"'What's the point? They're all the same, some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can't act and is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door, it's insulting.'- Sidney Prescott, Scream"
Jim Haggerty's The Slasher
Sun, 10/11/2009 - 02:27
My friend handed me a stack of low budget DVDs to peruse the other night and lo and behold... there was a Jim Haggerty movie in there! It's called The Slasher, made in 2000. Thanks to Heidi's review of Grave Danger I was beside myself with horror nerd joy.
I haven't finished it yet. Apparently Haggergty's films should be watched in installments, cause you kind of have to brace yourself. It's okay, you know? Ever since Heidi reviewed "Grave", I actually like Haggerty a little bit - he's officially attained so-bad-it's-good cult icon status, in my mind at least.
Funniest part so far. This girl is walking down the street at night, and she notices some nut in a mask following her. So the girl starts sprinting to get away, and the masked man sprints after her. It's one of those scenes where the girl makes it to the door, fumbles with her keys, and JUST BARELY gets inside before the killer gets her. So this girl literally closes the door in the killer's face, and she's safe in her apartment, and what does she do next? Dial 911? Nope. She shrugs, casually walks into her bedroom, and proceeds to TAKE ALL OF HER CLOTHES OFF. We're talking full frontal, folks. And not only full frontal. The girl bends down to pick something up and the camera shows us things that only her mother or significant other have ever seen. I'm all about naked chicks, but even I was like... "awkward".
Then the girl puts on a robe, walks five feet to the bathroom, and STRIPS ALL OVER AGAIN to her birthday suit. And then, get this, there's a knock at the door. So she puts her robe back on, and says to herself, "Oh no, the rent!" Like she thinks it's her landlord at the door wanting rent money. Yeah, it could be him, I guess. Or it could be that deranged serial killer who almost beat you in a footrace to your front door about five minutes ago. So she opens the door and guess what happens.
Keep in mind this entire scenerio is played totally straight in the movie, unless Haggerty has a special kind of humor that is simply beyond me - it's possible I suppose.
Sun, 10/11/2009 - 11:09
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Couldn't find the trailer to SLASHER, but his Witchmaster General, starring Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns, is online and posted here for your enjoyment.
Ah, I met Lewis ten years ago when my boyfriend was a struggling musician in Los Angeles and Lewis was... desperately trying to relive 1985, as he apparently still is. he was working as a telemarketer at the time.
Note: Behind the scenes:
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 17:32
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Mon, 10/12/2009 - 20:45
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Mon, 10/12/2009 - 20:53
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Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:50
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Ah! It sounds like 'classic Haggerty', as my film professor would say.
There's no denying the genius of creating characters so stupid (not calling 911? Thinking the landlord is knocking?) that you really don't care whether they live or die.
Haggerty's movies make me really disappointed in myself - when I shower, I never caress myself slowly, or bend over and spread my ass. I just don't have that kind of enthusiasm when I'm alone or about to take a shower to get ready for work, etc. I also never take the time to walk around naked if it's less than 80 degrees in the house - I'm just too much of a baby, I guess! The women in his film are always so methodical about the nudity. It really makes me feel second-rate, you know?
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