FRANKENSTEIN (1931) is the best monster movie ever made, IMO.
2018 SKMB October Horror Movie Marathon!
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FRANKENSTEIN (1931) is the best monster movie ever made, IMO.
I laugh out loud every time I read the synopsis for this one.
....I'm not the most perceptive of men, but I detect a certain suckage trend here.....
My goal this year was to watch new stuff. Nothing I had seen before.
Uhhhh, I don't think I can do it. I'm going to have to throw in my most beloved treasures every once in a while because while I lean toward the antique stuff, it can be cheesy and boring.
And the new stuff is all slasher crap, f*cked up kids, zombie or virus. Throw in a bunch of haunted hotel, cabins, basements, houses, apartments, teepees, menstrual huts, yurts. NOTHING GROUND BREAKING FANTASTIC!
BUT -- if I could find one movie called:
The Hills Have Menstrual Huts AND Eyes, I would watch that.
....or "Yurt in the Woods with Bruce Campbell".....
I wonder if Menopause The Musical is a horror play or just a period piece.
Can you hear me groan from 1200 miles away?
Guess we'll have to stockpile these reviews and lists between today and the 18th....kinda sucks, but I understand...
I will be typing mine into a google doc until I can cut and paste on the 18th. Unlike some of these people, I haven't watched anything yet, but I plan to start tonight!
You're young. You sleep.I will be typing mine into a google doc until I can cut and paste on the 18th. Unlike some of these people, I haven't watched anything yet, but I plan to start tonight!
When you're old, you wake up at 1:00 a.m., take a lap around the fridge, talk to the cats and watch the stuff you have recorded while plucking your eyebrows.
....and checking the toilet paper supply for cinnamon sticks and oranges.....
means the smell is driving you crazy..perhaps allergies?
I also worry that I can't get by for 18 days without the golden nuggets of wit and wisdom I get here on a regular basis...guess I'll have to watch re-runs of "Laugh-In" to get by...
Me too! I feel left behind already!I will be typing mine into a google doc until I can cut and paste on the 18th. Unlike some of these people, I haven't watched anything yet, but I plan to start tonight!
I'll keep you company, so we'll be left behind together!!Me too! I feel left behind already!
I'm not going to mass post reviews of every single movie I've watched up to this point, but I will put my full list below my most recent reviews. If anyone has any questions about any of the movies on my list, or would like to see a particular review, let me know and I will post it here.
17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (FTV)*
An enigmatic young man insinuates his way into a prominent surgeon's family in increasingly disturbing ways. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos who directed 2016's outrageous The Lobster, you know this isn't going to be a straightforward thriller, but it tricks you into thinking it's going to be one for about the first hour or so. There's a very unsettling, almost antiseptic way the lines are delivered in deadpan manner, making the people sound very shallow small-talky, but the performances are so good we know there's something terrible lurking beneath the polite facade. As the primary antagonist, Barry Keoghan gives an incredible understated performance that had me thinking of Edward Norton's stunning debut in Primal Fear.
Things unravel a bit in the 3rd act as the plot becomes increasingly unrealistic and the responses of the characters become less and less credible. I don't want to spoil much here, but I'd have much preferred if things had been a little more realistic--I'm a fan of the supernatural, but the reasons for what's happening in this movie very much clashed with the reality that had been set up to that point. Still, this is one of those movies that gets under your skin, and despite the thriller marketing tag, it's every bit a horror movie.
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2018 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. mother! 4/5 (FTV)
2. Marrowbone 4/5 (FTV)
3. Flora 2/5 (FTV)
4. Blood Fest 4/5 (FTV)
5. Chamber of Horrors 3/5 (FTV)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 5/5
7. Poltergeist (1982) 5/5
8. Hatchet 3/5 (FTV)
9. The Devil and Father Amorth 3/5 (FTV)
10. Terrifier 3/5 (FTV)
11. Murder Party 3/5 (FTV)
12. Dig Two Graves 4/5 (FTV)
13. I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House 2/5 (FTV)
14. Images 3/5 (FTV)
15. Invisible Ghost 2/5(FTV)
16. The Lure 4/5 (FTV)
17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 3/5 (FTV)
17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (FTV)*
An enigmatic young man insinuates his way into a prominent surgeon's family in increasingly disturbing ways. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos who directed 2016's outrageous The Lobster, you know this isn't going to be a straightforward thriller, but it tricks you into thinking it's going to be one for about the first hour or so. There's a very unsettling, almost antiseptic way the lines are delivered in deadpan manner, making the people sound very shallow small-talky, but the performances are so good we know there's something terrible lurking beneath the polite facade. As the primary antagonist, Barry Keoghan gives an incredible understated performance that had me thinking of Edward Norton's stunning debut in Primal Fear.
Things unravel a bit in the 3rd act as the plot becomes increasingly unrealistic and the responses of the characters become less and less credible. I don't want to spoil much here, but I'd have much preferred if things had been a little more realistic--I'm a fan of the supernatural, but the reasons for what's happening in this movie very much clashed with the reality that had been set up to that point. Still, this is one of those movies that gets under your skin, and despite the thriller marketing tag, it's every bit a horror movie.
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2018 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. mother! 4/5 (FTV)
2. Marrowbone 4/5 (FTV)
3. Flora 2/5 (FTV)
4. Blood Fest 4/5 (FTV)
5. Chamber of Horrors 3/5 (FTV)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 5/5
7. Poltergeist (1982) 5/5
8. Hatchet 3/5 (FTV)
9. The Devil and Father Amorth 3/5 (FTV)
10. Terrifier 3/5 (FTV)
11. Murder Party 3/5 (FTV)
12. Dig Two Graves 4/5 (FTV)
13. I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House 2/5 (FTV)
14. Images 3/5 (FTV)
15. Invisible Ghost 2/5(FTV)
16. The Lure 4/5 (FTV)
17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 3/5 (FTV)
I've struggled a bit this year, not because there's nothing to watch (quite the opposite, actually), but because I've not often been in the mood. Or maybe some of it was down to being unable to share due to the board being closed?
Anyway, here's my list so far:
1) Ravenous (new - Netflix) - French-Canadian zombie film. Pretty decent, darkly comic in places. French (that isn't quite) with English subs. 6.5/10
2) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (new - Sky/Now TV) - the conclusion to the series of films based rather loosely on the series of games. 5/10
3) Fear The Walking Dead S3 eps 8 & 9 (new - APV)
4) The Thing (2011) (new - APV) - Decent if unnecessary prequel, though watched back to back with the 80s classic it works surprisingly well. 7/10
5) The Thing (1982)
6) Nightmares and Dreamscapes, eps The Road Virus Heads North & The Fifth Quarter
7) Fear The Walking Dead S3 eps 10 & 11 (new - APV)
8) The Limehouse Golem (new - Netflix) - Billed as a horror mystery, though IMO it had very little horror in it (some gore, but that's it). The mystery itself was OK, though, with some good performances from a pretty strong cast. 7/10
9) The Purge (new - APV) - uh-uh. 5.5/10
10) Fear The Walking Dead S3 eps 12 & 13 (new - APV)
11) Priest (new - Netflix) - Vampire capers with Paul Bettany, Karl Urban and Maggie Q. Nothing amazing, but watchable enough I suppose. 6/10
12) The Walking Dead S9 eps 1 & 2 (new - Fox/Now TV) - Something of a return to form, but probably too late to make a difference.
13) Get Out (new - Sky/Now TV) - Not entirely what I was expecting. Some great performances overcame my feeling that, in the same position, I'd have had my running shoes on long before the main events. Sometimes funny, often scary (in a thriller rather than horror sense) and always thought-provoking, I like it a lot. 9/10
Anyway, here's my list so far:
1) Ravenous (new - Netflix) - French-Canadian zombie film. Pretty decent, darkly comic in places. French (that isn't quite
) with English subs. 6.5/102) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (new - Sky/Now TV) - the conclusion to the series of films based rather loosely on the series of games. 5/10
3) Fear The Walking Dead S3 eps 8 & 9 (new - APV)
4) The Thing (2011) (new - APV) - Decent if unnecessary prequel, though watched back to back with the 80s classic it works surprisingly well. 7/10
5) The Thing (1982)
6) Nightmares and Dreamscapes, eps The Road Virus Heads North & The Fifth Quarter
7) Fear The Walking Dead S3 eps 10 & 11 (new - APV)
8) The Limehouse Golem (new - Netflix) - Billed as a horror mystery, though IMO it had very little horror in it (some gore, but that's it). The mystery itself was OK, though, with some good performances from a pretty strong cast. 7/10
9) The Purge (new - APV) - uh-uh. 5.5/10
10) Fear The Walking Dead S3 eps 12 & 13 (new - APV)
11) Priest (new - Netflix) - Vampire capers with Paul Bettany, Karl Urban and Maggie Q. Nothing amazing, but watchable enough I suppose. 6/10
12) The Walking Dead S9 eps 1 & 2 (new - Fox/Now TV) - Something of a return to form, but probably too late to make a difference.
13) Get Out (new - Sky/Now TV) - Not entirely what I was expecting. Some great performances overcame my feeling that, in the same position, I'd have had my running shoes on long before the main events. Sometimes funny, often scary (in a thriller rather than horror sense) and always thought-provoking, I like it a lot. 9/10