Thursday, November 20, 2014

Over the Garden Wall a Great Horror/Fantasy

 The 10 Episode multistar  cast which is headlined by Elija Wood, Colin Dean and Christopher Loyld delivers almost every time.  I had a ton of doubts when I was first told I would like this show, however it proved me wrong everytime!  With cameos by Tim Curry and John Cleese this show was almost like "who dosen't want to be on??"
The adventure of Greg and Wirt as they try to find their way home from over the garden wall, almost feels like a Tim Burton tale, and will keep your intrest.
I recommend you add this one to your blu ray collection when it comes out, or at least watch it a couple times!
my score 8/10

Monday, November 17, 2014

Everybody Chill the Universal Revamp is Working.....

I haven't written on here for awhile and I have had the same thing on my mind so here it goes :).  Last week I gave Dracula untold a solid review, not great but certainly not dog shit (as much horror purists claim).  With this film it's clear where Universal is taking the revamp of our beloved monsters to compete with the Marvel Universe.  Most people don't seem to be thrilled with the direction of the film, however I thought it was pretty good for what it was.  No it's not some hardcore horror flick that touches on Dracula, and scares the shit out of you.  However it's also not a Micheal Bay over done CGI fake shitty Transformers 4 that some people claim it is.  Luke Evans is solid at the lead, and I found the take on just why he chooses to embrace the vampire side of things.  On top of everything else IT MADE MONEY FOLKS!!  In fact it made a shit load over 255 million world wide.
If you don't like the more action side of our monsters spare me the displeasure of your neg reviews and skip the rest, because it's obvious that most people think its working!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Is The Walking Dead really 3x Better than American Horror Story?

This morning I was looking up the ratings for both season 5 of The Walking Dead and American Horror Story: Freak Show.  Not surprising was the fact that TWD beats AHS on a weekly basis, however what was is the margin of victory.  On average this year the walking dead beats horror story by 3x. 
So what that translates to is when 4 million people tune in to freak show over 12 watch the dead.  The one exception was the season premere where AHS broke every record in FX history ratings wise with 6.2 million people watching, meanwhile 13.5 tuned into walking dead.
In all honesty I do not think the margin is even close to being as huge as the general public are making it.  Yes TWD is a kick ass comic and by all means is a fantastic show that has even been featured at Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights for the last three years, but damn AHS is so well done!
As a matter of fact if you want to compare bragging rights Horror Story was actually won more awards than the walking dead!  It has become almost certain that one cast member will win an Emmy each year!
I don't expect the underrated AHS to ever catch TWD as long as zombies are as hot as they are, but there is no way the margin represents a true difference between the two.