Strange Canadian Movie Night

[daemonluna]

troutkitty and queenzulu are very persistent in tracking down obscure Canadian (David Hewlett) movies. Last night we had no luck, but today, they emerged triumphant with Pin, Where the Heart Is and Scanners 2.

Tonight, we armed ourselves with strawberry-lime margueritas and watched Pin. And it wasn't incredibly bad. In fact, it was all with the creepy psychological thriller. (Except, you know, eighties hair.)

Random quote of the yes-we-really-are-twelve variety: "Now take the towel off my lap..."

But... okay, it came out in 1988. Which means that David Hewlett was probably twenty one or two when they were filming. He looks about nineteen. My god! He's SKINNY! And has HAIR! But a twist of the mouth, or the way he waves his hands when he talks, and all of a sudden you can see it's the same actor.

And the sister's boyfriend Stan? Is John Pyper-Ferguson, who was John, John, John the bass player from Hard Core Logo.

Really, we have no shame.

Comments

[troutkitty.livejournal.com]

I watched when it first came out, and I remember being freaked by it as well. Since then, though, I think I've gotten myself a bit more jaded.

The car crash scene was still a little freaky, but then I have rear-view mirror issues.

[troutkitty.livejournal.com]

There was a ghost story around the town where I lived in Japan, about a young woman who threw herself off the dam near our town, and if you drove alone on that road at night, she would be in your backseat, looking for a ride home. I took that road a lot to visit a friend of mine, and each time I turned the mirror away. If she was back there, I didn't want to know.

[zulu.livejournal.com]

I have shame! Just...not...about this. Um.