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  Welcome to the Official 2015 October Horror Movie Challenge!   What Is The Challenge? Traditionally, it is to watch 31 Horror or Halloween-related movies by the end of October. However, we aren't all lucky enough to actually accomplish this. That's fine. The point is to challenge ourselves in some way to celebrate one of the most fun holidays we have with the movies we love. Maybe you're terrified of werewolves, and you want to watch all the werewolf movies you've never seen because you're too scared. Great. Maybe you want to watch only movies you've never seen. Fantastic. Maybe you're busy, and you can only watch 13 new movies. That's fine too. How Do I Use This Thread? This thread is to document progress in the challenge, provide reviews for what you've watched so far, get recommendations for movies, and to allow discussion. If it's Halloween or Horror Movie related, it is appropriate. What Happens if I Fail the Challenge? You are officially banned. No, not really. There's no consequence. Just have fun watching movies. What Should I Watch? Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments Timeout's 100 Best Horror Movies Rotten Tomatoes 100 Best Horror Movies 100 Best B-Movies of All Time 100 Best Horror Movies of the 80s I'm Afraid To Watch Movies Alone! The wonderful Lurdiak has a thread just for you! They're streaming movies live so you can have someone to watch with. Last year was awesome thanks to their thread. Scream Stream What Else Should I Know? Keep an eye on the first page of this thread. The first few posts will have an ongoing list of movies, television schedules, events, and resources as I find them. I Have An Idea! You are more than welcome to post it in the thread or PM me. Is There A Section With Links? Scream Stream October Horror Movie Discussion Horror Megathread (This thread is over 900 pages and has been around since 2008.) Psychological Horror/Thriller/Sci-fi Horror thread 80sHorror.net Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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 UPDATED OCT. 3rdIn THEATERS Crimson Peak Green Inferno The Visit On NETFLIX (US Region) A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 The Addams Family American Psycho The American Scream The Awakening The Babadook The Blair Witch Project Birth of the Living Dead The 'Burbs Carrie (remake) Creep Day of the Dead Dead Snow The Dead Zone FIDO The Fly (original) Grabbers Hellraiser (series) Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer Housebound Horns The House of the Devil Ju-On: The Grudge Jug Face The Vampire's Coffin The Monster Squad Let The Right One In Maniac (remake) Night of the Living Dead The Nightmare Never Sleep Again Nightbreed Nightmares in Red White and Blue Nosferatu Oculus The Omen Pontypool Ravenous Re-Animator Rosemary's Baby The Sacrament Scream Silence of the Lambs The Sixth Sense Sleepy Hollow Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Teeth Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil Virgin Witch V/H/S (series) We Are What We Are Wes Craven's New Nightmare Wolfcop American Horror Story On PRIME Black Sunday Cropsey Fido Grave Encounters Halloween (remake) House on Haunted Hill Ju-On: The Grudge Killer Klowns From Outer Space Night of the Living Dead Tusk The Woman In Black You're Next Are You Afraid of the Dark? Every Nickelodeon Nicktoons Halloween Special (embrace your inner 90's child, drat it!) Movies on HULU PLUS Antichrist Blair Witch Project The Blob Cronos Demons Diabolique Eraserhead Eyes Without A Face Ginger Snaps Godzilla, King of the Monsters House House of the Devil Inferno The Innkeepers Kuroneko Kwaidan Maniac Cop Onibaba Santa Sangre Scanners The Toxic Avenger Triangle Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil Vampyr I Can't Afford Streaming Lurdiak's Scream Stream 80sHorror.net Youtube Channel A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss Mystery Science Theater 3000 FEAR HAUS - Short horror indie films from international film-makers Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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 Scream Queens Tuesdays @ 9/8c on FOX TVIV Thread  American Horror Story: Hotel Wednesdays @10/9c on FX (Starts October 7th) TVIV Thread MARATHONS SyFy Channel's 8th Annual 31 Days of Halloween Turner Classic Movies Fridays of Horror AMC FearFest 2015 (technically starts October 18th, but will be showing horror movies early) The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Marathon on FXX (Oct. 25-31) IFC Halloween Marathon (October 31st) ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween Disney Channel's Monstober Other resources: Halloween Movies on TV Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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Lurdiak posted:The Scream Stream thread is up! Now in the OP as well!
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Oct 1, 2015 15:39
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No one has actually seen the end of the Friday the 13th game on NES. That screen shot is a photoshopped fake.
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Oct 1, 2015 16:43
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Watrick posted:Craven had intended it to end with everything being Nancy's dream. None of it happened. The ending we got wasn't supposed to be an "end." It was left open for more. Craven intended a "happy" ending with Nancy getting in a car with her friends and them smiling and waving, leaving the viewer to wonder why everything was so cut-and-dried and odd. The guy footing the bill wanted a "Big Scary Ending!" with one more death and a Freddy Car!, because cocaine and other drugs (I assume). Craven got to keep his weird tone, but had to make it more obvious and had gone on record to say he hated the dummy in the window scare and the car.
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Oct 1, 2015 20:18
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:i love the ending we got, but an alternate just as creepy ending could've been to have the kids drive off like nothing's wrong, but still do the eerie slo-mo pan to the little girls doing the "1, 2, Freddy's coming for you" song That's basically what he wanted, as far as I know.
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Oct 1, 2015 20:32
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Darthemed posted:
How can I watch this masterpiece?
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Oct 1, 2015 22:39
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Watrick posted:3/100: House on Sorority Row (1983). A bunch of sorority girls play a prank on their den mother, which ends up in her drying. However, it's the night of the big party! And they need to entertain their boyfriends and guests, so they hide the body and someone starts picking off the girls one by one. I have a habit of putting on horror movies with the sound off and music playing while friends are over. I put this movie on as background visuals, and it synced up amazingly with every song. Good movie? No. But shot in an interesting way, with a music video feel.
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Oct 2, 2015 00:01
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:I don't have my list of films prepared, I'm doing this on the fly daily. I hope it's ok to post daily with my film updates -- if not, please let me know, OP. Not only is that okay, but that's what I'm doing. I tried plotting out movies, but I have more fun having to search for that day's movie
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For anyone watching Sleepaway Camp, give its sequel a chance. It's very low-budget, and shows, but I had a fun time watching it. It knows it's going straight to VHS, and just tries to have goofy fun instead of scares. It's interesting because it eliminates the guess work of who the killer is early, and tries to build suspense by putting other characters with the killer. Also, the main character is Bruce Springsteen's sister, Pamela Springsteen, who is charming and trying really hard, but quickly bowed out of direct-to-vhs sequels to pursue a successful career in photography.
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Oct 2, 2015 18:01
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The first Grave Encounters won me over with all of the editing jokes about ghost shows. "We'll do an establishing shot, and then cut to us entering." "Throw in a time lapse." [Cut to time lapse of the moon in an establishing shot.]
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1. Housebound A fun horror with a fair amount dark humor thrown in. It's through-and-through a Kiwi movie, with a distinct sense of humor. There's some Sam Raimi, some Craven, and some Peter Jackson influence with the style. It keeps moving forward, and never gets stuck with an aspect of the plot (haunted house, now mystery, now some family stories, etc.). Rima Te Wiata deserves a special mention as the mom, who is so convincing, I imagine they found her and put her in the movie based on personality. /5I had been saving it on my queue for the season, and I'm glad I did.
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Luna posted:My wife picked this to watch last night. I liked it but I could never tell whether it was being serious or not so I could never really get into it. It is worth a watch though. I feel like that was answered within 20 minutes with the urine sound effect gag.
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I think many Lynch films can be considered horror, including FWWM. Blue Velvet is noir, though.
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Lurdiak posted:Lynch laughs at the concept of genre. He also laughs at the idea of chapters on DVDs. I love the guy, but he's not always right.
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Oct 3, 2015 17:02
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I've seen that clip. Just because he thinks it's bullshit doesn't mean he's never pushed to do it. Most of his product placement goes towards an actual purpose, like the juxtaposition created with Jeffrey drinking Heineken and Frank drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon to show class and personality.
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Oct 3, 2015 17:15
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I've updated the OP for a more in-depth movie list on all streaming sites and updated the TV schedules If there's anything that should be on the list that isn't, please let me know.
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Darthemed posted:You might wanna specify which region that Netflix list covers. Done. Random Stranger posted:Add Kuroneko to the Hulu Plus list, please. That was my big movie find of the 2014 challenge; it's brilliant and more people should watch it. Kuroneko is a film by the director of Onibaba which uses a lot of the same themes. Awesome, thanks! Lurdiak posted:I am not trying to say anything with that clip, I just love how opinionated the man is. Haha, fair enough. I agree. My favorite clip of Lynch was a guy interviewing him for a magazine, talking about his dark subject matter. The question is long and implies that Lynch has a bunch off darkness in his life and issues, and Lynch smiles and says "Everything's okay, Eddie." He then ends the interview by saying "Yeah, it's time for me to have a cigarette."
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Choco1980 posted:Unrelated, those of you talking about streaming sources, I recently found a guy on youtube, search for his channel "80sHorror.net" He's got playlists and links to like, over a hundred full length horror films that are up on youtube from the 80s. This is awesome, and I added it to the OPs. Thanks!
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1. Housebound - 4/ 2. The Monster Squad This was my first real viewing of the movie. I had attempted before with a friend who grew up watching it, but the viewing was marred with talking throughout. This movie has been on my radar since it was the CineD Movie of the Month. The Monster Squad is such a product of it's time. I love kids movies in this era, because they act like kids (mostly). They swear, they fight, they have bizarre obsessions, they try to act like adults without knowing what being an adult is like. I could see this being a double feature with The Goonies, Fright Night, or Explorers. It's empowering to kids, which is a message I loved growing up. The special effects are great. Wolfman and the Mummy deserve a strong mention. It doesn't shy away from gore, which is important when creatures are getting blown up and blasted with shotguns. I didn't recognize Tom Noonan as Frankenstein's monster, which is important (to me). It does have it's flaws. I would like to see the characters breathe more, especially things to make the monsters more menacing. There's some odd pacing issues, like the awkward high-five that signals the credit roll. That said, it's strong points push this along past its flaws. Also, I had no idea it was directed by Night of the Creeps director Fred Dekker. /5I loved this movie, despite it's flaws. It's a great Halloween movie. I love that nothing like it will be made for quite a while. It's 80's as gently caress in the best way. If I were a child when I had seen this, it could even be an all-time favorite for me. But I'm not, so one day, if I have kids, hopefully I will be able to pass along this magic and see how they feel. 3. Ginger Snaps I love werewolves. It's a fun monster concept that gets pushed into lackluster movies and terrible books. I somehow have never watched this little gem from Canada. And that's a shame. Ginger Snaps is fantastic. I love the weird sisters Ginger and Bridget; too weird to fit in, too smart for their own good, fighting their awkwardness by embracing the macabre. They are 3 years late to their period. They wear ugly frumpy clothes. They smoke cigarettes during PE and talk poo poo about the popular kids playing lacrosse. All they have is each other, and their affection is unhealthy. Werewolves have been used to show puberty a million times. It's a symbol that works, and that's why the genre is saturated with teenagers. I really don't mind the idea, because every so often you get Ginger Snaps. And the confusing body horror that ensues after Ginger is attacked is horrific, but relatable in a weird way. The movie also goes for the Jaws approach of hiding the monster until it's necessary. It eschews CGI for physical effects (which for a low-budget Canadian movie in 2000 was probably a good idea), which can make or break a werewolf movie. There's some impressive stuff going on, but the monster itself is lackluster. The good news is, by the time it showed up, I was completely invested. Emily Perkins gets full on praise for the quiet, logical and loyal Bridget. She just nails the character in a million ways. I didn't even notice she was Bev from Stephen King's It. She may not have had the biggest career, but she stars in both sequels, which I have to get. I'll be throwing this in my favorite horror movies list for now on. /54. Prom Night Another low-budget Canadian movie! No, but seriously. Everything about this screams "low-budget" and "Canada". This was released in 1980. The prom is disco themed. A character wears a tuxedo jacket with blue jeans. He is the only character that actually wears a tuxedo. Everyone else has lapels as long as my forearm. Everyone smokes cigarettes everywhere. Fighting is mostly a few punches and then some wrestling. There's an action scene of an old van spinning in circles in a field as the killer is fought. No one here is a pretty/handsome Hollywood actor, except Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis. Leslie Neilson is the principal (and doesn't get any time to shine). I like how the story progresses. It doesn't actually become a slasher until the last act. The first act sets up a mystery, introduces the players, and sets up a few different plots that will play out. Then we introduce a weird voice calling each of the characters, threatening them. The actual killer is human: it's just a guy (of average build) wearing all black and a mask. He gets punched, kicked, and thrown around. There's a fantastic part where the killer offs a girl, and her date punches the masked man straight in the face, sending him backwards. I love Freddy and Jason's invincibility, but seeing people fight back is always great. I appreciate this movie for solidifying Slashers as a sub-genre, and giving indie filmmakers more of a presence outside of Hollywood, but this movie hasn't aged well. I'm glad I finally got around to watching it (especially with all the Scream talk that's been going on in the horror threads in CD; Jamie Kennedy's character constantly refers to this movie as the foundation of Slasher tropes), but it's a boring movie. I should note that, despite my attempts otherwise, I viewed the low-quality VHS rip edition that suffers from poor transfer and lighting. I'll eventually get the remastered edition a watch to see if I like it better. /5
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1. Housebound 2. The Monster Squad 3. Ginger Snaps 4. Prom Night 5. Stir of Echoes I have somehow never heard of this movie. I'm not the biggest Kevin Bacon fan, but I love him in Tremors and Super. This time he stars as a working class guy living with his wife and disturbing son in "a nice neighborhood" of Chicago. At a house party, he gets hypnotized. Now he's seeing weird visions, his son's disturbing nature of talking to himself has escalated, and weird things are happening in the neighborhood. Looks like we got a ghost on our hands! All based on a Richard Matheson story. I really liked this movie. It is attempting to be like The Shining in suburbia, but it's filmed more like The Gift (by Sam Raimi) with hints of Jacob's Ladder. There are some fantastic visuals (I enjoyed every hypnotism and dream sequence). The music is 90's as hell. Kevin Bacon is great, whoever plays his wife is great, the "college educated" weird sister is Illeana Douglas (who I know as the heartbreaking character in Cape Fear), and the dad from Transformers (Kevin Dunn) shows up as a neighbor. It starts off with some clunky dialogue, but it's a strong Psychic Talks to Ghosts Mystery/Suspense/Thriller with some scary moments thrown in. Not what I was expecting, and that's a good thing. I guess it got lost in the shuffle after The Sixth Sense, and it isn't as ridiculous as The Frighteners to be considered a cult classic. If you get a chance to watch it, check it out. /5
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I met Wolfcop a few months ago and he said there's going to be a sequel. It also says this on the end credits, for what it's worth.
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So what is the the camping slasher?
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