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The 7th was my birthday. I got many things:

The Dark Crystal. I loved this movie as a kid, and there is a 25th anniversary special edition! Who knew?

A PS3!!!!! But because I am now officially Mature, I kept worrying about silly things like "Where will I put it?" and "Can I afford it?" and "Will it overheat and burn the house down?" It's smaller than I thought it would be, and I retired the GameCube to the closet to give it space. Which means I also have:

LittleBigPlanet 2: cute!

Batman: Arkham Asylum: Fun!

Demon's Souls: Hard as crap! But also fun.

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds: The Special Edition, because I had a $50 gift card from buying the PlayStation. And a new-suit Iron Man action figure, who now lives with Dilbert's pointy-haired boss, Eric Cartman and an army of bloodthirsty Ham-Hams on the shelf above my computer. (There's a torch that's supposed to go in his hand somewhere, I think, but I can't figure out how).

Now that I have Blu-Ray capacity, it's time for the Blu-Ray edition of Cabin Fever. Yes, I own it on DVD already. (That's how I made this icon). No, it is not the best candidate for Blu-Ray ever: it's not particularly actiony or special-effects laden, and the Big Bad is a flesh-eating virus. But it is the UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT, and is also super cheap.

And speaking of flesh-eating, I figured it's time to to pick up the made-for-TV movie that traumatized me for life. I saw it when I was just a drive-in mutant in training, when I was home from school. (I think I was sick--yeah, that's it). And it came on at lunchtime. Like many films of its caliber, it has more names than Satan. I know it as Ants! (The exclamation point is important). It's notable for starring Suzanne Somers before she was on Three's Company, and also for having a scene that breaks every taboo in the book. It involves:

A child

who is not an Eric Cartman-style antichrist. (In fact, he is so sweet I could throw up. He is collecting bottles to recycle for money, possibly because he is the sole breadwinner of the family. It's hard to tell, because the acting is so maudlin)

dying

in a graphic, disgusting manner ("It hurts, Mommy! It HUUUUUURTS!")

in broad daylight.

This is the very first thing I saw, and I couldn't watch much more. But I've thought about it for years, and now that I'm a mature drive-in mutant, I can probably handle it. It is, after all, a made-for TV movie.

And I just found it, for five bucks! Sadly, the version I found is just called Ants no-exlamation-point, but I can put up with that. Is it as horribly awesome as I remember? We shall see!