{"id":509,"date":"2015-10-22T09:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T09:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/?p=509"},"modified":"2015-10-22T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T09:22:26","slug":"halloween-3-less-of-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/halloween-3-less-of-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 3 &#8211; Less of the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We\u2019ve been giving you guys ideas on how to celebrate Halloween for three years running now; from enthusiasts to conscious objectors, there\u2019s plenty of ways to please everybody. So this year we thought we\u2019d go down the route of horror movies &#8211; with a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That\u2019s right, even the most devout \u201c<i>Halloween is a stupid, made-up holiday for kids<\/i>\u201d non-believer can\u2019t argue with our suggestion on this one. Watching scary movies is one of the best ways to spend Oct. 31st, or if you already have party plans, Nov 1st, while you\u2019re nursing a hangover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So turn the lights down, grab some popcorn, and enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Blood: The Last Vampire<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">This Japanese anime (yes, it\u2019s a cartoon, but it\u2019s definitely NOT for kids) follows Saya, the world\u2019s last remaining vampire and humanity\u2019s only protector against deadly demonic forces. The film takes place in the days leading up to the Vietnamese war, on a US army base in Japan, where Saya is tasked by the Secret Service to hunt a pack of demons responsible for a string of grisly murders against its inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tYnciEGup9k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The animation is beautifully cinematic, and the action set pieces are spectacular, but what makes <i>Blood<\/i> perfect viewing for Halloween is its atmosphere and sleek story. Not your typical Halloween vampire movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>What We Do in the Shadows<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking of non-typical vampire movies, <i>What We Do in the Shadows<\/i> is humorous look at three modern-day vampires living together in a house in New Zealand. The film is written by and stars <i>Flight of the Concords\u2019<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, which should give you some idea of what to expect from this very dark comedy. Incase not, check out this reel of very, very funny moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HACXYXyzfH8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Housebound<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Another horror comedy from New Zealand, <i>Housebound <\/i>is<i> <\/i>just as terrifying as it is funny at times. When a female young offender is sentenced to house arrest with her mum, she begins to notice strange things happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ji8Tsuj3u0c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The laughs and funny dialogue are punctuated with moments of genuine shock and tension. This is comedy at its absolute weirdest &#8211; in a truly scary kind of way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Cabin in the Woods<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">You may have heard of this one when it first came out\u2026 and totally missed the concept, based on its generic title and premise of teenagers, isolated cabin, and creepy goings on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Itzujv4JwU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In actual fact, <i>Cabin in the Woods <\/i>is a send-up of the traditional horror\/slasher genre that is so mind bending, we couldn\u2019t help but love it. It essentially revolves around a satanic corporation who are tasked with staging cheesy horror movie setups in order to keep satanic forces entertained. It\u2019s clever, funny and cruel.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been giving you guys ideas on how to celebrate Halloween for three years running now; from enthusiasts to conscious objectors, there\u2019s plenty of ways to please everybody. So this year we thought we\u2019d go down the route of horror movies &#8211; with a difference. That\u2019s right, even the most devout \u201cHalloween is a stupid, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-for-thought"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}