[UA] Recommended fiction

[Mark Fender]

> > SHALLOW GRAVE (movie)
> This movie ranks very high on my list along with Brazil and
> Memento.  There is nothing supernatural about it, but as
> Ville said, it's a great story showing one man's descent
> into madness and how it affects the others.
>

All of Danny Boyle's movies are good for UA. Everyone goes a little bit 
mad.

[Hellraiser]
> I have not seen the fourth movie.  I hear bad things about
> it, but I feel impelled to watch it sometime.

The 4th one isn't that bad, actually. It's much like the 3rd one in that 
some interesting ideas were presented, but then there's some goofy cartoony 
stuff as well. It dealt with the history of the Puzzle Box and told itself 
through three different time periods. Unfortunately, the plot is marred by 
way too much stalking down hallways and some damn silly Cenobites, along 
with some sort of demoness/Cenobite that could have been left on the 
cutting room floor. It's also the only one I saw in the theater, for those 
keeping score at home.

The 5th one: Now that's bad. Why, after all the visceral bloodletting in 
the first four movies, would Pinhead go in for some half-assed 
psychological torture? The Cenobites were very low-key and quite well done, 
I thought. They were in it just enough to remind you that it's Hellraiser 
while not dredging up bad memories of the last 2 movies. Three words give 
this one the kiss of death: Straight to Video.

ObUA: Is PoMoMa pronounced more like "YoYoMa" or "Shananah?"

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