Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
08-15-13 | 08:43 AM
#76
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
I was off for hernia surgery last year and only hit 153(Though Sandy did take some time away for me).
As for suggestions... I'll throw it out again; remove wild cards. TV and Halloween content counts now anyway, and the wildcards just lead to more arguing.
As for suggestions... I'll throw it out again; remove wild cards. TV and Halloween content counts now anyway, and the wildcards just lead to more arguing.
08-15-13 | 08:56 AM
#77
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
I did 282 one October, and can easily see someone hitting a few more. It was exhausting, but fun as heck, and someone with the right type of (little) life could hit 300. Here was my quote from back then:
Nowadays I rarely watch more than 5 movies a month; oh how life changes.
And I only did 13 hours a day. Pretty easy when you have no kids, only worked 10 days in October, can watch films at work, and change your voicemail to "call me in November".
08-15-13 | 09:31 AM
#78
Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
Here's last year's checklist (for reference):
I suggest adding Karen Black to the Watch a film starring section (swapping out for Angela Bettis -or- Raine Brown -). Black was kind of a under-the-radar scream queen.
Spoiler:
I suggest adding Karen Black to the Watch a film starring section (swapping out for Angela Bettis -or- Raine Brown -). Black was kind of a under-the-radar scream queen.
08-15-13 | 12:57 PM
#79
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
It's not difficult to get in 100+ in a month; you just have to plan well. For example, old-school horror programmers from the 30s and 40s average 60 minutes in run time. A couple of those a night plus weekend marathons will get you high numbers. It also helps to be unemployed so you can have movies running on one screen while you bang out cover letters and resumes in the other.
This year I'm working, so I'm going for quality over quantity. Lots of Hammer and Universal horror, plus some recent hits.
This year I'm working, so I'm going for quality over quantity. Lots of Hammer and Universal horror, plus some recent hits.
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08-15-13 | 02:38 PM
#80
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
I did 282 one October, and can easily see someone hitting a few more. It was exhausting, but fun as heck, and someone with the right type of (little) life could hit 300. Here was my quote from back then:
Nowadays I rarely watch more than 5 movies a month; oh how life changes.
Nowadays I rarely watch more than 5 movies a month; oh how life changes.
I usually aim for 100 and can pull it off without upending my life too much. Like Gobear said, it's not actually all that difficult if you strategize well.
08-15-13 | 04:43 PM
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
Count Hamiltons in. As always I consider this the big boy mack daddy of all the challenges (NO offense to the other ones!) and therefore we can go bigger here prize wise. I will start seeing what pops up on my desk so far as samples and neat stuff and start stockpiling.
It wasn't so much the 300+ people were questioning as it was him supposedly reaching those numbers at just over the halfway point of the challenge. That, coupled with the fact that he went batshitcrazy after the first accusation of cheating.
Let's just hope he immediately checked himself into a proper psychiatric facility and got the help he so desperately needed.
And it's really a shame all of his old posts were deleted after being banned--all that's left remaining is a PM telling me to "go fuck yourself" for not exercising my nonexistent mod powers.
08-15-13 | 07:14 PM
#82
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After being disillusioned with some challenges in the past due to drama coming up, I approach challenges with a different viewpoint now. I just watch what I think counts and ignore any drama that comes up. I'm in the challenges to have fun and enjoy myself after all.
08-15-13 | 09:37 PM
#83
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
08-16-13 | 12:00 PM
#85
Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
Look, I challenge anyone to disagree that being trapped in Lindsay Lohan's body constitutes true horror. And that is why I counted the Freaky Friday remake last year.
Okay, not really.
Okay, not really.
08-16-13 | 01:24 PM
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Re: Comments, Suggestions & Feedback for the 2013 Horror Challenge
08-17-13 | 11:18 AM
#87
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Yeah, 306. 300+ has happened a few times and I feel like it has been bullshit each and everyt ime. Averaging 10-12 hours daily for a month is something that I don't find to be believable, no matter how you defend it. I believe it even less when the member doesn't post for 9 months, immediately after the results thread. Just doesn't sit well with me.
Although it does leave a sour taste in your mouth when you can't just enjoy yourself and watch a bunch of horror films without being questioned about it. Wtf would be the purpose of pretending how many I watched? To impress some random people on a forum I don't otherwise participate on? I'm sure there are plenty of sad people who would do that (just take a look at the number of 'cheater' discussions there are on iCM), but maybe people should lighten up about this challenge and accept everyone has different amounts of free time, limits to how much they can watch, attention spans etc.
Anyway, I popped back in here to see if there was any discussion about the upcoming FrightFest but I forgot that most people here are American. I mentioned last year during the challenge that I was moving to London (from Australia) this year - and I have been in London since May. Have very little time for films now as I'm working full time, but I will still be participating this year (although I will be delighted to get to 30 this time
). FrightFest is looking pretty awesome and I'm attending that next week, but then will try and stay off horror until October again.
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08-17-13 | 04:58 PM
#88
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If this is aimed at me, I don't really care whether you believe it or not. I am an admin of this forum: http://s15.zetaboards.com/iCheckMovies/index/, which is where I'm active every single day, and I come here just for the Horror Challenge (which coincidentally, I also host on my forum) because there is more active discussion and participation than on my own. I only found out about this challenge because of MisterPeepers mentioning it to me and I thought it sounded awesome, I stayed on my own forum for the first few years but since I had a lot of free time on my hands last year, I thought I'd join in here as well. It is entirely possible to watch 300 in a month; exhausting, but possible.
Although it does leave a sour taste in your mouth when you can't just enjoy yourself and watch a bunch of horror films without being questioned about it. Wtf would be the purpose of pretending how many I watched? To impress some random people on a forum I don't otherwise participate on? I'm sure there are plenty of sad people who would do that (just take a look at the number of 'cheater' discussions there are on iCM), but maybe people should lighten up about this challenge and accept everyone has different amounts of free time, limits to how much they can watch, attention spans etc.
Anyway, I popped back in here to see if there was any discussion about the upcoming FrightFest but I forgot that most people here are American. I mentioned last year during the challenge that I was moving to London (from Australia) this year - and I have been in London since May. Have very little time for films now as I'm working full time, but I will still be participating this year (although I will be delighted to get to 30 this time ). FrightFest is looking pretty awesome and I'm attending that next week, but then will try and stay off horror until October again.
Although it does leave a sour taste in your mouth when you can't just enjoy yourself and watch a bunch of horror films without being questioned about it. Wtf would be the purpose of pretending how many I watched? To impress some random people on a forum I don't otherwise participate on? I'm sure there are plenty of sad people who would do that (just take a look at the number of 'cheater' discussions there are on iCM), but maybe people should lighten up about this challenge and accept everyone has different amounts of free time, limits to how much they can watch, attention spans etc.
Anyway, I popped back in here to see if there was any discussion about the upcoming FrightFest but I forgot that most people here are American. I mentioned last year during the challenge that I was moving to London (from Australia) this year - and I have been in London since May. Have very little time for films now as I'm working full time, but I will still be participating this year (although I will be delighted to get to 30 this time
). FrightFest is looking pretty awesome and I'm attending that next week, but then will try and stay off horror until October again.
08-17-13 | 05:25 PM
#89
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Well, when you live with parents who do everything for you, have a casual job, no friends, no commitments, no interest in anything other than movies, it's not that difficult...
And I never believed it was possible either, well I mean, I believed it but I thought it would be impossible for me to do. I was already averaging around 100 a month just on a normal basis, so it wasn't a huge stretch for me anyway. I don't think I could - or would - ever do it again, but I'm glad I did just to experience it. I was in the mood for it, I knew it would be the last chance for me to do it, I had fun. Doubt all you want, but I know I had a fecking good time.
It does kind of make me wonder though, who has less of a life; the people who can watch 300 movies in a month or the people who seriously cry and whinge about how many movies someone watches? It's a fecking forum challenge where people watch movies, why are people taking this so seriously? Have fun, watch movies, stop questioning how people live their lives.
And I never believed it was possible either, well I mean, I believed it but I thought it would be impossible for me to do. I was already averaging around 100 a month just on a normal basis, so it wasn't a huge stretch for me anyway. I don't think I could - or would - ever do it again, but I'm glad I did just to experience it. I was in the mood for it, I knew it would be the last chance for me to do it, I had fun. Doubt all you want, but I know I had a fecking good time.
It does kind of make me wonder though, who has less of a life; the people who can watch 300 movies in a month or the people who seriously cry and whinge about how many movies someone watches? It's a fecking forum challenge where people watch movies, why are people taking this so seriously? Have fun, watch movies, stop questioning how people live their lives.
08-17-13 | 05:32 PM
#90
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I'm fecking very happy for you.
And I'm gonna be fecking honest, I'd say the person who watches 10+ movies every day for 31 days probably has less of a life than someone who works full-time, has a family etc. I'm just going on a fecking limb here though.
And I'm gonna be fecking honest, I'd say the person who watches 10+ movies every day for 31 days probably has less of a life than someone who works full-time, has a family etc. I'm just going on a fecking limb here though.
08-17-13 | 06:10 PM
#91
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people are already pissing and moaning? i'm glad i only look at about 4 other people's lists and that is just for ideas on what to watch next.
sidenote: i wonder if NoirFan will come back for this. miss that guy.
sidenote: i wonder if NoirFan will come back for this. miss that guy.
08-17-13 | 07:44 PM
#92
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Holy crap. I know a bunch of people left recently, and knew something was missing from the Challenges. I miss NF too.
08-17-13 | 08:33 PM
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I'm excited, finished last year at 148, just two shy of my goal!
Couple reasons why I'm excited:
1)Getting into horror mood, reading Salem's Lot right now, watching Tales from the Crypt until Oct
2)Just moved into new duplex, got a new tv, will be exciting to watch movies that never scared me in new surroundings
3)Got married in April this year to a non-horror fan, so will be going through the history of horror with her
Couple reasons why I'm excited:
1)Getting into horror mood, reading Salem's Lot right now, watching Tales from the Crypt until Oct
2)Just moved into new duplex, got a new tv, will be exciting to watch movies that never scared me in new surroundings
3)Got married in April this year to a non-horror fan, so will be going through the history of horror with her
08-17-13 | 09:03 PM
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Glad to have you back for another round.
I know he posts over at the Blu-ray.com boards, so I could PM him a reminder.
Congrats and my condolences, but mostly the former.
08-18-13 | 01:29 AM
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And no offense to anyone, but I'm against the idea of multi-tasking while watching films. I think that's how some people get their totals so high. It just seems more in the spirit (so to speak) to turn down the lights, plop down in front of the TV and just watch the film... with no distractions. Not trying to pick a fight!
... that's just my 2 cents.But anyway.... I just happened to check the forum tonight and I'm glad to see there's life in this thread already. I started setting films aside back in June.
08-18-13 | 02:57 AM
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I didn't want to get into an argument about this, but I look forward the Horror Challenge every year and it was a bit of a punch in the face to see people bitching about me. If there was a cash prize for the winner or something, then obviously you'd expect some proof that they'd watched all the films, but since you actually get nothing (except pride) for watching the most, I'm not really sure why everyone is taking it so seriously... I won't be watching anywhere near that many again, but I think I'll just stick to the discussion thread on my own forum this year.
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08-18-13 | 04:43 AM
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I didn't want to get into an argument about this, but I look forward the Horror Challenge every year and it was a bit of a punch in the face to see people bitching about me. If there was a cash prize for the winner or something, then obviously you'd expect some proof that they'd watched all the films, but since you actually get nothing (except pride) for watching the most, I'm not really sure why everyone is taking it so seriously... I won't be watching anywhere near that many again, but I think I'll just stick to the discussion thread on my own forum this year.
I hope you will participate in the discussion here. I know from the Officially Unofficial iCheckMovies Forum that you are a passionate fan of horror movies, and I'm sure that we would benefit from your input (you probably will too-there is plenty of posting over there, but I think that there is a bit more back and forth over here, and it's easy in a genre challenge to talk past each other, as we are mostly watching different movies.
08-18-13 | 04:57 AM
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And no offense to anyone, but I'm against the idea of multi-tasking while watching films. I think that's how some people get their totals so high. It just seems more in the spirit (so to speak) to turn down the lights, plop down in front of the TV and just watch the film... with no distractions. Not trying to pick a fight! ... that's just my 2 cents.
... that's just my 2 cents.
08-18-13 | 05:07 AM
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Even if these totals are legitimate, it doesn't seem like fun.
08-18-13 | 07:52 AM
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Regarding potential sponsors Scorpion Releasing has been releasing a lot more stuff lately and Walter is very open/active on blu-ray.com, where Scorpion Releasing has it's own thread under North America. Likewise Scream Factory is another contender and an employee, cmac, also posts on blu-ray.com. I don't recall if either has been on the sponsor list before.
Here's an amusing home living site with horror movie pillows and pot holders, etc: http://horrordecor.net/
Here's an amusing home living site with horror movie pillows and pot holders, etc: http://horrordecor.net/
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