Our master in evil mayhem

Slayer is probably the most important band in my musical growth. Hence the book on Slayer is admittedly a fucker to cherish. Unfortunately this one offers so little in terms of interviews and personal backgrounds of the people of Slayer and people behind Slayer and if my memory serves me right the book wasn’t officially “approved” by the band. Mainly, this book offers us quite lenghty reviews of the albums, the necessery information of the line-up changes and such - and that’s that. And I don’t like reading reviews. Especially if they are wrong. The author made a big deal of saying things as they stand to him, voicing his opinion. Which was wrong too. I correct him on one thing; Undisputed Attitude is Slayer’s strongest album alongside Show No Mercy and Reign In Blood and not a lame fuck-up as you seem to see.

Where the bullets go

Captivating planning and scheming and whodunnits most of the time, towards the end it went all Fugitive (1993) and the story blew out of proportion. Implausible, but nevertheless a decent cut.

Couple of variables

Some people may find this farce outrageously funny, I don't, I didn't. The first five minutes were promising as hell, but the fun didn't last.

Life in flux

Well, bloody hell, I enjoyed this, I actually liked a Woody Allen movie.

Shadow of the horns

The music aside, the gimmicks aside, 'em people, what have you, this book contains some amazing fucking photography. The front cover for example, ain't that a beauty?

Rumble hungry like the beast

I guess this movie has been ridiculed enough. For good reason.

Bleeding knives

Yea, maybe this is a near perfect actor-driven drama, but I was hopelessly tired and sick with flu. Or maybe it's just plain shit.

Camera obscura

Not bad. Like an Agatha Christie mystery with diabolical horror thrown in for good measure.

Troll control

Something I learned today. Trolls hate and hunt down Christians, therefore to hunt down trolls, you may lure them with Christian blood or Christian music (f.e. Olav Werner's "Hvilken Venn Vi Har I Jesus" do just fine) or simply by being a God-loving Christian chap. Trolls are particularly fond of concrete blocks and pieces of charcoal. They also like to chew on car tires. Forest trolls and mountain trolls hate each other. Brilliant.

Conceived by a lowly monkey

Inane, unfunny, shit.

Crack on the out surface

A guy stuck in a block of rock in between Canon and Gatorade commercials.

Travesty of justice

Yea, this was alright, I guess. Slow on everything at times, although hit sentimentally on the right spot a few times. Dunno, roundabout bit of a boring fucker.

Baphomets call

I considered to quit watching after the 10 first minutes, the thought of seeing Ryan Reynolds in a box the entire film didn't sound quite right to me, but somehow the story carried through well its 90 minutes. It's a one-watch -thing, but still.

How much prophanol we got left?

In 1954. Switzerland hosts the FIFA World Cup. Brazilian president, Getulio Vargas, commits suicide. The first Burger King opens in Miami, Florida. And Jack Arnold completes Creature from the Black Lagoon, starring Ricou Browning (in water) and Ben Chapman (on land) as the manfish.

Limbo of eternal waiting

In 1944. Swedish Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing invent a way to package milk in paper and start the company Tetra Pak. Jimmy Page and Rutger Hauer are born. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius kills 26. And Erle C. Kenton completes House of Frankenstein, starring John Carradine as Count Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man and Glenn Strange as The Undying Monster.

Quote of the night

"Here I still carry the sign of the pentagram. Mark of the werewolf. I kill people. When the moon is full, I turn into a wolf." 

(Lon Chaney Jr. - Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man)

Through selfishness, stupidity and impatience

This seemed like an interesting mystery in the beginning, but halfway through shit hit the fan and the fun died, magic evaporated.

Life is short, but death is long

In 1943. World's largest building, The Pentagon, is built. Necrophiliac Bruno Ludke is arrested. The Office of War Information is allowed to censor movies. And Roy William Neill completes Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein Monster.

Quote of the day

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

(Mark Twain)

Busy making other plans

The fucker of a director had shot everything close-up and that was fucken annoying. Then again, had he shot it a million miles away, it couldn't have saved this utterly boring drama.

Up the horns

Not exactly the collapse of Teotihuacan or destruction of Troy or the Rape of Nanking, but close.

And I said hey

The actors have too much free rein on this movie that is based, I am told, solely on improvisation. It consists of lots of pointless dribble, boring monologues, annoying overlaps, chaos in rhythm and fuck else. Thumbs up for the characteristic actors and, also, the few crack-ups and harmless mistakes were a hoot.

Renounce your vengeful God

Kind of right on the money depiction of medieval fuckery with black death, necromancers, pagans and witches, all 'em things. In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus, jada jada jada.

Wolf and a pentagram

In 1941. The first Jeep is produced. John Lord and Captain Beefheart are born. No Nobel prizes were awarded. And George Waggner completes The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the hairy beast.

Sparrow roger

A shortie by Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports). An action-fucker, too short tho, barely had me bowl of yoghurt eaten.

Twinkle in the bay of bones

Frankly speaking, the story is garbage, awfully bad. For a Finnish film though, it looks rather nice, the town where it's shot, looks like a million dollars.

Death of seasons

What I like about Mike Leigh pictures is that you can just sit back and enjoy. And that's exactly what I did this time around and after I had finished I had to scrape off the moss of me person. Leigh's commonplaceness of life is too perfect, almost boringly so.

Coyote with a bad dream

In 1935. The first canned beer is sold (Richmond, Virginia, U.S.). Persia is renamed Iran. Sheffield Wednesday beat West Bromwich 4-2 at the FA-cup. And Stuart Walker completes Werewolf of London, starring Henry Hull as the lycanthrope.

Out there fighting crime

I expected this to be shit of some magnitude, but turned out I was way optimistic with my expectations.

The king of the Gods

In 1932. Zippo lighters see the light of day. The first Purple Heart was awarded. Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship. And Karl Freund completes The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff as Im-Ho-Tep.

We are screwed

These guys, they come with good intentions, but can they actually make a difference with these documentaries with humorous means? I guess, in global retrospective, DVD like this, now matter how important and dead serious an issue, it's just a drop of water in the ocean, quite like what they said themselves: "Reality began to sink in. We've made a splash, but we hadn't fix the world."

Waiting for the new life to come

In 1931. Nevada legalizes gambling. Pehr Evind Svinhufvud becomes the President of Finland. Empire State Building is completed. And James Whales completes Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff as The Monster.

Beauty with a burning violin

Something else. Natalie Portman is absolutely perfect and there's lots of exceptional creepiness sewn in the product.