31 Horrid Nights of Halloween: 2022!

[Jared]

October 1st. 1- Psycho (1960)
October 2nd. 2- Morbius (2022)
October 3rd. 3- Tales of Terror (1962)
October 4th. 4- Maniac (1980)
October 5th. 5- Cronos (1993). 6- Chopping Mall (1986)
October 6th. 7- Wicked City (1987)
October 7th. 8- Werewolf By Night (2022)
October 8th. 9- Satan's Triangle (1975)
October 9th. 10- Super Hot (2021)
October 10th. 11- The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
October 11th. 12- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
October 12th. 13- Doctor Faustus (1967)
October 13th. 14- The UFO Incident (1975). 15- Twice-Told Tales (1963)
October 14th. 16- Halloween Ends (2022)
October 15th. 17- Undying Love (1991)
October 16th. 18- Beyond the Door (1974)
October 17th. 19- Satan's School for Girls (1973)
October 18th. 20- Satan's School for Girls (2000)
October 19th. 21- All Hallow's Eve (2013). 22- Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns (2005)
October 20th. 23- And Now the Screaming Starts (1973). 24- Creepshow (1982)
October 21st. 25- Creepshow 2 (1987)
October 22nd. 26- Devil's Island (2021)
October 23rd. 27- Blood Red Sky (2021)
October 24th. 28- The Lost Boys (1987)
October 25th. 29- The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
October 26th. 30- Halloween (1978)
October 27th. 31- Psycho II (1983). 32- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). 33- The Beyond (1981)
October 28th. 34- Christine (1980). 35- The Shining (1980). 36- Curse of the Undead (1959)
October 29th. 37- The Night Flier (1997) 38- Salem's Lot (1979)
October 30th. 39- Barbarian (2022)
October 31st. 40- The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017). 41- A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). 42- The Black Phone (2021). 43- Doctor Sleep (2019)



My final two picks ended up having more in common than I expected. The Black Phone is based on a story by Joe Hill, aka Stephen King's son. Both movies feature Henry Thomas as a bad dad to uniquely troubled kid.

This was pretty good, Ethan Hawke is very creepy as child abducter prowling late '70s Denver. There's not one but two supernatural things going on, and while I thought they would tied together more directly, it still works.




The long-after sequel to The Shining. My first time seeing it, and it was the 3 hour director's cut. We pick up with Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) almost four decades after a famously unpleasant stay at the Overlook Hotel, which has haunted him all the while. As he's getting his life together, he a young girl whose shine is incredibly powerful. She needs to help as she's being hunted by a coven of psychic vampires led by Rebecca Ferguson.

I haven't read the book, so I don't know how it fairs as an adaptation. As a continuation of the Kubrick movie, it's a solid story with engaging characters, but it's almost a different genre. Like, this could almost be an X-Men storyline, rather than a haunted house/psychological thriller that ominously builds a sense of dread throughout. I do think they needed to establish the main villain as more of a threat going into the third act. I must say, I don't think Doctor Sleep is a good title for this movie. Maybe it's bigger part of the book, but here the "Doctor Sleep" aspect isn't a major part of the story, nor does it really indicate what the movie is. That said, I can't think of a better title offhand. Calling it The Shining Part II wouldn't seem right, either.

Anyway, good movie, probably didn't get the attention it deserved initially. But I don't think it will be hailed as a classic like its predecessor. Mike Flannagan does good work, but he's hardly the next Kubrick.

[Sean Whitmore]

I haven't read the book, so I don't know how it fairs as an adaptation.

Pretty well, for the most part. That makes it all the more impressive, that the movie managed to work as both an adaptation of the book and a sequel to the movie version of The Shining.

Trying to thread that needle does necessitate a much different third act, though, since the Overlook still exists in the world of the movie but not in the world of the book. Frankly, I much prefer the movie's ending.

[Sean Whitmore]

1a. The Mummy (1932) - Theater
1b. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - Theater
1c. Dark Glasses (2022) - Shudder
2. Odd Thomas (2013) - Amazon Prime
3. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) - Shudder
4. Night of the Living Dead (1990) - BBC America
5a. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) - Tubi
5b. Magic (1978) - Tubi
6. Horror of Dracula (1958) - HBO Max
7. Vampire: Los Muertos (2002) - Tubi
8. Hellraiser (2022) - Hulu
9a. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) - HBO Max
9b. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) - HBO Max
10. The Vampire's Ghost (1945) - Youtube
11a. Re-Animator (1985) - Shudder
11b. Bride of Re-Animator (1990) - Tubi
11c. The Ninth Configuration (1980) - Tubi
12. Beyond Re-Animator (2003) - Tubi
13. Graveyard Shift (1990) - BBC America
14. Son of Dracula (1943) - Tubi
15a. Halloween Ends (2022) - Peacock
15b. Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - Blu-ray
16. The Brides of Dracula (1960) - Peacock
17a. Dracula (1931) - Peacock
17b. The Raven (1935) - Peacock
17c. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - TCM
17d. House of Wax (1953) - TCM
18a. Mad Love (1935) - TCM
18b. The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) - TCM
19a. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) - Tubi
19b. The Giant Claw (1957) - Tubi
20a. Tales of Halloween (2015) - Tubi
20b. The Ambulance (1990) Youtube
21a. Unmasked Part 25 (1988) - Tubi
21b. Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001) - Shudder
21c. Popcorn (1991) - Shudder
22. Isle of the Dead (1945) - TCM
23a. It's Alive (1974) - TCM
23b. It Lives Again (1978) - TCM
23c. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Theater
24. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) - TCM
25. Barbarian (2022) - HBO Max
26a. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968) - TCM
26b. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) - TCM
27. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) - Theater
28a. Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) - Peacock
28b. Prince of Darkness (1987) - Peacock
28c. The Prophecy (1995) - Peacock
28c. The Stuff (1985) - Shudder
29. Overlord (2018) - Paramount+
30. Doctor Sleep (2019) - Blu-ray

31a. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - TCM
31b. Drag Me to Hell (2009) - Peacock

Rounded out the year with a couple of new ones (to me), both on completely opposite ends of the supernatural spectrum. "Drag Me to Hell" is the kind of special effects extravaganza Sam Raimi is famous for, while "Zombie" walks that typical Jacques Tourneur line of, "Oh, is it real, is it fake? Does magic exist or are the heroes just crazy? I'm not really sure!" Both enjoyable in their own ways though, as they each hit what they were aiming for.

[Astral Disaster]

I want to espically Thank Jared as always for putting this on, I greatly Thank You cause I always have a good time but it also gets me to push myself into seeing movies, mostly ones I have never seen before or seeing againg after so long. I gives me motivation, a meaning to each year and a special moment when I see allot of these movies for the 1st time, I always remember they where during October during our CBR Challenge event!

This always means so much to me and each year I have a better time with each challenge and grow in my knowledge of film, Thank You, Here is My Final List, I hope you all enjoy and enjoyed your lists as well!

I definitely feel the same, I don't normally watch many movies, despite having a fairly sizeable DVD/Blu-Ray collection, so the 31 Nights of Halloween challenge at least lets me focus on devoting time to it one month out of the year.

[Astral Disaster]

Anyway, here's my final list for the month, focused mainly on movies I'd never seen or hadn't watched in a while for the first half of the month, while treading familiar ground for the second. Also, kind of surprised I only ended up six movies short of my total from last year, especially after a comparatively slow start and being out of town for four days. One thing I'll definitely have to keep in mind for next year is that I'll easily get distracted checking other websites between movies if I watch them on my computer, when I watch on my TV, then I focus my time specifically on movies.

1. From Beyond (1986)
2. The Eatth Dies Screaming (1964)
3. The Endless (2017)
4. The Night Eats the World (2018)
5. Viy (1967)
6. The Devil's Rain (1975)
7. The City Of The Dead (1960)
8. The Lair Of The White Worm (1988)
9. Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
10. Frankenstein (1931)
11. Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
12. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
13. Teeth (2007)
14. Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)
15. The Love Witch (2016)
16. The Blob (1988)
17. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
18. The Munsters (2022)
19. Rubber (2010)
20. In The Earth (2021)
21. Terrified (2017)
22. The Babadook (2014)
23. Possum (2018)
24. Frankenhooker (1990)
25. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2015)
26. Fido (2006)
27. The House That Jack Built (2018)
28. Horns (2013)
29. Halloween (2018)
30. Halloween Kills (2021)
31. Halloween III (1982)
32. The Fog (1980)
33. Halloween (1978)
34. Halloween II (1981)
35. Halloween IV: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988)
36. Halloween V: The Revenge Of Michael Myers (1989)
37. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
38. Last Night In Soho (2021)
39. The Exorcist (1973)
40. The Exorcist III (1990)
41. Prince Of Darkness (1987)
42. The Witch (2015)
43. Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010)
44. Mandy (2018)
45. The Lighthouse (2019)
46. Hagazussa (2017)
47. Under The Skin (2013)
48. The Thing (1982)
49. Alien (1979)
50. Aliens (1986)
51. Color Out of Space (2019)
52. The Void - (2016)
53. Event Horizon (1997)
54. We Are Still Here (2015)
55. The House of the Devil (2009)
56. Hereditary (2018)
57. Suspiria (1977)
58. Inferno (1980)
59. Suspiria (2018)
60. Ed Wood (1994)
61. Beetlejuice (1988)
62. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)
63. Sennentuntschi (2010)
64. Shadow Of The Vampire (2000)
65. Begotten (1989)
66. Let The Right One In (2008)
67. Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
68. The Shining (1980)
69. Doctor Sleep (2019)
70. Sator (2019)
71. Carnival Of Souls (1962)
72. May (2002)
73. The Innkeepers (2011)
74. Murder Party (2007)
75. The Evil Dead (1981)
76. Evil Dead II (1987)
77. Army Of Darkness (1992/93)
78. Evil Dead (2013)
79. Within The Woods (1978)
80. Darling (2015)
81. Young Frankenstein (1974)
82. Ghostbusters (1984)
83. Repulsion (1965)
84. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
85. Zombieland (2009)
86. Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
87. Re-animator (1985)
88. Bride Of Reanimator (1990)
89. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
90. Hellraiser (1987)
91. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
92. Pumpkinhead (1988)
93. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
94. Trick R Treat (2007)
95. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
96. Night Of The Demons (1988)
97. The Barn (2016)

[Jared]

I definitely did more unfamiliar movies this aoctober than any previous year.

I meat to get to all Scream movies, as I've onky seen the first three, and only once each, back when they were new. I'll have to catch up on those fairly soon before promos for part 6 start coming out and likely spoil the last two.

I kept putting off the remake of The Blob. I'm telling myself it's not because I saw it when I was 6 or 7 and it scared the hell out of me.

Anyway, my random awards..

Best New to Me: Doctor Sleep

Best Sequel: Psycho II.

Worst Sequel: Halloween Ends.

Worst movie: Undying Love.

Most Perverted: Wicked City.

Best Kill: Blowtorched, Halloween Ends.

Best Transformation: Werewolf By Night.

Best Vincent Price: Wine Connoisseur, Tales of Terror.

Hottest Witch: Susan Sarandon, The Witches of Eastwick.

Best vampire hematologist: Dr. Michael Morbius, Morbius.

Pretty well, for the most part. That makes it all the more impressive, that the movie managed to work as both an adaptation of the book and a sequel to the movie version of The Shining.

Trying to thread that needle does necessitate a much different third act, though, since the Overlook still exists in the world of the movie but not in the world of the book. Frankly, I much prefer the movie's ending.

When Danny mentioned Tony as what he used to call his power, I thought we were going to get some reveal about that. In the TV miniseries version, Tony was apparently Danny's future self sending messages back, as I recall. That was kinda lame, though it may have just been due to the execution of it.

[Scott Taylor]

As an epilogue, I watched Night of the Living Dead (1968) and it ended right about midnight. The movie is still good, but less meaningful than it once was for me.

Most of what I watched were Spanish werewolf movies and Italian gothic films. The dubbing was pretty hit or miss but in general these were very entertaining and I had a great month of watching mostly films that were completely new to me,

[JBatmanFan05]

Mike Flannagan does good work, but he's hardly the next Kubrick.

No, but Flanagan does some good horror work. Midnight Mass is my favorite of his stuff (Hush is very good too), and Midnight Mass really reeks of King in the best ways. I have a bluray of it, but I hope it gets an official release some day, a Criterion would be nice.

I haven't read the novel [Salem's Lot] but I did read the short story, "Jerusalem's Lot" which is a distant prequel of sorts. I don't think that story directly ties to this in other than involving the old house with an evil history.

King's novel Salem's Lot is well worth the read (Hooper's film is great, but the book is still better). Definitely in my top 3-4 King novels of all time, a thrilling well-paced read.

I'm not sure there will ever be a better vampire novel after Dracula that is superior to Salem's Lot.