Halloween Watch-A-Thon
INTRODUCING THE FIRST EVER https://i.imgur.com/FTUYgIv.png The rules are simple, watch as many horror movies as you can in the month of October and post a little something about them here. The MoFo with the most watched will be crowned champion of all things spooky, scary, and frightening. Just want to keep things simple right now so that everyone feels comfortable to join in the discussion and fun. |
Okay that's cool, I'll likely just do 31
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Originally Posted by Siddon (Post 1949073)
Okay that's cool, I'll likely just do 31
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
So this is replacing the previously-mentioned category-based challenge then? Fine by me. I think I can go at least 31.
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Originally Posted by Iroquois (Post 1949129)
So this is replacing the previously-mentioned category-based challenge then? Fine by me. I think I can go at least 31.
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
http://www.pngmart.com/files/3/Hallo...in-PNG-Pic.png Suspect's List Oct 1. Phantoms - Small town horror Oct 2. Murder Party - Social commentary horror Oct 3. Creep 2. - Found footage horror Oct 4. The Ritual - Horror in the woods Oct 5. Mother! - Psychological Horror Oct 6. Terrifier - Killer clown horror Oct. 7. The Vault - Ghost horror Oct 8. Slice - B-Movie horror Oct 9. Freddy vs Jason - Iconic villain horror Oct 10. Urban Legend - 90's Teen Slasher Horror Oct 11. House on Haunted Hill - Haunted House Horror Oct 12. The Autopsy of Jane Doe - Isolated Horror Oct 13. Better Watch Out - Holiday Horror Oct 14. Let The Right One In - Foreign Horror Oct 15. House on Haunted Hill - Original to a remake horror Oct 16. The Tragedy Girls - Millennial Horror Oct 17. Dr. Giggles - Medical Horror Oct 18. Piranha 3D - Horror on the water Oct 19. Tower of Terror - Family friendly horror Oct 20. House on Sorority Row - Sorority Girls Horror Oct 21. The Evil Dead - Favourite Horror Oct 22. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn - Horror Sequel |
Originally Posted by TheUsualSuspect (Post 1949240)
I suppose I can post my films in here. :p
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
I'll post some of my Halloween watches in here:) I won't be watching a ton of them, but I hope to catch a few choice ones. Can we start this now? Or are we waiting for the start of October?
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
Judging by the OP, I'd say we have to wait until October starts.
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
That is correct you gotta wait till the start of October. There’s a few movies I really wanna see right now like Slice and the new Strangers movie but I’m holding off until October first.
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Originally Posted by Jay Redrum (Post 1949516)
That is correct you gotta wait till the start of October. There’s a few movies I really wanna see right now like Slice and the new Strangers movie but I’m holding off until October first.
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
I couldn't possibly hope to break any records. But it should be fun to watch some good ol' horror movies.
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Films i'm gonna try to see:
If i do ten: City of the Living Dead The Fog Carnival of Souls Dellamorte Dellamorte Slither Bay of Blood Blood and Black Lace Cronos Inferno Night of the Creeps If i do twenty: The Pit and the Pendulum Santa Sangre Shutter Phenomena Let's Scare Jessica To Death The Phantom Carriage My Bloody Valentine (original) Evil Dead (remake) Bug The Innkeepers Doubt i'll watch any more than that. |
I think you'll really like Carnival Of Souls. One of the creepiest horror movies from that time.
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Re: Halloween Watch-A-Thon
I'm not much into festivities but as it seems that almost half of the films I watch these days are horror I'll be posting here as well.
Some great films on @Camo 's list (and some not that great too). I hope you're planning to see the original Shutter as it's superior to the US remake. |
Originally Posted by pahaK (Post 1949550)
Some great films on @Camo 's list (and some not that great too). I hope you're planning to see the original Shutter as it's superior to the US remake.
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Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1949553)
Which ones do you like and dislike? I haven't seen any yet of course. And yeah the original, didn't even know there was an American remake.
Haven't seen (first three I'm going to watch at some point): Santa Sangre, The Phantom Carriage, Bug, Slither, Blood and Black Lace, Let's Scare Jessica To Death, My Bloody Valentine (original) and The Innkeepers Of the rest Night of the Creeps and Bay of Blood were bad (I'm not usually fond of slashers so it's no wonder I dislike the film that's considered one of the greatest influences for the genre). Also Phenomena was such a huge disappointment but at least Connelly is really cute. Others are mediocre. |
Originally Posted by pahaK (Post 1949617)
City of the Living Dead is one of the better Fulci's. I kinda recommend watching the whole "trilogy" or at least The Beyond as well.
The Fog is OK but I prefer other Carpenter's like Prince of Darkness.
Also Phenomena was such a huge disappointment but at least Connelly is really cute. Others are mediocre.
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Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1949619)
I've seen and liked The Beyond quite a bit, actually watched it for the horror challenge here last year (which i started then abandoned haha). What's the other one in the trilogy? I've seen a few Fulci's, didn't even realize he had a trilogy (i realize it's in inverted commas so it's more a thematic trilogy or whatever). It's not Zombi 2 is it?
Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1949619)
Jennifer Connelly is by far my #1 celebrity crush ever so awesome to hear she's in it, weird that she's in a supposedly (not according to you but it has a good reputation elsewhere) good Argento.
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Originally Posted by pahaK (Post 1949625)
The third film is The House by the Cemetery and it's only thematic trilogy. I think the third is the worst of the three and even the thematic connection is little loose there. Glad to see you liked The Beyond :)
This is what i posted, i'm sure it's terrible and nonsensical, i can't defend it like i said i barely remember it: [center] The Beyond This was completely nuts. The opening was incredible; very drab with a brown colour palette obviously supposed to denote that this was in the past, what it actually did was make everything seem really nasty and evil. A problem i've had with Giallo so far (to be fair i've seen like four) is that some times they are way too campy and ridiculous for me to get into, camp is not something i deal with well. Not that this film is without camp but that opening got me in the right sort of mood for this sort of thing. Some of the acting wasn't good of course, more than anything i found character reactions really baffling. Like the redheaded girl who just stood for five minutes watching her mothers face disintigrating without screaming or running out of the room for help or trying to stop this from happening in any way; there was loads of that. There was also these weird lulls when there was an attempt to cobble together some sort of plot i really couldn't care less about. The horror parts were really great though, just tonnes of kinda dated messed up imagery with an excellent soundtrack; clearly the strength of these types of films. The spiders scene was utterly horrifying, as i've said loads here i really hate spiders; just the noises in that scene alone won't leave my head. The face munching didn't actually bother me because the up close way it was shot meant you couldn't see them properly it was them slowly coming towards him or when they were crawling up him that was revolting to me. That was another weird reaction, one of the spiders was munching his eyeball and he was letting out these really mild yelps the kind you'd expect if you saw one in your bathroom, not one devouring your face. One weird thing i really like is that i couldn't tell you what exactly happened here, there was some book and a blind witch like girl and people were horrifically dying then coming back as zombies or something...i dunno. Think it was a curse at the start or something, i really don't care. Oh yeah the hotel is one of the seven gateways of hell, that's it haha. It just looked and sounded great at times, that was enough. The last 20 or so minutes especially when it went full on insane, and i loved that it went with a pretty horrifying ending.
Really? I've always had the impression that Phenomena divides opinions a lot. At least I've read quite a few bad reviews. IMDb score is quite high for a horror film though. It's just weird mess in my opinion and the soundtrack is quite awful (I like metal but it doesn't fit there at all).
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