31 Days of Halloween Movies (2019) - Horror Fans Unite!!!!!!

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Since there was some discussion on The Dead Zone blu ray earlier today, I just took a look at the film's overview on this site and it's currently sitting in 666 collections. Thought that was pretty interesting.

[october27]

38. The Invisible Man's Revenge

This is a pretty decent sci-fi suspense thriller. It's a few steps down from the original classic but still worth a look if you're a fan. The special effects are good for the time and I liked seeing John Carradine who is in this one as a scientist.

[Show spoiler]
1. Halloween 3
2. When A Stranger Calls 1979
3. Frankenstein 1931
4. The Mummy's Hand
5. Alien Vs. Predator
6. Army Of Darkness
7. The Bride Of Frankenstein
8. The Creature Walks Among Us
9. The Mummy's Tomb
10. Psycho
11. Scream 4
12. Child's Play 1988
13. Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy
14. Aliens
15. The Thing 2011
16. Invisible Agent
17. Phantasm
18. Predator 2
19. The Mummy 1959
20. The Ghost Of Frankenstein
21. Psycho 2
22. Godzilla 1998
23. World War Z
24. The Birds
25-27. A Nightmare On Elm Street 2-4
28. The Wolfman 2010
29. The Invisible Woman
30. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein
31. Dark Shadows
32. Friday The 13th Part 5
33. The Mummy's Ghost
34. The Mummy's Curse
35. Needful Things
36. Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
37. Phantasm 2

SEPTEMBER
1. Horror Of Dracula
2. Beetlejuice
3. The Thing 1982
4. Son Of Frankenstein
5. Predators
6. Silver Bullet
7. Scars Of Dracula
8. Blood From The Mummy's Tomb
9. The Dead Zone
10. Alien Resurrection
11. Creature From The Black Lagoon
12. The Mummy 1999
13. Scream
14. Dracula: Prince Of Darkness
15. Werewolf Of London
16. She-Wolf Of London
17. Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
18-21. Friday The 13th Part 1 - 4
22. The Wolf Man
23. Van Helsing
24. War Of The Worlds 2005
25. Interview With The Vampire
26. Godzilla 2014
27. Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
28. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1956
29. Dracula 1931
30. The Mist
31. Predator
32. Signs
33. Life 2017
34. Dracula's Daughter
35. Son Of Dracula
36. Cloverfield
37. Scream 2
38. The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
39. Jaws
40-42. King Kong 1933 + 1976 + 2005
43. Kong: Skull Island
44. The Invisible Man Returns
45+46. Hellraiser 1+2
47. The Mummy 1932
48. Scream 3
49. Phantom Of The Opera 1943
50. The Box
51. Revenge Of The Creature
52. Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man
53. Evil Dead 2

[VictoryAtNight]

I saw a boob become a wallet.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

10/17 continued
Friday the 13th (1980)

[KenHurd]

17. Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell

When Dr. Simon Helder is arrested and charged with the crime of sorcery, he is sent to the same asylum that once housed Baron Frankenstein. But once he arrives, he discovers that Baron Frankenstein is still there but now goes by the name of Dr. Carl Victor. With Simon's help, Baron Frankenstein is able to continue his ghastly experiments of bringing the dead back to life.

Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell is the last of the Hammer Frankenstein films and features the return of Peter Cushing and director Terence Fisher, who were both absent from the previous film, Horror of Frankenstein. This was a first-time watch for me, and now that I've seen all of the Hammer Frankenstein movies, I think that this film ends the series on a high note. Peter Cushing is once again wonderful in the role of Baron Frankenstein, and Shane Briant, who also starred in Hammer's film, Straight on till Morning, was great in the role of Dr. Helder.

Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell also features the most horrific and sympathetic monster since Christopher Lee's monster in The Curse of Frankenstein. This entry also seemed like the goriest entry, too, on par with Scars of Dracula.

1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
4. The Omen
5. Damien: Omen 2
6. In the Tall Grass
7. Omen 3: The Final Conflict
8. Omen 4: The Awakening
9. The Omen (2006)
10. Child's Play (2019)
11. The Howling
12. Annabelle Comes Home
13. The Shining
14. The Midnight Man
15. Candyman
16. The Fog

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

one of the lesser AMICUS horror anthology films but still with plenty to enjoy.

I've been debating on whether or not I should pick this up. I enjoyed Tales From the Crypt and Vault of Horror, with Tales From the Crypt being my favorite of the two.

[CelluloidPal]

10/17
*Annual go-to*

The Funhouse (1981)

[evilive]

10/17

*denotes first time viewing



*Screamers (1981) Survivors of a shipwreck wash up ashore on a mysterious tropical island that’s inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures. This one’s kind of a “Island of Dr. Moreau” type of story with the monsters looking like oddly shaped Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon.

[chad_1138]

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2018

(*denotes 1st time viewing)

[Show spoiler]09/01 - Tremors
09/01 - *Pyewacket
09/02 - *Pledge
09/03 - The Shallows
09/03 - In the Mouth of Madness
09/04 - Poltergeist
09/04 - Wishmaster
09/05 - Lights Out
09/05 - *Wishmaster 2
09/06 - *It: Chapter 2
09/06 - Goosebumps
09/06 - It Follows
09/07 - Goosebumps 2
09/07 - *Mercy Black
09/08 - Van Helsing
09/08 - Truth or Dare
09/09 - Hotel Transylvania
09/10 - Hotel Transylvania 2
09/10 - *The Dead Don't Die
09/11 - Hotel Transylvania 3
09/11 - *The Devil's Doorway
09/12 - *Devil's Gate
09/13 - *Brightburn
09/14 - The Strangers
09/14 - The Strangers Prey at Night
09/15 - Signs
09/15 - Final Destination
09/16 - Frankenweenie
09/16 - Final Destination 2
09/17 - Ernest Scared Stupid dead2:
09/17 *I Am NOT A Serial Killer - I cannot say enough good things about this film! One of the most unique and original horror films I have watched in a long time!!!
09/18 - Final Destination 3
09/19 - Hell House LLC
09/20 - Hell House 2
09/20 - *Hell House 3
09/21 - The Final Destination
09/22 - Final Destination 5
09/23 - Invaders from Mars
09/23 - Creepshow 2
09/24 - Disturbing Behavior
09/25 - *Child's Play (2019)
09/26 - Pet Semetary (89)
09/27 - *Creepshow 1.01 -
09/28 - *Slender Man
09/29 - Carrie (1976)
09/30 - The Shining (4K UHD)
09/30 - The Houses October Built
10/01 - The Houses October Built 2
10/02 - Escape Room
10/02 - Hell Fest
10/03 - Ichabod and Mr. Toad
10/03 - *Upgrade
10/05 - Mr. Boogedy
10/05 - The Evil Dead
10/06 - Dreamworks Spooky Stories
10/06 - Dracula Untold
10/06 - Wish Upon
10/07 - Itsy Bitsy
10/07 - Evil Dead II
10/08 - Friend Request
10/09 - *Creepshow
10/10 - Army of Darkness
10/10 - Sweeny Todd
10/12 - Jeepers Creepers
10/13 - Poltergeist II
10/13 - Candyman
10/14 - The Purge
10/14 - The Purge Anarchy
10/14 - Sinister
10/15 - The Faculty
10/16 - The Purge Election Year
10/16 - The Craft
10/16 - 28 Days Later
10/16 - *Haunt (2019)

10/17 - The Frighteners
10/17 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
10/17 - *Uncanny Annie

[ZODIAC-BLU]

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The Hearse (1980)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
The Reptile (1966)
I Bury The Living (1958)
The Fog (1980)

[NI-Gunner]

First viewings in bold.

01/10 - Ready Or Not (2019)
02/10 - The Banana Splits Movie (2019)
03/10 - The Haunting Of Hill House (2018)
04/10 - Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
05/10 - Haunt (2019)
05/10 - Scary Movie (2000)
06/10 - Scary Movie 2 (2001)
06/10 - Satan’s Little Helper (2004)
07/10 - Bordello of Blood (1996)
07/10 - Why Horror? (2014)
08/10 - The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs - A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
09/10 - Christine (1983)
09/10 - Anaconda (1997)
09/10 - Disturbing Behavior (1998)
10/10 - Death Becomes Her (1992)
11/10 - The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
11/10 - Maniac Cop (1988)
11/10 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
12/10 - Battle Royale (2000)
12/10 - Bloodline (2019)
13/10 - Dead End (2003)
13/10 - The Howling (1981)
15/10 - Halloween (2007)
15/10 - Halloween II (2009)
15/10 - The Cabin In The Woods (2011)
17/10 - Braindead (1992)
17/10 - Fright Night (1985)

18/10 - Starry Eyes (2014)



Outside of some gnarly Body Horror it doesn't really go anywhere you don't expect it to but that's not necessarily a knock at all. Good, tight script and Alex Essoe's performance was excellent! On one hand I think it's good that it came out pre #MeToo because if it came out after I probably would have avoided it on the presumption that there'd be a lazy "girls good, boys bad" message shoe-horned in, which is a pitfall a lot of recent movies have fallen into, but thankfully there's more to this one than that. Then again, if it did come out after 2016 I'd be willing to bet it would have made a shit-tonne more money.

[MassiveMovieBuff]

10/18
Friday the 13th part 2
Friday the 13th part 3
Friday the 13th part 4 1/2

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I've been debating on whether or not I should pick this up. I enjoyed Tales From the Crypt and Vault of Horror, with Tales From the Crypt being my favorite of the two.

Honestly the more I think about it the more disappointed I've been with it. It's a pretty weak and cheap anthology film IMHO. It is fun though. I would rent it first.

[lilboyblu]

#17
The Haunting (1963)*

#16_Anthropophagous (1980)*
#15_My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)*
#14_Scream And Scream Again (1970)*
#13_The Shining (1980)
#12_Bride of Boogedy (1987)
#11_The Crawling Eye (1958)*
#10_House of Wax (1953)
#9__The Mill of the Stone Women (1960)*
#8__The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)*
#7__Queen of Blood (1966)*
#6__Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)*
#5__Hereditary (2018)*
#4__House (1985)*
#3__Us (2019)*
#2__The Possessed (1974)*
#1__The Amityville Curse (1990)*

* - First Time Viewing

Past years lists are behind the spoiler:

[Show spoiler]Complete 2018 List
Complete 2017 List
Complete 2016 List
Complete 2015 List
Complete 2014 List
Complete 2013 List
Complete 2012 List
Complete 2011 List

[mars396]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by mars396

Monday, August 19, 2019 Fear the Walking Dead just going through the motions
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 It(1990) part 1
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 It(1990) part 2
Friday, August 23, 2019 It(2017) LOVE It - on my annual watch list for sure
Monday, August 26, 2019 Fear the Walking Dead just going through the motions
Wednesday, August 28, 2019 The Terror: Infamy
Thursday, August 29, 2019 The Terror: Infamy
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Fear the Walking Dead just going through the motions
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 The Terror: Infamy
Thursday, September 5, 2019 Planet Terror
Friday, September 6, 2019 It(2017)
Sunday, September 8, 2019 It: Chapter Two
Monday, September 9, 2019 The Shining
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 The Shining miniseries part 1
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 The Shining miniseries part 2
Friday, September 13, 2019 The Shining miniseries part 3
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Fear the Walking Dead just going through the motions
Thursday, September 19, 2019 American Horror Story: 1984
Monday, September 23, 2019 FEAR the Walking Dead just going through the motions
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Friday the 13th (1980)
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Friday the 13th Part 2
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Friday the 13th Part III
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Thursday, September 26, 2019 AHS: 1984
Friday, September 27, 2019 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning I was expecting to hate this - I did not
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 FEAR the Walking Dead Finale Talking Dead just going through the motions
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Thursday, October 3, 2019 AHS: 1984
Thursday, October 3, 2019 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood I was expecting to hate this - I did not
Friday, October 4, 2019 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989 I hated this when I binged Jason in 2016, yet loved it this time.
Saturday, October 5, 2019 Joker
Monday, October 7, 2019 Walking and Talking Dead just going through the motions
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993 This may be the worst movie I have ever seen
Thursday, October 10, 2019 AHS: 1984 Best season in three or four seasons !
Thursday, October 10, 2019 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
Friday, October 11, 2019 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987

Monday, October 14, 2019 Walking and Talking Dead just going through the motions
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Wes Craven's New Nightmare Freddy's Best!! most of the NOES are dissapointments to me, but I love this one and Heather is just gorgeous in this one
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 A L I E N 40th Anniversary Fathom Event A Masterpiece, and the first time I am seeing it in a theatre as it is meant to be seen
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Freddy vs. Jason
Thursday, October 17, 2019 AHS: 1984 This is turning out to be the best season of AHS in years!
Thursday, October 17, 2019 Friday the 13th (2009) this is the perfect Friday 13th movie - if you watch one Friday the 13th, this is the one
Friday, October 18, 2019 Jason X My favorite of all Jason/Fredddy/etc. The blending of Jason and Terminator wearing a Predator mask aboard a spaceship from Aliens just ticks off too many of my boxes to not be in love

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I've been debating on whether or not I should pick this up. I enjoyed Tales From the Crypt and Vault of Horror, with Tales From the Crypt being my favorite of the two.

If this helps at all I would lump this one on the level of Tales That Witness Madness and Dr Terror’s House of Horrors.

Tales From the Crypt, House That Dripped Blood, and Vault Of Horror are a solid level above.

[FilmKoala]

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)

The last time I watched this it had the distinct honor of being the blu-ray I most regretted buying. Fortunately I didn't hate it on the second viewing.


----------------------------
31 Days of Terror 2019

[Show spoiler]
* = first-time viewing

Sept 30/Oct. 1
1. Friday the 13th (1980)
2. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
3. The Last House on the Left (1972)
4. Cursed (2005)
5. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
6. City of the Living Dead (1980)
7. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
8. Final Exam (1981)*

Oct. 2
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
10. Antropophagus (1980)*
11. The Return (2006)
12. Madman (1981)*
13. Horror of Dracula (1958)

Oct. 3
14. Hatchet II (2010)
15. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
16. Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
17. Lust for a Vampire (1971)*
18. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Oct. 4
19. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
20. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
21. Hellraiser (1987)
22. Wishmaster (1997)*
23. I Eat Your Skin (1964)

Oct. 5
24. Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)*
25. The Return of Dracula (1958)
26. Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (1999)*
27. The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
28. Feast (2005)
29. Halloween II (1981)

Oct. 6
30. The Vampire (1957)
31. 31 (2016)
32. The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Oct. 7
33. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
34. Zombie (1979)
35. The Beyond (1981)

Oct. 8
36. The Conjuring (2013)
37. House of Wax (2005)
38. Scars of Dracula (1970)
39. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)*

Oct. 9
40. Halloween (2018)
41. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
42. House (1977)
43. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Oct. 10
44. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
45. Viy (1967)*
46. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
47. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Oct. 11
48. Cult of Chucky (2017)
49. The Descent (2005)
50. Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)

Oct. 12
51. The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
52. Hatchet (2006)
53. Shakma (1990)
54. Grave Encounters (2011)
55. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Oct. 13
56. The Grudge (2004)
57. Down (2001)*

Oct. 14
58. Absurd (1981)*
59. Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Oct. 15
60. The Gate (1987)*
61. Dracula (1931)

Oct. 16
62. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Oct. 17
63. The Old Dark House (1932)*
64. Dead Silence (2007)
65. Drácula (1931)

Oct. 18
66. Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)

[Monterey Jack]

First-time viewings indicated with a *

[Show spoiler]9/05/19: It (2017):
9/06/19: It Chapter 2 * (2019):
9/13/19: The Omen (2006): Carrie (2013):
9/21/19: Madman * (1982):
9/23/19: The Predator (2018):
9/30/19: Hidden * (2015):
10/01/19: Willard * (1971): Willard (2003):
10/02/19: Dead Snow (2009): Overlord (2018): Don’t Go In The House * (1980): Trick Or Treats * (1982):
10/03/19: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005): Corpse Bride (2005):
10/04/19: In The Tall Grass * (2019): The Roost * (2005): Alice, Sweet Alice (1976):
10/05/19: Blacula (1972): Dark Shadows (2012):
10/06/19: Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973):
10/07/19: The Addams Family (1991): Man’s Best Friend (1993): Blood Rage * (1987):
10/08/19: Addams Family Values (1993): The First Power (1990): Waxwork * (1988):
10/09/19: Near Dark (1987): Vampires (1998): Deadly Friend * (1986): Deep Red * (1975):
10/10/19: Grizzly (1976): Piranha * (1978):
10/11/19: The Monster Squad (1987): ParaNorman (2012):
10/12/19: Witchboard * (1987): Ouija: Origin Of Evil (2016):
10/13/19: Alligator (1980): Cujo (1983): Scream * (1981): [ZERO SKULLS]
10/14/19: Phenomena * (1985): Arachnophobia * (1990):
10/15/19: Creepshow (1982): The Mangler * (1995):
10/16/19: The Addams Family * (2019): You Can’t Kill Stephen King * (2012): The Slayer * (1982): Zombieland (2009):
10/17/19 Frankenstein Created Woman (1967): What Lies Beneath (2000):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTirN4CinVo

10/18/19:

-Bad Moon (1996):

-Ginger Snaps (2000):





A pair of superior Lycanthrope movies formed today’s full moon double-bill. In Bad Moon, a journalist named Ted Harrison (Michael Pare), on an expedition in Nepal, is brutally attacked by a hulking beast, who quickly does away with his terrified native guides and his girlfriend before he blows its head off with a shotgun. Months later, he moves his camper from the isolated wilds into the backyard of his lawyer sister, Janet (Mariel Hemmingway) and her young son, Brett (Dennis The Menace moppet Mason Gamble), and attempts to put his life back together, but the family dog, a giant and fiercely protective German Shepard named “Thor” (played for the most part by the winning “Primo”), can sense there’s something off about Uncle Ted, and why he goes for a jog every night and doesn’t come home until the dawn…

Writer/director Eric Red (who wrote or co-wrote 80’s genre fans like The Hitcher and Near Dark, as well as directing the forgettable Body Parts) doesn’t attempt to re-invent the wheel when it comes to werewolf lore, but his film is briskly-paced (under 80 minutes), well-acted and bracingly gory, only sabotaged slightly by some really poor mid-90’s CGI effects during a key transformation sequence that illustrate how the digital effects revolution has not been very kind to werewolves. Other that that, it’s a dandy little B-horror picture, with great a fine score by Daniel Licht and a terrific performance by canine lead “Primo”.

Meanwhile, Ginger Snaps concerns itself with a pair of sullen, death-obsessed teenage sisters, Ginger (Katherine Isabelle) and Brigitte Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins, a decade removed from playing young Beverly Marsh on the original TV miniseries version of Stephen King’s It), who live in the quaint little Canadian burg of Bailey Downs where a rash of deaths amongst the town’s pet population has everyone on edge. The girls have an adolescent suicide pact (“Out by sixteen or dead on the scene, but together, forever”), but when Ginger is savagely mauled by a mysterious beast in the forest (which coincides with her first, late-onset period), she starts to change, in body and temperament. Soon, the formerly disdainful Ginger is sucking face with a local high-school stud (Kris Lemche) and growing weird hairs along her rapidly-healing scars, as well as a tail and a fondness for munching on the neighbor’s annoying little mutt.

The concept of Lycanthropy has long been associated with a specifically male metaphor for when one’s hormones finally start to kick in. Since the era of Lon Chaney, Jr. (or even Michael Landon in the 50’s drive-in favorite I Was A Teenage Werewolf), the vision of a slavering, hairy beast carrying off some comely, screaming babe has been a flashing neon sign for “Fathers, lock up your daughters”, but considering how the waxing and waning lunar and menstrual cycles are intrinsically linked, it’s kind of amazing how few werewolf movies look at the idea from a female perspective. Ginger Snaps, like Carrie decades earlier, mines the act of a teenage girl “becoming a woman” for the first time as a potent pop metaphor for all sorts of disturbing implications. And while this film lacks the haunting gravity of De Palma’s classic, it’s nevertheless a terrific little horror film, with excellent performances from the two lead actresses and enthusiastic bouts of gruesomeness treated with a satirical wink. While the practical werewolf F/X don’t reach the heights of the 80’s Bottin/Baker era, considering the film’s tiny budget and the fact that it contained practical werewolf transformations at all well into the digital era, they’re easy to forgive.

[Undeadcow]

Boar (2017, 96 minutes) ✰✰✰✰✰ I admired the sly comedy of Boar, from the title itself (perhaps a play on Bore) to the totally silly 'monster' with it's pig first person point of view. It's rare for horror comedies to be this deadpan and that works brilliantly staggering between semi-serious gorey carnage to playfully self aware humor that's never too out of the moment. Boar is a smart parody with competent staging and the outside scenes that feel cinematographic. I appreciated what mostly seemed to be practical effects (and the CGI they did need was questionable).
100 Bloody Acres (2012, 91 minutes) ½✰✰✰ A gorey comedy of errors that turns bickering into a plot device but doesn't get too obnoxious until the end when the taut social tension erodes from characters mysteriously changing their motives. Nicely casual with some humor that works.
Frankenstein (2004, 88 minutes) ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ A failed TV pilot based on Dean Koontz novels that quickly settles into a 'monster of the week' format and takes on the low hanging fruit of spirit vs science. There's a consistent sense of plot/dialog being seeding for another installment that never comes. Takes Frankenstein mythos and turns everything plural - more time, more experiments, etc losing some of the poetry in Frankenstein who becomes a supporting character for some obnoxious leads chasing disposable alternative monsters. Frankenstein is a rich and conflicted monster with a lot of potential and making him a sidekick is pretty far removed from the potential, shamelessly trading away the mythos without building on it.
I Survived a Zombie Holocaust (2014, 100 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰✰ Questionable indie film with an obnoxious lead driving humor that only occasionally strikes offering little new to zombie horror comedy threads. There's a lengthy subplot about an outside bathroom that shows the worse of it's low brow humor but when it gets meta ISaZH is at it's best - amusing enough at times but overall average with a gimmick that's not fresh.
Backcountry (2014, 92 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰ Scenic but painfully slow and while 'based on a true story' it seems implausible with not enough suspense until near the end, but gets points for emphasizing a romance drama plot over cheap jump scares or immediate gore.
Red Clover (2012, 88 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Redundant Irish folklore thriller that's inferior to Warwick Davis in Leprechaun devoid of a dynamic Leprechaun personality (which is a hard feat because that's no classic). There's some potentially interesting psychodrama elements that are too quickly jettisoned for a lame quest to find the four lucky horseshoes missing because of fire and a generic creature that looks like a Halloween store prop come to life.
Skinner (1993, 90 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰ Ted Rami hams it up with a sexually frustrated Rikki Lake across some dated thematic staging shots (think slow walking across concrete with graffiti) and not much plot. The 90s time capsule vibe rules but attempts at shock are too 'kind of like that other movie' and don't push the envelope enough feeling token rather than visceral or scary.
Disconnected (1984, 82 minutes) ✰✰✰✰✰✰ Disconnected was a very odd movie. The end seemed entirely random, I'm tempted to rewatch to see if I missed anything but don't hate myself that much. I usually admire slow burn psychological films but Disconnected seemed to get too 'experimental' for me really getting over indulgent with prolonged segments of people answering or not ringing telephones 20+ minutes after apparent resolution. I rated this a little higher are reading some thoughts about it being more psychological than I originally thought or having some supernatural subtext - I'm not sure if I agree but it gave me room to think.
Valentine (2001, 96 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰✰ Rips off Carrie then draws it out in an awkward romance focused slasher where these women have to tolerate jerks while someone dressed as cupid picks people off because perhaps lonely. Shallow characters chasing a shallow premise with kills that are not inventive enough and a slasher who offers little new to the subgenre but rips off enough of it to be something I disliked rather than felt neutral about or enjoyed.
Don't Go in the House (1979, 89 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰ A poor man's 'Psycho' with a cult appeal I can understand given the lurid turn versus wooden anti-hero and an unusual kill mechanism, stir in religious fever and childhood trauma for an overbaked plot about nothing.
Psycho (1960, 109 minutes) ✰✰✰ Competently staged Psycho is one of those films that is brilliant but over the years I'd argue has lost some of it's novelty and impact - it's legacy overshadows the film. I know it's a great film but don't think I've ever experienced it's impact as strongly as it must have been in the 1960s.
Summer of '84 (2018, 106 minutes) ½✰✰ Lives up to the hype with dirty minded kids yucking up together and sleuthing around a serial killer delivering an especially memorable ending with some great twists along the way.
Dead End (2003, 85 minutes) ✰✰✰ Dead End is a great premise hamstrung by odd humor and tone that is both it's greatest strength and biggest weakness. None of it makes any sense, from the entire family talking about how unfaithful both spouses are to the circle they're driving in. The characters are so inconsistent and unlikeable it's off putting at first but then ends up coming together in a cartoonish but still spooky way, some so over the top and it could not have worked in a more serious film. A black comedy first and a horror film second.
Penny Dreadful (2006, 96 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰✰ Disposable thriller with an overly power and cryptic villain that hints at psychological explanation but maintains a cryptic air for much of it's stay. Competently staged but didn't sit with me because the unreliable hero stranded in a car felt too staged staggering between psychological red herrings and a villain that is rarely compelling beyond these altered perception gimmicks.
Open Windows (2014, 101 minutes) ½✰✰✰✰ Techno-thriller didn't feel much like horror, but IMDB says it is. Flirts with being too scifi parading technology that's too ever powerful omniscent but with enough twists to make it interesting and I'm a sucker for these 'all on the computer' style films.
Soul to Keep (2018, 94 minutes) ✰✰✰✰✰✰ Derivative but serviceable demon movie. There's a gnarly demon worm and some themes about friendship that peak out from a tapestry of odd fully clothed sex scenes and questionable acting patchworking Evil Dead, The Thing, and other elements from better films
The Manitou (1978, 104 minutes) ✰✰✰✰ Fresh approach to horror complete with far out effects, it's cheesy and psychedelic and impossible to dislike.

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19. Hocus Pocus (1993)


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[Show spoiler]18. Fright Night (1985)
17. Cult of Chucky (2017)
16. Cub (aka Welp)
15. Halloween (2007)
14. Strippers vs Werewolves (2012)
13. Carrie (1976)
12. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
11. A Quiet Place (2018)
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
9. Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
7. Fright Night (2011)
6. The Exorcist (1973)
5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
4. Jaws (1975)
3. The Munsters (a couple of episodes)
2. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
1. Halloween (1978)

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