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Old 10-23-07, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by nemein
Just for clarification... please feel free to update your lists and continue posting the movies you see here. The discussion portion of this year's challenge is over for now. I'm trying to get some of the mods together to go over everything and see if we can clear it up/reopen it but since we all have jobs and communicating via email/posts isn't the quickest thing in the world I'm not sure how long it's going to take.

Since there won't be much discussion and it probably won't get bumped much I went ahead and stuck the thread until the end of the month to make it easier to find (once you find it has been stuck ).
Thanks nemein for your efforts in controling this runaway train. I hope we can all reach a sort of truce and get the discussion thread opened again.
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1-100

101-200

Oct. 23

201. House of the Damned (DVD)

Oct. 24

202. Drive-Thru (DVD)
203. City of Rott (DVD)
204. Nekromantik (DVD)
205. Schramm (DVD)
206. Notorious: Arthur Shawcross (The Biography Channel)
207. The Invisible (Blu-Ray)
208. The Brain Eaters (AMC)
209. Species (Blu-Ray)
210. The Sex Killer (DVD)
211. Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns (Blu-Ray)
212. The Reaping (Blu-Ray)
213. The Leopard Man (DVD)
214. The Ghost Ship (DVD)

Oct. 25

215. In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials (DVD)
216. How to Make a Monster (1958) (DVD)
217. Hostel Part II (Blu-Ray)
218. The Amazing Transparent Man (DVD)
219. Indestructible Man (DVD)
220. Before I Hang (DVD)
221. The Boogie Man Will Get You (DVD)
222. Frankenstein Conquers the World (DVD)
223. Blood of Dracula (1957) (DVD)
224. The Last Slumber Party (DVD)
225. In Hot Blood (DVD)

Oct. 26

226. Rotten Shaolin Zombies (DVD) WILDCARD #3
227. John Wayne Gacy: Buried Secrets (DVD)
228. Carnage for the Destroyer (DVD)
229. Monster Mania (DVD)
230. Bride of Monster Mania (DVD)
231. Attack of the 50 Ft. Monster Mania (DVD)
232. Never Sleep Again (DVD)
233. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) (DVD)
234. Haunted History: New England (History International)
235. Dr. Renault's Secret (AMC)
236. Buried Alive (2006) (DVD)
237. Revenge of the Zombies (TCM)
238. Fido (DVD)
239. Paranoiac (DVD)
240. The Real Dracula (History International)

Oct. 27

241. The Curse of the Werewolf (DVD)
242. Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil (DVD)
243. Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (DVD)
244. Blood Bath (DVD)
245. Looking Back on The Hills Have Eyes (DVD)
246. The Invisible Ray (DVD)
247. Witchcraft (History International)
248. The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (DVD)
249. Dario Argento: An Eye For Horror (DVD)
250. Welcome to Primetime (DVD)
251. The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (DVD)
252. Curse of the Blair Witch (DVD)
253. Hostel Dissected (Blu-Ray)
254. The Directors: The Films of Wes Craven
255. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (DVD)

Oct. 28

256. Splatter University (DVD)
257. Unknown Island (DVD)
258. Black Friday (DVD)
259. The Mummy (1932) (DVD)
260. The Black Room (DVD)
261. The Man They Could Not Hang (DVD)
262. Wayne Boden: The Vampire Rapist (The Biography Channel)
263. The Beast That Killed Women (DVD)
264. Backstory: Halloween (AMC)
265. The Undying Monster (Fox Movie Channel)
266. Satan: Prince of Darkness (DVD)
267. Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer (DVD)
268. Nails (DVD)
269. The Unexplained: Vampire Myth (The Biography Channel)
270. Investigative Reports: The Criminal Profiler (DVD)
271. Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (DVD)
272. Murder Rock (DVD)

Oct. 29

273. The Monster of Camp Sunshine (DVD)
274. My Dead Girlfriend (DVD)
275. Fiend Without a Face (DVD)
276. Robot Monster (DVD)
277. Monster From the Ocean Floor (DVD)
278. The Astounding She-Monster (DVD)
279. The Night Stalker (DVD)
280. Teenage Caveman (1957) (DVD)
281. Haunted History: New Orleans (The Biography Channel)
282. Splatter: Naked Blood (DVD)
283. Prison of Horrors: Eastern State Penitentiary (Travel Channel)
284. America's Most Haunted Places: Savannah (Travel Channel)
285. The Beach Girls and the Monster (DVD)
286. The Beautiful, The Bloody and The Bare (DVD)
287. The Hunt For Dracula (Travel Channel)
288. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) (DVD)

Oct. 30

289. The Ape (DVD)
290. Uncovered: Exorcists (The Biography Channel)
291. The Monster Maker (DVD)
292. The Green River Killer (Discovery Times)
293. She Freak (DVD)
294. The Killer Shrews (DVD)
295. Bloodlines: The Dracula Family Tree (The History Channel)
296. King of the Zombies (DVD)
297. A Haunting in Connecticut (The Discovery Channel)
298. A Haunting in Connecticut: Part II (The Discovery Channel)
299. Attack of the Giant Leeches (DVD)
300. Freddy vs. Jason (DVD)

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Alrighty, finally got access to the computer. It's been a stressful month and all for me being laid off, but I have ben watching some movies. Good luck to everyone!

1. Day of the Dead
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Land of the Dead
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. City of the Living Dead
6. Bubba Ho-Tep
7. Hostel
8. Hills Have Eyes
9. Candyman
10. Videodrome
11. The Devil's Rejects
12. Friday the 13th Part 7
13. Cabin Fever
14. House of 1000 Corpses
15. Donnie Darko
16. Alien 3
17. Dracula
18. Stay Alive
19. The Excorist
20. Exorcist 3
21. Hannibal Rising
22. Scary Movie
23. Scary Movie 2
24. Scary Movie 3
25. Shocker
26. Village of the Damned
27. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
28. Clue
29. Dementia 13
30. Freddy vs Jason
31. The Descent
32. Rosemary's Baby
33. Se7en
34. Spawn
35. Spawn 2
36. Spawn 3
37. Nightmare on Elm St
38. Alien Res
39. Carnival of Souls
40. Nightmare on Elm St 3
41. Prom Night 2
42. Aliens
43. Friday the 13th Part 3
44. Queen of the Damned
45. The Ring
46. The Ring 2
47. Monster High
48. The Number 23
49. The Omen
50. Amityville Confidential
51. The Village
52. Young Frankenstein
53. Fear
54. Blade 2
55. The Shining
56. Evil Dead 2
57. Slither
58. Ghostbusters
59. Ghostbusters 2
60. Pet Sematary
61. The Fly
62. The Blob
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10/24-(23) The Brides of Dracula (1960)- Great Hammer title, Peter Cushing. One of my favorites. 8/10 (24)- Halloween- (1978) All-time classic, Jamie Lee Curtis. I can remember watching this when it first was released a long time ago. 9/10

10/25- (25) Deathproof- ok. not great, Kurt Russell as a movie stunt man, killer 7/10

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Been away a couple of days, but thanks for making this a sticky!!!
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Originally Posted by ViewAskewbian
Thanks nemein for your efforts in controling this runaway train. I hope we can all reach a sort of truce and get the discussion thread opened again.
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Finally broke 100. Thanks to this challenge I've watched more of my DVD collection in 23 days than I have in the last 23 months.
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Hey folks, the challenge thread is open again! Be sure to check out the conditions set forth by the mod: Mod's Post
One week to go!
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1.) October 23rd- 28 Days Later
2.) October 24th- Planet Terror
3.) October 26th- The Shining

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Week Four part two

Hit the long post forum software bug, have to break up my week.

Friday October 26th -
114- Scary Movie 4 * - 6.5/10 - I had seen one or two of the earlier films in this series, and wasn't overly impressed. This one was better, although perhaps I only liked it because I had seen The Grudge very recently, and was familiar with most of the movies being spoofed.
115- The Exorcist * - 8.5/10 - I have purposely resisted watching this film all of my life. Cut to the chase reason; because I know that demon possession can be real. I was too scared to watch it. Well, I bought it years ago (I think it was actually free with some mail-in offer back in my early DVD days), knowing that I must confront my terror and watch it someday. Also, it is considered a classic of horror, my favorite genre. I waited until I could watch it in the morning, and have all day to recover. I'm glad I did, there is no way I could sleep right now. I was going to make it a marathon and watch the sequels and prequels later, but now I doubt I'll do that. Perhaps some comedy horror later tonight.
116- Exorcist II: The Heretic * -3/10 - And there it was, my horror comedy. Well, it was so bad of a sequel it was more criminal, not funny. I hear III is better, I'll watch that and then something funny before dreamtime.
117- Exorcist III * - 7/10 - Not nearly as scary as the first, but quite well done, and progresses the story nicely.

Saturday October 27th -
118- Arachnid * - 2.5/10 - Extremely mediocre, nothing new here.
119- Dead Men Walking * - 4/10 - DVR was filling up, almost deleted this when I realized this was an Asylum film, but, for the challenge, decided to watch it. It is actually pretty good considering. Deleted and will never watch again of course....

Wanted to watch more last night and today, but my parents picked this weekend to move. I tried to explain to them how I had to watch 12 movies per day to build my totals, but parents just don't understand.

Sunday October 28th -

Pretty much finished the move yesterday, so am going to try 24 hours of horror today. Only 6 hours in, and acutely realize that this plan should have involved me getting more than 12 hours of total sleep the past 3 nights. Still going to try, will post tomorrow when I'm done (or wake up after failing...).

120- Jenifer * - 5/10 - Biases: I love Steven Weber (mainly from his Wings role) and he wrote the teleplay and starred here. I also love Bruce Jones, who wrote the original comic book story. The concept is decent, the acting fine, but the ending is so darn predictable. Very disappointing, as I thought that this would be my favorite MOH perhaps. I hope it gets better.
121- The Black Cat (1941) * - 6/10 - A fun little Bela Lugosi flick. Almost seemed like an Abbot and Costello film at times. Confusingly, Lugosi also starred in a 1934 film of the exact same title.
122- Cigarette Burns * - 6/10 - Awesome premise.
N/A - Le Fin Absolue du Monde * - 10/10 - Just kidding. I don't think I'd watch it actually.
123- Man Made Monster
124- Imprint
125- Sick Girl
126- White Zombie
127- The Vampire Bat
128- Horror Island
129- Dracula (1931)
130- The Unknown
131- Haeckel's Tale
132- The Mummy's Ghost
133- The Mummy's Curse
134- Deer Woman
135- London After Midnight
136- The Corpse Vanishes
137- Pick Me Up
138- Captive Wild Woman
139- Dead Men Walk
140- The Fair-Haired Child
141- Chocolate
142- Homecoming
143- Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
144- Dreams in the Witch-House
N/A- Dance of the Dead

Watch one film from every decade, starting with the 1890's.
-X- 1890: The Execution of Mary Stuart
-X- 1900: Le Chaudron Infernal
-X- 1910: Frankenstein (1910)
-X- 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- 1930: Frankenstein (1931) , Bride of Frankenstein , Son of Frankenstein , Boo , King Kong (1933),
-X- 1940: House of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein
-X- 1950: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
-X- 1960: The Brain That Wouldn't Die , Incubus,
-X- 1970: The Last House on the Left, The Omen (1976), Flesh for Frankenstein, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
-X- 1980: Alien , Jaws: The Revenge , Aliens , April Fool's Day, The Evil Dead, The Fog (1980),
-X- 1990: Hideous! , The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster , The Hidden 2, Ringu, The Silence of the Lambs,
-X- 2000: Shaun of the Dead , Horror 101 , Horror 102: Endgame , Museum of the Dead , The Hitcher 2: I've Been Waiting , Hollow Man, House of the Dead, The Omen (2006), Below, The Kingdom (2007),

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
-X- First language, Esperanto. Incubus
-X- Second language, Japanese.
Ringu
-X- Third language, French. Brotherhood of the Wolf: The Guts of the Beast
-X- Fourth language, Spanish. Dracula (1931)
-X- Fifth Language, Australian. Wolf Creek

-X- Watch the MST3K version of a horror film. The Brain That Wouldn't Die
-X- Watch a film and its remake. The Omen (1976) The Omen (2006)
-X- Watch a film based on a novel. The Omen (1976)
-X- Watch a film based on a video game. House of the Dead
-X- Watch a film which won an Academy Award -- any category. The Silence of the Lambs, Jaws, Alien , Aliens , The Omen (1976), The Fly (1986)
-X- Watch a silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Execution of Mary Stuart , Le Chaudron Infernal , Frankenstein (1910) , The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- Watch a Criterion version horror film. The Silence of the Lambs
-X- Watch a film with commentary. King Kong (1933)
-X- Suffer thru a film directed by Uwe Boll. House of the Dead
-X- Watch a film and at least two sequels. Frankenstein (1931) Bride of Frankenstein Son of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein
-X- Watch a film that takes place on a holiday. April Fool's Day
-X- Watch a film that takes place in space. Alien , Aliens ,
-X- Watch a film that takes place on or under the sea. Below
-X- Watch an animated horror film. The Skeleton Dance

Watch a film for each rating:
-X- G Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
-X- PG Gremlins
-X- PG-13 Jaws: The Revenge , Horror 101
-X- R Alien , Hideous! , Aliens , Shaun of the Dead , Hollow Man, The Hidden 2, The Omen (1976), The Omen (2006), April Fool's Day, The Silence of the Lambs, The Fog (1980), Below, The Kingdom (2007), The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
-X- NC-17 The Evil Dead
-X- X Flesh for Frankenstein, The Last House on the Left
-X- Unrated
The Execution of Mary Stuart ,Le Chaudron Infernal , The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Horror 102: Endgame , Museum of the Dead , Frankenstein (1910) , Frankenstein (1931) ,Bride of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster , Boo , House on Haunted Hill (1959) , The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Incubus, Ringu, King Kong (1933),

Watch a film in each of the following horror subgenres:
-X- Vampire
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
-X- Frankenstein Frankenstein (1910) , Frankenstein (1931) ,Bride of Frankenstein , Son of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , Flesh for Frankenstein,
-X- Werewolf House of Frankenstein
-X- Mummy The Mummy (1932)
-X- Invisible Man Hollow Man
-X- Ghost/haunting House on Haunted Hill (1959)
-X- Witchcraft/satanic/religious The Omen (1976), The Omen (2006)
, The Evil Dead, Incubus,
-X- Zombie House of the Dead, Museum of the Dead
-X- Musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show
-X- Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac The Hitcher 2: I've Been Waiting , The Last House on the Left
-X- Monster/creature feature King Kong (1933)
-X- Documentary The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
-X- Spoof Shaun of the Dead
-X- Revenge The Last House on the Left, Ringu,
-X- Killer doll Gremlins
-X- Killer animal Jaws: The Revenge
-X- Evil child The Omen (1976), The Omen (2006)

Watch a film starring:
-X- Bela Lugosi
Son of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein
-X- Lon Chaney Sr. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- Lon Chaney Jr. The Ghost of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , The Mummy's Tomb
-X- Peter Cushing The Satanic Rites of Dracula
-X- Boris Karloff Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein , Son of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , Boo
-X- Vincent Price House on Haunted Hill (1959)
-X- Christopher Lee The Satanic Rites of Dracula
-X- Jamie Lee Curtis The Fog (1980)
-X- Robert Englund Wishmaster
-X- Bruce Campbell The Evil Dead

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10/26- (26) A Nightmare on Elm Street- cool original Freddy Kruger slasher horror 8.5/10

(27) The Others- Great ghost story 9/10

10/27- (28) Vampire Secrets- From the History channel. Not a movie but a documentary about vampire lore and legends throughout history, spanning Vlad Dracula, Countess Bathory to present day vampire cults. Very Interesting. 8.5/10

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Originally Posted by scott1598
October 1-7
1. "Night of the Demons"...80's cheese and not very well done, but oh so lovely.
2. "Night of the Demons 2"...doesn't compare to original, but young Christine Taylor is tasty.
3. "Re-Animator"...a little better the 2nd time around.
4. "Hellraiser"...infinitely better the 2nd time around. maybe the 1st i just wasn't in the mood. but, i dug the atmosphere and gore this time much more.
5. "Deadly Friend" ...saw once when i was a kid. not a bad little horror movie. definitely doesn't look and feel like a Wes Craven movie though.
6. "Leprechaun"...something about the little people and Jen Aniston looks really smooth and silky.
7. "Leprechaun 2"...eh.
8. "Bram Stoker's Dracula"...saw it in theaters and didn't like it too much. it was better this time, but not as good as i had hoped. a little too stylized and random for me.
9. "1408"...not bad, not bad at all. a good little horror thriller and def. liked the ending on the DC rather than theatrical. the dc end was more in line with Stephen King, but i wonder which is truer to the book ending, if it indeed is the theatrical.
10. "Dr. Giggles"...a slight cut above your average 80's wannabe schlock fest.
11. "From Beyond"...wow! did i really like this movie. i liked it a lot more than "Re-Animator" dare i say. very entertaining, provacative and i dug the creepy crawlies effects a lot.
Originally Posted by scott1598
October 19-20
12. "Wrong Turn 2"...oh man! is this movie entertaining. that opening kill is one of the most gruesome and creative ones i have seen in a very long time. too bad the others aren't as inventive, but g-damn if that wasn't a way to open a movie!!!!! i mean don't get me wrong the movie is not well made and every character is a caricature and the whole movie is retread of all the other current pseudo-grimy/horror films, but it to me was way better than "Hills Have Eyes" remake and pt 2 and leagues better than WT 1. but wow! was this a nice surprise.

13. "Death Proof"...it was like watching two different movies with the 2 vinettes. night and day, figuratively and literally. the 1st vinette was classic Tarantino. the dialogue was inventive and awesome, like any great QT movie. the build up was tense and palpable. i loved the first one. i loved the look as well with the grain and all, it was perfect. the 2nd vinette took me right out until the last 20 min, but even the last 20 was not great. the look went to modern which i disliked and the characters were caricatures with stereotypical speak and over done imo. the dialogue was anything but inspired and i just didn't like this half at all. then Stuntman Mike
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is reduced to this snivelling wimp just bc he got shot in the arm and then he runs for his life! didn't jive with his persona. he became an unmitigated mess from 1 bullet wound and was actually groveling and apologizing to these females that he has seemingly mastered and killed for years?? i don't think so.
i don't know what that 2nd half was, but it was in direct contrast to the 1st and that sucked. i liked it good overall though and will happily revisit. i just wish it was more consistent throughout.

14. "Planet Terror"...it was good. expected a little more, but entertaining with some great effects and creative kill shots.
October 26-28
15. "Saw III" (DC)...i didn't like it in the theaters and this new iteration didn't change matters. i do like the end with the clip montage, that and the music was decent.

16. "Fido"...not bad. took awhile to get going, but i got everything they were doing and got into it by the end.

17. "Poltergeist"...will be the last for this year. great way to end it!

18. "Saw IV"...i liked it.

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Watch one film from every decade, starting with the 1890's.

-X- 1890:

-X- 1900:

-X- 1910:

-X- 1920: Faust / The Haunted House

-X- 1930: Mad Love / The Devil Doll / Werewolf of London / The Old Dark House / The Ghoul / The Vampire Bat / White Zombie

-X- 1940: Dead Men Walk / The Return of the Vampire / She Wolf of London / The Soul of a Monster / Zombies on Broadway / King of the Zombies / Revenge of the Zombies

-X- 1950: A Bucket of Blood / Bride of the Monster /The Return of Dracula / The Return of Dracula / The Killer Shrews / My Son, The Vampire / Corridors of Blood / Bell, Book, and Candle / The Haunted Strangler

-X- 1960: Blood of the Virgins / The Incredibly Strange Creatures... / Death Curse of the Tartu / Sting of Death / Naked Evil / The Masque of the Red Death / Premature Burial / Two Thousand Maniacs! / Blood Feast / The Night of the Bloody Apes / Curse of the Doll People / The Curse of the Crying Woman / Night of the Living Dead / Black Sabbath / The Mask of Satan / Horrors of Malformed Men / Kwaidan / Pitfall

-X- 1970: Terror at Orgy Castle / Evil Come Evil Go / The Swamp of the Ravens / Guess What Happened to Count Dracula / Food of the Gods / Tales from the Crypt / Vault of Horror / Alien / Dawn of the Dead / Piranha / Who Can Kill A Child? / Bay of Blood

-X- 1980: The Burning / Night of the Demons / The Blob / From Beyond / Porno Holocaust / Hellraiser / Puppetmaster / Rabid Grannies / The Boogeyman / The Changeling / Demons / Sleepaway Camp / Christmas Evil / The Stuff / One Dark Night

-X- 1990: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas / Cannibal! The Musical

-X- 2000: The Red Shoes / Creatures from the Pink Lagoon / The Call of Cthulu / Resident Evil: Extinction / Behind the Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon / Black Sheep / 30 Days of Night / Hostel / Hostel II / Saw III / The Descent / Planet Terror / Camp Slaughter / Wicked Little Things / Unrest

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Watch films in at least two languages other than English.

-X- First language: (Italian): Porno Holocaust

-X- Second language: (German): Faust

-X- Third language: (Spanish): The Night of the Bloody Apes / The Curse of the Crying Woman / Who Can Kill A Child?

-X- Fourth language: (Japanese): Gojira / Horrors of Malformed Men / Kwaidan / Pitfall

-X- Fifth language: (Korean): The Red Shoes

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-X- Watch the MST3K version of a horror film: The Killer Shrews

-X- Watch a film and its remake.

-X- Watch a film based on a novel: Food of the Gods

-X- Watch a film based on a video game: Resident Evil: Extinction

-X- Watch a film based on a play: Naked Evil / Bell, Book and Candle

-X- Watch a film which won an Academy Award -- any category: Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the WereRabbit (Best Animated Feature) / The Exorcist (best sound)

-X- Watch a silent horror film: Faust

-X- Watch a Criterion version horror film: King Kong (1933) / Corridors of Blood / The Haunted Strangler

-X- Watch a film with commentary: Creatures from the Pink Lagoon / From Beyond / Hellraiser / Alien / Dawn of the Dead / Piranha / Wallace & Gromit & the Curse of the WereRabbit / Gojira / Sleepaway Camp / Hostel I and II / Saw III / The Descent / Young Frankenstein / The Exorcist / One Dark Night

-X- Suffer thru a film directed by Uwe Boll.

-X- Watch a film and at least two sequels:

-X- Watch a film that takes place on a holiday: Christmas Evil

-X- Watch a film that takes place in space: Alien

-X- Watch a film that takes place on or under the sea.

-X- Watch an animated horror film: The Nightmare Before Christmas / Monster House / The Haunted House / Disney's Ichabod Crane

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Watch a film for each rating:

-X- G: Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the WereRabbit

-X- PG: Monster House / The Nightmare Before Christmas

-X- PG-13: The Monster Squad

-X- R: Resident Evil: Extinction, Saw IV

-X- NC-17

-X- X: Porno Holocaust

-X- Unrated: Planet Terror / Saw III / Black Sheep

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Watch a film in each of the following horror subgenres:

-X- Vampire: Terror at Orgy Castle / Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) / Guess What Happened to Count Dracula / The Return of the Vampire / The Return of Dracula / The Vampire / 30 Days of Night / The Vampire Bat

-X- Frankenstein: The Monster Squad / Young Frankenstein

-X- Werewolf: Werewolf of London / She Wolf of London

-X- Mummy: The Monster Squad

-X- Invisible Man:

-X- Ghost: The Red Shoes / The Changeling / The Devil's Backbone / Kwaidan / Pitfall

-X- Witchcraft/satanic/religious: Blood Feast / Night of the Demons
(1988) / The Devil Doll / The Masque of the Red Death / The Curse of the Crying Woman / Faust / Black Sabbath / The Mask of Satan / Horrors of Malformed Men / Bell, Book, and Candle / Mark of the Devil / The Exorcist


-X- Zombie: Resident Evil: Extinction / The Incredibly Strange Creatures... / The Thirsty Dead / Creatures from the Pink Lagoon / Dawn of the Dead / Night of the Living Dead / Planet Terror / Zombies on Broadway / King of the Zombies / Revenge of the Zombies / White Zombie

-X- Musical: Cannibal: The Musical! / The Incredibly Strange Creatures...

-X- Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac: The Burning / Camp Slaughter / Premature Burial / Porno Holocaust / Blood Feast / The Gore Gore Girls / Behind the Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon / Sleepaway Camp / The Ghoul / Corridors of Blood / Hostel / Hostel II / Saw III / Christmas Evil / Saw IV

-X- Monster/creature feature: King Kong (1933) / The Blob (1988) / The Call of Cthulu / From Beyond / Hellraiser / Rabid Grannies / Alien / The Old Dark House / Demons / Monster House / The Night of the Bloody Apes / Wallace & Gromit & the Curse of the WereRabbit / Gojira / Black Sheep / Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas / The Descent / The Stuff

-X- Documentary: Bloodsucking Cinema / Mysterious Journeys (3 episodes)

-X- Spoof: My Son, The Vampire / Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) / Young Frankenstein / Frankenweenie

-X- Revenge: Evil Come Evil Go / A Bucket of Blood/ The Gore Gore Girls / Sting of Death / The Burning / Mad Love / The Devil Doll / Naked Evil /Two Thousand Maniacs! / The Boogeyman

-X- Killer doll: Puppet Master / Curse of the Doll People

-X- Killer animal: Food of the Gods / The Killer Shrews / Piranha / Alligator

-X- Evil child(ren): Who Can Kill A Child? / (Mario Bava film)
Spoiler:
Bay of Blood
/ Wicked Little Things

-X- Anthology based: Tales from the Crypt / Vault of Horror

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Watch a film starring:

-X- Bela Lugosi: Bride of the Monster / White Zombie
-X- Lon Chaney Sr.
-X- Lon Chaney Jr.
-X- Peter Cushing: Tales from the Crypt
-X- Boris Karloff: Corridor of Blood / The Haunted Strangler
-X- Vincent Price: Masque of the Red Death
-X- Christopher Lee
-X- Jamie Lee Curtis
-X- Robert Englund
-X- Bruce Campbell

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10/28- (29) Dracula - 1931- Bela Lugosi- Wonderful but dated, Dracula movie. 9/10.
I hope to get a few more in before the deadline.

10/29-(30) House of Dracula 1945- Terrible movie, the only good thing about this one is Lon Chaney as the werewolf and even he couldn't save this 3/10

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WEEK #1

WEEK #2

WEEK #3

WEEK #4


WEEK #5

Monday, October 29th
138. Dawn of the Dead (UR) (2004)
139. The Tripper (2007)
140. Roseanne "Boo" (1989) WILDCARD #1
141. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
142. Young Frankenstein (1974)

Tuesday, October 30th
143. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
144. Day Watch (2006)
145. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) WILDCARD #2
146. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
147. Dawn of the Dead: U.S. Theatrical Version (1979)

Wednesday, October 31st
148. The Mask of Satan (aka "Black Sunday") (1960)
149. John Carpenter's The Fog (1980)
150. Mad Monster Party? (1969)
151. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
152. John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)
152. Halloween II (1981)
153. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)


☼ = FIRST TIME VIEWING

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Week Five

Link to Week One - Weekly tally 39. Got off to a much better than expected start.

Link to Week Two Weekly tally 24. Slowed way down, as I spent time reorganizing my bedroom. Next week is looking even worse, with family coming to town.

Link to Week Three Weekly tally 25. Only one film a day the first three days, but got back up to speed by the end of the week.

Link to Week Four part one Thru first four days of the week watched 25. Broke 100 on the 23rd, and still gearing up for my 24 film day.

Link to Week Four part two Weekly tally 56. Another 31 films on the weekend, marathoned thru 25 films on Sunday alone.

Monday October 29th -
145- Dog Soldiers * - 6/10 - If you can totally check your brain at the door, this is a pretty good action horror film, especially for a made for TV movie. Huge plot holes and some stupid moments, but decent dialogue and character growth.
146- 30 Days of Night * - 8/10 - A great adaptation of a comic book. If anyone hasn't seen this in the theaters yet, I highly recommend it. And there are free tickets for it inside certain horror DVDs at CC, some as low as $4.99.
147- Saw IV * - 6/10 - Maybe I should have watched part 3 before I saw this, but I figured I had a free ticket and I wanted to see it for the challenge. I wasn't a huge fan of the first two, but I did like how are four are tied together.
148- The Flesh Eaters * - 5.5/10 - I quite enjoyed this 1964 flick. It has some weak acting and bad dialogue, but some interesting ideas. Apparently, there is a DVD out or forthcoming with some deleted scenes and a commentary. I'll probably buy it someday.

Tuesday October 30th -
149- Trilogy of Terror - 7.5/10 - Like many, I really love the third segment. I watched this on TV when it originally aired I imagine, and it freaked out my sister and I quite a bit. This film is a big part of the reason why horror became my favorite genre I imagine. Haven't bought the DVD upgrade yet, anyone else?
150- The Thing - 10/10 - Saved one of my top ten films of all time for the number 150 spot. What a fantastic opening sequence! It really gets you ready for something different.
151- Phantasm - 7/10 - I was too young to see this in the theaters when it came out, at least according to my parents. I loved the trailers and so looked forward to seeing it on home video that I think I built it up it up so much in my mind that I was bound to be disappointed by it. I still find it quite fun, and will buy the sequels once they hit the bargain bin.
152- Pitch Black - 8.5/10 - The sequel was such a let down.
153- Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms * - 6/10 - Meh.

Wednesday October 31st -
154- Halloween (extended TV version) - 8.5/10 - It's going to be difficult to slog thru all the sequels today, as I hear some of them are awful.
155- Halloween II - 6.5/10 - I love that it continues immediately after the original. I work in a hospital, so I was a bit bothered by the complete lack of personnel staffing what looked like a 100+ bed facility. But overall, pretty decent for a sequel and a few nice scares.
156- Halloween III: Season of the Witch * - 6.5/10 - If you go into this knowing that it has nothing to do with the Michael Myers Halloweens, it is not that bad of a horror film.
157- Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest * - 8/10 - Documentary.
158- Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers * - 6/10 - Not as bad as I feared.
159- Halloween V: The Revenge of Michael Myers * - 3/10 - Pretty weak.
N/A- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - 8/10 - A holiday tradition that originally aired just after I was born.
160- Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers * - 3/10 - I hear the producer's cut is better, but I can't imagine it being enough to make it an annual watch for me.
161- Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later - 7.5/10 - The scene where Laurie and Michael reunite thru the window is a classic. After a couple of weak efforts the Halloween franchise is back on track!
162- Halloween: Resurrection * - 2/10 - They should have stopped with H20. This movie was awful, as was the Zombie remake.
N/A- Halloween: 25 Years of Terror * - ?/10 - Documentary. Started this last night, but fell asleep, so it won't count for this year.


Watch one film from every decade, starting with the 1890's.
-X- 1890: The Execution of Mary Stuart
-X- 1900: Le Chaudron Infernal
-X- 1910: Frankenstein (1910)
-X- 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- 1930: Frankenstein (1931) , Bride of Frankenstein , Son of Frankenstein , Boo , King Kong (1933),
-X- 1940: House of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein
-X- 1950: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
-X- 1960: The Brain That Wouldn't Die , Incubus,
-X- 1970: The Last House on the Left, The Omen (1976), Flesh for Frankenstein, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
-X- 1980: Alien , Jaws: The Revenge , Aliens , April Fool's Day, The Evil Dead, The Fog (1980),
-X- 1990: Hideous! , The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster , The Hidden 2, Ringu, The Silence of the Lambs,
-X- 2000: Shaun of the Dead , Horror 101 , Horror 102: Endgame , Museum of the Dead , The Hitcher 2: I've Been Waiting , Hollow Man, House of the Dead, The Omen (2006), Below, The Kingdom (2007),

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
-X- First language, Esperanto. Incubus
-X- Second language, Japanese.
Ringu
-X- Third language, French. Brotherhood of the Wolf: The Guts of the Beast
-X- Fourth language, Spanish. Dracula (1931)
-X- Fifth Language, Australian. Wolf Creek

-X- Watch the MST3K version of a horror film. The Brain That Wouldn't Die
-X- Watch a film and its remake. The Omen (1976) The Omen (2006)
-X- Watch a film based on a novel. The Omen (1976)
-X- Watch a film based on a video game. House of the Dead
-X- Watch a film which won an Academy Award -- any category. The Silence of the Lambs, Jaws, Alien , Aliens , The Omen (1976), The Fly (1986)
-X- Watch a silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Execution of Mary Stuart , Le Chaudron Infernal , Frankenstein (1910) , The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- Watch a Criterion version horror film. The Silence of the Lambs
-X- Watch a film with commentary. King Kong (1933)
-X- Suffer thru a film directed by Uwe Boll. House of the Dead
-X- Watch a film and at least two sequels. Frankenstein (1931) Bride of Frankenstein Son of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein
-X- Watch a film that takes place on a holiday. April Fool's Day
-X- Watch a film that takes place in space. Alien , Aliens ,
-X- Watch a film that takes place on or under the sea. Below
-X- Watch an animated horror film. The Skeleton Dance, Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Watch a film for each rating:
-X- G Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
-X- PG Gremlins
-X- PG-13 Jaws: The Revenge , Horror 101
-X- R Alien , Hideous! , Aliens , Shaun of the Dead , Hollow Man, The Hidden 2, The Omen (1976), The Omen (2006), April Fool's Day, The Silence of the Lambs, The Fog (1980), Below, The Kingdom (2007), The Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
-X- NC-17 The Evil Dead
-X- X Flesh for Frankenstein, The Last House on the Left
-X- Unrated
The Execution of Mary Stuart ,Le Chaudron Infernal , The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Horror 102: Endgame , Museum of the Dead , Frankenstein (1910) , Frankenstein (1931) ,Bride of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster , Boo , House on Haunted Hill (1959) , The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Incubus, Ringu, King Kong (1933),

Watch a film in each of the following horror subgenres:
-X- Vampire
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
-X- Frankenstein Frankenstein (1910) , Frankenstein (1931) ,Bride of Frankenstein , Son of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , Flesh for Frankenstein,
-X- Werewolf House of Frankenstein
-X- Mummy The Mummy (1932)
-X- Invisible Man Hollow Man
-X- Ghost/haunting House on Haunted Hill (1959)
-X- Witchcraft/satanic/religious The Omen (1976), The Omen (2006)
, The Evil Dead, Incubus,
-X- Zombie House of the Dead, Museum of the Dead
-X- Musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show
-X- Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac The Hitcher 2: I've Been Waiting , The Last House on the Left
-X- Monster/creature feature King Kong (1933)
-X- Documentary The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
-X- Spoof Shaun of the Dead
-X- Revenge The Last House on the Left, Ringu,
-X- Killer doll Gremlins
-X- Killer animal Jaws: The Revenge
-X- Evil child The Omen (1976), The Omen (2006)
-X- Anthology based Trilogy of Terror

Watch a film starring:
-X- Bela Lugosi
Son of Frankenstein , The Ghost of Frankenstein
-X- Lon Chaney Sr. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- Lon Chaney Jr. The Ghost of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , The Mummy's Tomb
-X- Peter Cushing The Satanic Rites of Dracula
-X- Boris Karloff Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein , Son of Frankenstein , House of Frankenstein , Boo
-X- Vincent Price House on Haunted Hill (1959)
-X- Christopher Lee The Satanic Rites of Dracula
-X- Jamie Lee Curtis The Fog (1980)
-X- Robert Englund Wishmaster
-X- Bruce Campbell The Evil Dead

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101-200

201-300

Oct. 30

301. Cities of the Underworld: Dracula's Underground (DVD)
302. The Corpse Vanishes (DVD)
303. The Beast of Yucca Flats (DVD)
304. Maniac (1934) (DVD)

Oct. 31

305. Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (DVD)
306. Masters of Horror: Chocolate (DVD)
307. Masters of Horror: Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (DVD)
308. Masters of Horror: Deer Woman (Blu-Ray)
309. Masters of Horror: Jenifer (Blu-Ray)
310. Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (DVD)
311. Kaw (DVD)
312. Bela Lugosi: Hollywood's Dark Prince (DVD)
313. House of Dracula (DVD)
314. Werewolves (History International)
315. Legend Hunters: Bigfoot (Travel Channel)
316. The Initiation of Sarah (2006) (DVD)
317. America's Scariest Halloween Attractions 2 (Travel Channel)
318. Cry of the Wolf (TCM)
319. America's Haunted Houses (Travel Channel)
320. A Haunting: The Apartment (The Discovery Channel)
321. The Shining (1980) (Blu-Ray)

Bonus

322. A Haunting: The Attic (The Discovery Channel)
323. A Haunting: The Night Club (The Discovery Channel)
324. Masters of Horror: Dream Cruise (DVD)
325. Ernest Scared Stupid (DVD)

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10/31- (31) Sleepy Hollow- How can you have a halloween challenge and not view this one with the headless horseman. I love this. I have watched and re watched this many times. 9/10

This is my last entry for the challenge. As always, was a wonderful experience. I hate to see October leave. I actually doubled my score this time, I had 15 total each of the last two years. This is a great thing that we are all doing.

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1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
3. Day of the Dead (1985)
4. Land of the Dead (2005)
5. The Crazies (1973)
6. Martin (1977)
7. Document of the Dead (1985)
8. Creepshow (1982)
9. Creepshow 2 (1987)
10. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
11. Effects (1980)
12. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
13. Trauma (1993)
14. Masters of Horror: Jenifer(2005)
15. Masters of Horror: Pelts (2006)
16. Black Magic Rites and the Secret Orgies of the 14th Century (1973)
17. Witchboard (1986)
18. Magical Twilight (1994)
19. High Spirits (1988)
20. The Company of Wolves (1984)
21. The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) (short)
22. The Lost World (1925)
23. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) (Watson & Webber) (short)
24. Haunted Spooks (1920) (short)
25. Doctor X (1932)
26. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
27. Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
28. Beast From Haunted Cave (1959)

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