Bear

I don't really care to be honest. I listen to music for the sake of the music, the way it sounds. And love bands with great lyrics, mediocre lyrics, awful lyrics and no lyrics at all (be it because the vocalist just makes sounds, or the music being instrumental). Doesn't make a difference at all. Bad lyrics won't ruin a great piece of music as the music will still sound great, just like great lyrics won't turn a bad song good as the song will still sound great. And at the end of the day, as I already stated, music is about the music for me. And I sing along to good, mediocre and godawful lyrics, or just lyics I don't understand. Fuck lyrics!

Satan's Satyrs are amazing. Their debut album, Wild Beyond Belief!, is a real masterpiece. 100% occult bikersploitation doom metal punk. Would be the perfect soundtrack to a film like Psychomania. While Die Screaming was good, it didn't have the same effect on me. Not even close. A bit too polished and standard, and it lacked real character which they had on their debut, EP and demo. The two songs I've heard off Don't Deliver Us has been very good. Total Blue Cheer worship! And if you enjoy Satan's Satyrs Wild Beyond Belief!, you should check out Alucarda's Raw Howls for sure. It's got the same occult, bikersploitation vibe, and the album is at least as good as Wild Beyond Belief!, if not even better. Truth be told I think Wild Beyond Belief! sounds better in terms of production, while Raw Howls have better songs. But they're equal to me. Great albums!

I think it's more than OK to piss all over whatever bands or artists you dislike, be it Kisaki, Mejibray, Kamijo, Mana, Lycaon, Sigh, Kagrra, Devil Doll, Bathory or whatever the fuck it is that you dislike. Yay! I thought about going to bed soon, but then I watched episode 9 of Jessica Jones and changed my mind. Holy mother of god. I need more.

Started on Jessica Jones late last night, and I'm four episodes in so far. Shit, it's so good, man, and so far I prefer it to Daredevil which I thouht was excellent. It gives you a lot more to chew on, dealer with a much darker side of the superhero universe. Krysten Ritter strong, hurting performance combined with an intriguing villain, a dark and bleak noir-atmosphere and rather unusual themes like rape and trauma makes this into something quite different. So yeah, so far, so fucking good! You shouldn't go in expecting a new Daredevil, though, because this is something very different. But if you liked Daredevil I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy this. Will try to finish it after I get home from work. I can't wait!

Horrible Bossess 2 - I really liked the first one and thought it was a refreshing Hollywood-comedy that dared to go a bit darker than mostother similar comdies, topped off with some excellent chemestry between the three leads and several of the other in the cast. However, I never managed to fully look forward to this as sequels like this more often than not end up as disappointments. And this is no exclusion. It's disappointing alright, but still far better than I had expected. At 108 minutes it's 15-20 minutes too long, and at times very unfocused. And unlike the first one, where more or less every single joke and scene worked, this one is very hit and miss. I like the fact that they're not afraid of sending lots of tasteless, vulgar and politically incorrect jokes our way, just like the first one, but it feels like they just dumbed it down a lot. And it lacked the originality of the first one. However, what saves this film for me is Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx. And while very hit or miss, at its best it's hilarious IMO. The phone-calls to Christoph Waltz' Bert Hanson with the accents is superb, and the sex addiction meeting was hilarious. There's a few other scenes to, but those scenes just cracked me the fuck up. Had me in tears. Simple but effective. But on the other hand it has scenes such as the one where they say the names over the walkie talkie. So boring, man. Offers nothing to the movie at all. A bumpy ride, but decent for what it is. However, I'll rather watch the first one ten times over again before I rewatch this. hat's how big of a difference there is.

Finished Narcos today, and I am really satisfied. A very good crime-drama with some excellent perforances, a good story and lots of tension and action. I really liked the inclusion of archival footage. It's like the icing on the top of the cake. Highly recommended. Looking forward to a new season for sure.

An American Werewolf in London - I was always a big fan of John Landis, and during the 70's and 80's he made a lot of great films. Schlock, The Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London and Trading Places, as well as Twilight Zone: The Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon. He's directed and co-directed some really good films, but this one. An American Werewolf in London, are easily his best film. John Landis' mix of dark, disturbing horror and gore, tragedy and humour is nothing short of temendous. It's perfect, because the way he combines this elements are so cool and well-done. At times it's terrifying, at times it's sad and at times it's hilarious, something all three at once. And it's not just antother horror-comedy, it's a clever one as well. I mean, it's really clever. Well-directed, shot and acted. Superb special effects as well! It's a must-see for fans of horror, werewolfs, comedies and gore. Proper creds for the soundtrack as well. Not only for the fact that the song rules, but the whole moon-theme is so cool and fitting. By the way, it's funny how 1981 saw the release of no less than three werewolf films in form of An American Werewolf in London, The Howling and Wolfen (if you want to consider that a werewolf film), wih two of them (An American Werewolf in London and The Howling) being among the very best the sub-genre has to offer. Wolfen is great too! 1981, the year of the wolf!

Got my brother's old PC for Xmas, brought it up here a few months ago and finally got it up and going now recently. Good thing about this is that whenever he need to change his parts to build a better PC, I get the old ones which is still a lot better than what I currently have. Good times! Also got a couple of Xbox 360 gamepads in the mail the other day, so gaming is finally on. Currently playing Trine 2: Complete Story with my girlfriend. The gameplay is great, the soundtrack is beautiful, it's visually stunning and the overall atmosphere of the game is really nice. My biggest complaint is that it's a bit too easy, and certain elements are often highlighted with brighter, blinking colors, which tells you straight away that you're supossed to do something with this certan thing. Which is something I really dislike in games. Let me think, struggle and try out things of my own and use time to make it. The feeling of struggle is something almost completely lost in most modern gaming. It's such a shame, because that feeling is somehing that often took games from amazing to brilliant in my younger days. The feeling you get when you've struggled for hours and hurs and hours, or weeks or months, and then suddenly realize what you should do is something amazing.

I always appreciated drinking alone, even though I equally appreciate drinking with friends too. Cook something delicious, watch a football game, a few episodes of a TV-series or a couple of films (prefer proper trash cinema when getting drunk!), and play some loud music. Sometimes you just need some alone-time. I usually don't go to what I consider regular parties, though. Not my cup of tea. A vorspiel, a concert and a nachspiel is the shit. Regular parties tends to be a bit too formal for my taste.

Going to a gig tonight. Psychedelic and folky progressive rockers Tusmørke and black metallers Dødsengel, as a marking that it is 666 years since 1349, when the black death fucked people up. It's a weird combination of bands, but as both are amazing I've stoked as fuck. Been wanting to see Tusmørke since forever now, so it's nice to finally get a chance to see them. And Dødsengel was AMAZING at this (or was it last?) years Inferno. Superb gig from a band with very little live experience. I think it might have been their second or third gig, and it was massive. Now, with a few more gigs on their back, I expect them to be even better. Yeah! This is gonna be so good.

I was wearing my The Mummy t-shirt yesterday and one of the kids, a frist-graders, started crying when he saw it because he thought it was so scary. That's hilarious! And another boy, six fucking years old, came to me and told me that he had to take a shit but was unable to wipe himself, so he needed my help. Jesus. Had to ask one of the older ladies to help him. I can't do it. I'd vomit all over him, which would've caused some bigger problems. Old ladies 1 - Bear 0.

Discovered this gem the other day: How on earth did I not know about this before now? Superb album, and the music is actually as good as the album covers. I could've done without the two skits, and the album is a tad too short clocking in at only 30 minutes, but the actualy quality of the music here is superb IMO. Top, top album! And this: Fucking hell, how good is that? When Killer Mike kicks in, man. It's so awesome, and when El-P continues the show? Hell! Hip Hop GODS ano 2015!

Speaking of Deliria/Stage Fright, I'd like to use this oppurtunity to recommend 2014's Stage Fright which I thought was really good. It's been poorly recieved for some reason, but I don't get that at all. Great, fresh horror-musical with lots of new ideas, and some old ones. Very cool film! And Phantasm should please you. Trust me! Will watch the sequels some other time this week. Looking forward to it, especially the second one.

The Company of Wolves - A really nice, dreamlike and surreal take on the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. This film feels like Tim Burton directing a grown up adaption of Little Red Riding Hood for Hammer Horror, and it's really cool. And it really works. The atmosphere, dreamlike as I said, is really nice, the cinematography and costumes are amazing and the werewolf transformation is neat-as-fuck. Well, all special effects here are neat. Anyway, way better than I had expected. Totally recommended! Phantasm - Totally fucking superb horror film from the late 70's. Much, much, much better than I remembered. Aside from a few funny moments, this film is creepy as fuck at times, much due to an Angus Scrimm who is terrifying as The Tall Man, and a superb score. The atmosphere is here, at times surreal and like an awful nightmare, the special effects, the story. Yeah, top notch film! The Thing from Another World - You know, I often feel like I am the only one, but I honestly think this is as good as John Carpenter's The Thing. It's very hard to compare them of course as they are two really different films with The Thing being much more faithful to the original source, but as they are based on the same source material it's also natural to compare them. The main difference between the two films is that The Thing from Another World is more of a sci-fi/horror film, while The Thing is more or less pure horror. The Thing from Another World is also a film that you can see with your 10-11 year old cousin or brother without feeling guilty, The Thing is not. Heh. Anyway, The Thing from Another World is a nice, atmospheric and suspenseful sci-fi horror film with a fantastic monster. I love how they for the most part shot the monster from a distance with smart lighting making him more threatening, as you don't really get a good view of him at all. You just don't get to know what exactly it is. A smart move. Great film, up there with The Thing for sure if you ask me.

Anyone seen Zibahkhana? The debut film from Pakistani(?) director Omar Khan. Zombie-slasher/splatter or something like that. It looks like so much fun. Looks like a proper Grindhouse film. It seems to have been really well-recieved as well. It's up on MyDuckIsDead for those interested. Will download it during this week for sure.

Beasts of No Nation - Cary Joji Fukunaga returns to the screen after his classy and impressive work on True Detective, and he does it good. Beasts of No Nation is a powerful war-drama about a child soldier in an African country, and despite only featuring one big star, it's full of stars. Main-man, or should I say boy, Abraham Attah, is something else. This is his first time on the screen, but he comes off as someone who's done this a hundred times before, a most experienced boy. An impressive, powerful and touching performance, and Idris Alba is as good as ever. His performance is nothing but impressive here. He's simply scary here, and I am not kidding. He's terrifying! His portrait of a rebel leader is top, top, top notch. It's so powerful. Top that with an overall strong and touching story, beautiful cinematography, lots of great actors and nice direction by Fukunaga, a man who's something like a prodigy. A unique man as far as directors goes. This film is a must-see, and should be a part of every single human being's education because of its portrayal of child soldiers and their life. And of course for being a great film.

It's time to go out for my daily jog as I felt like shit and couldn't do it before work today. I can't think of anything more boring than jogging.It's so fucking boring. Hopefully I'm feeling well enough tomorrow so that I can go out for my jog at 5am, before I have to go to work. That shit does wonders. Jogging before work = OK Jogging after work = bloody awful. By the way, can you say "jog"?

I don't really care if the apes look realistic or not to be honest. It's all about how they act for me, and as well as how the film is build and where they have chosen to put their focus. But yeah, I did like how they looked and moved for most part. Looked very good. The apes in the original Planet of the Apes isn't very realistic, but god damn I love the way they look and move. It's so cool. Immense film as well! Gotta rewatch it again soon with the sequels and TV-series as I haven't seen them all yet. And I suddenly felt like having an old school sci-fi marathon of some sort. Hmm. Interesting!

Good Guys Wear Black - Fun action film by Ted Post (Magnum Force, Hang 'em HIgh) with Chuck Norris in the lead. It's not a very good film, but it's fun and gives you exactly what you'd expect from a Chuck Norris film. Lots of rounhouse kicks by Norris himself, and lots of fun for what it is. Bradinlead action-thriller. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb - The third, and hopefully last, film in the Night at the Muesum series. But I don't say that because this was bad, because this is actually the best film of the series. I say it because it would be a shame to continue it without an always excellent Robin Williams, who actually gets a nice ending to his film career with this film. His last words and action in this film takes the entire spot-light, along with Mickey Rooney's cameo. This isn't great cinema, but it's fun for whatever it is. Sir Camelot felt awfully forced, though and dragged down the film quite a bit. A 6/10 type of film. Nice for sunday mornings. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - I quite liked Rise of the Planet of the Apes and was really looking forward to this, and it sure didn't disappoint. A lot better in every way. Everything is improved on, and it felt like a much more intelligent, smart and emotional film, like they've put a lot more thought and effort into it. The story is actually a lot better than what I had expected, and to my big surprise this is a lot more than just another action film drowned in special effects, simply because there's a big focus on story-telling. I also felt like they managed to recapture some of the feeling of the original Planet of the Apes, without copying it or anything boring as that. It just felt like a proper Planet of the Apes film. Very impressive! Andy Serkis is once again excellent. He deserves a lot more attention tha what he's gotten so far in his career. What a job that man has done in some of his film. Truly remarkable!

Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror - Very fun zombie film made to cash in on the success of Zombie Flesh Eaters. This is a plotless zombie film with nothing good going on at all, with the exception of some of the make-up and special effects. But it's 80 minutes of pure gindhouse fun. Cheap, sleazy and silly. Some of the zombies looks amazing, some of them looks like crap, some of the special effects are great, other crap and so on. This is a film only for die-hard zombie fans or general fans of cheap grindhouse horror. I really liked the score to. Helped creating some atmosphere. Inferno - One of the most underrated horror films of all time, by one of the finest filmmakers in the history of horror films, Dario Argento. This is 110 minutes of style over substance, but the style is so good here. This film is more a series of amazing set-pieces, beautifully shot images and amazing atmosphere, than a film with a proper storyline. I feel like this film is so misunderstood. It's not about plot, it's about emotion and atmosphere. It's a trippy nightmare, fear on huge amount of acid. The way it looks, the way it sounds, the way everything play out. It's incredible. If you are looking for plot and substance you'll be very disappointed, but if you are looking for atmosphere, haunting and nightmarish imagery of fear, then you'll be pleased, because this film truly has that. A misunderstood masterpiece! An incredible film! Top notch soundtrack bu Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer fame as well.

The House with Laughing Windows - Another superb giallo, this time by Pupi Avati. It's surprisingly little stylish for a mid-70's giallo, but what it lacks in style it takes back with it's gripping, almost macabre atmosphere and thrilling mystery. It's a very atypical giallo lacking in style, stylized violence/gore and nudity, but its atmosphere totally makes up for it. A bit of a slow-burner, which may cause some trouble for fans of giallos, but it's really rewarding towards the end as the atmosphere grow more and more sinister and macabre, turning almost gothic at times. Unusual, but among the very best of the genre IMO. Lino Capolicchio is superb throughout this film. Brilliant performance. Don't Torture a Duckling - Another Lucio Fulci masterpiece, and this isn't only one of his best films being more or less as good as Zombie Flesh Eaters and A Woman in a Lizard's Skin, but one of the best giallos ever as well. A superb mystery with fantastic atmosphere, and for a Lucio Fulci film the story is very good as well. And the rural setting is really nice too. Yeah, not much more to say about this. A must-see for sure! There's not much gore or violence int his film, but there is this one scene that is fantastic. It looks so good. It'll give you a moment of terror for sure. It's got Barbara Bouchet as well. What an actress! Deliria - This film is also known as Stage Fright. This is Michele Soavi's directorial debut, and easily the best I've seen from him. The film is more or less a 50/50 old school giallo and modern slasher, and it really mixes and showcases the similarity of the genres. This is all style and no substnce, but it's so well-made and fun. Stylish and colorful, atmospheric and macabre, and violent and bloody. Visually there's a lot of Dario Argento-esque moments here, and this is a film that should please fans of both giallo and slashers. An outstanding film!

That's a bit surprising. I'd think you where very much into a lot of horror soundtracks, especially the more synthy stuff like Fabio Frizzi, Jay Chattaway, John Carpenter, Rob, Ralph Jones, Jonathan Snipes and so on. Quite surprising indeed. A couple of more soundtracks I truly enjoy on its own: Slasher Dave - Chubbies I've never seen the film, but this score is most excellent, like every solo release by Sasher Dave of Acid Witch fame. Clearly inspired by the late 70's and 80's synth soundtracks. Check out Tricks 'N Treats. It's so good! Nicklas Barker - El Ultimo Fin De Semana Again, I've not seen the film, but this score by Nicklas Barker of Anekdoten and Morte Macabre fame is fantastic. A truly great, haunting and atmospheric album.

I'm very much into screamo and have been for many a years. Raein, Neil Perry, Yaphet Kotto, Funeral Diner and (older) Envy are probably my favourites and the ones I've spent the most time on, but I am also very much into bands like Orchid, Pg.99, Daïtro, Suis la lune, Mihai Edrisch, Aussitôt Mort and so on. A nice mix of violent powerviolence/grindcore-esque, beautiful post-rock/ambient-esque and pure punk/hardcore-esque screamo bands. Raein's Nati Da Altri Padri/Ogni Nuovo Inizio might be my very favourite screamo release. Such a massive EP, that. Brilliant stuff! The band released a new album/EP this year as well, but I haven't heard it yet. But knowing this band it's probably great, as the rest of their discography. Fantastic band!

Am I the only one into horror scores? Shocking, boys. Really shocking.