Movie Series Continued: The Damned Duo

Okay, now I know we've all seen the 90's version of Village of the Damned, but have you seen the original 60's version along with it's successor, Children of the Damned? If not, you are missing out my friend.

 Village of the Damned is set in Midwich, a small British village, that suddenly falls asleep. The entire town is unreachable for several hours. The military are called and there's a scene where a pilot tries to fly over the town to get a closer look only to fall asleep and crash the airplane. Shortly after the town wakes up, (how unlucky for the pilot) and the people of Midwich think they've only been asleep for a short amount of time. It is a mystery and remains so until two months later when every woman capable of birthing a child is pregnant, some still virgins. Then comes the question of whether it is a blessing or a curse?

The children are born at seven months weighing in at ten lbs. and continue growing and learning at a rapid rate. They are all blonde haired, blue eyed geniuses...that can eventually read your thoughts. As time goes on, the original people of Midwich isolate the children, afraid for there have been strange horrific deaths popping up, all with the children being there. A professor, George Sanders, is father to one of the children and tries to educate them towards the ways of good. According to Wikipedia, the film ranked #92 on Bravo's Scariest Movie Moments.

Children of the Damned was release three years later. A geneticist and psychologist find out about a boy in London named Paul, who has more intellect than any adult they have encountered. When they want to test the parents to see about genetics they learn that Paul's mother despises him and tries to explain that she had Paul without intercourse. The two men dismiss this idea and Paul's mother is suddenly overcome by Paul's "mind power,"walks into a dark tunnel, is ran over and hospitalized.

Paul's aunt comes to care for him and in the mean time it is discovered that there are six children, all from different countries, who are just like Paul. The children are all brought to London for a study but they escape to an abandoned church, holding Paul's aunt mentally hostage to help them. The world leaders try to obtain the children through violence and death is the result. The film is my favorite of the two because it portrays the children as being evolved and from the future, only killing if provoked. The ending is catastrophic and you will definitely find yourself standing, wanting to pull your hair out, and screaming at the screen because it is so damned good.

Have a beautiful damnation free weekend!

Movie Week: Killer Kids

Hey there!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous week! I am very excited to share this post with you because it has to do with something I've been working on for a very long time. 

Quick Backstory: For a handful of years I've been doing research and working on writing a novel based on a true story about the world's youngest serial killer. Having done all of this, I'm beginning to wonder if it would be better received as a screenplay since we all love to watch gory murder movies. 

This semester, I'm having to write a screenplay anyways so I'm taking advantage of the opportunity to see how it plays out. This has led me to attempt a thorough study of the genre so I know what I'm up against, what's been done, what's been overdone, and what's been done terribly. Some of the films I've viewed are so interesting that I have decided to start a blog series about them in case you get a hankering to watch some kid slasher movies. (You never know!)

Who Can Kill a Child?

Anyone want to know where Stephen King got the idea for "Children of the Corn?" Probably from this 1976 Spanish horror film. The first ten minutes of the film are dedicated to showing how children always receive the brunt of world issues and it is an understatement to say that it is disturbing, complete with shots of everything form Auschwitz to the Korean War. My friend and I were eating pizza when we started and had to stop the film, take a break from eating, then try to finish our meals before we continued. No joke. The beginning of this film is not stomach friendly. 

After the introduction, we are abruptly thrown into our story, which follows Tom and Evelyn; an English couple squeezing in a vacation before Evelyn gives birth. They take a boat out to an island off the mainland unaware that the children have taken control, killing every adult in sight and giggling while doing it. The gore level isn't too terrible throughout the rest of movie with the exception of a human piñata, murderous fetus, and..well you'll just have to see.

¡Salud y pesetas!

Things that Make my World go Round

Ello Gov'nas!

This week has been absurdly busy with work, school, and life in general. I fear it is about to get even crazier this weekend. For this week's post I'm going to share things that have been the spoonful of sugar to help this hectic week go down smoothly:

I'll be heading to the state fair this weekend which hopefully means mullets galore.

It's amazing what parking lots have in store.

These adorable sisters blow my mind.

Convert to the Iphone perhaps I will.

Just in time for fall! P.s. If you sign up as a new member you get 50% off!!

I just found the perfect birthday present for my friend (who luckily doesn't follow my blog yet)!
If you decide to join the wonderful world of Groupon by the way please do it via me!

I could totally run a 5k if I were being chased by zombies.

Would you carry one of these around?

My poor kid dish for the week:

Ingredients:
Everything to make 1box of Mac n Cheese
1can of Tomato Soup
1can of Diced Tomatoes
As much Mrs. Dash as needed

1. Make the Mac
2. In a separate pot, make the tomato soup, but instead of adding a can of water, add the diced tomatoes.
3. When both are done, combine! Fin!

Seriously this is melt your face off good. Think pizza, spaghetti, and mac n cheese, all in one bite. Delicious.






Have a great weekend!!!

Canvas Cutouts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve!

I have a bare space on the wall above my bed and happened to have 3 canvas panels along with some scrapbook paper stacks that were catching dust. I decided to put my 3 favorite things on the panels: my dog Royce, the guitar, and something to incorporate my love of writing (I'm debating on this one, maybe a typewriter or some sort of quote). Anyways, I came up with these:

It is so easy! Here's what you'll need:

Canvas panel

Paintbrush

Acrylic paint or oil paint

Scissors

Paper

Pencil

Modgepodge

and an idea...in this case we'll do the guitar.

First, go ahead and paint your canvas panel. For the Pomeranian, I used oil paint, which does give it a cool look but I had to wait an entire weekend for it to dry. 

Tip: I use the top of a shoe box to paint on because you can dump your paint into the lid and set the painting on top so that the paint never gets on anything. 

While that's drying, grab your pencil and paper. My little brother gave me this pencil and I'm in love with it :)

There are two ways you can get your cutout. You want to look for a vector image online, for instance, I got the pomeranian image by googling pomeranian vector and selecting the black and white option. Once you find it, size it how you like and you can either print or if you're poor like me. zoom in on your screen and put your piece of paper on top then trace it! (you really just need to trace the outline)

If you're going to trace, I suggest trimming your piece of paper down to the size of the canvas panel, mine was 8x10 so it made it easier to know how big it was actually going to be.

Now you need to decide what kind of paper you'll be using as the pattern. I chose the yellow floral pattern out of this big book of patterns from Joann's for 9 bucks. Yep, and I believe the sale is still going on! Place the paper behind your traced image and cut it out.

Once the paint is try we can add the image on top. Mine was dry by the time I cut out the guitar so it worked out perfectly. You'll need Modgepodge and a clean brush. You want to apply the adhesive to the back of the guitar first, then lay it out on your canvas and apply a thin coat over the guitar. Let it dry and you are done!

Tips: 
1. You can do this to the entire canvas and it will be very glossy, I only did it over the guitar area and it gave a more weathered look. Up to you!
2. You may run into air bubbles forming under the guitar as it dries. Just take a push pin or a needle and gently poke a tiny hole in the bubble, then apply pressure to get the air out.

Have a great weekend!!