tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post3273682226651306774..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: Summer of Slash: Happy Birthday to MeKevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-63438061175083859492012-10-02T22:32:33.958-07:002012-10-02T22:32:33.958-07:00I guess my main reason for loving this one is pure...I guess my main reason for loving this one is pure childhood memories. This was back in the day when the cable remote was the size of a trade paperback with features including individual buttons for each channel and a long cord running from it all the way to your television. HBO was in its infancy, and they hadn't quite grasped the concept of what was and what wasn't appropriate for the specific time of day. I was, I believe, a 3rd grader at the time, and I specifically remember being in the downstairs TV room of my afternoon sitter's house. Flicking on the telly, I was treated at that tender age to the wacky final scenes of HBTM. Avoiding any spoilers, as you so deftly have done here, allow me to say the... uh... dinner guests flipped my melon. It didn't actually scare me, but when I was old enough, I proceeded to rent the film with all due haste. Interestingly enough, I wound up seeing many horror films during my tender years in the same manner, brief channel flips to catch all the extreme bits followed years later by a passion to see the movies in their entirety. In a way, it's what created my mission-like attraction to spookshows in the first place. I suppose I have a soft place in my heart for HBTM as it one of my strongest childhood memories.Brian Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08128164553631991559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-42226241794649660862012-08-06T18:31:54.891-07:002012-08-06T18:31:54.891-07:00In addition to one of the Death Wish sequels, Thom...In addition to one of the <i>Death Wish</i> sequels, Thompson also directed the Charles Bronson vehicle <i>10 to Midnight</i>, which is kind of a hybrid of the slasher and vigilante cop genres, although it's considerably more lurid than this film (probably because it's not Canadian). I haven't seen <i>Happy Birthday to Me</i> in ages and I need to check it out again one of these days.Michael Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415848614028804767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-9860858413614415542012-08-06T14:33:51.243-07:002012-08-06T14:33:51.243-07:00Thanks, Tim.
I feel like I rushed this one due to...Thanks, Tim.<br /><br />I feel like I rushed this one due to leaving for a mini-vacation last week, but I'm glad you got the gist of what I was getting at with the Canadian vs American slasher. It's a subject that always fascinates me because even in the era of DVD and OnDemand, a lot of these Canadian slashers still go unseen. <br /><br />Had I not written this before I left for vacation last week (and tried to post it again before I leave for another vacation this week), I probably would have devoted another two or three paragraphs to the subject (covering each particular film)...but, alas, I didn't have the time. I will say that your admiration for <i>Terror Train</i> prompted me to give it another shot, and I liked it a lot more the second go-round. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for checking these out! I can't wait for October...I have some really good Italian horrors lined up.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-82573090621729868982012-08-06T10:44:13.285-07:002012-08-06T10:44:13.285-07:00I haven't seen this one - it's on the dock...I haven't seen this one - it's on the docket for this year, though! - but I just wanted to thank you for that absolutely wonderful treatment of Canadian slashers in the opening of your review. It is a subject that I know to be of particular interest to the both of us, and I enjoy your thoughts on the matter every time they crop up.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.com