everyday is halloween

 evil dead [2013]

all is cool here at casa de lopez/bronson.  i checked on my peeps at MIT who i tasked to make the spooky season longer than the christmas season.  these scientists & specialists are quite good but alas no go.  so i've been doing my level best to enjoy this year's high holiday.  not by doing anything that i normally don't do.  but this year is a bit more chill.  no pumpkin patch sorties.  no haunted house exploring.  rather, i'm watching horror movies, digging the [slightly] cooler weather, & finding, again, that the things i love, like halloween, always live in the heart.  so but then, this film.  a remake of the great Sam Raimi early '80s indie scare film.  director fede alvarez crafted a worthy remake.  the plot & the setup are similar to the original movie, friends find a mysterious tome bound in human skin in the basement of a cabin in the woods, open the pages, recite a verse, & BLAM!  blood, guts & death galore!  fucking love it!  alvarez & co. keep things gooey & red.  the final girl, mia, played by a wonderful scream queen - man! she seems to be in the possession of a three-octave scream - jane levy is a heroin addict who is sent to the aforementioned cabin with her brother & friends to dry out.  they find that mysterious tome.  & the shitteth hitteth the fan.  what more can be said?  levy is a delight to watch as she battles The Abomination.  the kills are inventive.  & the FX are moist & deadly.  seriously, i needed a shower after watching this flick.  but so far, watching horror movies do not impede the flow of time.  nothing does.  so we are nearing the end of the spooky high holiday of 2022.  & yet, i hold halloween in my heart.  duh!!!  the spooky season is not yet over.  & i can't wait to pass out candy on the high holiday.  the only thing i can think of that is scarier than this pic is running out of candy at the height of Trick 'R Treating!

boo!