100 Movies. 31 Days. The 5th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (Oct 1-31) Pt 2

[clckworang]

Someone mentioned Laid to Rest in the earlier thread. I thought it sounded familiar, and it turns out I recorded that movie on Saturday. It was on The Movie Channel. Haven't watched it yet, though. Sounds like it's worth a watch, though.

[Chad]

I'm thinking He Knows You're Alone is the '80s equivalent of the Prom Night remake. It held my interest, but I honestly don't recall there being one drop of blood. And if it weren't for a couple of boobs, it probably would've scored a PG-13 rating.

And how the hell did they manage to avoid a lawsuit from Carpenter? That was a direct rip-off of the Halloween score.

[LickTheABCs]

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

I'm quoting some dialogue from the Wal-Mart bargains thread. The DVD in question is only $5 at WM. I just watched Baby Blues and just before adding it to my list, realized it's part of the 31 Day/Film subset to be discussed this weekend. Just a coincidence for me, but if anyone else hasn't gotten their hands on it and wants to participate in the discussion thread, it can be had pretty cheap.

Which Baby Blues?

Because the one I picked for the subset is the one starring Colleen Porch.

[ZOMBIEDAVE]

Originally Posted by JOE29

Here's a couple for you,
Humanoids from the Deep- I may view this tomorrow, myself.
Witchfinder General

I had a bad day for movie watching. Only 1 early this morning. College, Baseball playoffs, and NHL Hockey did me in today. Going to shoot for 3, possibly 4 movies tomorrow. That'll make me at the 20 mark for the week which is amazing for me so far.

Humanoids From The Deep is the way an exploitation movie should be made.
One of my all time favorites. With the late great Vic Morrow too!

[ZOMBIEDAVE]

Originally Posted by Chad

I'm thinking He Knows You're Alone is the '80s equivalent of the Prom Night remake. It held my interest, but I honestly don't recall there being one drop of blood. And if it weren't for a couple of boobs, it probably would've scored a PG-13 rating.

And how the hell did they manage to avoid a lawsuit from Carpenter? That was a direct rip-off of the Halloween score.

Hey Chad,
I like "He Know's" and it is pretty bloodless. I'll be watching it soon. Of course It's really known for being Tom Hanks first movie. I remember Letterman years ago embarrassing him with a clip from it.
There was so much of that electronic music in those movies then It could have slipped under the radar. Nowadays everyone is suing everyone. Just a different time.
There were so many slashers coming out It would be easy to miss. Several a week it seemed at the Drive-Ins after Friday The 13th. What a great time...............

[asianxcore]

Originally Posted by clckworang

Someone mentioned Laid to Rest in the earlier thread. I thought it sounded familiar, and it turns out I recorded that movie on Saturday. It was on The Movie Channel. Haven't watched it yet, though. Sounds like it's worth a watch, though.

It's gotten mixed reviews, but I personally love the film. Just a really fun Slasher Film. Also in terms of killers go, Chromeskull looks rad!

Also I think it was LickTheABC's who mentioned it in his review, I think we never see Bobbi Sue Luther nude, is because she's married to the director Robert Hall. I remember hearing they were married at the Laid To Rest panel at Fangoria 2009 in Los Angeles.

Originally Posted by smashthesymbols

I'm doing well after the first week. 25 watched, which is actually one behind last year. It still puts me on a good pace for my 101 goal though.

What's everyone doing for the final night? I've got a couple set aside for sure, Halloween and Rocky Horror (it's a personal tradition). Beyond that I can't decide what to do. Do I go with first time viewings, classics, whatever I have leftover at the end of the month? I probably shouldn't even be worrying about it this early but I am.

Going to a big party on Halloween night, but I am going to try to sneak in my favorite Horror Films or some classics early in that morning. I've yet to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the Challenge, so I hope to save that for the end.

[ZOMBIEDAVE]

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

I'm quoting some dialogue from the Wal-Mart bargains thread. The DVD in question is only $5 at WM. I just watched Baby Blues and just before adding it to my list, realized it's part of the 31 Day/Film subset to be discussed this weekend. Just a coincidence for me, but if anyone else hasn't gotten their hands on it and wants to participate in the discussion thread, it can be had pretty cheap.

I want to see Baby Blues but I hate Walmart. Will check Netflix.........

[Darkgod]

I noticed some people have Fear Itself listed, and not as a WC? was this decided? I was gonna pick it up, but didn't know If I would have time or not, and not be able to count them.

[Giles]

wow! just watched 'The Children' while the first twenty minutes were a sort of a slow build up, the rest of the film was wild - the quick moments of violence /gore though were quite intense and appropriately jarring.

[chuckd21]

Today's video? THE DARK (1979), produced by Dick Clark and featuring Casey Kasem!

[Numes]

Oh wow. Halloween Resurrection was atrocious. I think if they cut all of Busta Rhymes scenes it might have been bearable. On second thought, no, the story was a big pile of steaming poo. Why didn't they stop at H20?

Speaking of H20. I didn't realize until I watched it last night that it is H-Twenty not H-Two-O. I was wondering how they were going to incorporate water into the story.

[Giles]

Originally Posted by Numes

Oh wow. Halloween Resurrection was atrocious. I think if they cut all of Busta Rhymes scenes it might have been bearable. On second thought, no, the story was a big pile of steaming poo. Why didn't they stop at H20?

Speaking of H20. I didn't realize until I watched it last night that it is H-Twenty not H-Two-O. I was wondering how they were going to incorporate water into the story.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by ZOMBIEDAVE

Humanoids From The Deep is the way an exploitation movie should be made.
One of my all time favorites. With the late great Vic Morrow too!

Humanoids from the Deep is one of my guilty pleasure movies. Possibly because I saw it as a kid and it was one of the first times I saw boobies.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by Numes

Oh wow. Halloween Resurrection was atrocious. I think if they cut all of Busta Rhymes scenes it might have been bearable. On second thought, no, the story was a big pile of steaming poo. Why didn't they stop at H20?

Speaking of H20. I didn't realize until I watched it last night that it is H-Twenty not H-Two-O. I was wondering how they were going to incorporate water into the story.

I have almost no memory of Halloween Resurrection, thankfully. H-20 would have been a nice finish.

And funny, while in my mind I'm thinking Halloween 20th Anniversary sequel whenever I think of the film or see the title, I always pronounce it H-2-0 in my mind.

[SethDLH]

Originally Posted by Numes

Oh wow. Halloween Resurrection was atrocious. I think if they cut all of Busta Rhymes scenes it might have been bearable. On second thought, no, the story was a big pile of steaming poo. Why didn't they stop at H20?

Speaking of H20. I didn't realize until I watched it last night that it is H-Twenty not H-Two-O. I was wondering how they were going to incorporate water into the story.

I think for a more modern sequel Resurrection had a cool idea. Spend a night in the Myers' house and try to survive. It just wasn't done well and turned out like every other slasher from the late 90s

[Larry C.]

Originally Posted by asianxcore

Night Of The Living Dead (1990)

I honestly think I'll never get tired of watching the remake. Fantastic!

Yes great remake it goes under appreciated for the most part.

[KillerCannibal]

Watched Don't Look Now for the first time last night. I was told it's a slow-burn type of film, which I'm normally ok with, but it felt like there was little happening to keep it interesting and the final twist was kinda "WTF?"

[DRG]

Any recommendations for the decade subsets 1890, 1900, and 1910? There seems to be a lot out there for 1920 on, but I'm having a hard time finding films that fit here that are academy length... or are shorter films allowed for these decades?

[SethDLH]

Originally Posted by DRG

Any recommendations for the decade subsets 1890, 1900, and 1910? There seems to be a lot out there for 1920 on, but I'm having a hard time finding films that fit here that are academy length... or are shorter films allowed for these decades?

Theres a short (2 min) from 1896 called House Of The Devil that I've been trying to find to use as a wild card but have had no luck. Its considered one of, if not the first horror film.

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by DRG

Any recommendations for the decade subsets 1890, 1900, and 1910? There seems to be a lot out there for 1920 on, but I'm having a hard time finding films that fit here that are academy length... or are shorter films allowed for these decades?

There are very few academy length films of any type from those years, let alone horror. I don't think anyone here has found/used one longer than a short.

Most of us have been using the same ones, here are my three with IMDB links.

07 - The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
08 - Le chaudron infernal (1903)
09 - Frankenstein (1910)

Edit to add: All easily found on youtube. Also, you're obviously not reading everyone's lists, or you would have seen these about 8 times.

[Nikka488]

Thank you for the recommendations. I'll check out Humanoids from the Deep & Witchfinder General.

I picked up:
Return of the Living Dead 3
The Children 2009
Grace

last night, and will watch them in the next couple of days. I still want to pick up Dead Snow & Trick R Treat.

Any other recommendations would be welcome!

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Trevor

Edit to add: All easily found on youtube. Also, you're obviously not reading everyone's lists, or you would have seen these about 8 times.

Ahh, I have looked through lists before this question came to me, but for whatever reason I didn't think to go looking there to figure this out.

Using your post as a springboard, I found this:
Le spectre rouge (1907) (Youtube link)

[SethDLH]

Originally Posted by Trevor

There are very few academy length films of any type from those years, let alone horror. I don't think anyone here has found/used one longer than a short.

Most of us have been using the same ones, here are my three with IMDB links.

07 - The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
08 - Le chaudron infernal (1903)
09 - Frankenstein (1910)

Edit to add: All easily found on youtube. Also, you're obviously not reading everyone's lists, or you would have seen these about 8 times.

I appreciate these links, they really helped me round out my decades subset. Le Chaudron Infernal was fantastic, amazing how they produced those camera tricks/effects over 100 years ago.

[Trevor]

I'm sure that we have done this list multiple times over the years of the Challenge, but I plan to have a Christmas Horror Day/Week sometime this month. Here's what I have found so far:

Black Christmas (1974)
Black Christmas (2006)
Christmas Evil (aka: You’d Better Watch Out) (1980)
A Christmas Nightmare (2001)
Christmas Season Massacre (2001)
The Christmas Tale (2005)
The Day of the Beast (1995)
Dead End (2003)
Don’t Open ‘Til Christmas (1984)
Elves (1989)
Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998)
Gremlins (1984)
Jack Frost (1997)
Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
Night Thirst (2002)
Night Train Murders (1975)
One Hell of a Christmas (2002)
Psycho Santa (2003)
P2 (2007)
Santa Claws (1996)
Santa’s Slay (2005)
Satan Claus (1996)
Shredder (2003)
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1986)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3 (1989)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5 (1991)
Silent Night, Gory Night (2008)
Tales from the Crypt (1972) (segment "And All Through the House")
Tales From the Crypt (TV, 1989) (season 1 remake of above)
To All a Good Night (1980)
Trees 2: The Root of All Evil (2004)
Turbulence (1997)
Two Front Teeth (2006)
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
Wind Chill (2007)

[riotinmyskull]

Originally Posted by Trevor

I'm sure that we have done this list multiple times over the years of the Challenge, but I plan to have a Christmas Horror Day/Week sometime this month. Here's what I have found so far:

the synopsis for THE CHILDREN seems like it might have a christmas theme...i haven't seen it yet so i'm not sure.