I'm in need of a good scare....

Nicole and I are really really jonesing for a scary movie.  Let Me In wasn't exactly what she expected and My Soul To Take just looks awful, so we thought we might be out of luck this October.  However, while flipping through my Flixter Movies app on my new DroidX, I came across a little British sci-fi flick simply called Monsters.  I read the synopsis, watched the trailer, and now I'm psyched.  Call it the next District 9.

The movie takes place six years after a NASA probe returned to Earth with samples of alien life.  It crashed over Central America and new life forms began to sprout up over half of Mexico, causing it to be quarantined.  It sounds like the story takes place through the eyes of a journalist who agrees to locate and escort to the safety of the US border the daughter of his boss, a shaken American tourist.  I'm sure they're in for some terrifying encounters as they try to get out of the war between the monsters and the American and Mexican military.  Here is a link to the official site.  Watch the trailer and let me know what you guys think.

Something else I'm extremely excited about is the premiere of AMC's new show The Walking Dead.  As anyone who watches TV should know, AMC makes some damn good original television.  Their first was Mad Men, a show many consider to be the best show on TV.  Then there was Breaking Bad, a show I consider to be one of the best on TV.  After that came Rubicon, one I haven't yet had a chance to watch, but one that my brother seems to think is pretty good (though the trailers seem to be saying otherwise).  So even regardless of the latter, AMC has a damn good track record with enough Emmy's to make Tony Soprano have another panic attack.

When I heard AMC was coming out with another drama, and about zombies no less, needless to say I was extremely excited.  When I heard it would be created by one of the best writer/directors in Hollywood (Frank Darabont, the man behind Shawshank and The Mist) I just about had a panic attack myself.  The story seems pretty zombie-standard, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, doing unimaginable things to stay alive, etc, but with such a rock solid foundation I don't think it can lose.  Make sure to check out the 90-minute (!) premiere on AMC on Halloween at 10pm.

-Dan