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

[Monterey Jack]

First-time viewings marked with an *

[Show spoiler]9/06/18: The Little Stranger * (2018):
9/07/18: The Nun * (2018):
9/10/18: Predator (1987):
9/11/18: Predator 2 (1990):
9/12/18: Predators (2010):
9/14/18:The Predator * (2018):
9/21/18: Fade To Black * (1980):
9/23/18: The Hidden (1987):
9/24/18: Season Of The Witch * (1972):
9/25/18: Assassination Nation * (2018):
9/27/18: Thriller (1983): The House With A Clock In Its Walls * (2018):
10/01/18: Night School * (1981): Body Bags * (1993): Pumpkinhead * (1988):
10/02/18: Raising Cain (1992): Split (2017):
10/03/18: Eyes Of A Stranger * (1981):

-Hell Fest * (2018):



Standard slasher with an irresistible premise...what if one of those cheesy horror theme parks that pop up every October had an actual killer wandering around amongst the employees paid to pop out and scare the bejeezus out of the patrons? It's a fantastic setup, and the film's costuming and production design are top-drawer (it would take much freeze-framing at home on Blu-Ray to savor every dank corner). Plus, it's the ultimate screw-off to people who use the tired complaint about "cheap jump scares" when dismissing horror movies...this is nothing BUT jump scares, only the kind where you don't know if the next knife slashing out at you from the darkness will be made of rubber or steel, if he next hanging corpse will be a dummy or your best friend. That said, the film's characters are beyond-generic "types" (the virginal heroine, the "sass-ay!" black friend, the punk girl, etc.), and they're given so little set-up or background it's hard to care for them beyond a basic, Pavlovian response to see the protagonists survive (leading actress Amy Forsyth kind of looks like a lost Olsen sister, BTW). Still, as far as machine-tooled Jack-in-the-box scare machines go, it's a well-oiled one, with director Gregory Plotkin (who edited last year's Best Picture nominee Get Out) meting out the suspense with crack efficiency. And it's nice to see the Candyman himself, Tony Todd, make a cameo as the park's top-hatted M.C.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by CZAR

However I liked the klymax

[Dailyan]

[Undeadcow]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

So far we only have 2 people who are officially registered for the giveaway. With the thread moving as fast as it is, I’m not sure if people are simply not interested or just missing it. You can view the first page of this thread or click the link in my signature. But if we don’t have enough people participating it obviously cannot run and the money will be refunded.

I wanted to say that it's very cool of you to host these giveaways and I really appreciate the efforts, it adds a nice splash of fun even if I'm not likely to participate. Those are some epic looking pops and a lot of work on your part. Thank you and cheers.

[charlieray1]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

So far we only have 2 people who are officially registered for the giveaway. With the thread moving as fast as it is, I’m not sure if people are simply not interested or just missing it. You can view the first page of this thread or click the link in my signature. But if we don’t have enough people participating it obviously cannot run and the money will be refunded.

Where do we send the Paypal to?

[oilers73]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

So far we only have 2 people who are officially registered for the giveaway. With the thread moving as fast as it is, I’m not sure if people are simply not interested or just missing it. You can view the first page of this thread or click the link in my signature. But if we don’t have enough people participating it obviously cannot run and the money will be refunded.

I'm just here to share what I'm watching to get ready for Halloween, and to see what other people are watching. Plus, it can be amusing to read their opinions.

To the two people who are participating, good luck to both of you.

[XanderAE]

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

[filmbuffTX]

Originally Posted by charlieray1

Where do we send the Paypal to?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=582

[Blu Myers]

3 Oct - When a Stranger Calls (2006)



One of the many remakes from the mid 2000s, and it falls about in the middle. It has some good tension here and there, and I like that it chooses the original Halloween route of leaning HARD on tension and less on kills. Nice to see a young Katie Cassidy in here too. But it's not earth shattering or anything, but Tommy Flanagan is perfectly cast as the "lurker".

14 Sep - Summer of 84* 1/2
16 Sep - Rob Zombie's Halloween 1/2
17 Sep - Sorority Row
20 Sep - The Nun*
23 Sep - Alice Sweet Alice* 1/2
24 Sep - Mandy* 1/2
26 Sep - Drag Me To Hell
27 Sep - Hell Fest
28 Sep - Terrifier 1/2
29 Sep - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1 Oct - Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
2 Oct - Bay of Blood (Twitch of the Death Nerve)
3 Oct - When a Stranger Calls (2006)

[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)
03/19 - Venom (2018, Ruben Fleischer)

[moviebuff2]

All movies will be first time viewings!



10/3: Stephanie

One of those Netflix movies floating around that you've probably passed a few times. First 20 minutes are pretty strong as young Stephanie is all alone in her house, for some unknown reason, and is terrorized by "something". This portion of the movie is pretty strong and awfully suspenseful. You'd think any movie where Frank Grillo and Anna Torv show up in would be awesome. Unfortunately they're stuck in a Blumhouse production. Goes extremely downhill from there. I have no idea why it's rated R. Easily could be PG13.

10/2: Bay of Blood 1/2
10/1: Summer of '84

[blaken123]

The Endless (2017) 1/4
I was so pleased to see that this is now on Netflix! That means it's free, right? This is sort of a follow-up to Resolution, that weird movie from a few years ago that you probably watched (on Netflix) about 2 guys in a cabin who find a bunch of video tapes. I loved that one and this one is just about as good, although quite different in some ways.

I really like the set up here, as two brothers return to the old death cult that they escaped a few years before. They're going back to catch up with old friends from the cult (it's played for comedy and it works!). Soon, though, they are reminded of some of the reasons why they left the death cult in the first place as a bunch of super culty stuff happens.

The cast here is GREAT and really shows what you can do with a limited budget and a simple but good idea (a fantastic, professional score helps!!!). There are also some very effective but murky special effects... it's almost like they shot the whole film at a low Resolution (natch) on purpose so that the low-budget sfx would blend in better. It's weird because some of the bigger effects work better than the "smaller" fx (like a bunch of photos fluttering down from the sky, or a simple fire effect... just drop some polaroids from a crane and set $#@& on fire, dude!)

I didn't like the second half as much as the first, but this seems to be my curse with these kinds of movies (and the Lost TV show, for instance): I'm all in for the mysterious lead-up, but usually disappointed when the curtain is dropped (when you see "how the sausage is made"). I get a feeling that the "monster" here is disappointed as well--there's a moment near The End where it literally tosses a film projector in disgust. (And that's part of the joke, right? I mean the first movie is called Resolution and this one is called Endless...)

But I'm sympathetic, because I don't know how to solve the equation either: how do you craft a satisfying payoff after revealing a freaky and juicy (NTM sexy) set of mysterious clues? Especially in 2017 when a zillion movies have already been paid off? Hell, if I could do that I'd be writing screenplays instead of bdforum posts. And do I encourage all viewers to do as I try to do when I watch any movie: enjoy the parts that you like and ignore the parts that you don't. You might find more "3 Star" movies that way, and a lot fewer bombs, even if you don't like The End.

[u2popmofo]

Originally Posted by blaken123

The Endless (2017) 1/4
I was so pleased to see that this is now on Netflix! That means it's free, right? This is sort of a follow-up to Resolution, that weird movie from a few years ago that you probably watched (on Netflix) about 2 guys in a cabin who find a bunch of video tapes. I loved that one and this one is just about as good, although quite different in some ways.

I really like the set up here, as two brothers return to the old death cult that they escaped a few years before. They're going back to catch up with old friends from the cult (it's played for comedy and it works!). Soon, though, they are reminded of some of the reasons why they left the death cult in the first place as a bunch of super culty stuff happens.

The cast here is GREAT and really shows what you can do with a limited budget and a simple but good idea (a fantastic, professional score helps!!!). There are also some very effective but murky special effects... it's almost like they shot the whole film at a low Resolution (natch) on purpose so that the low-budget sfx would blend in better. It's weird because some of the bigger effects work better than the "smaller" fx (like a bunch of photos fluttering down from the sky, or a simple fire effect... just drop some polaroids from a crane and set $#@& on fire, dude!)

I didn't like the second half as much as the first, but this seems to be my curse with these kinds of movies (and the Lost TV show, for instance): I'm all in for the mysterious lead-up, but usually disappointed when the curtain is dropped (when you see "how the sausage is made"). I get a feeling that the "monster" here is disappointed as well--there's a moment near The End where it literally tosses a film projector in disgust. (And that's part of the joke, right? I mean the first movie is called Resolution and this one is called Endless...)

But I'm sympathetic, because I don't know how to solve the equation either: how do you craft a satisfying payoff after reveling a freaky and juicy (NTM sexy) set of mysterious clues? Especially in 2017 when a zillion movies have already been paid off? Hell, if I could do that I'd be writing screenplays instead of bdforum posts. And do I encourage all viewers to do as I try to do when I watch any movie: enjoy the parts that you like and ignore the parts that you don't. You might find more "3 Star" movies that way, and a lot fewer bombs, even if you don't like The End.

Have you seen Spring? They also made that movie, I believe it's on Shudder (was on Amazon Prime for quite a long time). It's really good as well. I really hope these guys get a chance to make a bigger budget movie.

[FilmKoala]

The Boneyard (1991) (First-time viewing)


I feel like a movie with special effects and makeup effects this good should have been more entertaining to watch. On paper it sounds amazing but in practice it leaves a lot to be desired. Tonally the film is all over the place and it's just not very fun to watch. I definitely see myself watching this again in the future though so who knows? My opinion may change.



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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)

[The Great Escape]

10/1 The Wolf Man 1941
I always start things out with a few of the classic Universal monsters

10/2 The Mummy's Hand & The Mummy's Tomb 1/2

Had a double feature since both were only about a hour each. Both were ok it's funny now as a grown up seeing these films and wondering how the Mummy killed anyone because he moves so slow !

10/3 The Thing (1954)

I love this movie as a kid and still love it just as much now. This movie and 'Them" are two of my all time favorites

[CelluloidPal]

Originally Posted by Blu Myers

3 Oct - When a Stranger Calls (2006)



One of the many remakes from the mid 2000s, and it falls about in the middle. It has some good tension here and there, and I like that it chooses the original Halloween route of leaning HARD on tension and less on kills. Nice to see a young Katie Cassidy in here too. But it's not earth shattering or anything, but Tommy Flanagan is perfectly cast as the "lurker".

I saw this opening weekend and what it essentially the first 15 minutes of the original stretched out for under 90 minutes, with the majority of it being nothing but filler until the "climatic" main event. I can't say that it was tense or suspenseful in any way.

[hagios]

10/3

Cup of tea theatre

BETTE DAVIS SINGS "HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE" on "I'VE GOT A SECRET" 3/1/65 (2/2) - YouTube

[4EverJohnnyBoy]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by 4EverJohnnyBoy

Watched

10/1

4 out of 5

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by 4EverJohnnyBoy

Watched

10/2

2 out of 5

Watched

10/3

2 out of 5

[lilboyblu]

#9
The Prowler (1981)*
Great and gory practical effects by the legendary Tom Savini in this early 80’s slasher. The story was decent enough in fits and starts, but it did bog down a bit between kill scenes. Nevertheless, this is one you will want to check out.

#8__Revenge of the Blood Beast (1966)*
#7__Mr. Boogedy (1986)
#6__Nightmare Castle (1965)*
#5__Tourist Trap (1979)*
#4__Crimson Peak (2015)*
#3__Sisters (1972)*
#2__Prince of Darkness (1987)*
#1__The Fog (1980)

* - First Time Viewing

Past years lists are behind the spoiler:

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Complete 2016 List
Complete 2015 List
Complete 2014 List
Complete 2013 List
Complete 2012 List
Complete 2011 List

[Zero_Cool]

I am very late to my version of 31 days of Halloween films. I was going to try and watch 1 movie for each day but failed already. All movies are out of 5 skulls.


10/3 Scream
10/3 Scream 2
10/3 Scream 3
10/3 Scream 4
10/3 Cursed