Third Annual Drive-In/Exploitation/B-Movie Challenge March 31-April 30 2012

[Jeffy Pop]

Originally Posted by BuddhaWake

let's see if you feel that way after you watch them. Actually, Mafia Connections is good but looks worse than VHS, the other one. good luck with that!

I'll probably wait until next year's challenge to give them a spin. I'll let you know then.

[omike]

My list is complete.

My Five Favorites
Eat My Dust
Kill Them All and Come Back Alive!
Maniac (1934)
Fist of Fury
The Maze

Honorable Mention
The Big Doll House

Very Pleasant Surprise
Undefeatable
Hot Moves

I Knew It Would Bad and It Was
Batman & Robin
Emanuelle in America

Surprisingly Bad
War Goddess
Hot Potato

Awful But Loveable
Zaat

The Worst, The Rock Bottom, The Truly Miserable
The Killer Eye
Olga's Dance Hall Girls

[nezumi]

Did anybody manage to see a movie at an actual drive-in theater this year?

[SterlingBen]

Finalized.

89 Titles watched for this challenge

My trip to Wisconsin/Horror Movie Empire prevented me from reaching 100 this year but in a pleasant way.

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Awards

*Wild Cards Omitted From Awards (with the exception of the wife agree-al category)

Best Title Watched:
Defendor
Runner Up:
Malcolm McDowell's Commentary For Caligula

Wife’s Best Title Watched:
Tie: Dream To Believe & Live Wire

Worst Title Watched:
Evil Bong 3-D

Wife’s Worst Title Watched:
Evil Bong 3-D

Best Ninja Movie:
Ninja Hunt

Robot I Would Not Want To Piss Off:
AMEE from Red Planet

Robot That 3PO could take:
Bomb Analysis Robot from Live Wire

Me And My Wife Completely Agree On:
The Phantom (3)
Sister Emanuelle (4)
Live Wire (4.5)
Let Me In (5)
The Pit & The Pendulum (4)
Into The Sun (3.5)

WTF Award (Soon to be know as the obligatory Alejandro Jodorowsky award)
Holy Mountain
Runner Up:
Man Friday

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Additional Statistics

Number of 1st time viewings:
80 out of 89 (90%)

Number of titles watched with wife:
22 out of 89 (25%)

Most Watched From Decade:
1. 2000 - 21 out of 89 (24%)
2. 1980 – 20 out of 89 (22%)
3. 1970 – 16 out of 89 (18%)

Most Watched By Rating:
1. Unrated (Pre & Post MPAA) - 34 out of 89 (38%)
2. R - 31 out of 89 (35%)
3. PG - 11 out of 89 (12%)

Most Watched By Format
1.) DVD – 65 out of 89 (73%)
2.) Blu-Ray – 14 out of 89 (16%)
3.) Internet - 7 out of 89 (8%)

Highest Rated Viewings:
(4.5 out of 5 or better)
Fifty/Fifty (4.5)
Commentary For Caligula (4.5)
Ninja Hunt (4.5)
Defendor (5)
Cabin In The Woods (4.5)
Live Wire (4.5)
Let Me In (5)

Wife's Highest Rated Of The Challenge:
(4 out of 5 or better)
Into The Blue 2: The Reef (4)
Red Planet (4)
Mesmerized (4)
JCVD (4)
Dream To Believe (4)
Sister Emanuelle (4)
Live Wire (4.5)
Let Me In (5)
The Pit & The Pendulum (4)

My Lowest Rated Titles Of The Challenge:
(1.5 out of 5 or lower (1 being the lowest possible score))
Evil Bong 3-D (1.5)
Redneck Zombies (1.5)
Tripping The Rift: The Movie (1.5)

My Wife's Lowest Rated Titles Of The Challenge:
(2.5 out of 5 or lower (1 being the lowest possible score))
Demonic Toys (2.5)
Holy Mountain (2.5)
Evil Bong 3-D (2.5)

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Suggestions for next year: Add 2010 for decade, Add Michelle Bauer to actor safe list, Add Richard Gabai to director safe list, maybe add plot specifics to safelist like visible boom mike, rocket launcher, ect.

15 free spaces.

[BuddhaWake]

was there a sponsor this year?

[caligulathegod]

No, I wanted to focus on the movies this year. Next year we should have one again.

[SterlingBen]

[SethDLH]

Originally Posted by SterlingBen

[BuddhaWake]

what they said.

[caligulathegod]

Yeah, I feel bad, too. Last year I went to an unrelated convention halfway through that completely sapped my focus so that I messed up the counting and prize thing. I wanted to run it plain jane this year to make sure it got completed. We can make it more ambitious again next year.

As I was typing this, I got a last second sponsor. So we will have some cool prizes after all. Thanks to Hamilton Books.

[BobO'Link]

Hamilton Books is *GREAT*! I believe they sponsor every challenge and always provide some really nice prizes. Because of their support of us, I've added them to my "purchase radar". I'd like to say I order regularly but it seems like that every time I get enough stuff together to offset the shipping fee a bit *something* I wanted very badly goes OOS so I put off the order... again... I'm trying to get faster...

I don't know if the rest of you have noticed but Rich also participates in many of these challenges! It looks like we've sucked him in!

*THANKS* Hamilton Books!

[SethDLH]

Hamilton Books rules! And I know that at least 1 of the 2 dvds I gave away through my blog went to a DVDTalker (it'll be in the mail soon).

[TomOpus]

Very nice of them to step-up and be a last-second sponsor.

[SterlingBen]

[GoldenWheels]

Originally Posted by BobO'Link

I don't know if the rest of you have noticed but Rich also participates in many of these challenges! It looks like we've sucked him in!

Certainly have! Wish I had gotten in on this one (I think I did last year) as I love me some exploitation/B-movies. I'll be in for sure on the October Horror Challenge...it's an easy excuse to watch all the Hammers again for the umpteenth time.

And the challenges have been awesome for my unwatched pile...sometimes I just need a reason to get me to toss a DVD in the player. Keeps me from watching the old favorites over and over and helps me find some new favorites.

[BuddhaWake]

the challenges really do help my unwatched pile as well. now if I could just raise the numbers a bit to close to 50 that would really help me. backlog is just too much.

[caligulathegod]

Results are up!

[SterlingBen]

1st place!!!! (out of people who didn't reach 100)

Still watched 47 more than last year!

[BobO'Link]

Congrats to the prize winners!

Thanks again to HamiltonBooks for the prizes!

And Special Thanks to caligulathegod for running the challenge!

See ya next challenge!

[TomOpus]

Originally Posted by BobO'Link

Congrats to the prize winners!

Thanks again to HamiltonBooks for the prizes!

And Special Thanks to caligulathegod for running the challenge!

See ya next challenge!

What he said

[shadokitty]

Congrats to the winners and thanks to Caligula for running the challenge. I hope to do better next year as I still have a lot of my MC sets to go through.

[Shack]

Thanks to Caligula for another great challenge! And thanks to my fellow participants for giving me many new movies to check out.