tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post5891899358090264176..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Subspecies (1991)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-10793148895912869242016-10-30T10:36:09.884-07:002016-10-30T10:36:09.884-07:00A divergent, but since you've enjoyed the NaNo...A divergent, but since you've enjoyed the NaNoWriMo, here's a video by a guy that's participating. He has a good book vlog on YT as well: <br />https://youtu.be/2NsUKqT1WhoEl Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-7599781011786063092016-10-27T21:19:48.315-07:002016-10-27T21:19:48.315-07:00Yeah we seem to go through spurts of Vampire inter...Yeah we seem to go through spurts of Vampire interest. I really think Anne Rice is the one who pushed the romance angle for the vampire genre. It was always in the subtext, but she really made romance and sex the text of the vampire mythos. And boy did that stick. Even "Buffy" had the vampire with the heart of gold concept in it. It feels a little played out to me at this point, but obviously it works for a lot of people. <br /><br />I do like to see scary and disturbing vampires in horror films though, since they are pretty rare these days. Most of them are super cool bad boys/girls with hearts of gold.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-52888949067972979122016-10-27T21:17:30.284-07:002016-10-27T21:17:30.284-07:00Yeah the first "Child's Play" is lik...Yeah the first "Child's Play" is like a really bloody "Twilight Zone" or "Night Gallery" episode. I forgot how creepy it was in places. Not one of my favorites, but I did enjoy it when I resisted it a couple years back. <br /><br />Yeah the cover for "Subspecies" was really a great selling point. But the funny thing is, that scene never happens in the movie. The tiny demons are never that useful. :)Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-18260456166419347362016-10-27T14:48:44.888-07:002016-10-27T14:48:44.888-07:00This is one of the many October-appropriate movies...This is one of the many October-appropriate movies of which I’m aware but never have seen. One has to give points for location shooting.<br /><br />It’s surprising how resilient and adaptable the whole vampire mythos is. Just when you think it is played out, someone puts a new spin on it as in Blade, Buffy, or (regrettably but still notably) Twilight, and the vamps are back in force. I suppose Anne Rice deserves some credit (or perhaps blame, depending on one’s view) for showing how it could be done back in '76.<br />Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-12625733557798444732016-10-27T09:13:05.792-07:002016-10-27T09:13:05.792-07:00Back in the old days before computers a cool looki...Back in the old days before computers a cool looking cover could sell a tape whether or not the movie itself was great or not. Word of mouth also was a selling point. I remember a guy at work telling me about the first Terminator film, which I'd never heard much about, and this was several years after it had been out and was on VHS (I didn't subscribe to a cable network at the time). Subspecies is one such movie. Herschell Gordon Lewis used to have such VHS boxes along with many others. <br /><br />I'll admit too that sometime the location becomes one of the attractions to the film. I saw The Grudge the other night too, and I love the house where the films begins in with the sick stricken woman--the architecture of it. Sometimes it's location, which a lot of westerns convey well.<br /><br />I watched Child's Play for the first time the other night. I've never cared for the Chucky franchise as those sorts of movies are a bit of a stretch of the imagination for me and tend to get too campy. But I'll admit the first film was interesting and is made well. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com