31 Days of Halloween Movies (2018) - Horror Fans Unite!!!!!!

[zeze]

6. Hallows' Eve -

Bad acting, an awful script, and unoriginal kills. Also I know they are on a limited budget but it is very unrealistic that at all the attractions except for one there is nobody else at them except for the main characters.

[Show spoiler]5. Hereditary -

The first hour was excellent but I hated the direction they went for the rest of the movie.

4. Unsane -

First half of the movie showed a lot of promise but then I felt it started to lose its suspense and my interest as well. It's a shame as well as I was really looking forward to watching this movie after seeing the trailer a few months ago.

3. Cellar Dweller -

Only things going for this movie is the nice monster design and the movie's short runtime.

2. Paranormal Activity -

Found it to be pretty boring at times and not scary at all but I appreciate what they did with the budget that they had.

1. Leatherface -

Not what I was expecting but still enjoyable and serves as a good prequel.

[blaken123]

As Above So Below (2014)
I don't know much but I know without having to look that this film has been described as "Da Vinci Code meets Blair Witch" once or twice. It's certainly an apt description. Unexpectedly, I liked the "urban archeology" aspects of the film a lot. Unfortunately, the horror elements are rote. The setting is good and the set-up is really good, but the scares are straight out of a 1st person POV horror game. The worst part, though, are the two lead characters, both of whom are unicorns played by real unicorns. I mean, come on, you're an international multilingual adventurer with 3 advanced degrees and you're, what, 23, with perfect curly red hair? Or you're a "guerilla clocksmith" who looks even prettier and dresses even better than she does? I don't know who that actor is (yes I know he's been in some things) but for God's sake how good looking do you need to be? They also both suffer from I call "Gil Grissom" syndrome. If you remember, Gil Grissom from CSI had essentially no flaws and no vices. His only crime was that he worked too hard and cared too much! Okay, there really ARE people like that... they aren't necessarily unicorns. But I hate them, fictional or not. Get a personality disorder or sex addiction or GAD like the rest of us, then you might be worth paying attention to.

It's fine if your movie has bigger than life characters, I guess, but they need a big scenario to match (well of souls!), and found footage spooky catacombs ain't it. Still, every once in a while the film caught fire, like the excellent prolouge that almost justified the main character's impossible pedigree, or the times when the gang found their way out of a jam using their collective archaic knowledge or otherwise protagonated in interesting ways, or really anything other than looking around and yelling "what's going on?!"

The original Blair Witch was able to get away with putting a bunch of rubes through their paces because we felt like we were watching real kids that we knew. Nobody knows the kids in this movie--and no one would miss them if they disappeared--because they do not exist, above or below.

[Foggy]

Red = Theatrical
Blue = Blu-ray
Black = Streaming/TV/Other
* = Rewatch

02/09 - Upgrade (2018, Dir. Leigh Whannell)
10/09 - A Quiet Place (2018, Dir. John Krasinski)
11/09 - Ghost Stories (2018, Dir. Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman)
12/09 - Resolution (2012, Dir. Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead)
16/09 - The Endless (2018, Dir. Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead)
17/09 - Under the Shadow (2016, Dir. Babak Anvari)
18/09 - Ninja III: The Domination (1984, Sam Firstenberg)
19/09 - Thelma (2017, Joachim Trier)
20/09 - The Crow (1994, Alex Proyas
23/09 - Climax (2018, Gaspar Noe)
24/09 - A Cure For Wellness* (2017, Gore Verbinski)
26/09 - mother!* (2017, Darren Aronofsky)
28/09 - Phase IV (1974, Saul Bass)
29/09 - Revenge (2018, Coralie Fargeat)
30/09 - Hold the Dark (2018, Jeremy Saulnier)
30/09 - The Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)
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01/10 - Confessions (2010, Tetsuya Nakashima)
01/10 - The Blob (1958, Irvin Yeaworth & Russell Doughten)
02/10 - Dead Ringers (1988, David Cronenberg)
02/10 - Sleepwalker (1984, Saxon Logan)
03/10 - Venom (2018, Ruben Fleischer)
04/10 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, John McNaughton)

[Kill Bren]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

[XanderAE]

01/10: Alien (Director’s Cut)
02/10: Friday the 13th (1980)
03/10: Van Helsing
04/10: 28 Days Later

[kingdoxie]

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The Brain That Wouldn't Die

[oilers73]

Originally Posted by kingdoxie

Attachment 209265

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

"I'm in another dimension!!!"

[october27]

5. HALLOWEEN
But don't you usually save this for ..? Yea, I do and I'll still definitely watch it again on Halloween but I wanted to go ahead and check it out now because of all the controversy regarding the transfer. I watched a few moments from the Blu-ray before watching this and the 4K version is easily the cleanest and clearest presentation I've ever seen and an obvious improvement over the Blu-ray. The characters and settings look incredibly realistic and detailed even with the final hour taking place at night. I will look forward to watching this again in a few weeks when I marathon the series. Definitely give the 4K a try as it makes an already classic movie even more enjoyable.

[Show spoiler]
1. HALLOWEEN 3
2+3. PHANTASM 1+2
4. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

SEPTEMBER
1. 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
2. THE MUMMY 1959
3. SALEM'S LOT
4+5. FRIDAY THE 13TH 1+2
6. THE MUMMY 1932
7. THE THING 1982
8. SHAUN OF THE DEAD
9. FREDDY VS. JASON
10. THE PURGE
11. LAND OF THE DEAD
12. RAMPAGE
13-15. POLTERGEIST 1+2+2015
16. ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
17. THE MEG
18. DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004
19. THE PURGE ANARCHY
20+21. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3+4
22. THE THING 2011
23. PROMETHEUS
24. THE PURGE ELECTION YEAR

[chuway]

10/3
The Beast Within


Whyyyy didn't I watch this movie sooner? The atmosphere is everything and the beast scene it might’ve taken longer than it should've been but I literally could not look away. No matter how awesome and disgusting it became.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

10/4
The Dead Zone

I love this film. David Cronenberg's most underrated and strangely forgotten film IMO. Christopher Walken is at the top of his game as usual in a very rich, mesmorizing performance countered by a powerhouse villainous performance my Martin Sheen. Mark Irwin's excellent icy cold cinematography and David Cronenberg's great directing make this one of the top best Stephen King film adaptions. Paramount needs to get on the ball and give this and Stephen King's Silver Bullet proper blu ray transfers.

[nashcameronn]

2013 list

[Show spoiler]1.) 9/24/13 - Halloween (1978)
2.) 9/25/13 - Halloween II (1981)
3.) 9/27/13 - Halloween H20
4.) 9/28/13 - House of 1000 Corpses
5.) 9/29/13 - The Devil's Rejects
6.) 9/30/13 - Jeepers Creepers
7.) 10/1/13 - The Thing (1982)
8.) 10/2/13 - Joy Ride
9.) 10/8/13 - American Psycho
10.) 10/12/13 - From Dusk Till Dawn
11.) 10/16/13 - The Fog (1980)
12.) 10/21/13 - The Burning
13.) 10/22/13 - Curse of Chucky
14.) 10/23/13 - Halloween 4
15.) 10/23/13 - Halloween 5
16.) 10/25/13 - Halloween (2007)
17.) 10/26/13 - 1408
18.) 10/27/13 - Day of the Dead (1985)
19.) 10/28/13 - High Tension
20.) 10/29/13 - Manhunter
21.) 10/30/13 - Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers

2014 list

[Show spoiler]1.) 10/1 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
2.) 10/2 - Motel Hell
3.) 10/3 - Pumpkinhead
4.) 10/3 - The People Under the Stairs
5.) 10/4 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
6.) 10/4 - From Beyond
7.) 10/5 - Toy Story of Terror
8.) 10/5 - Videodrome
9.) 10/6 - The Orphanage
10.) 10/6 - The Funhouse
11.) 10/8 - American Horror Story: Freakshow ep. 1
12.) 10/8 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
13.) 10/11 - Casper
14.) 10/11 - Dead Snow
15.) 10/12 - Cronos
16.) 10/14 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
17.) 10/15 - The Vanishing (1993)
18.) 10/15 - American Horror Story: Freakshow ep.2
19.) 10/17 - The Blob (1988)
20.) 10/19 - Wrong Turn
21.) 10/19 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch
22.) 10/20 - Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
23.) 10/20 - Feast
24.) 10/21 - 28 Days Later
25.) 10/21 - Dawn of the Dead (2004)
26.) 10/22 - American Horror Story: Freakshow ep. 3
27.) 10/24 - Scream
28.) 10/25 - Scream 2
29.) 10/25 - Scream 3
30.) 10/26 - Scream 4
31.) 10/27 - Annabelle
32.) 10/27 - The Serpent and the Rainbow
33.) 10/28 - Alien
34.) 10/29 - Army of Darkness
35.) 10/29 - American Horror Story: Freakshow
36.) 10/31 - The Shining

2015 list

[Show spoiler]1.) 10/1 - Dressed to Kill
2.) 10/2 - Stir of Echoes
3.) 10/3 - The Hitcher (1986)
4.) 10/3 - The Hitcher (2007)
5.) 10/4 - When a Stranger Calls (1979)
6.) 10/7 - Candyman
7.) 10/8 - Christine
8.) 10/10 - What We Do in the Shadows
9.) 10/12 - The Omen (1976)
10.) 10/12 - Damien: Omen II
11.) 10/13 - Omen III: The Final Conflict
12.) 10/13 - The Omen (2006)
13.) 10/14 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
14.) 10/15 - Cube
15.) 10/16 - Hellraiser
16.) 10/16 - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
17.) 10/17 - The Loved Ones
18.) 10/19 - Crimson Peak
19.) 10/20 - The Lazarus Effect
20.) 10/21 - The Collector
21.) 10/21 - The Collection
22.) 10/23 - The Mothman Prophecies
23.) 10/24 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
24.) 10/24 - Parents
25.) 10/26 - Jacob's Ladder
26.) 10/27 - The Innkeepers
27.) 10/30 - The Frighteners
28.) 10/30 - 30 Days of Night
29.) 10/31 - Night of the Demons

2016 list

[Show spoiler]1.) 10/1 - Near Dark
2.) 10/4 - The Witch
3.) 10/5 - Cat's Eye
4.) 10/6 - Lord of Illusions
5.) 10/6 - Cat People (1982)
6.) 10/9 - Invaders from Mars (1986)
7.) 10/10 - Devil
8.) 10/10 - The Midnight Meat Train
9.) 10/11 - Wishmaster
10.) 10/12 - The Howling
11.) 10/12 - Howling II: ... Your Sister is a Werewolf
12.) 10/14 - Turistas
13.) 10/16 - Night of the Comet
14.) 10/16 - The Return of the Living Dead
15.) 10/18 - My Bloody Valentine
16.) 10/19 - Scanners
17.) 10/19 - The Brood
18.) 10/21 - Bad Moon
19.) 10/21 - Nightbreed
20.) 10/24 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
21.) 10/24 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
22.) 10/24 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
23.) 10/24 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
24.) 10/25 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
25.) 10/25 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
26.) 10/25 - New Nightmare
27.) 10/26 - Drag Me to Hell
28.) 10/28 - Bubba Ho-Tep
29.) 10/29 - Dead Silence
30.) 10/30 - The Thing (1982)
31.) 10/31 - Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2017 list

[Show spoiler]1.) 10/1 - Gerald's Game
2.) 10/2 - Dreamcatcher
3.) 10/3 - Dark Skies
4.) 10/4 - Magic
5.) 10/5 - Deadly Blessing
6.) 10/11 - Burnt Offerings
7.) 10/12 - Clown
8.) 10/13 - The House of the Devil
9.) 10/15 - Carriers
10.) 10/16 - Altered States
11.) 10/16 - Ravenous
12.) 10/17 - Innocent Blood
13.) 10/17 - The Hunger
14.) 10/18 - The Babysitter
15.) 10/20 - Road Games
16.) 10/20 - Terror Train
17.) 10/21 - Body Snatchers
18.) 10/22 - Maniac (2012)
19.) 10/23 - Lifeforce
20.) 10/24 - The Wicker Man (1973)
21.) 10/24 - Slither
22.) 10/25 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
23.) 10/25 - Vamp
24.) 10/27 - Pet Semetary
25.) 10/27 - The Dead Zone (1983)
26.) 10/29 - Graveyard Shift
27.) 10/30 - Silver Bullet
28.) 10/30 - Sleepwalkers
29.) 10/31 - Get Out

This wasn't really a scary movie but a very creepy and unnerving movie. The music also added to the creepiness of it. I've seen Free Fire and loved it. This was the second film I've seen of Ben Wheatley. Definitely someone to keep on my radar.

1.) 10/1 - Amusement
2.) 10/2 - All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
3.) 10/3 - Kill List

[Punishment1o1]

(*) - Indicates First Time Viewing

10/4/18



I Know What You Did Last Summer:

A horror movie that I actually grew up on. It isn't quite as entertaining as I remember as a kid, but it still has its moments. I like the set-up and the fact that movie actually has a few intense moments to (particularly the department store chase). The acting is pretty bad most of the time, but I also liked Jennifer Love Hewitt as the final girl in this movie.



I Still Know What You Did Last Summer: 1/2

The sequel ramps up the kills and makes them more brutal, but the story gets dumbed down so much from the first (which is a lot to say). I like the tropical island setting, but it just doesn't make much sense story-wise. There's just too many coincidences that had me thinking, "How?"


Oh, the horror so far this year:

[Show spoiler]Drag Me to Hell*:
The Boy*: :
Last Shift*: 1/2
Little Evil*:
The Collection*: 1/2
A Quiet Place*: 1/2
As Above, So Below: 1/2
It (2017): 1/2
Thriller:
The House With a Clock in Its Walls*:
Dreamcatcher:
Hereditary*:
The Village: 1/2
Friday the 13th (1980):
Hell Fest*: 1/2
Chernobyl Diaries: 1/2
Before I Wake*:
Fright Night (2011)*:
Van Helsing:

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by october27

5. HALLOWEEN
But don't you usually save this for ..? Yea, I do and I'll still definitely watch it again on Halloween but I wanted to go ahead and check it out now because of all the controversy regarding the transfer. I watched a few moments from the Blu-ray before watching this and the 4K version is easily the cleanest and clearest presentation I've ever seen and an obvious improvement over the Blu-ray. The characters and settings look incredibly realistic and detailed even with the final hour taking place at night. I will look forward to watching this again in a few weeks when I marathon the series. Definitely give the 4K a try as it makes an already classic movie even more enjoyable.

I usually save this one for Halloween night, too, but I couldn’t wait a month and had to watch it last week when I got my copy in. I agree that the 4K is a great upgrade. I was noticing things, particularly in the darker scenes, that I hadn’t ever noticed before. I look forward to revisiting it again later this month.

[A113]

10/03 - Annihilation - - Stunning, mind-blowing sci-fi/horror film. Beautifully and disturbingly shot, with nice visuals and great audio.
The Blair Witch Project - - The greatest found-footage horror film of all time and the one that started it all. If you liked this movie, I would recommend "The Last Broadcast" It's very similar to "Blair Witch" and came out just a year before.
Sorry about the late review, I was a bit busy last night and didn't have time to write out a review.

[oilers73]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I usually save this one for Halloween night, too, but I couldn’t wait a month and had to watch it last week when I got my copy in. I agree that the 4K is a great upgrade. I was noticing things, particularly in the darker scenes, that I hadn’t ever noticed before. I look forward to revisiting it again later this month.

Halloween is my favorite movie. I don't have any interest in upgrading to 4K, so would you mind telling me some of the things you had never noticed before? Thanks in advance.

[hagios]

10/4

Cup of tea theatre



The Birds

[u2popmofo]

Some of the low / average review scores people are posting for classic movies are more horrifying than anything else I'll see this month.

[Al_The_Strange]

Van Helsing





Body Count: 5 Films

[Show spoiler]
09/03: Village of the Damned (1960)
09/03: Frankenstein (1931)
09/03: Son of Frankenstein
09/22: The Wolf Man (1941)
09/22: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
09/22: House of Frankenstein
09/22: House of Dracula
09/26: Happy Death Day
09/27: Slaughter High
09/30: Hotel Transylvania 3
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10/01: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
10/01: Flatliners (2017)
10/02: Beyond Re-Animator
10/02 - 10/03: Devilman OVA
10/04: Van Helsing

2016 Body Count | 2015 Body Count | 2014 Body Count
2013 Body Count | 2012 Body Count | 2011 Body Count
2010 Body Count

[FilmKoala]

The Howling (1981)


Two skulls for the first two acts, four skulls for the third act, so as a whole it's a three skull movie.



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The Tenth Annual 31 Days of Terror

[Show spoiler]
* = First-time viewing

Sept. 30/Oct. 1.
1. The Strangers (2008)
2. Evil Dead II (1987)
3. Don't Breathe (2016)
4. Halloween 5: The Curse of Michael Myers (1989)
5. Zombie 3 (1988)*
6. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
7. One Missed Call (2003)
8. Dark Water (2002)

Oct. 2
9. Hush (2016)*
10. The Vampire Doll (1970)*
11. The Thing (1982)

Oct. 3
12. The Boneyard (1991)
13. The Howling (1981)

[Al_The_Strange]

Forgot one I watched last night. There's probably a reason why.

Incarnate



Was not a fan.



Body Count: 6 Films

[Show spoiler]
09/03: Village of the Damned (1960)
09/03: Frankenstein (1931)
09/03: Son of Frankenstein
09/22: The Wolf Man (1941)
09/22: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
09/22: House of Frankenstein
09/22: House of Dracula
09/26: Happy Death Day
09/27: Slaughter High
09/30: Hotel Transylvania 3
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10/01: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
10/01: Flatliners (2017)
10/02: Beyond Re-Animator
10/02 - 10/03: Devilman OVA
10/03: Incarnate
10/04: Van Helsing

2016 Body Count | 2015 Body Count | 2014 Body Count
2013 Body Count | 2012 Body Count | 2011 Body Count
2010 Body Count