A good movie and... a bad movie

I saw 500 Days of Summer today and thought it was very good. Both Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordan Levitt give good performances, but I was particularly impressed by Joseph Gordan Levitt. In fact, I've been a fan of Joseph Gordan Levitt since 2005 when he starred in both Brick, an excellent film, and the disturbingly heartrending Mysterious Skin. To be honest, I was actually impressed with him in the underrated comedy 10 Things I Hate About You. So, that was the good movie.

Now for the bad movie. I recently went to Blockbuster to rent some entertainingly bad horror movies and I came out with two gems: Puppet Masters vs. Demonic Toys (don't check your screen, that is the actual title) and Fear of Clowns. Wow, both movies were spectacularly horrible.

Puppet Masters vs. Demonic Toys was a ridiculous sequel in the Puppet Masters series (which I actually think is a solid horror franchise). The film focused on a toymaker/scientists played by Corey Feldman, who is truly terrible in the role. I remember actually being impressed by Feldman's assured acting style before in films like Lost Boys, Stand By Me, and the Goonies, but in this movie he is astoundingly incompetent. The plot was surprisingly labyrinthine:

1. Corey Feldman's character uses his blood to animate his grandfather's puppet collection.

2. The prickly female head of a toy making conglomerate finds about his this and seeks to steal his secret formula so she can animate her own toys. But wait, there's more.

3. This head of the toy making conglomerate has secretly made a deal with Satan to distribute deadly toys to children in exchange for being given a group of animated toys to do her bidding. Oh yeah, years ago Satan was conned by Corey Feldman's grandfather, which is why Satan wants Feldman's daughter as his personal sacrifice.

Now, if you just read that plot and are still slightly confused, don't be alarmed. This only proves that you are still sane.

The second mind numbingly bad horror film I rented was the ultra-low quality Fear of Clowns, which followed a young female painter who specializes in painting terrifying clown portraits. Suddenly, she finds that she is being stalked by a psychopathic clown-man, who oddly never wears a shirt. By the time in the film we find out the killer is a partially retarded mental patient who is simply trying to "get better" I and a friend stopped watching the movie. See the photo below to get an idea of how unbelievably terrible that movie was.