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Onkel Creepys fornemmelse for Ramaskrik 2013

Som den hardcore horrorentusiast han er gikk Onkel Creepy i dybden for Skrekkruttskolen under Ramaskrik 2013.


Bevæpnet med ett all-around pass til festivalen, to halvflasker vodka og et klokkeklart sinn både representerte og dokumenterte han gjennom festivalen.


Nedenfor gjengis utvalgte utspill fra Onkel Creepys Ramaskrik 2013.


 

  • Vignetten til Ramaskrik 2013 samt novellefilmen "Om hundre år er allting glemt" (Stian A. Olsen)

"Først og fremst må nevnes den fabelaktige vignetten som jeg har forelska meg i og må klare å score noen plakater fra.....der selveste Mads Eriksen står for illustrasjonene og Stian.A.Olsen for animasjonen.


Herr Olsen står også ansvarlig for en herlig liten novellefilm som heter OM HUNDRE ÅR ER ALLTING GLEMT ( `On Overgrown Paths`)...satt i Nord Norge 12 år etter den store Barentskrigen....


Den var spesiell du....hadde en herlig gamerestetikk som fikk det hele til å se ut litt som `FallOut: Finnmark`, samt hadde et interessant narrativ som satte litt større krav til publikum når det gjaldt å finne frem til selve historien som ble fortalt selv....


Og å se en sci-fi film satt i kjente og kjære omgivelser varmet det lille sorte hjertet mitt litt og ga meg faktisk gåsehud...


Nils Utsi ga meg gåsehud!.....always have..."


  • Fresh Meat (2012)


"Fresh Meat....sett den tidligere og den var like bra andre runde...


Temuera Morrison er heeeelt konge, som vanlig...

Litt sånn lesbo-erotiske undertoner gjennom det hele for å gi det en litt "orginal" vri på ...vel...den biten av historien som seg hør og bør i den type filmer.


Ta med mye popcorn og legg igjen hjernen ved døra når du kommer inn så går det helt greit."


  • Patrick (2013)


"Patrick...



Den satt som en kule du.....historien kunne være litt mer....tight....


men DAMN!!!!! ......


Fantastisk edwardiansk feel gjennom det hele, og en storslått jobb i set og props avdelingen.


For en som meg som elsker mine antikviteter og snurrepiperier så var den Stappfull av autentiske godsaker som fikk meg til å glemme hele filmen iblandt....


Den var helt klart en slow burner typ, med en heller forutsigbar historie som sådan, men som ble fortalt på en heeeerlig måte.

Me likey lots!....sånn rent bortsett fra at de godt kunne ha renskrevet manuset et par runder til, men greit nok.


  • Insidious 2 (2013)

"Insidious 2.....

YAWN!

....selv kunne jeg ikke fordra den første og den andre, vel ....hakket mer underholdende, men jeg gikk lei av oppskrifta allerede etter 40 min.

Disse type filmer finner jeg litt vel "billige" der de på død og liv skal kaste billige effekter og små teite skvette-scener etter deg annahvert minutt eller oftere.

Pluss i boka for å bli noe eksistensiell og lett surrealistisk i svingene, men allikevel.... meh!

....men den var åpenbart en publikumssuksess, så for all del....ikke ta mitt ord på det...


folk flest likte den glugg ihjel."


  • Hatchet III (2013)


"Hatchet III, oh the gore....


the gore!!!.....

For dere som liker blod og gørrete ting går nok denne rett hjem.

Selv ....syns jeg aldri så veeeeldig mye om hele Victor Crowley som karakter som franchisen hviler veldig mye på, meeeen den funker helt fint som en oppfølger og gjør det den skal og gir de forrige filmene litt mer dybde.

Ikke en film som kommer til å forandre livet ditt, men det var mye kos og gørr underveis ja....

mmmmmmmmm gørr...."


  • The Purge (2013)

"The Purge....


Jeg henger meg med på tidligere skrekkrutters synsing om denne og mener mye av det samme.


Er sikkert langt mer underholdende for amerikanere flest eller de som er litt oppdatert og interessert i politikken der borte, for det føltes som ett og annet stikk til hele tea-party bevegelsen igrunn.


Ikke akkurat en nødvendig film i mine øyne.....grei nok liksom, ser hva de prøvde på, men med home-invasion filmene så må man finne på noe litt mer orginalt.


En eneste stor øvelse i frempeik og forutsigbarhet igrunn...


Long Live the New Founding Fathers!"


  • After (2012)

"After.....

Denne så jeg frem til og hadde Skikkelig lyst til å like....

Den var småsurrealistisk og svært så eksistensiell av seg og hadde en og annen overraskende plot twist underveis og alt....

En sloooow burner ( men vi liker dem da, right? ) som hadde en drøss med fine elementer...

...allikevel syns jeg ikke den leverte helt.

Og her klarer jeg ikke ennå sette fingeren på hvorfor....

Men satt igjen etterpå med tanken om at hvis dette hadde vært en bok så skulle jeg VELDIG gjerne ha lest den...noe som i seg selv er et lite kvalitetsstempel i min lille verden."


  • Sightseers (2012)

"Sightseers....


LOVE!!!!


Sloooow, søt liten historie som ikke spiller på så veldig mange strenger, men jeg elsket melodien den spilte....


Fin og mørk og romantisk av seg og traff meg godt på veldig mange steder."


  • IRL Oppdal by night: slosskampen i burgerkøen.


"Der utviklet seg en skrekkelig fin slosskamp blandt lokalkoloritten i burgerkø utenfor Domus i natt.


Fikk nesten litt dårlig samvittighet for ikke å ha betalt for å bli underholdt så mye.

Håper de lokale heltene slår til igjen i kveld. 


(...Ingen Ramaskriker var involvert selvsagt .)"

 


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