Halloween Horror Month 2024

[CrockettandTubbs]

Oct 1st: Planet of the Vampires
Oct 2nd: The Horrible Dr Hichcock (shorter US version)
Oct 3rd: Die Screaming, Marianne
Oct 4th: The Flesh and Blood Show

[tomblu]

4.

[Show spoiler]1. Poison for the Fairies - 1984
2. Wax Mask - 1997
3. Inside - 2007
4. Cat's Eye - 1985

[Nedoflanders]

5: 6:
7:
Streamed

Didn't care for H6. Felt like watching another old favourite afterwards, so plumped for La Cabina. Still excellent and long overdue for a Blu-ray/4K release, film materials permitting.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

3. The Crazies (2010)
4. The Lair of the White Worm

5. Damien: Omen II
6. The Sadness
7. The Coffee Table

[gap]

1. Child's Play (1988)
2. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
3. Friday the 13th (1980)

4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
An improvement on III, bringing back the evil we all know and love. Well, kind of. The mask and upper body are all wrong (pretty sure I saw shoulder pads at some points). But it's nicely paced, relatively no-nonsense, completely nonsensical, has some decent kills and stalks. Add to that the legend that is Donald Pleasance and the cute-as-a-button Danielle Harris and you have a decent sub-90 minute slasher. But every time Michael was on screen I was completely taken out of the film, purely due to the atrocious costuming. Which is a real pity, because if they had put even a modicum of effort into the mask, this could have been great.

And, for what it's worth, I loved the ending.


5. Child's Play 2
A significant step up from the original: bigger budget, better pacing, better animatronics/puppetry. Loved Kyle, loved Andy, loved Chucky.

It also only occurred to me halfway through this that Andy in Toy Story is probably a reference to this protagonist.

[Lord-Oakbeard]

I listened to a 1941 Inner Sanctum Mystery radio broadcast - ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ starring Boris Karloff.

I watched 2 episodes from season 1 of The Munsters (1965-66) Closed Casket Collection on DVD:
‘Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie’ and ‘Autumn Croakus’.

I followed up with 2 episodes from 100 Years of Horror (1996) TV series hosted and narrated by Christopher Lee on DVD:
‘Boris Karloff’ and ‘Ghosts and Phantoms’.


Double bill main features:

(8) Saw (2004) DVD



There’s a lot more mystery in Saw than in most other horror/splatter/gore films and the storyline keeps you guessing throughout. I love any type of film with a twist and this one has several. It’s aged well, is still shocking and one of the best of its type.


(9) Dracula (1979) Blu-ray



Frank Langella is oh so suave as the seductive vampire Count in this beautifully filmed version that has good performances from the solid supporting cast and eerie atmosphere with gloriously lavish gothic sets.

[Eidolon]

Originally Posted by Lord-Oakbeard

I listened to a 1941 Lights Out radio broadcast - ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ starring Boris Karloff.

I watched 2 episodes from season 1 of The Munsters (1965-66) Closed Casket Collection on DVD:
‘Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie’ and ‘Autumn Croakus’.

I followed up with 2 episodes from 100 Years of Horror (1996) TV series hosted and narrated by Christopher Lee on DVD:
‘Boris Karloff’ and ‘Ghosts and Phantoms’.


Double bill main features:

(8) Saw (2004) DVD



There’s a lot more mystery in Saw than in most other horror/splatter/gore films and the storyline keeps you guessing throughout. I love any type of film with a twist and this one has several. It’s aged well, is still shocking and one of the best of its type.


(9) Dracula (1979) Blu-ray



Frank Langella is oh so suave as the seductive vampire Count in this beautifully filmed version that has good performances from the solid supporting cast and eerie atmosphere with gloriously lavish gothic sets.

I still haven't seen a single Saw movie, I really seem to be behind on that particular franchise.

Regarding that Dracula, I was waiting for the Indicator BD of that, but apparently it's Postponed Indefinately, which is disappinting. I will end up watching my DVD copy, which has the matte opened up so that it plays in 1.85:1 for this Halloween at some point.

[Grimmy11]

5.


Full month so far list:

[Show spoiler]

[Dr. Feelgood]

#2




I went to a special screening of The Substance yesterday, as part of the Athens Film Festival, and...WOW . I'll leave it there!

[Lord-Oakbeard]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

I still haven't seen a single Saw movie, I really seem to be behind on that particular franchise.

Regarding that Dracula, I was waiting for the Indicator BD of that, but apparently it's Postponed Indefinately, which is disappinting. I will end up watching my DVD copy, which has the matte opened up so that it plays in 1.85:1 for this Halloween at some point.

Saw: I have the first 7 films in the franchise on DVD and my personal opinion: Saw is excellent, Saw II good, III is OK then they all go downhill and silly. I stopped buying them at Saw VII so have no idea what the other films in the franchise are like. I would only upgrade the original Saw but to be honest the PQ on that particular DVD is excellent and very watchable.

Dracula (1979): I too was waiting for Indicator to do something. We can but hope they or someone else will but we aren’t getting any younger that’s why I got the release I have. The PQ on the disc I have is more ‘good DVD’ than Blu-ray quality but the gothic sets, castle scenes with candles, spooky fog and the many full moon location shots deserve a good Blu-ray release.

[maltloaf]

[quote=maltloaf;22504300]

Originally Posted by maltloaf

It's that time of year again 31 horror films in 31 days.Here we go:
1.The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)Blu ray
2.Burn witch burn (1962)Blu ray
3.Mark of the Devil (1970) 4KUHD

4.Crucible of Terror (1971)Blu ray
5.Black pit of Dr.M(1959)Blu ray
6.From Beyond The Grave(1973)Blu ray
7.Friday the 13th(1980)4UHD

[zallzed]

#6

Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)



A bit of let down after the first one



#7 The Fly (1986)

[Ben_C]

7) The Masque of the Red Death (1964)


8) Night of the Demon (1957)


9) The Shining (1980)


10) The Changeling (1980)


Previous:

[Show spoiler]1) The Hitcher (1986)


2) Beetlejuice (1988)


3) Dracula (1931)


4) The Conjuring (2013)


5) World War Z (2013)


6) Re-Animator (1985)

[BlueGeekReviews]

Latest watches

Day 3 - Secret Galaxy’s History of Goosebumps
Day 4 - Ghostbusters (1984) and the second Monster Madness video reviewing It Conquered The World (1956)

[CrockettandTubbs]

Oct 1st: Planet of the Vampires
Oct 2nd: The Horrible Dr Hichcock (shorter US version)
Oct 3rd: Die Screaming, Marianne
Oct 4th: The Flesh and Blood Show
Oct 5th: Night of the Hunted (La nuit des traquées)

[gap]

1. Child's Play (1988)
2. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
3. Friday the 13th (1980)
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
5. Child's Play 2

6. Friday the 13th, Part 2
A step up from the original, even if the kills are a bit tame (blame the censors). Ginny is a worthy successor to Alice. The only things I didn't like were the extended flashback opening and the ending - if anyone can explain it, put it in the comments, please.

[Nedoflanders]

8: 9: 10: Streamed

[Lord-Oakbeard]

I watched 2 episodes from season 1 of The Munsters (1965-66) Closed Casket Collection on DVD:
‘The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster’ and ‘The Sleeping Cutie’.

2 episodes from 100 Years of Horror (1996) TV series hosted and narrated by Christopher Lee on DVD:
‘Witches’ and ‘Demons’.


Sci-Fi Saturday Double bill:

(10) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Blu-ray



Fabulous early post cold war paranoia 50’s sci-Fi classic.


(11) The Thing (1982) Blu-ray



John Carpenter’s masterpiece. ‘Nuff said.

[zallzed]

#8

The fly ll (1989)



A solid sequel.

1/2

#9

Suspira (2018)

[Nguss]

Oddity (on Shudder) - It was just ok for me. Really well shot and some solid acting but a bit predictable. A shame as i was looking forward to this.