Mistress at the Movies It

It’s October which means that it is scary movie month in Mistress Lana’s household. Unfortunately there aren’t that many scary movies out at the moment. A few stragglers from last year plus a few new releases, but no where near a month’s worth. So I decided that we need to dive into the old school horror. I missed a lot of these films owing to My mother’s belief that “those kind of films don’t need to be in your consciousness.” Apparently were I to have seen Nightmare on Elm Street my consciousness would have manifested a real Freddy who would have killed Me. And Me explaining that that was the plot of that movie did not strengthen My case. Consequently I have missed out on a lot of the classic horror flicks. I am working to remedy that.

Jason was a big fan of the Stephen King flicks so he was excited to start the month out with It, which terrified him as a kid. I was eager to see what all the hub bub was about.

I was disappointed.

I will start this out by saying to everyone who is shocked and grasping their chests in utter disbelief, that I am sure that if you saw it when it first came out or when you were younger it probably scared the shit out of you. Creepy clown killing kids. That is good source material. I am a fan of Tim Curry in all circumstances. I saw several familiar faces that I haven’t seen in a while. John Ritter, Jonathan Brandis (I used to have a poster of him on My wall), a very young Seth Green. However after the initial flush of recognition I settled into a deep disappointment with the movie.

This movie just seemed too dated for Me. Every bit of the costuming, hair, makeup, set design and camera style were time specific. Fortunately we have learned from our collective early 90’s mistakes and have run fleeing from the huge hair and poofy sleeves. But this movie was a time capsule to the point of being distracting. In this way the movie was simply of victim of being made when it was. It does not translate to a 30 year old woman living in 2010. The acting seemed over the top. The camera work seemed sloppy. It just did not float My boat.

I was disappointed.