31 Days of Halloween Movies (2015) - Horror Fans Unite!!!!!!

[4EverJohnnyBoy]

Goosebumps.jpg

As someone who has never been much a fan of Jack Black, his casting as the beloved R.L. Stine had me concerned. I've just always seen him as one note in his delivery in many of his performances. That being said, Sony pegged him for this role perfectly. I honestly right now can't think of anyone else who could have done the role justice better. So kudos to the studio and casting directors and Black himself. In terms of the film itself, nostalgia factor was on point for me. It had a "Hocus Pocus" feel to it but wasn't overly aggressive in its familiarity or tone. "Goosebumps" is equally fun for the adults as well as the kids and I truly hope we see this turn into a franchise with each sequel following a different tale from the classic books we all remember. If it were me, "Goosebumps 2" would take the story away from the real-world and do the reverse where instead of the monsters escaping the books, somehow Stine and friends are sucked into the books themselves. That would be fun and a new direction as I definitely don't want to see this franchised where each film revolves around an escaped monster. We saw that, it worked now let's shift gears and keep it fresh. If you haven't yet, go check out the film and tap into your childhood. Enjoy!

[Monterey Jack]

* First-time viewing

[Show spoiler]
9/25/15: Hotel Transylvania (2012):
9/26/15: Hotel Transylvania 2 * (2015): Maggie * (2015):
9/28/15: Black Swan (2010):
9/29/15: Shutter Island (2010):
9/30/15: Cape Fear (1991): Shocker * (1989):
10/01/15: It Follows (2015):
10/02/15: Curse Of Chucky * (2013):
10/03/15: Ginger Snaps (2000): The Legacy * (1979):
10/04/15: The Innocents (1961):
10/05/15: The Wolfman (2010):
10/06/15: The Blob (1958): The Blob (1988):
10/07/15: Byzantium * (2013): My Soul To Take * (2010):
10/08/15: Ghost Story * (1981): The Sentinel * (1977): [ZERO SKULLS]
10/09/15: 30 Days Of Night (2007):
10/10/15: Alice, Sweet Alice * (1976):
10/11/15: ParaNorman (2012): Corpse Bride (2005):
10/12/15: Honeymoon * (2014): The Descent (2006):
10/13/15: The Last House On The Left * (1972):
10/14/15: Scream (1996):
10/15/15 The People Under The Stairs * (1991): Vampire In Brooklyn * (1995):
10/16/15: Don't Look Now (1973):
10/17/15: I Bury The Living * (1958):
10/18/15: Attack The Block (2011): Monkey Shines: An Experiment In Fear (1988):

10/19/15:

-You're Next (2013):



Tidy home-invasion thriller is, frankly, full of genre tropes you've seen many, many times before (scary masks! Boarding up the house and setting booby traps! People acting stupid!), but it's also engagingly nasty, with a prankish sense of dark humor and some real jolts along the way (the "clothesline" scene authentically makes me wince just thinking about it). It's a damn sight better than the inexplicably-popular Purge movies, mainly because it has no pretentions other than being a solid, meat & potatoes example of its horror subgenre, instead of some socially-relevant metaphor about How We Live Now.

-In The Mouth Of Madness (1995):



One of John Carpenter's few decent post-80's films, Madness features Sam Neill (excellent) as an insurance investigator looking into the disappearance of hugely popular horror author Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow), whose fiction has been stirring up disquieting news reports of mass hysteria and acts of violence from normal people. Tracking him down to the little Maine town of Hobb's End, Neill soon discovers that this initially charming little burgh is the epicenter of a potential invasion of "our" world from without by slavering, Lovecraftian monsters conjured by by Cane's imagination as he finishes what he promises to be his last book...one that will bring about the end of the world. The first hour or so of the film has a great build-up, and Neill is terrific, but the film kind of sputters out in the last third, with an apocalyptic finale that's hampered by the whole "This is not reality...!" movie-within-a-movie mindgames courtesy of Michael De Luca's screenplay. It's still a decent film with some effectively eerie moments, and it's far better than anything else Carpenter did after the 80's, but still could have been better.

[Captain Flint]

Day 19:


Scream 2




31 Days of Horror:

[Show spoiler]10/1 - C.H.U.D.
10/2 - The Thing (1982)
10/3 - Jeepers Creepers
10/4 - Jeepers Creepers 2
10/5 - It Follows (first time viewing) 1/2
10/6 - Dark Was the Night (first time viewing)
10/7 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
10/8 - 30 Days of Night
10/9 - Dawn of the Dead (2004)
10/10 - 28 Days Later (first time viewing) 1/2
10/11 - The Blair Witch Project
10/12 - Planet Terror 1/2
10/13 - Death Proof
10/14 - House of 1000 Corpses 1/2
10/15 - The Devil's Rejects 1/2
10/16 - My Bloody Valentine (1981) 1/2
10/17 - My Bloody Valentine (2009) 1/2
10/18 - Scream

[Al_The_Strange]

I keep forgetting how cool this film is - futuristic, but also gothic and pulpy. Animation's pretty low-budget, but with the new Blu-Ray, I always forget how good the colors and detail can be.



Still one of my top favorites - the action is awesome. It's a slick blend of sci-fantasy and gothic. The story has some interesting twists, animation is top-notch, and the whole thing is just plain cool. Shame the Blu-Ray's so dark.



Second time ever viewing, and it's better than I remember. Definitely cheap-looking and silly, but it's also pretty fun that way. I love the practical effects they used. The UK Blu-Ray's pretty rough around the edges, but sharpness and detail are probably the best they can be.



It's been years since I saw this - I forgot how hectic the editing is. It's always been the story that kept me from disregarding this as trash though - Jigsaw is a well thought-out villain, his deathtraps are diabolical, and the twistiness of the plot is pretty slick.



Seen parts of it before, but I swear I never saw it beginning-to-end. Not always engaging, but it is well-shot and some parts are really freaky.

lol, look at Stephen King playing the preacher.

The Body Count (aka, what I've watched so far):

* = first time ever viewing

[Show spoiler]Vampire Marathon: 9 movies and 1 anime series

10/01 - * Leprechaun
10/01 - * Leprechaun 2
10/02 - * Leprechaun 3
10/02 - * Leprechaun 4: In Space
10/03 - * Leprechaun: In the Hood
10/03 - * Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood
10/03 - * Leprechaun: Origins
10/04 - * Trilogy of Terror
10/04 - Trinity Blood (TV Series)
10/07 - * The Color Out of Space
10/08 - * Three...Extremes
10/10 - Lost Boys
10/10 - * Lost Boys: The Tribe
10/11 - * Lost Boys: The Thirst
10/13 - * The Brood
10/14 - * Child's Play 2
10/15 - Blood: The Last Vampire
10/16 - * Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
10/16 - Near Dark
10/16 - Interview With a Vampire
10/16 - Queen of the Damned
10/17 - Rise: The Blood Hunter
10/17 - Bram Stoker's Dracula

10/18 - Vampire Hunter D
10/18 - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
10/18 - The Stuff
10/18 - Saw
10/19 - * Pet Sematary

27 movies and 1 TV show

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by FilmKoala

THANK YOU. I had the exact same complaint with it, the film is an hour and a half long and most of that is wasted on nonsense that nobody cares about. It makes it hard to invest in any aspect of the story or characters. I was really disappointed with it as well.


I did the same, remember?

must have repressed it!!! seriously, I love the look of the werewolf in this film, it's the iconic "look" for me for the wolfman. Oliver Reed was great in it, the attack scenes were vicious and well done... I rate this one

[Steven11788]

the Wallace Ween-thon is full swing. We hit the theaters and watched Goosebumps. Great movie. For the record. 135 in, 7.2

Terrorvision
Killer Klowns
Troll 2
RZH2-r-rated, my first viewing
Night of the Lone wolf
Babadook
Eaten alive
Pulse
Halloween 4
Friday the 13th pt 3
the Burning. Still lots to go.

[SSGT_BOND]

* First time viewing

10/1 - Hellraiser (1987) -
10/2 - *Demonic (2015) -
10/3 - *Spring (2014) -
10/4 - *It Follows (2014) - 1/2
10/5 - *Resolution - (2012) -
10/5 - Creep (2014) - 1/2
10/6 - *The Collection - (2012) - 1/2
10/6 - *Digging Up the Marrow (2014) - 1/2
10/7 - *The Drownsman (2014) -
10/7 - *As Above, So Below (2014) -
10/7 - Scarecrows (1988) -
10/8 - *Stage Fright (2014) - 1/2
10/9 - *Lord of Tears (2013) - 1/2
10/10 - *Deliver Us from Evil (2014) -
10/11 - *The Pyramid (2014) -
10/12 - *Into the Grizzly Maze (2015) - 1/2
10/13 - *Harbinger Down (2015) -
10/14 - *Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) - 1/2
10/15 - *Dark Was the Night (2014) -
10/16 - *Oculus (2013) - 1/2
10/17 - *Tales of Halloween (2015) - 1/2
10/18 - *Howl (2015) - 1/2.
10/19 - *The Final Girls (2015) -

[FilmKoala]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

must have repressed it!!! seriously, I love the look of the werewolf in this film, it's the iconic "look" for me for the wolfman. Oliver Reed was great in it, the attack scenes were vicious and well done... I rate this one

I tried to get into the film, man, I really did. It just didn't work for me.

--------

* - First time viewing


10/18 - Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) -



Amazing '80s cheese and one of my favorite movies. It's a fish out of water story with Elvira in the center, how could you not love that?

10/18 - *The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) -

[Show spoiler]


Paul Massie was sensational as Mr. Hyde and Christopher Lee gives a great "normal guy" performance, but this one just didn't work for me. I found it hard to buy into the fact that Dr. Jekyll's wife couldn't recognize her husband as Mr. Hyde, when all that was different was that he lost his beard. I feel like this is one I'll have to revisit again in the future, my opinion may change on a second viewing.

10/18 - The Descent (2005) -

[Show spoiler]


One of my top 20 favorite films, this is a sensational horror movie. It's just so good.

10/19 - *The Werewolf of Washington (1973) -

[Show spoiler]


A terrible movie, but it's a fun watch. If you like bad films I recommend you check this one out.

10/19 - *Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) -

[Show spoiler]


I thought this was very good, it had great atmosphere and Bela Lugosi delivers a great performance. The acting gets really hokey in places and they keep referring to Erik as a gorilla even though he's obviously a chimpanzee, but I can overlook those things. The ape costume is pretty good for the time period. I was surprised since ape costumes end up being terrible in like, 95% of the films they're in.

I hope one day the 20 minutes of cuts Universal made to the film are restored and we get a complete version. That would be amazing, I think.

10/19 - Night of the Ghouls (1959) -

[Show spoiler]


More Ed Wood trash, my second film of the Kelton trilogy. And man, is it just awful. Not as bad as Plan 9 but it's probably his second worst film in terms of quality. Though just like Bride of the Monster I enjoy it, and all of Ed Wood's films for how awful they are.

2015 So Far:

[Show spoiler]Oct. 1
01: Halloween II (2009) -
02: *Carnival of Souls (1962) -
03: *The Mummy's Hand (1940) -
04: Wither (2012) -
05: Evil Dead 2 (1987) -
06: Son of Dracula (1943) -
07: Lake Placid (1998) -
08: *Killer Mermaid (2014) -

Oct. 2:
09: *The Brides of Dracula (1960) -
10: *The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) -
11: *The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) -
12: Hostel (2005)-
13: Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011) -
14: *The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) -

Oct. 3:
15: *Dracula 2000 (2000) -
16: The Prowler (1981) -
17: Sleepaway Camp (1983) -
18: *The Mummy's Tomb (1942) -
19: Underworld (2003) -
20: Hostel: Part 2 (2007) -
21: *The Gorgon (1964) -
22: Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012) -
23: *The Ape Man (1943) -

Oct. 4:
24: Ginger Snaps (2000) -
25: Horror of Dracula (1958) -
26: Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) -
27: Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) -
28: Child's Play (1988) -

Oct. 5:
29: Wrong Turn (2003) -
30: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) -
31: Hatchet (2006) -

Oct. 6:
32: *The Burning (1981) -
33: My Bloody Valentine (1981) -
34: White Zombie (1932) -

Oct. 7:
35: American Mary (2012) -
36: *Terror Train (1980) -
37: Hatchet II (2010) -
38: The Wolf Man (1941) -

Oct. 8:
39: House of 1000 Corpses (2003) -
40: *The Return of the Vampire (1943) -
41: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) -
42: *The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) -
43: *Zombeavers (2014) -
44: The Evil Dead (1981) -
45: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) -

Oct. 9:
46: Child's Play 3 (1991) -
47: *Night of the Demons (1988) -

Oct. 10:
48: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) -
49: Frankenstein (1931) -
50: Child's Play 2 (1990) -
51: *Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) -
52: *Psycho II (1983) -
53: *Psycho III (1986) -
54: *Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) -

Oct. 11:
55: Halloween II (1981) -
56: Bride of Frankenstein (1935) -
57: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) -
58: Bride of the Monster (1955) -
59: *The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) -
60: *Night Creatures (1962) -
61: Evil Dead (2013) -
62: *The Devil Bat (1940) -

Oct. 12:
63: *I, Madman (1989) -
64: Son of Frankenstein (1939) -
65: Army of Darkness (1992) -

Oct. 13:
66: *Backcountry (2014) -
67: Revenge of the Creature (1955) -
68: The Lords of Salem (2013) -

Oct. 14:
69: *The Funhouse (1981) -
70: *Man Made Monster (1941) -
71: *Prom Night (1980)

Oct. 15:
72: *Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) -
73: *Sinister (2012) -
74: *Captive Wild Woman (1943) -

Oct. 16:
75: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) -
76: *The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) -
77: *The Mummy's Ghost (1944) -
78: *Night Monster (1942) -

Oct. 17:
79: *Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968) -
80: The Thaw (2009) -
81: Freaks (1932) -
82: Torment (2013) -
83: 13 Eerie (2013) -
84: Werewolf of London (1935) -
85: The Devil's Rejects (2005) -
86: *The Vampire (1957) -

Oct. 18:
87: Mark of the Vampire (1935) -
88: *Horror Island (1941) -
89: *The Return of Dracula (1958) -
90: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) -
91: *The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) -
92: The Descent (2005) -

Oct. 19:
93: *The Werewolf of Washington (1973) -
94: *Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) -
95: Night of the Ghouls (1959) -

[4EverJohnnyBoy]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by 4EverJohnnyBoy

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Watching Now

10/19 -

[casey76]

* Denotes 1st time seen

10/5
The Apparition* 1/2

10/7
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter*

10/9
The Presence*

10/19 - Had to go out of town for business for a week, but hopefully I'll be more consistent for the rest of the month.
Chernobyl Diaries*





2014 List

[Show spoiler]

10/1
Crawlspace*
Die, Monster, Die!* 1/2

10/3
Lake Placid

10/6
In The Mouth Of Madness

10/7
Terror Vision*
The Video Dead* 1/2

10/8
Mystery Of The Wax Museum
House Of Wax (1953)
Slumber Party Massacre

10/10
White Zombie*

10/12
Sleepaway Camp* 1/2
The Maze Runner*

10/13
Body Bags 1/2
Night Of The Demons (1988)*
Leviathan

10/14
The Beast Within*
The Legend Of Hell House

10/15
Fright Night (2011)
The House On Sorority Row*

10/17
Insidious: Chapter 2 1/2
The Walking Dead - 5x01 - No Sanctuary*
Curtains* 1/2

10/19
The Amityville Horror (1979) 1/2
Amityville II: The Posession
Amityville 3 1/2

10/21
The Uninvited (1944)*
The People Under The Stairs 1/2

10/22
Witchboard*
Ravenous

10/24
The Walking Dead - 5x02 - Strangers*
Prom Night (1980) 1/2

10/26
Annabelle* 1/2
Scannners

10/27
Silent Hill
The Vampire Lovers* 1/2

10/28
Eyes Without A Face* 1/2
The Innocents (1961)*

10/29
Psycho (1960)
Psycho II
Psycho III 1/2

10/30
The Walking Dead - 5x03 - Four Walls And A Roof*

10/31
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil 1/2
Re-Animator 1/2
The Haunting (1963)
Candyman 1/2
The Thing (1982)

Total for the month: 43 movies, 17 1st time

2013 List

[Show spoiler]

10/1
The Prowler* 1/2
Insidious*

10/2
Arachnaphobia
Creepshow 1/2

10/5
Nightmare Before Christmas

10/7
Lifeforce* 1/2

10/8
From Beyond 1/2
The Fog (1980)

10/9
They Live*
The Howling 1/2

10/12
The Blob (1958)

10/13
Insidious Chapter 2* 1/2

10/14
Dracula, Prince Of Darkness
Phantasm II

10/15
The Fly (1958)*
Prince Of Darkness

10/16
Terror Train*
The Burning*

10/18
Walking Dead - 4x01 1/2

10/21
Friday the 13th (1980) 1/2
Friday the 13th Part II

10/22
Friday the 13th Part III 1/2
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

10/23
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

10/25
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1/2
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday 1/2
Jason X
Walking Dead - 4x02

10/28
Freddy Vs. Jason
Friday The 13th (2009)

10/29
Coraline*
City Of The Living Dead 1/2

10/30
Repulsion*
The Devil's Backbone
Dead & Buried

10/31
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein*
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
Walking Dead - 4x03

Total for the month: 39 movies, 11 1st time

[evilive]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

must have repressed it!!! seriously, I love the look of the werewolf in this film, it's the iconic "look" for me for the wolfman. Oliver Reed was great in it, the attack scenes were vicious and well done... I rate this one

Originally Posted by FilmKoala

I tried to get into the film, man, I really did. It just didn't work for me.

I'll echo FilmKoala's sentiments too. I tried to find something to like, but I couldn't. I thought the wolfman's head looked too blocky and came across a bit goofy. I don't know if I'll revisit it anytime soon though.

Actually, there's Yvonne Romain so there's that.

[4EverJohnnyBoy]

Originally Posted by 4EverJohnnyBoy

Watched

Watching Now


Bonus screening, getting ready for the final film release this Friday. 🎃

[jthefrank]

10/1 - Society -
10/2 - Death Ship -
10/3 - Cat People - 1/2
10/4 - The Beast Within - 1/2
10/5 - The Bird With The Crystal Plumage - 1/2
10/6 - The Boogens - 1/2
10/7 - Nightbreed DC* -
10/8 - Night of the Living Dead (1990) - 1/2
10/9 - Burnt Offerings* -
10/10 - Morituris* -
10/11 - The House of Long Shadows* - 1/2
10/12 - The Beyond - 1/2
10/13 - The Stranger* -
10/14 - Jacob's Ladder -
10/15 - Ninja III: The Domination -
10/16 - Scream and Scream Again* -
10/17 - Grizzly* -
10/18 - Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -
10/19 - Count Yorga, vampire* - 1/2
10/20 - Retribution*



* - first time viewing

[dannycj]

10/1 - Evil Dead (2013) 💀💀💀💀
10/2- The Dead Zone 💀💀💀
10/3 - Christine 💀💀💀
10/4 - Hidden 💀💀
10/5 - Friday the 13th Part4 💀💀💀
10/6 - Halloween II 💀💀💀
10/7 - The Conjuring 💀💀💀💀
10/8 - Unfriended 💀💀
10/9 - Tremors 5 💀💀
10/10 - The Final Girl 💀💀💀💀
10/11 - Last Days on Mars 💀💀💀
10/12 - Knock Knock 💀💀
10/13 - Exorcist III 💀💀💀1/2
10/14 - Phantoms 💀💀
10/15 - The Fog (1980) 💀💀💀💀💀
10/16 - Goodnight mommy 💀💀💀
10/17 - Tremors 3 💀💀
10/18 - Halloween 3 💀💀💀
10/19 - Pumpkinhead 💀💀💀💀

[AKORIS]

the goriest version of the tale by far, an odd mix that tries to be an homage to Hammer films and a classical romance but with contemporary slasher violence... this flopped at the boxoffice since audiences didn't know what to make of it--

years later, it's a decent horror flick, at times very good, others times slow and plodding with many scenes that just don't seem to know when to end.. editing not a strong point here.

[Astro Zombie]

[Show spoiler]09/08 - Area 51 (Oren Peli, 2015)* ½
09/14 - Zombeavers (Jordan Rubin, 2015) ½
09/22 - Dark Summer (Paul Solet, 2015)* ½
09/27 - The Green Inferno (Eli Roth, 2015)* ½
10/01 - Slither (James Gunn, 2006) ½
10/02 - Hatchet (Adam Green, 2007)
10/03 - The Hills Have Eyes (Alexandre Aja, 2006) ½
10/04 - The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick / Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
10/04 - The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2006)
10/05 - The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005)
10/06 - High Tension (Alexandre Aja, 2003)
10/07 - The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001)
10/08 - The Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012)* ½
10/08 - The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (Tom Harper, 2015)* ½
10/09 - Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder, 2004)
10/09 - Piranha (Alexandre Aja, 2010)
10/10 - Freddy vs. Jason (Ronny Yu, 2003) ½
10/11 - The Host (Bong Joon-ho, 2006) ½
10/11 - The House of the Devil (Ti West, 2009) ½
10/12 - Horns (Alexandre Aja, 2014)*
10/13 - The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008)
10/14 - Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)*
10/15 - It's Alive (Larry Cohen, 1974)* ½
10/16 - The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
10/16 - The House of Seven Corpses (Paul Harrison, 1974)*
10/17 - Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)*
10/17 - Cat People (Paul Schrader, 1982)* ½
10/18 - Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2009) ½

10/19 - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Stephen Chiodo, 1988)



* - First time viewing

[evilive]

*denotes first time viewing

10/19


*The Phantom Creeps(1939)
Chapter 6: The Iron Monster
Chapter 7: The Menacing Mist


The Curse of Frankenstein(1957) In my opinion, this is Hammer's best film. Peter Cushing is absolutely excellent as Dr. Frankenstein.


Carnival of Souls(1962) This is such an atmospheric and eerie little flick. For a low budget film its filled with great cinematography and nice visuals.


Mad Love(1935) "I, a poor peasant have conquered science! Why can't I conquer love!". I LOVE this film. The great Peter Lorre makes his American debut in this film along side Colin Clive of FRANKENSTEIN fame and excellently directed by Karl Freund. Lorre plays a famed surgeon, Dr. Gogol who's obsessed with a theater actress Yvonne who's married to a concert pianist, Stephen(Clive). After a terrible train accident, Stephen's hands are mangled and Yvonne goes to Gogol for help, knowing full well of his obsession for her. Gogol replaces his hands with that of a knife-throwing killer. Soon after, Stephens hands take a life of its own.

[chad_1138]

9/22 - *Devil's Due
9/23 - *Night of the Creeps
9/24 - *Creep (2014)
9/25 - *Hotel Transylvania 2
9/26 - Dreamwork's Spooky Stories
9/26 - *E.T.
9/27 - *Fear the Walking Dead 1.05
9/28 - *As Above, So Below
9/29 - *ATM
9/30 - *Night of the Living Dead (1968)
10/01 - Halloween (1978)
10/02 - Halloween II (1981)
10/03 - Halloween III
10/04 - Mr. Boogedy
10/04 - *Sleepy Hollow 3.01
10/04 - *Fear the Walking Dead 1.06
10/05 - Halloween 4
10/06 - *We Are Still Here
10/07 - Halloween 5
10/08 - Halloween 6 (theatrical)
10/09 - Halloweentown
10/10 - *Digging Up the Marrow
10/11 - Bride of Boogedy
10/11 - *The Walking Dead 6.01
10/13 - Nightmare Before Christmas
10/15 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
10/15 - The Woman in Black
10/16 - Hocus Pocus
10/17 - *The Woman In Black 2
10/18 - *The Walking Dead 6.02
10/19 - Poltergeist
10/19 - Poltergeist II
10/20 - Poltergeist III
10/20 - *Halloween (2007)
10/21 - *Crimson Peak
10/21 - Dawn of the Dead (2004)

*denotes first time viewing

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by StevenHarvey1990

I certainly would count it. The only film to genuinely unnerve me in a long time.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[Show spoiler]Plus there's technically a serial killer on the loose if you look at it that way.

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

I wouldn't say it's a horror movie....but there is one scene in particular that is brilliantly nightmarish.....very Lovecraftian....and hey you get to see a lot of Scarlett naked which is always nice.

True, even as a straight woman I'd switch for Scarlett.

And I totally know the scene you mean...that was probably the most unsettling thing I've seen in my challenge so far.

[Abby is Q]

abby's halloween-a-thon... of HORROR!
They're all gonna laugh at you

Week 1 -

[Show spoiler]October 1st:

1. Village of the Damned (1960) - 1/2
2. Children of the Damned (1964) -
3. Death Valley (1982) - 1/2
4. Dolly Dearest (1991) -
5. Sinister (2012) -

October 2nd:

6. Deadtime Stories (1986) - 1/2
7. The Suckling (1990) -
8. Nightmare Weekend (1986) - 1/2

October 3rd:

9. Subspecies (1991) -
10. The Legacy (1978) - 1/2
11. Amityville 3D (1983) - 1/2
12. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/2

October 4th:

13. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) - 1/2
14. Eaten Alive (1977) -
15. Cello (2005) -
16. The Oracle (1985) - 1/2

October 5th:

17. Brainiac (1962) - 1/2
18. Cassandra (1987) -
19. Let the Right One In (2008) -
20. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) -
21. All Night Long 2: Atrocity (1995) -

October 6th:

22. Christine (1983) - 1/2
23. Blood Feast (1963) -
24. Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1995) - 1/2

October 7th:

25. Savage Weekend (1979) -
26. Curse of Chucky (2013) - 1/2
27. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) -
28. The Forest (1982) - 1/2

Week 2 -

[Show spoiler]October 8th:

29. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) -
30. Carnival of Souls (1962) - 1/2
31. The Changeling (1980) -
32. Color Me Blood Red (1965) - 1/2

October 9th:

33. The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) - 1/2
34. The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) -
35. We're Going to Eat You (1980) -
36. The 'Burbs (1989) -

October 10th:

37. The Sentinel (1977) -
38. The Prowler (1981) - 1/2

October 11th:

39. Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994) -
40. Saw V (2008) -
41. Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) -
42. Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) -
43. Howling V: The Rebirth (1989) -

October 12th:

44. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - 1/2
45. Rosemary's Baby (1968) -
46. Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) -

October 13th:

47. Casper (1995) - 1/2
48. It Follows (2015) -
49. Wishing Stairs (2003) -

October 14th:

50. Murder Rock (1984) -
51. Eyes Without a Face (1960) -
52. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) -

Week 3 -

[Show spoiler]October 15th:

53. The Tingler (1959) -
54. Slaughter High (1986) -
55. Frightmare (1983) -
56. City of the Living Dead (1980) - 1/2
57. The Slayer (1982) -

October 16th:

58. Goosebumps (2015) -
59. The Haunted (1963) - 1/2
60. Snake Woman's Curse (1968) -

October 17th:

61. The Hitcher (1986) - 1/2
62. Scalps (1983) -
63. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - 1/2
64. Deathdream (1974) -

October 18th:

65. The Haunted Palace (1963) -
66. Class of 1999 (1989) - 1/2
67. Demon Wind (1990) -
68. Scream (1981) -
69. Burnt Offerings (1976) -
70. Marebito (2004) -

71. House of the Long Shadows (1983) - 1/2
It's supposed to be a comedy horror film, though it's not funny and it's not scary or creepy. It just sort of... is. It's kind of like Clue, only not as memorable and there's no mystery (although there is a twist at the end of the movie). The whole reason for this movie's existence is to see Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and John Carradine (four of the biggest horror stars of all time), but truthfully they're mostly underutilized. They instead take a backseat to Desi Arnaz Jr. I understand the screenwriters were probably trying to have a fish out of water character for the audience to connect to, but I think it's fair to say that horror fans would have preferred one of the horror stars filling that role, or finding a younger horror star to fill that part. Christopher Lee gets plenty of time and he's wonderful as always, but Peter Cushing has absolutely nothing to do until he gets killed off. Vincent Price and John Carradine get a bit of attention, but don't do much of anything. It could be because the three of them weren't in the best of health at the time and needed to slow things down, but that just makes things a bit more underwhelming. It's the kind of movie that should have been done in the 60s, but unfortunately we get this unfunny comedy with a predictable plot.


72. Death Spa (1989) -
The title really says it all. This is not the kind of movie you go into expecting it to be good. The only shocking thing is how bizarre it turns out to be. You see that title and you would think it might be a generic slasher with someone going around a health club killing people. But it's not. It's about the vengeful ghost of a woman who burned herself alive haunting a health spa that is controlled by supercomputers. The fact that they need computer programs for members to lift weights is just hilarious to me. What's the point? The health club looks very cheap. It doesn't even look like a real health club. It kind of reminded me of watching The Outing where it's just a bunch of bland sets where they throw props down and expect the viewer not to know the difference. Well, it didn't look like a health club to me, it just looked like cardboard walls that had a rowing machine. The death scenes are both confusing and gruesome. There seem to be no rules. A guy's hand explodes (which is great) and another has his face explode. I think a wooden beam was supposed to be poking through his face, but the editing was so poor that it wasn't clear what happened to him. The acting is very bad and this movie is so cheap that it seemed like they only had money for Ken Foree for only a day. He barely shows up. I don't think he was the most in demand actor, especially in the late 80s. It's a decent so-bad-it's-good movie, but there are much better you can be watching.


73. Hard Rock Zombies (1985) -
This movie has ADHD. It is just all over the place. It's about a rock band that goes to a town where they are murdered, but then come back to life from a song that the band had recorded. Then the town becomes infested with zombies. But in the meantime, random stuff just keeps happening. A dwarf (played by Phil Fondacaro in one of his earliest roles) is running around, a random zombie is eating himself, a girl is dancing in the streets, and Hitler shows up. This sounds like something ripe for so-bad-it's-good, but it's more annoying than charming. The stuff I found most amusing was the terrible editing. Especially with the sound. Instead of ADR-ing some dialogue, they just kept the original recorded dialogue. This isn't always the worst way to go, but it's terrible when there is live music in the background that doesn't sync at all with the music the movie is playing. It's just noise, but it's so bad I actually was laughing. It's not a horrible watch, but you'll likely lose interest quickly. It would make a pretty good movie to have in the background on a Saturday afternoon, but not as much else.


74. Exorcism (1975) -
A Paul Naschy movie where he has almost nothing to do. He's usually best when playing the monster. Here, he just seems bored and wasting time. It starts off promising, with LSD dropping satanic hippies. Then it quickly devolves to the possessed woman going around calling people "B****" and "Sons of b******." The middle drags on and on until we get a random satanic orgy in the middle of the movie. Then the movie slowly grabs your attention back for a bit before going back endless talk. And talk in these movies is pretty annoying. They run through dialogue so fast, trying to explain every single detail. This only becomes more bothersome if you watch these movies with subtitles since you'll be spending most of the time reading dialogue because they talk so fast. The ending gets a bit more interesting when the exorcism actually happens, and there is some nice makeup on the girl at the end, but it was too little too late. This is just a Spanish Exorcist ripoff that might seem interesting because of the satanic hippies and orgies, but it really isn't all the interesting and gets really boring really fast.