Random #2

Random #2

I promise, promise I will have Prom Night’s blu-ray review done and posted this week. I really wanted it posted last week but I was very busy, even during the weekend. Then on Monday I got sick and I spent the whole day on bed. I think I slept like 20 hours that day and still managed to go to my classes with fever running. So yesterday I played catch-up, and today I am still doing that. Midterms are coming fast so I have to lookout for that. 

In other things, I got another big batch of blu-rays this week, most of them being, you guessed it, scary movies:

I am excited to watch all of them. I have only seen Neighbors and The Exorcist but I already know both are pretty good. The only one I will probably never watch is The Exorcist II: The Heretic since I have mostly read that it is terrible. I actually ordered the UK version of Stagefright (1987) also (when I read it might be more accurate of the original presentation than this version), so I might sell this version (in the picture) and keep the UK one.

I also got this bad boy:

Halloween: The Complete Collection; Deluxe Edition

Unfortunately it seems that most of the discs feature mediocre transfers. Not bad, but not as good as they could have been. That is fine though since it is an awesome collection and the quality is still passable. 

Last night I finished the second season of Hannibal. I got it on Tuesday of last week (when it came out on blu-ray) but I began watching it until Sunday night (right before my 20 hour sleep) and I was completely hooked. I had to finish it soon. It is an awesome show. I do not know how to place this show when there is also Game of Thrones and True Detective. For now I think I would put True Detective in first place and then the other two in a tie. It was hard not to move Hannibal up to first place, especially because it became even better in its second season. Also, the first part of True Detective had its immensely satisfying resolution already, so I can treat it as a standalone (or a miniseries); and I have no idea how the other two shows will turn out in the future. Although, I did read that Gillian Anderson was casted again for season three of Hannibal, but this time as a series regular. That is awesome news and it can only be a good thing for the story. Seriously, every second that woman appears she completely electrifies the screen. Her performance as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier is pitch perfect. Thus, it is a test to wait until next year for season three, not to mention that immense cliffhanger at the end. It tests my patience. 

I would have posted other gifs showing the rest of this sequence (which is way better than this specific part) but they are major spoilers. This gif is dark enough so that it is not clear who it is, that is why I chose it (it is better to look at if you click on it). If you have seen Hannibal though, you will know who it is that is falling through the window. If you do not recognize it then you have not gotten that far into season two. Believe me, it is not something one easily forgets. It is a little weird because it is very shocking but also beautiful, almost like a bewitching, lento-moving picture. The cinematography in the shot is exceptional and the score that accompanies it is very beautiful also. I really, really, hope this character survives. 

In other updates, I watched The Maze Runner on Friday and I was pleasantly surprised. Even with the now-cliché premise it managed to be interesting the whole time. I kind of want to read the books now. I might review the movie soon. I can not wait to go to the theater again though, but to see other movies like Annabelle and Gone Girl, and most of all Interstellar, probably my most anticipated film of the year. 

Again, I promise to post Prom Night’s blu-ray review this week.