2019 SKMB October Horror Movie Marathon!

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21. The Dead Don't Die (FTV)

Longtime indie film director Jim Jarmusch takes on the zombie movie with an all-star cast including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Danny Glover, Steve Buscemi, Tilda Swinton and Selena Gomez. What could go wrong?

Well, for starters there's virtually no story here: fracking at the poles of the earth has caused the Earth to tilt off its axis which somehow makes the moon glow purple and corpses to become re-animated as guts-hungry ghouls. This has the the typical awkward quirky feel of a Jarmusch movie, but none of the intelligence, artistry or subtlety. There are some obvious swipes at consumerism and politics, but they are about as subtle as a zombie biting you in the neck. The whole thing feels like Jarmusch knew he didn't have anything original to say or do, so he didn't really even try. By the time characters start making self-referential meta-movie jokes, you get the feeling no one was telling the director this wasn't a very good idea. It's like he made the movie that he could get financed, not the movie he wanted to make.

That said, I didn't hate this movie. It surely was non-demanding to watch, and while certainly laconic, it never really dragged as it stumbled along much like a zombie: graceless and brainless, but hard to take your eyes off of. The acting was excellent across the board; I especially enjoyed the interactions between an older Bill Murray and the young, deadpan Adam Driver, who won me over with this under-reaction to finding a victim's guts spilled on the floor: "Oh, gross." If you liked the humor of Fargo or perhaps The Big Lebowski, you'll probably get a few chuckles out of this movie. But if you really want to laugh at a zombie comedy, I can think of at least five funnier ones with a better story without even trying that hard.

3 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2019 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. Next of Kin (1982) 4/5 (FTV)
2. I'll Take Your Dead 2/5 (FTV)
3. Nightmare Cinema 4/5 (FTV)
4. Murders in the Zoo 3/5 (FTV)
5. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 3/5 (FTV)
6. Joker 4/5 (FTV)
7. Annabelle Comes Home 3/5 (FTV)
8. Midsommar 5/5 (FTV)
9. The Banana Splits Movie 3/5 (FTV)
10. Brightburn 4/5 (FTV)
11. The Spiral Staircase 5/5 (FTV)
12. The Shining 5/5
13. Madhouse (1981)3/5 (FTV)
14. Child's Play (2019) 3/5 (FTV)
15. LEGO Scooby Doo 3/5 (FTV)
16. In The Tall Grass 2/5 (FTV)
17. As Above, So Below 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Ritual (2017) 4/5 (FTV)
19. Crawl 4/5 (FTV)
20. Halloween (1978) 5/5
21. The Dead Don't Die 3/5 (FTV)

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My list so far.

1.) Event Horizon
2.) Two episodes "Channel Zero" It`s horror anthology television series.
3.) Pet Graveyard :facepalm_smiley:
4.) Discarnate
5.)Martyrs (2015)
6.) Aliens
7.) Evil Dead
8.) The Walking Dead and 2 creepy Stargate Atlantis episodes.
9.) In the tall grass
10.) The Hills have Eyes (2006)
11.)Pandorum
A SciFi/Mystery movie, Resident Evil meets Event Horizon. with a nice ending.

12.) The Walking Dead, 10/2
13.) Anna and the Apocalypse.
A Horror/Comedy/Musical.
Fun, charming and a bit corny sometimes but it was pretty good.

14.) TWD 10/3
 
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fushingfeef said:
21. The Dead Don't Die (FTV)

Longtime indie film director Jim Jarmusch takes on the zombie movie with an all-star cast including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Danny Glover, Steve Buscemi, Tilda Swinton and Selena Gomez. What could go wrong?

Well, for starters there's virtually no story here: fracking at the poles of the earth has caused the Earth to tilt off its axis which somehow makes the moon glow purple and corpses to become re-animated as guts-hungry ghouls. This has the the typical awkward quirky feel of a Jarmusch movie, but none of the intelligence, artistry or subtlety. There are some obvious swipes at consumerism and politics, but they are about as subtle as a zombie biting you in the neck. The whole thing feels like Jarmusch knew he didn't have anything original to say or do, so he didn't really even try. By the time characters start making self-referential meta-movie jokes, you get the feeling no one was telling the director this wasn't a very good idea. It's like he made the movie that he could get financed, not the movie he wanted to make.

That said, I didn't hate this movie. It surely was non-demanding to watch, and while certainly laconic, it never really dragged as it stumbled along much like a zombie: graceless and brainless, but hard to take your eyes off of. The acting was excellent across the board; I especially enjoyed the interactions between an older Bill Murray and the young, deadpan Adam Driver, who won me over with this under-reaction to finding a victim's guts spilled on the floor: "Oh, gross." If you liked the humor of Fargo or perhaps The Big Lebowski, you'll probably get a few chuckles out of this movie. But if you really want to laugh at a zombie comedy, I can think of at least five funnier ones with a better story without even trying that hard.

3 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2019 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. Next of Kin (1982) 4/5 (FTV)
2. I'll Take Your Dead 2/5 (FTV)
3. Nightmare Cinema 4/5 (FTV)
4. Murders in the Zoo 3/5 (FTV)
5. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 3/5 (FTV)
6. Joker 4/5 (FTV)
7. Annabelle Comes Home 3/5 (FTV)
8. Midsommar 5/5 (FTV)
9. The Banana Splits Movie 3/5 (FTV)
10. Brightburn 4/5 (FTV)
11. The Spiral Staircase 5/5 (FTV)
12. The Shining 5/5
13. Madhouse (1981)3/5 (FTV)
14. Child's Play (2019) 3/5 (FTV)
15. LEGO Scooby Doo 3/5 (FTV)
16. In The Tall Grass 2/5 (FTV)
17. As Above, So Below 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Ritual (2017) 4/5 (FTV)
19. Crawl 4/5 (FTV)
20. Halloween (1978) 5/5
21. The Dead Don't Die 3/5 (FTV)

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aw dang. I was hoping this would be great. I love Bill Murray. The other actors with him I thought would make it just campy enough. I was hoping more Shaun of the Dead. I'll still give it a whirl.
 
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18. The Ritual (2017) (FTV)

Four best friends recovering from the untimely death of their pal go on a doomed hike in the supernatural Nordic wilderness. While the plot is pretty overly familiar at this point, this is more than just another "*******s lost in the haunted woods" story because the characters are a bit more complex and understandable, and the acting is excellent. The scares are parsed out a bit at a time in a way that kept me watching and wanting to know more. I particularly liked how the past kept coming back to haunt the main character and how his failure to act at critical point came full circle when it's time for him to make a tough decision. I do feel a bit more could have been done with this plotwise but this one was a cut above most.

4 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2019 Horror Movie List

*FTV denotes first-time viewings

1. Next of Kin (1982) 4/5 (FTV)
2. I'll Take Your Dead 2/5 (FTV)
3. Nightmare Cinema 4/5 (FTV)
4. Murders in the Zoo 3/5 (FTV)
5. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 3/5 (FTV)
6. Joker 4/5 (FTV)
7. Annabelle Comes Home 3/5 (FTV)
8. Midsommar 5/5 (FTV)
9. The Banana Splits Movie 3/5 (FTV)
10. Brightburn 4/5 (FTV)
11. The Spiral Staircase 5/5 (FTV)
12. The Shining 5/5
13. Madhouse (1981)3/5 (FTV)
14. Child's Play (2019) 3/5 (FTV)
15. LEGO Scooby Doo 3/5 (FTV)
16. In The Tall Grass 2/5 (FTV)
17. As Above, So Below 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Ritual (2017) 4/5 (FTV)

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Really liked The Ritual, I was so glad that the whole black metal sub-plot from the novel was dropped from the film. It has the most original creature design I've seen in years. Definitely worth a watch.
 
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22. The Child (FTV)

A live-in nanny takes a new job at a remote estate and discovers the child she's watching has the ability to raise the dead to do her bidding. Nicely brought back from the dead by Arrow Video who present this in volume 2 of The American Horror Project set, The Child is an oddity. Even for the the 70's in American independent horror, a time that brought us "Let's Scare Jessica To Death" and "Season of the Witch", "The Child" stands out as strange, as if an alien director made an attempt at a horror film without understanding how people really interact (the director was in fact an Iranian who had come to America).

Shot mostly in murky day-for-night with atrocious vocal overdubs and sometimes questionable acting, The Child is a film you need to give a chance because the first impressions aren't always great. Many of the characters are laughably unlikeable, although the main character is sympathetic, pretty and a bit naive. Give it time and you'll be rewarded by a dreamlike state of 70's weirdness, an ethereally creepy keyboard soundtrack, and surreal scenes such as a girl making a graveside offering of a live kitten to an undead ghoul (don't worry, no actual kitties were harmed in the making of this film). By the time things devolve into a zombie seige in a barn you'll be wondering what the hell just happened.

3 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2019 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. Next of Kin (1982) 4/5 (FTV)
2. I'll Take Your Dead 2/5 (FTV)
3. Nightmare Cinema 4/5 (FTV)
4. Murders in the Zoo 3/5 (FTV)
5. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 3/5 (FTV)
6. Joker 4/5 (FTV)
7. Annabelle Comes Home 3/5 (FTV)
8. Midsommar 5/5 (FTV)
9. The Banana Splits Movie 3/5 (FTV)
10. Brightburn 4/5 (FTV)
11. The Spiral Staircase 5/5 (FTV)
12. The Shining 5/5
13. Madhouse (1981)3/5 (FTV)
14. Child's Play (2019) 3/5 (FTV)
15. LEGO Scooby Doo 3/5 (FTV)
16. In The Tall Grass 2/5 (FTV)
17. As Above, So Below 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Ritual (2017) 4/5 (FTV)
19. Crawl 4/5 (FTV)
20. Halloween (1978) 5/5
21. The Dead Don't Die 3/5 (FTV)
22. The Child 3/5 (FTV)

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20. Halloween (1978) (special guest reviewer's FTV)

Since I watch the original Halloween just about every year, there isn't much new I can say in a review. Instead I'm having my 14-year-old daughter Jillian review the movie, who was seeing it for the first time, for a fresh perspective. Here's her unabridged review!

A deranged man escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown to terrorize a group of teenagers. The movie built up a lot of suspense with its tense scenes, and it felt oddly satisfying to see each victim die, giving the movie a delightfully disturbing feel. I thought P. G. Soles’ performance was particularly fascinating in the scene where she died, although I otherwise found her to be the least convincing teenager ever. In general, however, the group of teenagers seemed very realistic and had excellent chemistry with each other. I found it refreshing that there weren’t really excessive jump scares, which left me more creeped out and curious to see more rather than just leaving me jumpy.

5 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2019 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. Next of Kin (1982) 4/5 (FTV)
2. I'll Take Your Dead 2/5 (FTV)
3. Nightmare Cinema 4/5 (FTV)
4. Murders in the Zoo 3/5 (FTV)
5. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 3/5 (FTV)
6. Joker 4/5 (FTV)
7. Annabelle Comes Home 3/5 (FTV)
8. Midsommar 5/5 (FTV)
9. The Banana Splits Movie 3/5 (FTV)
10. Brightburn 4/5 (FTV)
11. The Spiral Staircase 5/5 (FTV)
12. The Shining 5/5
13. Madhouse (1981)3/5 (FTV)
14. Child's Play (2019) 3/5 (FTV)
15. LEGO Scooby Doo 3/5 (FTV)
16. In The Tall Grass 2/5 (FTV)
17. As Above, So Below 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Ritual (2017) 4/5 (FTV)
19. Crawl 4/5 (FTV)
20. Halloween (1978) 5/5

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Isn't it great watching with the kids for the first time?

How is Jillian's recovery going?
 
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do1you9love? said:
Isn't it great watching with the kids for the first time?

How is Jillian's recovery going?
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Her leg is doing much better, the doctor did a great job so it's looking like the stitches won't scar as badly as I'd thought. She started physical therapy and has been walking quite a bit more without crutches. Climbing stairs is still a bit of a strain for her but she's getting there.

I love introducing her to "new" movies that I've seen many times, it's like I get to see them for the first time again. She always likes to talk about the movie afterwards as well, so that's pretty cool too!
 
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23. 4D Man (FTV)

A scientist teams up with his rival brother to find a way to penetrate solid matter, only to lose control of the experiment and become a monster who must draw life from others every time he penetrates the 4th dimension. This was created by the indie producer/director team that brought us 1958's "The Blob", so this isn't your ordinary Hollywood film, although there are plenty of familiar faces: Robert Lansing, James Congdon (looking like a young Burt Reynolds), a young Patty Duke, and a stunning Lee Meriwether in her film debut.

The film's main problem is that it takes forever to get going, getting caught up in science lab politics, sibling rivalry and a love triangle when it should be giving us what we came to see--4D Man running amok, which we don't get to see until the final third of the movie. There's a hep-cat jazzy soundtrack that quickly wears out its welcome, horns blaring loudly to announce any transition, and some fairly obvious bluescreen effects used when 4D Man needs to pass through any object.

But 4D Man is still a pretty cool way to spend 85 minutes, particularly if you like atomic era horror/sci-fi, and it's neat to see characters aging rapidly as 4D Man drains their life force. Despite the cheesy matte effects, there are a few that are pretty effective and seamless, such as when he reaches through a glass window to steal an apple from a grocer. And Lee Meriwether pretty much steals every scene she's in: not only is she a beauty, for a 50's gal she imparts a bit of spunky personality and isn't afraid to go after what she wants.

3 out of 5 stars.

Bob's October 2019 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. Next of Kin (1982) 4/5 (FTV)
2. I'll Take Your Dead 2/5 (FTV)
3. Nightmare Cinema 4/5 (FTV)
4. Murders in the Zoo 3/5 (FTV)
5. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 3/5 (FTV)
6. Joker 4/5 (FTV)
7. Annabelle Comes Home 3/5 (FTV)
8. Midsommar 5/5 (FTV)
9. The Banana Splits Movie 3/5 (FTV)
10. Brightburn 4/5 (FTV)
11. The Spiral Staircase 5/5 (FTV)
12. The Shining 5/5
13. Madhouse (1981)3/5 (FTV)
14. Child's Play (2019) 3/5 (FTV)
15. LEGO Scooby Doo 3/5 (FTV)
16. In The Tall Grass 2/5 (FTV)
17. As Above, So Below 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Ritual (2017) 4/5 (FTV)
19. Crawl 4/5 (FTV)
20. Halloween (1978) 5/5
21. The Dead Don't Die 3/5 (FTV)
22. The Child 3/5 (FTV)
23. 4D Man 3/5 (FTV)

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