While searching for one or two star movies on Netflix to watch and review, I ran across Terror Inside. With 1.9 stars and starring Corey Feldman, I knew I had to give it a watch.

From the beginning I could tell this was a low budget, independent fare. There are some great low budget, indie movies out there, so I expected a decent B horror movie. What I got was a C horror movie with a bad script and sometimes terrible dialog. Without the acting chops of Corey Feldman and Tanya Memme, this movie would have been difficult to watch. I hadn’t heard of Tanya Memme before, but she wasn’t bad. I’m going to be keeping an eye out for her.

Synopsis:

Soil samples taken from a small town lake and sent to a university for study contain a virus that causes people to abuse themselves, often in bloody ways.

WTF Moments:

The scientist has a grant to find an ancient virus in a soil sample, but he doesn’t use gloves when handling the soil?

Get a virus that makes you want to hurt yourself and it turns you into a goth. Hmmm.

She cut off her what?! OW… ow… ow! I cringed. I’m cringing again now. Ow.

Redeeming Qualities:

The plot has a “been there done that” feel to it, but I don’t believe I’ve actually seen it done.

I was a huge Corey Feldman fan as a teen and it was good to see him in something a little more recent that isn’t a reality show or a part two that should have been done years and years ago.

Last Words:

I feel like this movie, being as dialog heavy as it is, should take a note from the “show don’t tell” advice from writers. Don’t tell me three times how you feel, show me once and it will resonate. Showing doesn’t have to involve fancy special effects, either.

I’ve toyed with the idea of reviewing movies in the past, but several people pointed out that I like everything and I’m not critical enough to review movies. I’d have to agree actually. I can usually find redeeming qualities or at least some entertainment value in almost any movie.

So, I’ve decided to put my ability (some would say flaw) to the test. I’m going to scrape the bottom of the barrel on Netflix and find the lowest rated movies, watch them, then try to find some redeeming quality or something that entertained me. I have a feeling this isn’t going to be as easy as it sounds… or maybe it will be. Maybe I am just that easily amused.

I don’t know how often I’ll do this; just whenever the mood strikes me I suppose. I might even throw in my thoughts about higher rated movies here and there as well just to annoy the hyper critical.

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Q: I know there are more personal things going on in your life, why don’t you post more personal stuff on your blog?

A: Nothing like a question from a friend to kick in my long-windedness. I might wind up doing a podcast about this in the future, but I’ll go ahead and answer this here as well. I was raised not to “air your dirty laundry” as it were. Basically, no matter what is going on in my life, good or bad, I have a problem with exposing it to everyone that could possibly stumble in here. People are watching.

Sound paranoid? I didn’t used to be, but even employers are now searching the web to see what they can come up with on a potential job candidate. People have been fired for postings they made online. Think you can just delete anything personal so that job you’re applying for, your current job, your ex and his/her significant other, or your parents won’t find out just how neurotic you really are? Check out The Wayback Machine.

Granted, there are a lot of broken images, but I can see what Macabre Manor looked like back as far as April of 2004. All the textual content is still there.

So, I post inane things that don’t mean much most of the time. It makes for a very boring blog, I know. Granted, I’m hiding behind a pseudonym, which will probably make me bolder in the future, but as long as my daughter still lives at home I will remain very guarded. I know this makes me sound uber paranoid, but I’m really just being careful.

This isn’t the answer the questioner wanted, but for now it’s the way I feel about posts that are overly personal.

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