{"id":933,"date":"2012-03-27T00:51:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/?page_id=933"},"modified":"2012-04-01T19:51:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T19:51:36","slug":"turn-on-the-lights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/spring-2012-issue\/arts-and-culture\/turn-on-the-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn on the lights!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amani Taurd<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A guide to some of the best and worst horror movies of all time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whatever it is you are doing during March Break is not cool.\u00a0 You could be going to see John Lennon and George Harrison come back from the dead and go to a Beatles reunion concert, and it wouldn\u2019t be half as cool as watching horror movies the entire<br \/>\nbreak.\u00a0 Of course, when it comes to horror movies, there are a lot out there.<br \/>\nSome are great, others are horrifying (and not in a good way).\u00a0 So, in order to help you choose what to watch during the break, I am giving you reviews of some of my favourite and most popular horror movies out there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stanley Kubrick\u2019s <em>The Shining<\/em> (R) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A classic horror movie.\u00a0 I\u2019d say it\u2019s worth watching, since there are some common jokes made about it, but I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s one of the best movies out there.\u00a0 Certainly, it has a few creepy sights, and a few times you\u2019ll have to grab on to the person next to you, but overall, I\u2019d give it a 3.5\/ 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Teeth<\/em> (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one is not as well-known, but it gets a 5\/5 in my book.\u00a0 This movie is an indie<br \/>\nhorror\/comedy on purpose. Whether you think it\u2019s a horror or comedy depends on<br \/>\nyour gender.\u00a0 Basically, it\u2019s about a girl who has teeth in her vagina.\u00a0 If<br \/>\nyou\u2019re a man, you\u2019ll be grabbing your mother\u2019s throw pillows and protecting<br \/>\nyour crotch with all your might; and if you\u2019re a girl, you won\u2019t stop<br \/>\nlaughing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Saw I<\/em> (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As usual, the original is better than the sequel, and this one is the best out of the seven movies in the <em>Saw<\/em> franchise.\u00a0 I\u2019d say that the first <em>Saw<\/em> gets a 4\/5, but be aware that they do all go downhill from there.\u00a0 The first one at least delivers quite a few chills and thrills. It\u2019s worth watching.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Ring<\/em> (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one is good, for sure.\u00a0 It easily gets a 4.5\/5.\u00a0 It<br \/>\nmanages to deliver some pretty good scares, and it will probably make you<br \/>\nscared of watching TV for the next few weeks.\u00a0 Not to mention, the story is quite good, and the plot doesn\u2019t fail to please.\u00a0 I\u2019d totally recommend watching this.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5\/5.\u00a0 This one literally gave me nightmares.\u00a0 If you are looking<br \/>\nfor a movie without any gore at all, without psychopathic murderers, and<br \/>\nwithout excessive screaming, this one is for you.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the kind of movie that will have you gripping the armrests in fear, and when it\u2019s over you\u2019ll realize that you<br \/>\nhaven\u2019t let out a breath in ages.\u00a0 It\u2019s scary.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Poltergeist <\/em>(PG)<em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what people considered a \u201cfamily horror\u201d back in the \u201980s.\u00a0 I\u2019d say it\u2019s cute, but since cute isn\u2019t what most people look for in their horror movies, I\u2019d give it a 3\/5.\u00a0 It\u2019s got some pretty good ideas, and it is a bit of a classic, so watch it to understand the pop culture references that people make from it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em> (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one gets a 4.5\/5, since I really would have liked it to be longer. This one delivers a fair amount of thrills, to the point where I remember yelling at the screen.\u00a0 It gives<br \/>\nyou a great Hannibal Lecter performance, along with a great murder-mystery<br \/>\ncomponent.\u00a0 Think of this as a psychopathic, serial killer- centered, scary version of <em>Sherlock Holmes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Woman in Black<\/em> (PG 13)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went to watch this movie twice\u2026and it was scarier the second time around.\u00a0 I think that says it all.\u00a0 This movie easily gets a 5\/5; it\u2019s scary, mysterious, with beautiful shots, and not to mention the plot is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Devil Inside<\/em> (R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This movie is probably the stupidest horror movie I have ever seen.\u00a0 The acting was mediocre, the filming was bad, and the plot was horrible.<br \/>\nThis movie seriously only goes from bad to worse.\u00a0 If there was anything about this movie that scared me is how badly done it was.\u00a0 I\u2019d give it a 1\/5, because there were two scenes that freaked me out a little bit.\u00a0 If you\u2019re going to watch it, watch<br \/>\nit to learn how <em>not<\/em> to make a movie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amani Taurd &nbsp; A guide to some of the best and worst horror movies of all time Whatever it is you are doing during March Break is not cool.\u00a0 You could be going to see John Lennon and George Harrison &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/spring-2012-issue\/arts-and-culture\/turn-on-the-lights\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":894,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-933","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933\/revisions\/1188"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}