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GOAL: 25 (jacking it up from 20 last year even though I ended up reaching 26 last year; I'd go for 31, but I have a law school thesis and the MPRE that all need to be done before the end of the month).

October 1:
1. Resident Evil (2002) A good movie to start off October; a little bit action, a little bit horror (and part of my personal favorite horror genre - ZOMBIES)

October 3:
2. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Still trying to get through the RE movies before I see Extinction soon...

October 7:
3. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) First time ever seeing this classic - I think I like it more than any of the other Universal classic monsters. The story actually seemed pretty decent and it kept my attention throughout. This was only my third movie in a week, which is way disappointing. The baseball playoffs are taking up a lot of my movie watching time (GO TRIBE!! BEAT THE YANKEES!!) so we'll see where I end up.

October 10:
4. Revenge of the Creature (1955) Continuing the trilogy... I gotta try to pick up the pace, I'm way behind everyone it seems. Too much school, work, and baseball!

October 11:
5. The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) This probably would have been my favorite out of the three had it not been for Universal's shitty mastering of the disc and the extreme pixelation I got right towards the 50-minute mark. Overall I was really surprised as to how much I enjoyed the whole "Creature" trilogy.

October 12:
6. The Mummy (1932) These older black and white films seem to have more character and life to them than some of the modern-day big budget films seem to have. This was my first time watching this one and I must say that I was impressed.

October 14:
7. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) Decent ending to the trilogy, although for those who have seen it, I'd say my favorite sequence was the Vegas fight scene. It may have been a bit too slowly paced at times, and my only gripe is that it lacked some closure at the end.

October 15:
8. The Mummy's Hand (1940) A very good film, although I was surprised to see that they recycled the a lot of footage from The Mummy because it looked like their budget was pretty decent for the number of sets they used. The title was a little deceptive, I suppose, seeing as how the "hand" of the mummy has absolutely nothing to do with the actual plot.
9. The Mummy's Tomb (1942) And here I thought The Mummy's Hand recycled a lot of footage... this was a disappointing bout from Universal. Hell, after 40 minutes I thought I was watching Frankenstein.

October 17:
10. The Mummy's Curse (1944) Wow, a Mummy film that doesn't start off with 10 minutes of recycled footage - excellent start. This film was average until the last 15 minutes where there was actually a really interesting plot twist. Two thumbs up for this one; much better than The Mummy's Tomb.

October 19:
11. Planet Terror (2007) I thought this half of Grindhouse was a little better-paced and actually benefited from the additional footage than its counterpart Death Proof. A lot of action and some FANTASTIC makeup and effects really helped this one become super-rewatchable.

October 21:
12. 30 Days of Night (2007) I really enjoyed this one, despite having never read the graphic novel. From what I've heard the movie really expanded on the depth of the characters and added a lot of story, but I thought the movie really benefited from that. Tons of blood and gore, too, which is a bit nice change of pace from some of the classic films I've been watching lately.
13. The Mummy's Ghost (1944) Apparently there's only so many plots you can derive from Kharis and his long-time-love Ananka as evidenced by this film. Absolutely nothing original in this one.

October 22:
14. Pulse: Unrated (2006) I had planned to watch two movies tonight, but I decided to watch Chuck instead. I thought Pulse was going to be one of those "its scary because things constantly jump at you" movies, but I was pleasantly surprised that its plot wasn't horrible. I haven't seen White Noise, but I'm guessing this movie pretty much riffed off that plot. I still enjoyed it thoroughly, however.

October 24:
15. The Descent: Unrated Original Cut (2006) It's a rarity that you actually get an original horror movie these days because it seems like everything's been done, but as far as my limited knowledge goes, this one is an original. Damn good ending, too.
16. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) I wasn't too impressed with this one, probably just because you know how it's going to end. I wish they had a little more exposition in terms of how Leatherface actually came to be. I mean, what we saw here wasn't anything we really couldn't piece together ourselves from other TCM films.

October 25:
17. Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003) The first Japanese horror I've watched this year. I didn't have time to re-watch Ju-on beforehand, but I remembered enough of what happened. Pretty decent follow-up, but not enough scares for me - there were 2 or 3 moments were there was some real potential to scare the crap out of me, but no execution.

October 26:
18. Phatasm (1979)
19. Phatasm III: Lord of the Undead (1993)
20. Saw III (2006)

October 28:
21. Saw IV (2007) Well, I can already surmise what Saw V is going to be about, but one thing I can say for this franchise is that the writing is damn good - not so much in the whole "depth of plot" theme, but the fact that they actually have some sort of idea behind what they want to do. The continuity of the films is mind-boggling, but it holds together (at least from what I can tell, I don't sit and study them).
22. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1979) First time ever seeing this 70's remake of the 1950's IotBS, and I must say, I was blown away by it's execution. The quality of the DVD is damn good, to boot, making this a very enjoyable viewing experience. For those who've seen it, the ending really got me; I was definitely not expecting it!

October 29:
23. Psycho II (1983)
24. Psycho III (1986)

October 31:
25. Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
26. The Thing (1982)

TOTAL: 26
I didn't think I'd make it for a while, but thanks to taking a week off of work, I was able to eke out a total at least equaling last year's! With law school ending in May, next year I'm going to finally attempt a full 31 films in 31 days. I can't wait!