9 dawn~to~dark days of a creepingelm hallowe'en: suspenseful film watching

the conjuring, believe it or not is based on a true story. this ghostly film is based on real accounts of paranormal activity that plagued a family in the 1970s. i am a believer that there is something more out there…

15 dawn~to~dark days of a creepingelm hallowe'en: the cinefamily

made a trip over to the famous silent movie theatre on fairfax that opened in 1942 to view another dark film with vincent price, the pit and the pendulum {1961}. this location is said to hold the ghost of the original theater owner who was murdered in the lobby by his soon to be successor. a perfect theatre for an edgar allan poe story to haunt us!

must see more films with the cinefamily...
cinefamily.org

17 dawn~to~dark days of a creepingelm hallowe'en: vincent price films

it wouldn't be halloween without fear lurking and a vincent price film from 1974, madhouse.

watch wes anderson's the grand budapest hotel trailer

always thrilled to hear that a new wes anderson film is soon to come!
the film is currently set for a march 17, 2014 release.

26 dawn~to~dark days of a creepingelm hallowe'en: an enjoyably bad fractured fairytale of a film night

hex is an enjoyably bad film from 1973. it was set in 1919 in the fictional town of bingo, nebraska, during the years immediately after the first world war. a posse of motorcyclists blows into town and mess with two sisters with psychic powers. one by one each gets a hex cast on them by one of the sisters, whose father was a native american shaman. the bikers soon depart this world in not so natural ways.



just knowing that it's a biker meets western meets supernatural horror film should make you want to watch and laugh.
and how about the character names: whizzer, golly, jimbang, giblets, chupo, china, oriole, & acacia...

originally titled grasslands, HEX was filmed in 1971, but not released until 1973. HEX was released as THE SHRIEKING on videotape and laserdisc. in 2006, it was released on dvd under the title CHARMS, and under that same title the film is available for rental or purchase as a download from amazon.

starring actors: gary busey, scott glenn and keith carradine






i love these photos from the set:

cupid draw back your bow

ps a huge thank you to mutual benefit for sending me this song! mwah mwah jordan.
ps ps if you aren't familiar with this band, mutual benefit, get on it music peoples.

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open your ears:

moonrise kingdom

ps looking forward to watching this film

norman

open your ears:
http://soundcloud.com/momandpopmusic/15-night-sky
ps i'm looking forward to this film. hits theaters october 21, 2011. how sparkling, a couple of days before my birthday. (:

the tree of life

trailer:

ps "the only way to be happy is to love"
ps ps this film had mixed reviews at the cannes film festival. don't let that stop you from seeing it. it provokes the meaning of life and is a religiously minded piece of art.
"written by justin chang in the pages of variety: “the rare film to urgently question, yet also accept, the presence of god in a fallen world, the tree of life understands that every childhood is a creation story unto itself, and just as a new planet is formed by the elements, so an emerging soul is irrevocably shaped by the forces that nurture it.” perfectly stated!
ps ps ps clicks taken after walking out of the film.

prozac nation

"frozen in time
promises broken
truth is spoken
words twist and grind
single corner of your brain
i'm falling
it's all scribble
escape from demons in your head
you wake up one morning and afraid you are going to live
gradually slowly
all i see is the dark side of everything
i kill her joy
i'm worried that i'm in therapy
most people cut themselves and put a bandaid on it
you keep going no matter what happens to you
i hate myself
hurt the people that love me
waiting, waiting, waiting
he's gotta be my salvation
you are all cold and distant
i feel so powerless
do you want me to slit my wrists to qualify
maybe he really did finally miss me
i love you.. there is nothing you feel that you don't feel right down to the bottom of yourself.. you are incredible
real love is total, like life or death, like you know that you are going to die when you apart because the need is so pure so complete
occasionally i wished i could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like i felt
i start to feel like i can’t maintain the facade any longer, that i may just start to show through. and i wish i knew what was wrong. maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. i don’t know. why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... i don’t know the answer, i know only that I can’t. i don't want any more vicissitudes, i don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. i just want out. i’ve had it. i am so tired. i am twenty and i am already exhausted.
it's the people you are close to, the ones who love you, the ones who have seen your heart, who have touched your soul- to them, it is obvious that something is wrong or missing. your heart and soul are missing. they feel it. it hurts them. it kills them.
light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. no matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it
everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past like a stampede
i can't imagine how incredibly painful it is to be you
you like other people's misery
i can't believe you are pushing drugs after all of that
i'll be okay and there is a reason
sometimes it feels like we are all living in a prozac nation.. the united states of depression
i don't know who i am anymore and i have this personality and it's fucked up and it's me
i can't be this person without taking pills
if only my life could be more like the movies
i want an angel to swoop down to me like he does to jimmy stewart in it's a wonderful life and talk me out of suicide
i've always waited for that one moment of truth to set me free and change my life forever, that he will come. it doesn't happen that way.
the same way i went down i came back up gradually and then suddenly...
the pills weren't a cure all, but they gave me breathing space which allowed me to start writing again, but this time it wasn't as if my life depended upon it"

ps thanks for the film suggestion jw. WOW this film is fabulous due to christina's performance.. it identifies clinical depression by accurately portraying what depression feels like. a very emotional film that i believe anyone may relate to, either knowing a friend or being in the same position themselves. uh huh, it's good! watch it.
ps ps i think the boyfriend role was mis-cast.

dead poets society

J Keating
DEAD POETS
FIVE
CENTURIES
OF
VERSE
'42
to be read at the opening
of d. p. s. meetings
i went to the woods because I
wanted to live deliberately...
i wanted to live deep and suck
out all the marrow of life!
to put to rout all that was not life...
and not, when I came to die, discover
that I had not lived...

h.d.t
d.p.s

ps 1.1.11 is now. a cheerful and healthy new year begins... i revisited, dead poets society, a film that every individual should watch and from time to time revisit as a reminder to live your life...
"we must constantly look at things in a different way" dead poets society

ps ps i'd like to think that i live by the words of henry david thoreau, read at the opening of the dead poets society meetings....

almost famous

ps one film that i enjoy re-watching........