Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street

The big story of the past few weeks has been the Occupy Wall Street, um, occupation or protest or movement. It’s unavoidable. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has pictures to show, stories to tell. Some people seem to focus only on what the protesters are there to protest. Some people seem to keep a tally on the numbers arrested. Some like to judge. Fucking long hairs. Go out and get jobs.

And that’s all fine.

Yet I struggle with this whole matter. As a college graduate who went to film school, I never expected that finding a job would be easy. Not because times are bad, or there’s a hiring freeze, but simply because I chose to immerse myself in creative endeavors. There are little opportunities for filmmakers, or writers, or photographers in a good economy, let alone one drowning in despair.

I would be a hypocrite to complain about why I can’t find a job as a writer, or on a film-set working my way up from latte retriever to guy with a radio, to guy who gets to sit in a comfy chair with a latte. This was expected. I chose a good ten years of poverty, of invisible acceptance letters and non-existent calls from employers. Whether or not I prepared myself correctly for this time of struggle is a conundrum to me. I never expected to have a wife by this age, but I was lucky. Now my priorities are different.  I try my best to brainstorm, to build a portfolio, something to one day send out and then pray for publication. I also try, sometimes unsuccessfully, to not get perturbed by my unemployment. Getting this far with this story is all I have to go on to pat myself on the back and to hope for the best.

Horror Movie Fest-Movie Info and Available Titles

Ok so there will be a blowout Horror Movie marathon next weekend at our apartment, complete with plenty of good food and drink, and of course, a ton of horror movies. I've got a pretty eclectic list of movies, so I'm thinking of picking a few that I will definitely screen, and then leave the rest up to the group as the weekend goes by.

Also, if anyone has any requests or questions about any of the movies here just let me know.

So here's a few movies I would like to screen for sure:

Sleepaway Camp:Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.


Simply ridiculous.

The Beyond:A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Italian zombie mayhem at its finest.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974):Five friends visiting their grandpa's old house are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.

Classic. Definitely a late night choice.

Nightmare on Elm Street 3:Dream Warriors:Survivors of undead serial killer Freddy Krueger - who stalks his victims in their dreams - learn to take control of their own dreams in order to fight back.

Can't wait for the "puppet scene", and oh hey Laurence, I mean, Larry Fishburne.

Trick 'r Treat:Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.

Kind of a new one for this list. But I think this one may catch on.

There are definitely some movies that will stick out that I could probably add to this list, in the meantime, here's a list of the rest of the movies assorted by definition.

Comedy/Kids Horror:

Monster Squad

Ernest Scared Stupid

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Hocus Pocus

Charlie Brown Halloween

Ghostbusters

Shaun of the Dead

Army of Darkness

Classic Horror:

Frankenstein Set-Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein.

Psycho (Hitchcock)

White Zombie

Bride of The Monster (I guess; Ed Wood directed this, be warned, it sucks ass in a funny way)

Slasher/Serial Killer:

Halloween (original)

Nightmare on Elm Street (1-4)

Freddy Vs. Jason

Maniac

Hostel

Wizard of Gore

Blood Feast Trilogy

I Spit on Your Grave (original)

Basket Case

Opera

Ravenous

Ghosts:

House on Haunted Hill (remake)

Phantasm

Poltergeist

Pet Semetary

The Shining

Sleepy Hollow

Zombies:

Night of the Living Dead (original and 90's)

Dawn of the Dead (original and remake)

Day of the Dead

Land of the Dead

Return of the Living Dead

28 Weeks Later

House By The Cemetary

Demons (1-2)

Night of the Demons

Re-Animator

Zombie

City of the Living Dead

Planet Terror

The Crazies (remake)

Cemetary Man

Dead Alive

Rabid

Evil Dead II

Religious Horror:

The Omen

Sci-Fi/Monsters:

The Thing (John Carpenter)

The Brood

An American Werewolf in London

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Vampires:

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Horror of Dracula

Dracula Has Risen From the Grave

The Lost Boys

From Dusk Till Dawn