Scott's comments
(member since Feb 11, 2009)
Scott's comments from the Horror Aficionados group.
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Shawn wrote: "I'd like to read that story! ("Cat, Crow, etc,") "It's in the collection Shadow Dreams. It's about a man who forces an animal rights activist to confront the "truth" that all animals are not equal. The ending is a real kick in the gut that left me feeling almost as bad as the protagonist did. It's as horrific a story as I've ever read.
The only time I can remember being offended by something like this was when I read The Kindling Effect A Medical Thriller and a character referred to animal rights activists as nuts because they believe that animals shouldn't be tortured for science. (The author was clearly inserting his views into the protagonist's narrative.)There's also a disturbing story by Elizabeth Massie called "Cat, Crow, Cow, Child" which touches on similar territory, but it's not clear whether the author's views enter into it or if it's pure fiction.
Tressa wrote: "Scott, just read any of King's EW columns. It gets tiresome really fast."I loved his EW columns when I was a subscriber! Although he did have questionable taste in music.
I didn't know he had done any.
I don't think Hitch actually wrote any short stories, but he edited a number of mystery/scary story anthologies (or at least lent his name to them.)
That's the one. About halfway through I started skimming.
It's a thriller rather than horror, with a lot of great suspense especially in the first half. I really like Cillian Murphy.
I finished the new Ronald Kelly novel a few weeks ago and found it very generic and predictable. I wouldn't recommend it, especially as it's an expensive limited edition.I also have a collection of his short stories which I am hoping will be better. I read one of them in Borderlands years ago but I don't remember it at all.
Lots of style out there. Recent films that struck me as very Hitchcock:Wes Craven's Red Eye
Brad Anderson's Transsiberian
The man writes constantly; it's his only job and has been for a long time. Most likely he's even working on more than one thing at a time.
The first Death Note film was pretty good; haven't seen the others yet.
Nicholas Cage
I don't blame it.No, it's not really that horrible. But it's not that good, either.
That tree scene is the only thing that's better about the first film.
There's someone else who didn't like The Wicker Man!Sometimes I will buy a film for it's artistic merits even though I don't know if I'll ever watch it again.
This particular novel just seemed to meander a lot, and then it sort of got to a point near the end, but it felt like an afterthought. The film changed the story a little, but it streamlined it and gave it a direction.
I really need to see that again.
The only Matheson novel I've read was A Stir of Echoes. The film, which deviates somewhat, was much better.
Yeah, I really felt bad for Heather Matarazzo's character.
