2014! October Horror Movie Marathon!

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Dana Jean

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16. The Hand (FTV)
Michael Caine plays a cartoon artist who loses his hand in an accident, only to have it continue act on its own based on his angry and violent impulses. Directed by Oliver Stone in 1981, The Hand has been mostly villified and there's plenty to pick on here: the overall cheesiness of the concept, the obviously fake rubber robotic hand effects, the fact that it takes itself so darn seriously, and Caine's character's bratty, misogynistic manner. Despite this, I found myself often enjoying The Hand, in part due to Caine's off-kilter performance (he looks like a tough, angry Gene Wilder with that frizzy red hair), and as a curiosity from Oliver Stone's early years.
3 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2014 Horror Movie List
FTV denotes first time viewing
1. From Beyond The Grave (FTV) 3/5
2. Bad Dreams (FTV) 3.5/5
3. Bug (1975) (FTV) 2/5
4. The Sacrament (FTV) 3.5/5
5. The Funhouse (FTV) 4/5
6. The Atomic Submarine (FTV) 4/5
7. 13 Sins (FTV) 4/5
8. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 3.5/5
9. Stir of Echoes 4.5/5
10. Dead Snow 3.5/5
11. The Hole (FTV) 4/5
12. Shivers (FTV) 3.5/5
13. Resolution (FTV) 4/5
14. Big Ass Spider! (FTV) 3/5
15. Jug Face (FTV) 2.5/5
16. The Hand (FTV) 3/5

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Love The Hand. It was on my list last year. I think Michael Caine took this part and put every bit of his acting chops into it. I thought he was great.
 

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Tried to watch Twilight Zone the Movie last night, but it pooped out on me (time for a new copy--lol), so instead I watched 4 hours of Masters of Horror. May I count that as #22? I'd not heard of it before, so for anyone else who might be as behind as me: Masters of Horror is an anthology series devised by Mick Garris. Each episode was approximately an hour long and each was directed by a different famous horror/thriller director. I really liked it (particularly the epi directed by Tobe Hooper--it was unexpectedly sad, very uncomfortable without being gory, and had a GREAT score composed by Billy Corgan), and will definitely be watching the rest of the series! From IMDb: Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the series consisting of 13 one-hour films each season.
 

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17. Let The Right One In -- 2008 -- I thought this was a very atmospheric and artistic vampire movie. And from the viewpoint of children and a focus on their friendship was brilliant.


16 -- The Revenge of Frankenstein -- 1958 -- Peter Cushing. Okay. Another one of those Frankenstein movies.
15. From a Whisper to a Scream (The Offspring) -- 1987 -- An anthology with Vincent Price and a host of other familiar character actor faces. Not bad.
14. The Strange and Deadly Occurence -- 1974 -- Robert Stack and Vera Miles. Yeah, a little bit creepy but nothing to get too excited about.
13. Nightmare In Wax -- 1969 --A familiar face in Cameron Mitchell. Reminiscent somewhat of House of Wax starring Vincent Price, this is an okay story. Changed just enough to make it different, but totally 60s cheese.
12. The Invitation --2003 -- Okay, this one is on Netflix. I understood the premise of the film. But, I'm thinking I dozed off or something. I just didn't think their secrets were that well revealed, connected and WTH? Someone watch this one and then come tell me exactly what was going on. A couple I could figure out, but a couple -- I'm still scratching my head.
11. Asylum -- 1972 -- Another in the anthology grouping. Pretty good.
10. House on Haunted Hill -- 1959 -- Vincent Price -- Old time standby movie. When that old lady comes gliding in with claws at the ready to scare that girl, man I laugh!
9. House of Evil -- 1978 -- Joanna Pettet and Richard Crenna star in this one. Not that great.
8. Creature from Black Lake -- 1976 --I have been looking for this movie for years! I couldn't remember the name nor could I remember much of the plot, but I kept googling different things -- well, I searched in youtube with different wordings and it would pull up movies and I would scan the list looking for this. And lo and behold, there it was, a still shot I recognized! I saw this when it first came out in the theaters with a friend and we were so scared! And of course, loved the pretty dark haired boy who plays one of the main characters. Rewatching it, oh man, not so great. Not horrible, but very b flicky. In checking out the two lead characters, both of them have died young. so sad. Jack Elam is in this -- such a great character actor. One of the best things about this movie is the one character's name -- Pawhoo. :smile2:
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors -- 1965 --This is another British anthology I like. Cushing, Donald Sutherland and familiar faces throughout.
6. Monster Club-- 1981-- not that great, but fun.
5. Vault of Horror -- 1973 -- One of my favorite of the old British groupings.
4. The House that Dripped Blood -- 1971 -- Staying true to the British anthologies. Enjoyed.
3. Torture Garden -- 1967 -- thanks for the heads up on this one skimom2 . I absolutely love old British anthology movies. I thought I'dd seen them all. Not the best in genre, but entertaining. Will be watching the house that dripped blood for tomorrow--another one I haven't seen!
2. John Dies In The End -- 2012 -- Very weird little movie.
1. The Legend of Hell House -- 1973 -- with Roddy McDowall. I don't think I need to say anything else.
 

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Tried to watch Twilight Zone the Movie last night, but it pooped out on me (time for a new copy--lol), so instead I watched 4 hours of Masters of Horror. May I count that as #22? I'd not heard of it before, so for anyone else who might be as behind as me: Masters of Horror is an anthology series devised by Mick Garris. Each episode was approximately an hour long and each was directed by a different famous horror/thriller director. I really liked it (particularly the epi directed by Tobe Hooper--it was unexpectedly sad, very uncomfortable without being gory, and had a GREAT score composed by Billy Corgan), and will definitely be watching the rest of the series! From IMDb: Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the series consisting of 13 one-hour films each season.

I bought a couple of the blu-rays of this series and have watched a couple episodes. I have the one Tobe Hooper directed but haven't seen it yet. I'll be looking forward to that one now. And yes, count it. I say count it as 4 since they are an hour long.
 

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I bought a couple of the blu-rays of this series and have watched a couple episodes. I have the one Tobe Hooper directed but haven't seen it yet. I'll be looking forward to that one now. And yes, count it. I say count it as 4 since they are an hour long.

The Tobe Hooper ep I watched was called Dance of The Dead. He did another in the second season, but I don't recall the name of that one. I'll definitely be watching the rest of the shows, as the first four were well done. I was reading a review on IMDb that cited a John Carpenter in the first season as terrifying--looking forward to that one!
 

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13. Evil Dead (2013)-First time watching. As a fan of the original Evil Dead series, I thought it didn't hold up to the original, but comparisons aside, it was creepy fun, nonetheless. Also, it was a treat seeing
Bruce Campbell saying "Groovy" at the very end credits
My first exposure, at least of which I became aware, of Bruce Campbell was via Army of Darkness, which impressed me solidly as enjoyably strange. I was an instant Campbell fan. Since then, he tends to, somehow not-surprisingly, choose out-of-the-ordinary roles and stories to be involved in and I like that about him, too.
 

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My first exposure, at least of which I became aware, of Bruce Campbell was via Army of Darkness, which impressed me solidly as enjoyably strange. I was an instant Campbell fan. Since then, he tends to, somehow not-surprisingly, choose out-of-the-ordinary roles and stories to be involved in and I like that about him, too.

Love Army of Darkness. Enjoyably strange is a good description!=D If you like Campbell, have you seen Bubba Ho-Tep? It's directed by Don Coscarelli, who also directed John Dies at the End:)
 

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17. Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) Gangsters hide out at a remote ski resort and eventually get theirs when they stumble upon a beast that eats humans. This isn't a very good movie but even the worst of these old black and white horror movies are interesting to me for their social history.

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Beast from Haunted Cave was released as a double feature with Wasp Woman.
 

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1. Dreamcatcher
2. The Shining (miniseries version)
3. Rosemary's Baby (recent miniseries, though it has been hanging out on the DVR for awhile...)
4. Dolores Claiborne
5. Maximum Overdrive

(I'm pretty far behind, need to play catch up this weekend!)
I know how you feel - I am taping Thinner right now (plus there was one other SK movie on one of the channels - oh yes - this Sunday "Big Driver" will be on Lifetime channel 6 p.m. Central and 7 p.m. Eastern time - :jammin:
 

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14. The Dyatlov Pass Incident. I am really glad they attracted attention to the tragedy. That is one of the most mysterious tragedies that ever happened in Russia. A group of tourists went for a hike in the Ural mountains, after a few days they all were found dead. Even now no one knows the truth about what happened to them, there are thousands of theories and neither one is confirmed. More probably, we will never know the truth as it was marked top secret and the government will never give documents that might have answers to the audience. Still, everyone who hears about this tragedy gets hooked by it, everyone here does their own research, hoping to find an answer, but they never do.

As for the movie, it's not absolutely awful, but the ending is strange and even disgusting, that's just too much! But the first half of the movie is great!
 

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I know how you feel - I am taping Thinner right now (plus there was one other SK movie on one of the channels - oh yes - this Sunday "Big Driver" will be on Lifetime channel 6 p.m. Central and 7 p.m. Eastern time - :jammin:

Let see, I still have 14 King movies on the DVR from Encore's September run, will be catching Big Driver, and need to watch Good Marriage on VOD as well. Just need the time to sit down and watch them! And of course now we are going out of town for the weekend to help family, so that isn't going to happen...
 

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17. Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) Gangsters hide out at a remote ski resort and eventually get theirs when they stumble upon a beast that eats humans. This isn't a very good movie but even the worst of these old black and white horror movies are interesting to me for their social history.

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The_Wasp_Woman.jpg


Beast from Haunted Cave was released as a double feature with Wasp Woman.
I just watched The Wasp Woman last night (#23)! I remember that I liked it when I was a kid :) I also tried The Satanic Rites of Dracula, but even with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee it was unwatchable. I turned it off after an hour, so I'm not counting it.
 
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