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Metal Pilgrim is essentially a YouTube channel that I have followed for a long time. Or at least that’s what I thought it was. I can tell you that it’s so much more. If it’s just this guy – Vlad Stadnyk, running the whole show is uncertain. I don’t know, but I think he’s at least the main part of the channel’s success. I want to include a disclaimer here since I don’t want to...
The Most Dangerous Game is indeed a classic story. I think I first came in contact with it in a book aimed at teens when I was a kid. Of course, I can’t remember the exact story, I’m way too old to remember that. But at least it was similar and I remember liking it pretty much. The story itself was first published in 1924 and was written by Richard Connell. I imagine the topic...
Terrifier 3 was a very anticipated film for me. The first two movies were such effective splatter-horror movies. They used the element of humor but was still pretty terrifying. I had high hopes for the third part, to say the least. And believe me, it’s brutal! But it also doesn’t make any sense. In the two first movies, there was still a believable story. There was something more than just gore- and splatter scenes. In...
Beetlejuice 2 is one of those sequels made way too many years after the original film premiered. It means that it becomes a difficult balancing act between being an original sequel and having enough nostalgia connected to the original film. There are other examples out there that struggled with the same dilemma. The most recent I’ve seen is probably Axel F which managed the balance pretty well. Also, the latest installment of Ghostbusters comes to...
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a really powerful movie, difficult to watch for sure. Right from the start we see this dreamlike imagery that we can’t make real sense of. Still, it sucks us in as we urge for the chance to see a glimpse of what it’s all about. It’s cleverly filmed, and Tilda Swinton does a fantastic job in the lead role! The essential story is about a mother trying her...
, Writer’s Block is something I suffer from time to time. It’s nothing I can predict in any way. I can go long periods of time when I write every day, and since I’ve writing this on Active Context you know what kind of texts I’m talking about. Here it’s all about haveing opinions on music, films or books. Ok, so I don’t write that much about books, but it has happened, and it will...
Virus of Violence is, as I understand it, the only full-length studio album by the Dutch band Desensitised. Of course, I never heard about them before. That makes the best kind of listening experience don’t you think? While doing a fast search there also seems to be an American band with the same name. This band allegedly changed its name to på Murder Syndicate in 2008. I haven’t heard anything about them either and I...
Melissa is the first album by Danish Heavy Metal band Mercyful Fate. They were in the foreground of the movement which would later be Black Metal—at least lyric-wise. If you compare this to the Norwegian Black Metal scene, Mercyful Fate seems pretty “un-extreme”. On the other hand, there’s no sound philosophy the same as that of Norwegian bands. Bot that Melissa sounds good, it’s not a well-produced album when you listen to it today. But...
Stormbound is the sixth movie in the Mythica series. The previous story kind of ended with the previous one – Godslayer. Therefore this is a new beginning of sorts. There are new characters and a new storyline, even though it connects a bit to the old one. I think it’s more out of necessity than something that adds to the story. It feels cheap and an excuse to build on a story that no longer...
Avenge the Fallen is the gazillionth album from Swedish Power Metal Band Hammerfall. Not really, of course, I think it’s their thirteenth album actually. You recognize yourself right away which is both a strength and a weakness. On the one hand, you know what you get, but on the other hand, knowing what you get is a little bit boring. And with a bond like Hammerfall, who I place somewhere between mockery of the Power...
Eight Eyes is a movie set in Serbia, at least to begin with. Later the plot is transferred to Macedonia I believe. It is a joint production between the USA and Serbia and half the dialog is in Serb language. The other half is in English. Of course, I have to rely on the subtitles to understand the Serbian parts. So, in essence, I can’t really tell which language it is. It just seems most...
Snow White and the Seven Samurai is a 2024 movie from the Asylum studio. Movies from the Asymum studios often have something to hope for. Let’s say that they don’t always deliver on their mark. But I’ve heard good about this from Voices From the Balcony, so I thought I’d give it a go. I’m rather anxious when I see Eric Roberts in the early scenes of the movie. I usually don’t connect his name...
