Gone to Pieces

Last night I watched a documentary film on TV called Gone to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film. The movie was, obviously enough, an examination of the history of the slasher films, discussing Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream and several others. There were lots of interviews with horror directors such as Wes Craven, Sean S. Cunningham, Rob Zombie and John Carpenter, along with a plethora of gruesome clips. It was quite entertaining, and would probably serve as a good introduction to the genre, but probably wouldn't tell fans much that they didn't already know. It's quite surprising how many of them were made, especially in the early 1980s which was really the hey-day for slasher films.

Back to work again, and it was a long day. My double glazing at home is set to be fitted in next Monday, and on that same day I've been called up to go for possible jury selection. I might be able to get the day off on special leave for that, because with jury selection you don't really have a choice. You have to go to it.

I'm trying to examine my life a bit more at the moment and it's interesting actually looking back through this journal, how much is actually about me, and how much is about movies, books and TV shows. I think I have probably written more about moves then I have about myself. Although I have noticed places where I do seem to be just a little bit lacking in self-esteem. So I don't know, should I write more about myself and my personal thoughts and feelings, or more about movies etc.?