Barbara Boxer Deserves Senate Seat Over Fiorina
Young people are undecided and uninformed about the election next week, according to recent polls.
Pain, Pleather and Pleasure: Need We Say More?
Here’s the thing: I like to be spanked. Preferably to the point of intense pain.
Eli Roth’s “Hostel”
The Euro-trip is a time-honored rite of passage for middle class white people. It’s considered a safe place to travel and reconnect with history, whatever that is. “Hostel” takes that formula and flips it on its ear. While lacking anything resembling a plot, this is one of the hardest, most stomach turning movies ever made. […]
Ridley Scott’s “Alien
“Alien” is pretty much your standard haunted house flick — transported into space. And that makes it a thousand times more awesome. I mean, it’s about a monster that’s on the loose in a small, enclosed space, taking out characters one by one. And not only that, but the design of the ship’s interior evokes […]
Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas
A group of sorority sisters receives threatening calls from a mysterious caller on Christmas Eve in Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas.” Recognized by many as the first slasher film (predating John Carpenter’s “Halloween” by four years), this Canadian gem is one of the best of its kind. It’s creepy and atmospheric throughout, but its chilling ending […]
William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist
This choice seems like a cliché, I know. But this film, about a little girl who gets possessed by the devil, is the perfect horror film. You see, when horror deals with the supernatural, it only really works if the whole world around the supernatural is believable, so that it feels like it’s something that […]
Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi’s first true horror movie since directing the “Spider Man” trilogy tells the story of an ambitious bank worker who gets cursed by an angry customer. Filled with the typical cheese and B-movie gore of Raimi’s older horror films, this movie leaves the viewer both afraid and amused up until its unexpected ending. The […]
Dario Argento’s “Suspiria
An American exchange student at a ballet school in Italy encounters a coven of witches in Dario Argento’s “Suspiria.” While it isn’t necessarily scary, “Suspiria” is certainly one of the creepiest films I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. A vibrant color scheme (this was the last movie ever processed in Technicolor), an evocative musical […]
6.66 Scary Movies…Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
I’m referring to the 1974 version, the original, but any version of the movie is terrifying nonetheless. Here’s the premise: a group of five young adults on a road trip get stranded on the property of hillbilly cannibals. That’s really not too bad, seeing how the family can’t physically catch a bunch of athletic young […]
Gaucho Win Streak Halted in SLO
The #13 UCSB men’s soccer team suffered its first loss in seven games, falling on the road to Cal Poly (6-5-3 overall, 3-2-2 Big West) 2-1 last night in overtime in front of 8,125 fans and Fox Soccer Channel’s national cameras. The loss brings the team’s record to 1-3-2 in extra time matches this season.