[Poison Shadow]

So, Chiller ran a horror movie marathon the other day, and I watched Flatliners for the first time. Would anyone really consider that a horror movie? I mean, I guess there was a ghost... kind of. I'd think of it more as a thriller than anything, although parts were pretty comical (unintentionally) too.

I bought The Evil Within last night for my Xbox One. I like the game, but it isn't even as intense as I would've liked. Whereas Dead Space basically made me immune to jump scares after it released, I'm afraid Outlast may have dulled the excitement that comes from being chased by big, nearly invincible monsters. Everything has a "business as usual" sort of feel to it in EW. They did get me with a jump scare for the first time in a very long time, though. A shrieking ghost of a woman lit on fire came bursting out of doorway in front of me. I miss moments like that, like back when I got into Resident Evil for the first time.

I'd give my left nut for some action figures, though. I was initially disappointed in the creature designs. The basic enemies are just zombies wrapped in barbed wire, which also seems to be carrying over into the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations 2. That's boring. The part I just finished, though, had a very crazy spider-like enemy... picture the girl from The Ring if she suddenly sprouted multiple extra arms and legs and could manifest herself from the blood of corpses lying on the ground. That was a great, memorable moment.