10 Horror Eyes! (Part 1)

Eye closeups, creepy eyes, evil eyes, eye violence... most Horror movies have one variety of "Horror Eyes" or another in them, and they are all pretty bad-ass looking.

With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to do a Top 10 List dedicated to nothing more than pictures of eyes from the Horror flicks that we love.

So let's get Horror-eyezed! *That was cheesy. 

Infected Eyes (28 Days Later)

Billy's Eye (Black Christmas)

In the Closet Eyes (Boogeyman 3)

Dark Eyes (The Farmhouse)

Haunted Eye (Kilometro 31)

The Master's Eyes! (Salem's Lot)

Forced Spectator Eyes (Opera)

Sally's Eye (Texas Chainsaw)

Creeper Eyes (Trick R' Treat)

All-Time Classic Eye (Zombie)

Review: 4bia (See Prang) (2008)

Cast Members of Note- Laila Boonyasak, Maneerat Kham-uan, and Apinya Sakuljaroensuk. I have no idea who they are either.

4bia (pronounced phobia) is a messed up and creepy little flick. It's basically 4 loosely connected stories, told Anthology style.

Story1 (Happiness)- For the record, I think I just shit my pants. Also, I'll never text again. "I'm somewhere cramped." "I'm in the picture right beside you." "I'm outside of your building. I'm coming right up." Never. Texting. Again!

Who is make mystery call on her?

Story 2 (Tit For Tat)- I totally thought this story was going to be about boobs, and boy was I wrong. Instead we get story about a geek who uses black magic to kill his tormentors, with the help of some CGI creatures that look like the mutards from I Am Legend. The ending was cool though.

"You want Shamwow?"

Story3 (In the Middle)- Four gay Thai guys go camping and fight over who gets to sleep in "The Middle." Mmm Hmm. A tickle fight breaks out, killing one of them, and then things start to get really creepy... Titanic references, a gay rafting trip, creepy ghosts with dead eyes... this wacky story has it all. Faboulous!

Holy shit, they have two Lucky Pierre's!

Story 4 (Last Fright)- You have to love that the producers of this movie named the final segment "Last Fright," because that's how Asians would pronounce "flight" in english. They should have really gone for it though and just called it "Rast Fright." Still, we admire their cheek, and it made us LOL.

Anywho... A hot Thai stewardess has to fly alone with the corpse of a bitchy princess... and all hell breaks loose! Really it's just a chick trapped in a plane with a pissed off corpse. No hell.

Worst job ever.

Minimalism. Mood. Atmosphere. Those are the qualities that work best in Horror films, and the Asians seem to understand that better than most. 4bia delivers on all of those aspects and more, and though some of it falls a bit flat at times, it's still a solid effort that should please most Horror fans, especially those that love the nuance of Asian Horror. 

The 1st story here is downright creepy; barely any dialogue helps set the mood and makes things rather claustrophobic. The 2nd is a bit odd and kinetic, with some good gore, but not many frights. The 3rd story is more funny than anything, although the ghost FX were fairly creepy. The 4th story was interesting, but kinda lame like a cheesy old episode of The Twilight Zone or something.

On a fun trivia note, the third story is directed by the guy that did Shutter; the original, not the suck-job American remake that starred Pacey from Dawnson's Butthole.

Kiss her, and maybe she'll let you live.

CGI is seldom a good thing in Horror movies, especially when you're trying to establish a quiet and creepy atmosphere. Bad CGI is even worse; just ask Will Smith how bad I Am Legend sucked once the cartoon monsters showed up.

My thoughts exactly.

Couldn't you just tape your eyes shut rather than pull them out of your own head? And seriously, what kind of determination does it take to be able to do that to yourself? Good God.

Must be a Thai thing.

Lots of people fall to their deaths, a girl rips her own eyes out, people drown, get set on fire and hit by cars... not much gore, but some of it is cool when we do get to see it.

There's also this corpse.

No hot Thai nakedness, not even so much a naked Thai Girly-Boy (thankfully), and that's what they're famous for.

"I'm inside your apartment now" or "We're still friends, right?"

Text messaging is creepy. Also, don't bully the odd kids in school. Also, gay camping trips always end in drama. Finally, never work for royalty.

He'll never gay camp again.

4bia is an above average flick with some nice elements going for it, you might be pleased if you give it a chance. The one thing you can be sure of, being that it's Asian Horror, is that you will at least get atmosphere and story over cheap scares and twist endings. 

C+

4bia is available now on DVD.

We love Asian women, and in this case, we really love Laila Boonyasak. She special.

DVD Review: The Grudge 3 (2009)

Toby Wilkins did a great job directing Splinter, so I'm curious to see what he does with a sequel from a popular franchise...

Cast Members of Note- Shawnee Smith! Johanna Braddy, and Matthew Knight.

With the kid from the end of The Grudge 2 locked in an insane asylum and babbling about dead Asian women and meowing little ghost boys, it's up to Dr. Shawnee Smith (Dr. Sex, if you nastay) and her hotness to inject him with Thorazine and pat his head while saying "Sure you saw ghosts. Sure you did."

Dr. Sex on the prowl.

Obviously the kid bites it, and Dr. Sex heads off to unravel the mystery of his insane babbling. While investigating, she meets the family who runs his old apartment building, and learns that "strange things" have been happening to them too... it seems as if everyone sees meowing little ghost boys in this building. Our favorite ghost family with a grudge starts offing neighbors left and right, possessing people, and doing home repairs... it seems as if people can still be very handy in the afterlife! I won't ruin the ending here, but suffice it to say that you can never truly escape the Ju-on.

"Candy-gram!"

With a slew of uninspired sequels taking the DTV route lately (Vacancy 2, Boogeyman 3, Pulse 2 and 3, Feast 2 and 3, etc...), Grudge 3 stands above them all in terms of quality and storyline. It isn't perfect mind you, but it's far from the kick in the nuts that 3rd installments in most series' usually give us. I particularly liked the ending of this one, as in the whole "trying to stop the curse" thing, though the final shot was a tad predictable. It was mostly satisfying.

G3 was well made overall, and didn't overuse the ever popular "jump scare" to death. I really liked the scene where Shawnee is talking with Johanna; it was quiet and very indicative of the mood that Wilkins goes for. I'm a sucker for snow scenes, what can I say.

Also, this movie is creepy.

***SPOILERS*** Did Shawnee Smith deserve what she got in this movie? I don't think so! She is a genre queen, and very hot, and she deserves better than only making it halfway through the movie! Also, she deserves nude scenes. Lesbian nude scenes.

She could even do a nude lesbian scene with Johanna Braddy here.

I have never been creeped out by Mr. Potato Head until now.

I am so throwing mine away after seeing Grudge 3.

G3 was surprisingly gory, especially towards the end.

Nice.

Nope.

Dear Shawnee, please get naked soon, love, everyone.

"Ahhh...ahhh...ahhh...ahhh..." or "Meow!" Yeah, pretty much the same things we heard in the first two.

DTV releases aren't all total crap. Also, the grudge really can't be stopped, now can it?

Pretty sure it's safe to assume that she will not be in the sequel.

It wasn't as good as the first two, but it managed to hold it's own for the most part and be a decent addition to the series. If you love the series, buy it, if you're on the fence, rent it. Either way, this one is worth a watch.

C

The Grudge 3 is available now on DVD and VOD.

Shawnee Smith is one of the all-time greatest Horror Hotties of ever!