Cinephile-turned-just some guy who watches movies.
Short stories (written as WH Gilbert) can be found through that link aboveβπ»
REQUIEM FOR A LUMPY
Lumpy, a life-long resident of Haddonfield, Illinois, died tragically on the night of October 30th, 2018 at the age of 14. He is believed to be one of the victims of elusive but definitely not supernatural in any way serial killer Michael Myers.
Lumpy, known as "Kevin" by friends, was pulled out of school for one of his regular middle-of-the-week late-night hunting trips with his father. He is said to have been a crack-shot with aβ¦
The Lonesome Death of #DumpsterDaddy
Dumpster Daddy was a man with a Problem. He could not, would not get out of the dumpster. His life was garbage and he knew it, so he tried to find the silver lining and find glory in the trash. You might think he's going to build something for his depressed daughter, but no. You might think there is some kind of motivation behind his addiction, this sickness, but no. He just loves the garbage.β¦
I absolutely love the ambition here, and may possibly pick up the book in the future. Itβs awesome that Clive Barker set out to make the Dune or Star Wars of monster movies, but it is a pretty big problem for me when the monsters and their home look so bad. I donβt mean that they look cheap, I just really hate their designs. To be honest, between this and Hellraiser, I donβt think Iβm a big fan of Cliveβ¦
Itβs so sad that I never saw a toy store that looked as cool as they did in 90s movies, and itβsΒ funny that the impetus of this movie is Dennis Leary wanting commercials to be honest.
I LOVED this movie as a kid and desperately wanted all of the Gorgonites. I would even draw my own because I thought they were so cool. And they are! I had no idea this was by βThe Gremlins Guyβ growing up, but itβsβ¦
Aight. I'm drawing a line in the sand.
As a society we can either:Β
-continue to lie to ourselves and say this movie is "bad", or whatever...or
-we can all finally come to our senses and admit the undeniable truth that Tim Burton's late-in-the-game masterpiece is one of the most aesthetically beautiful movies to be released this century
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