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These have served to stimulate, & sometimes even enhance the child-like Magic residing within - that charm personified in animals & children, & preserved by The Magician. I have found this film a marvel to behold, although I feel it could have been twice the production had it been a tad darker, as the books have tended to be. Unfortunately, producers felt that the initial more gothicesque aesthetics would frighten children, to whom the film is primarily directed towards. But I question the excessive over-sheltering of children would only raise a populace of mollycoddles. Speaking for Myself on the left hand, I have always been attracted to the darkest subject matter since I was a very young child. The pervasive fascination for blood & gore in western society is due to the lack of real-life bloodletting spectacles, practices, & traditions in modern culture. In many societies, a boy was not considered a man until until he had killed his first prey in the hunt, or slain an enemy. Western Society compensates for this natural blood lust with horror movies & documentaries, to stimulate that latently essential primal part of the psyche which remains far too under-stimulated. The first half of the movie seemed aesthetically darker, whereas the second half was a bit 'lighter', probably as a result of the puscillanimousness of Chris Columbus {who also directed "Home Alone" as an indication}. I believe a film of this callibre would have been better directed by the likes of Tim Burton, who has consistently brought forth the dark sides of the characters he has worked with, & created films of magnificent & gloriously gothic proportions, as Batman would be a major example; with a musical score conducted instead by Danny Elfman, considering the current score unfortunately sounds rather tired & redundant - not one of John William's better works. It just seemed that he did not place too much effort into it, yet it still remains memorable, but so much more could have been done with it. I found the effects to be quite well done, concurrent with the descriptions in the book. There were several scenes which were curtailed for time, but I have a feeling the release of the video / DVD will divulge many deleted scenes. A most poignant scene was towards the end, when Potter comes face to face with Voldemort, in which he states, "There is no good or evil, only Power & those who seek it. Those who do not, are weak." Quite a Satanic statement! The release of this movie will probably inspire some children to gain an interest in The Occult, & will create A.C.I.'s in many, & just may serve to open the door to self-realization in true infernal progeny yet unknown. A movie of this type I feel is timely, & necessitates "popularity" in this select case, to help contribute to that societal shift in the Satanic direction. Besides that one moment of the stating of Satanic fact, there is no weaken sanctimony, no xian drivel, just plain fun "witchcraft" for the whole family. The idea of a "School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" does sound rather appealing {notice the distinction between the genders} - the closest thing we have to that is the homeschooling initiative which is espoused by most Satanists. Speaking for Myself, I have schooled Myself in The Dark Arts, incorporating & experimenting with what I will to determine My own personal philosophies & rites {Draconian Satanism}, & I do consider Dr. LaVey My Daemon-Mentor. And now, as "grownup" Witches & Warlocks, Our Infernal Progeny may have the benefit of Our tutoring. Overall, I found the film to be visually stunning, relevant to the book, & it displayed a higher class of diction & politeness, serving as a good example to the more bereft & vulgar infesting the current populace. Recommended. Table of Contents
First off, a new initiate is being introduced into 'Satan's Cheerladers', a diabolically enthusiastic for-hire team who shake their pom-poms for the KIng of Hell. With huge red vinyl 666's emblazoned on their small shiny black uniforms, & each one sporting a pentagram, &/or inverted cross, these six lovely & lively young ladies state "we want to give bad girls a good name". Sinisterly fetishistic outfits & all, which they claim to never remove {that's dedication!}, "Trixi Stix" leads the girls in a ceremony to welcome a new daughter of darkness into the fold - "Ruby Lamb" {who is also the webmistress for their site}, a hellfire red-haired cutie donned in a pink initiatory outfit, who will soon replace that bunnyish attire for the trademark 'hellwear' of SC. Parts of the ceremony include 'drinking the blood of a virgin boy & virgin girl' from a chalice, sanguine-erotically dripping from the lips of another cheerleader into the neophyte's; taking in the fires of Hell {"the fires of 'Our Father'" (sic)}, via flaming marshmellows skewered on a makeshift pitchfork; & the anointing with her first 666 insignia in blood {collected from "one of the corrupted brothers" - a tribally-adorned / tatooed "modern-primitive" type with a split tongue bloodlets into a recepticle} on her chest; all before a podium/altar complete with vampire skull. Towards the conclusion of the rite, the girls synchronistically girate to what sounds like a song from "The Cramps", then let forth a mighty yell, which is the cue for Ruby Lamb to arise & join in the fun. And that is what SC is about after all - having fun. As an addition, I would have enjoyed seeing a common variation of the cheerleader, preferrably a blonde one, to keep in the legendary, satanistic "blonde virgin" depiction of a "sacrifice" chained down to a platform - perhaps this theatrical concept could be used in a subsequent video. In a white room rendered pinkish by lighting in his apartment, FCoS founder Egan conducts the baptism rite recited verbatum from Dr. LaVey's Satanic Mass recording. All in attendence are frocked in black robes, & standing before him is a mother with her daughter, also in a black robe, in her arms. The ceremony is inunciated rather effeminately complete with facial expressions to match. The small Baphomet is on red background, & a small white & gold dragonesque dagger is used for the modified invocation. On the red altar is a pentagram tile, upon which rests a triple-lunar stand with crystal ball, a satyr statuette surrounded by black candles, & a skull incensor sold at Hot Topic. Also included, a weakanesque belly-dancing group affirms the female stages of life of "maiden, mother, crone." Although I would have to say that these are some of the more attractive ones I've seen, as most Belly-dancers tend to be. The rest of the program deals with secular "rites of passage" in varying avenues, including the armed forces. Table of Contents V/XXVI\XXXVI Commentary by Draconis Blackthorne. For the past week, VH1 has presented the so-called "most shocking moments in Rock & Roll", hosted by a "Mark McGraff" - who appears to be another trendoid stinker, whom MM shot in the rump with a BB Gun, because, as MM stated, he makes it alright for the sheeple to dress in wife-beaters & baggy pants {essentially, what appears to be underwear} - as I have written before, most of this whole presentation displayed nothing really of pertinence except for the segment on Rev. Marilyn Manson. I received a notification of this program via an email - My eyes were automatically drawn to the words "Church of Satan" as part of the list. I thought it rather amusing that it was so far back in the list, considering it mentioned a modern-day major musical icon as connected with our organization - almost like they're trying to 'hide' the fact that someone the herd listens to, even if for only the music, could be seriously connected to Satanism. Indeed, several programs have tried to hide the topic of Satanism by rescheduling certain presentations without notice, & sometimes not even mentioning it when a certain program will be on {such as the Discovery Channel's "Weird Worlds" airing of 'Cults', in which Mgr. Rex Church & HP Barton were shown participating in a ritual at the AOS}. In this, however, I have been fortunate, in that I seem to catch most of the documentaries by 'chance', or shall we say, "Diabolical Machinations", or "Satanic Synchronicity". This one had a span of about 3 minutes, but in that time, the images of Dr. LaVey {as mentioned in "The Secret Life Of A Satanist" by Blanche Barton as "The Devil's High Priest", the cover image of same, & the picture of Dr. LaVey standing with Manson from his book "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell"} were presented, accompanied by what sounded like a recorder, along with a smoke-explosion manifestation of Dr. LaVey's face when mention of his meeting with Manson was briefly recounted, when LaVey just "appeared". Again, the details of this are related in Manson's book. A couple of commentators attempted to downplay Satanism with their shallow misperception of the philosophy {indeed, they were probably not even aware that there is one, as they were absolutely clueless, as their 'understanding' probably goes no further than a comic-book perception as presented by christianity} - a female commentator was visibly disturbed, & attempted to giggle away her obvious confusion by stating that it was "so...1975", in that certain floppy-headed bunnyish manner - yes, The Church of Satan was around in 1975, & is still alive & thriving today. There is actually a book called "The Satanic Bible" which was also in publication in 1975, & continues to be a best-seller today! A poopstar named "Moby" stated that "what would the Prince of Darkness be doing with a bunch of goth-kids in the basement?" I think the answer to that is blatantly obvious - Marilyn Manson as an individual & as a band went on to become a world-impacting entity, just as Dr. LaVey predicted. Only one of the commentators did not go on to embarrassingly show herself to be so ignorantly visceral, as she actually did accurately state in a round-about way that MM did not desire to 'worship' a guy with horns, but essentially resonated with a largely anti-christian viewpoint, countering the hypocrisy, repressive strictures, & mind-numbing foolosophy that christianity espouses. So, I say at least VH1 had the testicular fortitude to present this segment, but the commentaries made by fluffballs only further demonstrated that people essentially hate &/or critique Satanism based upon what they do not know, nor comprehend, instead of stating an educated opinion based upon fact. These are mediochre hacks & marginally-talented, assembly-line pseudo-'musicians', not intellectuals, who should not be taken in any way seriously. Do yourselves a favor - before making yourselves look like complete idiots again in the future, read a little about the subject at hand before regurgitating common ignorant assumptions. Other interesting manifestations of Satanic expression as seen in the secular media were present in the events of Sinead O'Connor's denunciation of Pope John Paul II, in that infamous tearing-apart of his picture on SNL {a Black Mass moment}, which gained her quite a bit of infamy - the drones were shown booing her at a Bob Dylan tribute concert {which only sadly displays the sheeple's mass brainwashing by the Catholic Church - it is far better to allow them to adhere to their slave religions, than to attempt to enlighten them, as they will most likely remain the rotten organisms they are}, her heart may have been in the correct place, but her humanitarian efforts were lost on the contagion of ingrates, who will continue to subject themselves to the cross, & other various blindlight faiths. Madonna's daring & blasphemous portrayal of a nubile girl who falls in love with St. Martin DePorres, who comes alive & copulates with her, amidst scenes of burning crosses. And not to mention her early 90's release of her Sex book, which explored various taboos which helped shock the populace onto some evolution of human sexuality & awareness. Even though I do not personally care for the music, as it is rather bland & feeds into mass trendoid-mentality, her very name does display a rather sacriligeous suggestion that the name of a religious icon of erzatz virginity can be taken by an oversexed performer. Ozzy Osbourne's infamous mastication-decapitation of a dove, then later a bat, which earned him the carnivorous madman nomenclature. Alice Cooper's chicken massacre, in which someone had tossed a live chicken onto the stage, Cooper threw it back, not realizing that chickens do in fact not fly, as it plummeted into the audience, was torn apart, & its pieces thrown back onto the stage. This was the event that launched him onto the world scene. After which, he was playing at huge venues. This all goes to show that the iconoclast, in whatever original & individualistic artistic expression who goes beyond the commonly accepted ground, will cause an evolutionary vibration, incrementally modifying culture & society. It is known that "'Evil', that is to say, all that is attributed to The Devil, or expressions of revolution or blasphemy, by whatever name, remains a catylist for change. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/1368/spechtreum6.html |