Pre-Horror Challenge 11 Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
09-01-15 | 05:57 PM
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I did put those 4 theme shorties on the back burner, but will figure something out.
It looks like I once again forgot to include the very one I originally forgot to include:
Bats, Cats, and Rats is now official.
I'll try and post everything we have up to this point once I'm back on my home computer later tonight.
Also, I just came to the realization that we did 'ESP/Psychic Abilities' 2 years ago. That's mighty similar to our current 'Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis'. How do we keep overlooking these duplicates? Oh well.
I'll definitely take it into consideration. As of now the only weekend spot that's filled is for the 80s video companies. Horror comedies also opened up a spot since being moved to 11/1 (Sun).
Bats, Cats, and Rats is now official.
I'll try and post everything we have up to this point once I'm back on my home computer later tonight.
Also, I just came to the realization that we did 'ESP/Psychic Abilities' 2 years ago. That's mighty similar to our current 'Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis'. How do we keep overlooking these duplicates? Oh well.
I'll definitely take it into consideration. As of now the only weekend spot that's filled is for the 80s video companies. Horror comedies also opened up a spot since being moved to 11/1 (Sun).
09-02-15 | 02:33 PM
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Some ideas:
Theaters- Repo: The Genetic Opera (Netflix) (I'm surprised this has never been a subset pick)
Twinsanity-The Other (YouTube)
Occult Detectives-Cast a Deadly Spell (YouTube)
Horror Movies with Child Actors=The Babadook (Netflix)
LGBT Horror-Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (Netflix)
Bigfoot and Yeti Movies-Shriek of the Mutilated-YouTube
Daytime Horror-Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (Netflix)
And as a public service announcement, everyone should add What We Do In The Shadows to their watchlists. It's a mockumentary from the folks behind Flight of the Conchords about a quartet of vampires living together in Wellington, New Zealand. It is a note-perfect riff on vampire lore and I laughed my ass off watching it.
Theaters- Repo: The Genetic Opera (Netflix) (I'm surprised this has never been a subset pick)
Twinsanity-The Other (YouTube)
Occult Detectives-Cast a Deadly Spell (YouTube)
Horror Movies with Child Actors=The Babadook (Netflix)
LGBT Horror-Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (Netflix)
Bigfoot and Yeti Movies-Shriek of the Mutilated-YouTube
Daytime Horror-Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (Netflix)
And as a public service announcement, everyone should add What We Do In The Shadows to their watchlists. It's a mockumentary from the folks behind Flight of the Conchords about a quartet of vampires living together in Wellington, New Zealand. It is a note-perfect riff on vampire lore and I laughed my ass off watching it.
I saw this one a few months ago and absolutely love every second of it. Gotta love the vampire lore.
09-02-15 | 02:38 PM
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Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 11 Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checkl
In the meantime, feel free to give feedback on whether the 1980s Video Companies should be a single studio/distributor or everything like last year. And if it's the former, throw out a vote for the company you want:
http://www.critcononline.com/video_c...udget%20Labels
http://www.vhscollector.com/distribu...=php&sort=desc
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09-02-15 | 02:58 PM
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My late selections:
Horrors of War
Sewers
Caves of Horror
Bigfoot & Yeti
Horrors of War
Sewers
Caves of Horror
Bigfoot & Yeti
09-02-15 | 03:11 PM
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What exactly entails the duties of a subset volunteer? I may be willing to volunteer for a random one.
09-02-15 | 03:24 PM
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Then from that theme, you pick an interesting horror movie for everyone to watch. That film becomes the subset pick for that night. Try to pick one that is on Netflix or AmazonPrime or YouTube or is otherwise somewhat easy to find.
Oh, and I think we try to pick one that has never been chosen before.
I could be wrong or forgetting something, so someone please correct me.
09-02-15 | 03:56 PM
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Excellent! I prefer to select a single 1980s video studio but am not familiar enough with the players to suggest one over the other.
09-02-15 | 04:33 PM
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http://www.critcononline.com/video_c...udget%20Labels
http://www.vhscollector.com/distribu...=php&sort=desc
09-02-15 | 06:13 PM
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I think 1 vhs company per year. I vote for Midnight Video because they're my favorite covers in all of VHS land but their titles aren't available on Netflix
09-02-15 | 06:43 PM
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You pick, or get assigned, one of the 33 theme night categories.
Then from that theme, you pick an interesting horror movie for everyone to watch. That film becomes the subset pick for that night. Try to pick one that is on Netflix or AmazonPrime or YouTube or is otherwise somewhat easy to find.
Oh, and I think we try to pick one that has never been chosen before.
I could be wrong or forgetting something, so someone please correct me.
Then from that theme, you pick an interesting horror movie for everyone to watch. That film becomes the subset pick for that night. Try to pick one that is on Netflix or AmazonPrime or YouTube or is otherwise somewhat easy to find.
Oh, and I think we try to pick one that has never been chosen before.
I could be wrong or forgetting something, so someone please correct me.
My big piece of advice is to only to pick a film that you've seen and you know is good. I picked one several years ago without having watched it first, and I regretted it considerably afterwards. It was NOT a film that I would have recommended if I had seen it before picking it.
And while I'm at it, I'll put in my yearly plea for picking subset films that have some sort of critical cachet or classic status accorded to them. As I mentioned last year, why have everyone waste his or her time on a crappy movie when there are so many GOOD movies that we haven't had as subset picks yet? Here are some of 'em that we haven't used yet:
Spoiler:
How can we have gone ten full Challenges and not watched Bride of Frankenstein yet? Or The Haunting (1963)? Or only one Val Lewton movie and four Hammer films? There are still lots of great movies waiting to be picked.
Suddenly I sound like a spokesman for the local animal shelter.
Obviously, you can pick what you want, but I just wanted to point out that there's a rich heritage of horror out there that deserves to be seen and discussed.
09-02-15 | 06:56 PM
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I could go with Midnight Video, but they may be problematic due to the fact that they only released eight titles. That's fairly slim pickin's for a theme night.
09-02-15 | 08:16 PM
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Whoa, a lot of posts I need to read through to get caught up; that's what I get for moving this time of year. I wanted to score a 31 Days subset movie night. No idea a title yet. But if there's any nights left open.
I may have missed it, but I didn't see a previous theme of food incarnations. Like Pumpkinhead, NOES 4 (Freddy meatballs), Poultrygeist, The Stuff, etc.
I may have missed it, but I didn't see a previous theme of food incarnations. Like Pumpkinhead, NOES 4 (Freddy meatballs), Poultrygeist, The Stuff, etc.
09-02-15 | 10:21 PM
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Yeah, I know their selection is limited, though VHSCollector may not have every release listed. I know some of their other labels are incomplete. Either way, that was just my suggestion I won't cry if it doesn't work out
09-02-15 | 10:48 PM
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Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 11 Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checkl
So can I put you down as a volunteer?
Yeah, still plenty of spots open. We're just now approaching the halfway point of volunteers needed now that you're volunteer #15.
On page 2 there's the 'Food That Eats You' suggestion. And this is the first vote its received, which is probably due to the very limited amount of titles offered. It'd definitely have to be combined with something else.
09-02-15 | 11:04 PM
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Maybe if there trouble picking a studio for 1980s video because of out of print and unavailable titles it would make sense to combine them afterall.
09-02-15 | 11:11 PM
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Like I said, I don't personally have an issue with Midnight, since I've got two of the eight titles on DVD and another two on VHS. Availability may be a factor for others, though, since Midnight did indeed release ONLY those eight titles before closing up shop.
09-03-15 | 08:43 AM
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Okay, I'm not well-versed in horror films, but I also like to contribute to the community. So perhaps I could be put on a list of alternate volunteers, and you can put me in the game if there aren't enough players. (I'm also not good with sports analogues.)
Also, if you still need votes, mine would be for LGBT horror, horror with child actors, and writers vs. photographers. Those seem like fun ideas, and I plan to watch films that would qualify.
Also, if you still need votes, mine would be for LGBT horror, horror with child actors, and writers vs. photographers. Those seem like fun ideas, and I plan to watch films that would qualify.
09-03-15 | 11:11 AM
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Wow. Just saw this thread and caught up with all the posts. As usual, I'm good for a subset choice.
As for themes, since we try to be fairly timely with a lot of our selections, I vote for an LGBT night. I might make some more suggestions later. Can't wait for October!
As for themes, since we try to be fairly timely with a lot of our selections, I vote for an LGBT night. I might make some more suggestions later. Can't wait for October!
09-03-15 | 02:27 PM
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My big piece of advice is to only to pick a film that you've seen and you know is good. I picked one several years ago without having watched it first, and I regretted it considerably afterwards. It was NOT a film that I would have recommended if I had seen it before picking it.
And while I'm at it, I'll put in my yearly plea for picking subset films that have some sort of critical cachet or classic status accorded to them. As I mentioned last year, why have everyone waste his or her time on a crappy movie when there are so many GOOD movies that we haven't had as subset picks yet? Here are some of 'em that we haven't used yet:
How can we have gone ten full Challenges and not watched Bride of Frankenstein yet? Or The Haunting (1963)? Or only one Val Lewton movie and four Hammer films? There are still lots of great movies waiting to be picked.
Suddenly I sound like a spokesman for the local animal shelter.
Obviously, you can pick what you want, but I just wanted to point out that there's a rich heritage of horror out there that deserves to be seen and discussed.
And while I'm at it, I'll put in my yearly plea for picking subset films that have some sort of critical cachet or classic status accorded to them. As I mentioned last year, why have everyone waste his or her time on a crappy movie when there are so many GOOD movies that we haven't had as subset picks yet? Here are some of 'em that we haven't used yet:
Spoiler:
How can we have gone ten full Challenges and not watched Bride of Frankenstein yet? Or The Haunting (1963)? Or only one Val Lewton movie and four Hammer films? There are still lots of great movies waiting to be picked.
Suddenly I sound like a spokesman for the local animal shelter.
Obviously, you can pick what you want, but I just wanted to point out that there's a rich heritage of horror out there that deserves to be seen and discussed.
I plan to watch many of these movies (some for the very first time) within this list so I promise to pick one of them.
09-03-15 | 02:40 PM
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Whoa. Last-minute voting has just helped re-shape the look of the list. I do plan on having the completed theme nights (minus the table formatting and cheesy taglines, which will come later) by the end of the day.
Alright, that makes you volunteer #16.
Sure, I can put you down as an alternate, but the chances of being bumped up to official volunteer are extremely high.
And you don't have to be a horror aficionado to participate. They'll be plenty of us to offer suggestions if needed.
Volunteer #17. And not much time left for voting; better hurry.
Volunteer #18.
Alright, that makes you volunteer #16.
Okay, I'm not well-versed in horror films, but I also like to contribute to the community. So perhaps I could be put on a list of alternate volunteers, and you can put me in the game if there aren't enough players. (I'm also not good with sports analogues.)
Also, if you still need votes, mine would be for LGBT horror, horror with child actors, and writers vs. photographers. Those seem like fun ideas, and I plan to watch films that would qualify.
Also, if you still need votes, mine would be for LGBT horror, horror with child actors, and writers vs. photographers. Those seem like fun ideas, and I plan to watch films that would qualify.
And you don't have to be a horror aficionado to participate. They'll be plenty of us to offer suggestions if needed.
Wow. Just saw this thread and caught up with all the posts. As usual, I'm good for a subset choice.
As for themes, since we try to be fairly timely with a lot of our selections, I vote for an LGBT night. I might make some more suggestions later. Can't wait for October!
As for themes, since we try to be fairly timely with a lot of our selections, I vote for an LGBT night. I might make some more suggestions later. Can't wait for October!
Volunteer #18.
09-03-15 | 05:24 PM
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Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 11 Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checkl
In the meantime, feel free to give feedback on whether the 1980s Video Companies should be a single studio/distributor or everything like last year. And if it's the former, throw out a vote for the company you want:
http://www.critcononline.com/video_c...udget%20Labels
http://www.vhscollector.com/distribu...=php&sort=desc
http://www.critcononline.com/video_c...udget%20Labels
http://www.vhscollector.com/distribu...=php&sort=desc
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0030983/
http://www.critcononline.com/vestron...vhs_covers.htm
09-03-15 | 06:51 PM
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My vote is one company ---> Vestron.
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0030983/
http://www.critcononline.com/vestron...vhs_covers.htm
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0030983/
http://www.critcononline.com/vestron...vhs_covers.htm
09-03-15 | 08:57 PM
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Before I post the theme nights list...
I claim R.I.P. Christopher Lee and and my subset pick is "The Wicker Man". Sorry, poster's privilege.
And I might wait until tomorrow to officially kick off the subset picking, but feel free to go ahead if you want once it's up. Of course a few have already have. Just whatever.
I claim R.I.P. Christopher Lee and and my subset pick is "The Wicker Man". Sorry, poster's privilege.
And I might wait until tomorrow to officially kick off the subset picking, but feel free to go ahead if you want once it's up. Of course a few have already have. Just whatever.