it's just the writers and directors part that I'm a little lost on.

Chernobyl Diaries: Movie Review

I haven been wanting to see this movie since I heard about it. I wasn't sure what it was going to be on, but the idea of a horror movie in Chernobyl seemed like a new idea.

Synopsis: 6 tourists go on a "Extreme" tour to the city of Pripyat, where the nuclear reactor had failed and tons of people had to evacuate. While there things don't seem right and one thing after the next goes wrong.

Review: I really have to question what I was looking forward with this movie. I was bored for the most part and felt like the usual cheep scares to get the audience to be one edge failed. I sat there wondering what I was suppose to be afraid of.

The "monsters" in this movie I THINK were radioactive cannibals. I'm not sure because they never mentioned what they were, but that's my guess best on the clues you were given. It took the entire hour of the movie to get to where I knew what was so scary about this town.

The only other giveaway of this movie being crap was that they played the usual, opps they won't let us through we'll take the back "secrete" road so no one knows we're here... come one that one has been done and even the crappy and good horror movie stop this plot a long time ago.

I really wish this movie was better, it had the potential, but it fell very flat. And as usual they left it where you can guess there might be a sequel, which I hope isn't or better than this one. So please don't waste your time.

Walking Dead 3.5

So we have less than a week until The Walking Dead starts back up. I was listening to the Walking Dead TV Podcast and they were talking about what they want and don't want to see for the rest of season 3. So I thought I would write my own, especially since it's been a while since I've posted anything.

1) I want no more main character deaths. We've had plenty this season and I rather them be unexpected than always expecting one.

2) Slow things down a bit. I don't mind all the action, but I feel like things have gone too quickly.




And because this is kind of awesome there was a Walking Dead Super Bowl ad. Well it was for Time Warner Cable, but it has Daryl in it so enjoy.





There is also now a app to turn yourself into the walking dead. you can find it at http://www.deadyourself.com/walkers

Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

I have yet to read the book, but I held off on it after being so disappointed with Pride Prejudice and Zombies. I wanted to see this movie to give me an idea if the book was any good. I finally got it in from netflix and here's my review on it.

Synopsis: We learn the "truth" behind Abraham's childhood and how be became a great leader. His mother is killed by a vampire and he goes out looking to kill the vampire that killed her when he's an adult. In his failed attempt a stranger helps him and teaches him how to kill vampires. We see him progress into the man we knew with a dark secret.

Review: 

Like I said I was hesitant on reading the book and only got into seeing the movie after seeing the trailers and being impressed by what I did see. I have also been falling away from vampires since Twilight has ruin them and very few people have been able to do them in a new way. 

With that said I did like the take of vampires in this movie. I thought the look of them and how they could look like everyday people was a great twist to the myth. It was refreshing to see it taken to a different way, but not in a weird sparkling crap. 

I will say I find the sunglasses to be distracting. I have yet to find if people really wore those back in the 1800s, but in every movie that shows people wearing them I automatically assume they are evil. I believe Dracula wears them as well. 

I really thought the Abraham vampire hunter and the politician was done well. They blended the two sides really well and there was no issues for me on it. It was a secret part of him, but one that was done well that you could see the possibility of it. 

I also like how they focused on Lincoln and not only on the Civil War. While that is an important part of his presidency, there was more to him and I like how they focused on his life and the challenges he faced. 

Also, the actions scenes were done very well and I didn't see any issues with the flow of the fights or the effects.

So it's a decent movie that I think is a good one for those who want a movie that is a little different from the other vampire movies.

The Walking Dead 3x8

So I'm a week late on this recap. I watched it on Sunday, but my new job started right on Monday so I haven't had time to write it. This is what happens when you finally get a grown up job. Any by grown up job I mean one that is long hours and had full benefits.

So to the episode. This is the last one until the show returns in February. My recap won't be as lengthy or in the right order since its been a week since I saw it.

We see a new group running away from zombies in the woods. They mention a tower and while they are running away one of them get bite. They run towards the structure and we see the prison with the wall blown out. We go back to Woodsbury where Andrea is getting ready to help Milton take care of Mr. Coleman and after she leaves the Governor goes to his little room and takes his daughter out of a cage next to the fish tanks and tries to get her to calm down, but she gets angry possibly because there is a bowl of meat near by.

Glenn asks Maggie if the Governor hurt or violated her and she tells him no. Glenn then rips arms bones out of the zombie he killed earlier with the chair. Merle and his men decide to take Glenn and Maggie to the "screamer" pits.

Rick, Daryl, Michonne and Oscar get into Woodsbury and search the hospital for Glenn and Maggie. They aren't there and before they can move on one of the towns people sees them and Rick knocks him out. They eventually make it to where Glenn and Maggie are being held. They already attack Merle and his group and Rick and his group uses smoke grenades to hide themselves and get Glenn and Maggie.

Back  in the prison Beth, Carl, Judith and Axel are in a cell where Axel creepily hit on Beth. Carol calls him out and we learn that Axel haven't seem many woman and he thinks that Carol is a lesbian due to her short hair.

Sometime after they rescue Glenn and Maggie Michonne takes off and goes to the Governor's apartment. She waits for either him or Andrea to return. While she's there she hears a noise and breaks into the room where she thinks he's keeping a child hostage until she realizes she's a zombie. As she frees the girl the Governor comes back and asks Michonne to leave her alone. Instead she kills Penny and then Michonne and the Governor get into a fight. They throw each other around the room breaking the fish tanks where Michonne almost gets bit, but she stabs the Governor in the eye with a piece of glass.

In the prison we hear screaming and Carl leaves to see what is going on. He finds the other group and brings them to the cell block. Carl is going to kill Donna the bitten member, but they tell him they'll do it. Carl, locks them into the cell block.

The group tries to get out of Woodsbury, but they are being shot at. As they try to escape Oscar gets shot, Maggie has to kills him so he doesn't turn. Daryl stays to give them cover fire. We then see the Governor gathering the people of Woodsbury and he calls out Merle as a traitor and brings Daryl out.


Review:

Overall I think the episode was a good one.There was a few things I thought were silly, but they were minor.

I think it ended just right to keep us wanting more for the continuation of the season and had enough action and drama. So it was a good episode and waiting till February is going to be hard.

What bothered me about this episode is how does Andrea or anyone else not hear or smell Penny? It seems unreasonable that there's no way to hear her moving or smell her rotting flesh. Also, is the guard tower the show's way of saying people are having sex. We know it's for Glenn and Maggie, but Carol and Axel are up there? Just seems weird to me.

Other than that I was good with the episode.