LIMELIGHT: Scream Queens

In honor of Halloween weekend, I created a TOP 10 list of my favorite scream queens. Thanks to their steel-iron lungs and abilities to make blood curdle and send chills down spines, the horror genre is able to produce a bloodier and gorier perspective to fairytale's damsel in distress and big bad wolf.

TOP 10 SCREAM QUEENS

1. Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Prom Night (1980), Terror Train (1980), Roadgames (1981), Halloween II (1981), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Virus (1999), Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

2. Fay Wray – The Original; Doctor X (1932), The Vampire Bat (1933), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), King Kong (1933)

3. Neve Campbell - The Dark (1994), Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2010)

4. Shelley Duvall – The Shining (1980)

5. Heather Langenkamp - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Freddy vs Jason (2003)

6. Shawnee Smith - The Blob (1988), Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Slaughter (2008), Saw V (2008), The Grudge 3 (2009), Saw VI (2009)

7. Marilyn Burns - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Helter Skelter (1976), Eaten Alive (1977), Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1981), Future-Kill (1985), Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

8. Erica Leerhsen - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), Living Hell (2008), Lonely Joe (2009), Slaughter (2009), The Message (2009), Shiver (2009), The Fury (2009)

9. Sarah Michelle Gellar - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Scream 2 (1997), The Grudge (2004), The Grudge 2 (2006), The Return (2006), Possession (2009)

10. Evelyn Ankers - Hold That Ghost (1941), The Wolf Man (1941), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Captive Wild Woman (1943), Son of Dracula (1943), The Mad Ghoul (1943), Jungle Woman (1944), Weird Woman (1944), The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), The Frozen Ghost (1945)

Honorable Mentions: Vera Miles – Psycho (1960) and Jada Pinkett Smith's death scene in Scream 2 (1997)

LIMELIGHT: Scream Queens

FILM REVIEW: Karyn Kusama’s “Jennifer’s Body”

Surprisingly, “Jennifer’s Body” is performing poorly at the box office. The movie has only raked in $12.4 million in two weeks, while the children’s animation “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” has pulled in $60.4 million in two weeks. “Jennifer’s Body” was expected to do much better due to the sultry Megan Fox and Diablo Cody’s screenplay behind the project.

Despite, the harsh criticisms and cold reviews, I think “Jennifer’s Body” is worth seeing. First of all, yes, Megan Fox is hot and the younger version of “bad ass” Angelina Jolie. Second, Diablo Cody’s screenplay is hilarious, a bit crude and risqué. Third, the trailers revealed the movie’s potential to be a fun, not at all serious, horror flick. What else could be expected from such a lineup?

The dynamite duo Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried had the whole yin and yang going for them. Fox’s character, “Jennifer” is the beautiful (and slutty) every-girl-wants-to-be-me-and-every-guy-wants-me girl in high school. And, in contrast, Seyfried’s character, Needy is the awkward-but-somehow-still-cool-enough-to-hang-out-with-the-hot-girl chick in high school. The plot feeds on the imbalanced relationship created by the characters’ social status and personalities. It is the film’s constant battle between innocence and immorality.

Speaking of the plot, Diablo Cody’s writing in “Jennifer’s Body” is like a murdering sex-fein rewriting “Juno” (2007). Jennifer, the man eater (literally) has some awesome lines audience members may just incorporate into their everyday lingo, [Jennifer grabs Needy’s breasts] “These are like smart bombs, you point them in the right direction and shit gets real.” Needy has her fair share of equally entertaining lines, but her exaggerated emotions and dramatized actions is what makes the character a gem.

I guarantee you will laugh, definitely not scream or cower in fear, while watching “Jennifer’s Body.” Definitely see it with your friends, or on a date, depending on your interests.

Rating: 3 ½ Laughs out of 5

FILM REVIEW: Karyn Kusama’s “Jennifer’s Body”

MOVIE SOUNDTRACK: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

The awesome Stephenie Meyer released the official track listing for the "New Moon" soundtrack. It features original songs by some of the best indie artists around. And, of course the band that inspired Meyer throughout the writing of “The Twilight Saga,” Muse, is on the album!

1. Death Cab for Cutie - "Meet Me on the Equinox"

2. Band of Skulls - "Friends"

3. Thom Yorke - "Hearing Damage"

4. Lykke Li - "Possibility"

5. The Killers - "A White Demon Love Song"

6. Anya Marina - "Satellite Heart"

7. Muse - "I Belong To You" (New Moon Remix)

8. Bon Iver & St. Vincent- "Rosyln"

9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Done All Wrong"

10. Hurricane Bells - "Monsters"

11. Sea Wolf - "The Violet Hour"

12. OK Go - "Shooting the Moon"

13. Grizzly Bear - "Slow Life"

14. Editors - "No Sound But the Wind"

15. Alexandre Desplat - "New Moon (The Meadow)"

The album drops in stores October 20^th. And, I am beyond excited for “New Moon,” which hits theaters on November 20^th! I’ll be there in “Team Jacob” and “Team Edward” attire.

MOVIE SOUNDTRACK: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”