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2017 SKMB October Horror Movie Marathon!
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19. It's Alive (1974) (FTV)
Newborn baby turns out to be a bloodthirsty mutant--think Rosemary's Baby gets revenge on the world. Another shlocky entry from Larry Cohen (The Stuff, Maniac Cop, Q, etc.), this movie plays it perfectly straight while being patently absurd--the moment the baby is born it goes on a killing spree and escapes under its own power through a skylight. While it was not intended to be funny, the bald matter-of-fact way that people state things with zero sensitivity towards the parents of the baby ("Surely you agree we must kill it immediately!") is pretty funny. The father disowns the child several times, it almost becomes a running joke. There isn't much dwelling on the reasons for the mutation aside from some mild social commentary about pollutants and pesticides, and about a half hour into the story it really just turns into a manhunt (or should I say, a mutant babyhunt). I wish they had added some twists or other plot developments to keep things more interesting, I think there were some abandoned story lines. Still, I kinda liked this bleak unintentionally funny 70's shlock-shocker, and effects giant Rick Baker designed the mutant baby!
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2017 Horror Movie List
FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Addams Family 3.5/5
2. Dead & Breakfast 4/5 (FTV)
3. It Comes at Night 2.5/5 (FTV)
4. I Didn't Come Here To Die 3.5/5 (FTV)
5. Train to Busan 4/5 (FTV)
6. Wendigo 3/5 (FTV)
7. Goodnight Mommy 4/5 (FTV)
8. Little Evil 3/5 (FTV)
9. The Stuff 3/5 (FTV)
10. The Atoning 2.5/5 (FTV)
11. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 3/5 (FTV)
12. The Driller Killer 3/5 (FTV)
13. Child's Play 4/5
14. The Babysitter 3.5/5 (FTV)
15. The Others 4.5/5
16. The Girl With All The Gifts 4/5 (FTV)
17. Halloween III: Season of the Witch 3.5/5
18. Raw 4/5 (FTV)
19. It's Alive 3.5 (FTV)
I liked this one too. It was typical 70s drive-in fodder, and I enjoyed the hell out of them.
19. Graveyard Shift
20. Addam's Family ( needed the comedy relief )
20. Addam's Family ( needed the comedy relief )
23. The Canal (2014) available on Netflix
This is a horror flick from Ireland that is scary and unsettling. A film archivist reviewing film from the early 1900s sees footage of a brutal crime that happened at his house. After seeing the footage, he detects a presence in his house. It’s a mixture of ghost story and murder/mystery. 7/10
This is a horror flick from Ireland that is scary and unsettling. A film archivist reviewing film from the early 1900s sees footage of a brutal crime that happened at his house. After seeing the footage, he detects a presence in his house. It’s a mixture of ghost story and murder/mystery. 7/10
...polite?...pshaw!!....The Muskinator knows the GNT doesn’t do good manners, and table manners...they went the way of the Dodo....
24. They Look Like People (2015) netflix
This movie is a little more physiological thriller than horror but it’s creepy as hell. A man thinks that humans are being taken over by alien creatures and tries to convince his friend of this. So, is he right or is he crazy? 8/10
This movie is a little more physiological thriller than horror but it’s creepy as hell. A man thinks that humans are being taken over by alien creatures and tries to convince his friend of this. So, is he right or is he crazy? 8/10
28. Theater of Blood
"A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition."
Another Vincent Price that was inspired by the success of the Phibes format, this one was done in 1973 and again used unique deaths created specifically for certain critics using Shakespearean inspiration. Love me some Vincent.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
"A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition."
Another Vincent Price that was inspired by the success of the Phibes format, this one was done in 1973 and again used unique deaths created specifically for certain critics using Shakespearean inspiration. Love me some Vincent.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
I loved this film as a child growing up, I've rewatched it several times. VP is the best!
1. The Blood on Satan's Claw.
2. Necromancy.
3. Earnest Scared Stupid.
4. John Dies at the End.
5. The Stuff.
6. Carrie (the new one).
7. Jennifers Body.
8. Creepshow 2.
9. Jurassic World.
11. Terrorvision.
12. The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.
13. Gargoyles.
14. Horrors of the Black Museum.
15. The purge.
16. Asylum.
17. Requiem for a vampire.
18. The Nest.
19. The Devils Bride.
20. The Nesting.
21. The Plague of the Zombies.
Yet another Hammer film. A venerable doctor gets a letter from a former student about strange deaths in a town where he is doctor. It becomes apparent that everyone in town is an a$$hole upon arrival. Fox hunters rudely interrupting funerals by knocking over coffins and towns folk treating the doctor like he is the cause of the disease though they won't let him perform an autopsy. Strange cuts and drums and an abandoned (oho but it's not) tin mine figure into voodoo goings on. Avast the graves are empty! Oh no another pretty woman in danger! Over acting galore!
It was okay for a film without Cushing or Lee or Vincent. Not scary in the least unless you are six but so many Hammer horrors left out the horror part. Cool drums though.
2. Necromancy.
3. Earnest Scared Stupid.
4. John Dies at the End.
5. The Stuff.
6. Carrie (the new one).
7. Jennifers Body.
8. Creepshow 2.
9. Jurassic World.
11. Terrorvision.
12. The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.
13. Gargoyles.
14. Horrors of the Black Museum.
15. The purge.
16. Asylum.
17. Requiem for a vampire.
18. The Nest.
19. The Devils Bride.
20. The Nesting.
21. The Plague of the Zombies.
Yet another Hammer film. A venerable doctor gets a letter from a former student about strange deaths in a town where he is doctor. It becomes apparent that everyone in town is an a$$hole upon arrival. Fox hunters rudely interrupting funerals by knocking over coffins and towns folk treating the doctor like he is the cause of the disease though they won't let him perform an autopsy. Strange cuts and drums and an abandoned (oho but it's not) tin mine figure into voodoo goings on. Avast the graves are empty! Oh no another pretty woman in danger! Over acting galore!
It was okay for a film without Cushing or Lee or Vincent. Not scary in the least unless you are six but so many Hammer horrors left out the horror part. Cool drums though.
29. Extraordinary Tales -- New
"An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe."
Now this is one that many would not like. Personally, I embrace creativity and enjoy adaptations of things for art's sake. This is based on Edgar Allan Poe stories and it is completely animated. Five different stories with 5 different art styles. Slow paced and using voices from Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi, Guillermo del Toro and Roger Corman plus others, the use of archive footage -- it was interesting and if you enjoy video games and comic book art, you might enjoy this unique telling of classic tales.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
29. Extraordinary Tales*
"An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe."
Now this is one that many would not like. Personally, I embrace creativity and enjoy adaptations of things for art's sake. This is based on Edgar Allan Poe stories and it is completely animated. Five different stories with 5 different art styles. Slow paced and using voices from Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi, Guillermo del Toro and Roger Corman plus others, the use of archive footage -- it was interesting and if you enjoy video games and comic book art, you might enjoy this unique telling of classic tales.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
29. Extraordinary Tales*
I'm watching The Plague of the Zombies right now!
I think we've watched that one three times! It's wonderfully creative, even the framing story, and I liked the variety of animation styles.29. Extraordinary Tales -- New
"An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe."
Now this is one that many would not like. Personally, I embrace creativity and enjoy adaptations of things for art's sake. This is based on Edgar Allan Poe stories and it is completely animated. Five different stories with 5 different art styles. Slow paced and using voices from Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi, Guillermo del Toro and Roger Corman plus others, the use of archive footage -- it was interesting and if you enjoy video games and comic book art, you might enjoy this unique telling of classic tales.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
29. Extraordinary Tales*
17) The Dark Tower (2017)-What the heck! It had Taheen and McConacuckoo, and that's horror enough for me to count it
I liked it just as much as I did in the theater, and Nick absolutely loved it (as I thought he would).18) Castlevania-4 episodes, so that should count as a movie, right? From imdb:"A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly creatures controlled by Dracula." I'm not sure whether I liked this or not, to be honest. Not a huge anime fan, but I'll give it a few more eps and see if it hooks me. FTV
I bought The Girl With All The Gifts on VUDU at the same time as I bought Dark Tower, so I'll hopefully get to it tomorrow
Okay. You're just making this sh*t up now, aren't you? You're f'ing with us, right?
Get him Dana Jean! Sic him!
1) Gerald's Game
2) Dead Rising: Watchtower
3) The Thing (1982)
4) Area 51
5) Piranha (1978)
6) Quarantine
7) Lights Out
8) Viral
9) Black Lake
10) Cat's Eye
11) Plan Z
12) Alien: Covenant
13) Pandorum
14) Blair Witch
15) The Black Room (2017)
16) Dog Soldiers
17) Friday the 13th (2009)
18) Maximum Overdrive
19) Navy SEALS: The Battle for New Orleans (aka Navy SEALS vs Zombies)
20) It Follows
21) Alien
22) I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House
23) Silent Hill - second viewing, though it'd been a while since I first saw it. Scariest thing is still Sean Bean's 'Yorkshire American' accent.
2) Dead Rising: Watchtower
3) The Thing (1982)
4) Area 51
5) Piranha (1978)
6) Quarantine
7) Lights Out
8) Viral
9) Black Lake
10) Cat's Eye
11) Plan Z
12) Alien: Covenant
13) Pandorum
14) Blair Witch
15) The Black Room (2017)
16) Dog Soldiers
17) Friday the 13th (2009)
18) Maximum Overdrive
19) Navy SEALS: The Battle for New Orleans (aka Navy SEALS vs Zombies)
20) It Follows
21) Alien
22) I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House
23) Silent Hill - second viewing, though it'd been a while since I first saw it. Scariest thing is still Sean Bean's 'Yorkshire American' accent.
15) Jennifer’s Body (2009) FTV?? – I feel like maybe I saw part of this before, but I can’t remember. When a demon takes possession of her, high-school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) turns a hungry eye on guys who never stood a chance with her before. While evil Jennifer satisfies her appetite for human flesh with the school's male population, her nerdy friend, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), learns what's happening and vows to put an end to the carnage. Mildly amusing and plenty gross-out scenes. – 3/5
16) Maggie (2015) FTV - A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. This was a very good movie – softly stated and original. I would recommend it, heartily! Small irony – the teenager who plays Maggie was the younger girl in Zombieland. 5/5
It's been a busy week. Hope to do some catching up this weekend.
My 2017 list:
1) Stir of Echoes (1999) - 3.5/5
2) Lights Out (2016)FTV - 3/5
3) Nosferatu (1922)FTV – 4/5
4) The Darkness (2016) FTV – 15/5\
5) Stir of Echoes 2: The Homecoming (2007) FTV – 1.5/5
6) Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) – 3/5
7) Nightmare on Elm Street 3ream Warriors (1987) – 3.5/5
8) Ten:Murder Island (2017) FTV – 1/5
9) Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) – 2/5
10) AHS: Cult Ep 5 & 6 (2017) FTV – 5/5
11) House of the Witch (2017) FT – 3/5
12) The Sixth Sense (1999) – 4.5/5
13) John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) FTV – 2/5
14) The Conjuring (2013) FTV – 4/5
15) Jennifer’s Body (2009) – 3/5
16) Maggie (2015) FTV – 5/5
16) Maggie (2015) FTV - A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. This was a very good movie – softly stated and original. I would recommend it, heartily! Small irony – the teenager who plays Maggie was the younger girl in Zombieland. 5/5
It's been a busy week. Hope to do some catching up this weekend.
My 2017 list:
1) Stir of Echoes (1999) - 3.5/5
2) Lights Out (2016)FTV - 3/5
3) Nosferatu (1922)FTV – 4/5
4) The Darkness (2016) FTV – 15/5\
5) Stir of Echoes 2: The Homecoming (2007) FTV – 1.5/5
6) Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) – 3/5
7) Nightmare on Elm Street 3
ream Warriors (1987) – 3.5/58) Ten:Murder Island (2017) FTV – 1/5
9) Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) – 2/5
10) AHS: Cult Ep 5 & 6 (2017) FTV – 5/5
11) House of the Witch (2017) FT – 3/5
12) The Sixth Sense (1999) – 4.5/5
13) John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) FTV – 2/5
14) The Conjuring (2013) FTV – 4/5
15) Jennifer’s Body (2009) – 3/5
16) Maggie (2015) FTV – 5/5
711. Castle of the Smoking Dead (1980). Some meaty zombie giallo from Fulci protege Ernesto Lono. The usual walking dead scenario, excepting in that these ghouls are addicted to nicotine as well as human flesh. See em outside the cafe, in their moldy, crushed velvet suits, sipping their damn ouzo, playing dominos all hours and all colors. Why, when Enzo Pantangili bites Franco Nero's nose off, it's just, like, why bother? Bitchin dance sequence with Ornella Muti (yowza!), though, who apparently suffered a concussion when her high heel snapped off in Luidi Gratsi's eye socket.
....best one yet Husker-Musker!.....
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Neesy's List
1. Son of Dracula
2. Alias Grace (well, what happened to her was horrible)
3. Arachnophobia
4. House of the Witch - teenagers trapped in abandoned house on Hallowe'en are terrorized by a witch
5. Carrie (at the motel last night) - the one from a couple of years ago
6. My Soul to Take (on SyFy right now).
7. It (second viewing at the theatre tonight).
8. Nightmare on Elm Street 3 at the hotel in Deer River MN.
9. Messages Deleted (2010) was on TV today - more of a mystery than a horror but there were some gory parts.
10. Pay the Ghost (2015) with Nicolas Cage - a professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Hallowe'en parade.
11. Child's Play - sort of watched it but mainly it was on because son and GF were watching it - seemed kind of silly to me.
12. Silver Bullet - on AMC
13. Christine (yup - that one with the classic car)
14. Thinner (Die well, white man from town).
15. Blood Honey - Tortured by the memory of a childhood trauma, a woman returns after a decade to her family's fly-in hunting lodge to assist her siblings with their dying father, only to find herself stuck in a life threatening nightmare.
16. Firestarter - on AMC with George G. Scott, Martin Sheen, Art Carney & Louise Fletcher etc. - forgot how many well known actors were in this one.
17. I watched an episode of Hoarders on TV - this lady had 50 cats!
18. The Curse of Frankenstein - from 1957 with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
19. Texas Chainsaw Massacre - was on TV today - the one from 1974 which I originally saw at the drive in (probably around 1980) - it was a double feature with the original Carrie movie.
20. AMC is still showing Fearfest so today I watched Christine - John Carpenter director, great music and of course the car
Must be the Canadian in me that sees that
1. Son of Dracula
2. Alias Grace (well, what happened to her was horrible)
3. Arachnophobia
4. House of the Witch - teenagers trapped in abandoned house on Hallowe'en are terrorized by a witch
5. Carrie (at the motel last night) - the one from a couple of years ago
6. My Soul to Take (on SyFy right now).
7. It (second viewing at the theatre tonight).
8. Nightmare on Elm Street 3 at the hotel in Deer River MN.
9. Messages Deleted (2010) was on TV today - more of a mystery than a horror but there were some gory parts.
10. Pay the Ghost (2015) with Nicolas Cage - a professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Hallowe'en parade.
11. Child's Play - sort of watched it but mainly it was on because son and GF were watching it - seemed kind of silly to me.
12. Silver Bullet - on AMC
13. Christine (yup - that one with the classic car)
14. Thinner (Die well, white man from town).
15. Blood Honey - Tortured by the memory of a childhood trauma, a woman returns after a decade to her family's fly-in hunting lodge to assist her siblings with their dying father, only to find herself stuck in a life threatening nightmare.
16. Firestarter - on AMC with George G. Scott, Martin Sheen, Art Carney & Louise Fletcher etc. - forgot how many well known actors were in this one.
17. I watched an episode of Hoarders on TV - this lady had 50 cats!
18. The Curse of Frankenstein - from 1957 with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
19. Texas Chainsaw Massacre - was on TV today - the one from 1974 which I originally saw at the drive in (probably around 1980) - it was a double feature with the original Carrie movie.
20. AMC is still showing Fearfest so today I watched Christine - John Carpenter director, great music and of course the car
Must be the Canadian in me that sees that
30. The Plague of the Zombies -- New
"In a Cornish village in August 1860, the inhabitants of the town are dying from a mysterious plague that seems to be spreading at an accelerated rate."
Everything that needed said about this one, Scratch covered in post 509. I will add, I pronounce Haiti - Hate tea. One of the doctors in the movie pronounced it Hi tea. It took me a second to realize he was talking about Haiti and it was a WTH moment in country name pronunciations.
From now on, I'm calling that little country Hi tea. Make people think about it.
And yes, cool drums.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
29. Extraordinary Tales*
30. The Plague of the Zombies*
"In a Cornish village in August 1860, the inhabitants of the town are dying from a mysterious plague that seems to be spreading at an accelerated rate."
Everything that needed said about this one, Scratch covered in post 509. I will add, I pronounce Haiti - Hate tea. One of the doctors in the movie pronounced it Hi tea. It took me a second to realize he was talking about Haiti and it was a WTH moment in country name pronunciations.
From now on, I'm calling that little country Hi tea. Make people think about it.
And yes, cool drums.
Dana Jean's 2017 Halloween Movie Marathon Movies
*indicates a movie I have never seen before
1. Gerald's Game -- *
2. The Hallow -- *
3. The Tortured
4. Destiny--*
5. Submerged--*
6. The Good Neighbor--*
7. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8. Mercy -- *
9. Tales of Halloween --*
10. The Innocents
11. The Hand
12. The House on Haunted Hill
13. The Shining
14. Final Girl*
15. The Bar*
16. The Innocents*
17. Splatter*
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Legend of Hell House
20. Cult of Chucky*
21. CUBE*
22. Vault of Horror
23. Cold Storage*
24. The Reaping*
25. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
26. Cube 2: Hypercube*
27. Cube Zero*
28. Theater of Blood
29. Extraordinary Tales*
30. The Plague of the Zombies*
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