Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Mondo Dictionary: Rite of Passage Films

There are films you want to see and films that you have to see. By that, I mean that 'you have to see them right now or you are a pathetic poser! If you don't see them, everything you say will be equivalent to shit!" Those films are...
Rite of Passage Films
These films come in many categories and range from art films to terrible horror films. The films that make this list are based on cultural popularity and which clique you are a part of. Let's break it down a little bit, shall we?
  1. Old-School Horror: The classics like the Universal Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman films, as well as Nosferatu.
  2. New-School Horror: Films like Scream, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and even newer stuff like Jeepers Creepers.
  3. Art House: The name of the game is David Lynch and his films such as Eraserhead. Cronenberg is also a popular choice for this crowd.
  4. Sadists: These guys love gross and they love it to death. Hostel, The Messengers and the Saw films are their 'bag.'
  5. 'Obscurists': These guys love films like Freaks, Cannibal Holocaust and Bloodsucking-Freaks. What weirdos.
Looking back, it is scary how many of these groups that I dabble in. That's the price of being obsessively-obsessed with films, I guess. Yes, that is not a real term.
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Next on the horizon, a way to combine a story and your desire to avoid people looking at your hair line. Stay tuned...

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