No Post on Sundays...?

Having never dipped my toe in the world of interweb blogs before, I'm not entirely sure how one goes about starting one up. I figured that a logical place to start would be a sort of walk-through as to what I'm doing here and where this is going.

Okay, so my plan over the next extended period or so is to become acquainted with the horror genre - a corner of the filmic universe to which I have never really ventured before. I'm a big fan of movies in general, but I'm a pretty normal guy and will be writing these reviews in a very accessible way for anyone who might stumble upon them. I don't know whether it's a positive or a negative, but I will not be censoring myself, hence the coming warning - There will be rude language. Fuck yeah.

My inspiration for this undertaking was recently watching The Evil Dead and its superior sequel, and being overcome by the realisation that a) I can now actually handle watching horror and b) there's an unbelievable scope for low budget innovation in opening entries to the style. Knowing what Raimi has gone on to do and being able to easily feel his horror roots in flicks like Spiderman, I decided I could no longer afford to stay ignorant. I wanted to feel scared. I wanted to get the hype. I wanted in on this community. To clarify, when I say I can now handle horror, it's because the earliest memory I have of watching a horror was Nakata's The Ring Two when I was 13. I proceeded to then literally cry myself to sleep, and I'm not proud of it. I was scared shitless, and having other boys from my dorm at boarding school jumping off my cupboard and hiding under my bed didn't help.

So to the mechanics of this arrangement. At a minimum of 1 per week, I will be working my way through a solid portfolio of horror pieces. My posts will feature guest inputs from whomever I happen to watch that particular movie with, and with my current status as a college student (loose...), there will be a number of these ducking in and out at irregular intervals. I'll wax lyrical about whatever grabbed me about that particular film - music, cinematography, editing, design, direction. Just whatever. It will receive a rating, though from whatever system I feel like utilising at that particular time - I feel no need for uniformity as creating some kind of ranked list is not really a concern of mine, simply appreciation for the craft. Those following my adventures are welcome to contribute in the comments as often as they like, though witty or constructive posts are preferred to spam.

So please place your seats in the upright position and stow away your tray tables. Shit's gonna get real. To quote the great Ash (tooling up in gloriously campy fashion), 'groovy'.