A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcrammers

I'm trying to do the same. I'm really in the mood for some Horror right now but I know I've got at least 31 coming up in October, so...

It doesn't help that everything I give a crap about that came out this year is horror. I mean, we've got...

Abigail
Cuckoo
Exhuma
Immaculate
I Saw the TV Glow
Longlegs
Maxxxine
Oddity
Strange Darling
The Devil's Bath
The First Omen

Hope that helps some of you put a watchlist together.

Brain Damage is obviously my favorite Hennenlotter, and I'm very fond of Frankenhooker. I need to revisit Basket Case at some point, as it's been a while and honestly I don't remember it making much of an impression on me.

I'll never forget Belial...or that scream!

It was a pleasant surprise to learn it's the Frankenhooker guy because I've been meaning to see it for a long time. Will add Damage to the list as well.

Watch Love Lies Bleeding, if you haven't. Great modern noir set in the 1980s.

If you've never seen Frankenhooker or Brain Damage you are in for a real treat. The latter is probably currently my favorite horror movie.

I still haven't seen Brain Damage but she sure is right about Frankenhooker.

This has been an incredible year for horror/thrillers right now I'm sitting at 30 titles...I might hit 50 by the end of the year.

1. Late Night with the Devil
2. Oddity
3. Love Lies Bleeding
4. Strange Darling
5, In a Violent Nature
6. A Quiet Place Day One
7 Lisa Frankenstein
8. Longlegs
9. Cuckoo
10. Maxxxine
11. Handling the Undead
12 Stream
13. Arcadian
14. Skincare
15. Stopmotion
16. Sting
17. Abigail
18. Alien Romulus
19, Trap
20 The First Omen
21. ISS
22. Out of Darkness
23. I Saw the TV Glow
24. Founders Day
25. The Watchers
26. The Strangers Chapter One
27. Immaculate
28. Perpetrator (2023)
29. Imaginary
30. NightSwim

You people!

I know, I know. For a while it just wasn't on any service that I had and then other times I put it on the October list but it never happened, I even started it once but it didn't feel like it matched the mood I was in so I decided to try it another time and forgot.
I'll get to it.

This October I will watch Malatesta and you will watch Brain Damage and that way we can continue to be friends.

I need to watch Brain Damage yet, as well.

Jurassic Shark (2012) -

It's a pretty clear bad film, but I'd rank it more as a trashy B-movie as opposed to "worst film of all time" material. Though yes, its flaws are blatantly obvious. The shark effects look godawful, the acting is terrible to the point it didn't seem like anyone was even trying, the dialogue is laughably corny at times, and the opening credits were clearly done with the default text option in Windows Movie Maker (I've used Movie Maker many times, so it took me about two seconds to identify this). It's clear that barely any effort was put into this film and I can't tell if the short running time is a positive or a further sign of laziness (since the credits lasted over 10 minutes, I'd say it's the latter). That said, while the story is nothing to write home about, I'd say it's at least decently competent for a bad film. They did at least some work with the characters and their morals to make them somewhat colorful, down to the oil driller who acts as the middle ground between both factions considering his regret over his illegal activity. Even the good and bad characters are given a bit of levity here and there considering the sibling relationships from both parties. I also found a couple scenes like the activist pretending to be asleep and her ensuing conversation with the art thief decently well-written. Or, at least, written with more effort than one may expect to find in other films of this ilk. While these strengths don't save the film, they at least count for a couple points here and there. As for other bad shark films I've watched over the years, I'd say The Last Shark and Tintorera were far more dreadful to get through. I'd also put this about on the same level as some Syfy shark films I've seen (2-Headed Shark Attack, Sharktopus, Super Shark, Sand Sharks, etc), in spite of the effects being much worse in this film. Again, this is bad. Just not THAT bad.

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Well, I went in blind. Didn't even read what genre it was, nothing.

I can't get gifs to work on this site but rest assured I have a good one for our deal.

I saw Conan the Destroyer for the first time last night and honestly I thought it was pretty good. Could clearly see moments they attempted to add more humor and lightheartedness into it but it still had a not insignificant amount of blood in the combat, good old early 80's PG being so very different from current day PG. Honestly if it had stuck a more serious tone and upped the brutality a little I think it would have been pretty on par with the original, it's certainly still miles better than most of the other Barbarian films that released in the first films wake.

Did you open your eyes? I forgot to clarify I only meant figuratively blind.

Oh shit, I wish you'd been more clear, I actually gouged my own eyes out with whatever that pirate-ghost used on that young sailor in The Fog. Cuz you said.