Cemetery Junction

 The movie ‘Cemetery Junction’ is one of complications because of its various amounts of genre, characters and more.

There is not one genre of this movie, but many, these include: Action, Coming of age, Comedy, Drama and Romance.

Cemetery Junction’s characters had strong and distinct personalities; however, despite this they did not leave a huge impression on me.

The movie is about three young men in the working class who come from Cemetery Junction (A run-down suburb in Reading) whom each have different ambitions. The character ‘Freddie’ wants to have a well-paid job and leave the working class for good, whereas the other two main characters (Bruce and Snork) want to stay where they are in the working class, and do nothing other than fight and meet girls.

When ‘Freddie’ meets his ex-girlfriend, Julie, problems occur and each boy has to make life-changing decisions.

I found the plot dull over-all (however, this could be because it wasn’t the type of movie I usually enjoy watching) and found that Cemetery Junction completely under-estimated the issues it raised. The film as a hybrid did not work well, for it seemed that it was too eager to please a wide audience instead of targeting a large majority of people, it seems to give off the impression of a cult film as I can’t imagine many people to enjoy it, but can see a very few who have complete praise for it. The movie was hard to put my interest in because it seemed so boring and predictable.

However, on the plus side, Cemetery Junction did have a few positive points. For instance, the cast did an exceedingly good job at playing their parts and for a movie directed by a comedian, it did display excellent examples of drama and proved to be slightly though-provoking.

Conclusively, I would not recommend that you watch Cemetery Junction unless you have some serious time to kill. I would rate it a 4 out of 10, and suggest to Ricky Gervais that he sticks to comedy.

The top 10 'Horror movie villains' of all time

From 'The Creature' to 'Jigsaw', horror villains have been around since 1895, in the first horror movie "Le Manoir de Diable" (Or "House of the Devil). But between the year 1895 and 2011, who have been the top ten horror villains?

10. Norman Bates 
Psycho- Alfred Hitchcock.
 Norman Bates is a psychotic character, and all due to the fact that he was violently abused as a child by his mother, 'Norma'. I'm not going to include too many spoilers, but could you really get much creepier than a grown man killing a woman whilst wearing his mothers clothes? 








09. Jaws
Jaws - Steven Spielburg 
 "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat". I know what you're thinking. Jaws? A horror film? But through the eyes of the viewer at the time of it's release, I can guarantee that it must be pretty frightening. Jaws managed to make people scared of the ocean for quite some time, I'd say that was a pretty successful villain!
 







08. Dr. Carl Hill
 Re-Animator - Stuart Gordon

For those who have seen 'Re-animator' will know of the two main villains. Out of the two, I find Dr. Carl Hill far more superior, but what could be more sci-fi in a horror than a man making an army of lobotomised, ressurected corpses?



07. Pennywise the clown
Stephen King's IT 

Although the movie-villain isn't as terrifying as he is in the novel, he still turns out to be pretty horrific. If you want to traumatise your children, then Pennywise is the villain for you! 






06. Hannibal Lector
Silence of the lambs - Jonathon Demme

Dr. Hannibal Lector, a brilliant psychiatrist- and a cannibalist serial killer. - Starring Anthony Hopkins
  





05. Jigsaw
Saw - James Wan

Cancer patient 'John' has a dying wish- to punish those who have sinned or done wrong. Using various traps and tricks, John's villain-ego 'Jigsaw' tests those wrong-doers to see if they think their life is worth torture. 





04. Dracula

Everyone knows Count Dracula, the transylvanian vampire that started it all, without him there would be no 'Lost boys', and all vampire movies! (Although it's a good thing in the case of 'Twilight')









03. Jason Vorhees
Friday the 13th 

Jason Vorhees is a pure psychological threat, scaring many audiences for many years. Watch out for the hockey mask and the machette, Jason's in town!  









02. Michael Myers
Halloween - John 

Inspired by mental patients, Mike Myers seems to be terrifying simply because of his link to reality. Psychotic since 6 years old, Mike Myers is the second best horror villain, EVER. 
 







01. Freddie Krueger 
Nightmare on Elm Street - Wes Craven

Give anyone the question, "How would you survive a typical horror movie?" And most people would give you similar answers, that sound completely sane and might actually be the key to survival. But how do you kill the villain, when the villain is in your nightmares? Freddie does not hesitate to scare the living hell out of anyone who watches him, including myself. He is definitely the scariest horror villain of all time.  

Review: 'Clue'

I will be writing this review on my all time favourite movie 'Clue', starring my favourite actor 'Tim Curry'.

Clue is a mystery-comedy movie based on the board game 'Cluedo' that came out in 1985. It stars many great actors, and has a truly unique plot, unlike many other movies of the same genre. The main reason why Clue is such a unique movie, is that it has three alternative endings. 

The movie is set in 1954, and is about six guests who receive a letter from a man who has been black-mailing them (Mr Boddy) to meet at a mysterious mansion. At the mansion, they are greeted by the butler, Wadsworth (Played by Tim Curry) who has given them fake names to hide their true identities: Mrs White, Mrs Peacock, Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum and Mr Green. It is revealed that it was really Wadsworth who sent them the letters, hoping that with everyone together, they could confront Mr Boddy and get him arrested. His motivation for this is because his wife was being blackmailed by Mr Boddy, and it drove her to suicide. Mr Boddy gave all six guests alternative options however, by handing them lethal weapons, so that they could kill Wadsworth, for he was the only one with nothing to hide, who could expose all their secrets. However, when the lights were turned off and on again, it was reavealed that it was Mr Boddy- not Wadsworth- that had been murdered. From then on the plot revolved around everyone getting together and trying to find the murderer.

As well as cleverly developing motives for why all six guests (As well as Wadsworth and the maid 'Yvette') would want Mr Boddy dead, the movie also adds a comical touch. For example, a particularly funny example is when lights were switched off, and Wadsworth proceeded to find the other guests. He went in to another room, and felt a handle. He said "What's this? Another door?" And turned it, only to find out it was a shower. Below is a video that captures many of the funniest moments in Clue. 

The movie has three alternative endings, A, B and C. In ending A, it reveals that Miss Scarlet was the murderer. In Ending B, Mrs Peacock was the murderer. and in ending C (Which is said to be the real ending) It reveals that everyone was a murderer, and all had killed someone (Except for Mr. Green, who turned out to be an undercover detective) 

As well as an excellent plot and ending, the movie also starred many great actors and actresses, including my favourite actor 'Tim Curry'. Tim Curry has starred in many films, from comical movies like Clue, and 'The rocky horror picture show' to serious movies like 'The colour of magic' and 'Four dogs playing poker'. The reason why he is such a great actor, is that he can adapt to many different roles, and is really devoted to his characters. When playing 'Wadsworth', he gives the character a realistic personality, yet still manages to act comical. Along with Tim Curry comes many stars such as Eileen Brennan as 'Mrs Peacock'. Eileen has won many awards, including an Oscar for 'best supporting actress'. Eileen captures the role of Mrs Peacock perfectly, basing Mrs. Peacocks personality on her looks, history, and role in the movie. Eileen plays Mrs Peacock as a high-maintenance house wife, which many people can relate to. Many more less-known actors and actresses also play their characters well in 'Clue', including the singer/song-writer 'Lee Ving' as my Boddy.  

Conclusively, 'Clue' is a very good film, with great acting, plot, and comical timing. Despite it getting bad reviews at first, I think that 'Clue' has become a very successful film, and will be remembered by many. 

Movie Review: Stephen King's it (1990)

Stephen King is a successful author, writing many popular horror's such as 'Carrie', 'The Shining' and of course, 'IT.' 

But firstly what is 'it' about? To put it quite bluntly, 'it' is about a monster, a thing, an 'it' that lives in the sewers, and comes out of drains to terrorise and kill children- well, that is what 'it' is. but the main plot revolves around seven children, and their encounters with it. The plot is put well by IMDb. "In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Loser Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. 30 years later, they are called back to fight the same clown again"
But what is it? at the beginning of the movie, 'it' is revealed to be a clown, named 'Pennywise, the dancing clown' (Pennywise is played by my favourite actor -yep, you guessed it- Tim Curry)
Pennywise is described in the novel to look like a mixture of Bozo, Clarabell and Ronald Mcdonald, in order to lure children. The movie sticks to this description well, making pennywise look like the exact image.


The movie of 'It' mostly stuck to the novel, but missed out many gory-details. Some parts of the movie missed out crucial detail, making the movie rather confusing and without-detail. A key example of this is the death of the character 'Eddie'. His death is outlined in the novel, but is un-noticable in the movie, in fact, if I hadn't read the novel beforehand, I would not have known that this main character had died at all. Perhaps much content was left out, in order to keep IT to the rating of '15', however, I feel that the movie could have added a little more detail.

The movie has a large cast, who represent the characters they play well. I feel that both adult cast, and young cast played the individual characters well, and was suprised to find that the many of the young cast turned in to successful actors. A key example of this, is 'Seth Green'. Seth Green played the young Richie Tozier, a comical character in the plot. Seth Green grew up to be in many comedy's, including Scot in Austin Powers, and the voice of 'Chris Griffin' in Family Guy. Seth Green used his comical skills to play Richie Tozier, but also showed his serious side.
Also, talented acting skills were used by Tim Curry to play Pennywise the dancing clown. Tim Curry uses many unique expressions and mannerisms when playing Pennywise, and really adds to the creepy vibe of the clown. The use of facepaint on Tim Curry as Pennywise, really hid the actor, and showed the character. No matter how many times I searched Pennywise's face, I just could not see Tim Curry behind the clown. This is also partly because of Tim Curry's skills, and character motivation. Along with Seth Green and Tim Curry were other amazing actors and actresses (24 others, in fact) that helped bring the movie to life.

Many aspects of the film were fantastic, the graphics, lighting, acting, soundtrack and costume all equally helped to make the movie a great interpretation of the novel, and I would reccomend it to be watched, however, though the movie is good, it has no comparison to the novel (as most movies don't) and I would reccomend reading the novel beforehand, in order to avoid confusion.