Far Dark Fields (Braunbeck, 2009)

I will say that i love Gary A. Braunbeck's prose. Its very emotional and well thought out; the imagery is great. This was a joy to read. But..Is it just me or did at the beginning of the book the main character start out on a quest? and then half-way in, he just goes on a tangent that he never comes back from and leaves the story hanging in the nearer end of that story-tangent?

It doesn't really affect the enjoyability of the novel, it just left me confused as the significance of the first part of the story

Now, i might sound a bit now like my stickler movie friends that argue about plot holes and the plausibility of situations and where a character "would have never done that." In those situations i tend to take a more "Braunbeck" look at the movie. In movies, I focus on the dialogue, situations, and imagery. As long as the plot holes aren't glaring then I'll over-look them.

So its still a good novel, but if you're a stickler like i mentioned then you this novel is not for you.

The 13h (Everson, 2009 ) & The Bighead (Lee, 2000)

I found there to be a lot in common as far as structure goes in these two books. The protagonist is both visiting an Aunt in a small town. Both have these two hillbilly side characters that are meaner than shit on fire..and there are so many similarities i could go on for a bit and maybe will, but ill probably forget about this and end up posting something else.

AnyWhosville,


I give The Big Head 4/5 for enjoyment (but damn i hate reading Edward lee's colloquialist-written passages by the rednecks, i would rather have them written in intelligible English and have the dialogue just be the broken up part. It makes reading it a chore that gets old(and I'm from the deep south i know what a redneck sounds like) so that's why it gets knocked down a point)

I give The 13th 3/5 because of it being slightly derivative (i.e above) but yet enjoyable, i have not read a novel where there is protagonist that is leaning in a direction to take a certain companion but then doubles back and takes the initial one that was actually more wrong for him. interesting and quite sad in the end. I cared for the characters, but still alot of the novel, having come from reading The Bighead just wasn't that exciting. Blame Edward Lee who i believe this novel is an homage to.

movies watched since the last post

As far as i can remember (or are at least saved on my computer)

Undertow (2004)

The Shrine

The Ward

The Violent Kind

The Frankenstein Syndrome

The Bleeding House (2011)

Beneath the Dark (2010)

Captifs(2009)

Choose (2010)

Cure (1997)

Deathdream (1974)

Exorcismus

Fertile Ground

Fritt Vilt 3

Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

In Their Sleep (2010)

Dylan Dog Dead of Night (2011)

Insanitarium

Kalamity

Mother's Day (2010)

Christine (1983)

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Part 2 (2010) (Never even saw the first one)

Next of Kin (1982)

Oculus (short)

Outcast (2010)

Patrick (1978)

Primal (2009)

Red White and Blue (2010)

Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (2009)

Roadgames (1981)

Santa Sangre (1989)

Skyline (2010)

Small Town Murder Songs (2010)

Snow Angels (2007)

Stakeland (2011)

Unknown (2011)

Victim (2010)

Cold Fish (2010)

Sucker Punch (2010)

House Infernal (Lee, 2007)

3/5

Infernal Angel (Lee, 2003)

3/5

City Infernal (Lee, 2011)

4.5/5

Ride The Nightmare (Matheson, 1959)

3/5

Heart Shaped Box (Hill, 2007)

4/5

Haunted Vagina (Mellick, 2006)

3/5

Seconds Apart (Negret, 2011)

A different take on telekinesis and telepathy. 4/5
Beautiful cinematography, compelling story.

John Dies at the End (Wong, 2007)

Brilliant! 5/5

Insidious (Wan, 2010)

Creepy as fuck 4.8