Is there food?

In preparation for tonight’s Frightfest All-Nighter, I booked the day off work today and spent it in bed. Impressively, I managed to sleep from 10:30 last night, to 2pm this afternoon. Admittedly there was a slight interruption as I dropped my son off at my sister’s for the day, but even so I’m quite proud of that. It confirms I’ve not lost the ability to sleep I gained as a student ;)

I’ll be updating throughout the night, assuming I can get a connection on my mobile. And the battery lasts.

Deeeelicious. ‘Nuff said.

I’d planned to do a bit of a write-up on this, or as much as my phone will allow, after seeing it. But now I HAVE seen it, I can’t bring myself to say too much.

First: I want to see it again. Partly because I missed the celebrity voice cameos, but mostly because it’s good. Very good. Romero is back on form, having made not only a great zombie movie, but a great horror movie full stop.

I’ll write more later. If I don’t, bug me in the comments until I do. I need to do Diary justice, and I can’t do that on this phone’s keyboard. Well, not if I want to retain my sanity.

Planet Terror next. And I’m about to crack the first Red Bull of the evening. Might have some chocolate too. How indulgent.

Well, it’s almost 6am, and we have one film left to go. Savage Streets was predictably crap, although amusing in places (a sign saying “Doctors Hospital” was the high point for me). Frontieres is either the definitive freaky cannible family movie of this generation, or derivative style over substance. I’ll decide which when I’m less tired.

The fifth and final movie is L’interior, and I’m looking forward to it. More Red Bull is about to be consumed. See you on the other side.

Well, we made it. I’m now back at St. Pancras, waiting for the train back to Leicester. The last film of the night did not disappoint, and is probably the best horror film I’ve seen in a while. I haven’t felt genuine terror like that since Ring. God knows how the loud snoring guy managed to nod off…

I hadn’t planned to do a full review of each film, but I now feel compelled to. So, over the next few days, look out for reviews of each of the night’s movies: Diary of the Dead, Planet Terror, Savage Streets, Frontiers, and Inside.

Who knows, maybe once they’re done I’ll get caught up with everything else!