Recent Viewings, Part 2

[FatFreddysCat]

"Almost Famous" (2000)
A teen with dreams of becoming a rock n' roll journalist manages to B.S. his way into a writing gig for *Rolling Stone*, going on the road with an up-and-coming band called Stillwater.  Along the way, he learns not only about the music biz, but also about life, love, and groupies.
Cameron "Jerry Maguire" Crowe's period drama, set in the early 70s and based on his own experiences as a teen rock writer, is one of the best, most authentic rock n' roll movies ever made.

[lester1/2jr]

^ I have always wanted to see that. I see that it's on Plutotv, so I will finally check it out hopefully.

Prom Night 2 (1987) - Wow. This is one of the craziest movies I've ever seen. It's not very scary, but they make up for it with campy weirdness and a very cute blonde lead actress. It has a sky high 91% google rating and it's easy to see why. What more could you want from a dang VHS video rental? I actually almost turned it off half an hour in because the director didn't seem to come from a horror background and the supernatural aspect was so vast that it just seemed silly. It is, but you have to just go with it.

A "Carrie" style horrible incident happens at a prom in the 50's and the spirit of the woman who died causes havoc at the same school in the 80's. You know the girl is possessed because she always used the massively clever parting words "See you later, alligator". She will be walking stark naked through the girls locker room sexually harassing her best friend or mounting the school principal in his office, then she'll go "See you later, alligator". Who came up with this whole concept?

4.5 /5 I took half a point off for the scene where she makes out with her Dad. I know she is the spirit of some other person, but, I mean, we live in a society here.