I personally didn't know it was part of a series until after I watched it, but considering it's a prequel to Malevolence, I suppose it's not all that important to watch the original film first or at all.
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31 Days of Horror 2 |OT| The October Movie Marathon
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I personally didn't know it was part of a series until after I watched it, but considering it's a prequel to Malevolence, I suppose it's not all that important to watch the original film first or at all.
ThirstyFly
Member
Ah, didn't know it was a prequel. That's better then, thanks.
Not enough people have Trick 'r Treat on their lists, has become one of my yearly movies
And a heads up via MikeMyers in the movies thread, the original Halloween is screening in theaters in october in a good number of places.
And a heads up via MikeMyers in the movies thread, the original Halloween is screening in theaters in october in a good number of places.
The Last Wizard
Member
This'll be easy considering all the horror movies on in October, just whether or not I'll make it through the whole movie.
Eh, I think they've been doing it less and less in recent years. I remember in the 90s, I used to leave my television on channels like SciFi, TNT and USA because they'd be playing horror films 24 hours a day during October.
8BitsAtATime
Member
I'll be doing a 31 days of Hammer Horror.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I'm thinking of doing this but I am not sure where I can watch all of them.
8BitsAtATime
Member
I ordered this a couple of months ago
and the Hammer House Of Horror tv series just got re-released on tuesday.
Movie #3 - Friday the 13th
This movie is strikingly similar to Psycho, which I suppose isn't too surprising considering the film having some extreme influence over the formation of the slasher. The score is striking similar to that of Benard Hermann's. And both films contain a mother/son dynamic, with a misdirection as to who the killer is. I personally wasn't bothered by the obvious influences, just something I found interesting.
As for the movie, the violence was a lot more like Psycho and the Giallo genre than I was expecting, ie. a camera perspective in place of an actor for the killer to keep his or her's appearance/identity a mystery and continually showing the after math of violence that has occurred. The film was pretty tame by today's standards, so I guess the gruesomeness of the genre hadn't quite taken off yet.
I can't really fault the film for tired tropes, considering it's at the fore front of their conception. We basically have a film with mediocre character development, dumb character decisions, hot women, gore (the kills are pretty straight forward, and inventive kills hadn't started yet since the one-upping within the genre hadn't taken place yet), and a decent - albeit unoriginal score.
Already having overheard the film's ending and already being familiar with the genre the film helped to creative, the film lost a lot of the impact that I'm sure it had at its initial release, but it was definitely an entertaining film and I give it props for being an OG. I also enjoyed the misdirection within the early portion of the film, having what we're led to believe is going to be a main character killed off within the film's first act.
Oh, and I was totally surprised to see Kevin Bacon in the film hahaha.
This movie is strikingly similar to Psycho, which I suppose isn't too surprising considering the film having some extreme influence over the formation of the slasher. The score is striking similar to that of Benard Hermann's. And both films contain a mother/son dynamic, with a misdirection as to who the killer is. I personally wasn't bothered by the obvious influences, just something I found interesting.
As for the movie, the violence was a lot more like Psycho and the Giallo genre than I was expecting, ie. a camera perspective in place of an actor for the killer to keep his or her's appearance/identity a mystery and continually showing the after math of violence that has occurred. The film was pretty tame by today's standards, so I guess the gruesomeness of the genre hadn't quite taken off yet.
I can't really fault the film for tired tropes, considering it's at the fore front of their conception. We basically have a film with mediocre character development, dumb character decisions, hot women, gore (the kills are pretty straight forward, and inventive kills hadn't started yet since the one-upping within the genre hadn't taken place yet), and a decent - albeit unoriginal score.
Already having overheard the film's ending and already being familiar with the genre the film helped to creative, the film lost a lot of the impact that I'm sure it had at its initial release, but it was definitely an entertaining film and I give it props for being an OG. I also enjoyed the misdirection within the early portion of the film, having what we're led to believe is going to be a main character killed off within the film's first act.
Oh, and I was totally surprised to see Kevin Bacon in the film hahaha.
Kitsunebaby
Member
Unfortunately, this semester is gonna be pretty hectic for me with school and work, but I'll try to see as many new horror flicks as I can. There's a number of classics that I still haven't seen and plenty of recent films to catch up on. I'm excited. October's my favorite month for just this reason.
Trick r Treat was excellent, really captures the Halloween feel. i also enjoyed The Last Exorcist & Insidious as fas as recent offerings go.
Another overlooked favorite:
ThirstyFly
Member
Yeah, that's a good one. Any Scream fans that haven't seen it should definitely check it out this year.
Like every Halloween for the past few years I will look towards Monster madness for my daily horror fix, and for whatever reason I can't get a hold of the movie or have seen it I'll definitely keep a list handy. Some off the top of my head I really want to finally see Videodrome, been putting it off for too long. Also I wanna see Julia's Eyes and the Devils Backbone. Ive already seen Del Toro's Cronus which I love and Mimic which was good too.
Awesome! Listening now ^^
Awesome! Listening now ^^
Movie #4 - The Monster Squad
"Wolfman's got nards!"
Why don't they make kids movies like this anymore? The 80s were a fucking gold mine for relatively gritty and mature, yet still light hearted and comedic kids films. This film is quite similar in tone and execution to something like The Goonies, and I loved every minute of it.
The special effects are surprisingly bearable, and the costume and set design were top notch and very 80s. I love the atmosphere, dirtiness and overall grit that 80s directors were able to capture through their set and costume design. It's an art form that seemingly diminished in the 90s and completely disappeared in modern film, where everything is way to fucking clean, even within horror.
As a throwback to classic horror, I enjoyed this much more than I did recent efforts like Van Helsing. The kids were well casted, the dialogue was memorable and ridiculously quotable, there was a nice balance between comedy/horror/drama (the relationship between the little girl and Frankenstein was ridiculously adorable) and it was just an overall good film.
I was a bit taken aback by the homophobic slurs littered through out the beginning of the film. I can excuse the bullies usage of faggot considering his actions were placed into a negative light, but even the protagonist referred to things as Homo, and everything not heterosexual seemed to be weird. I know older films had a lot of homophobia embedded within them, considering the era, but I was surprised to see it so prevalent within a family film.
Oh, and I love how the black cop's death was the most insignificant thing ever. Dude was a prominent character, and his death is literally shrugged off and not acknowledged at all Lol. Shit was ridiculous.
"Wolfman's got nards!"
Why don't they make kids movies like this anymore? The 80s were a fucking gold mine for relatively gritty and mature, yet still light hearted and comedic kids films. This film is quite similar in tone and execution to something like The Goonies, and I loved every minute of it.
The special effects are surprisingly bearable, and the costume and set design were top notch and very 80s. I love the atmosphere, dirtiness and overall grit that 80s directors were able to capture through their set and costume design. It's an art form that seemingly diminished in the 90s and completely disappeared in modern film, where everything is way to fucking clean, even within horror.
As a throwback to classic horror, I enjoyed this much more than I did recent efforts like Van Helsing. The kids were well casted, the dialogue was memorable and ridiculously quotable, there was a nice balance between comedy/horror/drama (the relationship between the little girl and Frankenstein was ridiculously adorable) and it was just an overall good film.
I was a bit taken aback by the homophobic slurs littered through out the beginning of the film. I can excuse the bullies usage of faggot considering his actions were placed into a negative light, but even the protagonist referred to things as Homo, and everything not heterosexual seemed to be weird. I know older films had a lot of homophobia embedded within them, considering the era, but I was surprised to see it so prevalent within a family film.
Oh, and I love how the black cop's death was the most insignificant thing ever. Dude was a prominent character, and his death is literally shrugged off and not acknowledged at all Lol. Shit was ridiculous.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Yo that is how kids talked back then. I remember my cousins saying a lot of things no kid would say now.
Plasticine
Member
I'm pretty sure I've settled on my list:
Suspiria
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Bride of Frankenstein
Black Sunday
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sleepy Hollow
Daughters of Darkness
Baba Yaga
Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue
American Werewolf in London
Phenomena
Creepshow
Ginger Snaps
Insidious
Sinister
Return of the Living Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
Evil Dead 2
City of the Living Dead
Re-Animator
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Night of the Creeps
May
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
From Beyond
Trick r Treat
Day of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
House of 1000 Corpses
Halloween
Suspiria
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Bride of Frankenstein
Black Sunday
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sleepy Hollow
Daughters of Darkness
Baba Yaga
Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue
American Werewolf in London
Phenomena
Creepshow
Ginger Snaps
Insidious
Sinister
Return of the Living Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
Evil Dead 2
City of the Living Dead
Re-Animator
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Night of the Creeps
May
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
From Beyond
Trick r Treat
Day of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
House of 1000 Corpses
Halloween
flipping_heck
Member
Here is the draft of my list so far:
My four Rewatches
Alien
Event Horizon
The Shining
Night of the Living Dead (Tom Savini version)
New Viewing
Cabin in the Woods
Trick R Treat
Halloween 1
Halloween 2
Audition
Tokyo Gore Police
Let Me In
Abrham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
BasketCase
Cemetary Man
Black Christmas
Evil Ed
Videodrome
A lot of these are kind of relatively recent horror movies, so want to mix it up with 80s and some more Asian films. Any suggestions?
My four Rewatches
Alien
Event Horizon
The Shining
Night of the Living Dead (Tom Savini version)
New Viewing
Cabin in the Woods
Trick R Treat
Halloween 1
Halloween 2
Audition
Tokyo Gore Police
Let Me In
Abrham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
BasketCase
Cemetary Man
Black Christmas
Evil Ed
Videodrome
A lot of these are kind of relatively recent horror movies, so want to mix it up with 80s and some more Asian films. Any suggestions?
so I'm thuinking of watching these
Excision
Donner Pass
Childish Games
Chernobyl Diaries
Grabbers
Hellbenders
Sinister
V/H/S
Sector 7
Karak
Empty
Cursed
Pyega
Gothic & Lolita Psycho
Okaruto
Macabre
G.P. 506
The Objective
Orochi
Semum
Vinyan
Sum yuen
Sumu
Cemetery Gates
Noriko's Dinner Table
The Incite Mill
The Suicide Manual
The Thing Below
The Birthday
any that anyone would strongly recommend or tell me to avoid?
Excision
Donner Pass
Childish Games
Chernobyl Diaries
Grabbers
Hellbenders
Sinister
V/H/S
Sector 7
Karak
Empty
Cursed
Pyega
Gothic & Lolita Psycho
Okaruto
Macabre
G.P. 506
The Objective
Orochi
Semum
Vinyan
Sum yuen
Sumu
Cemetery Gates
Noriko's Dinner Table
The Incite Mill
The Suicide Manual
The Thing Below
The Birthday
any that anyone would strongly recommend or tell me to avoid?
ThirstyFly
Member
If you end up liking Basket Case, the director also did Frankenhooker which is a pretty fun horror comedy. Basket Case 3 is also worth checking out, it's not as good as the original but it has its moments. Sadly you'll have to watch Basket Case 2 too though if you plan to watch that, and #2 is pretty dry. It does have a good ending though.
His remaining 2 films (Brain Damage and Bad Biology) are... an acquired taste.
I'd say skip Cursed (if that's the Wes Craven one). I couldn't even make it to the end of that and considering the rep it has, I don't think I missed anything. Interesting list you have, I haven't even heard of the majority of those. I'm looking forward to reading your impressions on 'em.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Just watched the 1st one.
Pamela's
Her
TheKaeptain
Banned
What are the good recent Asian flicks? I've seen most of the big movies.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Why's that?
They're kinda downers. I like happier exhilarating movies.
Tucker and Dalve vs. Evil isn't a downer and is a good one to watch after Trick r Treat & Behind the Mask
Fright Night
and winner of the "much better than you thought it would be" award:
I'm still compiling the whole thing (since some of it will have to be worked around my work schedule), but I've locked down what I want to do:
-since October begins on a Monday, each five-day weekday block will be shaped around a programming theme; they will be:
Oct 1-5: British Horror
Oct 8-12: Ghosts 'n Stuff
Oct 15-19: Slashers: Advanced Studies
Oct 22-26: Universal Through the Ages
Oct 29-31: Three Auteurs, Three Films
-weekends will be Anything Goes
-some of these days will see more than one film being viewed, and the days of Oct 29-31 will guarantee that three will be seen on each day
-there will be rewatches (some long overdue, as will certainly be the case for the special one-night screening of Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein in theaters), but the total number of fresh viewings will still equal 31
-there will be many embarrassing admissions of films that I've never seen until this year, but hey, better late than never
-since October begins on a Monday, each five-day weekday block will be shaped around a programming theme; they will be:
Oct 1-5: British Horror
Oct 8-12: Ghosts 'n Stuff
Oct 15-19: Slashers: Advanced Studies
Oct 22-26: Universal Through the Ages
Oct 29-31: Three Auteurs, Three Films
-weekends will be Anything Goes
-some of these days will see more than one film being viewed, and the days of Oct 29-31 will guarantee that three will be seen on each day
-there will be rewatches (some long overdue, as will certainly be the case for the special one-night screening of Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein in theaters), but the total number of fresh viewings will still equal 31
-there will be many embarrassing admissions of films that I've never seen until this year, but hey, better late than never
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
When I saw this, and read all the positive feed back it received, I was just so confused.
I'm glad people liked it, but damn, it was hard for me to enjoy, especially the ending.
The first one? Thought it sucked harder than a Hoover. Never saw the second one, but I can't imagine the situation improved much.
That movie feels a whole lot like a goosebumps episode.
I expected as much
Kinda worried about Donner Pass with that tooNah, it's some crazy japanese film about a cursed convenience store, I've heard bad things about that Wes Craven film alright and thanks, hopefully I can give a good report and find something interesting.
They dont have to be man, there's loads of horror comedies and monster movies and stuff for everyone, it's a pretty broad genre
Chernobyl Diaries started out with such promise too. Part of me would like for them to do a prequel/sequel to just to expand on the ending a bit.
BattleMonkey
Member
I liked Beyond the Mask until it became more serious later on. Then it turns into shitty low grade slasher. The first half of the movie was great.
ThirstyFly
Member
Ugh, my list has ballooned to way over 31 films. I'm either going to have to get my rewatches out of the way now and not include them in the marathon or start trimming some fat. I guess I can live without watching the Troma movies... *starts trimming*
Movie # 5 - House (1986)
I had so much fucking fun with this movie. The movie starts out relatively seriously and more inclined with hard line horror, but at the middle point of the film, it stops taking itself so seriously and improves considerably.
The awful Vietnam War flashbacks (William Katt as a Vietnam War vet is fucking hysterical in itself), the cheesy plastic looking monsters, the slapstick humor, the attempted juggling of drama and comedic horror, and the random as fuck soundtrack all just work. The movie is basically Room 1408 with a comedic twist and 80s sensibilities. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, he breaks his medicine cabinet mirror to reveal a portal to some other dimension? The whole fucking movie is ridiculous and awesome.
For anyone familiar with the franchise, is the sequel worth watching?
I had so much fucking fun with this movie. The movie starts out relatively seriously and more inclined with hard line horror, but at the middle point of the film, it stops taking itself so seriously and improves considerably.
The awful Vietnam War flashbacks (William Katt as a Vietnam War vet is fucking hysterical in itself), the cheesy plastic looking monsters, the slapstick humor, the attempted juggling of drama and comedic horror, and the random as fuck soundtrack all just work. The movie is basically Room 1408 with a comedic twist and 80s sensibilities. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, he breaks his medicine cabinet mirror to reveal a portal to some other dimension? The whole fucking movie is ridiculous and awesome.
For anyone familiar with the franchise, is the sequel worth watching?
BattleMonkey
Member
House II was even more on the comedy goofy side. Very different movie but I loved it back in the day.
NekoFever
Member
I think I'm going to go for this. One of the movie channels here had a horror season recently and I recorded pretty much everything, so I've got plenty of unwatched stuff sat on my DVR. A few Blu-rays and even some DVDs that I've never watched as well.
This is the list of 31 I've got, with all the aforementioned unwatched films and a few old favourites and ones I haven't seen in years thrown in. Unwatched in bold.
Alien
An American Werewolf in London
Audition
The Blair Witch Project
Child's Play 3
Cronos
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Day of the Dead
Death Note: The Last Name
The Descent
Drag Me To Hell
The Exorcist
Halloween
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
House (1977)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Island of Lost Souls
Jennifer's Body
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
The Last Exorcism
Kuroneko
Mimic
Near Dark
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Night of the Demon
Piranha
Scream
The Thing
Two Evil Eyes
The Vault of Horror
Dunno if I'll be able to manage all 31 because October's quite an eventful month for me, but that's the aim.
I wish I hadn't started on the films I recorded because I could probably fill the 31 slots with unwatched stuff then.
Edit: Thinking about it, I might just sign up for Netflix for a month and drop the repeat viewings. Watching all new stuff sounds more fun.
This is the list of 31 I've got, with all the aforementioned unwatched films and a few old favourites and ones I haven't seen in years thrown in. Unwatched in bold.
Alien
An American Werewolf in London
Audition
The Blair Witch Project
Child's Play 3
Cronos
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Day of the Dead
Death Note: The Last Name
The Descent
Drag Me To Hell
The Exorcist
Halloween
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
House (1977)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Island of Lost Souls
Jennifer's Body
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
The Last Exorcism
Kuroneko
Mimic
Near Dark
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Night of the Demon
Piranha
Scream
The Thing
Two Evil Eyes
The Vault of Horror
Dunno if I'll be able to manage all 31 because October's quite an eventful month for me, but that's the aim.
I wish I hadn't started on the films I recorded because I could probably fill the 31 slots with unwatched stuff then.
Edit: Thinking about it, I might just sign up for Netflix for a month and drop the repeat viewings. Watching all new stuff sounds more fun.
Fathom is showing a Frankenstein and bride of Frankenstein double feature in theaters in Oct. I haven't seen either of these, so I am pretty excited.
http://www.fathomevents.com/classics/event/tcmfrankensteins.aspx?d=10/24/2012
http://www.fathomevents.com/classics/event/tcmfrankensteins.aspx?d=10/24/2012
ThirstyFly
Member
I saw that when I was a kid and have been meaning to revisit it. Glad to hear it still holds up. Gonna have to see if I can get a hold of that too.
I watched it recently for the first time, and personally thought it was terrible. I don't know if it holds up. To each their own though.
ThirstyFly
Member
But terrible in a silly 80s way (which is what I'm hoping for), or just terrible-boring?
Edit: I recommended this last year:
I love stupid 80s stuff.