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Old 09-05-08, 01:28 PM
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The Wilmette Theatre is having a family friendly party and Mad Monster Party is the film that is playing. I asked and they are indeed showing the DVD, not a 35mm print. Apparently, the distributer didn't have one available.

I'll probably still check it out.
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I Googled it, but since I've never seen that show, I'll leave it for someone else.

Unless there's some kind of prize involved.
Not much really, just a 6-pack of new & sealed Criterion horrors: The Blob, Flesh for Frankenstein, Carnival of Souls, Jigoku, Videodrome and Vampyr.


Alright, I've pretty much milked it for all it's worth...

The same film can't be viewed more than once. Remakes are the exception to the rule. In other words, don't go back and watch the theatrical version of "Pale English Titty Vampires Part III: The Anemic Areola" after already having viewed "Pale English Titty Vampires Part III: The Anemic Areola SPF 666 Edition".

It's taken from a Dexter Season 2 quote:

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Deb refers to Lila as "Gross. And Pale. And nobody is pale in Miami ...she is obviously a vampire. A gross English TITTY vampire."



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Deb describes Lila as "Gross. And Pale. And nobody is pale in Miami ... she is obviously a vampire, a gross English TITTY vampire.
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Probably should have thrown in "gross" somewhere for good measure.

You didn't think it was purely for shock value, did you? Everything serves a purpose here.


And $20 says due to the show's popularity, a variation of that title will someday become reality as a direct-to-DVD title. It'll star Debbie Rochon, Tiffany Shepis and Christa Campbell all doing horrible British accents.
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I just figured that it was an inside joke that I didn't get.
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Well here is my list of horror movies that I own, it's almost complete I think there may be a few I left out, but I also included the run times according to DVDSpot and Imdb.

13 Ghosts (1960) 1 hour 25 minutes
2001 Maniacs (2005) 1 hour 27 minutes
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971) 1 hour 34 minutes
Amityville Horror, The (2005) 1 hour 30 minutes
April Fool’s Day (1986) 1 hour 29 minutes
Army of Darkness (1992) 1 hour 36 minutes
Atomic Brain, The (1964) 1 hour 4 minutes
Basket Case 2 (1990) 1 hour 30 minutes
Bat, The (1959) 1 hour 20 minutes
Beyond Re-Animator (2003) 1 hour 36 minutes
Birds, The (1963) 1 hour 59 minutes
Black Christmas (1974) 1 hour 38 minutes
Black Christmas (2006) 1 hour 34 minutes
Blair Witch Project, The (1999) 1 hour 26 minutes
Blob, The (1958) 1 hour 22 minutes
Blob, The (1988) 1 hour 35 minutes
Brain Damage (1988) 1 hour 26 minutes
Brain That Wouldn’t Die, The (1962) 1 hour 22 minutes or 1 hour 10 minutes (not sure)
Bride of Chucky (1998) 1 hour 29 minutes
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 1 hour 15 minutes
Bride of Re-Animator (1990) 1 hour 36 minutes
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) 1 hour 35 minutes
Carnival of Souls (1962) 1 hour 18 minutes
Child’s Play (1988) 1 hour 27 minutes
Child’s Play 2 (1990) 1 hour 24 minutes
Child’s Play 3 (1991) 1 hour 30 minutes
Chiller (1985) 1 hour 44 minutes
Chopping Mall (1986) 1 hour 17 minutes
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (1999) 1 hour 39 minutes
Class of Nuke Em High (1986) 1 hour 25 minutes
Class of Nuke Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) 1 hour 30 minutes
Class of Nuke Em High 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid (1994) 1 hour 42 minutes
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 1 hour 19 minutes
Creature Walks Among Us, The (1956) 1 hour 18 minutes
Creepshow (1982) 2 hours
Curse of the Fly (1965) 1 hour 26 minutes
Curse of the Puppet Master (1998) 1 hour 30 minutes
Cursed (2005) 1 hour 37 minutes
Dawn of the Dead (1978) 2 hours 8 minutes
Day of the Dead (1985) 1 hour 42 minutes
Deadly Friend (1986) 1 hour 31 minutes
Dentist, The (1996) 1 hour 32 minutes
Dentist 2: Brace Yourself, The (1998) 1 hour 40 minutes
Devil’s Rejects, The (2005) 1 hour 49 minutes
Don’t Look in the Basement (1973) 1 hour 29 minutes
Dr. Giggles (1992) 1 hour 35 minutes
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) 1 hour 29 minutes
Dracula (1931) 1 hour 15 minutes
Dracula (1931) (Spanish Version) 1 hour 44 minutes
Dracula 2000 (2000) 1 hour 39 minutes
Dracula II: Ascension (2003) 1 hour 25 minutes
Dracula’s Daughter (1936) 1 hour 11 minutes
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) 1 hour 36 minutes
Evil Dead, The (1982) 1 hour 25 minutes
Evil Dead II (1987) 1 hour 25 minutes
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005) 2 hours 2 minutes
Exorcist, The (1973) 2 hours 2 minutes
Eyes of a Stranger (1981) 1 hour 24 minutes
Faculty, The (1998) 1 hour 44 minutes
Fall of the House of Usher, The (1960) 1 hour 20 minutes
Final Destination (2000) 1 hour 38 minutes
Final Destination 2 (2003) 1 hour 31 minutes
Final Destination 3 (2006) 1 hour 33 minutes
Fly, The (1958) 1 hour 34 minutes
Fly, The (1986) 1 hour 35 minutes
Fly II, The (1989) 1 hour 45 minutes
Fog, The (1980) 1 hour 30 minutes
Fog, The (2005) 1 hour 43 minutes
Frankenstein (1931) 1 hour 11 minutes
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) 1 hour 14 minutes
Freaks (1932) 1 hour 2 minutes
Freddy vs. Jason (2003) 1 hour 38 minutes
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) 1 hour 37 minutes
Friday the 13th (1980) 1 hour 32 minutes
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) 1 hour 27 minutes
Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) 1 hour 35 minutes
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) 1 hour 30 minutes
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) 1 hour 32 minutes
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) 1 hour 26 minutes
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) 1 hour 30 minutes
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 1 hour 40 minutes
Frighteners, The (1996) 2 hours 3 minutes
From Beyond (1986) 1 hour 25 minutes
From Beyond the Grave (1973) 1 hour 37 minutes
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 1 hour 48 minutes
Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) 1 hour 7 minutes
Ghoulies IV (1994) 1 hour 24 minutes
Ginger Snaps (2000) 1 hour 48 minutes
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) 1 hour 34 minutes
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) 1 hour 34 minutes
Graduation Day (1981) 1 hour 30 minutes
Halloween (1978) 1 hour 31 minutes
Halloween (2007) 2 hours 1 minute
Halloween II (1981) 1 hour 33 minutes
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) 1 hour 28 minutes
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) 1 hour 37 minutes
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) 1 hour 28 minutes
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998) 1 hour 26 minutes
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) 1 hour 29 minutes
Hand, The (1981) 1 hour 44 minutes
Hannibal (2001) 2 hours 11 minutes
Hatchet Murders, The (1975) 1 hour 38 minutes
Haunted Palace, The (1963) 1 hour 27 minutes
Haunting, The (1999) 1 hour 53 minutes
He Knows You’re Alone (1980) 1 hour 34 minutes
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987) 1 hour 37 minutes
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) 1 hour 23 minutes
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) 1 hour 29 minutes
Hills Have Eyes, The (2006) 1 hour 48 minutes
Hills Have Eyes Part 2, The (1985) 1 hour 27 minutes
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare, The (1988) 1 hour 34 minutes
Hollow Man: Director’s Cut (2000) 1 hour 59 minutes
House of 1000 Corpses (2003) 1 hour 28 minutes
House of Dracula (1945) 1 hour 7 minutes
House of Frankenstein (1944) 1 hour 11 minutes
House of Wax (1953) 1 hour 30 minutes
House on Haunted Hill (1959) 1 hour 15 minutes
House on Haunted Hill (1999) 1 hour 33 minutes
House on Sorority Row, The (1983) 1 hour 32 minutes
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 1 hour 41 minutes
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) 1 hour 40 minutes
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) 1 hour 40 minutes
Invisible Agent, The (1942) 1 hour 21 minutes
Invisible Man, The (1933) 1 hour 11 minutes
Invisible Man Returns, The (1940) 1 hour 21 minutes
Invisible Man’s Revenge, The (1944) 1 hour 18 minutes
Invisible Woman, The (1940) 1 hour 12 minutes
It (1990) 3 hours 7 minutes
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) 1 hour 31 minutes
Jason X (2001) 1 hour 33 minutes
Jaws (1975) 2 hours 4 minutes
Katie Bird *Certifiable Crazy Person (2005) 1 hour 40 minutes
Land of the Dead (2005) 1 hour 37 minutes
Last House on the Left, The (1972) 1 hour 24 minutes
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) 1 hour 26 minutes
Leprechaun (1993) 1 hour 32 minutes
Leprechaun 2 (1994) 1 hour 25 minutes
Leprechaun 3 (1995) 1 hour 30 minutes
Madhouse (1974) 1 hour 29 minutes
Mummy, The (1932) 1 hour 13 minutes
Mummy’s Curse, The (1944) 1 hour 2 minutes
Mummy’s Ghost, The (1944) 1 hour 1 minute
Mummy’s Hand, The (1940) 1 hour 7 minutes
Mummy’s Tomb, The (1942) 1 hour
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) 1 hour 17 minutes
Nail Gun Massacre, The (1985) 1 hour 30 minutes
Night of the Living Dead (1968) 1 hour 36 minutes
Night of the Living Dead (1990) 1 hour 32 minutes
Night Tide (1961) 1 hour 24 minutes
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984) 1 hour 32 minutes
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, A (1985) 1 hour 27 minutes
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987) 1 hour 36 minutes
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A (1988) 1 hour 39 minutes
Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A (1989) 1 hour 29 minutes
Nosferatu (1922) 1 hour 34 minutes
Nurse, The (1997) 1 hour 34 minutes
Omen, The (1976) 1 hour 51 minutes
Others, The (2001) 1 hour 44 minutes
P2 (2007) 1 hour 38 minutes
People Under the Stairs, The (1991) 1 hour 43 minutes
Pet Sematary (1989) 1 hour 43 minutes
Pet Sematary Two (1992) 1 hour 40 minutes
Phantasm (1979) 1 hour 28 minutes
Phantasm II (1988) 1 hour 37 minutes
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) 1 hour 31 minutes
Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) 1 hour 30 minutes
Pieces (1983) 1 hour 30 minutes
Pit and the Pendulum, The (1961) 1 hour 20 minutes
Planet Terror (2007) 1 hour 45 minutes
Poltergeist (1982) 1 hour 54 minutes
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) 1 hour 31 minutes
Poltergeist III (1988) 1 hour 38 minutes
Prom Night (1980) 1 hour 30 minutes
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990) 1 hour 37 minutes
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992) 1 hour 32 minutes
Prowler, The (1981) 1 hour 28 minutes
Psycho (1960) 1 hour 49 minutes
Psycho (1998) 1 hour 44 minutes
Psycho II (1983) 1 hour 53 minutes
Psycho III (1986) 1 hour 33 minutes
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) 1 hour 36 minutes
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) 1 hour 28 minutes
Puppet Master (1989) 1 hour 30 minutes
Puppet Master II (1991) 1 hour 28 minutes
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (1991) 1 hour 26 minutes
Puppet Master 4 (1993) 1 hour 19 minutes
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994) 1 hour 22 minutes
Re-Animator (1985) 1 hour 26 minutes
Resident Evil (2002) 1 hour 41 minutes
Retro Puppet Master (1998)
Return of the Fly (1959) 1 hour 20 minutes
Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988) 1 hour 38 minutes
Return of the Living Dead (1985) 1 hour 31 minutes
Return of the Living Dead Part 2 (1988) 1 hour 29 minutes
Return to Horror High (1987) 1 hour 35 minutes
Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) 1 hour 21 minutes
Revenge of the Creature (1955) 1 hour 22 minutes
Saw (2004) 1 hour 43 minutes
Saw II (2005) 1 hour 35 minutes
Saw III (2006) 1 hour 54 minutes
Scanners (1981) 1 hour 43 minutes
Scream (1996) 1 hour 51 minutes
Scream 2 (1997) 2 hours
Scream 3 (2000) 1 hour 56 minutes
Season of the Witch (1972) 1 hour 39 minutes
Seed of Chucky (2005) 1 hour 28 minutes
Serpent & the Rainbow, The (1988) 1 hour 38 minutes
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) 1 hour 33 minutes
She-Wolf of London (1946) 1 hour 1 minute
Shining, The (1980) 2 hours 24 minutes
Shocker (1989) 1 hour 50 minutes
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) 1 hour 25 minutes
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part (1987) 1 hour 28 minutes
Sisters of Death (1978) 1 hour 27 minutes
Skeleton Man (2004) 1 hour 29 minutes
Sleepaway Camp (1983) 1 hour 24 minutes
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) 1 hour 20 minutes
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989) 1 hour 20 minutes
Sleepy Hollow (1999) 1 hour 45 minutes
Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) 1 hour 37 minutes
Son of Dracula (1943) 1 hour 20 minutes
Son of Frankenstein (1939) 1 hour 39 minutes
Splatter University (1984) 1 hour 18 minutes
Summer of Fear (1978) 1 hour 39 minutes
Suspiria (1977) 1 hour 38 minutes
Swamp Thing (1982) 1 hour 31 minutes
Tales of Terror (1962) 1 hour 29 minutes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) 1 hour 24 minutes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003) 1 hour 38 minutes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986) 1 hour 41 minutes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, The (1994) 1 hour 34 minutes
Theater of Blood (1973) 1 hour 44 minutes
Thirteen Ghosts (2001) 1 hour 31 minutes
Tingler, The (1959) 1 hour 22 minutes
Tower of London (1962) 1 hour 19 minutes
Toxic Avenger, The (1985) 1 hour 50 minutes
Toxic Avenger Part II, The (1989) 1 hour 36 minutes
Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, The (1989) 1 hour 42 minutes
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) 1 hour 33 minutes
Tremors (1990) 1 hour 35 minutes
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) 1 hour 40 minutes
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) 1 hour 44 minutes
Twice Told Tales (1963) 2 hours
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) 1 hour 23 minutes
Urban Legend (1998) 1 hour 40 minutes
Valentine (2001) 1 hour 36 minutes
Vamp (1986) 1 hour 33 minutes
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) 1 hour 42 minutes
Vampire Wars: Battle for the Universe (2005) 1 hour 39 minutes
Werewolf of London (1935) 1 hour 15 minutes
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) 1 hour 52 minutes
Willard (2003) 1 hour 40 minutes
Wishmaster (1997) 1 hour 30 minutes
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999) 1 hour 36 minutes
Witchfinder General (1968) 1 hour 26 minutes
Wolf Man, The (1941) 1 hour 10 minutes
Wrestlemaniac (2006) 1 hour 15 minutes
Wrong Turn (2003) 1 hour 24 minutes
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Someone like their sequels. No Toxic Avenget 4?
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Originally Posted by Mister Peepers
Someone like their sequels. No Toxic Avenget 4?
It's in there, under Citizen Toxie.
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I just figured that it was an inside joke that I didn't get.
Apparently no one got it because the thread came to a screeching halt after I posted the answer. That, or there just aren't many Dexter fans in here.

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Bat, The (1959) 1 hour 20 minutes
That's one of the few Vincent Price films I haven't seen. And I was considering purchasing the Anchor Bay version until realizing it was OOP and going for up to $144.99 new on Amazon Marketplace! And it's in the public domain!

What is the best version currently available, anyway?
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According to DVDAf I own 198 horror films, though I'm going to try to focus primarily on first time viewings. Between (*ahem* public domain) torrents and Netflix, I have around 84 unwatched films to viddy, not including the 22 film Hammer set.
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Originally Posted by Chad
Apparently no one got it because the thread came to a screeching halt after I posted the answer. That, or there just aren't many Dexter fans in here.
I am, but I haven't seen Season 2 yet. I'll be buying it at Target when it goes on sale the 14th, looking forward to finally watching it!

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I want a clearer definition on what documentaries are viable. Most of the legacy sets from Universal include informative docs that are at or above the 42 minute mark and aren't fluff.

What about something like American Movie an alleged documentary about the making of a short horror film?

I just want this to be clear up front.
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I forgot to mention that I have about 4 documentaries on the making of films:

The Alien Saga
Going to Pieces: The Rise & Fall of the Slasher Film
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
The Omen Legacy
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I want a clearer definition on what documentaries are viable. Most of the legacy sets from Universal include informative docs that are at or above the 42 minute mark and aren't fluff.

What about something like American Movie an alleged documentary about the making of a short horror film?

I just want this to be clear up front.
I thought 60 minutes was the agreed upon minimal running time? Personally, like commentary tracks, I don't believe documentaries should be included at all, though if they are, I may get around to watching the full-length doc included with The Exorcist.
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I thought 60 minutes was the agreed upon minimal running time? Personally, like commentary tracks, I don't believe documentaries should be included at all, though if they are, I may get around to watching the full-length doc included with The Exorcist.
Looks like those docs on the Poltergeist 25th Anniversary DVD might actually be good for something after all...

Anybody know the run time?
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I thought 60 minutes was the agreed upon minimal running time? Personally, like commentary tracks, I don't believe documentaries should be included at all, though if they are, I may get around to watching the full-length doc included with The Exorcist.
I think on the first page it was stated as 40 minutes being the minimal running time.
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The only documentary I watched last year was The Omen Legacy. I didn't know the docs on the Universal Legacy Collections counted... assuming they do, of course. If so, it'll give me a good excuse to finally watch them.

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I'm in, and I'd like to share with anyone who doesn't know, this is how I've been catching a lot of films of late: http://www.watch-movies.net

edtheripper was kind enough to get me Demons and Demons 2 today for my birthday, so I'll be incorporating those into my challenge. :-p
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I was looking around Hulu earlier tonight and saw that they have some episodes of Elvira's Movie Macabre from the early '80s.



Aside from the two sci-fi films, They Came From Beyond Space and The Doomsday Machine, I assume these will count since they're movies with host segments interspersed here and there.

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As much as I love horror films I don't know why I've resisted participating in this event in the past but I'll bite for this year. One question: Where are you posting the lists that you're linking in your signatures? Any help would be appreciated.
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As much as I love horror films I don't know why I've resisted participating in this event in the past but I'll bite for this year. One question: Where are you posting the lists that you're linking in your signatures? Any help would be appreciated.
Those are from last year's separate list thread. Chad will post a list thread for this year a week or so before October 1st.
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I thought we were going to drop the Docs this year and go with a 60 minute minimum? There are barely a handful of sub 60 minute feature films, other than a few poverty row quickies that are missing footage, so there is no real reason to even have a 40 minute rule. It's an archaic rule that makes no sense in any context. The "Academy" would NEVER seriously consider a 45 minute film for any feature award. The rule is actually there to define a short film as one less than 40 minutes rather than truly define a feature.

The 40 minute rule combined with allowing documentaries allows in all DVD extra docs and A&E Biographies we were trying to avoid. Some may not think the Universal docs aren't "fluff", but at under an hour, they are technically fluff.

Honestly, we haven't made change one from last year or the year before. Voting doesn't work because no one is willing to make things more challenging or break with the status quo. More people are voluntarily skipping commentaries this year, which is very good to hear, but there's always too much FUD to actually shake things up. No disrespect intended to the other challenges, but this is the premiere movie challenge and it should be held to a higher standard. 100 Horror Movies in the month of October. Then let it be just that. No Docs, no commentaries, no TV, no BS. We all know what a real movie is, so we don't need to keep trying to find loopholes and exceptions. This isn't about trying to get the most movies on your list. It's an excuse to watch a bunch of Horror movies in the Horror month. The list is just a goal, not an ends.

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The 40 minute rule combined with allowing documentaries allows in all DVD extra docs and A&E Biographies we were trying to avoid. Some may not think the Universal docs aren't "fluff", but at under an hour, they are technically fluff.
If we do allow documentaries, they should be stand-alones rather than DVD extras.
More people are voluntarily skipping commentaries this year, which is very good to hear, but there's always too much FUD to actually shake things up.
FUD?
We all know what a real movie is, so we don't need to keep trying to find loopholes and exceptions. This isn't about trying to get the most movies on your list. It's an excuse to watch a bunch of Horror movies in the Horror month. The list is just a goal, not an ends.
Agreed.

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I, too, was under the impression that the time requirement was bumped to 60 minutes. It really doesn't affect me since all the Horror movies I own are way more than 60 minutes anyways, but I thought that was a done deal in the other thread.

Edit: Just to clarify, I don't care one way or the other, I just was pointing out that I thought it had been changed.

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well what about masters of horror episodes...they run around 55 minutes and i still feel they should be able to count.
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