31 Nights (& Days) of Halloween: 2020!

[Sean Whitmore]

1. Body Bags (1993)
2. The Hitcher (1986)
3a. Child's Play (2019)
3b. The Haunted Palace (1963)
4a. Cult of Chucky (2017)
4b. Night of the Demons (1988)
4c. The Gate II (1990)
5. Vampires vs The Bronx (2020)
6a. Ghost Ship (2002)
6b. The Guest (2014)
7. The Fly (1958)
8. Village of the Damned (1960)
9a. Children of the Damned (1964)
9b. Hand of Death (1962)
9c. Friday the 13th (1980)
10. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
11a. Ice Cream Man (1995)
11b. Child's Play (1988)
12a. Child's Play 2 (1990)
12b. Child's Play 3 (1991)
13. Peeping Tom (1960)
14. Sleepwalkers (1992)
15. The Dark Half (1993)
16. The Beast Must Die (1974)
17. Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
18a. Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
18b. The Omen (1976)
19a. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
19b. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
19c. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
20. Dementia 13 (1963)
21. Ready or Not (2019)
22a. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
22b. The Black Cat (1981)
22c. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
23a. Haunt (2019)
23b. Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
24a. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
24b. The Fly (1986)
25. The Werewolf (1956)
26a. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
26b. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
27. Doctor Sleep (2019)
28. House of Horrors (1946)

I’m really slowing down these past few days. I think partly because I started doing this in September and partly because I’m just old and trash.

And speaking of old:

29. The Body Snatcher (1945)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher_(film)
I watched it on Blu-ray, but it’s airing on TCM soon

This has really become one of my favorite old horror movies, much to my own surprise. It’s a little tough to recommend, because it’s very quiet and slow (like all the Robert Wise movies I’ve seen, actually). But the story and dialogue are great, the creepy atmosphere is on-point, and it’s my favorite Boris Karloff performance.

[Moon Ronin]

1. The Curse of Buckout Road (2017) on Tubi
2. Winchester (2018) on Netflix
3. The Curse of La Lorena (2019) on HBO MAX
4. Doctor Sleep (2019) on HBO Max
5. The Frighteners (1996) on HBO MAX
6. You're Next (2013) on Peacock
7. I Spit On Your Grave (2010) on Amazon Prime
8. Halloween (1978) on AMC
9. Halloween II (1981) on Vudu
10. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) on AMC
11. Fright Night (1985) on Amazon Prime
12. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1995) on AMC
13. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) on AMC
14. Halloween H20: 20 Years later (1998) on AMC
15. Halloween: Resurrection ( 2002)on AMC
16. Halloween (2007) on SYFY
17. Halloween II (2009) on Paramount
18. Halloween (2018) on DVD
19. House on Hunted Hill (1959) on Amazon Prime
20. Hubie Halloween (2020) on Netflix
21. Silence of the Lambs (1991) on Netflix
22. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) on TCM
23. Blair Witch (2016) 10/13 on TBS
24. Children of the Corn (1984) on Hulu
25. House of the Dead (2003) on Peacock
26. The Evil Dead (2013) on Vudu
27. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) 10/14 on Vudu
28. Friday the 13th (2009) on AMC
29. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) on Vudu

Quote Morgan: I'm sorry, but how often do girls blow their heads off in this shithole town?

I've been watching Haven on Netflix and like Jared Padalecki in Friday the 13th Eric Balfour in this movie sort of took me out of it. Its no fault to the movie as it is a good remake and I think this was one of the last movies that the late great R. Lee Ermey was in. Do known actors in TV series take away from anyone else's movie experiences?

Let's get this right out the way: a double sided axe is *not* a hatchet!

There are double bit hatchets just they commonly have a hammerhead on them. The difference between an Ax, a hand Ax, and a hatchet is the size of the handle and not the type bit they have.

[Astral Disaster]

I always thought Pumpkinhead's design didn't fit the titlecor the premise of the movie. He's an avenging demon but looks to me more like an "Alien" Xenomorph-human hybrid. Hell, he looks better as that than the actual hybrid from Alien Resurrection did!

Yeah, that's actually one of the reasons I never watched it prior to having internet access, not having seen pics, or recalling previews, I was under the impression, based on the title, the creature had a pumpkin head and thought it was a ridiculous concept. It wasn't until I watched it with friends after the 2000 DVD release that I realized what was up, and then it was "that's a cool Alien hybrid design" but it had only a superficial connection to the pumpkin of the title. Over the years it's become way less of an issue and appreciate what the film manages to accomplish on a budget of only 3.5 mil.

[Moon Ronin]

Yeah, that's actually one of the reasons I never watched it prior to having internet access, not having seen pics, or recalling previews, I was under the impression, based on the title, the creature had a pumpkin head and thought it was a ridiculous concept. It wasn't until I watched it with friends after the 2000 DVD release that I realized what was up, and then it was "that's a cool Alien hybrid design" but it had only a superficial connection to the pumpkin of the title. Over the years it's become way less of an issue and appreciate what the film manages to accomplish on a budget of only 3.5 mil.

I watched it in the early 90, was on The Movie Channel or something like that at night. It quickly became one of my favorites (I'm watching it tonight). I've never seen any of the sequels. Not sure if I want to as the first was such a surprise that I didn't want it take away for it like so many sequels have in the past.

[Scott Taylor]

Voodoo Man! Another Bela Lugosi B movie. Interesting facts - film was shot in seven days, using single takes, and has similarities to the Val Lewton classic "I Walked with a Zombie," the Tobe Hooper classic "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and Kevin MacDonald's biographical movie about Bob Marley. If that doesn't make you want to go see the movie right now, well, I don't really blame you.

What is the reverse of John Williams? Is it even music?

In this case its the screams of the devil bat. No music. And as to the screams - think "most annoying sound in the world" from Dumb and Dumber.

[Astral Disaster]

I watched it in the early 90, was on The Movie Channel or something like that at night. It quickly became one of my favorites (I'm watching it tonight). I've never seen any of the sequels. Not sure if I want to as the first was such a surprise that I didn't want it take away for it like so many sequels have in the past.

I'd recommend staying the the course, I've seen two sequels and they're nowhere near the quality of the first.

[Jared]

October 29th. 60 - We Summon The Darkness (2019).



Set in the 80s, metal heads are seemingly being killed by a Satanic cult. The movie doesn't quite work, as it's not sure if it wants to be more Green Room or The Babysitter.

[Astral Disaster]

73. Mandy (2018) Slowly and methodically builds up an air of unsettling menace though image and sound during the first half, then sends the character of Red (played by Nicolas Cage) on a blood soaked mission of vengance against a cult responsible for his wife's murder. Cage gives one of the best performances of his career, and it helps that he has very little dialog.

74. It Follows (2014) A young woman is pursued by a supernatural entity after having it passed to her through a sexual encounter, unseen by others, it is able to appear as anyone, family, friend or stranger, and can only be thwarted by passing it on to someone else. Often seen as an allegory of the AIDS/ HIV crisis, and STDs in general.

75. Night Of The Demons (1988) During a Halloween party at an abandoned morgue built atop an indian burial mound, a group of high school kids unwittingly release a demonic entity which possesses some amd murders the rest. Will anyone survive 'til daybreak? Low budget affair with effects to match, though still entertaining despite its shortcomings and has developed a cult following over the years.

76. The Void (2016) from Wkipedia: "The plot follows a small group of people who become trapped in a hospital by a gathering of hooded cultists, and by grotesque creatures." Loaded with Lovecraftian themes, it's unfortunately sometimes hard to ignore the other films it borrows its ideas from.

[Jared]

October 30th. 61 - Gantz: 0 (2016). 62 - Brave New Jersey (2017). 63 - The Night Before Halloween (2016). 64 - Jason X (2001).




CG animated movie. Japanese cities are periodically suffering from hordes of rampaging demonic monsters of varying shapes and size. Recently deceased civilians are conscripted by an unknown agency to fight them with futuristic weapons and videogame-like rules. That's about all the explanation you get. Some of the monsters were pretty cool, and there's a premise that warrants exploration, but the movie hardly even hints at anything beyond what you learn in the first ten minutes.




This turned out to be a comedic drama. It's a October 30, 1939, night of the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast. In a rural New Jersey town, various residents think Martians are invading for real and it has a profound impact on their lives. It wasn't as seasonally themed as I'd hoped. But having grown up in Jersey, I find stories about thr incident worth checking out.


https://media-cache.cinematerial.com...g?v=1589406627

Others have covered this. Basically Syfy mixing the "prank gone wrong" slasher premise with an It Follow/The Ring like curse that has to be passed on. I was not impressed.
Maybe if most of the movie had been teens conniving to screw each other over in a dark comedy I would have liked it.




Besides hunting down newly discovered relatives, the other big trend for 90s slasher villains was going into SPAAAAACE. This movie knows its done, its just very pedestrian in execution. Still a fun entry in a long series that never strives for high art or anything close to it. It's a real shame they don't do more with the Cyber Jason upgrade. He should have gotten that much earlier in the movie.

[Scott Taylor]

Continuing the B for Bela Lugosi theme. . .



The Corpse Vanishes - Man makes brides disappear with orchids!



Phantom Creeps - Vibranium first discovered. Inspiration for Black Panther! Racism, though, quite unfortunate.

[Sean Whitmore]

1. Body Bags (1993)
2. The Hitcher (1986)
3a. Child's Play (2019)
3b. The Haunted Palace (1963)
4a. Cult of Chucky (2017)
4b. Night of the Demons (1988)
4c. The Gate II (1990)
5. Vampires vs The Bronx (2020)
6a. Ghost Ship (2002)
6b. The Guest (2014)
7. The Fly (1958)
8. Village of the Damned (1960)
9a. Children of the Damned (1964)
9b. Hand of Death (1962)
9c. Friday the 13th (1980)
10. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
11a. Ice Cream Man (1995)
11b. Child's Play (1988)
12a. Child's Play 2 (1990)
12b. Child's Play 3 (1991)
13. Peeping Tom (1960)
14. Sleepwalkers (1992)
15. The Dark Half (1993)
16. The Beast Must Die (1974)
17. Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
18a. Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
18b. The Omen (1976)
19a. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
19b. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
19c. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
20. Dementia 13 (1963)
21. Ready or Not (2019)
22a. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
22b. The Black Cat (1981)
22c. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
23a. Haunt (2019)
23b. Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
24a. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
24b. The Fly (1986)
25. The Werewolf (1956)
26a. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
26b. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
27. Doctor Sleep (2019)
28. House of Horrors (1946)
29. The Body Snatcher (1945)

30a. Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Knight
AMC

I saw the second Crypt film, Bordello of Blood, years ago on TV and thought it was dumb. So I avoided Demon Knight till now, and I’m surprised by bow much I liked it! I actually regret that I watched it edited on TV; seeing Billy Zane punch his fist through a guy’s face and then rip his head off while withdrawing his hand deserved to be seen uncut.


30b. Tales of Halloween (2015)
Shudder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Halloween

I’ve heard a lot of good things said about this anthology over the years, but I’m afraid I just don’t see it. None of the segments were especially bad, but a few felt a little pointless, and the best ones were just okay. Very few of the twists or little morality lessons I’m used to from horror anthology.


30c. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island...ls_(1932_film)
TCM

A classic of pre-Code horror, with a great performance by Charles Laughton; if maybe not quite as fun to rewatch as the Universal movies of the same era.

[Jared]

Phantom Creeps - Vibranium first discovered. Inspiration for Black Panther!.

They really call it vibranium?

[Astral Disaster]

77. Hellraiser (1987) I always think this was made in the early, rather than late, 80s, same with Hellraiser II, both have this look and feel of having been made earlier. Anyway, the first in the franchise, and arguably the best, it was also horror author Clive Barker's directorial debut, which introduced the world to Pinhead, though the character was simply referred to as "Lead Cenobite" and didn't receive the official moniker until the sequel.

[bruceleegreyhulk]

list of horror movies I think a few people have heard of .

1 Mikey ( 1992)

2. Basket Case ( 1982)

3. The Brood ( 1979)

4. It's Alive ( 1974)

5. Bloody Birthday ( 1981)

6. The Children ( 1980)

7. Kill Baby Kill ( 1966)

8. Devil Times Five ( 1974)

9. Who can kill a Child ( 1976)

10. Magic ( 1978)

[CellarDweller]

01. Friday the 13th (1980)
02. Friday the 13th Part II
03. Friday the 13th Part III
04. Friday the 13th Part IV (The Final Chapter)
05. Friday the 13th Part V (A New Begining)
06. Friday the 13th Part VI (Jason Lives)
07. Amityville Horror (1979)
08. The Conjuring
09. Insidious
10. The Exorcist
11. The Shining
12. The Crazies (2010)
13. Trick R Treat
14. Ghost Ship
15. 13 Ghosts
16. House on Haunted Hill
17. The Changeling
18. Pumpkinhead
19. Nightmare on Elm Street
20. Oculus
21. Final Destination
22. Final Destination 2
23. Final Destination 3
24. Annabelle
25. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
26. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
27. Pet Semetary (1989)
28. Wrong Turn
29. Wrong Turn: Dead End
30. The Night Before Halloween
31. Insidious: Chapter 2
32. Ouija
33. Insidious: The Last Key

34. Blair Witch Project A young man and his friends venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mystery surrounding his missing sister. Many believe her disappearance 17 years earlier is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when two locals act as guides through the dark and winding woods. As the night wears on, a visit from a menacing presence soon makes them realize that the legend is all too real, and more sinister than they could have ever imagined.

35. The Nun When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together, they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.