Liu Zi Xi 刘子希 from Harbin, China - Lenglui #255

Name: Liu Zi Xi 刘子希
Date of Birth: Apr 19, 1987
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 41 kg
Measurements: 32 24 32
Weibo: http://weibo.com/u/1789504963
About: Liu Zi Xi 刘子希 or also known as Cee, is a pretty and uprising model and actress from Harbin, Northeast China. Nicknamed as the "Little Fan Bing Bing" and with a passion for performing in front of audience, Liu Zi Xi pursued her studies from a performing arts and dance school in Harbin majoring in folk dance. Liu Zi Xi moved to Beijing in year 2000 and she was also a yoga instructor for some time before becoming a model. In August 2010, Liu Zi Xi was a runner-up in a football babe contest organized by Tencent and at the same time, she won the best body award. Ever since, this sexy model has appeared in TV variety shows, advertisements and movies. Anyway, only the best of Liu Zi Xi available here, all filtered by http://dailylenglui.blogspot.com.

By: Unknown On 10.53

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SHOCKtober Day 5: Nosferatu

When I was in college, I took a class on German gothic film and literature (man, college is the best) and as you might expect, eventually we got to Nosferatu. This spawned a discussion about vampires in general and what, if anything, we find frightening about them. A battle of the gross vampire vs the sexy vampire was born: which is more horrifying, a monster that looks like a monster (à la Nosferatu) or a monster that can seduce you and put you in harm's way before you even realize it (à la Christoper Lee as Dracula)?

While there's something theoretically scary about the vampire-as-seducer - that you could end up falling for someone who ultimately only views you as prey - I'm much more into the obvious and the aesthetic. Team Nosferatu all the way!

Whether it's Max Schrek or Klaus Kinski underneath those rat teeth and pointed ears (or even their descendent, Mr. Barlow of 'Salem's Lot), I really can't handle this guy. The very idea of him creeping up the stairs in the dark...maybe I'm easy, but he absolutely terrifies me. I mean, it's to the point where I can't watch Kinski in anything without having some sort of weird feelings of wariness that stem from the 1979 Werner Herzog take on this creature. I don't even like looking at those pictures I posted up there and I don't want to look at them anymore, so I bid you good day. I SAID GOOD DAY.

poll by twiigs.com

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SHOCKtober Day 4: Audition

Have you seen Audition? If not, stop reading this. Don't read anything about it before you watch it. Sure, there are twists and turns to the story that shouldn't be spoiled for you in advance, but the bigger point is that Audition is a film that should be experienced rather than discussed. Not that there isn't plenty to discuss, and I mean beyond the infamous (oh so rightly infamous...every warning you've heard about this film is completely warranted) denouement: Audition is a compelling examination of loneliness, relationships, gender roles, happiness, and, more than anything else, honesty. It's also, as you know if you're still reading this, a GD horror masterpiece laden in unease.

And since you're only still reading this if you've seen it RIGHT, then I don't need to talk about it any more. Instead, I will post some Audition fan art because who knew there was Audition fan art? Well now we all know there's Audition fan art and by gum, everyone else needs to know about it too.

by dleghost

by ZibVirante

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by VisualKeiXIII

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by MajorOcelot

by Phoenixjca

by JakeEkiss

by Frostfeuer

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By: Unknown On 10.27

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SHOCKtober Day 3: The Haunting of Julia

You know what I love about Mia Farrow? It's the way she appears so vulnerable and fragile- what with her slight frame and her look of bewilderment and her delicate features- but she's got such a goddamn spine to her. I find myself wanting to protect her (or, I suppose I should say, characters like Rosemary Woodhouse and Julia Lofting), but when push comes to shove she proves she won't be pushed or shoved.

And so after the tragic death of her young daughter and a breakdown, Julia ups and leaves her husband Magnus (Keir Dullea) on the spur of the moment as she leaves the hospital. Before long, Julia is...wait for it...haunted. But by what? The spirit of her daughter? Her own guilt? The spirit of the house's former resident? Unlike nearly every other supernatural flick on the market, The Haunting of Julia keeps all the goings-on vague and subtle...so much so that we're hard-pressed to discern whether or not there's any haunting going on at all. There aren't any Poltergeist-style furniture-flying-around-on-its-own theatrics to be found; sure, there's some blood shed and casualties, but it's more about atmosphere or, as Julia puts it, the "feeling of hate" that engulfs her home.

Still, what's a good ghost story without some sort of mystery to be solved (not to mention that since it's a 70s film, there's a good old fashioned séance to boot)? And boy, Julia uncovers a good one- a downright chilling one, with a ghost that could give The Ring's Samara a lesson or two in evil. A note to wayward ghosts everywhere: I'm not fucking helping you, you're on your own.

The Haunting of Julia is a quiet film that will get under your skin more that it will outright scare you, and if quiet-n-subdued ain't your bag, it will undoubtedly get on your nerves more than it will get under your skin. But if you're in the mood for some precious blonde daughter dies early on and does she come back as a ghost or is her mother just mad with guilt? horror (that's totally a subgenre, you know), pair this up with Don't Look Now and go nuts!

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By: Unknown On 20.40

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SHOCKtober Day 2: Let the Right One In

It took me a while to get around to watching Let the Right One In (2008). Vampires? Mehhhhh. Oh, it's supposed to be super great? Mehhhhh. Repeat the mehhhhhs for...oh, a year or so? At least?...until I finally sit down- practically in a huff!- to check it out and OKAY FINE it's as great as everyone claims it is.

Let the Right One In tells the story of Oskar, a lonely 12-year-old who is bullied when he's not completely ignored and Eli, the 12-year-old newcomer who befriends him...mind you, Eli has been 12 for about 200 years and OH YEAH is a vampire. To simply call this a "vampire movie", however, is to sell it short. It's an examination of devotion and romance- although it's the only film I can recall where the "happy ending" is actually incredibly bleak and depressing.

Look, the thing is, YES, everyone is right about this movie. It's full of gut-wrenching, stop-you-in-your-tracks horror set pieces. The lead actors are perfectly subdued. The entire affair is as grim and beautiful and unrelenting as a long Swedish winter. I can't praise Let the Right One In enough, or do it any justice in a shitty blog post. It's a film a love more every time I see it. If you haven't seen it yet...if you're sitting around all mehhhhh like I was, then you, my friend, are in for a treat. Also, what the hell is wrong with you? Go watch it.


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By: Unknown On 10.41

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SHOCKtober Day 1: Sunshine

 

Lawd a lawdy, I do so love all things outer space. This love goes back to my formative years, although perhaps every kid is enamoured with the stars and such? If they're not, they certainly should be...although I will say I grew up during a pretty damn good period for that love to blossom: after the Apollo years, but smack in the middle of the Space Shuttle years. It certainly helped that pop culture was also experiencing a bit of AstroFever, what with the Star Wars and the Star Trek movies and the Space: 1999 and the Battlestar Galactica and The Last Starfighter and yeah, even the Space Invaders and the Asteroids.

In another lifetime, perhaps, I will do something with all of this love I have for the final frontier. Maybe instead of just...umm...shedding a few holy fucking shit tears as I did whilst watching JPL engineers watch screens telling them that Curiosity landed on Mars (ON MARS YOU GUYS), I will be more like one of my college friends, who helped build this.

In this lifetime, though, it is not to be. My brain is simply not wired that way, and while sometimes that makes me sad or I find myself angrily shaking my fist at my brain for not being more practical, I've accepted it. I also realize that at times, I have an advantage over my science-leaning brethren for you see, I can pop in a spacetastic film like Sunshine and watch it safely from the "I don't know any better" zone. I am dazzled and ignorant, never bogged down by "well, that math is wrong" or "that is completely impossible because of reasons and science"...I just go with it all. I tells ya, it's a wonderful zone in which to be! (see also: enjoying Prometheus)

So does this tale of astronauts on a journey to launch a bomb with a mass equal to Manhattan into the sun in order to "jump start" said sun because it's dying contain dubious science despite the obvious intelligence of the script? I DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T CARE.

Spur of the moment life-or-death decisions...Icarus II receiving a distress signal from Icarus I, the first ship sent on this same mission and lost seven years prior...watching tensions rise and potentially rip the crew apart...all of it makes Sunshine a particularly riveting film that's absolutely gorgeous to boot.

It's a shame, then, when the movie heads off the rails and devolves into more familiar "there's a monster on the ship" territory. It all wraps up too quickly and at a disservice to the characters, the previous 3/4 of the film, and the audience. This is not to say that as a whole, it's not a terrific package because it really is. You know how it is, though...sometimes films take a sharp turn at some point and whatever's around the corner works for you or it doesn't. The final act of Sunshine doesn't quite work for me, but it doesn't negate the thrills I get out of the rest of it. Space porn, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, a sexy ship computer voice, and Michelle fucking Yeoh are more than good enough for this ignoramus! As for how I feel about it in my next lifetime, though, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.


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By: Unknown On 12.08

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