Originally posted by novice
I felt the Grudge (haven't seen the Ring yet) had more shock value than this B (minus minus minus) grade movie. No?
How does one even begin to draw such a comparison anyway? The Grudge isn't even attempting at humor.
SLH's credibility DEPENDS on humor.. black humor...
It was not scary AT ALL. No Thrills! No suspense!
For e.g. in SLH:
Jenna: "When you were trick-or-treating, did Satan kill...?"
Douglas: "When we were trick-or-treating, he threw a guy out of the window"
Jenna: "Was it a big brick house? <Gasp> that man was ..."
The fictional community of Bell Island must have very many tiny brick houses or very few brick houses for this DUMB BLONDE to play Ms. Shirley Holmes so "convincingly".
I know i know.. I probably should be laughing at this scene.
But it reeks of utter stupidity that culling instead of laughing becomes my natural reflex.
Of course everyone is entitled to find out for themselves.
I was only exaggerating when I said what I said to kmcdude.
(in case you didn't know, the makers of SLH have yet to come up with a dvd version that will swell eyes and make balls fall off)
Funny you didn't get that humor, Back Fire.
Given how you found SLH entirely hilarious...
I felt people deserved a second opinion in light of your shining recommendation to Satan's Little Helper.
p.s. I did like Satan's costume though
The only thing shocking about the grudge was it's popularity given it's generic, heartless and boring tone. At least SLH had heart, and you can tell the guy who made the movie enjoys the genre that he's participating in, which is more then I can say for the maker of the grudge.
Your complaint sounds like simplistic gnit-picking to me. Who cares if the description of the house was vague? You can't expect, nor should you care about, grade A dialogue from a low budget horror film. Some of the best horror films of all time have horrible dialogue and sloppy story telling, it really isn't an important aspect in a movie like this. It's about atmosphere and, in this movie's case, simple fun filled, gruesome entertainment. Bottom line - If you're going to hold bad acting and some bad dialogue against a low budget horror film, you probably shouldn't be watching movies of this type.
I'm sorry, what humor didn't I get? Just because I didn't find your joke funny doesn't mean I didn't get it, wasn't much to get, in all honesty.