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Arts and Entertainment Page 4 September 13, 2013 'You're Next' provides original horror moments popped up on occasion, lightening the previous sinister mood. As the movie continued, these events changed how the audience perceived the killers by demystifying their creepy presence and making them seem less monster and more human and capable of mistakes. All in all, the suspense film felt fresh compared to other repetitive horror franchises such as Paranormal Activity. The brutal murder scenes are more unbearable on a big screen and the inventive, original plot is definitely worth sitting through. Garrett Ward Staff Writer "You're Next" serves as a bone-chilling, suspenseful movie that unravels an original and clever plot with plenty of cheesy, gory horror scenes along the way. The Davidson family in the film was quick to realize the danger of their family retreat. The audience was left guessing motives for the massive family slaughter as events unfolded. As family members in this adult family kept dying, the audience was left more confused and also horrified of the onslaught. One woman stood out, Erin, who valiantly countered the unknown killers. It was only towards the end of all the violence that the shocking motives were revealed in this twisted, unloving family. This plot did not lack teaser-trailer.com originality in its creative homeinvasive horror story that brought elements of previous horror-suspense masterpieces together. The film incorporated elements of the Saw franchise with all the little traps, gimmicks, and strategies. The film almost felt like a theatrical game of Clue when the unfolding of events made you constantly predict who was behind the murders. The film also brought forth eerie, creepy elements of the setting that added to the insecurity of the victim's situation. The family members are trapped within this enormous country vacation home that isn't safe inside or out. However, as the plot unfolded, the story was littered with unexpected funny moments. These A must see original horror movie!!! Bluffer Staff Pick 'Night Vale' podcast splits 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' (1986) Becca Blanchard Staff Writer Combine a psycho principal, bitter sister, a high strung best friend, an easygoing girlfriend, a free spirit dare devil and Charlie Sheen. If you take those conflicting ingredients and add a pinch of 80's computer hacking, you just might be lucky enough to get Ferris Bueller's Day Off. This movie is a true classic at the prime age of 27 years old. The film stars Matthew Broderick as the one and only Ferris Bueller; a senior in high school who is able to deceive his parents, bother his sister, randomly lip sync on a parade float and still have time to aggravate his principal all the way into being mildly harmed by a cute little doggy. Along the way he devises new ways to experience the best skip day ever by getting his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara), out of class by disguising himself as her father in front of the principal and his best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), out of bed. The actual plot of this movie consists of a ludicrous day of self discovery, good times, growing friendships, all in an inter city adventure. In all honesty the plot is somewhat irrelevant to the absolute genius of this film. Sure, it would make sense to intricately list out the events beginning at Bueller teaching a lesson on playing sick all the way to Jeanie Bueller (Jennifer Grey) actually sticking up for her brother. Or we could talk about the whole Charlie Sheen thing. If you haven't seen this movie let me some up this scene: Sheen's first line was 'Drugs?' and he talked about his perception of females wearing too much eye makeup, while giving a heartfelt yet brief description of his sister. brief instance of them being competent enough to call the police in the emergency: the police arrest her for "lying". How often are teenage girls calling of an intruder for the police to assume they are lying? The intruder can leave. That is an option they have. Or is it that young women in this decade just made enough bad choices to where the police could blame anything that happened on the bad choices of the young women? Actually, I am being too judgmental on such a broad group. In all actuality, any time Jennifer Grey or Molly Ringwald is involved then a young woman is going to be mean or stupid. Overall, this is the best movie not only of the 80's, but of the EVER. Yes, other movies are good, but are they Charlie Sheen in a police station good: no. This movie is just so filled with little details of perfection that they string together into a perfect movie. It is simply amazing. It should be a required movie for U.S history when the 80's are studied due to its overall amazingness. "This movie is a true classic at the prime age of 27 years old." Or we could talk about the fact that movies document the consistency of women in the 80's making bad life choices. Seriously, I loved this movie along with just about every other 80's movie I've seen, but women just weren't smart or they weren't nice in this decade. Half of the time they were neither. They never seem to question anything as being a bad idea and in the Advertise in the Bluffer Looking to appeal to the teenage demographic? The Bluffer is distributed to about 1100 students and community members every two weeks. Ads can be purchased for individual issues or on a yearly basis. Contact Kellie Rodriguez in Bluffer for more details. 529-8805 Help support The Bluffer! All proceeds help support students attend journalism conferences. 80's classic that should not be passed up!!! the opinion of the staff Maggie Tallan Staff Writer Never having listened to a podcast before, I'll admit I didn't know quite what to expect when I downloaded "Welcome to Night Vale". The podcast, produced by Commonplace Books, has been gaining recent internet popularity for its unusual wit and mysterious plot, which effortlessly resembles the style of Lemony Snicket. The podcast serves as a bi-monthly news program which follows the peculiar occurrences and even more peculiar characters of a fictional desert town called Night Vale. It is similar to listening to a book on tape, I would imagine, aside from the occasional interview with a supernatural being. "Night Vale" features information on the town including local announcements, the weather (Usually a musical piece by a new songwriter), and ominous announcements from the Sherriff's Secret Police. Although the podcast doesn't follow one dominating story line, with each episode comes new mysteries. The verdict? This podcast is thoroughly enjoyable and very fun to listen to, with a relentless supply of humor and wit. I recommend this podcast to those who love sarcasm and enigmatic stories. podbay.fm Grey Grotke Staff Writer "Welcome to Night Vale," is a series of podcasts based off the broadcasts of the local radio station in the fictional town of Night Vale. Despite the intriguing beginnings, a listener will soon find the plot does not follow any one particular storyline but rather are all based off of the paranormal events that take place in the town. The strange news is told by the pleasant voice of the radio broadcaster, Cecil. Though the story lines often follow the same characters, they don't build up on each other, and they often end inconclusively and leave the listener to ponder what happened. "Welcome to Night Vale" has gathered a large fandom in the short time it has been around. As is common place for fandoms like Night Vale's, the fans have expanded on the romantic relationship between Cecil and Carlos, the mysterious new scientist in town, beyond what might be appropriate for me to mention in this article. But in addition to these fan girl fantasies, the fandom has some new theories circulating around online regarding the overall plot and themes. A new idea suggests that the entire town is filled with "extras" which explains why the people of the town so commonly lose their lives yet the town goes on with life so casually. The creators of Night Vale, however, state they "came up with this idea of a town in that desert where all conspiracy theories were real, and we would just go from there with that understood." Though Night Vale is interesting to listen to, I wouldn't recommend committing time to it because it follows no consecutive plot, and thus is partially unfulfilling. You decided the verdict on this one