Scary movies make me want to scream.

I suppose that’s the idea, but when the people around you look at you like you’re a weirdo and say stuff like, “This is SOOO not scary,” you might feel a little small and try to stifle it. This just means you need to go to a movie that’s going to scare everyone in the place. Like “Frontier(s)“.

This movie is so scary and gory, the makers decided to release it unrated knowing it would get an NC-17 rating based on the violence and goriness alone. This is hardly ever done. First off, movies usually need a high level of overt sex to get this rating. Second off, releasing without a rating means fewer theatres will be willing to deal with the backlash of showing it. there’s always going to be someone who doesn’t look at a synopsis before going into a movie and assumes they know what it is about based on the title.

With this one, they’d probably think it’s about 17th century pilgrims or something and take it out on the staff when they realize what they’ve bought a ticket for. So this can be a controversial move, but the makers believed cutting it down enough to get a ‘R’ rating would compromise the integrity of the film.

So they left it. There was only one theater in the state showing it and it was close by. If you like scary movies, you can view the trailer and then see if you can still find it in the theatres. The movie was released May9th and the DVD release was a week later so you might only find it in DVD.

Have you heard of manga? I hadn’t until I saw a whole section of it at the bookstore and my sister looked at me like I’d been living under a rock because I didn’t know what it was. I’ve since educated myself.

For those of you who know about manga or are interested in finding out, I thought I’d let you know about “DeathNote“, the movie based on the superNatural magna series coming to theatres for only 2 days on May 20th and May 21st and there’s only one showing each day. When someone’s name is written in this supernatural notebook, they die. The character ‘Light’ gets ahold of the book and starts putting the names of criminals in it.

One of the most interesting tidbits about this film is that it’s live action – quite a change from what we probably all expect from our favorite magna series. If you go see this, you should know that it is unrated but would probably get an ‘R’ rating so it’s not for young kids.

On a side note, if I had one supernatural ability, it would be the ability to pass though solid objects at will. I had to add the ‘at will’ part because I always wonder why ghosts and the like can go through walls but don’t fall through the floor.

I almost ripped my husband thumb off during a scary movie. That would have resulted in a real bloodbath instead of the simulated ones we were watching. Fortunately for him, he was able to get it away from me before it came off. He used to try to get me to see scary movies, but not so much anymore. And when he does, he is VERY protective of his thumbs.

“Frontier(s)” is one of those movies he might like seeing. The trailer gives you a hint of the gore involved in it. Apparently, it’s so bloody, it got an NC17 rating from the MPAA just for the violence. That’s pretty impressive since the MPAA can be weird with it’s ratings (like with “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” cartoon that had pole dancing and other sexual overtones but still got a ‘G’ rating).

It opened in theatres on a limited, unrated bases on May 9th because the makers didn’t want to cut it to pieces in order to get the ‘R’ rating. In a gutsy move, they kept the movie as it was and went the unrated route, which can be quite difficult since theaters don’t often like to show those. In fact, it has already had its DVD release (on May 13th) so you can go look for it at your favorite horror movie store.

Enjoy and I hope you don’t lose your lunch.