I have seen hellraiser for the first time. The way the characters look was really funny. I couldn't understand for the life of me why everyone seemed to be attracted to Julia. Larry was... not the most sympathetic dude, he wasn't mean or anything, but I couldn't get attached to him. Hopefully, Kirsti was nice. The story was interesting, and I wanna watch the sequels now. There were some great visuals, very memorable, some of the shots stayed with me. The gore was quite great too. I really enjoyed it.
I've also seen two horror anthologies from Hong Kong. The 2 parter tales from the dark. It's basically 6 short movies in 2 movies, by directors like Fruit Chan, Gordon Chan, or Teddy Robin. Even Simon Yam directed one. Those shorts are really uneven. I prefer part 1 over part 2. Simon Yam's movie, while not the best effort, had some great visuals (especially some shots of Hong Kong), and some really memorable scenes, like the fat ghost played by Lam Suet who was always on the verge of throwing up, but kept putting food in his mouth.
The short with Tony Leung and Kelly Chen was really more a comedy with a ghost. I liked it, maybe mostly because Tony Leung was in it. It wasn't anything special really, but it was never boring. The short by Fruit Chan ha d a great story, with some interesting deaths. It had maybe the best story, but it lacks some memorable visuals.
Gordon Chan's short was the only one that I found to be really boring. Which is a pity, because the story had great potential, but it spent too much time showing you boring stuff, and the real story came too late, and it ended too abruptly. Which is, again, really a pity, because it could have breen really good.
The short with the students spending the night in an old school was kinda fun, if a little in your face. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't memorable at all, and it reminded me too much of japanese horror movies.
Teddy Robin's short was one of the best. It was well shot, it had an engaging protagonist, a simple and yet effective story, and a climax that was totally crazy.
Leatherface " I would of got away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids "
) but she is pretty terrible in this and spends 99% of her role pulling some weird 'mean face' look.
