Day: July 3, 2016

BLOODY MOVIES THAT ARE ABOUT POLITICS.

I swear the Washington Post has been reading my material.. This is what they wrote about the new PURGE film and its societal meaning:

Flash-forward to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and another uptick in extreme horror films, led by two franchises, “Saw” and “Hostel,” that reflected a darkening mood. In the wake of the 2003 Abu Ghraib scandal, mainstream entertainment passed on dealing with the morals and efficacy of torture, aside from the ticking-time-bomb fantasies of “24.” But the “Saw” series, beginning in 2004, steered right into the curve. Over seven straight Halloween weekends, young audiences turned up in large numbers to watch like-aged victims wriggle under elaborate torture devices. And as post-9/11 goodwill eroded into hostility toward U.S. foreign policy overseas, 2005’s “Hostel” imagined the grimmest possible fate for American backpackers in Europe.

All that said, the newest PURGE movie still looks ridiculous.

Horror movie stabbing

This being reported by a CBS news dispatch this morning:

SANTA ROSA – A man watching a horror movie was stabbed repeatedly at a Santa Rosa movie theater Wednesday afternoon, CBS San Francisco reports.

Santa Rosa police said the man was watching the movie when someone came up behind him and stabbed him. The victim, a 21-year-old man, remains in critical condition.

Police said the attack appears to be random and unprovoked.

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspaper reported that the man was watching the movie “The Shallows” when he was attacked.

Santa Rosa police responded to a stabbing at about 4 p.m. inside the Roxy Theater, located at 85 Santa Rosa Ave.

Police said the suspect, identified as a 23-year-old man, stabbed the victim several times and then ran out of the theater toward the Prince Memorial Greenway.

Some witnesses called 911 while other witnesses assisted the victim until emergency crews arrived. The victim was taken to a hospital with multiple life-threatening stab wounds, police said.

Santa Rosa police said witnesses were able to provide officers with a physical description of the suspect and the direction that he fled. officers located the suspect at Prince Memorial Greenway and A Street. He was taken into into custody but his identity has not yet been released.

Police recovered a weapon at the theater.