Jaws (1975)

Jaws is the classic 1975 Steven Spielberg film based off of the Peter Benchley novel of the same name.

Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dryefuss, Jaws follows the story of the small summer destination town of Amity and how it is being plagued by a great white shark with the acquired taste for human flesh. The town is then forced to close all their beaches causing an uproar with the townsfolk as their livelihood is at stake.

Now, if you are over the age of 15 and have never seen this movie in any setting at all then you need to come out from the rock you've been living under and watch this damn movie!

I have seen Jaws a countless amount of times and I can tell you right now that I have never gotten sick of it and will probably never be able to get sick of it due to the greatness it portrays.

Great actors, great dialogue, top of the line animatronics and special effects and something that could potentially happen anywhere due to the fact that it takes place right off of a beach. And what city or town doesn't have a beach. It scared the shit out of me when I had first seen it as a child and several times more after that as well causing me and some of my friends to refuse going swimming for a very long time.

I absolutely loved all the under water scene's from the sharks point of view while he was hunting and attacking his victims, something several horror films followed suit with for years to come.

Another thing that I have to mention, and yes I know, now we might be getting a little too geeky for your tastes but if you can get the blu ray edition of the film, please check out all the special features, mainly the making of Jaws (which amazed me and got me hooked on this film when I saw it as a kid) and the two hour documentary. They are both phenomenal pieces and will make you love the movie more than you did before.

Without actually having to say it, this beauty is getting a 10 out of 10 from me!

Again if you have not seen it, go find a copy and watch the damn thing!

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The Human Centipede II (2011)

I'm going to be a hundred percent honest here and say that I wanted nothing to do with this movie but felt like I had to review it to properly follow up with the original.

I feel like the only reason this sequel was even thought up was to cash in on the popularity that the original had gained over the prior years. So in other words, it's a freaking money grab.

We start by following an over weight, under confident and possibly mentally challenged man named Martin, he is a security guard who is obssessed with the movie "The Human Centipede".

He is so enthralled with the idea of having his own home made pet centipede that Martin decides to take the movie's horrific idea and turns it into his own reality.

Like most other sequel concepts, bigger is always better and  that's exactly what they did with this one, attempting to create a twelve man human centipede.

The use of black and white mixed with the obsessant nagging of Martin's mother was very reminissant to me of the original Pshyco film.

I found alot of the the killing scenes very bland and boring. It looked like the same kill was done over and over again to different victims.

Another part that does not bode well with me is that there was no authority figures that ever appeared nor did anybody even attempt to question Martin about any of the missing people or the continuously crying infant that he left in the car.

Althought I did not want to see this film, I did enjoy the first half of it for some reason. It's possible the fact that the main character did not say a word the entire time and the resemblance to pshyco that drew me in. But that feeling was lost thanks to the last thirty minutes of the movie.

I will have to give the human centipede II a 4 out of 10 as I did for it's predessesor.

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