So in the Oscars tonight, they do a tribute to horror movies, and the moron actors from Twlight (if you want to know how I feel about Twilight, I would encourage you to read the Oatmeal's interpretation at http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight) come out and tell us that the Academy hasn't honored a horror movie since The Exorcist.
Just a bleeping minute, here. The Exorcist won two Oscars... for Sound and Screenplay. No offense, but big whoopty do. It also received those awards in 1974. Meanwhile, Silence of the Lambs won five Oscars in 1992. It swept the Big 5 categories... Screenplay, Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Actress (Jodie Foster), Director (Jonathon Demme), and Picture. Seriously, did anybody watch SotL and think, "You know, I think this is more of a suspense movie, not really a horror movie"? The stupid Academy even showed clips from it in the montage!
Man, I accidentally went to see that by myself in downtown St. Paul, hearing it was a good movie but having no idea what it was about. It took the entire bus ride back to Macalester for the blood to return to my arms, and I sat in my room staring at the wall for 2 hours with the lights on after I got back because I couldn't sleep and was scared out my mind to turn the lights off. You would think the Academy would at least get its own history right...
