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the host

This was one of those Korean monster movies. It was not really up my alley. We did get off to a bad start, though–we started the movie in the DVD’s default format, which was badly overdubbed American voices. After 30 minutes of this ridiculousness, I found out that we could …

the orphanage

We’ve been on a horror movie kick lately. I guess it’s the season for it. This was a pretty good film. Not totally awesome or anything, but worth a look if you’re into ghost stories. It rated very low on the gore factor and that was fine with me. Be …

race to witch mountain

We did the Family Movie Night thing last night and watched this flick. It was ok. I’m still having problems finding good movies for us to watch. Jake liked it, but his tastes aren’t exactly discerning. The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) starred in this movie, but he kept his shirt on …

drag me to hell

This movie looked great in the previews, but not so much in the DVD player. First problem: it wasn’t the least bit scary. Second problem: they went for the gross-out instead, but that, too, was ineffective. I guess I’m not a huge horror movie fan (I have pretty specific tastes …