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halloween movie fest 2013 is happening.

It’s been like 47 billion years since the last time I posted on Roused. Or two months. Although, if time isn’t linear, that may be the same thing. I digress.

I should be sleeping right now, yet, here I am. Every time I quit Roused, it pulls me back in.

This time I am back because I just don’t want to live through an October without a Halloween Movie Fest. After all these years, it just feels wrong. I could do it without sharing it on the internets, but that just doesn’t feel the same. Thus, here we are. I’m doing this, and I am sharing it, just in case you’re interested.

This year’s fest will be two weeks long. As always, I am bringing back a few favorites (i.e. Pontypool, 28 Days Later) and watching a whole bunch of new ones, some classics, some new, all in the hopes of expanding my understanding of the genre. Yep, I’m a nerd.

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14 films in 14 days. Here is the list:

  1. Pontypool
  2. 28 Days Later
  3. Let The Right One In (original) / or / The Shining (haven’t decided yet what I want to fill that last favorite slot with.)
  4. Dead Alive
  5. Repulsion
  6. Re-Animator
  7. Les diaboliques
  8. Citadel
  9. Frankenweenie
  10. Mama
  11. The Awakening
  12. Peeping Tom
  13. The Descent
  14. Carrie (2013)

That’s all for now. More to come. You’ve been warned.

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and i will wait… [2013 movies i’m most excited for, part 2a.]

Friends, it has been a long time. Where do I even begin? Now that I FINALLY finished graduate school everything is in transition. What on earth should I do with the rest of my life? Much to think on.

First, I might as well start sharing awesome shit on Roused again, no?

Emily and I went to see Pacific Rim last week (which for all its many flaws was still really fun and uncommonly badass). With each new movie poster we passed, Emily asked me what the film was about and if I had heard anything about it. I realized that without RtM my own wife hadn’t seen all the trailers I normally share. It’s a travesty. So, if for no other reason than to share them with Emily, and of course because I promised to make this post back in January, here are the second half movies I am most excited about. Clearly, omitting most of July because it is already behind us. It’s a massive content dump for you to pick and choose those that interest you. To try and make up for lost time, I am going to share a ton of films. That being the case, I’m going to split it up into two posts.

P.S. – For obvious reasons, I haven’t done the usual scouring of the interwebs for new movie info, which means this list is far less knowledgable than those of the past. I’m 100% positive I am missing some great ones. For that reason, PLEASE send along recommendations. FEED ME!

Check it all out after the jump.

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gravity. [trailer park.]

Gravity-Poster

This is one of those movies where it feels like I’ve been reading about it forever. Finally, a trailer. It’s got enough going for it that I was still excited after Sandra Bullock signed on. For me, that’s saying something!

[via@Josué Blanco]

There are more late trailers coming this week. It’s probably about the most blogging I can do in May with my course load. But soon… graduation!!

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the world’s end. [trailer park.]

The World’s End finally has a trailer! Hopefully it lives up to its remarkable pedigree.

The trailer is really poorly constructed, and the MSN player audio is TERRIBLE for some reason. Unfortunately, this is all we’ve got for the moment. There is plenty of time between now and October for them to give us a better trailer.

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