[Pillowhead]

LIST IS FINALIZED

Goal: 20 (out of town a bit and work commitments made me lower my expectations.) Well, I've reached my goal, I'll shoot for 31 now. Still have some work commitments though.
Total so far: 32
Last year's total: 33
Last year's list
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Legend
DVD
Blu-Ray
Theater
Television
On-Demand
*Denotes 1st time viewing
#Denotes commentary
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October 1
1 - Supernatural ep (2.14) "Born Under a Bad Sign" WILDCARD
2 - Supernatural ep (2.15) "Tall Tales" - WILDCARD
October 2
None
October 3
3 - Shaun of the Dead - Great flick that is still hilarious after several times. The sequence where Shaun goes about his daily business still makes me laugh. 5/5
4 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - Actually the 2nd time I've viewed this one. I appreciated it more the 2nd time because during the 1st I still hated the fact this was remade. Very nice looking picture but still not as good as the original. 3/5
5 - *Zombieland - Great flick. Had me laughing out loud, especially during the cameo. Shaun of the Dead is still the best Zom Com, but this is a close 2nd. 4/5
October 4
6 - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie - Ok anthology film. Hadn't seen it in over 16 years. The cat story was hysterical though with some great gore effects. Look for early roles by Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi. 3/5
October 5
7 - *Fear Itself: Eater - Ok and relatively sanitary short flick. Predictable to a point, the ending was pretty neat. 3/5
8 - Supernatural ep (2.16) "Roadkill" - WILDCARD
October 6
9 - *The Burning -Always wanted to see this one. Hilarious gore effects but the pacing was pretty slow. I don't know how Cropsy was able to balance in that canoe while slashing 5 teens. 3/5
October 7
10 - *Trick or Treat - Pretty good anthology film. A little over-hyped IMO. Loved the dark humour. 4/5
11 - *From Beyond - Holy crap was this flick insane. Crazy gore effects and just weird as all hell. Highly recommended. 4/5
October 8
None
October 9
None
October 10
None
October 11
12 - *My Name is Bruce - Bruce was good, but the rest of it was amateurish. Not my cup of tea. 2/5
13 - *Laid to Rest - Weird flick. I'm not so sure it knew what wanted to be. The gore was good, but not much in the way of actual scares. 2/5
October 12
14 - *Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires - Interesting entry in the Hammer vampire series. It was a little on the boring side, but towards the end it was good. Enjoyed the random gratuitious shirt ripping that exposed some breasts. 2/5
October 13
15 - Freddy VS Jason - This movie is fun even though the acting is pretty much atrocious aside from Englund. Monica Keena's breasts are mesmerizing for some reason. 3/5
October 14
16 - *Night of the Demons - This one was underwhelming. I heard this one talked up over the years and it didn't really do anything for me. Only memorable thing was Linnea Quigley and she wasn't even that great. Demon effects were ok. 2/5
October 15
17 - Supernatural ep (2.21 & 2.22) "All Hell Breaks Loose Part 1 and 2" - WILDCARD
October 16
18 - *Ginger Snaps - Stupid foolscreen version of the film from Netflix. Good low budget werewolf film. Some parts were cheesy,but overall forgiveable. Creepy take on venereal disease. 3/5
October 17
19 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) - A classic. I got to see this on the big screen with Marilyn Burns who did a q/a afterwards. The print was washed out, but it was a good time. The king of uncomforable horror. 5/5
20 - *Vampire Girl VS Frankenstein Girl - Weird ass japanese flick complete with wrist cutters, sexy nurse, Asians in black face and general insanity. I still don't know what the hell I watched but I had a good time. 3/5
October 18
21 - Supernatural ep (3.1) "The Magnificent Seven" - WILDCARD
October 19
None
October 20
None
October 21
22 - *Coraline - Really trippy and actually creepy. The stop motion animation was fantastic and the voice performances were well done. Loved Keith David as the cat. 4/5
October 22
None
October 23
None
October 24
None
October 25
23 - *Dead Man's Shoes - Frickin' awesome revenge movie. IMDB calls it horror which it really isn't but the main dude does terrorize some thugs. Paddy Considine is a bad ass in this movie. I don't know how this film flew under the radar but do yourself a favor and check this one out. 4/5
October 26
24 - American Werewolf in London - Great werewolf flick. One of my favorite horror films. Great looking in blu-ray and you can actually see what a fantastic job Rick Baker did with the make up on everything. Even David's friend's neck wound was realistic! 5/5
October 27
25 - In the Mouth of Madness - Carpenter is one of my favorite directors, but his 90s output was severely disappointing. There were some good effects work in this film, but it couldn't save the gimmicky aspect of this flick. 3/5
October 28
26 - *Taste the Blood of Dracula - Very weak Hammer dracula film. I was bored with this one and what's with the ugly chicks? Hammer is usually pretty good with the ladies. 1/5
27 - Supernatural S3 EP6 "Red Sky at Morning" Wildcard
October 29
28 - *Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 - This one is much better than the avg score on IMDB. Forgot Viggo was in this. Some great atmosphere and gore in this flick and some humour as well. 3/5
October 30
29 - Friday the 13th (2009) - Decent remake, I don't hold the 1st in highest regard. That chick's boobs are stupendous. 3/5
30 - Prince of Darkness - Classic Carpenter. Dennis Dun's performance is horrible though. This flick is just creepy as all get out. 4/5
October 31
31 - Halloween - My favorite flick of all time. 5/5
32 - Halloween II - The best sequel in the franchise. Still has some decent scares. 4/5

The On Deck Circle
Prince of Darkness
Vampires
Friday the 13th (2009)
30 Days of Night
Army of Darkness
Corpse Bride
Hellraiser

Spoiler:

Watch one film from every decade of film history.
--- 1890 - (insert film title here)
--- 1900 -
--- 1910 -
--- 1920 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
X 1970 - Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1979?)
X 1980 - The Burning
X 1990 - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
X 2000 - Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Watch a film for each rating:
--- Unrated (pre-MPAA) - (insert film title here)
--- G -
X PG - Coraline
--- PG-13 -
X R - Shaun of the Dead
--- NC-17 -
--- X (not porn; several horror films were rated X) -
X Unrated (post-MPAA) - From Beyond

Watch films in at least three formats (DVD, BD, HD DVD, Laserdisc, TV, online, UMD, theater, iPod, etc).
X First format, (Blu-ray), (Shaun of the Dead).
X Second format, (DVD), (Supernatural episode).
X Third format, (Theater), (Zombieland).

Watch a film starring:
--- Bela Lugosi - (insert film title here)
--- Lon Chaney Sr. -
--- Boris Karloff -
--- Lon Chaney Jr. -
--- Vincent Price -
X Peter Cushing - Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
X Christopher Lee - Taste the Blood of Dracula
X Robert Englund - Freddy VS Jason
X Bruce Campbell - My Name is Bruce
X Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween I and II

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
X First language, (Japanese), (Vampire Girl VS Frankenstein Girl).
--- Second language, (insert language), (insert title).

Watch a film in each of the following subgenres/types:
X Vampire - Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
--- Frankenstein -
X Werewolf -American Werewolf in London
X Mummy -Tales from Darkside: The Movie (Lot 249)
--- Invisible Man -
--- Ghost/haunting -
X Witchcraft/satanic/religious - Night of the Demons
X Zombie - Shaun of the Dead
X Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
--- Monster/creature feature/Godzilla -
--- Documentary -
--- Musical -
X Spoof/comedy - My Name is Bruce
X Revenge - Dead Man's Shoes
--- Killer/evil doll -
X Killer/evil animal - Killer cat from Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
--- Killer/evil child -
--- Giallo -
--- J horror -
--- MST3K/rifftrax/CT -
X film and its remake - Texas Chainsaw Massacre & TCM 2003
--- based on a video game -
--- based on a novel -
--- directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis or Uwe Boll or Ulli Lommel -
--- won an Academy Award -- any category -
--- silent film -
--- Criterion version film -
--- with commentary -
--- film and at least two of its sequels -
X anthology film - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
X takes place on a holiday - Night of the Demons - Halloween
--- takes place in space -
--- takes place on or under the sea -
X animated film - Coraline
X called "Night of ..." - Night of the Demons
--- called "Return of ..." -
--- called "Revenge of ..." -
--- called "Attack of ..." -
--- with the words "Living Dead" in the title -