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Top 5 Horror Movies to watch this Halloween (in my opinion, of course)
Are your fan of horror movies, and ready to get into the Halloween/spooky feeling? if so then you might want to check out these top 5 best horror movies (in my opinion, of course) that are out there today.
- Scream:
Directed by Wes Craven and Staring Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courtney Cox as Gale weather’s, David Arquette as Dewey Riley, Matthew Lillard as Stu Macher, and Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis this horror movie is certainly one for the books. This iconic horror movie released in 1996. is about a young girl name Sidney Prescott, who is repeatedly stalked by a person in a scream ghost face costume who is trying to kill her. Throughout the movie, Sidney has to face a lot of battles with the killer as she is trying to survive and figure out who is trying to kill her. Unfortunately, while she is trying to survive most of her friends, and the people around her are not so lucky, as they unfortunately meet their fate with ghost face. I won’t spoil the ending for you, but I will say this. It is an intense, suspenseful movie with a lot of twists right down to the bone, and it will have you checking the surroundings of your own home while you’re watching this movie. If you’re into intense and suspenseful and jump scary kind of movies, then this movie is the one for you.
Scream title- Courtesy of IMDb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/
- A Nightmare on Elm Street:
Another movie directed by Wes Craven and Released in 1984 starring Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson, Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz, and Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray, this movie will have you at the edge of your seat. This movie is about a monster called Freddy Krueger who haunts kids in their dreams and make it feel so real that he actually alters the dream world and turns them into reality. Nancy Thompson who is the main character in this movie has to survive while she watches all of her friends die by literally having nightmares about Freddy Krueger in their dreams. Nancy, armed with only her skills and mindset she knows exactly how to take down this beast of a monster, and that is too not to believe in Freddy at all and make him feel less real as possible, in order to take him down. Again, I won’t spoil the ending of this movie, but it is a wild one for sure. Check out it today!
A Nightmare in Elm Street title- Courtesy of IMDb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/
- Jaws:
Directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1975 and starring Roy Scheider as Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper, and Robert Shaw as Quint, this horror movie is really just plain and simple. This horror movie is about a killer shark named Jaws, who is on the loose looking for his next meal, and his next meal isn’t exactly fish food, instead it’s human food unfortunately. This scary looking shark goes around and terrorizes the people of the city know as Amity island, and it’s up to Martin, Matt, and Quint to stop it, so they all hop onto Quint’s boat in order to find and kill this massive shark. I won’t spoil the ending for you, but it’s a great one! And one you should watch for sure, and be sure to not miss the most iconic line ever in a horror movie, when Martin comes face to face with the shark on the boat and slowly backs away into the boat where he meets Quint (the captain of the boat) and saids to him “we are going to need a bigger boat.” It’s a great horror movie all around! So, don’t miss it when you have the chance to see it.
Jaws title- Courtesy of IMDb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/
- The Shining:
This movie starring Jack Nicholson and released in 1980, is a really creepy one indeed. This movie starts off in a hotel where Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) is with his wife and son. They are staying at a hotel that has had a very violent past and the longer they stay there, the more isolated they start to become and the more that Jack starts to lose his sanity as well. Then, once Jack have realized what the hotel is actually about, he starts to lose his sanity even more, so much more that he decides to go after his wife and son and try to murder them. This movie is very suspenseful and has one of the most iconic lines in horror movie history as well to, when Jack knocks down half of the bathroom door that his wife is locked behind and trying to keep Jack out, Jack then sticks his face through the open half of the door, and shows us this menacing face before delivering the iconic line that everyone still knows as today as “here’s Johnny!” Again I won’t spoil the ending for you as I haven’t done for most of the movies on this list, but all I can tell you is that it’s a great and very suspenseful, and disturbing and intense movie, it will have you at the edge of your seat, and it even might force you to look away at times because of how disgusting the scenes can get, but all in all it’s an awesome movie, and a must watch as well too!
The Shining title- Courtesy of IMDb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/
- Scream 2:
Similar to the first Scream. This sequel is one of the best sequels ever, in any horror movie franchise. Scream 2 was released in 1997 and it features Sidney Prescott again (played by Neve Campbell) who is trying to survive yet another killer dressed up in a ghost face costume who is trying to kill her. Sidney goes through a lot to battles in this one as well to, but in the end, she prevails and there’s also a big twist at the end of this movie to. I won’t spoil to much of this movie for you, but I suggest you go watch it, as it’s an amazing sequel with really intense, and scary scenes too.
Scream 2 title- Courtesy of IMDb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/
There are the top 5 best horror movies (in my opinion, of course) to watch for this upcoming Halloween, I hope you enjoyed reading this and have a good one!
Scream 5 and the Scream Franchise
The Scream movie franchise will be seeing yet another instalment of the series with a Scream 5 coming to theatres in the year of 2022 and I am so excited about it!! The scream movies are my favourite horror movies. Not only are they classics, but the way they break down how horror movies are made and filmed is really cool too. They break down basically every corner and typical stuff that happens in every horror movie, and on top of that it’s a horror movie of it’s own! They got this mad killer on the loose who dresses up in this ghost face costume who is stalking and trying to kill this girl who is named Sidney Prescott. It’s a really creepy, suspenseful, and intense series as Sidney is trying to survive and defeat ghost face and find out who he or she really is behind the mask.
The worst part, is that it could be anyone and one reoccurrence thing that we see in these types of movies is that most of Sidney friends don’t always end up making it unfortunately, and Sidney starts to lose trust with the people around her, the more that the movie goes on because she keeps on thinking that one of the people who is always around her, is the killer (which is actually true) so she has to figure out who is doing this to her. The first scream movie is and will always be a classic to this day. The second scream movie is really good to, and it’s one of my favourite sequels ever in a horror movie franchise. The third movie however, isn’t really all that good but that’s mostly because the production of that movie was rushed at the time, and they had to have it released on time, but nevertheless it is still part of the franchise and it’s ok I guess, but I wouldn’t call it amazing to be honest.
The fourth movie picked it up again a little bit, and it turn out to be great! I think that the main reason as to why the scream franchise is great is because they have always have stayed with the same original cast members, ever since the franchise began, and I believe that every horror movie should be like this. You know what they say, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” Just stay with the original cast members all the time, because we get to know them, and it’s hard when other big franchise for example like home alone switch actors as the series grow more and more bigger and more and more better as well too. It just makes us harder to connect with the movies when they keep on adding new staring actors all the time. The way that the scream franchise is able to keep the same actors all the time, really makes the experiences of these movies a whole lot better.
Did you know that Scream 5 was actually never meant to happen, because unfortunately the director of all of the scream movies so far which has been Wes Craven unfortunately passed away in 2015 and the scream franchise was supposed to come to an end with Scream 4. However, new directors such as Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have came in to fulfill the role of Wes Craven and give the scream fans a Scream 5. I personally believe that no one can do a better job than Wes Craven because he was truly one of, and if not the greatest director ever! And he will be truly missed, Rest in Peace Wes Craven, you were the best director ever! And well will miss you for sure.
I wonder what Scream 5 has in store for us, but whatever it is I’m sure it’s going to be awesome! If you haven’t gotten into the scream franchise yet, I suggest you do. It’s a classic, and once you have finished watching all of the scream movies, be sure to go on to YouTube and search up “everything you didn’t know about Scream.” That way, you will know and get a better feeling about the behind the scenes of scream and what it was really like on set, but this only if you’re a die-hard Scream fan like me, if you’re not then you don’t have to do it, but it’s really cool to see how they make movies like these.
Also, and again this only if you’re a die-hard fan of the series, you can also search up on YouTube some theories about Scream, those are really interesting videos as well too. Also, did you know that Scream also has a tv series to? That’s right, there’s a tv series for Scream as well, and it’s on Netflix right now, but I wouldn’t recommend watching it until you’ve seen all of the original Scream movies first, and that’s including Scream 5 as well too. I will tell you this about the Scream tv series though. It’s a really well-done series and it’s only two seasons long, and it’s really awesome! I started getting into the Scream series back in early high school, and I’ve a been a huge fan of the Scream franchise ever since!
Also, it’s one of the first horror movies that I’ve ever watched in my life, and if I’m being completely honest here, it’s what got me interested in the horror movie universe. The way That the series uses jump scares at the right moment, is awesome and it will keep you on the edge of your seat that’s for sure! For me, in order to get the best feeling of Scream, I would suggest watching it either by yourself or with one other person. If you watch it with a big group of people, it’s not that much fun, when compared to watching it by yourself or with one other person. That is, one suggestion that I will make about watching this type of horror movie.
All in all, the Scream franchise is one of the best horror movie franchises out there! And it’s definitely one of my favourites too and I encourage everyone to try to watch it because it’s really awesome! Especially with the new movie on the way for the series as well too.
Scream 5 title- Courtesy of Today Top Stories In https://topstoriestoday.in/scream-5-provides-its-first-new-forged-member/
7 Things to do when your stuck in a Pandemic and the Weather outside is Bad and you are Bored
Are you tired of spending all of this time inside due to the pandemic, and now that the winter weather is coming soon that doesn’t help much either? Are you bored and having nothing to do? Well then here are 7 things to help with your boredom during these unprecedented times.
- Read a book:
There’s nothing like keeping your mind occupied and escaping to a new world full of crazy adventures, and you can find all of that type of stuff in a great book. Some of the books that I would recommend reading is the maze runner, Harry Potter, and The Lord of the Rings. Those are all great reads, and it will take you to a place where you never been before. Or if you’re into book series, then I would recommend either reading the Harry Potter series, or The Lord of the Ring’s series, or even the Hunger Games series. All of those series are really good to read to!
- Get some exercise:
To keep your mind active and motivated during these difficult times you should try exercising. Exercising is a great way to keep your body and mind active. There are many different types of exercises to do, such as weight training, running, and doing a pre-set work out schedule exercise at a gym. If you can try to keep on being motivated during these difficult times through exercising and keep on keeping your body in shape, then you will get out of being bored in no time!
- Hang out with your pets:
If you own a pet such as a dog or cat, then you should spend more time with them. Dogs are especially perfect to ease the stress and anxiety that humans often get sometimes and especially during these difficult times to as well. Pets in general, makes us feel happy, and gives us something to do to keep our mind occupied. We can play with our pets, go out for a run with our pets or just lie down and relax with our pets. Also, pets are exciting to watch to, as you get to see what they do during the day, and see a character develop from within them, and they always got your back to as well.
- Watch tv:
This one is for when you really have nothing to do, but another great way to keep your mind occupied if you’re bored is to just watch some tv. If you own a Netflix account, then there are some great movies/tv shows on there. One of the best tv shows I’ve seen on there is the walking dead. It’s a great horror series, and I would recommend watching it. One of the movies that I enjoy watching on Netflix are the Jurassic Park series. It’s an amazing action-packed movie filled with awesome dinosaurs that escape, and terrorize everyone who is stuck on the island.
- Cook some food:
If your bored, try cooking some food. Who knows, you might come up with something creative to cook. If you can’t, then there are many different recipes and many different recipes books out there that you can look through and try to make some of the food that you come across. Also, if you have kids, then try to get them involved too, and make it fun for the whole family. I know thanksgiving has just past but maybe try making some Halloween food, or if you really want to get ahead of the game, then try cooking some Christmas food too. For Halloween, maybe try making some apple pie, or pumpkin pie, or even pumpkin cookies too. For Christmas maybe try making some chocolate cake or some special type of pasta or chicken. There are lot’s of things to cook out there, because there’s a whole world of different recipes to try out there as well too, so what are you waiting for? Get your cooking on today!
- Clean the house:
If your house is starting to look a little dirty or is in rough shape, then another way to try to keep your mind occupied during these difficult times is to clean it. Get a vacuum cleaner and a mop and start cleaning under those couches, and in those bedrooms, and on those counters as well too. Keep the house clean for everyone! I know it sounds like a lot of work but once you’re done, you will feel proud of what you have accomplished, and everyone will be happy to live in a safe and clean house once again. Also, if you notice that the walls are in bad shape too, then maybe it’s finally time that you paint them. Grab a paint brush and some paint (make sure that the paint colour that you have, matches the same paint colour that is on the wall) and start painting. Also, you don’t have to just paint the walls, maybe you can paint the outside fence that’s surrounding your house. Anything that you think is out of shape or worn out, then you should go, and try to fix it, and touch it up a little bit too, even if it’s just having to replace that one light bulb in the house, then you should go and do it! To make the house look nicer as well too. Anything like this will help benefit both you and the house as well too. It will benefit you because you won’t be bored anymore, and it will benefit the house because then the house will be clean, and more will maintain than it has. ever been before!
- Take a nap:
This is a simpler one. If you are bored, then why not just take a good long nap? After all, sleep is one of the most important things for your body to get. Did You know that you can actually die if you don’t get enough sleep? I know it’s a scary fact, but it’s important for you to know how much sleep is important for your body to get, in order to survive. Sleep, also helps with relaxing your body, and when you wake up you feel fresher and more relaxed than ever before, and you will be ready to start your day even better than before. Also, it will help you concentrate more better as well too. Well, what are you waiting for? Get your sleep on!
Some Fun Things that you can do with your Dog
Do you own a pet dog? If so, here are some fun things to do with your dog.
- Playing with your dog:
Playing with your dog is one of the main things that you can do with your dog. Whether it’s playing catch, or tug of war or running around, those are all great things to do with your dog. When your playing with your dog make sure that you only play with one toy at a time with your dog, otherwise there will be toys all of over place and that’s no good, you want your dog to focus on one thing at a time, in order to make things easier for both you and your dog. Otherwise, everything will just get really confusing. When playing tug of war with your dog, the best toy to get is a strong kind of rope toy, so that way you and your dog will have room to grab onto both sides of the rope. Also, playing tug of war with you dog is one of the best things to with your dog. It’s one of the best things to do with your pet dog because, and this is a cool fact that I’ve found out just the other day, that it actually creates a nice sort of bounding and trust moment between you, and your dog and it’s a good way of getting exercise and being more active for both you and your dog as well to. Tug of war is one of the main things that I do with my dog who is named Oliver all the time, and it’s great!
- Take your dogs for walks or runs:
Another thing that you can do with your dog and I do this all the time with my dog is to take them out for either walks or runs. You should do this because it’s not only good exercise for you but for your dog as well too. Also, it allows your dog to explore and get more familiar with its surroundings, around the neighbourhood. Who knows, you might come across something new and exciting to, that you didn’t even know existed in your own neighbourhood. Whenever I walk or run with my dog, I always go somewhere that we haven’t been before so that way both me and my dog can explore and it will be more exciting for the both of us too.
- Take your dog to an off-leash park:
If you want your dog to get more social interaction, then you should take your dog to an off-leash park. At an off-leash park your dog can run around with other dogs and make new friends and have a great time! Especially if it’s a nice day outside, you don’t want to be inside, so you should really take them there. Who knows, you might make a couple of new friends to, and then it’s just a chain reaction from there and it just keeps on growing to. Also, make sure to wash your dog once you have come back from the park, just in case if they are dirty from playing, and running around with other dogs or if they were rolling around in the mud to as well.. The last thing you need is a dirty dog running around in your house am I right? So just make sure that your dog is clean, and well maintained before letting him or her into the house.
- Play puzzle games with your dog:
Another thing that you can do with your dog is play puzzle games with them. You can find a variety of different puzzles games at a pet store such as Pet Smart! One puzzle game that I give my dog Oliver is what is called a Kong. A Kong is a type of puzzle where you put your pet’s food in it, such as peanut butter or some other type of food, like meat in it, and your dog has to try to get it out of the puzzle through the little hole that is at the bottom of the puzzle. It’s a lot of work for your dog, but it’s fun to watch them work at it, and once they finally get the food out, then you can tell that they are super happy, and extremely excited as well to!! Another type of puzzle that you can get your dog, is a puzzle called “find the treat” where you have to put your dog’s food or treat in a little box, filled with other little boxes on the board, and then your dog has to try, and locate the right box and open it up some how with either their teeth or their paws, in order to get the treat or food.
- Just relax with your dog:
If you just wish to relax with your dog, and just take a nap with them, then this is a great thing to do to! Sometimes just relaxing with your dog is the best thing to do with them, because it helps you take your mind off of stuff and you can just watch what your dog does all day and maybe you will see the stuff that they do, that you never knew that they could do before, and that’s really cool too! Also sleeping for dogs is really important to, as it lets them just stay calm and doesn’t allow them to be so stress out with everything that is going on around them, and it also allows them to grow to. My dog Oliver sleeps all the time, especially when I’m just at home. It also helps me out to because then I can do stuff that I need to do so that way I can hang out with him more later on to as well. I always let my dog get the rest that he needs so that way he’s healthier and more energetic, and I want to make sure that he stays that way too as well.
All in all, these are all of the things that you can do with your dog, to keep them and yourself entertained, because we need to be doing that more especially while being in a pandemic to unfortunately. Thank you for reading and a have a good day!
Why Hockey is my Favourite Sport
My favourite sport is hockey. I know what you are thinking, another typical Canadian who favourite sport is hockey, but here’s the catch I like both ice hockey and ball hockey. I like ice hockey because it’s a fast, suspenseful and intense sport. I normally watch the NHL and my favourite team is obviously the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks have been my favourite team ever since I was 7 years old. Since watching my favourite team play, I’ve got to see them go to the Stanley cup final only one time, and that was in 2011. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I still remember the iconic goal that Alex Burrows scores in overtime against the Chicago Blackhawks.
At the time Chicago was the team to beat, as the Canucks played them several of times in the first round of the playoffs, but they always lost to them. Not this time though. This time it was the Canucks turn to beat the Blackhawks and they finally did! Once they finally knocked off the Chicago Blackhawks, it was all easy street from there as they beat the Nashville Predators in the second round and the San Jose Sharks in the third round. Unfortunately, though the Canucks playoff winning streak will come to an end in the Stanley cup final when they took on the Boston Bruins. However, even though they still managed to force a game 7 against the Boston Bruins, there were unable to complete their goal of the winning the Stanley cup that year as the Bruins won in game 7 to take the championship.
Today the Canucks have built another strong team and were able to make it to the second round of the playoffs, but they were unable to win in the second round as they were defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights. Now it’s up to the Canucks to do it again next year as they are going to be making some moves during the off-season to try to win the Stanley Cup next year. Now, I said that I like both ice hockey and ball hockey, so now I’m going to be talking about ball hockey.
I first got into ball hockey back in grade 10 of high school. I played on a team and we were doing well. I had to unfortunately stopped though because I ended up having a cardiac arrest that year, but once I recovered from that I was able to finish the rest of the season off. I continued to play ball hockey up until grade 11. In grade 11 we had a great team and my dad was even the assistant coach, and that was really cool! Also, our team went to provincials, but we only came up with fourth place, which is really good though because at least we were in the top five. That was a really cool season indeed. Hockey will always be my favourite sport in life, and I will keep on continuing to watch it because it’s just a fun sport to watch.
There’s lots of hitting, goals, and fights, and that’s really fun to watch. Also last year I got commentate for an ice hockey team called the Valley West Giants who play out of the Langley Events Centre and are a part of the BCMML hockey league. Hockey commentating is something that I’ve always wanted to do in life, because I thought that it will be really cool, and it was indeed! I had a blast being the play by play commentator for the Valley West Giants as it helped me with my communication skills, and it helped really shape my personality as well too. Unfortunately, though, I didn’t get to finish the entire season because of COVID-19 that came in and everything, but that’s ok I still really enjoyed being a play by play commentator for the Valley West Giants. I would totally be the play by play commentator for the Valley West Giants again because they are a really good team and a great organization as well to!
Also, before the pandemic hit and everything, I used to go play hockey. I would just go with my dad to drop in hockey night and the nearest area near my house and we would just skate around and shoot the puck around too. Sometime if there were enough people, we would form two teams and play against each other. That was really cool too! Also, it was really cheap to go skate around and shoot a puck around too. I believe it was only fifteen dollars in total which is a great dead indeed! Hopefully once the pandemic is over I could again with my dad, and we can go for a little skate and shoot the puck around once again too.
Hockey is Canada’s greatest sport, it has been around for years whether it’s kids playing on the ice at the nearest rink in the community, or people just playing it in their drive ways. It has helped form the National Hockey League, and it has helped form jobs to as well. It really is an all-around awesome sport! And it really brings people together, so that they can each cheer on the team that they are cheering on for, and it’s even better when your team wins the cup as well too. That just has to be the cherry on top, because even though I haven’t experienced it yet, I’m sure that it’s a great experience, and a great feeling as well to.
All in all, hockey is one of the best sports in the world, and it brings people together, and actually here’s a fun fact. Did you know that the Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win in all of sports? Yes, it is and that’s what makes this sport even more fun than watch and play as well too. I hope you enjoyed reading this, and what’s your favourite sport? And why? Let me know in the comments down below and thank you!
