"I'm no longer just the wicked stepmother. Now I'm the evil queen. Take your best shot, Snow White!"

Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988)
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One-line synopsis:  Kirsty Cotton wakes in a psychiatric hospital, owned by Dr Channard. Kirsty begs the homicide detective investigating her family tragedy to burn the recovered bloody mattress, thinking her evil stepmother, Julia, might use it to return from Hell.
Genre: Horror

The intro is pretty similar to the first movie with a figure opening the Lament Configuration puzzle box. However, there's a slight twist on that which makes all the difference (and which I shall not reveal here). That is then followed by a complete recap of the events in the first movie. It would actually be possible to watch this film and completely miss out the previous film and not really miss anything at all. Still, I think the emotional connection due to familiarity with Kirsty's father, her stepmother Julia and her creepy uncle Frank will make you appreciate this movie rather more.

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Tucker and Dale Vs Evil (2010)
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One-line synopsis: Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids.
Genre: Horror-comedy

Enough reviews have been released for this already that I'm sure it'll come as no surprise to anyone that this is good. What's more confusing is why a film of such quality was a straight-to-DVD release here in the UK. I'd compare this to Shaun Of The Dead in the sense that it's a horror comedy where the horror is in the subject of the film rather than in the content. Nevertheless, I think I laughed at this a lot more than I did at Shaun of the Dead.

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Fighting "The Avengers" Sexism With Humour....

Earlier there was a post on the wtf sexism community criticising the odd choice of pose for male characters and female character (just the one, hmmph!) in early Avengers posters. The issue can be seen clearly in the following image (click on it to see it full size):


As you can see, the female character is the only one showing off her bottom while all the other characters are facing straight forwards.

Someone has decided to reverse the gender poses, as follows (once again, click to enlarge):


The same artist has also done some work with Master Chief.
(Master Chief gender swap piece here.)

(Gender swap Avengers piece can be found on Deviant Art here.)
(Story originally found on the intentionally immature movie news website, Filmdrunk.)

x-posted to wtf_sexism