2016! SKMB October Horror Movie Marathon 2016!

[not_nadine]

'Dracula' (1931) Then, 'The Lost Boys' (1987) tonight.

I have not been keeping a count. Sorry, fushingfeef

 

[fljoe0]

29. The Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933) Fay Ray

The dvd of The House Of Wax that I got from Netflix included this film. This movie was a pre-code Hollywood film and included a character that was a heroin addict which was not allowed to be portrayed in 1953 (the character was an alcoholic in the 1953 film). This film is very good and must have been quite a shocker in it’s day. Also, this film is in color. They used a 2 color Technicolor process that apparently did not go over well with audiences and was mostly abandoned after this film. I read that the process required extremely bright lighting and that some of the actors had eye damage because of it. 8/10

 

[Mr Nobody]

1) The Wicker Man (1973)
2) 30 Days of Night
3) Pandemic
4) Exists
5) Misery
6) The Bay
7) 28 Days Later
8) Daybreakers
9) 28 Weeks Later
10) Extinction
11) Infini
12) The Rendlesham UFO Incident (aka Hangar 10)
13) Pet Sematary
14) The Silence of the Lambs
15) Lake Placid
16) House at the End of the Street
17) Unfriended
18) Don't Blink
19) Trollhunter
20) Extraterrestrial
21) Jeepers Creepers
22) Let Us Prey
23) The Traveler (2010)
24) Resident Evil
25) Resident Evil: Apocalypse
26) The Exorcism of Emily Rose
27) Last Shift - nothing particularly new or special, but not God-awful either. 2.7/5
28) The Watcher in the Woods (1981) - I'd heard about this one but had never seen it before. Not sure what I was expecting, but that ending wasn't it. Still OK, though, all things considered. 2.5/5
29) Pod - interesting premise and a couple of OK-good performances. Overall it's too slow, though, and the female lead can't voice act to save her life - when she whispers, she really whispers, then when she screams and yells it all becomes incoherent due to the volume, etc, because she is actually screaming rather than acting. There's nothing terribly new about the (thin!) plot, either. Basically, not quite 90 minutes felt closer to two and a bit hours. 1.7/5
30) The Thing (1982) - a sorbet of sorts. After Pod it was like drinking a fine wine after tasting something closer to paint stripper. I know this movie inside out and backwards, or it feels like I should having seen it so many times. A classic.
31) Quatermass and the Pit
32) They Live - you could argue it's more SF than horror, but those aliens are a bit scary-looking and hey, we live in that world now (minus the aliens, afaik), no disguise or sunglasses necessary. That's the really scary part.
33) The Fog (1980) - ditto
34) The Frankenstein Theory - so what if the Frankenstein story was a fictionalised account of the truth? That's the basic premise. And if you know the creature from the book, you'll see the ending of this film pretty much in its beginning. And it was done found-footage style. 2.2/5

Still to watch before I'm done for this year:
Tonight: Maggie - Arnie in a film about a guy looking after his daughter as she becomes a zombie. Sounds like it might be interesting. Probably won't be. That'll be followed by one of my favourite films ever: Alien
Tomorrow: Friday the 13th (1980); The Visit
Sunday: the 49ers game. No, I'm kidding. It'll be a Day of the Triffids BBC-TV series marathon followed by Psycho (1960)
Monday: The Birds, Creepshow, Halloween (1978)

Right. Well, Maggie turned out to be surprisingly good. Or at least better than I expected. It's not your standard 'zombie' fare, that's for sure, and if it's action you're after you won't find much here. It still held my attention well enough, though, and I'll give it 3.5/5.

Oh, and a note on the 'ditto' after The Fog. As it stands it makes it look like I think it could be called SF more than horror, and nope, that is absolutely not the case. What happened was, I'd put The Fog after The Thing, so 'ditto' referred to the last comment re: The Thing (so saying that The Fog was a classic). I then remembered that I'd left a couple of things out of the proper sequence, so went back to pop them in and simply forgot to remove the 'ditto'. Which, given what I do (though certainly not for what you'd properly call 'a living'; it's dropped far below that level, at least in financial terms), probably means I should go and perform seppuku or something to restore my lost honour.

 

[skimom2]

Right. Well, Maggie turned out to be surprisingly good. Or at least better than I expected. It's not your standard 'zombie' fare, that's for sure, and if it's action you're after you won't find much here. It still held my attention well enough, though, and I'll give it 3.5/5.

Oh, and a note on the 'ditto' after The Fog. As it stands it makes it look like I think it could be called SF more than horror, and nope, that is absolutely not the case. What happened was, I'd put The Fog after The Thing, so 'ditto' referred to the last comment re: The Thing (so saying that The Fog was a classic). I then remembered that I'd left a couple of things out of the proper sequence, so went back to pop them in and simply forgot to remove the 'ditto'. Which, given what I do (though certainly not for what you'd properly call 'a living'; it's dropped far below that level, at least in financial terms), probably means I should go and perform seppuku or something to restore my lost honour.

I'm glad you liked Maggie--I did, too. It wasn't what I expected.

 

[Neesy]

27. The Babadook (2014)

Good creepy haunted house flick that is more than just a haunted house flick. 8/10

Saw this one too! FTV 4/5 - slow starting at first and the accents were a bit difficult but I
got more into it by the end

 

[Neesy]

This one was quite funny actually - a B movie from the 60s

 

[Neesy]

This one was my favourite of the three I watched

 

[Neesy]

 

[Dana Jean]

39. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy -- Oh man. This has been the only time in my life I wished I smoked pot. Get stoned and watch this and I'm sure you will laugh your azz off. Bad acting, bad props, bad monsters, bad everything. I could grab a handful of you reading this and we could have made a better movie.

"The evil Dr. Krupp (Luis Aceves Castañeda), also known as "The Bat", plots to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from the tomb of a centuries-old living mummy, Popoca (Angel di Stefani). Krupp builds a robot to defeat the mummy, which has so far thwarted his efforts. Krupp's former colleague Dr. Eduardo Almada (Ramón Gay) and associates work to stop the mad scientist from completing his plans, successfully destroying the robot as Popoca returns to the shadows of the night."

Dana Jean's Halloween 2016 Movies
1. Sacrifice--New
2. Stitches--New
3. Bleed--New
4. Burnt Offerings -- old standby
5. Mercy
6. Come Back to Me --New
7. Horror Express
8. Bloody April Fools -- New
9. Babadook--New
10. ABC's of Death -- 2 -- New
11. The Legend of Hell House -- old standby
12. Housebound -- New
13. Creepshow-- old standby
14. Scream and Scream Again
15. Livide -- New
16. Secret Window -- old standby
17. Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages -- New
18. Little Shop of Horrors -- 1960 -- New
19. Midnight Meat Train -- New
20. The Gorgon
21. Count Dracula 1970
22. The Innocents -- good old standby
23. Most Likely to Die -- New
24. The Fearless Vampire Killers -- New
25. The Creeping Flesh
26. The Oblong Box -- New
27. Vault of Horror 1973 -- good old standby.
28. Theatre of Blood -- good old standby
29. Carrie -- 2002 Version -- New
30. Dracula's Daughter -- New
31. Last Shift -- New
32. The Girl in the Photographs -- New
33. Horror of Dracula -- New
34. Dracula: Prince of Darkness
35. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave -- New
36. Taste the Blood of Dracula -- New
37. Scars of Dracula -- New
38. I Am The Pretty Thing that Lives in the House -- New
39. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy -- New

 

[Neesy]

Denise’s (Neesy’s) October 2016 Horror Movie List
FTV denotes first time viewing
1. Graveyard Shift (FTV) 3.5/5
2. What we Do in the Shadows (FTV) 5/5
3. Cooties (FTV) 2/5
4. Horror Express (FTV) 2.5/5
5. Jug Face(FTV) 3.5/5
6. Ginger Snaps (FTV) Canadian Horror movie about werewolves (and teenage girls)
7. Ratter (FTV) 2/5 - a young woman is stalked through her electronic devices (at first!...)
8. Silver Bullet (FTV) not too bad overall even though the effects are dated 4/5
9. Fido – seen it before but it was good – 5/5
10. Frankenstein Meets the Werewolf (FTV) 4/5
11. The Mummy (1959) with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (FTV) 3/5
12. Dial M for Murder with Grace Kelly (FTV) 4/5
13. The House – weird Japanese movie about young girls who go to visit one of the girl’s aunt (FTV) 2/5
14. The Visit (2015) FTV 1/5
15. Haxan – Witchcraft Through the Ages (FTV) 4/5
16. The Haunting (1963) (FTV) 4/5
17. Dolan’s Cadillac (pretty good) 4/5
18. The Innocents with Debora Kerr (FTV) 4/5
19. Seance – the Summoning (FTV) – awful 1/5
20 The Cabin in the Woods (FTV) 2/5
21. Backcountry – (FTV) – very good 4/5
22. The Entity (FTV) 3.5/5
23. Re-Animator (1985) (FTV) not too bad 3.5/56
24. Rocky Horror Picture Show (the remake) (FTV) 3/5 – I preferred the original
25. Killer Shrews 4/5
26. Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin 4.5/5
27. The Body Snatcher 1945 with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff (FTV) 5/5
28. The Badadook (Australian) 4/5 (FTV)
29. The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (B movie from the 60s) 3/5 (FTV)

Gee! 29 movies in 29 days - I am all caught up

 

[fljoe0]

This one was my favourite of the three I watched

I've seen this one before and like it too.

 

[ghost19]

1-10. All of the "Halloween" movies from the John Carpenter original thru the Rob Zombie remakes.

11. The Conjuring

12. The Conjuring 2

13. All Hallows Eve...gratuitous clown murder movie. Not great, but entertaining.

14. Lords of Salem....My 4th time watching this one, still clueless as to what it's actually about.

15. Trick or Treat. 1986 movie about satanic rock star who returns from the dead and shoots lightning bolts from his guitar. The cheese was pretty thick on this movie...

16. The Faculty. One of the better soundtracks I've ever heard in a movie, and a great Sci-Fi horror flick to boot.

17. Disturbing Behavior. Similar to The Faculty. Nick Stahl and William Sadler. I'm convinced William Sadler is one of the most underrated actors. He seems to be able to play any role very well.

18. The Black River Vampire. Not terrible, they were definitely trying to go the way of "The Blair Witch Project" but I like those kind of movies. A bit of a bizarre ending. Rosemary's Baby meets a Twilight Zone episode....

19. The Thing (1982). Wouldn't be a true horror movie marathon without this one.

20. Wrong Turn. Hadn't watched this one in a while. Hillbilly cannibals and extremely hot female leads, including Eliza Dushku. Not much not to like in this one.

21. The Hills Have Eyes (2006). Debated on letting my son watch this one with me last night but gave in. I remembered this one being a little heavy on the violence side but then my son reminded me I had let him watch the Rob Zombie versions of Halloween less than a week ago....hard to argue with that logic. Wasn't as horrific as I remembered it to be and still a good movie. Found myself giggling at some of the over the top violence....WTH is wrong with me....lol

22. House of 1000 Corpses.

23. I Spit On Your Grave (2010 version with Sarah Butler). Hadn't seen this one in a while. Helluva revenge movie.

24. The Cabin In The Woods. Seen this one several times but still just as weird.

25. DEF-CON 4. 1985 post nuclear war type movie with cannibal humanoids. Campy but watchable.

26. The Vatican Tapes. This one was just coming on cable when I woke up this morning which gave me an excuse to stay in bed. Not a bad movie, ending was solid.

27. Grave Encounters. I'm not sure how I missed this one but other than the classics I've watched so far, this makes #1 on my list of horror movies I've watched so far for the marathon. Paranormal "Ghost Hunters" show producers enter a huge abandoned mental asylum. Sounds like it's been done before but they make it work very well. Solid movie.

28. Grave Encounters 2. Whoever produced this movie obviously didn't consult the formula for the first Grave Encounters. This one was was boring from start to finish.

29. Hell comes To Frogtown. Post apocalyptic movie starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper...enough said. Piper has to rescue a group of fertile women from a mutant leader who resembles a frog in order to try and repopulate the planet...he also has to perform said rescue with a bomb strapped to his junk. There's an Oscar plot somewhere in this one.. Barely stayed up long enough to finish this one last night. Last peek at the clock showed 12:55am....

30. Extraterrestrial. Another sci/fi horror flick. Same director who did Grave Encounters directed this movie. Not much new here as far as the alien abduction genre but the aliens are quite a bit more violent which was kind of cool. Some good splatter kills, worth watching.

31. The Gallows. I wish I could buy back 90 minutes of my life. Pretty much bored the whole time but my son seemed interested in it so I sat thru it. Definitely meant for a younger crowd not so much for an old grouchy horror movie veteran....

32. The Entity (1982). I found this one going thru my old DVDs. Still a pretty good demon movie. Worth a watch. Barbara Hershey does a good job.

33. Madison County (2011). Another of my stored DVD finds.

This movie was shot one county east of where I live. I watched it a few years ago but couldn't remember if it was any good or not. Turns out it wasn't completely terrible. A lot of familiar roads and landmarks. Some scenes were shot here in Fayetteville and others were shot over in Madison County near a very small speck on the map called Oark. Basic backwoods horror movie plot but reasonably well done.

34. Evil Dead (2013). Good re-make. I very much liked this one.

35.The Exorcist III: Legion. Hadn't watched this one in a few years. Brad Dourif does an excellent job in this movie.

36.Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Good gore factor but I still like the original sequel better with Dennis Hopper.

37.Body Bags. 1993 horror anthology by John Carpenter. I hadn't seen this one in many years, I remember why now. The stories weren't terrible but I think they were more concerned with celebrity cameos than story substance.

38. Ghost Story. Other than Craig Wasson's voice, this is still a very creepy movie.

39. Nightbreed (Director's Cut). Some very good added material to the original theater version.

40. Village of the Damned (1960). Classic. Still a creepy movie. I was surprised my son sat thru this one but I think he actually liked it.

 

[ghost19]

39. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy -- Oh man. This has been the only time in my life I wished I smoked pot. Get stoned and watch this and I'm sure you will laugh your azz off. Bad acting, bad props, bad monsters, bad everything. I could grab a handful of you reading this and we could have made a better movie.

"The evil Dr. Krupp (Luis Aceves Castañeda), also known as "The Bat", plots to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from the tomb of a centuries-old living mummy, Popoca (Angel di Stefani). Krupp builds a robot to defeat the mummy, which has so far thwarted his efforts. Krupp's former colleague Dr. Eduardo Almada (Ramón Gay) and associates work to stop the mad scientist from completing his plans, successfully destroying the robot as Popoca returns to the shadows of the night."

Dana Jean's Halloween 2016 Movies
1. Sacrifice--New
2. Stitches--New
3. Bleed--New
4. Burnt Offerings -- old standby
5. Mercy
6. Come Back to Me --New
7. Horror Express
8. Bloody April Fools -- New
9. Babadook--New
10. ABC's of Death -- 2 -- New
11. The Legend of Hell House -- old standby
12. Housebound -- New
13. Creepshow-- old standby
14. Scream and Scream Again
15. Livide -- New
16. Secret Window -- old standby
17. Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages -- New
18. Little Shop of Horrors -- 1960 -- New
19. Midnight Meat Train -- New
20. The Gorgon
21. Count Dracula 1970
22. The Innocents -- good old standby
23. Most Likely to Die -- New
24. The Fearless Vampire Killers -- New
25. The Creeping Flesh
26. The Oblong Box -- New
27. Vault of Horror 1973 -- good old standby.
28. Theatre of Blood -- good old standby
29. Carrie -- 2002 Version -- New
30. Dracula's Daughter -- New
31. Last Shift -- New
32. The Girl in the Photographs -- New
33. Horror of Dracula -- New
34. Dracula: Prince of Darkness
35. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave -- New
36. Taste the Blood of Dracula -- New
37. Scars of Dracula -- New
38. I Am The Pretty Thing that Lives in the House -- New
39. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy -- New

That one looks like a good candidate for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode..lol

 

[Dana Jean]

That one looks like a good candidate for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode..lol

I am thinking that maybe they did it.

 

[Neesy]

The Raven from 1963 with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Jack Nicholson and Boris Karloff
A strange little movie

 

[not_nadine]

The Blob.

 

[muskrat]

39. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy -- Oh man. This has been the only time in my life I wished I smoked pot. Get stoned and watch this and I'm sure you will laugh your azz off. Bad acting, bad props, bad monsters, bad everything. I could grab a handful of you reading this and we could have made a better movie.

"The evil Dr. Krupp (Luis Aceves Castañeda), also known as "The Bat", plots to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from the tomb of a centuries-old living mummy, Popoca (Angel di Stefani). Krupp builds a robot to defeat the mummy, which has so far thwarted his efforts. Krupp's former colleague Dr. Eduardo Almada (Ramón Gay) and associates work to stop the mad scientist from completing his plans, successfully destroying the robot as Popoca returns to the shadows of the night."

Dana Jean's Halloween 2016 Movies
1. Sacrifice--New
2. Stitches--New
3. Bleed--New
4. Burnt Offerings -- old standby
5. Mercy
6. Come Back to Me --New
7. Horror Express
8. Bloody April Fools -- New
9. Babadook--New
10. ABC's of Death -- 2 -- New
11. The Legend of Hell House -- old standby
12. Housebound -- New
13. Creepshow-- old standby
14. Scream and Scream Again
15. Livide -- New
16. Secret Window -- old standby
17. Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages -- New
18. Little Shop of Horrors -- 1960 -- New
19. Midnight Meat Train -- New
20. The Gorgon
21. Count Dracula 1970
22. The Innocents -- good old standby
23. Most Likely to Die -- New
24. The Fearless Vampire Killers -- New
25. The Creeping Flesh
26. The Oblong Box -- New
27. Vault of Horror 1973 -- good old standby.
28. Theatre of Blood -- good old standby
29. Carrie -- 2002 Version -- New
30. Dracula's Daughter -- New
31. Last Shift -- New
32. The Girl in the Photographs -- New
33. Horror of Dracula -- New
34. Dracula: Prince of Darkness
35. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave -- New
36. Taste the Blood of Dracula -- New
37. Scars of Dracula -- New
38. I Am The Pretty Thing that Lives in the House -- New
39. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy -- New

I used to watch this stoned all the time. With the MST bots. Had about all the old MST3ks on VHS back in the 90s. Smoked alotta weed, too. They made a good combination. Toss in some cheese doodles and yer set.

 

[muskrat]

The Blob.

Yep, me too. Steve McQueen as the oldest teenager on earth, acting WAY too good for the kind of flick he's in. A young Helen Crump (Opie's teacher and Andy's future wife), and a happenin jazzy theme song co-written by Burt Bacharach. Good stuff.

 

[not_nadine]

I used to watch this stoned all the time. With the MST bots. Had about all the old MST3ks on VHS back in the 90s. Smoked alotta weed, too. They made a good combination. Toss in some cheese doodles and yer set.

MST was the best.

 

[not_nadine]

Village of the Damned. (1960) Whew. That was a great start to the movie. I was actually scared.