Before anything else, I need to thank Miss Aileen Estoquia, for her help during our stay inside the UP Diliman Village. Xie xie ni for the very affordable, yet, very great accomodation. I also want to mention Mr. Xerxes Aaron Chua Bernades, my ultimate travel companion. Without him, my journey to Manila wouldn’t be that exciting.

I think, I’m the kind who expect too much, but has very low acceptance. I mean the summit is okay, but it is not what I expected it to be. This may sound unfair to the organizers who had shed rivers of sweats to make the event successful, but this is only my personal observation. This doesn’t necessarily reflect the majority’s impression. To make this review not so bias, I will enumerate first the positive stuffs.

PROs:

1. It was held in a very comfortable venue.
2. The activities started on time.
3. Free snacks and lunch.
4. Presentation equipments were all ready.
5. Some nice speakers(i.e. those ones who tackled Photoblogging 102, Video Blogging…)
6. Nice Q & A facilitation.
7. Great after party treats.

CONs:

1. There were no ice-breakers in between the talks.
2. A certain speaker didn’t discuss well the topic assigned to him. He seemed like he was just talking to himself and was talking about how people treated him because of the peculiarity of his blog. I don’t even think he’s aware of the audience’s reaction while he was there on stage. Good thing his partner saved the topic.
3. A few speakers were just merely reading from their power point presentation. Tsk…tsk…
4. A certain speaker was out of his mind. He suggested a system of leveling among bloggers, which I find unrealistic and should only remain a theory. From an artist to a maven? What is that? Jeezzz…
5. IDs were only given to the first 300 web registrants. This actually made me feel alienated. I’m soo weird. Haha…
6. Some of the participants had no free lunch(mostly those late ones). This is understandable since the event had a limited budget.
7. Siopao tragedy. I didn’t even bother to continue eating that thing. Haist…the prize of freebies…I sound sooo pathetic. I know. Hahaha!
8. There’s no getting to know each other activity or program during the after party. Bloggers from Manila stayed with their crowd, and bloggers from the south…well, had also obviously stayed with their own crowd. There were only a very few bloggers who made efforts to reach out to other bloggers. Everyone was very comfortable with their own beloved minions. Or, is it just me? Hehehe!

Lastly, to be fair, I did enjoy the overall event. I also learned a lot of new things and had also met few interesting people. Btw, here’s a CBS group pic during the after party at Katips.

Photo Credits: lord_dracula and vanjahnn

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This is the scariest gore film I’ve ever seen so far.  So, please don’t watch this movie if you’re fainthearted.  If you had survived the gruelling and bizarre gory scenes in Saw series, then I tell you, you won’t succeed on this one.  I mean I finished the whole film with my knees shaking the whole time.  I can’t believe this.  This is the very first time that I feel scared while watching a sequence of gory scenes.  I’ve already seen a lot of twisted films in the past, but this one really shines the most…so far.

Inside is actually a European film with an Indie feel.  The story is not actually as interesting and great as the Saw series, but you’ll definitely go insane with the horrible and very sickening gory scenes.  I know I’m already committing the sin of redundancy, but I feel like my senses were robbed by some horrifying force after I watched it.  This flick is definitely on the top of my gore list.  If you’re very curious about the reliability of this post, then you better watch it yourself.  But take note, I already warned you beforehand.

Is a slasher-gore film from the famous Japanese director Takashi Miike.  This 128-minute movie is full of bizarre body dismemberment, extreme tortures, and mind-boggling out of this world brutal imagery.  From those very sick rape-boiled with sadism scenes, puke provoking piss infected jungles, crazy-funny “Ichi” moments to those insane one-manned massacre carnage…

You might think that I sooo love this flick, but not really.  I just kinda like it because of the high gore content and the fact that it’s Takashi Miike’s work. The main reason that made me a little disappointed is the slow-paced dialogue and how Kakihara (the main protagonist) died.  They should have lengthened the fighting scene in the very last part.

The story is actually adapted from Hideo Yamamoto’s cult manga Koroshiya 1.  It started when Don Anjo, a Yakuza leader, mysteriously disappeared.  Because of this incident his right hand, Kakihara, vowed to find those people who abducted their boss.  At the end, it turned out that Don Anjo was killed by Ichi under the gauging and manipulation of Jijii (a very mysterious character that put Ichi in post-hypnosis and feeding him false memories).

Ichi’s past is actually very shadowy.  Jijii made him believe that he was being bullied in school and he should kill all the bullies in order to avenge himself. He also knew that he had killed his parents and he failed to rescue his female friend who was raped by those people who bullied him.  Ichi doesn’t have a mind of his own and he’s just like a string puppet controlled and played by Jijii.

Hmmmn…I give this gory flick 7 out of 10 stars.

Autopsy

I read somewhere that this movie is listed in the 8 Films To Die For.  Autopsy is actually a rather short gory film that is extremely gory.  When I saw the title I thought of Pathology and Saw.  And after watching it for over an hour, I concluded that it’s worth to watch, and there are a few scenes that are rather interesting.

The story is not something new, but the facial lambasting gory scenes are super cool.  The gore is too high and the acting is not bad.  It’s quite obvious that the budget of this film is limited, but it’s worth to take note that the whole team managed to pull it off.  I give this piece of art 7 out of 10 stars.

My all time favorite pastime is watching gory movies. So here’s a list for this week’ss bloody movie marathon.

1. Sick Nurses aka Suay Laak Sai

SICK NURSES aka Suay Laak Sai is a Thai Horror Seven pretty, scantily dressed nurses along with chief surgeon are involved in sick and twisted trade of debauchery and death while working in a strange and creepy hospital.  Each nurse has their own secret obsession. Those obsessions are to ultimately become the topic of their fate.

This one reminds me of the movie “Pathology”. There are also lots of positive reviews. I hope this won’t disappoint me.

2. Reincarnation aka Rinne

Reincarnation (AKA, Rinne) is a 2005 J-Horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu . Many years ago a series of terrible murders took place in a hotel.  Then, some years later, a horror movie director decides to do a movie about the massacre..As he starts the production, a young actress hired to star the main role is haunted by the souls of the massacre victims. .

Jeezz…I dunno, but his one reminds me of that hollywood movie the title I forget. The title actually is a room number. I just can’t remember the exact number combination. Tsk…tsk…I’m too bad in memorizing numbers.

3. Uzumaki aka Spiral

Uzumaki ( “Spiral”) , released in 2000, is based on Junji Ito’s episodic manga of the same name. The plot concerns a town infected with malevolent spirals. This abstract concept manifests in grotesque ways, such as a teenager’s long hair beginning to curl and take over her mind, or a corpse wound around itself.  Among many bizarre features of the film is a heavy treatment with green colour filters, aping the style of the colour plates in the manga. .

I read a lot of negative reviews about this one, but I’m still curious because it’s based from a manga. It’s rare to find horror mangas nowadays that are turned into a movie.

4. Oldboy aka Hangul

Oldboy (aka Hangul: , the phonetic transliteration of “old boy”) is a 2003 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook. It is based on a Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. The movie follows the story of Dae-Su who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor’s motives.  When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.

All I know is that I should watch this one first. This is on top of Amazon’s list for Asias Top Ten Horror Movies. Jeezz…I’m sooo excited to watch this one.

5. Crazy Lips

This violent and shocking tale of horror from Japan concerns Satomi (Hitomi Miwa), who is one of three children being raised by a recent widow.  Satomi’s brother is accused by police of being a killer who has been chopping off the heads of innocent schoolgirls.

Here are a few comments from those people who have already watched this film:

I cant think of any way to describe this movie to do it justice. It isnt possible to do so I dont think. If you watch this movie, please be vaccinated, wear a condom, and for god sakes, dont touch anyone after.

Not only is this a piece of crap, it can easily iron out the wrinkles in anyones grey matter. However, for any of you community members I think this should be required viewing..kind of like a hazing ritual. Oh wait I mean an Initiation.

this is the most stupidest movie i’ve ever seen…
it has no point to it, and of course you definitly need condom… Its also the gayest movie ever!!!
i don’t recommand it!!
~watch it if ur a pervert~

Jeeezz…Just by reading those comments it feels like I’ll be watching a beastiality or pissing porn videos…tsk…tsk…should I watch it? not watch it? hmmmn…I better watch this one…hehehe.

Body Corpse #19

Aside from Shutter, there’s another Thai Horror movie that would definitely make you grip the edge of your seat.  It will make you experience a primal and gory feeling, yet, it will drown you psychologically.  The genre is definitely horror, but there’s a tinge feeling of romance and sadness.

I’ve already watched a lot of gory movies, yet this one really stands out.  Compared to Shutter, this one won’t give you that creepy feeling.  It’s actually horrid and very “animalistic”, yet it’s happily tragic.  Happily tragic in a sense that the sinners were being punished at the end.

The story is great, yet when compared to SAW, I would still put the latter on top my list.  I actually didn’t expect at first that this movie would turn out good.  It’s worth to watch if you’re into horror and gory stuffs.

Here’s a very artistic, very professionally made fan video trailer of New Moon. If not because I’m telling you here that it’s a fan-made, you would definitely believe that it’s the official trailer of the movie. Though, there are actually clips that didn’t fit in at the end of the video (like the girl who is jumping in the cliff wearing a long, white dress). Bella is not wearing a dress when she jumped off the cliff in book 2 of Twilight. I hope you’ll enjoy watching. I’m quite excited of New Moon this coming November. Hehehe. Jia You!!