2014! October Horror Movie Marathon!

[Autumn Gust]

1. London After Midnight . A silent horror film from 1927. It wasn't very scary, even though the plot contained a menacing vampire. Nosferatu (1922) was also a silent film but it was a lot creepier and much better done. Even so, the closeups of the vampire (played by Lon Chaney) made the movie worth watching.

 

[morgan]

Finished watching The Stand miniseries. Worst parts: Rob Lowe and Molly Ringwald's performances (AND The Walkin' Dude's mullet!). Best parts: Stephen King's role of Teddy Weizak, Bill Fagerbakke as Tom Cullen...AND Kojak!

 

[blunthead]

I have this one in my queue. Is it horror? I'm not even sure what it is about.

John Dies at the End (2012) - IMDb

It's strange and interesting. I guess it's mostly scifi, but spooky at times. Not sure if it truly qualifies in anyone's "horror" list.

 

[Lina]

I think I'm going to start tomorrow with "A Clockwork Orange".

Thanks for reminding about this movie, I was going to see it for ages, I will have to watch it this month, too.

 

[blunthead]

Thanks for reminding about this movie, I was going to see it for ages, I will have to watch it this month, too.

A Clockwork Orange is not for everybody. I say this not as a graphic warning. It's just out of the ordinary enough not to interest many if not most. If you liked the director Kubrick in 2001 you might not like him in Clockwork Orange.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

A Clockwork Orange is not for everybody. I say this not as a graphic warning. It's just out of the ordinary enough not to interest many if not most. If you liked the director Kubrick in 2001 you might not like him in Clockwork Orange.

I'm getting ready to do a paper on A Clockwork Orange. Not really a horror movie in my opinion. Although it is real horrorshow.....

It's a pretty interesting take on freewill and nature vs. nurture.......

 

[swiftdog2.0]

John Dies at the End (2012) - IMDb

It's strange and interesting. I guess it's mostly scifi, but spooky at times. Not sure if it truly qualifies in anyone's "horror" list.

Saw this one on Netflix a few months back. Pretty entertaining. I like Don Coscareli's work. Phantasm is one of my favorite's of his.

 

[blunthead]

I'm getting ready to do a paper on A Clockwork Orange. Not really a horror movie in my opinion. Although it is real horrorshow.....

It's a pretty interesting take on freewill and nature vs. nurture.......

It's not a horror movie. It's scifi fantasy, if fittable in a genre at all.

 

[CriticAndProud]

A Clockwork Orange is not for everybody. I say this not as a graphic warning. It's just out of the ordinary enough not to interest many if not most. If you liked the director Kubrick in 2001 you might not like him in Clockwork Orange.

I just watched it and enjoyed it quite a lot (not enjoyed in a conventional sense I should specify). I didn't like 2001 though.

I'm getting ready to do a paper on A Clockwork Orange. Not really a horror movie in my opinion. Although it is real horrorshow.....

It's a pretty interesting take on freewill and nature vs. nurture.......

No, it isn't a horror movie, and having read the book last year I knew what to expect, but I figured the subject matter was morbid enough for halloween.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

It's not a horror movie. It's scifi fantasy, if fittable in a genre at all.

I'd call it a dystopian allegory. Ha, just made my own genre!

 

[blunthead]

I'd call it a dystopian allegory. Ha, just made my own genre!

Cool, I guess. I dunno what that means.

 

[CriticAndProud]

Cool, I guess. I dunno what that means.

Hey, that doesn't matter, we can all be pretentious art critics now.

I'd call it a dystopian allegory. Ha, just made my own genre!

Or, better yet, Orwellian dystopian satire. That sounds good.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Cool, I guess. I dunno what that means.

Dystopian as in the opposite of Utopia. And an allegory for freedom of choice.

Now let's get all fancy pants in dissection of The Exorcist.

Demonic possession as an allegory for the corruption of the innocent. Discuss......

 

[blunthead]

Hey, that doesn't matter, we can all be pretentious art critics now.




Or, better yet, Orwellian dystopian satire. That sounds good.

Oh wellian then.

 

[blunthead]

Dystopian as in the opposite of Utopia. And an allegory for freedom of choice.

Now let's get all fancy pants in dissection of The Exorcist.

Demonic possession as an allegory for the corruption of the innocent. Discuss......

No, you discuss. I sleep.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Hey, that doesn't matter, we can all be pretentious art critics now.




Or, better yet, Orwellian dystopian satire. That sounds good.

That works, too!

This is the kind of stuff that I can use to BS my way to an "A" on my paper

 

[swiftdog2.0]

No, you discuss. I sleep.

Cool and the Gang. I'm off to get some shut-eye as well!

 

[blunthead]

Cool and the Gang. I'm off to get some shut-eye as well!

That works, too!

This is the kind of stuff that I can use to BS my way to an "A" on my paper

Just as long as teacher doesn't care.

 

[CriticAndProud]

I'm getting ready to do a paper on A Clockwork Orange. Not really a horror movie in my opinion. Although it is real horrorshow.....

It's a pretty interesting take on freewill and nature vs. nurture.......

Good luck with the paper BTW

 

[fljoe0]

1. 28 Days Later (2002) Cillian Murphy
   I’ve seen this one before and I think I liked even more this time around. Although there are zombie movie similarities, this is not a zombie movie. The infected are not dead, just hungry and dangerous. Unlike the undead, the infected can starve to death and be killed. This doesn’t make them any less dangerous, however. I think what elevates this movie above standard fare, is the way the director has created the creepy sense of isolation and realistic character issues. Cillian Murphy is excellent in this and becomes the reluctant leader of his band of survivors. The movie is not particularly gory and although very tense, is more about the characters than the carnage. 9/10