The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
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Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
Goal 31
1) Firestarter (1984) 10/01 HBO MAX
2) The Brood (1979) 10/02 HBO MAX
3) Hereditary (2018) 10/02 HBO MAX
4) The Revenant (2009) 10/5 DVD
5) Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993) 10/06 VHS
6) Deliver Us From Evil (2014) 10/07 Digital
7) 10/31 (2017) 10/09 Sling
8) Dracula Untold (2014) 10/11 Digital
9) Bring Her Back (2025) 10/15 HBO MAX
10) Hobo With A Shotgun (2011) 10/18 DVD
11) The Green Inferno (2013) 10/18 DVD
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXVI (2025) 10/19 TV
Bob's Burgers: The Twinnening (2025) 10/19 TV
12) The Dead (2010) 10/19 DVD
13) Club Dread : Unrated (2004) 10/25 DVD
14) All the Kind Strangers (1974) 10/25 DVD
15) Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) 10/27 DVD
16) Black Sheep (2006) 10/30 DVD
1) Firestarter (1984) 10/01 HBO MAX
2) The Brood (1979) 10/02 HBO MAX
3) Hereditary (2018) 10/02 HBO MAX
4) The Revenant (2009) 10/5 DVD
5) Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993) 10/06 VHS
6) Deliver Us From Evil (2014) 10/07 Digital
7) 10/31 (2017) 10/09 Sling
8) Dracula Untold (2014) 10/11 Digital
9) Bring Her Back (2025) 10/15 HBO MAX
10) Hobo With A Shotgun (2011) 10/18 DVD
11) The Green Inferno (2013) 10/18 DVD
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXVI (2025) 10/19 TV
Bob's Burgers: The Twinnening (2025) 10/19 TV
12) The Dead (2010) 10/19 DVD
13) Club Dread : Unrated (2004) 10/25 DVD
14) All the Kind Strangers (1974) 10/25 DVD
15) Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) 10/27 DVD
16) Black Sheep (2006) 10/30 DVD
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Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
First Time Viewing
Repeat Viewing
01) Him (2025) D: Justin Tipping - I enjoyed the style of the movie and its lurid, violent images, but will admit I didn’t get much of the story. Frankly, as it was a ninety minute movie, it felt like there was a lot of missing stuff that should have been included. 09/30
02) Transylvania 6-500 (1985) D: Rudy De Luca - Impressive cast with nearly a dozen stars, but painfully unfunny. I was surprised the movie ignored a couple of obvious gay jokes, choosing instead to go for even lower hanging fruit. 10/01
03) Too Scared To Scream(1985) D: Tony Lo Bianco - One of those late 70s-early 80s movies that straddles the line between being classy and sleazy. Early role for Ian McShane. The ending is a complete rip-off of PSYCHO. I feel like the film's alternate title, THE DOORMAN, is kind of a spoiler. 10/02
04) The Quiet Earth(1985) D: Geoff Murphy - A LAST MAN ON EARTH story, which echoes scenes from movies like THE OMEGA MAN and DAWN OF THE DEAD. A little on the quirky side, but never quite won me over. 10/02
05) Jason And The Argonauts (1963) D: Don Chaffey - Even when the puppets look kind of crummy (the harpies for example), the stop-motion animation is magical. The skeleton fight remains one of the most thrilling sequences I've ever seen. 10/03
06) Future-Kill (1985) D: Ronald W. Moore - After being tantalized by the poster for years, I finally saw this. Wow. The acting and directing is so terrible, the movie feels like it was shot on VHS for a high school project. Can't imagine I'll see a worse movie than this. 10/03
07) Phantasm (1979) D: Don Coscarelli - Perfectly captures the unease surrounding funerals in the late 70s. One of best horror movie music scores. 10/03
08) Sinister (2012) D: Scott Derrickson - The best of all the Blumhouse supernatural movies. Doesn't over-explain, just leads you to a perfectly satisfying and horrifying ending. 10/04
09) The Bride (1985) D: Franc Roddam - Saw this at the drive-in forty years ago. Re-watching it now, I feel like Sting barely makes a presence in the movie, but this is one of the best adaptations of the Frankenstein monster's story. Impressive. 10/05
10) Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985) D: Danny Steinmann - Watched the TV-edit for fun, curious to see how they edited the over-the-top trashy sequences. Surprised both by what was cut and what was left in. Anyway, this version is unwatchable, especially with commercial breaks almost equal to the length of the film. 10/05
11) Return To Oz (1985) D: Walter Murch - The clay-mation effects are outstanding. All the designs are weird and creepy. I kept thinking about comparisons between this and TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN, especially in consideration of the critical reaction in 1985. 10/06
12) Urban Legend(1998) D: Jamie Blanks - I sorta tuned out of horror in the late 90s/2000s, but I thought this was watchable, and the cast was stacked with lots of familiar faces, including my 10 year old crush Danielle Harris (I was devastated when learned she was 11 and would likely have no interest in a little kid like me). 10/07
13) Thirteen Ghosts (2001) D: Steve Beck 10/08
14) Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977) D: John Boorman - Disappointing, as I was expecting a more bizarro movie. Clearly a huge step-down from the original, but parts are very effective. I don't think its a bad movie at all. 10/09
15) The Shining (1980) D: Stanley Kubrick - For me, a perfect movie. 10/10
16) Sugar Hill(1974) D: Paul Maslansky - The alien/bug eyes on the zombies give them a surreal, creepy look. 10/11
17) The Thing (1982) D: John Carpenter - Damn, watching this movie makes me feel so cold. 10/11
18) The Fog (1980) D: John Carpenter - The atmosphere of this movie is unbeatable. It evokes from me the same feeling as listening to creepy radio plays late at night. 10/12
19) Village Of The Damned(1995) D: John Carpenter - Never saw this before, for good reason. Even the music was pathetic, a reaction I've never had to a Carpenter film before. 10/13
20) Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) D: Wes Craven 14th
21) Zombie Strippers(2008) D: Jay Lee 14th
22) Die! Die! My Darling(1965) D: Silvio Narizzano 15th
23) Vampire In Brooklyn(1995) D: Wes Craven 15th
24) The Coffee Table (2022) D: Caye Casas 17th
25) Creepshow (1982) D: George A. Romero 18th
26) The First Power (1990) D: Robert Resnikoff 19th
27) The Thirteenth Chair (1929) D: Tod Browning 20th
28) Hellraiser (1987) D: Clive Barker 20th
29) Body Snatchers (1994) D: Abel Ferrara 21st
30) Halloween 4 The Return Of Michael Myers (1988) D: Dwight H. Little 21st
31) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) D: Francis Ford Coppola 22nd
32) From Hell (2001) D: The Hughes Brothers 23rd
33) Abbot And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) D: Charles Barton 24th
34) The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) D: Jonathan Demme 25th
36) Halloween II (1981) D: Rick Rosenthal 26th
37) The Descent (2005) Neil Marshall 27th
38) A Quiet Place (2018) D: John Krasinski 28th
39) The Hand (1981) D: Oliver Stone 29th
40) Brightburn (2019) D: David Yarovesky 29th
41) Host (2020) D: Rob Savage 30th
42) Blood Quantum (2019) D: Jeff Barnaby 30th
43) Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) D: Tommy Lee Wallace 30th
44) Trick ‘R Treat (2007) D: Michael Dougherty 31st
45) I Walked With A Zombie (1943) D: Jacques Tourneur 31st
Also watched various episodes of The Twilight Zone, Welcome To Derry, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors
BEST NEW WATCHES: The Quiet Earth, The Coffee Table
WORST NEW WATCHES: Future-Kill, Vampire In Brooklyn, The Thirteenth Chair
Repeat Viewing
01) Him (2025) D: Justin Tipping - I enjoyed the style of the movie and its lurid, violent images, but will admit I didn’t get much of the story. Frankly, as it was a ninety minute movie, it felt like there was a lot of missing stuff that should have been included. 09/30
02) Transylvania 6-500 (1985) D: Rudy De Luca - Impressive cast with nearly a dozen stars, but painfully unfunny. I was surprised the movie ignored a couple of obvious gay jokes, choosing instead to go for even lower hanging fruit. 10/01
03) Too Scared To Scream(1985) D: Tony Lo Bianco - One of those late 70s-early 80s movies that straddles the line between being classy and sleazy. Early role for Ian McShane. The ending is a complete rip-off of PSYCHO. I feel like the film's alternate title, THE DOORMAN, is kind of a spoiler. 10/02
04) The Quiet Earth(1985) D: Geoff Murphy - A LAST MAN ON EARTH story, which echoes scenes from movies like THE OMEGA MAN and DAWN OF THE DEAD. A little on the quirky side, but never quite won me over. 10/02
05) Jason And The Argonauts (1963) D: Don Chaffey - Even when the puppets look kind of crummy (the harpies for example), the stop-motion animation is magical. The skeleton fight remains one of the most thrilling sequences I've ever seen. 10/03
06) Future-Kill (1985) D: Ronald W. Moore - After being tantalized by the poster for years, I finally saw this. Wow. The acting and directing is so terrible, the movie feels like it was shot on VHS for a high school project. Can't imagine I'll see a worse movie than this. 10/03
07) Phantasm (1979) D: Don Coscarelli - Perfectly captures the unease surrounding funerals in the late 70s. One of best horror movie music scores. 10/03
08) Sinister (2012) D: Scott Derrickson - The best of all the Blumhouse supernatural movies. Doesn't over-explain, just leads you to a perfectly satisfying and horrifying ending. 10/04
09) The Bride (1985) D: Franc Roddam - Saw this at the drive-in forty years ago. Re-watching it now, I feel like Sting barely makes a presence in the movie, but this is one of the best adaptations of the Frankenstein monster's story. Impressive. 10/05
10) Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985) D: Danny Steinmann - Watched the TV-edit for fun, curious to see how they edited the over-the-top trashy sequences. Surprised both by what was cut and what was left in. Anyway, this version is unwatchable, especially with commercial breaks almost equal to the length of the film. 10/05
11) Return To Oz (1985) D: Walter Murch - The clay-mation effects are outstanding. All the designs are weird and creepy. I kept thinking about comparisons between this and TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN, especially in consideration of the critical reaction in 1985. 10/06
12) Urban Legend(1998) D: Jamie Blanks - I sorta tuned out of horror in the late 90s/2000s, but I thought this was watchable, and the cast was stacked with lots of familiar faces, including my 10 year old crush Danielle Harris (I was devastated when learned she was 11 and would likely have no interest in a little kid like me). 10/07
13) Thirteen Ghosts (2001) D: Steve Beck 10/08
14) Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977) D: John Boorman - Disappointing, as I was expecting a more bizarro movie. Clearly a huge step-down from the original, but parts are very effective. I don't think its a bad movie at all. 10/09
15) The Shining (1980) D: Stanley Kubrick - For me, a perfect movie. 10/10
16) Sugar Hill(1974) D: Paul Maslansky - The alien/bug eyes on the zombies give them a surreal, creepy look. 10/11
17) The Thing (1982) D: John Carpenter - Damn, watching this movie makes me feel so cold. 10/11
18) The Fog (1980) D: John Carpenter - The atmosphere of this movie is unbeatable. It evokes from me the same feeling as listening to creepy radio plays late at night. 10/12
19) Village Of The Damned(1995) D: John Carpenter - Never saw this before, for good reason. Even the music was pathetic, a reaction I've never had to a Carpenter film before. 10/13
20) Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) D: Wes Craven 14th
21) Zombie Strippers(2008) D: Jay Lee 14th
22) Die! Die! My Darling(1965) D: Silvio Narizzano 15th
23) Vampire In Brooklyn(1995) D: Wes Craven 15th
24) The Coffee Table (2022) D: Caye Casas 17th
25) Creepshow (1982) D: George A. Romero 18th
26) The First Power (1990) D: Robert Resnikoff 19th
27) The Thirteenth Chair (1929) D: Tod Browning 20th
28) Hellraiser (1987) D: Clive Barker 20th
29) Body Snatchers (1994) D: Abel Ferrara 21st
30) Halloween 4 The Return Of Michael Myers (1988) D: Dwight H. Little 21st
31) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) D: Francis Ford Coppola 22nd
32) From Hell (2001) D: The Hughes Brothers 23rd
33) Abbot And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) D: Charles Barton 24th
34) The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) D: Jonathan Demme 25th
36) Halloween II (1981) D: Rick Rosenthal 26th
37) The Descent (2005) Neil Marshall 27th
38) A Quiet Place (2018) D: John Krasinski 28th
39) The Hand (1981) D: Oliver Stone 29th
40) Brightburn (2019) D: David Yarovesky 29th
41) Host (2020) D: Rob Savage 30th
42) Blood Quantum (2019) D: Jeff Barnaby 30th
43) Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) D: Tommy Lee Wallace 30th
44) Trick ‘R Treat (2007) D: Michael Dougherty 31st
45) I Walked With A Zombie (1943) D: Jacques Tourneur 31st
Also watched various episodes of The Twilight Zone, Welcome To Derry, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors
BEST NEW WATCHES: The Quiet Earth, The Coffee Table
WORST NEW WATCHES: Future-Kill, Vampire In Brooklyn, The Thirteenth Chair
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Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***

Oct. 2
1. Late Night With the Devil (2023) *
Oct. 5
2. The Tooth Fairy (2006) *
Oct. 7
3. Longlegs (2024) *
Oct. 8
4. When Evil Lurks (2023) *
Oct. 9
5. Storm of the Century, Part 1 (1999) *
6. Storm of the Century, Part 2 (1999) *
Oct. 12
7. Storm of the Century, Part 3 (1999) *
Oct. 14
8. The Substance (2024) *
9. Bring Her Back (2025) *
10. Pearl (2022) *
Oct. 15
11. House on Haunted Hill (1959) *
Oct. 18
12. The Nun II (2023) *
13. The Howling (1981) *
Oct. 19
14. Escape Room (2018) *
Oct. 20
15. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) *
* First time viewing
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Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
Brainee's 2025 DVDTalk Horror Movie Challenge List
Previous challenge totals:
2008: 100
2010: 100
2011: 53
2013: 54
2014: 36
2015: 56
2016: 106
2017: 101.25
2018: 70
2019: 121
2020: 71
2021: 110
2022: 56
2023: 60
2024: 64
Goal: 31
Total: 55
First Time Views: 43
☼ = first time viewing
Movies rated out of 5 stars (*****) based solely on my personal enjoyment.
My Viewing List:
October 2nd
1. ☼ Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025): It's a little surprising this got such glowing reviews. Maybe having the series go away for a while helped, since this is pretty much the same formula. But it's a fun formula! I'll have to check with my medical friends ... can an MRI machine really do that?
***1/2
October 3rd
2. ☼ V/H/S/Halloween (2025): I've seen all the V/H/S movies so I knew what I was getting into: a mixed bag (of candy) of low budget found footage. The worst segments can be awful but the anthology format makes it move pretty quickly. That said, this one seemed even more edgelord than usual at spots. **1/2
3. ☼ Together (2025): After the last movie, I was really hoping this wouldn't be a disgusting depressing body horror like I feared. And ... it wasn't! Sure there are couple of icky parts, but this has a different vibe than other recent "body melding" movies like The Substance and The Color Out of Space. The metaphors are obvious and in a weird way it's kind of optimistic. ****
4. ☼ The Invisible Raptor (2023): This was fun and silly, and I enjoyed how there would be call-backs to other jokes (like all the Spielberg references and MC Hammer). My biggest criticism is this needed to be streamlined by 20-30 minutes (2 hours was far too long for the content). ***
October 4th
5. Perfect Blue (1997): It's been at least 25 years since I've seen this. While I remember the general style and broad story points I forgot all of the specific twists and turns (of which there are many). Satoshi Kon was great. ****1/2
6. ☼ Hide and Go Shriek (1988): With a couple of exceptions, late 80's through mid 90s were a bad period for slashers. This wasn't one of the exceptions. Very cheap and derivative and clearly neutered by the MPAA (as much of the horror of this era was). **
7. ☼ The Surrender (2025): Brings to mind A Dark Song in that it really gets into the nuts and bolts of an elaborate spell. Colby Minifie really shows her acting chops. ***1/2
8. ☼ The Cat (1992): Goofy fun. The highlight was the extended showdown between "General" cat and Lao Pu the dog. What happened to the guy in the apartment from the very beginning? Did he just "peace out" when shit started getting weird? If so, that makes him one of the smartest characters in a horror movie. ***
October 5th
9. ☼ Clown in a Cornfield (2025): I didn't read the book or watch the trailer, so this was able to take me by surprise. Plays it straighter than Tucker and Dale vs Evil although there are still funny parts. While I don't know if it made sense, the "reveal" of the killer wasn't something I saw coming. The scariest part: a girl complains to her dad about playing 80s music, saying it's as old to her as music from the 40s was to someone in the 80s. He says "That can't be right" and she challenges "Do the math!". He thinks for a moment and then just goes "Damn"
***1/2
October 6th
10. ☼ Dangerous Animals (2025): I've seen plenty of killer shark movies and serial killer movies. But this is the first that crosses the two! ***1/2
11. The Beast Within (1982): Early 80s may be my favorite period for horror (certainly helped since that's when I started really getting into them). This may not be a good movie, but it's certainly a memorable one (especially once the big transformation scene happens). **1/2
October 9th
12. The Keep (1983): Somehow manages to move too fast and too slow at the same time. It does feel unfair to bash this movie considering how badly the studio butchered the edit. I'm willing to give Micheal Mann the benefit of the doubt that he had something much better originally, especially since there are a number of striking visuals and an effective score (the two work well together to create a dream-like atmosphere) and really good source material. This is something I wouldn't mind seeing someone take another stab at. There's enough meat in the novel for mini-series/short season. Or bring Repairman Jack to life. **1/2
13. ☼ Venicephrenia (2021): Another fun movie by Alex de la Inglesia. Although I think it peaked at the opening credits (an awesome animated giallo-inspired masterpiece). Apparently you can get away with murder in broad daylight in Venice by just shouting "Street theater!" and doing a little twirl after the killing. I saw that the killer jester actor got his big break as Rachel's boyfriend Paolo in Friends back in the 90s. He seemed harmless enough, but Ross must have known what he was capable of. ***1/2
October 10th
14. ☼ Bring Her Back (2025): Strong follow-up to Talk to Me. Sally Hawkins is great as usual (although playing the villain is something I hadn't seen from her). The child actors are really good as well, especially the blind girl (considering she had never acted in anything bigger than a school play before). ****
15. ☼ Werewolves (2024): I thought the concept was cool - a world-wide werewolf apocalypse. But the movie isn't very good, seeming very amateurish. Take a shot every time Frank Grillo's character makes a dog joke and you make not make it to the end! Speaking of Grillo ... damn, he can be that ripped pushing 60, maybe there's hope for me. **
October 11th
16. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987): Gorgeous to look at and listen to, this still holds up very well. Some of the effects looked goofy even in the 80s, but it just adds to charm of the movie. ****1/2
17. A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990): I think I liked this a little better than the first. Less romance, but more zany balls out action horror comedy. The final fight reminded me of a final boss in a JRPG ... just when you think you have it beat, it transforms to another form! ****1/2
18. Prophecy (1979): I haven't seen this in ages. It's actually pretty solid, although the giant mutant bear looks more silly than scary to me. Word is that this had to be forced to a PG rating against the director's wishes ... and I can see that. ***
October 16th
19. ☼ House by the River (1950): Kind of a cross between film noir and Southern Gothic. I'm surprised I've never seen this despite being a fan of both of those, and the director Fritz Lang. A simple story but really good and intense. Man, Stephen was such a loathsome character. If anything, I wanted to see him suffer even more by the end. ****
20. Interview with the Vampire (1994): This was discussed on a recent "What Went Wrong" podcast and that had me itching for a rewatch (I don't think I've seen this since the 90s). I didn't like it as much as the podcasters, but it is a gorgeously made movie. Louis is such a wet blanket of a lead, the movie has you wishing he'd take off and leave the movie to more interesting characters like Lestat, Claudia, or Armand. ***1/2
October 17th
21. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019): S1 E15-18
22. ☼ Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975): Very languid and dream-like. Probably too much so for my state at the time. At one point I dozed off while the "love theme" was playing and woke back up to the same theme. Thought I drifted off for a few seconds but nope ... 20 minutes had passed. And when I rewound to see what I missed, it turned out I didn't really miss anything
**1/2
23. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972): Solid giallo with good atmosphere, good music, and a cool looking killer. The effectiveness of the movie trying to throw red herrings out as to which woman was the killer was undermined by the fact that all the women kind of looked the same. ***
24. ☼ Until Dawn (2025): Without looking it up, I wonder if this movie began development having nothing to do the game (and it just got shoe-horned together at the last minute). Because aside from the title and calling monsters "wendigos" (even though they were completely different from the game), there wasn't much similarity (and there were a couple of Easter eggs that game players would notice). This wasn't bad, although the concept didn't seem well developed. ***
October 18th
25. ☼ What You Wish For (2023): I went in blind, which is the best way to watch this movie. Although knowing it's a horror movie, horror fans will probably be able to guess the "twist". Nick Stahl really has the "tortured" look working for him in this. ****
26. ☼ Handling the Undead (2024): There's slow burn, and there's "GET ON WITH IT AND DO SOMETHING!!!" This is the latter
I should've known something was up when there was an opening shot that took forever just to pan across rooftops. Just slow for the sake of being slow. I remember liking the novel too (by the author of Let the Right One In, who co-wrote this screenplay), and I could've sworn stuff actually happened. There were really effective moments, to be sure, especially in the second half. Just too much "nothing" in the rest of the movie. **
October 19th
27. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019): S1 E19-22.
28. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932): I love pre-code Hollywood. Such a short period, but so striking (where it would take Hollywood 30 years to get back to this level of adult content). Needless to say to racism hasn't aged well, including Karloff and Loy's "yellowface" makeup. But the sets and lighting are fantastic, and this just zips along at 68 minutes. I'm not sure about Fu Manchu's plan (of how the mask and sword of Ghengis Khan would help him conquer the world) but he's into it. And I love his lair with entire rooms dedicated to elaborate torture devices. I wonder how many more he had that we didn't see in this movie. Too bad there wasn't another Karloff Fu Manchu movie so we never found it. ****
October 20th
29. ☼ The Damned (2024): Almost watched the wrong The Damned. Seems there was another one released in 2024, also with an 89 minute running time, also set in the mid 1800s. Thankfully caught my mistake early
Draugr in an icy setting ... I couldn't get the thought "These people need Kratos" out of my head. But seriously, while I've seen a bunch of grim "is it ghosts or is it in their head" horror movies the setting (late 19th century Arctic fishing expedition) made it stand out. ***1/2
30. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019): S1 E23-26.
October 21st
31. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E1-2.
October 22nd
32. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E3; ☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E1-2.
October 23rd
33. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E4; ☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E3-4.
October 24th
34. ☼ Cloud (2024): A new movie by Kiyoshi Kurasawa, one of the leaders in the J-Horror explosion in the 90s! Not much of a horror and I struggle with movies with unlikable protagonists. I do like the idea of a drama/thriller centered around the shady world of online resellers. ***
35. ☼ Dead Mail (2024): This did a great job with a minimal budget. Who knew the synthesizer business in the 80s was so dangerous? ***1/2
36. ☼ The Balconettes (2024): Why is "Body Swap Comedy" the first listed genre on IMDb? That has nothing to do with this, which is a very good black comedy that has some things of substance to say from the woman's perspective. ****
October 25th
37. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021): S2 E1-4.
38. ☼ Good Boy (2025): Not what I was expecting at all, which was something lighter and more fun. Indy the dog deserves Academy recognition and does seem to be, by all accounts, a very good boy. ***
39. ☼ Strange Harvest (2024): Another movie that makes the most of its small budget. I've seen other horror movies in the format of a true crime documentary, and this is one of the better ones. I like the subtle veering into cosmic horror. Especially with the leech imagery this had me thinking of the stories of Laird Barron (who also mixed crime with cosmic horror). ***1/2
40. ☼ Get Away (2024): Sometimes a twist makes the movie, and sometimes it derails it. I think this was more a case of the latter. **1/2
41. ☼ The Devil's Bath (2024):Another thought-provoking low-key disturbing movie from the directors of Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge. More a grim period piece drama than horror movie, though more disturbing than most horror in that there were hundreds of documented cases like the one in this movie. ****
October 26th
42. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E5;☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E5-6.
October 27th
43. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021): S2 E5-7; ☼ The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979).
October 29th
44. ☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E7-8; ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E6.
45. The Raven (1935): The Black Cat is my favorite Karloff/Lugosi movie, but this is one of the better ones. Karloff plays a criminal who tries to strong arm a doctor (Lugosi) into surgery so he won't look ugly anymore. It must have been so insulting for Karloff to see the script and ask what make-up would be done for his pre-surgery appearance ... only to have the producers tell him "No make-up ... you're good for this as is"
I guess a consolation was he not only got top billing over Lugosi, the font for his name was much bigger in the credits (despite Lugosi having the bigger role). I heard those types of things really pissed Lugosi off. ***1/2
October 30th
46. ☼ Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023): I wasn't familiar with the Onyx character, but his shtick got old really fast. It was nice to see Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton together again (though sadly not in the same scenes). Combs in particular had a great scenery chewing role. **1/2
47. ☼ Night Must Fall (1964): A little too reserved for my tastes. I was expecting something with more bite than the classic original considering it's the 60s vs post-code 30s (show what's in the hatbox you cowards!
). Still, Albert Finney is fun to watch. ***
48. ☼ You'll Find Out (1940): Despite being a fan of classic horror, I had never seen this only movie to have Karloff, Lugosi, and Peter Lorre! Probably because they were all second fiddle to Kay Kyser, a big radio star of the time. But at least the horror icons had good supporting roles. I don't mind musicals and Kay Kyser isn't bad ... I can see why he was a big star for his time. Although his band is unfortunately named (Kay Kyser's Kollege
). ***1/2
Halloween!
49. ☼ Felidae (1994): I had never seen (or even heard of) this before. You don't have to be a film studio genius to predict an animated movie that's a sci-fi slasher detective movie with all cats would bomb at the box office ... but I'm glad the movie got made. I don't think it was supposed to be funny, but the sudden cat sex scene in the middle made me
. And just like real cats they both walk away at the end like "Yeah, whatever". ****
50. Chamber of Horrors (1966): Good thing we had the FEAR FLICKER and the HORROR HORN to warn us before scenes where ... the camera cuts away and we don't see a damned thing.
**1/2
51. ☼ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936): Low-budget British horror ham Todd Slaughter as Sweeney Todd ... perfect casting! Too bad the surviving print is so bad (the audio in particular makes it a struggle). Interesting to see the story differences from the musical version that I'm familiar with (like how Todd is after Joanna romantically instead of being her father, and having an extended action sequence in Africa). ***
52. ☼ It Feeds (2025): Nothing really new here, but well done. Creepy monster and I'm glad it wasn't as hopeless as the similar Smile movies. ***1/2
53. ☼ Never Let Go (2024): Didn't like this as much as I was hoping. The central idea was interesting (a mother and 2 sons isolated in a house in the woods after some demonic apocalyptic event, and they have to stay connected to the house at all by ropes) and the acting was good. It just ping-ponged between "Is it supernatural?" and "Is it all in their heads?" so many times that I got bored with it. And the ending
54. ☼ Amsterdamned (1988): Cheesy and overlong, with an anticlimactic ending. But still enjoyable. As silly as it was, I loved the speed boat chase. And Amsterdam in the 80s is a cool setting. ***
55. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948): My favorite of the A&C movies. I like that, unlike A&C Meet the Mummy, the monsters are taken seriously and given dignity. Hard to believe this is only the second (and last) time Lugosi plays Dracula. He looks good here, especially considering how badly he falls apart just a few years later. And I love the Invisible Man's cameo!
****
Previous challenge totals:
2008: 100
2010: 100
2011: 53
2013: 54
2014: 36
2015: 56
2016: 106
2017: 101.25
2018: 70
2019: 121
2020: 71
2021: 110
2022: 56
2023: 60
2024: 64
Goal: 31
Total: 55
First Time Views: 43
☼ = first time viewing
Movies rated out of 5 stars (*****) based solely on my personal enjoyment.
My Viewing List:
October 2nd
1. ☼ Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025): It's a little surprising this got such glowing reviews. Maybe having the series go away for a while helped, since this is pretty much the same formula. But it's a fun formula! I'll have to check with my medical friends ... can an MRI machine really do that?
***1/2October 3rd
2. ☼ V/H/S/Halloween (2025): I've seen all the V/H/S movies so I knew what I was getting into: a mixed bag (of candy) of low budget found footage. The worst segments can be awful but the anthology format makes it move pretty quickly. That said, this one seemed even more edgelord than usual at spots. **1/2
3. ☼ Together (2025): After the last movie, I was really hoping this wouldn't be a disgusting depressing body horror like I feared. And ... it wasn't! Sure there are couple of icky parts, but this has a different vibe than other recent "body melding" movies like The Substance and The Color Out of Space. The metaphors are obvious and in a weird way it's kind of optimistic. ****
4. ☼ The Invisible Raptor (2023): This was fun and silly, and I enjoyed how there would be call-backs to other jokes (like all the Spielberg references and MC Hammer). My biggest criticism is this needed to be streamlined by 20-30 minutes (2 hours was far too long for the content). ***
October 4th
5. Perfect Blue (1997): It's been at least 25 years since I've seen this. While I remember the general style and broad story points I forgot all of the specific twists and turns (of which there are many). Satoshi Kon was great. ****1/2
6. ☼ Hide and Go Shriek (1988): With a couple of exceptions, late 80's through mid 90s were a bad period for slashers. This wasn't one of the exceptions. Very cheap and derivative and clearly neutered by the MPAA (as much of the horror of this era was). **
7. ☼ The Surrender (2025): Brings to mind A Dark Song in that it really gets into the nuts and bolts of an elaborate spell. Colby Minifie really shows her acting chops. ***1/2
8. ☼ The Cat (1992): Goofy fun. The highlight was the extended showdown between "General" cat and Lao Pu the dog. What happened to the guy in the apartment from the very beginning? Did he just "peace out" when shit started getting weird? If so, that makes him one of the smartest characters in a horror movie. ***
October 5th
9. ☼ Clown in a Cornfield (2025): I didn't read the book or watch the trailer, so this was able to take me by surprise. Plays it straighter than Tucker and Dale vs Evil although there are still funny parts. While I don't know if it made sense, the "reveal" of the killer wasn't something I saw coming. The scariest part: a girl complains to her dad about playing 80s music, saying it's as old to her as music from the 40s was to someone in the 80s. He says "That can't be right" and she challenges "Do the math!". He thinks for a moment and then just goes "Damn"
***1/2October 6th
10. ☼ Dangerous Animals (2025): I've seen plenty of killer shark movies and serial killer movies. But this is the first that crosses the two! ***1/2
11. The Beast Within (1982): Early 80s may be my favorite period for horror (certainly helped since that's when I started really getting into them). This may not be a good movie, but it's certainly a memorable one (especially once the big transformation scene happens). **1/2
October 9th
12. The Keep (1983): Somehow manages to move too fast and too slow at the same time. It does feel unfair to bash this movie considering how badly the studio butchered the edit. I'm willing to give Micheal Mann the benefit of the doubt that he had something much better originally, especially since there are a number of striking visuals and an effective score (the two work well together to create a dream-like atmosphere) and really good source material. This is something I wouldn't mind seeing someone take another stab at. There's enough meat in the novel for mini-series/short season. Or bring Repairman Jack to life. **1/2
13. ☼ Venicephrenia (2021): Another fun movie by Alex de la Inglesia. Although I think it peaked at the opening credits (an awesome animated giallo-inspired masterpiece). Apparently you can get away with murder in broad daylight in Venice by just shouting "Street theater!" and doing a little twirl after the killing. I saw that the killer jester actor got his big break as Rachel's boyfriend Paolo in Friends back in the 90s. He seemed harmless enough, but Ross must have known what he was capable of. ***1/2
October 10th
14. ☼ Bring Her Back (2025): Strong follow-up to Talk to Me. Sally Hawkins is great as usual (although playing the villain is something I hadn't seen from her). The child actors are really good as well, especially the blind girl (considering she had never acted in anything bigger than a school play before). ****
15. ☼ Werewolves (2024): I thought the concept was cool - a world-wide werewolf apocalypse. But the movie isn't very good, seeming very amateurish. Take a shot every time Frank Grillo's character makes a dog joke and you make not make it to the end! Speaking of Grillo ... damn, he can be that ripped pushing 60, maybe there's hope for me. **
October 11th
16. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987): Gorgeous to look at and listen to, this still holds up very well. Some of the effects looked goofy even in the 80s, but it just adds to charm of the movie. ****1/2
17. A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990): I think I liked this a little better than the first. Less romance, but more zany balls out action horror comedy. The final fight reminded me of a final boss in a JRPG ... just when you think you have it beat, it transforms to another form! ****1/2
18. Prophecy (1979): I haven't seen this in ages. It's actually pretty solid, although the giant mutant bear looks more silly than scary to me. Word is that this had to be forced to a PG rating against the director's wishes ... and I can see that. ***
October 16th
19. ☼ House by the River (1950): Kind of a cross between film noir and Southern Gothic. I'm surprised I've never seen this despite being a fan of both of those, and the director Fritz Lang. A simple story but really good and intense. Man, Stephen was such a loathsome character. If anything, I wanted to see him suffer even more by the end. ****
20. Interview with the Vampire (1994): This was discussed on a recent "What Went Wrong" podcast and that had me itching for a rewatch (I don't think I've seen this since the 90s). I didn't like it as much as the podcasters, but it is a gorgeously made movie. Louis is such a wet blanket of a lead, the movie has you wishing he'd take off and leave the movie to more interesting characters like Lestat, Claudia, or Armand. ***1/2
October 17th
21. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019): S1 E15-18
22. ☼ Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975): Very languid and dream-like. Probably too much so for my state at the time. At one point I dozed off while the "love theme" was playing and woke back up to the same theme. Thought I drifted off for a few seconds but nope ... 20 minutes had passed. And when I rewound to see what I missed, it turned out I didn't really miss anything
**1/223. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972): Solid giallo with good atmosphere, good music, and a cool looking killer. The effectiveness of the movie trying to throw red herrings out as to which woman was the killer was undermined by the fact that all the women kind of looked the same. ***
24. ☼ Until Dawn (2025): Without looking it up, I wonder if this movie began development having nothing to do the game (and it just got shoe-horned together at the last minute). Because aside from the title and calling monsters "wendigos" (even though they were completely different from the game), there wasn't much similarity (and there were a couple of Easter eggs that game players would notice). This wasn't bad, although the concept didn't seem well developed. ***
October 18th
25. ☼ What You Wish For (2023): I went in blind, which is the best way to watch this movie. Although knowing it's a horror movie, horror fans will probably be able to guess the "twist". Nick Stahl really has the "tortured" look working for him in this. ****
26. ☼ Handling the Undead (2024): There's slow burn, and there's "GET ON WITH IT AND DO SOMETHING!!!" This is the latter
I should've known something was up when there was an opening shot that took forever just to pan across rooftops. Just slow for the sake of being slow. I remember liking the novel too (by the author of Let the Right One In, who co-wrote this screenplay), and I could've sworn stuff actually happened. There were really effective moments, to be sure, especially in the second half. Just too much "nothing" in the rest of the movie. **October 19th
27. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019): S1 E19-22.
28. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932): I love pre-code Hollywood. Such a short period, but so striking (where it would take Hollywood 30 years to get back to this level of adult content). Needless to say to racism hasn't aged well, including Karloff and Loy's "yellowface" makeup. But the sets and lighting are fantastic, and this just zips along at 68 minutes. I'm not sure about Fu Manchu's plan (of how the mask and sword of Ghengis Khan would help him conquer the world) but he's into it. And I love his lair with entire rooms dedicated to elaborate torture devices. I wonder how many more he had that we didn't see in this movie. Too bad there wasn't another Karloff Fu Manchu movie so we never found it. ****
October 20th
29. ☼ The Damned (2024): Almost watched the wrong The Damned. Seems there was another one released in 2024, also with an 89 minute running time, also set in the mid 1800s. Thankfully caught my mistake early
Draugr in an icy setting ... I couldn't get the thought "These people need Kratos" out of my head. But seriously, while I've seen a bunch of grim "is it ghosts or is it in their head" horror movies the setting (late 19th century Arctic fishing expedition) made it stand out. ***1/230. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019): S1 E23-26.
October 21st
31. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E1-2.
October 22nd
32. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E3; ☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E1-2.
October 23rd
33. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E4; ☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E3-4.
October 24th
34. ☼ Cloud (2024): A new movie by Kiyoshi Kurasawa, one of the leaders in the J-Horror explosion in the 90s! Not much of a horror and I struggle with movies with unlikable protagonists. I do like the idea of a drama/thriller centered around the shady world of online resellers. ***
35. ☼ Dead Mail (2024): This did a great job with a minimal budget. Who knew the synthesizer business in the 80s was so dangerous? ***1/2
36. ☼ The Balconettes (2024): Why is "Body Swap Comedy" the first listed genre on IMDb? That has nothing to do with this, which is a very good black comedy that has some things of substance to say from the woman's perspective. ****
October 25th
37. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021): S2 E1-4.
38. ☼ Good Boy (2025): Not what I was expecting at all, which was something lighter and more fun. Indy the dog deserves Academy recognition and does seem to be, by all accounts, a very good boy. ***
39. ☼ Strange Harvest (2024): Another movie that makes the most of its small budget. I've seen other horror movies in the format of a true crime documentary, and this is one of the better ones. I like the subtle veering into cosmic horror. Especially with the leech imagery this had me thinking of the stories of Laird Barron (who also mixed crime with cosmic horror). ***1/2
40. ☼ Get Away (2024): Sometimes a twist makes the movie, and sometimes it derails it. I think this was more a case of the latter. **1/2
41. ☼ The Devil's Bath (2024):Another thought-provoking low-key disturbing movie from the directors of Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge. More a grim period piece drama than horror movie, though more disturbing than most horror in that there were hundreds of documented cases like the one in this movie. ****
October 26th
42. ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E5;☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E5-6.
October 27th
43. ☼ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021): S2 E5-7; ☼ The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979).
October 29th
44. ☼ Santa Clarita Diet (2017): S1 E7-8; ☼ Wednesday (2025): S2 E6.
45. The Raven (1935): The Black Cat is my favorite Karloff/Lugosi movie, but this is one of the better ones. Karloff plays a criminal who tries to strong arm a doctor (Lugosi) into surgery so he won't look ugly anymore. It must have been so insulting for Karloff to see the script and ask what make-up would be done for his pre-surgery appearance ... only to have the producers tell him "No make-up ... you're good for this as is"
I guess a consolation was he not only got top billing over Lugosi, the font for his name was much bigger in the credits (despite Lugosi having the bigger role). I heard those types of things really pissed Lugosi off. ***1/2October 30th
46. ☼ Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023): I wasn't familiar with the Onyx character, but his shtick got old really fast. It was nice to see Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton together again (though sadly not in the same scenes). Combs in particular had a great scenery chewing role. **1/2
47. ☼ Night Must Fall (1964): A little too reserved for my tastes. I was expecting something with more bite than the classic original considering it's the 60s vs post-code 30s (show what's in the hatbox you cowards!
). Still, Albert Finney is fun to watch. ***48. ☼ You'll Find Out (1940): Despite being a fan of classic horror, I had never seen this only movie to have Karloff, Lugosi, and Peter Lorre! Probably because they were all second fiddle to Kay Kyser, a big radio star of the time. But at least the horror icons had good supporting roles. I don't mind musicals and Kay Kyser isn't bad ... I can see why he was a big star for his time. Although his band is unfortunately named (Kay Kyser's Kollege
). ***1/2Halloween!
49. ☼ Felidae (1994): I had never seen (or even heard of) this before. You don't have to be a film studio genius to predict an animated movie that's a sci-fi slasher detective movie with all cats would bomb at the box office ... but I'm glad the movie got made. I don't think it was supposed to be funny, but the sudden cat sex scene in the middle made me
. And just like real cats they both walk away at the end like "Yeah, whatever". ****50. Chamber of Horrors (1966): Good thing we had the FEAR FLICKER and the HORROR HORN to warn us before scenes where ... the camera cuts away and we don't see a damned thing.
**1/251. ☼ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936): Low-budget British horror ham Todd Slaughter as Sweeney Todd ... perfect casting! Too bad the surviving print is so bad (the audio in particular makes it a struggle). Interesting to see the story differences from the musical version that I'm familiar with (like how Todd is after Joanna romantically instead of being her father, and having an extended action sequence in Africa). ***
52. ☼ It Feeds (2025): Nothing really new here, but well done. Creepy monster and I'm glad it wasn't as hopeless as the similar Smile movies. ***1/2
53. ☼ Never Let Go (2024): Didn't like this as much as I was hoping. The central idea was interesting (a mother and 2 sons isolated in a house in the woods after some demonic apocalyptic event, and they have to stay connected to the house at all by ropes) and the acting was good. It just ping-ponged between "Is it supernatural?" and "Is it all in their heads?" so many times that I got bored with it. And the ending
Spoiler:
54. ☼ Amsterdamned (1988): Cheesy and overlong, with an anticlimactic ending. But still enjoyable. As silly as it was, I loved the speed boat chase. And Amsterdam in the 80s is a cool setting. ***
55. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948): My favorite of the A&C movies. I like that, unlike A&C Meet the Mummy, the monsters are taken seriously and given dignity. Hard to believe this is only the second (and last) time Lugosi plays Dracula. He looks good here, especially considering how badly he falls apart just a few years later. And I love the Invisible Man's cameo!
****
Last edited by brainee; 11-04-25 at 12:11 PM.
#80
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
2007 List, 2008 List, 2009 List, 2010 List, 2011 List, 2012 List, 2013 List, 2014 List, 2015 List, 2016 List, 2017 List, 2018 List, 2019 List, 2020 List, 2021 List 2022 List 2023 List 2024 List
10/3
1. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
10/7
2. Bride of Frankenstein
10/9
3. Werewolf of London
10/10
4. Dracula's Daughter
10/12
5. Manhunter
10/13
6. Son of Frankenstein
10/14
7. Doc of Chucky
10/15
8. The Invisible Man Returns
9. Birth of the Living Dead
10/17
10. The Mummy’s Hand
10/19
11. Dawn of the Dead
10/22
12. Happy Death Day
10/23
13. Matinee
10/24
14. 28 Years Later
10/26
15. Gretel & Hansel
10/28
16. Longlegs
10/30
17. The Invisible Woman
18. Corpse Bride
10/30
19. The Wolf Man
20. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10/3
1. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
10/7
2. Bride of Frankenstein
10/9
3. Werewolf of London
10/10
4. Dracula's Daughter
10/12
5. Manhunter
10/13
6. Son of Frankenstein
10/14
7. Doc of Chucky
10/15
8. The Invisible Man Returns
9. Birth of the Living Dead
10/17
10. The Mummy’s Hand
10/19
11. Dawn of the Dead
10/22
12. Happy Death Day
10/23
13. Matinee
10/24
14. 28 Years Later
10/26
15. Gretel & Hansel
10/28
16. Longlegs
10/30
17. The Invisible Woman
18. Corpse Bride
10/30
19. The Wolf Man
20. The Nightmare Before Christmas
Last edited by Drop; 11-04-25 at 04:47 PM.
#81
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
Back for another year of horror movies! Off to a late start.
10/3
1. Silence of the Lambs
2. The Craft
10/4
3. Heart Eyes NEW
4. Quarantine
5. Fun Size
6. The Descent
7. The Heretic NEW
8. Perfect Getaway
10/5
9. Halloween Baking Championship S11E1 / E2
10. The Thing
11. Tremors
12. Lake Placid
13. Hellboy
10/7
14. The Ruins
15. Final Destination 3
10/8
16. Final Destination 5
10/9
17. Crawl
18. Woman in the Yard NEW
19. Abigail NEW
20. Zombieland
10/10
21. The Ledge NEW
22. Shaun of the Dead
23. Deathproof
24. 47 Meters Down
10/11
25. Freaks
26. Drag Me to Hell
27. Carrie
28. Christine
10/12
29. Aliens
30. Happy Death Day
10/13
30. The Fly
31. Scream
10/14
32. The Birds
33. Truth or Dare
10/15
34. The Faculty
35. Monsters Inc.
10/16
36. I Know What You Did Last Summer NEW
37. Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
38. Stir of Echoes
39. Longlegs NEW
10/17
40. Disturbing Behavior
10/18
41. Happy Death Day 2 U
42. The Crush
43. 30 Days of Night
44. The Blackening NEW
10/19
45. Shape of Water
46. Bring Her Back NEW
47. Fright Night
10/20
48. The Howling
49. American Werewolf in London
10/21
50. Escape Room
51. Devil Doll NEW
10/22
52. Disturbia
53. Slither
54. The Craft: Legacy NEW
10/23
55. Trick r Treat
56. Halloween Ends
57. Alien Covenant
10/24
58. Halloween & Halloween II - watched on broadcast. Missed some of each.
59. It Part 1
10/25
60. Godzilla vs Kong
10/27
61. Scream 3
10/29
62. Weapons NEW
63. Insidious
10/31
64. Coraline
65. Frankenweenie
66. House of Wax
10/3
1. Silence of the Lambs
2. The Craft
10/4
3. Heart Eyes NEW
4. Quarantine
5. Fun Size
6. The Descent
7. The Heretic NEW
8. Perfect Getaway
10/5
9. Halloween Baking Championship S11E1 / E2
10. The Thing
11. Tremors
12. Lake Placid
13. Hellboy
10/7
14. The Ruins
15. Final Destination 3
10/8
16. Final Destination 5
10/9
17. Crawl
18. Woman in the Yard NEW
19. Abigail NEW
20. Zombieland
10/10
21. The Ledge NEW
22. Shaun of the Dead
23. Deathproof
24. 47 Meters Down
10/11
25. Freaks
26. Drag Me to Hell
27. Carrie
28. Christine
10/12
29. Aliens
30. Happy Death Day
10/13
30. The Fly
31. Scream
10/14
32. The Birds
33. Truth or Dare
10/15
34. The Faculty
35. Monsters Inc.
10/16
36. I Know What You Did Last Summer NEW
37. Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
38. Stir of Echoes
39. Longlegs NEW
10/17
40. Disturbing Behavior
10/18
41. Happy Death Day 2 U
42. The Crush
43. 30 Days of Night
44. The Blackening NEW
10/19
45. Shape of Water
46. Bring Her Back NEW
47. Fright Night
10/20
48. The Howling
49. American Werewolf in London
10/21
50. Escape Room
51. Devil Doll NEW
10/22
52. Disturbia
53. Slither
54. The Craft: Legacy NEW
10/23
55. Trick r Treat
56. Halloween Ends
57. Alien Covenant
10/24
58. Halloween & Halloween II - watched on broadcast. Missed some of each.
59. It Part 1
10/25
60. Godzilla vs Kong
10/27
61. Scream 3
10/29
62. Weapons NEW
63. Insidious
10/31
64. Coraline
65. Frankenweenie
66. House of Wax
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#82
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
Undeadcow's 17th October Horror Movie Marathon 2025: Simple List & Summary Post

2024 list [238 films] | 2023 list [232 films] | 2022 list [186 films] | 2021 List [141 films] | 2020 List [228 films] | 2019 List [210 films] | 2018 List [226 films |2017 List [197 films]
2016 List [179 films] | 2015 List [179 films] | 2014 List [177 films] | 2013 List [163 films] | 2012 List [136 films] | 2011 List [116 films] | 2010 List [127 films] | 2009 List [108 films]
Here is a link to my simple list and statistics post. 
2024 list [238 films] | 2023 list [232 films] | 2022 list [186 films] | 2021 List [141 films] | 2020 List [228 films] | 2019 List [210 films] | 2018 List [226 films |2017 List [197 films]
2016 List [179 films] | 2015 List [179 films] | 2014 List [177 films] | 2013 List [163 films] | 2012 List [136 films] | 2011 List [116 films] | 2010 List [127 films] | 2009 List [108 films]
Here is a link to my first longer form review post for weeks 1-2.
Week Three [45 films]
Spoiler:
Week Four [68 Films]
Spoiler:
Last edited by Undeadcow; 11-07-25 at 12:58 PM.
#83
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***The List Thread***
The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge"
Blue = First Time View
Red = Rewatch
2025-10-07Blue = First Time View
Red = Rewatch
1. The Dismembered (1962) tubi
2025-10-14
2. The Mummy And The Monkey’s Hairy Scary Hangout: Teenage Zombies (2025-10-10/1959) YouTube
3. RiffTrax Presents Bridget & Mary Jo: Frankenstein's Daughter (2020/1958) tubi
4. RiffTrax Presents Bridget & Mary Jo: Bride Of The Gorilla (2020/1951) tubi
5. The AGFA Horror Trailer Show (2021) tubi
2025-10-15
6. Nightmare Weekend (1986) tubi
7. The Doll Of Satan (1969) tubi
8. The Naked Witch (1961) tubi
2025-10-19
9. The Vampire's Ghost (1945) YouTube
10. Fangs (1981) YouTube
Note: An Egyptian remake/ripoff of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with no English subtitles or dubbing.
I couldn’t understand everything but I could see the similarities and differences.
An hour and 22 minutes in a guy puts on a Rocky Horror Picture Show T-Shirt!
2025-10-20
11. House Of The Wolf Man (2009) YouTube
12. How To Make A Monster (1958) YouTube
Note: One of the movies in the Prize Packs!
2025-10-29
14. Creature Feature Friday: Love At First Bite (2025-09-03/1979) YouTube
Note: Unfortunately they played the wrong song…
2025-10-31
15. Disciples Of The Crow (1983) YouTube
16. The Mummy And The Monkey’s Pumpkin Spice Halloween Special 8: Z-ero (2025-10-31/2023) YouTube
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