Hello again!
As promised, here is the 2012 edition. It seems that this was a robust year and I had some difficulty making some of the decisions, which may have resulted in some ties. Enjoy!
2012: In Review
Most fun movie to review: The Human Centipede
"If you’re visiting a person you suspect of kidnapping and possibly murder, don’t drink their roofie water. And, when you come back with a proper search warrant, don’t stupidly burst into a room and just stand there. There’s a gun-holding, door-kicking, flashlight-wielding protocol that even I know of from watching umpteen police dramas, and if you don’t follow it, you’ll get shot. Der."
Least fun movie to review: Season of the Witch
"This movie is not great on its own merit for the first 80% ... The remaining 20% is the nail in the bad-movie coffin."
Biggest surprise, for the better: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
"The feel of it is generally a mix of the aspect of everything going wrong in Meet the Parents with the humorous, gory nature of Shaun of the Dead."
Biggest surprise, for the worse: Session 9
"I'm going to try to make this as short and painless as possible, because re-hashing this film to any lengthy degree is just going to continue to frustrate me. Con #1- There. Was. No. Logical. Plot."
Goriest: Slither
"They seem to sense human flesh, since they gravitate toward it constantly throughout the film, yet when there are hundreds of worms that explode from a body, and only 10 or so humans in the room, there are like 5 or 6 humans that don't get attacked."
Scariest: Sinister
"One of the things that this movie did very well, which in my opinion is an important staple of a good horror movie, is the scare factor. Sure, some of the scares were cheap shots, and almost ALL of them were predictable but it didn’t change the fact that pretty much all of them were effective."
Most thought provoking: Shutter Island
"The ending. I can't give the movie credit for that, obviously, but I can give the movie credit for the things they did well to set up for the ending. Much like Inception, you really need to watch this movie twice to fully appreciate what has been done."
Worst all around: TIE 11-11-11 & 7 Below
"In terms of plot, this movie is about as well put together and interesting as a geriatric chess match."
"Where?- I don't know. Some mid-western state that starts with an "M". It could have taken place in my living room and I still wouldn't have found it entertaining."
Best all around: The Woman in Black
"I think it delivers an almost flawless recipe for horror, and leaves you constantly on the edge of your seat, wanting to know more about what's going on until the very end. Very well done, Potter."
I really love looking back through the movies I've reviewed to re-analyze them. Some of them are really quite good, and unfortunately I can't give due credit to all of the worthy ones in my end of year reviews, but I do encourage you to check them out in your free time.
Horrifically yours,
Corri
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