Wednesday, October 30, 2013

What to watch and listen on Halloween.

Well, tomorrow is Halloween.  And I like to recommend three films and three albums to enjoy with your family and friends.

FILMS


INSIDE


This French film is not for the squeamish.  It involves a pregnant woman who is being terrorize by a woman who's on a mission.  Lot's of blood.  A very creepy atmosphere.  And a great soundtrack.  There's one scene that makes no sense, but it won't ruin the film that much.

 [REC] 2


If you've seen Quarantine, do yourself a favor and watch the original Spanish version, [REC].  After that, watch it's awesome sequel, [REC] 2.  There are two scenes where we see the POV shots of two of the SWAT team members.  And they're awesome. 

MONSTER SQUAD


Some kids wanted to be Goonies.  I wanted to be a Monster Squad.  This is more fun than horror.  If you're a fan of the Universal Monsters, then you'll dig this flick.  It's really cute and awesome.  The dialogue can be cheesy, but of course this was from the 80's.  That's not a bad thing.


MUSIC



FANTOMAS - "THE DIRECTOR'S CUT"


Most of the songs on this albums are covers of film soundtracks.  My top 3 tracks are "Rosemary's Baby", "The Omen", and "Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer".

ABRUPTUM - "EVIL GENIUS"



Last year when I was passing out candy to fellow trick or treaters, I played this album for background music.  The horror in people's faces when they were walking up the door.  And the fact that the singer is a dwarf really makes it scary.

MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE - "HALLOWEEN MUSIC COLLECTION"



Honestly, any Midnight Syndicate album will do.  But because this album was made for this special occasion, why not?  If you enjoy original horror soundtracks, then you'll love this album. 

Upcoming Diclonius and Culpa music.

For those who don't know, I am a musician. So I decided to dedicate a post to my projects.  I've been trying to work on new music for my noise doom/post-black metal project, Diclonius and my ambient-noise pop project, Culpa.  Hopefully I can get it done by the end of the year.  I at least want to release 3 demos.  A three song Culpa demo, Vectors re-recorded, and another Diclonius demo.
This year I got my video projector and projection screen.  So hopefully by next year, I'll start doing shows.  I've been working on visual effects and hope they won't cause a problem at whatever venue I play.  I just need to get a new amp.  As soon as I'm done with the demos, hopefully I can get a gig and build my fanbase.
In early 2014, I'm gonna start working on a future ep called "Tales of the House of Murphy".  It's based on characters from the film "I Sell The Dead".  I'm pretty sure I can come up with some awesome songs influenced by them.

Be sure to check out

https://www.facebook.com/dicloniusdoom

and

https://www.facebook.com/culpanoise

-Mikey O)))-