I Can't Stop Watching. I Can't Stop Remembering.

I love the opening titles of True Blood. The images coupled with the song have a mesmerizing effect, and I find myself singing the lyrics quietly to myself during the day. It has to do with being from the South; so many familiar images - some nostalgic, some unnerving, but all a part of my upbringing. I've seen those delapidated houses, those women, those kids, those congregations, those bars. It makes my heart ache in a particular way as I sit up here in the North... like a vital piece of me has gone missing. I try to find it in music, images, movies, but I know them all to be temporary fixes.

I'm a Southern girl who belongs in the South and no other remedy will do. I know it will happen in time, til then it's gotta be things like these...

The Art of the Title Sequence

Thank the gods there are folks out there working hard and doing way cool things so the rest of us can just sit back and enjoy. You must check out The Art of the Title Sequence, a site that features, among other discussions, the opening credits of films. There's all kinds of wonderful goodies on there, including one of my all time favorite opening sequences - the remake of Dawn of the Dead.

Some other goodies....
The Changeling
Ginger Snaps
Halloween
Lost Highway
The Shining
True Blood

and tons of non-horror gems.


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Dawning...Best Horror Film Poster of 2010? Yes.

I definitely want to see this.

Official Movie Site

LOVE the poster.


UPDATE: Looks like there will be a screening of the film Feb. 20th and 21st at the 2010 Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, NC. If you're anywhere near there, I'd suggest you check it out. (Thanks for the info Gregg!)
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The Horror The Horror

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