Saturday, July 20, 2013

Five Summer Movies Part Two: Oh The Horror!

As I was writing the last post, I kept coming up with summer themed horror movies, so I decided to write up a list of just those movies...
Note: I don't recommend movies I haven't seen, so no Friday the 13th or Sleepaway Camp.

The Ruins
This movie is part of the 'stupid white people in a foreign country' sub-genre. In Mexico, four Americans team up with two German and Greek guys to search for the German guys brother, who went off with a female archaeologist to see some Mayan ruins. Once they get to the Mayan pyramid, they are confronted by some actual Mayans who basically hold them hostage on the ruins.
I don't want to give too much away but this movie is really good...very intense, some interesting twists and some gruesome scenes that make you go 'holy shit!'


Picnic At Hanging Rock

Not really a horror movie but it's still really creepy, moody, surreal, confusing and disturbing. And it takes place on St. Valentine's Day but it's Australia, so it's still summer there.
The young girls at Appleyard College near Woodend in Victoria go on a picnic at Hanging Rock in honor of St. Valentine's Day. Several of the girls and one of their teachers decide to go and explore Hanging Rock. Weird things happen on the rock and half the girls never return from the rock and are never to be seen again. Were the kidnapped by the local Aborigines? Did they wander off and get lost in the outback? Was it something more supernatural? We never know...the mystery is never solved.
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