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Numes' 2010 October Horror Movie Challenge List

2008 October Horror Movie Challenge - 56 / New Rules - 77
2009 October Horror Movie Challenge - 39 / New Rules - 58

**** LIST COMPLETE ****
2010 Goals:
Total Movies+Shows: 50 (Actual Watched = 25)
Total Commentaries: 20 (Actual Watched = 15)
Total Count: 70 (Actual = 40)

Total Time Watched: 68 Hours and 25 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 2 Hours and 12 Minutes

October 2nd
1.	Event Horizon [1997] imdb Blu-Ray 7/10
	I remember going to see this in the theater thinking it was a sci-fi movie, but it was really a horror movie. I am definitely a fan of this movie, there is one cheeseball moment, but a good "on-the-edge-of-your-seat" space horror.
2.	Poltergeist [1982] imdb Blu-Ray 8/10
	I have not seen this movie forever. I watched it quite a few times when I was a kid (HBO?) I remember the clown parts always freaking me out. To this day when I see a lightning flash I will subconsciously count how many seconds until I hear the thunder. Did you know the older sister was murdered by her boyfriend after the movie came out? How tragic.
3.	The Shining commentary [1980] new! imdb Blu-Ray 9/10
	An excellent commentary! Garrett Brown, the inventor of the steady-cam, filmed most all of the steady-cam scenes in the movie and provides a whole slew of interesting tidbits about working with Kubrick. A must-listen for any Kubrick fan. They filmed the scene with Scatman Crothers talking to Danny in the kitchen 160 times!!!
October 3rd
4.	Event Horizon commentary [1997] new! imdb Blu-Ray 5/10
	An *ok* commentary. Both of the participants had not seen the movie for a while, which is usually the kiss of death for a good commentary. One funny thing to note was that they also got comments from people who were expecting it to be a Sci-Fi movie rather than a Horror movie like I did when I saw it in the theater.
October 4th
5.	The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945] new! imdb DVD 8/10
	Angela Lansbury! I don’t think I've ever seen her in anything but Murder She Wrote. I loved the 4 color scenes in the movie. I bet that was pretty awesome in 1945. The tension before each of the painting reveals is well played. Quite a bit of dialog by George Sanders, sometimes I had to rewind it to catch everything he said. This movie isn't on the level of Hitchcock, but still a very enjoyable movie.
October 5th
6.	Drag Me To Hell [2009] new! imdb Blu-Ray 6/10
	I really really really could have done without the kitty killing sequence. They could have done that SO many different ways, it's so stupid that they decided on that path.
October 6th
7.	The Fly [1986] new! imdb Blu-Ray 7.5/10
	I know someday I'm going to own every Cronenberg movie. Jeff Goldblum was absolutely amazing in this movie. I laughed outloud the first time Goldblum says "Brundlefly." The dream sequence was especially disturbing.
October 7th
8.	Darkman II: The Return of Durant [1995] new! imdb DVD 6/10
	"I think we've all learned a valuable safety tip here." A pretty decent sequel to Darkman. Arnold Vosloo is no Liam Neeson, but it was enjoyable and good to see Durant back.
October 8th
9.	The Fly commentary [1986] new! imdb Blu-Ray 9/10
	Another wonderful Cronenberg commentary.
October 9th
10.	1408 [2007] new! imdb Blu-Ray 7/10
	Wow. I was seriously freaked out by this movie once he gets the hotel. That is rare for me. Samuel L. Jackson was perfectly cast in his role. Sometimes when he is in a movie he overpowers the movie, but it just fit incredibly well here.
11.	Night Watch [2004] imdb Blu-Ray 8.5/10
	Ok, I know that this is not listed as horror on IMDB, but I was uneasy for most of the first half of the movie and there were a lot of horror elements in this movie. I watched this last year too and it was just as good as last year, if not better because I was able to follow the movie a little better this time. There are so many great things about this movie and ideas I have never seen in any movie before. The execution and cinemetography (both live action and CG) were incredibly engaging.
12.	Day Watch [2006] imdb Blu-Ray WC! 7/10
	I made this a wildcard because it does not really have some of the horror elements as Night Watch does. Not as good as Night Watch, but you kind of have to watch them together as one big movie. I can't figure out why they changed the style of Zavulon's character from a foreboding enemy with a cool haircut to some gangster-esque sterotype wearing track suits and a wifebeater. I'm sure some out there didn't like the ending, but I thought it was perfect.
October 10th
13.	1408 commentary [2007] new! imdb Blu-Ray 7/10
	Wow. I was seriously freaked out by this movie once he gets the hotel. That is rare for me. Samuel L. Jackson was perfectly cast in his role. Sometimes when he is in a movie he overpowers the movie, but it just fit incredibly well here.
14.	Dead Heat [1998] imdb DVD 5/10
	Wow it's been a long time since I've seen this movie! I think the first time I saw it was when I thought I was watching "Red Heat" and then we started getting bank robbing zombies and Joe Piscipo. I am looking forward to listening to the commentary as this was a blast from the past.
15.	Suspiria [1977] new! imdb DVD 7.5/10
	Love the look of this movie. The visuals and the sound were amazing.
16.	Session 9 [2001] new! imdb Blu-Ray 7/10
	Creepy insane asylum horror/thriller.
October 11th
17.	Dead Heat commentary [1998] new! imdb DVD 7/10
	Wow it's been a long time since I've seen this movie! I think the first time I saw it was when I thought I was watching "Red Heat" and then we started getting bank robbing zombies and Joe Piscipo. I am looking forward to listening to the commentary as this was a blast from the past.
October 13th
18.	Night Watch commentary [2004] new! imdb Blu-Ray 3/10
	I was really looking forward to this commentary after seeing this movie now for the 2nd time. It was not good, not good at all. Maybe it was the language barrier, but the director just didn't talk that much and the stories weren't really all that interesting or value added.
October 15th
19.	Day Watch commentary [2006] new! imdb Blu-Ray WC! 1/10
	Horrible commentary! After listening to the Night Watch commentary, this commentary starts with a moderator and I'm thinking to myself "this is perfect, the commentary will keep a good pace this time." I couldn't have been more wrong. I wouldn't even call the other guy a moderator, he was horrible. For a 2.5 hour movie, there was maybe 20-30 minutes of commentary.
October 16th
20.	Planet Terror [2007] new! imdb Blu-Ray 6/10
	I did like this movie, but I kept having this feeling that everything was being forced to look like a throwback movie. It didn't feel organic to me. Some of it also felt tongue-in-cheek to me. I did, however, love the stump into Quentin Tarantino's eye - classic!
21.	Death Proof [2007] new! imdb Blu-Ray
	Very interesting movie. I felt like I was watching "Duel," but actually being able to get to know the the bad guy. I loved the lapdance song on the jukebox. I need to find that.
October 17th
22.	The Corpse Bride [2005] new! imdb Blu-Ray
October 18th
23.	Suspiria commentary [1977] new! imdb DVD 8.5/10
	Great fan commentary
October 19th
24.	Planet Terror commentary [2007] new! imdb Blu-Ray
October 18th
25.	Planet Terror fan reaction track [2007] new! imdb Blu-Ray WC! 3/10
	I was actually looking forward to this, the opening was fun to hear the crowd, but they didn't go as crazy as I thought they were going to at some of the moments, especially the end.
October 19th
26.	The Corpse Bride music only track new! imdb Blu-Ray 5/10
	5/10 because it would have been way way better with a Danny Elfman commentary before each musical cue.
October 22nd
27.	The Innocents [1961] new! imdb DVD 8/10
28.	Let the Right One In [2008] new! imdb DVD 8/10
October 24th
29.	The Innocents commentary [1961] new! imdb DVD 8.5/10
	Every Sir Christopher Frayling commentary is gold. Not quite as good as his Leone commentaries, but provides so much amazing information and makes it interesting.
30.	The Wicker Man [1973] new! imdb DVD 3/10
	Ughh… I had such high hopes for this movie, but the music was horrendous, it made it laughable. It completely overshadowed the wonderful acting.
October 25th
31.	Let the Right One In commentary [2008] new! imdb DVD 5/10
	How interesting to listen to the screenwriter (who also wrote the book) and the director do a commentary together. There was a bit of a language barrier that prevented this from being a better commentary than it was.
October 26th
32.	The Wicker Man commentary [1973] new! imdb DVD 7/10
	I love listening to Christopher Lee do commentaries, he sometimes gets a little long winded, but still entertaining. The rest of the people were perfect for the commentary, but sometimes they had to talk over each other.
October 27th
33.	The Devil's Backbone [2001] imdb DVD 8/10
	Guillermo del Toro = automatic must see
October 28th
34.	The Devil's Backbone commentary [2001] imdb DVD 9/10
	Guillermo del Toro commentary = instant classic
October 29th
35.	The Omen [1976] imdb Blu-Ray 8/10
	One of the many Richard Donner classics. Gregory Peck is fantastic. David Warner is one of my all time favorite actors and brings so much to every one of his roles. The woman who plays the governess is SO creepy. People with too many teeth give me the chills.
36.	The Omen II [1978] new! imdb Blu-Ray 7/10
	A very solid follow-up to The Omen. I love how it starts literally 2 days after the end of the first film and they use the same actor. William Holden is great as Thorn's brother. Count me as someone who did was definitely surprised by the quasi-"twist" ending. Loved it.
October 30th
37.	Omen III: The Final Conflict [1981] new! imdb Blu-Ray 6.5/10
	Amazingly enough, no real let down for the third installment. Sam Neill is brilliant in pretty much everything he does, and once again, the perfect Damien. I really think they could have done something different with the ending, however.
38.	The Omen Donner / Baird commentary [1976] new! imdb Blu-Ray 6/10
	Richard Donner really needs to have someone moderating or asking him questions. The commentary is good, but Donner and Baird don't feed off each other like they should
October 31st
39.	The Omen Donner commentary [1976] new! imdb Blu-Ray 9/10
	Wonderful commentary. The moderator was the writer of "Man on Fire" and he did his research thoroughly to ask Donner good questions and get him to get involved and keep telling stories.
40.	The League - "Ghost Monkey" [2010] new! imdb FX HD 8/10
	For anyone who hasn't seen this show, it is hilarious. A must watch
	Modern Family - "Halloween" [2010] new! imdb ABC HD 8/10
	One of the best new comedy shows in a long long time
	The Office - "Costume Contest" [2010] new! imdb NBC HD 8/10
	The Office typically does a Halloween episode and this one was pretty good, especially the guy as Lady Gaga.
	Community - "Epidemiology" [2010] new! imdb NBC HD 7/10
	An interesting Zombie episode. Funny, but not as good as community has been this year. I would have rather it be a standard episode with a Halloween theme.

Checklist: 28/76

Travis McClain

2009 List (24 movies watched)

2010 List
All are first time viewings, except * denotes repeat viewing. All viewings are on DVD except as noted by color.

1. 10/01 Bram Stoker's Dracula
2. 10/02 Nightmare Man
3. 10/02 She-Wolf of London
4. 10/02 Borderland
5. 10/02 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
6. 10/03 The Dark
7. 10/03 WereWolf of London
8. 10/03 Zombieland *
9. 10/04 The Wolf Man
10. 10/04 The Wolf Man commentary track with Tom Weaver
11. 10/05 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
12. 10/06 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
13. 10/07 The Evil Dead
14. 10/07 The Last Man on Earth
15. 10/08 The Bat
16. 10/08 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
17. 10/09 Hideaway
18. 10/09 Circus of Fear
19. 10/09 Teeth
20. 10/10 The Darkroom
21. 10/10 Horror Express
22. 10/11 The Terror
23. 10/11 The Sixth Sense
24. 10/12 Dawn of the Dead
25. 10/13 Creepshow
26. 10/13 Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
27. 10/16 Piranha
28. 10/16 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
29. 10/17 The Lost Boys
30. 10/17 Night of the Living Dead *
31. 10/18 Night of the Living Dead *
32. 10/18 Night of the Living Dead colorized version with Mike Nelson commentary
33. 10/19 Penny Dreadful
34. 10/19 Scalps
35. 10/20 Critters
36. 10/20 Broken Lizard's Club Dread *
37. 10/20 Jeepers Creepers *
38. 10/20 Igor
39. 10/21 Jeepers Creepers II
40. 10/21 Bloodtide
41. 10/21 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
42. 10/22 Shadow of the Vampire *
43. 10/23 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter - Cult of UHF Podcast
44. 10/24 Ghostbusters *
45. 10/24 Ghostbusters commentary track with Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman and Joe Medjuck
46. 10/25 Bats
47. 10/25 Opera
48. 10/26 The Ring
49. 10/26 The Ring Two
50. 10/26 Short Films (95 minutes)
    • La Manoir du Diable (3 minutes)
    • Boo (10 minutes)
    • Frankenweenie - Uncut Version (30 minutes) *
    • Vincent (6 minutes) *
    • Frankenstein (13 minutes)
    • Don't Watch This [From The Ring] (16 minutes)
    • Rings (16 minutes)
    • 11/01 Le Chaudron Infernal (1 minute)
51. 10/27 Full Tilt Boogie
52. 10/28 Blood for Dracula
53. 10/28 Paranormal Activity 2
54. TV Content
    • 10/23 Thriller "The Grim Reaper" (1/2 entry - 49:51)
    • 10/28 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1/2 entry - 8:00-9:00) *
55. 10/29 Friday the 13th, Part 2
56. 10/30 Halloween
57. 10/30 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
58. 10/30 I Know What You Did Last Summer
59. 10/30 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
60. 10/30 The Little Shop of Horrors
61. 10/31 The Crow
62. 10/31 From Hell
63. 11/01 Bubba Ho-Tep *
64. 11/01 Shaun of the Dead *
65. TV Content
    • 10/31 The Walking Dead "Days Go Bye" (3/4 entry; 90 minutes)
    • 11/01 Roseanne "Boo!" (1/4 entry; 27 minutes) *
66. 11/01 From Dusk Till Dawn *

2010 List with Comments


Totals
MOVIES: 53 First time viewings (including 3 commentary tracks) | * 10 Repeat viewings
SHORT FILMS: 6 First time viewings | * 2 Repeat viewings
TV EPISODES & SPECIALS 2 First time viewings | * 2 Repeat viewings
Blu-ray Disc: 1 | Netflix Watch Instantly: 7 | Theatrical Exhibition: 2 | TV Broadcast: 2 | iTunes Digital Download: 1 | Podcast: 1


Personal Goal: The Unwatched Horror List 39/50
(not participating in the daily film or theme subsets this year)



Checklist


The Awards - Only first time viewings are eligible

• "I Understand Why That's Considered a Classic": Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
• "I Liked That a Lot More Than I Expected To": Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• Creepiest Villain: Count Orlock (Max Shreck) in Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
• "That Made Me Laugh" (Intentional): Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
• "That Made Me Laugh" (Unintentional): Friday the 13th, Part 2
• Best Erotic Content (Non-Nude): Salma Hayek's dance in From Dusk Till Dawn Actually a repeat viewing, but nothing has topped this yet.
• Best Erotic Content (Nude): About 75% of Blood for Dracula
• Favorite Performance by a James Bond Alumnus: Telly Savalas in Horror Express
• Best Use of Music: Dawn of the Dead
• Most Dated Use of Music: The Lost Boys

Sketches
I've felt inspired to dash off a few sketches while participating in this challenge:
Count Dracula
The Urbane Monster
Either Miranda Lambert or Jennifer Aniston as a Vampire

Fist of Doom

1. Millennium S1 "Pilot", "Gehenna"
2. The Graves
3. Millennium S1 "Dead Letters"; Vampire Diaries S2 "Kill or Be Killed"
4. Millennium S1 "522666"; "Kingdom Come"
5. Millennium S1 "Wide Open"; "The Wild and the Innocent"
6. Halloween II (2009)
7. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
8. Millennium S1 "Weeds"; "Loin Like a Hunting Flame"
8.5 Vampire Diaries S2 "Plan B"
9.5 Saw III
10.5 Saw IV
11.5 Jeepers Creepers 2
12. Poltergeist: The Legacy S2 "Someone to Watch Over Me"
13. Millennium S1 "Force Majeure", "The Thin White Line"
13.5 Millennium S1 "Sacrament"
14.5 House on Haunted Hill (1999)
15. Vampire Diaries S2 "Masquerade"
16. Wrong Turn 2
16.5. Modern Family S2 "Halloween"; Outsourced S1 "Bolloween"
17.5. The Strangers
18.5. Red: Werewolf Hunter
19.5 Dawn of the Dead (2004)
20. The Walking Dead S1 "Pilot"

Jediturtle

List complete at 31.5 with 6 new to me. Goal was 31.

Past results:
2006: 31
2007: 40
2008: 24
2009: 33

Interestingly there are only 2 movies that I've watched all 5 years, Nightmare on Elm Street and Suspiria. Makes sense as they are probably my 2 favorite horror movies, if not favorite movies period. I was surprised Halloween 78 didn't make that list, but apparantly last year I opted to watch the remake instead (in my defense I had just watched the original in September, but it's still a bummer). The other surprise in looking through the past is I have watched I Walked With a Zombie 4 out of the 5 years, just missing 2006 as I had not yet discovered it. It appears as though all others have been watched in 3 or less challenges. Interesting.

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In for my 5th year. Keeping my usual goal of 31. October is just too busy of a month for me to hope for more.

October 1:
1) Frozen (2010) - Blu-Ray **** (new to me)
What an awesome movie! Bought this one blind mostly based on the cool cover and that it was written/directed by Adam Green (loved Hatchet). It wasn't a disappointment. The writing and acting were great, and the characters were easy to connect with. From what I hear they didn't use much if any CGI, so I can't wait to watch the extras and find out what they went through making this one. Great stuff.

October 2:
2) Suspiria (1977) - Limited Edition DVD *****
I'm sure I will be repeating myself from past challenges. Suspiria is not so much a "movie" as it is a nightmare caught on film. The colors, the textures, the score. They all come together perfectly to create a mood that can't be described. I know it's not a movie for everyone, as is the case with most of Argento's work, but for me it just gets better and better every time I watch it.

October 3:
3) Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Millennium Edition DVD *****
I have been really weak on my Romero watching in the past challenges. I'm going to fix that this year. NotLD is an all time classic which defined a genre. Love it!

4) Dawn of the Dead (Theatrical Cut) (1978) - Ultimate Edition DVD *****
Another zombie classic that helped shape all that have come since. I think my favorite part of Dawn is simply when the main characters have the run of the mall and are like kids in a candy shop. Who wouldn't want to do that for a couple days? Of course the zombies would kind of put a damper on that...

5) Day of the Dead (1985) - Divimax DVD ****
Day is a very claustrophobic film. Much of the running time is focused on the conflicts between the civilian scientists and the military, who are forced to live and work together. It's interesting that this causes as much if not more tension than the zombies themselves. A very different film than Night and Dawn, Day is still great and deserves more praise than it usually receives.

6) Land of the Dead (2005) - Unrated Director's Cut DVD ***1/2
Almost the polar opposite of Day, Land is certainly a different movie than the first three. It's obvious the budget was way higher, but with it came some studio tampering which keeps it from really feeling like a Romero movie through and through. That said, it really is a lot of fun. Too many people complain about the zombies getting too smart, but if you watch the first 3, you can see it's been an evolution. Heck, even in Night they were already using tools. I don't think it's a stretch at all.

October 4:
7) Diary of the Dead (2007) - Blu-Ray ***
One of the great things about Romero is that even though zombies are his thing, he is always able to take a different approach and make the genre seem fresh. The unfortunate part about Diary is that it came about on the heels of a few other very successful movies with the same "shaky cam" style. Had it blazed the trail, it would have probably been more successful. There was a bit too much discussion about why the camera man kept filming. Yes...in real life it would be stupid for him to keep filming everything, but for the movie's sake it was necessary, so the characters shouldn't have kept bringing it up again and again. It also seems to bog itself down a bit with the technology part of the plot. I realize that this is where some of Romero's social commentary lies in this one, but it trips the movie up a bit this time. I'm probably making it sounds like I didn't like the movie though, which is not the case at all. There are many great moments (I loved the scenes in the hospital and the amish farm), and it is great to see Romero head back to his low-budget full control roots. The "shaky cam" style also added a nice feeling of being there with the characters, and added a layer of suspense that would have been missing had it been made in a traditional style.

8) Survival of the Dead (2009) - Ultimate Undead Edition Blu-Ray ***1/2
Fun. People seem to spend so much time ripping this one apart that they don't seem to notice that Romero is just having fun with this one. I know I had fun watching it. Is it at the level of the original trilogy? Hell no, but I honestly don't think it's trying to be. I really enjoyed the characters. I loved how it tied into Diary, and I've heard a rumor that the next Dead movie may focus on another group of people that we met in that movie. Yes, there were a few parts that were groan worthy. The zombie girl riding the horse was a little lame. The family fued was a little overdone. The female soldier pleasuring herself right in front of everyone was pretty dumb. But there were a lot of great moments to balance out the bad, so what the heck. Zombie fishing? Awesome! Live zombie heads on posts? Awesome! Like I said...lots of fun to be had here, and it was obvious that Romero and his crew were having fun making it. That's what it's all about.

9) Cat People (1942) - The Val Lewton Horror Collection DVD ***
A classic through and through. Atmosphere in spades. Gotta love it.

10) Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) - Anchor Bay Collection DVD **1/2 (new to me)
Definitely the weakest Phantasm so far (I haven't seen 4 yet), but even bad Phantasm is pretty cool. Gotta love the balls, and the tall man is easily one of the scariest of the horror icons.

October 5:
11) A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Blu-Ray ***1/2 (new to me)
I feared this remake more than any of the others up to this point, and I'm not usually "that guy". It just didn't seem possible to replace Robert Englund. Turns out...it isn't. Sure, the new guy did the best he could, and was affective in his own way. It seemed as though both the writing and acting were trying so very hard to not imitate Englund that they managed to lose "Freddy" in the process. There is just plain no reason why they didn't use Englund in this, and that alone would have helped make this a great movie. Besides that some of the CGI was pretty bad (the Freddy coming out of the wall scene...come on...we saw better in 1996's The Frighteners. The original was so much more effective). Freddy's make-up...I don't know about yet. Sometimes it looked really awesome, but sometimes it looked really bad. Not sure what was going on there. Was that partially CGI or something? My only other complaint was that as a fairly new parent, the molestation stuff made me way uncomfortable. Yea...that was the point, but I thought the way it handled in the original was better.

That said, there is a lot of great stuff here. The production values, the direction and especially the cinematography are all excellent. The scene in the classroom where the class disappears was downright awesome. The pharmacy scene was also a stand-out. Most of the dream imagery was really, really good and there were many nods to the original series. Most of the acting was pretty good...I especially liked the new Nancy and Quentin...both great actors. I also liked how they didn't stick to the original story much at all. They used the basics but ran their own way with it. That's how a remake should be done in my opinion.

October 6:
none

October 7:
none

October 8:
12) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Blu-Ray *****
Probably my all time favorite horror movie, if not favorite movie period. The sequels are fun, even the remake is pretty decent, but nothing can touch the original.

13) A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) - Platinum Series DVD ***
Freddy's Revenge is a much better movie than it's given credit for. Yea, yea...I know...homoerotic blah blah blah. But get past that and there's a lot to enjoy here. The opening scene on the bus is one of the best scenes in the franchise. Freddy is still dark and menacing. The scene in Brady's room where Freddy literally tears out of Jessie is great too. Give it another chance with an open mind.

14) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - Platinum Series DVD ****
Even though this is the beginning of "cartoon" Freddy, this is still one of the best sequels. So many iconic scenes in this one, from the puppet, to the TV, to the "worm", and of course the return of Nancy.

15) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) - Platinum Series DVD ***
Most of the scares are gone, and Freddy is more a comedian now than a monster, but there are still a lot of cool moments in this one.

October 9:
16) A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) - Platinum Series DVD ***1/2
While Freddy is still more funny than scary here, the gothic scenery and backstory of Freddy's origins help elevate this one. I really like the cast of characters in this one too.

17) House on Haunted Hill (1999) - DVD **1/2
Silly movie with bad acting, bad CGI, and bad writing, yet it is greatly entertaining. It doesn't hold a candle to the original, but I'll be damned if it's not a fun ride!

October 10:
18) Mother of Tears (2007) - Unrated DVD **** (new to me)
I'll admit it, I was afraid to watch Mother of Tears. I have a terrible love for Suspiria. Inferno never did measure up to it for me, but I still enjoy parts of it quite a bit. From what I had heard about MoT, I thought it would be a disgrace to the "trilogy", therefore I had been putting it off and putting it off since it first came out. After finally breaking down and watching it, I am amazed how much better it was than I had feared. It doesn't hold up to Suspiria (though not much does), but it's every bit as enjoyable as Inferno to me, and maybe more so even. I do wish Argento had stuck with a bit more of the color/texture signature that the others had, and yes there were a few other places that could have been better (I wasn't big on the disappearing trick, the giggling teen witches, or the ghost of mom stuff), but there was plenty of good to balance it out. And it had Argentos return to having an evil monkey...how can you not love that?

October 11:
none

October 12:
19) Uzumaki (Spiral) (2000) - DVD **1/2
Such a wonderfully weird and messed-up movie. I really can't put this one into words...you just have to watch it.

October 13:
none

October 14:
none

October 15:
20) The Ring (2002) - DVD ****
The Ring is quite possibly the only example of a remake that I enjoy more than the original, especially when it comes to remakes of Asian horror films. Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoy Ringu, but for some reason I find this remake more enjoyable and more frightening. Maybe it's because I saw this one first, but even after revisiting it now years later, I still stick by this opinion. Either way, this is one heck of a great horror movie. Great story, great acting, and truly scary. Love it.

October 16:
21) The Ring Two (2005) - Unrated DVD **1/2
While still a decent movie, unfortunately this is a big step down from the first. The biggest problem is that other than a couple key scenes, it just wasn't scary. There was some nice atmosphere, acting, and directing, but they just didn't pull together the way The Ring did. Two scenes stand out in my mind though, the bathroom at the fair was quite good, and the tree appearing in the house was pretty cool. It's just too bad that they couldn't capture the magic of the first one again. And dare I even mention CGI deer...the deer in Tommy Boy was more effective...

October 17:
22) Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) - DVD ****1/2
The first time I saw Ju-on, before the countless remakes, spoofs, and rip-offs, I'd have to say it was the scariest movie I had ever seen. Now seeing it for the second time it didn't have quite the same affect on me, but it was still pretty amazing and creepy. The terror has been diminished a bit since it's style has been imitated so many times, but the original is still by far the best. It's one of the few movies that can still put me on edge.

Tonights viewing led to an interesting story afterwards. Right after the movie we headed for bed. I was just coming out of the bathroom when my wife, who was in our bedroom already, said "what's that noise"? I thought it was just the cat, but then it started again. It was a loud, metallic scratching noise coming from the corner of our room. Now under normal circumstances this would have been mostly annoying, but right after watching Ju-on...yea...slightly unsettling. Upon further investigation it seemed to have been coming from the gutter outside, so I gathered my courage (and the big-ass maglite) and went to take a look. I never did find anything, and the noise didn't come back after that, so I'm guessing it was just a squirrel or mouse playing around in the gutter, but who knows. All I know is that I don't usually get that nervous, and my wife really doesn't get rattled easily, but that sure did it for both of us! I spent the next hour plus laying wide awake in bed listening to every little noise in the house. That's definitely the most creeped out I've been in a while! Quite exhilarating!

October 18:
23) Jason X (2001) - Platinum Series DVD ***
Jason X is pure fun. It is so over the top and full of fan service that you can't help but love it. Sure, there's some absolutely horrible writing and acting, and the plot is pretty silly, but come on...it's Jason in space! Some of the franchise's best kills are in this one, including the wicked awesome face freeze, the screw, and of course the sleeping bags. Not a "great" movie, but a definite guilty pleasure.

October 19:
none

October 20:
24) Psycho (1960) - 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray *****
I am smack in the middle of working my way through Hitchcock's entire body of work chronologically, but I just couldn't help cheating on this one by jumping ahead a couple decades. Between the release of this beautifully restored Blu-Ray, and it being horror month, who could blame me? All I can really say about this masterpiece is it's an amazing film on an amazing disc. Kudos to the team responsible for giving us this in high definition. I can't wait for more Hitchcock to hit Blu!

October 21-25:
none - well, at least it was a good start! Probably won't be able to get back on track for 31, but we'll see.

October 26:
25) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - The Val Lewton Horror Collection DVD ***1/2
I absolutely love the atmosphere in this film. The use of shadows and sound are both wonderful. The trip through the fields to the voodoo ritual is one heck of a scene. Great stuff!

26) Evil Dead II (1987) - The Book of the Dead Divimax DVD ***
Good cheesy fun. I much prefer the original, and am more familiar with that one, but this one is always good for a few laughs. I always seem to forget that this one ends leading right into Army of Darkness. Long live Ash.

October 27:
27) Dracula (1931) - The Legacy Collection DVD ***1/2
It wouldn't be Halloween season without Dracula. In my opinion, no one played the Count like Bela Lugosi. Classic all the way.

28) The House of the Devil (2009) - Blu-Ray **** (new to me)
After all of the praise I have read about this one in the past month, I was afraid it wouldn't be able to live up to it. It did. I adored how they made the movie feel like it was straight out of the '80s. If I hadn't known it was new, I would have never believed it. Great, slow burn build-up. The first kill was awesome! My only complaint was that once stuff started hitting the fan, it was too easy for Samantha to get away initially, and I'm not sure how I felt about the ending (trying to stay spoiler free here). That said, there was a ton to love here. Great stuff, and highly recommended!

October 28:
none

October 29:
29) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - DVD **1/2
The people responsible for naming this movie should be kicked in the nuts. OK...I kind of get where they wanted to go with the Halloween franchise, being a completely new story each installment. Too bad that was already ruined by having Halloween 2 be a direct sequel. The precedence was set for Halloween to equal Michael Myers. Strike one. Then there is the whole "Season of the Witch" thing. Really? Did I miss where there was a witch anywhere in this movie? This had to have been some sort of horrible mistake because no one in their right mind could have thought THIS movie should have THIS name. The saddest part is, it really is a decent little movie! Had it been called "Silver Shamrock" or heck, even "Death Mask", I bet it would be much more highly regarded than as "The Night He DIDN'T Come Home". So stupid.

October 30:
30) Halloween (1978) - Blu-Ray *****
The original and still the best. To me, this movie is everything wonderful about this season rolled into one. This IS halloween!

October 31:
30.25) Scared Shrekless (2010) - DVR *** (new to me)
A very fun little holiday special featuring some of my favorite animated characters. It's always fun being able to share something like this with my 2 year old. I hope this hits DVD next year.

30.5) It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (1966) - DVD *****
Much like the original Halloween, it just wouldn't be this time of year without the Great Pumpkin! This year's viewing wasn't quite as special as it usually is due to the fact that my daughter has taken to watching it all year long, but I don't have a problem with that.

31.5) Trick 'R Treat (2007) - Blu-Ray *****
Saw this for the first time last year and fell instantly in love. This year it took the coveted Halloween night slot. There is so much to love about this movie, especially how all the stories intertwine. The mood of the season is captured so perfectly and lovingly. I hope they decide to make more of these, as I heard was the plan, and I hope they manage to live up to this.

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I ended up beating my goal by 1/2 "movie" due to the inclusion of 2 half hour TV specials. I like how that worked this year, even though Great Pumpkin now counts as 3/4 less than it used to. It makes sense.

Unfortunately I only managed to watch 6 that were new to me, but all of them had a lot to love. Frozen and House of the Devil were both huge highlights, and a couple of the best blind buys I've done in a while. Mother of Tears surprised me with how good it was. I'm still not completely sure how I feel about the NoES remake, but I really enjoyed parts of it. As for the old favorites, it was really nice having the Romero-fest early on and visiting with my favorite zombies again. Great year overall, but like usual I wish I could have done more!

Thanks again Chad for doing all that you do to run this great challenge!

Dimension X

2005 October Horror Movie Challenge List - 79 movies
2006 October Horror Movie Challenge List - 105 movies
2007 October Horror Movie Challenge List - 159 movies
2008 October Horror Movie Challenge List - 164 movies
2009 October Horror Movie Challenge List - 135 (129 movies + 6 Wildcards)

10/1/10

1) Hausu (House) (1977) - Segueing from the Criterion Challenge. Seven teen girls decide to spend summer vacation with the aunt of one of the girls. Words probably won't do this film justice, so I'll just go with these three: Watch this movie.
2) Tôkyô zonbi (Tokyo Zombie) (2005) - A couple of goofballs ride around in a van and use their jujitsu skills to battle zombies. Not bad. I'm sure I would've liked it better if I hadn't just watched the far superior Hausu.
3) Kairo (Pulse) (2001) - Some college kids kill themselves because of some ghosts or something. I had a tough time staying awake through this one.

10/2/10

4) The Dead Hate the Living! (1999) - A film crew making a low budget horror movie stumbles upon a strange machine which they accidentally activate, inadvertently releasing a few monsters intent on killing the living.
5) Daughters of Satan (1972) - Magnum buys a painting of three witches. After he gets it home, the figures in the painting possess his wife (who looks like one of the painting's subjects) and two other women (who look like the other two), all three of whom want to kill Magnum (because he looks like the inquisitor in another painting by the same artist, of course).

10/3/10

6) Bloodlust! (1961) - Mike Brady stars in a local theatrical production loosely based on The Most Dangerous Game. I'm pretty sure I've only seen the MST3K version of this (I know the movie is included as an extra on the MST3K DVD, but I don't think I watched it) so I'll count it as a first time viewing.
7) The Devil's Hand (1962) - A guy gets mixed up with a witch and her cult leader, Commissioner Gordon.

10/4/10

8) The Creeping Terror (1964) - A rocket crashes in the middle of nowhere and a slug-like alien lumbers out and eats a bunch of people, all while a narrator on loan from an old hygiene movie earnestly explains incidentals like characters' names and motivations (which a less avant-garde film would've almost certainly left to outmoded film techniques like "acting" or "dialogue"). I'm somewhat sure I've only seen the MST3K version of this (I know the movie is on the MST3K DVD, but I don't remember watching it) so I'm counting it as a first time viewing.
9) Terrified (1963) - Some guy wearing a black mask tries to run a middle-aged couple off the road, then later in the film he chases some other guy around a ghost town on foot. Sheriff Uncle Jesse shows up near the end of the film to sort of explain the whys and wherefores to all these odd goings on.

10/5/10

10) Land of the Minotaur (1976) - Donald Pleasence plays a priest who battles Peter Cushing and his minotaur worshiping cult. Unfortunately Cushing wasn't given much to do in this one and almost seemed bored with the whole thing, but Pleasence was watchable as yet another monster hunter.
11) The Hearse (1980) - When a woman moves into the old house she inherited from her aunt she has to deal with rude neighbors, electrical and plumbing problems, doors and windows that open and shut by themselves, ghostly visions of her dead aunt, and an old hearse and its driver that show up now and then to harass her. The legendary Joseph Cotten, slumming for an easy paycheck, plays her sleazebag attorney who wants the house for himself.
12) Legend of the Phantom Rider (2000) - Tasha Yar's frontier wife holodeck simulation appears to go horribly awry when she is beaten, imprisoned, and raped by a gang of outlaws. Later a Jonah Hex wannabe pops up for a few gunfights with the bad guys, and Angus Scrimm shows up to remind us that this thing is supposed to be a horror movie.

10/6/10

13) Wild Country (2005) - Five teens on an overnight church outing find a severed head and an abandoned baby in an old castle. They take the baby along on their hike and are stalked across the countryside (and killed one by one) by some funny looking werewolves.

10/7/10

14) Wolf Moon (2009) - Sid Haig is pissed off 'cause a werewolf killed his dog. Billy Drago is pissed off 'cause a werewolf killed his wife. Chris Mulkey is pissed off 'cause a werewolf is dating his daughter. Chris Divecchio (yeah, I have no idea who the hell he is either) is pissed off 'cause he's a werewolf. Together, these pissed off dudes join forces with Maria Conchita Alonso (who is pissed off 'cause she's the female sheriff in a town full of misogynists) to hunt down a werewolf. But first, there's a lot of standing and/or sitting around talking about what it is that's pissin' each of 'em off. Not really a bad movie, but the only reason I'd recommend it is for the song sang by Sid Haig that plays over the closing credits.
15) The... Bewitching (2003) - The random unnecessary ellipsis in the title is the most interesting thing about this shot on video shitfest. A witch who wants to get laid goes to Las Vegas. I'd accuse the film makers of stealing plot elements from Something Weird and Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, but aside from insulting those two better films, one would have to believe the people who made this movie actually put some thought into this for them to need to steal from other films. Nothing to see here but some gratuitous nudity, and there wasn't nearly enough of that to help.
16) A Candle in the Dark (2002) - College girl suspects her new Goth roommate may be a vampire. Poorly shot, with terrible sound and acting that's all over the place. On the plus side, it was really short so it didn't overstay its welcome.
17) Catholic Ghoulgirls (2005) - And another shot on video crapfest. This one had zombies and rednecks and a whole lot of '80s & '90s pop culture references.
18) Cutting Room! (2005) - More home movies. In this one a horror movie director can't get a distributor for her latest movie (not even Lloyd Kaufman, in an amusing cameo), so she decides to kill everyone who worked on the movie as a publicity stunt.
19) The Parasite (1997) - A couple of male college professors start doing research with a female mesmerist. The mesmerist uses her mystical mind control abilities to make one of the profs her sex slave. Yep, rather than use her powers on a billionaire or a CEO, or a famous actor, singer, athlete, or the like, she goes for some greasy schlub who isn't even tenured yet.
20) Up for Rent (2006) - A poor man's The House That Dripped Blood. While a real estate agent shows a couple an apartment, we learn the fates of a few previous tenants.

10/8/10

21) Soulkeeper (2001) - Brad Dourif hires a couple of knuckleheads to locate and steal an ancient relic that will allow him to bring dead people back to life. This one was a pleasant surprise. I didn't know what to expect going in, and it ended up being an entertaining, rather amusing horror-comedy.
22) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) - Count Dracula and his vampire bride like to keep a few girls chained up in the basement for midnight snacks. After their landlord dies, they face eviction from the secluded castle they rent, so they, along with their butler, John Carradine, decide to do away with the new owners.

10/9/10

23) Nightmare in Wax (1969) - A guy who was scarred in a fire uses real bodies in his wax museum. This thing sucks so bad it could leave you waxing nostalgic for the 2005 version of House of Wax.

10/10/10

24) Stanley (1972) - A guy uses his pet snakes to get revenge on the people who done him (or his snake friends) wrong.
25) Terror (1978) - After a witch is burned at the stake, her ghost/spirit/whatever kills a couple and curses their descendants.
26) Satan's Slave (1976) - A hot chick goes to spend some time with her uncle, Alfred (who, like Commissioner Gordon in The Devil's Hand, just happens to be the leader of a cult that's into human sacrifice). Kind of slow going, but there's plenty of bloody violence and full frontal nudity to keep you awake through the whole thing.
27) Prime Evil (1988) - A satanic cult hiding inside an old church in New York City performs a human sacrifice every thirteen years. The last one they did is about to reach its expiration date, so they're getting ready for a new one. This film takes place around Christmas if you're looking for something horrid to add to your Holiday Challenge viewing.
28) Brain Twisters (1990) - A doctor experiments on some college kids and turns them into killers. Well that sucked.

10/11/10

29) Insaniac (2001) - More shot on video shit. I think it was supposed to be about a girl talking to a psychiatrist to help her to remember something that happened to her in the past, but it was really just an hour and twenty-one minutes or so of some dumbass's home movies of some other dumbasses running their mouths and acting like idiots. Suddenly The... Bewitching is starting to look like great cinema.
30) Last House on Hell Street (2002) - Another craptacular video from the shitheads who made Insaniac. A woman is abducted and kinda-sorta tortured by a guy. Believe me, she experienced less pain than anyone who has had the misfortune to sit through this thing.
31) Phobias (2003) - Actually two short movies by the same director: When Shadows Lie Darkest (2002) and Blackout (2001). The first one is about a guy talking to someone about the dreams he's having about killing people he knows. The other one is about a woman who kills her husband. Oh, and there's also a masked killer wandering around her house for some reason. The first one was crap. The second was a little less crappy.
32) The Seekers (2003) - After a ponytailed fat guy (who looks a bit like Comic Book Guy) loses his job at the local comic shop (well I'll be, he really was Comic Book Guy) and catches his wife in bed with another Comic Book Guy clone, some goth chick gives him a videotape containing a couple of ineptly amusing stories which are supposed to inspire him to kill his wife. Entertainingly bad.
33) Revamped (2007) - A guy finds out his wife is cheating on him, figures he has nothing to live for and decides to become a vampire, only to find himself embroiled in a war between vampires, humans, and half-breeds.

10/12/10

34) Alice Sweet Alice (1976) - When a young girl is killed inside a church, the evidence points to her older, nutty sister.
35) Voodoo Moon (2006) - Cordelia Chase, Herbert West, J.J.'s dad, and E.T.'s mom battle monsters in the boonies.
36) Deadgirl (2008) - Two teens skip school to go drink beer in a nearby abandoned insane asylum where they stumble upon a naked living dead girl chained in the basement.

10/13/10

37) Monster Dog (1984) - Alice Cooper returns to his boyhood home and finds it overun by a pack of wild dogs and a werewolf.
38) Blood Massacre (1991) - A gang of armed robbers takes a family hostage and hides out in their isolated house in the country. Then the family decides to have the gang for dinner.
39) 13 (1986) - Police and a radio talk show host try to catch a serial killer who is killing people who have AIDS.
40) Hip Hop Locos (2001) - Two assholes endlessly run their mouths (saying the same shit over and over and over ad nauseam), steal some drugs, kill someone, and "rap" once or twice. Man did this ever suck. "Shot on video shitfest" wouldn't begin to describe this impossibly bad "movie."

10/14/10

41) War Wolves (2009) - John Saxon and Tim Thomerson are a couple of old retired soldiers turned werewolf hunters. Throw in Adrienne Barbeau as an eccentric recovering alcoholic, add some seriously stupid looking werewolf makeup, and you got yourself a SciFi Channel Original Movie.
42) Las Vegas Blood Bath (1989) - Greasy goofball comes home early and catches his wife screwing some guy, kills them, goes out and kills a couple more people, stops off at a baby shower, takes a break to watch some oil wrasslin' on TV, then kills the chicks (along with a few other people who just happen to drop by) at the baby shower. Mostly crap, but it had a few entertaining moments.

10/15/10

43) I Hate You (2004) - Video snoozefest about an old guy who wants to become famous like Jack the Ripper, so he kills some people (when he isn't endlessly droning on about becoming famous like Jack the Ripper by killing some people).
44) Slasher (1985) - College girls are being killed for body parts. IMDb says this was the first movie shot on video for the VHS market.
45) Bloodz vs. Wolvez (2006) - From the guy who shat out Zombiez (2005) (which I unfortunately watched last year) comes another mizzpelled monzter movie. The leader of a vampire gang and the leader of a werewolf gang want to call a truce but their gangs would rather keep fighting. Given how horrifically bad Zombiez was, I was expecting this to really suck, but it actually started out okay, had a decent story (complete with subplots), and the main actors weren't bad. And then about halfway through it all went to hell.
46) Vampiyaz (2004) - And another one from the same guy (actually the first in his mizzpelled monzter trilogy). Two guys crack a safe. Things go wrong, and one guy goes to prison and the other guy gets bitten by a vampire. After he's released from prison, the ex-con is employed by his now-vampire ex-partner to steal an amulet that will give the vampire immunity to sunlight and crosses. This was a surprisingly (intentionally) funny movie.
47) Drag Me To Hell (2009) - A freaky looking old broad can't pay her mortgage, so, facing eviction, she puts a curse on a loan officer at the local bank.
48) Fido (2006) - The adventures of a boy and his zombie.

10/16/10

49) Mexican Werewolf in Texas (2005) - Soporific tale of a small town in Texas terrorized by a chupacabra.
50) DarkWolf (2002) - Cop who works werewolf cases tries to protect a woman from a cartoony CGI werewolf that hopes to mate with her. A fair amount of nudity, but unfortunately this dog don't hunt.
51) The Bunker (2000) - Nazis explore the spooky abandoned tunnels beneath a bunker.

10/17/10

52) After Sundown (2005) - People relocating bodies in an old cemetery accidentally resurrect a couple of vampires. Those vampires, in need of minions, resurrect the recently dead as zombies. I've seen worse.
53) The Damned (2005) - After a guy accidentally kills one of the new vampires in the neighborhood, he and his two loser roommates join up with Willis and some other guy to kill the other vampires. Not the worst home movie I've seen this month.

10/18/10

54) The Thirst (2006) - A guy runs into his dead girlfriend at a club, then the next night she turns him into a vampire and introduces him to her vampire "family." Worth a look to see Adam Baldwin as a vampire.
55) Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) - Campers and employees at Big Pussy's summer camp are getting themselves killed because they were being mean to a fat, loathsome, bullying douchebag who should've been the first to die.

10/19/10

56) Ghouls (2008) - A guy who calls himself the "last Druid" wants to stop some Romanian villagers from acquiring a new "vessel" for the "Ghoul Queen." At least if I'd watched it on the Sci Fi Channel the commercials might've been entertaining.
57) The Beast of Bray Road (2005) - A werewolf terrorizes a small town somewhere in Wisconsin. Not bad for an Asylum flick.
58) The Last House on the Left (2008) - Two girls are abducted, beaten, raped, killed. Not bad for a remake.
59) The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) - Family falls apart as they deal with a child's terminal illness and the haunted house they're renting.

10/20/10

60) Paranormal Activity (2007) - A guy and his girlfriend set up a video camera in their house hoping to record some paranormal activity. Almost as entertaining as actually watching a stranger's home movies.

10/21/10

61) Paranormal Entity (2009) - A guy, his mom, and his sister set up some video cameras in their house hoping to record a paranormal entity. Asylum Bizarro version of the last film I watched. Wasn't any worse than the real thing.
62) The Devil Within Her (Beyond the Door) (1974) - Pregnant woman is possessed. At first I had a hard time getting the Nanny and the Professor theme song out of my head, then I just had a hard time staying awake.
63) Saw V (2008) - While an FBI agent re-investigates some of the old Jigsaw murders, five new victims play a new series of games.

10/22/10

64) Survival of the Dead (2009) - People fight each other, and a few zombies, on an island.
65) Frozen Scream (1975) - Two scientists who are trying to find the secret to immortality send out some of their subjects to kill people. Amusingly bad.
66) Hollywood Horror House (1970) - Hippie serial killer jumps off a movie stars homes tour bus, walks into a has-been star's mansion, and gets a job as her nurse.
67) Zombie Bloodbath (1993) - Zombies attack people living in a neighborhood built on the site of an old nuclear plant. The only scary thing about this movie was the thought that that guy with the mullet walked into a Supercuts and actually asked for that haircut.
68) Zombie Bloodbath 2 (1995) - A couple of loudmouth dumbasses hold a few people hostage inside a deli while some zombies stumble around outside. Yeah, it sucked.
69) Zombie Bloodbath 3: Undead Armageddon (2000) - While exploring the abandoned military installation in the system of caves beneath their high school, some kids run into zombies from the future. Yeah, it sucked too.
70) The Alphabet Killer (2008) - A schizophrenic cop investigates a series of murders of young girls with alliterative names.

10/23/10

71) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1969) - After witnessing an attempted murder, a writer becomes the target of a serial killer.

10/24/10

72) The Undying Monster (1942) - A Scotland Yard detective investigates a murder that may have been committed by a werewolf.
73) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) - Bela Lugosi, hoping to prove evolution, injects people with ape blood.
74) The Black Cat (1934) - Lugosi and a newlywed couple spend some time in satanist architect Boris Karloff's swanky house.
75) The Raven (1935) - Mad surgeon Lugosi has the hots for a patient.
76) The House of Usher (2006) - Another take on the Poe tale. Unfortunately, it wasn't very good.
77) Grey Knight (1993) - During the Civil War, demons, or elder gods, or something, find their way back to the surface and possess some soldiers.
78) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) - Divers searching for diamonds battle underwater zombies.

10/25/10

79) The Werewolf (1956) - Another werewolf. More villagers hunting him.
80) Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) - A group of people investigating a house where 18 people were murdered 10 years earlier encounter Vincent Price and his cult.
81) Nature of the Beast (2007) - Girl finds out her fiancé is a werewolf.
82) Les Dents de la Nuit (Vampire Party) (2008) - A group of people get themselves invited to an annual party held by vampires.

10/26/10

83) Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006) - Snoop Dogg introduces three not very interesting stories. The animated wrap-around story was okay though.
84) Vampiros (2004) - After a one night stand, a guy wakes up with fangs and a thirst for blood.
85) Quarantine (2008) - Reporter following two firemen on a call gets more than she bargained for. Pretty good, though unnecessary, remake.

10/27/10

86) Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001) - Michael Knight sings his way through the well-known Robert Louis Stevenson story.
87) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Singing serial killer barber provides ingredients for his neighbor's meat pies.

10/28/10

88) Ski Wolf (2008) - More crappy home movies. A guy gets bitten by a werewolf, then goes skiing. Yeah, it sucked.
89) Darkness (2002) - Another family moves into another haunted house.
90) Modern Vampires (1998) - A vampire returns to Hollywood looking for a rogue vampire.

10/29/10

91) Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010) - The kids get summer jobs at Daphne's uncle's country club on Lake Erie and go up against a witch and her man-sized frog monsters.
92) Bad Biology (2008) - A woman with an odd physical abnormality kills her lovers, then meets a man with an odd physical abnormality of his own.
93) From Hell It Came (1957) - Dead guy comes back to life as a walking tree.
94) Murder-Set-Pieces (2004) - German guy drives around Vegas, takes some pictures, lifts weights, kills several women.
95) Pulse (2006) - Internet "ghosts" cause a suicide epidemic. Veronica Mars investigates.

10/30/10

96) Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) -
97) The Man Who Laughs (1928) -
98) Pumpkinhead (1988) -
99) Dee Snider's Strangeland (1998) -

10/31/10

100) The House of the Devil (2008) -
101) Jacko Lantern (Jack-O) (1995) -
102) Jack O'Lantern (2004) -
103) Halloween Night (2006) -
104) Witchcraft (1964) -
105) Black Sheep (2006) -
106) Halloween II (2009) -
107) Devils of Darkness (1965) -

11/1/10 Overtime: Midnight to dawn

108) The Walking Dead:"Days Gone Bye" / Scared Shrekless (2010)
109) Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2007) -
110) Werewolf in a Women's Prison (2007) -
111) The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here! (1971) -

THE END

First Time Viewings: 108

My halfhearted attempt at the checklist:

shellebelle

Ready to be scared to smithereens!!

2007 FILM COUNT: 60
2008 FILM COUNT: 123
2009 FILM COUNT: 108

2010 GOAL: 100
2010 FILM COUNT: 134
2010 TIME WATCHED: 205H 28M

* = First Viewing


OCTOBER 1 (6h 38m)

001. * The Devil's Wedding Night / 1983 / 99 mins / Online - Hulu
002. * The House That Dripped Blood / 1970 / 102 mins / DVD - Netflix
003. * From Beyond / 1986 / 85 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
004. * Dorian Gray / 2009 / 112 mins / DVD - Netflix

OCTOBER 2 (9h 48m)

005. * The Blob / 1988 / 95 mins / DVD - Netflix
006. * Triangle / 2009 / 98 mins / DVD - Netflix
007. * MST3K: Zombie Nightmare / 1994 / 89 mins / Neftlix Watch Instantly
008. * Daybreakers / 2009 / 98 mins/ BD - Own
009. * Let the Right One In / 2008 / 115 mins / DVD - Own
010. * Sisters / 1973 / 93 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 3 (12h 40m)

011A. * Supernatural: Season 4: "Monster Movie" / 2008 / 42 mins / DVD - Own
011B. * The Vampire Diaries: Season 2: "Memory Lane" / 2010 / 42 mins / CW HD
012. * Nightmare Castle / 1965 / 90 mins / DVD - Own
013. * The Cat and the Canary / 1927 / 84 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
014. Horror of Dracula / 1958 / 90 mins / TCM
015. Bloodrayne / 2006 / 98 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
016. Wild Card #1: The Execution of Mary Stuart / 1895; Le chaudron infernal / 1903; Frankenstein / 1910
017. * Dario Argento's The Card Player / (2004) / 102 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
018. * Them! / 1954 / 92 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
019. * Daughters of Satan / 1972 / 120 mins / TCM


OCTOBER 4 (3h 07m)

020. * Horror Hotel (aka The City of the Dead) / (1960) / 76 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
021. The Omen / 1976 / 111 mins / Netfilx Watch Instantly

OCTOBER 5 (6h 38m)

022. * Dying Breed / 2008 / 91 mins / DVD - Netflix
023. * Dead Snow / 2009 / 92 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
024. Damien: Omen II / 1978 / 107 mins / DVD - Netflix
025. Omen III: The Final Conflict / 1981 / 108 mins / DVD - Netflix



OCTOBER 6 (4h 55m)

026. * It's Alive / 1974 / 92 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
027. * Black Rainbow / 1989 / 95 mins / DVD - Netflix
028. Pandorum / 2009 / 108 mins / BD - Own


OCTOBER 7 (11h 39m)

029. * Mystery of the Wax Museum / 1933 / 77 mins / DVD - Own
030. House of Wax / 1953 / 88 mins / DVD - Own
031. * The Beast of Yucca Flats / 1961 / 54 mins / DVD - Own
032. * Vampyres / 1974 / 88 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
033. * Day of the Dead / 2008 / 87 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
034. * Whatever Happened to Baby Jane / 1962 / 135 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
035. * Octaman / 1971 / 79 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
036. Return of the Living Dead / 1985 / 91 mins / TV - CHLL


OCTOBER 8 (7h 51m)

037. * Sheitan / 2006 / 94 mins / DVD - Netflix
038. * Splinter / 2008 / 82 mins / DVD - Netflix
039. * Ginger Snaps / 2000 / 108 mins / DVD - Netflix
040. * Lake Mungo / 2008 / 87 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
041. * Session 9 / 2001 / 100 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 9 (13h 47m)

042a. * The Vampire Diaries: Season 2: "Kill or Be Killed" / 2010 / 42 mins / CW HD
042b. * Supernatural: Season 4: "Yellow Fever" / 2008 / 42 mins / DVD - Own
043. The Others / 2001 / 104 mins / DVD - Own
044. The Mummy / 1999 / 125 mins / BD - Own
045. The Mummy Returns / 2001 / 130 mins / BD - Own
046. * The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor / 2008 / 112 mins/ BD - Own
047. King Kong / 2005 / 188 mins / BD - Own
048. * The Last House on the Left / 1972 / 84 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly




OCTOBER 10 (9h 35m)

049. * Salvage / 2008 / 96 mins / DVD - Netflix
050. * City of the Living Dead / 1980 / 93 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
051. * Zombieland / 2009 / 88 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
052. * The Descent / 2006 / 99 mins / SYFY - HD
053. * Shadow Puppets / 2007 / 103 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
054. * Big Bad Wolf / 2006 / 96 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly



OCTOBER 11 (4h 55m)

055. * Jennifer's Body / 2009 / 102 mins / HBO - HD
056. * The House on Sorority Row / 1983 / 92 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
057. I Know What You Did Last Summer / 1997 / 101 mins / DVD - Own


OCTOBER 12 (1h 16m)

058. * Lady Death / 2004 / 76 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 13 (4h 04m)

059. * Night of the Creeps / 1986 / 90 mins / DVD Netflix
060. * Black Sunday / 1960 / 87 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
061. * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / 1920 / 67 mins / DVD - Own


OCTOBER 14 (3h 04m)

062. * The Children / 2008 / 84 mins / DVD - Netflix
063. * Omen IV: Awakening / 1991 / 100 mins/ Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 15 (4h 27m)

064. * Return of the Living Dead 2 / 1988 / 89 mins / Netfix Watch Instantly
065. Swamp Thing / 1982 / 92 mins / Netfix Watch Instantly
066. * Killer Klowns from Outer Space / 1988 / 86 mins / Netfix Watch Instantly



OCTOBER 16 (10h 06m)

067. * Darling / 2007 / 133 mins / Netflix
068. * Fear No Evil / 1981 / 99 mins / DVD - Netflix
069. Night of the Living Dead / 1968 / 96 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
070. * Tourist Trap / 1979 / 90 mins / DVD - Netflix
071. * Alone in the Dark II / 2008 / 90 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
072. * Suspiria / 1977 / 98 mins / FMC HD



OCTOBER 17 (10h 48m)

073. * Hellbound: Hellraider II / 1988 / 100 min / EMYS HD
074. * At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul / 1963 / 81 mins / IFC HD
075. * King of the Zombies / 1941 / 67 mins / DVD - Own
076. The Nightmare Before Christmas / 1993 / 77 mins / BD - Own
077. * Queen of Blood / 1966 / 78 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
078. * White Zombie / 1932 / 69 mins / DVD - Own
079. * The Mad Monster / 1942 / 76 mins / DVD - Own
080. The Rocky Horror Picture Show / 1975 / 100 Mins / DVD - Own
081. Monsters, Inc. / 2001 / 93 mins / DVD - Own
082. * Lake Dead / 2007 / 90 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 18 (4h 27m)

083. * Smash Cut / 2009 / 85 mins / DVD - Netflix
084. * Murders in the Rue Morgue / 1971 / 98 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
085. Child's Play 2: Chucky's Back / 1990 / 84 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 19 (4h 43m)

086. * Bitten / 2008 / 88 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
087. * Terror Train / 1980 / 97 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
088. Black Christmas / 1974 / 98 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 20 (4h 57m)

089. Fright Night / 1985 / 106 mins / DVD - Own
090. * My Bloody Valentine / 1981 / 90 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
091. * The Crazies / 2010 / 101 mins / DVD - Netflix


OCTOBER 21 (4h 39m)

092. * The 7th Victim / 1943 / 71 mins / DVD - Netflix
093. * Demons / 1985 / 88 mins / DVD - Netflix
094. * Creepshow / 1982 / 120 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 22 (2h 42m)

095. * Attack of the Giant Leeches / 1959 / 62 mins / DVD - Own
096. * Anatomy / 2000 / 100 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly



OCTOBER 23 (6h 49m)

097. The Wolfman / 2010 / 103 mins / BD - Own
098. * Face of Marble / 1946 / 72 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
099. * Revenge of the Living Dead Girls / 1987 / 90 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
100. * The Terror / 1963 / 79 mins / DVD - Own
101. * Revolt of the Zombies / 1936 / 65 mins / DVD - Own


OCTOBER 24 (16h 16m)

102. * Toolbox Murders / 1978 / 94 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
103. * Frailty / 2001 / 100 mins / DVD - Own
104. Bram Stoker's Dracula / 1992 / 127 mins / BD - Own
105. * Flowers in the Attic / 1987 / 92 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
106. * The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film / 2006 / 88 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
107. * The Monster Squad / 1987 / 82 mins / DVD - Netflix
108. * Dark Night of the Scarecrow / 1981 / 96 mins / DVD - Netflix
109. * Orphan / 2009 / 125 mins / MMAX HD
110. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy / 1955 / 79 mins / DVD - Own
111. * The House of the Devil / 2009 / 93 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly

OCTOBER 25 (4h 53m)

112. Gojira / 1954 / 98 mins / BD - Own
113. * Dead of Night / 1977 / 76 mins / DVD - Netflix
114. * The Host (Gowemul) / 2006 / 119 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 26 (1h 50m)

115. * The Orphanage / 2007 / 110 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 27 (3h 10m)

116. *Legion / 2010 / 100 mins / BD - Own
117. * Paranormal Entity / 2009 / 90 mins/ DVD - Netflix


OCTOBER 28 (4h 30m)

118. * Rose Red: Part 1 / 2002 / 90 mins / DVD - Netflix
119. * Rose Red: Part 2 / 2002 / 90 mins / DVD - Netflix
120. * Rose Red: Part 3 / 2002 / 90 mins / DVD - Netflix


OCTOBER 29 (4h 02m)

121. * Headless Horseman / 2007 / 92 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
122. * Thankskilling / 2009 / 66 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
123. * The Tomb / 1986 / 84 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly


OCTOBER 30 (7h 56m)

124. The Omen: 666 / 2006 / 110 mins / BD - Own
125. * Paranormal Activity / 2007 / 85 mins / Netflix Watch Instanly
126. * The Ghoul / 1933 / 80 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
127. * Lost Souls / 2000 / 98 mins / DVD - Own
128. *After.Life / 2009 / 103 mins / DVD - Own



OCTOBER 31 (9h 16m)

129. The Fog / 1980 / 91 mins / DVD - Own
130. * Night of the Demons / 1988 / 90 mins / DVD - Netflix
131. * The Devil's Backbone / 2001 / 108 mins / Netflix Watch Instantly
132. * The Hollow / 2004 / 94 mins / DVD - Netflix
133. * Trick 'r Treat / 2008 / 82 mins / DVD - Netflix
134. Halloween / 1978 / 91 mins / DVD - Own









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