SterlingBen

Extraterrestrial (aka 'A Meteor? Lets go find it!'), Killer Appendage, Hey That's Freddy!, nun-sploitation, cross-dressing (gender-bender)

PCBreakdown

Thanks! I did. I stalked the horror challenge threads for a couple years, making my own lists and playing along, but I always remembered mid-October. Finally got here early enough this year to officially join in.

clckworang

Wow! Blacula was the most discussed daily film last year?! That was my pick! I remember part of my thinking for choosing that film last year was that it was airing on Cinemax (I think it was Cinemax ...) a couple times at the end of September and a few more during October. I think that's an avenue that people should keep in mind.

I do think trying to match all the theme nights complicates things as well. I'm not saying we shouldn't do that, but it does limit the titles one might ordinarily suggest. Or it could go the other way by forcing people to take the shotgun approach: tossing out a bunch of titles in hopes that one will hit.

The last couple of years, it seems to be a trend that subset picks are ones that I saw for the first time the previous year, so I can relate.

BobO'Link

I'd say any of the classic Universal Horror titles as well as any of the classic Hammer Horror titles.

Specifically:

Universal
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1932)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Mummy (1932)
Dracula (1931)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
and some of the sequels (or all of them if you really like Universal Horror)

Hammer
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1965)
The Horror of Dracula (1958)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Mummy (1959)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Twins of Evil (1972)

Then there's the original Halloween, the Roger Cormen/Vincent Price "Poe Cycle" films, anything from Val Lewton, The Fly original and remake, Carpenter's The Thing and the original The Thing from Another World, Alien, Fright Night (1985), The Exorcist, The Shining, An American Werewolf in London, Psycho, The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Shaun of the Dead, Last House on the Left, Black Sheep, Night of the Demon, The Wicker Man, and many more...

clckworang

Has anyone heard anything about the different Miramax Halloween Blu-rays? Any picture quality differences in the single-movie version versus the double feature versus the triple feature? I was thinking of picking one up but wasn't sure of the differences, if any.

Chad

So, Crazy/Psychotronic, Comedy or Possession.

I think for next year an amicable split is probably in order. Having the two lists merge is great and all, but it's somewhat of a headache to assemble. I'd love to go back to the days of picking whatever you want minus the restrictions.

Undeadcow

If I understand correctly only the Alliance releases from Canada have the original aspect ratio.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=new

Trevor

No! The themes and subset films have to match! Many don't have time for more than one film a day, but want to participate fully in all parts of the Challenge.

Easy solution: pick the 33 subset films first, then pick themes that fit.

Chad

I don't know, maybe. Regardless, it's on the back burner. And by that I mean I'll bring it up in the next planning thread. Don't even wanna think about it now.

clckworang

Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted to know!

That's why it's called a challenge.

Chad

We're getting there. As you can see I shuffled a few around and had to go with some alternate picks. Let me know if you're unhappy with your pick and I'll see what I can do.


Need Picks From

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Unclaimed Themes

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The Subset List So Far...

1. Black Sabbath (1963) (Chronological) (Bladz) YouTube
2. Don't Go to Sleep (1982) (Made-For-TV Horror Movies) (Undeadcow) YouTube
3. The Reef (2010) (Aquatic) (arw6040) Netflix Streaming
4. American Mary (2012) (Body Horror) (Darkgod) Netflix Streaming
5. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) ("Inspired By True Events" Horror) (islandclaws) DailyMotion
6. The Lords of Salem (2012) (The Splat Pack) (terrycloth)
7. The Black Sleep (1956) (B&W) (Mondo Kane) Netflix Streaming
8. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) (Peter Cushing) (ororama) Dailymotion
9. Shakma (1990) (Killer Monkeys/Gorillas/Jungle Horrors) (Darth Maher) Netflix Streaming Amazon Instant Video YouTube
10. Eyes of Fire (1983) (Native American/Horror Westerns) (J. Farley) YouTube
11. Killer Tongue (La lengua asesina) (1996) (Horror Comedies) (SterlingBen)
12. Severance (2006) (Death By Decapitation) (alyxstarr) Netflix Streaming
13. Trilogy of Terror (1975) (Killer Dolls/Puppets) (Dick Laurent) YouTube
14. ParaNorman (2012) (Family-Friendly Horror) (tarfrimmer) Netflix Streaming
15. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) (Harvest Horrors) (rbrown498) YouTube
16. Jack Frost (1997) (Ice Terrors) (Trevor) Netflix Streaming
17. The Caller (2011) (Telephone Terrors) (DaveyJoe) Netflix Streaming
18. Return of the Living Dead III (1993) (Erotic/Sexy) (The Man with the Golden Doujinshi) Crackle
19. John Dies at the End (2012) (Crazy/Psychotronic) (Chad) Netflix Streaming
20. Vampires in Havana (Vampiros en La Habana) (1987) (Vampires) (Dimension X) Netflix Streaming
21. Scanners II: The New Order (1991) (Psychic/ESP) (SethDLH) YouTube
22. The Devil's Carnival (2012) (Musical) (Gobear) Netflix Streaming
23. Blood Diner (1987) (Evil Families -or- Class Warfare -or- Occult Detectives) (cwileyy) YouTube
24. Scream (1996) (Slashers/Giallos/Serial Killers) (shellebelle) Netflix Streaming
25. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) (Mystery Horror Films) (Doc Moonlight) YouTube
26. Psycho III (1986) (Icons Vs. Sequels) (indiephantom) YouTube (Part 1 of 7)
27. In Their Skin (2012) (Home Invasion) (jacob_b)
28. Grave Encounters (2011) (Supernatural/Haunted House/Ghost) (clckworang) Netflix Streaming
29. Pontypool (2008) (Zombies) (riotinmyskull) Netflix Streaming
30. The Possession (2012) (Demonic/Satanic/Possession) (ntnon) Netflix Streaming
31. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Halloween-related) (mrcellophane) Netflix Streaming

jacob_b

Evil families...can we do some sort of Manson movie or House of 1000 Corpses? And Splat Pack, is that the Roth, Zombie, etc directors or something else?

arw6040

I'm watching house of 1000 corpses for the first time during either the evil families or splat pack theme night most likely so I second using this movie as a subset idea.

alyxstarr

I had added my picks to my original post, but I probably should have just made a separate post. I suggested Severance or Battle Royale, both of which are currently streaming on Netflix. I can throw out some more titles (not necessarily streaming) if neither of those works for whatever reason.

Chad

That's up to whoever claims that theme. I think mrcellophane was paired up with it.

And yeah, The Splat Pack is anything by:

Alexandre Aja
Darren Lynn Bousman
Neil Marshall
Greg McLean
Eli Roth
Robert Rodriguez
James Wan
Leigh Whannell
Rob Zombie

DaveyJoe

Please don't make us watch a Rob Zombie movie.

Chad

That works (Severance).

SethDLH

They're all crap. I'd suggest importing the Alliance triple feature of 6-8 from Canada. It's been said that it is a solid release and blows the Mirimax/Echo Bridge releases out of the water. I just got it in this week and hope to check it out soon.

mrcellophane

Oh dear, I was hoping that one of my suggestions would stick. I'll try to come up with some more. Glad to see Pontypool on the list and hope to rewatch.

SterlingBen

Where is the theme list?

SterlingBen

Also here is Killer Tongue streaming
http://veehd.com/video/4551815_The-K...-Englund-Jonat
may have to install a plugin (have never used this site personally)

jacob_b

Why the hate on Zombie? His films are pretty decent (even the Halloween films when you check out the Director's Cut) and he has placed a lot of actors back on the map.

ntnon

Some Amazon links...

Best options are/were the Legacy Collections, which are all Out of Print, but can, if one were inclined, be had for $11-30 used from Amazon.

The Blu-ray collection of the main films is fairly pricey, but the 75th Anniversary DVD of Dracula is currently just $8, while The Mummy is $7.89.

Horror of Dracula and Curse of Frankenstein can be had alongside two 'lesser' sequels on the TCM double-sided Hammer Horror collection. There's a new Blu-ray of Prince of Darkness or it's on DVD with Frankenstein Created Woman for $9.98, too. There's a new Blu-ray combo pack of Twins of Evil, too.

Three of the Corman/Price "Poe" films are coming to Blu-ray on October 22nd alongside three other Price classics; or there's four of them on this budget release, or three here.

The Val Lewton Horror Collection is $27 currently, while the original and remade Fly can be had together for $8-15

ntnon

Drat. Foiled again - I have Battle Royale, but no access to Severance...

cwileyy

Since my pick has been switched out, I'd love to take the Evil Families theme and use "Blood Diner", if possible.

That is, however, only if jacob_b is hosting "In Their Skin" for the Home Invasion theme as it states in Chad's recent post, and not using "House of 1000 Corpses" as he has recently suggested.