Trevor

I've tried this link, my iOS app, and the xbox app and I can't find it.

The film isn't horror but guess we've ruled it would count because it's a horror host film, right?

wishbone

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094834/

http://www.allmovie.com/movie/cannib...of-death-v8023

Listed as horror on imdb and allmovie.

Trevor

Doh! That's what I get for trusting Hulu's classification.

nezumi

The link seems to work fine for me...?

And yes, the movie is more of an adventure spoof; but I think the cannibal women of the title (plus Elvira, plus the fact that it's a Full Moon picture) gets it a pass for the challenge. Oh, and the movie appears to be unedited if anybody is wondering. Elvira's humor also seems to be a bit raunchier since she doesn't have to worry about broadcast standards and practices.

Here's a link to a recent interview that she did with Dread Central about the new series.

EdTheRipper

Agreed...makes no sense to subject yourself to something you don't like just to follow a certain theme.

Darkgod

I was thinking that while watching.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Evil Bong 3D wasn't as bad as what I thought it'd be. I won't watch it again and it's made a trip to the sell pile but it was a decent sequel for the series. Scratch and sniff card was alright. I was hungry and one of them ended up being pizza, so then I ate pizza when it was done.

I watched The Visitor yesterday. That whole first part with the kids and the speech could have been cut for my tastes. I lost interest in it because of that and it took awhile to get back into it.

mightysparks

I get into similar arguments about general films on my own forum all the time but: 1) there's always the chance I WILL like it and 2) since there was a decent chance I wasn't going to like them, I thought I'd just get a bunch that I needed to see done in one swift go

And it's not like I've been having great luck with the challenge so far, so it wasn't much different today. But I never know if I'm going to like something before I watch it (and I especially have trouble since my taste is kind of random), so I've just got to watch everything and hope for the best.

Undeadcow

Would Teen Wolf require a wild card?Giallo movies are another example of serial killer movies that aren't necessarily explicit horror so I think Jack's Back was a good match with today's theme in my opinion. When Jack the Ripper style killings are a lynchpin of the film that tips things more towards horror (because the surgical goriness of the crimes). Previously there was a consensus that some thriller movies should count as horror and I personally think Jack's Back fits that guideline. Plus the prostitute kill scene had a bit of gore despite being quick and ultimately melding with thriller elements.In the past I liked Paranormal Activity 2 better than the first and it's continuous from the first. One thing that's really great about the franchise is it's attempt to build a mythos connecting installments. The third is a bit of a dip in quality in my eyes but a lot of people enjoyed it while the forth seems universally panned (too much more of the same). I'm looking forward to checking out The Marked Ones spin-off this year.

Chad

And the winner of trivia question #2 is...

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

Congratulations! You're now the owner of a HamiltonBook.com Super Prize Pack:



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BTW, I'll post the complete list of everything from the banner tomorrow.

Chad

Trivia Question 3

Name 3 of your favorite horror films directors.

Once again, there's no right or wrong answers. Randomly drawn.

Submit your answers to me via PM or email (one entry per person).


You're playing for your choice of one of the following from DiabolikDVD.com:

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Contest is open for 1 week.

Good luck.

mightysparks

Congrats The Man with the Golden Doujinshi!

Think I'm just going to go for the first 3 that come to mind for this one otherwise I'll think about it too much

Undeadcow

Congratulations to Golden Doujinshi; quite a score there.

JOE29

Just watched Nosferatu all the way through for the first time. The silent movie Ran 83 minutes, I stayed with it because of the historical aspect. I'll keep the DVD that I have but I can't say that i'll ever watch this again. I may, in the future if the mood hits me. But it was very hard to watch.

Mondo Kane

Congrats on the win, Peepers (There's no way I'm typing your new name out)

Aww, I wanted to see what Mightysparks' picks are

coyoteblue

Dug out my disc of The Strange Vice of Mrs Ward (1970) for tonight's giallo theme. It's an early giallo and one of Edwidge Fenech's first giallo's. I don't pull out giallos too often, because while I like them, they're apt to give me the vapors, as it were. Edwidge Fenech was quite good and as always, startling beautiful. The plot of the movie was obvious...until it wasn't.

ntnon

It was on TCM until yesterday or today, so I squeezed it in, too. Very odd. I don't think I understood more than a quarter of what it was attempting to be, but it was a lot more watchable than a dozen other, ostensibly similar, films I've attempted to watch at various times. I couldn't work out who or why or what the vampire-y person/people were, or were doing, though...

ntnon

Really appreciate you taking the time to write so lengthily! And thanks for clarifying and explaining several bits - and book bits - that I didn't know or notice.



Well, I seem to be alone in not thinking Sue was just being nice, so it's probably just inherent cynicism on my part, and I'm just wrong! I saw her as being one of the bullies, and then on the peripheries of the plot. I thought Tommy was completely oblivious to what was really going on, but aware that Sue was desperate for him to take Carrie to the prom - and therefore that something was up. I didn't get 'trying to make amends' and 'niceness' from their actions, just the appearance of that...... so I guess I have a similar opinion as the gym teacher when she grilled them.

If the novel says that, then that's it. Unless perhaps the film changed it, or attempted to sow ambiguity...? Maybe next time I watch it I'm remember to be less judgmental and cynical.

That's one thing I've finally started to grasp after watching Christmas Carols and Scarlet Pimpernels and Jekyll and Hydes - a lot of the "best bits" from any of the films are (naturally) in the books verbatim. So when good lines show up again and again it isn't necessarily a lack of imagination or deliberate homage - it may be attempts to be faithful to the book.

I wonder, therefore, whether people knowingly watching a remake prefer the dialogue to echo source and other adaptations, or whether they like variations - even if it takes the re-adaptation a step away from the source sometimes.

Oh, I know. I was just hoping for more. Or at least some internal coherence.

But it seems that a lot hinges on there being something of a code of silence regarding ringleaders - an extant video (and tacit admission from the guilty party) which itself would be evidence of (criminal) assault rather undermines that, as it's something that could be traced and found. Indeed, by kicking Chris out of the prom for not letting anyone see her phone (rather than for backtalk and shirking detention) essentially proves her guilt. She's not stubborn (1978), she's guilty (2013). She should be dealt with.

Not just the ending. For me, and my (all-but-proven-to-be-an-unwidely-held) of Sue


Fair enough. I do need to read the book, I know.

To my eyes,

My problem is that it looked planned and that she was clearly revelling in it in 2013.

In 1978, at least as I see it,

Whereas in 2013, it's almost exactly opposite - and therefore inconsistent (to me) - because

[QUOTE=Dimension X;12274276]
I'm pretty sure, in all three filmed versions, as in the book, [/spoiler]
In 1978, I thought Chris was driving... and Carrie's back was turned. Hence, in that version

..in 1978 or 2013? If the former, I completely missed (the significance of) that.

I should read the book, I know. And I will, when I can. And re-watch all versions and reappraise it all.

shadokitty

Congrats on the win Golden Doujinshi.

Surfinhank

Alright, I've been following these posts and now I'm going to have to chime in because I'm completely perplexed by how you came to these conclusions about Sue not being sincere. The scene Dimension X is referring to is in the 1978 version....it's a six and a half minute scene.... in slow motion(!)

I'm curious to know under what conditions you watched this movie? Was it maybe on a tiny cell phone screen? Was it all in one viewing?

mightysparks

No-one particularly interesting; John Carpenter, Sam Raimi and Stuart Gordon

Trevor

I love it when people use spoilers but darn if that last page isn't hard to follow. I'll need a good nights sleep before I can dive into that mess. So November sometime....

shadokitty

I started out before breakfast this morning with one of the classic Universal pictures. I put in Son of Dracula. I think it might be the first one where he was known as Alucard.

indiephantom

Yesterday's slashers, giallos, and serial killers theme brought me the most consistently enjoyable day of the challenge so far. Also achieved my little goal of more than 31 films and 4 films in a day is my record so far. Best of the day was the sleazy Nothing Underneath with the more ambitious Amsterdamned in hot pursuit.

Thanks to theme nights I get the most variety out of the challenge. Still some great days ahead!

Undeadcow

Redbox has a free rental code for today only - OCT20. [might be online reservation only]

Afflicted, Possession of Michael King, and Wer are all reasonable films... recommended in that order.