What I Watched - House on Sorority Row
Slashers from the 80s need three things: tits, blood, and camp, which is why My Bloody Stripper Dearest would be the best movie ever. Since that movie doesn't actually exist I recommend checking out House on Sorority Row . The set up is simple: it's the end of college for a group of catty sorority girls but their fun keeps getting kiboshed by their cunty house mother. When the girls decide to pull a prank on their casa madre things go horribly awry when they accidentally kill her. Or do they?! When the girls start getting picked off one by one with the heavy, pointy cane that the house mother always used they begin to believe that she didn't actually die and is now like super pissed. You're bound to have fun with the witty dialog and even more fun pointing and saying "hey that's the chick from Monkey Shines! Hey that's the chick from Arachnophobia!" But the best thing about the movie is that it's actually good. A tight script and somewhat believable twist ending add to the fun. Not to mention one of the scariest surprises I've seen in a long time that actually made me jump. Of course there are a few minor logic problems with the movie (i.e. why is the street called Sorority Row if that's quite obviously the only house on the street?) but if you're able to let that go and go along for the ride it's definitely worth the time.
On a minor side note, the 2009 remake Sorority Row is equally campy and, believe it or not, even more fun. Add both to your Netflix queue and compare and contrast. You'll find that while the fashions and head shapes may have changed, a good campy horror movie remains the same.
Do you have Netflix? We should do a viewing party one night and record a commentary track with Skype for Tina's new commentary track podcast. I'm leaning towards Friday the 13th, Part IV. Any interest?
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O yea! We should do that! I'm down, just let me know when.
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