Although this movie was made in 2012, it somehow went under my radar for some reason. Now, eight years later, I said to myself let´s watch this one to see what is it all about.
Based on true events, this one tells of Maynard family who move into their dream house in Yorkshire, 1974. Well, not another haunted house bad movie, I said to myself. But, the beginning of the movie had some wicked energy that kept me tied to the screen and movie became more and more interesting. This movie is based on reports made of one of the most if not the most violent haunting poltergeist ever. The ghost is wicked, evil and merciless in letting Maynards know that they are not invited into his territory and it is angry because it is dead and because what has been done. This is not your angry girl ghost spirit movie. The atmosphere is somehow gloomy and sad, dark like listening to My Dying Bride on a grey cloudy day. The actors are just fine and I enjoyed every second of this horror. Go see it.
Pleasure Trap are coming from Warsaw, Poland and are associated with bands like Lazy Class whom we featured in this zine, also Lunatics and Obibox.
This is band´s second LP and it contains 10 songs. The music of Pleasure Trap can be described as punk rock in full sense of the word. That means, pumping bass, strong drumbeat, energetic songs, harsh yet melodic vocals and superb anthemic choruses just made for singing along. Also, I love ska parts of the songs and I can not avoid comparison with Rancid in some of the song structures.
The lyrics are in English and if I must say which songs of the album are highlights for me, it would be Walls, Bombs and best of all in my opinion Needful Things. Go get this one if you love full blooded punk rock.
Time to continue with horror punk on the pages of this zine. Do you guys remember of a band called Scared Shitless we featured on the pages of this zine a while ago? Well, after they disbanded, two of the guys, namely Ryan and Jimmy continued making music with new Diechotomy.
This is their new release containing 5 songs of melodic and nice horror punk, just the way I like it. This last year, although worse in many forms, has been really nice for horror punk scene which exploded with many excellent releases and new and old bands. The music of Diechotomy is in many ways classic horror punk with many singalong parts, super melodies and really nice voice of Ryan Smith which reminds me a bit of Shadow Windhawk in some parts of the songs. Damn, as I listen to this record is dawns to me that this is one of the best horror punk records that I have listened to in a while. Mid tempo punk with horror pumping in the veins and the songs I somehow repeated the most are Invasion of the Body Snatchers and They Live, all horror fans will know the lyrical themes of these songs, such beautiful vocal harmonies, especially the interplay between backing vox and lead in They Live. Each of the five songs amazes me more and more. Night of the Creeps is another example how horror punk should be done. Aftermath finishes the record in apocalyptic way leaving me for more and more and spinning this e.p. constantly. Super!
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