Don't go in the woods...

Tonight's Halloween Month Movie A Night: The Blair Witch Project.

I'll be watching it later tonight. This one freaked me out the first time I saw it. Like Rosemary's Baby this one does not rely on things you can see. This one relies on things unseen. A terrifying something. A trio of college kids embark upon a project to document "The Blair Witch", a long lived local legend. Things start off alright. Until they go to shoot some footage in the woods. There they encounter something they never dreamed, something completely horrifying. The final image of this film left me with a chill I couldn't shake for days.

I know that many people enjoy ragging on this film now, but I don't get why. It's concept is brilliant. Before it's release, it was so built up, including a website detailing the legend, and containing "footage" and more. It got the hype for the movie up so much you really did think this was all "for real".

I kept watching and watching for opportunities where Heather, Josh and Mike could bolt, could escape. But it never came. The more they tried the more it trapped them, sealing their doom. Keep in mind, this is all done via their "footage", so it feels very much like a home movie shot on a video camera. It's jumpy. Which is the great thing about it I think. Makes it more "real". Watch this one with the lights on.

Weekend music...

Random 10 @ The Music Memoirs

Time for the weekend musical recap. Just some of what I listened to over this weekend. Most of this stuff is on my mp3 playlist and / or on my iPod.

1. Fell On Black Days - Soundgarden
I am in love with the CD "Superunknown"!

2. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright
I've been getting into his stuff more and more.

3. Complainte de la Butte - Rufus Wainwright
Another Rufus, this one from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack.

4. My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Just because it's excellent.

5. Passionate Raindrops - Stevie Wonder
Hooray for a new Stevie CD!!!

6. In Bloom - Nirvana
From the "Nevermind" CD. Awesome.

7. Andante From Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major "Elvira Madigan" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I love to chill out to Mozart. This is a favorite piece of mine.

8. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M
"Murmur" and "Out of Time" are the two R.E.M. CDs I can't get enough of.

9. The Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin
Yeah, I had to get the Led out!

10. Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles
This was an alternate version, sounded alot like the final album version but with subtle differences.

Listened to a bunch of different outtakes and alternate takes of Beatles stuff on the iPod yesterday while hanging out, so for my random picture I give you: