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“Go To” Movies…..

movies you simply cannot get enough of!
  • January 10th, 2008
  • BY Petra
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Any of you out there have what I call your “go to” movies? You know, movies that you have seen 100 times , can recite the lines word for word, but still watch over and over when nothing else in on? From a comedy standpoint, I love Adam Sandler. His movies are a riot. As well, Empire Records & Valley Girl are staples of my DVD selection. But inevitably, when my husband doesn’t get a sayso, I go for the blood and gore and bugs.

One of my favorites that I have yet to get sick of is Wrong Turn. I love Eliza Dushku and think she does great in this film, altho not seeing her be a badass vampire slayer didn’t seem quite right initially. She pulls it out though, and I get caught up in the characters fear each time I watch it. The cannibals are very convincing and realistic looking. It never ceases to amaze me how much cinema graphics have improved over the years.

One key feature a movie has to have in order to be in the running for my list of favs is that it needs to rope me in within the first 10-15 minutes and be able to maintain a pace that keeps me from getting bored. This movie does both. Needless to say I was pretty pumped to see they had released Wrong Turn 2 - Dead End (Unrated).
It took a different spin from the first in that it has much more of the typical B-movie criteria: boob shots and gratuitous sex; no name actors;  typical “chase” scenes; and the movie was released straight to DVD. No waiting 6months to a year for the movie release. All the criteria I love.


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  1. BadEvanNo Gravatar said on January 11th, 2008 at 2:12 am

    This is sad…But I have about 300 “go-to” movies…..lol.
    No really, I can quote around 300 flicks like I’m reading the script.

    As far as Faith from BTVS. I have said many times, “If I was ever to be a girl…I’d wanna be Faith. She’s tough, independent, oozes sexuality, and extremely psychotic…”

    Wrong Turn 2 sucked…sorry. It rates up there with Cabin Fever. With out the finger scene. Yeah, that one…hehe.

  2. PageNo Gravatar said on January 12th, 2008 at 2:12 am

    Yeh I agree, Faith is hot. And I too have alot of “go to” movies, but not quite 300 - THAT is impressive!

    Cabin Fever was AWful! And thats saying something coming from me since my expectations for horror movies is so “b”plistic (…think simplistic)………

    You asked about my favorite B movies. I have been trying to narrow it down and can’t really seem to. Has the makings of a cool post tho…. ;-)

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