I had a good weekend and ended up watching Candyman and Hard Candy. It didn’t occur to me the Candy theme until just now.
I didn’t think I liked Candyman but I was wrong. It was well acted and well written. Hard Candy was interesting but not exactly a film that I’d rush out to see again. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it but considering the subject material it was kind of difficult to watch.
In the meantime, I’ve been rereading Adam Rockoff’s Going to Pieces and am eagerly anticipating the documentary version of this book.
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feral cat // September 26, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I’ve seen the documentary, Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of The Slasher Film and its well worth catching, a lot of effort has been put into it and its been done with real affection for the genre. I really hope fans make the effort to support a great piece of original genre related programming.
T Van // September 26, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Have you read the book? It’s well worth looking at if you’re a fan of the genre.
feral cat // September 26, 2006 at 5:49 pm
To be honest I have never really considered myself a huge fan of the slasher movie, preferring other types of horror movies. Serial Killers, Slashers, Giallos and tales of murder are not high on my list of favourites amongst genre film. Having seen the documentary it did remind me just what a large impact these kinds of films had on popular and schoolyard culture when I was a kid, so I am now going to get hold of the book.