Halloween Horror Challenge

Hush (Mark Tonderal, 2008) Another variation on Road Games where a young couple think a semi-truck is holding a female hostage, and later the woman of the couple disappears. Good atmosphere and tension make it above average.

Death and Cremation (Justin Steele, 2010) + A lonely cremator gets some extra customers by offing various unappealing characters he comes across. Then he gets a juvenile delinquent apprentice with similar ideas. Well-made but drawn-out.

The Tomb aka Ligeia (Michael Staininger, 2009) Poe's Tomb of Ligeia is updated into a slow-moving, embalmed horror movie with poor acting.

Razortooth (Patricia Harrington, 2007) Lousy F/X aside, this is a workmanlike horror comic in the Anaconda vein.

Spiders II: Breeding Ground (Sam Firstenberg, 2001) Ludicrous story involving some sickos who use a giant spider to breed her offspring in human hosts. The kicker is this is all done on a ship in the middle of the ocean!

23 Movies
24 Points

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October 4th:

House of 1000 Corpses (2003, Rob Zombie)
Sid Haig as Captain Spalding is the best part about this messy throw-back. Very much a cult-movie that isn't on the same level as its superior sequel, The Devil's Rejects.


October 5th:

Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau)
Impressive for its time with some great visuals and quite an eerie feel about it. It's good to see the original Dracula story before pretty much all of its elements became cliché.


October 6th:

Nightmare on Elm Street (2010, Samuel Bayer)
It's been years since I saw the original, but I don't remember Freddie being this sick. Child killer... yes, but molester... no. This poor attempt of a remake takes the iconic dream-killer to a whole other creepy and unnecessary level. The bad acting was pretty funny though.


October 7th:

Night of the Living Dead (1968, George A. Romera)
The godfather of all zombie movies is still one of, if not, THE best the sub-genre has to offer. I may even prefer it to Romero's Dawn of the Dead, but I'll need to watch it again before deciding as I haven't seen Dawn in forever.



Movies: 4
Points: 5

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Freddy was a child molester in the original, too. You didn't see any of that, of course as there wasn't any of Freddy's backstory beyond what the parents told Nancy.

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At last I'm arriving at the end to my Halloween Marathon of the original film series...

Halloween: Resurrection.

Now, please don't come stab me with a kitchen knife for this statement but the 15-minute opening sequence (until the title came on screen) was actually not that bad. It almost felt like the ending of H20 had been extended or given an alternate ending. I wouldn't even mind if this scene had been in H20, so we could get a more closed ending to Curtis' character.

But that being said, the rest of the movie is really really awful. The story is so poorly written and full of implausible scenes, fake build-ups, laughable dialogue and stupid actions by stupid characters. But to be honest I actually wasn't as bored as with the 6th film in the franchise, but they are still pretty much equally ******. Defiantly an insult to what the Halloween movies once was.



Movies: 6
Points: 6

Hush is above average and a decent thriller. It doesn't seem to be one a lot of people have seen, so it might be something new for some people to watch this Halloween.

Watched

Lake Mungo Works as both a ghost story and as a commentary on a family dealing with grief. One of my favorites.

Begotten ~ Blerg. Gross, disturbing and not at all what I wanted. I recommend this to Mr. Minio but I hated it. It's silent so I get two right? I deserve two for sitting through it .

9 movies 14 points

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Audition (1999) - Takashi Miike (rewatch)
- I didn't very like it the first time .... find it very boring and highly overrated but the second watching was definitely better than the first one and now clearly understand all about the storyline and the backstory of the vilain Eihi Shiina ! it's good but definitely don't deserved 7.3 on IMDb.
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Movies:16
Points:18

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The Lords of Salem (Rob Zombie, 2012) Pretty dull, overly-familiar story about Salem and their witches trying to impact the modern world. Crap characters don't help.

Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) It loses a little something on repeat viewings, but it remains the most-original, evocative horror flick of the 2000s. (Foreign)

Black Cadillac (John Muriowski, 2003) Reasonably-exciting action and suspense in a tale about an unknown backwoods killer and his car chasing three boys.

26 Movies
28 Points

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In the 10 Ring: Gunslinger45's reviews

Vile (Taylor Sheridan, 2011) Pointless, almost-sickening, sadomasochistic torture porn horror. A few hearty souls may want to watch this, but all I can say is "Don't bother".

Junkyard Dog (Kim Bass, 2010) + Now, believe it or not, this flick about a serial rapist/killer/cannibal is actually less-repugnant than Vile although FBI agent Viveca A. Fox and local sheriff Brad Dourif are about as smart as rocks here.

The Monkey’s Paw (Brett Simmons, 2013) Slow-moving modern telling of W.W. Jacobs' classic short story about being careful what you wish for is surprisingly good-looking, but holds few surprises.

Successive Slidings of Pleasure (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1974) + Crammed with female nudity and erotic situations - yes, I had a chubby - this qualifies as horror because it allegedly involves a witch, and scissors and broken bottles feature prominently. It's also surrealistic and shows that if you aren't originally guilty, society will make you so before you can be exonerated. (Foreign)

30 Movies
33 Points

Martyrs (foreign)

I've got mixed feelings with this. It's basically two seperate movies in one. I throughoutly enjoyed the first half, and in the second half I enjoyed bits and pieces.

The main premise was pretty good, and without that the movie would be just another toture porn flick with nothing but gore to show. For me it was a bit over the top and a bit unneccessary at points but it was an okay watch. Don't really get all the hype though...



Movies: 7
Points: 8

Trick 'r Treat One of my very favorite Halloween movies. It features four loosely connected stories and each of them are as good as the last. Fun movie. Check it out if you haven't

The Cabin in the Woods I had been meaning to give this a rewatch for awhile and now seems like a good time. Truly original film infused with Whedon style humor and dialogue.

11 movies 16 points

Suspiria

I can knock this off my 70s countdown list. Liked: the music, the use of color, the camera work. Didn't like: the paper-thin characters and the nonsensical, silly story (among other things). Overall, though, I'd give it a B- rating.

Movies-1
Points-1

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Movies: 4
Points: 4

I have an eligibility question. Do movies that deal with ghosts, monsters and things that go bump in the night but aren't really horror count? I'm thinking of movies like Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas.

I completely understand if you don't want to count those types of movies, but I thought I would ask.

Sane included an Ed Wood movie, the movies you mention are probably both scarier than that one. I guess it wouldn't hurt if you included stuff like that.

Cool. I won't do a bunch of them, but I always like to watch those two this time of year and maybe Frankenweenie.

Really? Horror? I've not seen it, but I've never heard it described as a horror film.

Alien



Movies: 5

Points: 5

Hey, I'll participate too, why not! I'm not sure if I can keep up with the others, but I'll do my best. I've already knocked off three rather popular films off my ever-expanding watchlist for my horror mini-marathon.

So far I've watched:

The Evil Dead (1981) -
You know a film isn't good if it's 85 minutes long but takes you over 4 hours to finish it.

Evil Dead II (1987) -
This was much better than the first. Amusing for the most part, the effects were alright, and it featured some fine camerawork.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) -
Holy f*ck. This is absolutely masterful filmmaking. Not only does it succeed at disturbing, shocking, and getting under your skin, it's also executed and shot superbly. The acting is convincing, the tension is built expertly, and the pacing is spot-on. The first chase scene was deliciously intense, and Leatherface is one heck of a villain. What took me so long to see this, I'll never know. I'll probably post my rating for another extremely popular film one of these days, and that should make y'all scratch your heads. Hell, I'll probably even get a ban for not seeing it yet.

Movies: 3
Points: 3

Had the same feeling when I gave this a re-watch a few months ago!

I watched it for the first time when I was in 5th or 6th grade, and I thought it was pretty bad considering its awesome name and huge cult following. But now, when I look at movies differently, I finally see all the great things about it especially the way it was shot as you mentioned. Great horror flick!