Texas Fear Fest 2

This weekend I went to the horror movie convention called Texas Fear Fest 2. I went there because I had a hunch that horror movie fans are of above average intelligence, and with some good salesmanship I could get a lot more listeners for my incredibly awesome Mindcore: Shockjock of Science Podcast!! Ooooh-yeah!

So I passed out flyers, bullshitted with people, bought a bunch of cool stuff and had a blast. 

I also learned as I attended panels and movie screenings in the convention I was an opinionated Motherfucker. 

I went to panels with the original cast of the Nightmare on Elm Street film, and found their commentary beautiful and inspiring, and I remembered how much I really loved that movie.

I also became incredibly annoyed as one of the cast members told a touching experience of hiring a psychic. 

This is when I made my first mistake as a podcaster: ALWAYS CARRY A GODDAMN RECORDING DEVICE!!!!

If so you could actually hear her saying this stuff, instead of just listening to me whine about it on the podcast. 

I also learned a lot about horror podcasts, (holla to Rootrot of the Midnight Podcast)!

I also confronted the director of the up and comming film : Doomsday, Neil Marshall.

Doomsday is basically this, big disease strikes then there's a quarantine and then the people in the quarantine become really primitive and creepy-awesome.

So I ask Neil Marshall (again, without a recording device-fuck me!) "Being a filmmaker I'm sure that you are familiar with the term verisimilitude. For those of us who have never had to suffer a film class, it means consistency, credibility."

Neil Marshall hesitates then finally concurs that he knows what this word means.

Then I say, "So did you do your research, your homework on the credibility of your epidemic, since the whole movie is based on an epidemic."

He says, "What am I making a documentary."

I say, "Movies are better when they are credible."

And leave.

At least thats what I think. Its hard to enjoy a movie with so many holes in it that you can barely focus on the main thesis of the film.

It would be like trying to wash a scary shark movie, set in a freshwater lake. 

I did see two really awesome screenings. 

The first I saw was: Red Velvet. 

Red Velvet is a film with so many twists that I am killing myself of trying to give you a synopsis without ruining anything.

The film is about a writer on a date. 

And when a writer goes on a date, there just might  be a guy with a bunny suit, and a pink hammer may come into use, and you just might fucking love it.

I did.

This film definitely won my heart .

Another great film was: Red Violet.

This film is about a writer haunted by his muse, who kills his loved ones in order to inspire him.

Nuff Said.

I will write reviews for both these films.

Add the film May, and I see a new school of horror emerging.

Before these films horror was about pushing the envelope against the taboos of society. All these taboos have been broken. Hell they all get broken in the first five minutes of any movie from the production company - Trauma.

May, Red Violet, and Red Velvet like all horror movies are shocking and scary, but these three movies are damn smart. They also have solid consistency, these movies may have nothing to do with science but their logic is impeccable. 

They also defy expectations of any emotion you might feel. These wonderful films serve you fear as sidecourse to an unpredictable host of emotions.

It will fuck you up.

Long live the lords of the new school.