The Worst Villain I Ever Saw - THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001)

Original Post Date: 12.26.16

SPOILERS AHEAD. Stop reading if you have not seen The Devil’s Backbone (2001).

Jacinto is heartless, methodical, and on a mission. A mission fueled by greed and loneliness. A strong and willing man, destined to fight alone, and die alone.

Jacinto is the main villain in The Devil’s Backbone and what a horrible man he is. Along the way of his plan of stealing the gold from Santa Lucia School for orphans, he makes several mistakes, one of them been the accidental murder of Santi, a young orphan who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Jacinto, afraid of anything getting on his way, hides the body, or rather, drowns the dying body of innocent Santi.

Jacinto goes as far as burning down the school in a failed and desperate attempt of finally getting to the gold. The gold is more valuable than the kids’ lives, than his honor, than his lover, than himself.

Jacinto gets the gold, but his greed blinds him from danger and in the end is overpowered by the same kids he had tried to kill. Jacinto and Santi meet again in a terrifying way. And the gold? It ends up at the bottom of the water pit, with him.

The Devil’s Backbone was a frightening and poetic movie from mastermind Guillermo del Toro, and it closed with a beautiful monologue from Dr. Casares who answered the question, “What is a ghost?”

“Un fantasma. Ese soy yo.”

- Marath

Meme Reasons Why I Enjoy TROLL 2 (1990)

Original Post Date: 12.22.16

I stumbled upon this movie a couple of months ago and I thought it was good and weird and funny. Later on I learned it was regarded as one of the worst movies ever made, which made me rethink my life choices as apparently my taste was not that great. After doing some research –and dealing with my existential crisis – I realized TROLL 2 (1990) was one of the best worst movies ever made and had a huge fanbase due to its cult classic status.

Did you know the Production was from Italy and that the crew, including the Director, did not speak English? And that the cast was American and did not speak Italian? Holy shit, talk about lost in translation. As you would think, the three weeks of production were not a walk in the park, but this and many other factors were the ones that contributed into making TROLL 2 the fantastic piece of cinema it is today. For more details in the making of, go take a look at the documentary Best Worst Movie (2009).

Well my weirdo (I haven’t call you this in a long time), I will now show you via memes the reasons why I enjoy TROLL 2:

-          The flawless style of The Queen of Goblins:

-          The creepiness of the store owner:

-          The hot (hot!) dad:

-          Joshua’s skills:

-          “OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD”:

Stay weird and eat your vegetables,

- Marath

THIS FRESH BLOOD - Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Original Post Date: 12.17.16

♫ Happy Happy Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Happy Happy Halloween, Silver Shamrock ♫

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) – 12.17.16 (11:19pm PT)

This was a wholesome Halloween movie, except for the drinking, sexual tone, naked breast, naked butt, wait, what am I saying, it was a wholesome and kickass 80’s Halloween movie. (Note: This film was its own thing and should not be considered part of the Halloween-Michael-Myers franchise.)

If you are into Halloween masks as much as I am and own at least a couple, well, then you are going to appreciate the beauty of the Silver Shamrock masks. They come in Witch, Skeleton, and Jack-O-Lantern. Oh, and they include a special chip that would kill you and melt your head and spontaneously spit out bugs and snakes from it, well, as long as you tune in on your TV at 9pm on October 31st.

The movie was super fun to watch. And the song. The song!

This fresh blood made me feel like a kid again.

- Marath