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--- 10/01: Viruses! Plagues! Outbreaks! The Apocalypse is Ahead! Call In the Military; Shoot 'Em in the Head! - Zombies -
--- 10/02: An Exorcism Is Urgently Required, But Poor Father Merrin Has Unexpectedly Retired! - Fanaticism (Religious) Horror -
--- 10/03: Gothic Castles, Manors, Mansions and Estates. Stay the Hell Out or Seal Your Inevitable Fate - HorrorEstate -
--- 10/04: Close Encounters of the Scared Shitless Kind - Extraterrestrial Horror -
--- 10/05: Gothic Melodrama with Wobbly Sets; Displease Barnabas & You'll Have Regrets - Dark Shadows 50th Anniversary -
--- 10/06: Copyright Expired. You're Next. - Public Domain Horrors -
--- 10/07: Goodbye Leatherface, Godfather of Gore, & The Tall Man. Boy, We'll Miss Your Chili, Blood Feasts, and Reanimated Slave-Dwarf Clan. - R.I.P. Gunnar Hansen / Herschell Gordon Lewis / Angus Scrimm -
--- 10/08: Bloody Tourists and Their Blatent Disregard For Other Cultures... Along Comes Karma Ripping Them Apart Like Bloodthirsty Vultures - Travel (Vacation) Horror Movies -
--- 10/09: Crazy, Psychotronic and Completely Insane! These Batshit Crazy Flicks Will Melt Your Brain! - Stranger Things -&- Unconventional Movie Monsters -
--- 10/10: Sharp, Shiny, Deadly and Almost Pristine... - Careful with that Axe, Eugene! -
--- 10/11: Sign Says "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here". Disregard and Die Forgotten in Solitary Fear. - Abandoned Places -
--- 10/12: Historical Significance Is of No Worry; These Time Periods Are Likely to Get Gory! - Period Piece Horror -
--- 10/13: Evil is Coming; It is Foretold. Ditch the Children, & Go Find Laurie Strode! - Babysitters, 2, 3 / Nannies / Governesses -
--- 10/14: Conspiracy Theorists with Mind-Altering Tin Foil Hats...Deadly Political Commentary with Romero-esque Slants - Conspiracy / Political Horrors -
--- 10/15: R.I.P. VCR: You're Now Belated; Your VHS Video Cover Art Will Never Be Outdated! - 1980's Video Companies Spotlight: Embassy Home Entertainment -
--- 10/16: Straitjackets Unhinged; Crazies On the Fringe! Holy Crap, It's Societal Collapse! - Werewolves / Were-Creatures On A Full Moon -
--- 10/17: Chronological Horror Years Faceoff - Chapter Four! - 1966 (Gold) Vs. 1991 (Silver): Beyond The Door -
--- 10/18: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night... Tonight's Forecast Calls for 100% Chance of Unadulterated Fright! -
--- 10/19: Just When You Thought It Was Safe... - JawsSploitation / Aquatic -
--- 10/20: Bela's Blood Sucking Bloodbath Birthday Bash Bonanza Extravaganza! - Vampires & Apocalyptic Horror -
--- 10/21: It Slices! It Dices! It Circumcises! - Slashers / Giallos / Serial Killers -
--- 10/22: Hexed Amulets, Gypsy Spells & Egyptian Curses...Heed Their Warnings or Bring On the Hearses! - Curses -
--- 10/23: Entomophobia to the Nth Degree. Multiply by 1,000, & Hear the Wailing of the Banshee! - Insects, Killer Animals and Giant Monsters -
--- 10/24: Itinerary of Hostel Intent; Railway of Unnerving Descent - The European Passport to Terror -
--- 10/25: Santa's Coming to Town. Fear Him. Or Yule Get Sleighed. - Christmas Horror -
--- 10/26: Ectoplasmic Entities Materializing at Night. Strong Yet Suspenseful Emotional Frights. Summoning the Dead by Candlelight. - Supernatural / Quiet /Soft / Seances -
--- 10/27: Once, Twice, Three Times the Lacerations - Horror Anthologies -
--- 10/28: Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Mad Scientists Go Insane! - Frankenstein / Mad Doctor Films -
--- 10/29: Mass Marathon of the Damned Se7en - Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Edition -
--- 10/30: Evil Witches Cast Their Spell, Runaway or Discover the Demon-Infested Layers of Hell! - Devil's Night Debauchery: Demonic Possession / Satanic / Witchcraft / Hell -
--- 10/31: Halloween Evokes the Spirits of the Dead, Tread Lightly or Experience the Color Red! - All Hallows Eve Horrifically Hideous Hellfest / Samhain: An Evening of Celtic Horror -


The 31 Film Subset Copy & Paste

--- 10/01: The Man with the Golden Doujinshi - The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
--- 10/02: Darth Maher - The Exorcist III (1990)
--- 10/03: SterlingBen - The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
--- 10/04: pacaway - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
--- 10/05: rbrown498 - House of Dark Shadows (1970)
--- 10/06: shellebelle - The Vampire Bat (1933)
--- 10/07: tarfrimmer - Phantasm (1979)
--- 10/08: PCBreakdown - Motel Hell (1980)
--- 10/09: Darkgod - Chopping Mall (1986)
--- 10/10: Undeadcow - Deathgasm (2015)
--- 10/11: Bladz - The Descent (2005)
--- 10/12: clckworang - Bone Tomahawk (2015)
--- 10/13: cwileyy - Bloody Birthday (1981)
--- 10/14: Chad - Green Room (2015)
--- 10/15: indiephantom - Death Ship (1980)
--- 10/16: WillieMLF - Howl (2015)
--- 10/17: Dick Laurent - The People Under the Stairs (1991)
--- 10/18: Mondo Kane - The Old Dark House (1932)
--- 10/19: orlmac - Jaws (1975)
--- 10/20: ntnon - Dracula (1979)
--- 10/21: arw6040 - Hush (2016)
--- 10/22: Doc Moonlight - The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
--- 10/23: SethDLH - Stung (2015)
--- 10/24: TheBigDave - Baskin (2015)
--- 10/25: DaveyJoe - Krampus (2015)
--- 10/26: ororama - Witchboard (1986)
--- 10/27: Gobear - Southbound (2015)
--- 10/28: shadokitty - Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
--- 10/29: jacob_b - Goodnight Mommy (2014)
--- 10/30: CrazyMat - Satan's Blood (1978)
--- 10/31: Trevor - Halloween II (1981)


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Select 10 actors:
--- Erin Brown -
--- Peter Cushing -
--- Sybil Danning -
--- Andrew Divoff -
--- John Ireland -
--- Brion James -
--- Boris Karloff -
--- Camille Keaton -
--- Christopher Lee -
--- Bela Lugosi -
--- Bill Moseley -
--- Tom Noonan -
--- Felissa Rose -
--- Chris Sarandon -
--- Lin Shaye -
--- John Saxon -
--- Peter Stormare -
--- Julie Strain -
--- Emmanuelle Vaugier -
--- Dick Warlock -

Select 2 film composers:
--- Charles Bernstein -
--- Joseph Bishara -
--- Bruno Nicolai -
--- Christopher Young -

Select 5 directors:
--- Dan Curtis -
--- Joe Dante -
--- Terence Fisher -
--- Len Kabasinski -
--- Kiyoshi Kurosawa -
--- Herschell Gordon Lewis -
--- Juan Piquer Simón -
--- Kevin Tenney -
--- James Whale -
--- Jim Wynorski -

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
--- John Carl Buechler -
--- Barney Burman -
--- Ed French -
--- Rosario Prestopino -

Select 2 producers:
--- Anthony Hinds -
--- Samuel M. Sherman -
--- Robert Tapert -
--- Twisted Pictures -

Select 2 writers:
--- Jaume Balagueró -
--- The Pang Brothers: Danny & Oxide Chung -
--- Lou Rusoff -
--- Leigh Whannel -

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
--- *3-D Film -
--- Agoraphobia -
--- Anthology Film -
--- Appears on BFI's 100 European Horror Films List -
--- Appears on Video Nasties List -
--- Based on a True Story -
--- Based on a Novel -
--- Cannibalism -
--- Cinema Inspired By: Richard Matheson -
--- Cinematic Titanic / Horror Host / MST3K / RiffTrax -
--- Comedy / Spoof -
--- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film -
--- Death by: Drowning -
--- Distributor / Studio: Severin Films -
--- Documentary -
--- Extraterrestrial / Takes Place in Space -
--- Found Footage -
--- Frankenstein -
--- Ghost / Haunting -
--- Giallo -
--- K-Horror -
--- Killer / Evil Animal -
--- Killer / Evil Child -
--- Killer / Evil Doll -
--- Made-for-TV Movie -
--- Monster / Creature Feature / Godzilla -
--- Mummy -
--- Musical / Rock ‘n Roll Horror
--- Nation of Origin: Japan -
--- Nazi -
--- Psychological -
--- Rape / Revenge -
--- Recently Deceased Actor or Director -
--- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac -
--- Takes Place on a Holiday -
--- Takes Place on or Under the Sea -
--- Three Installments in a Franchise -
--- Vampire -
--- Werewolf -
--- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious -
--- With Commentary -
--- With Two or More Horror Legends -
--- Zombie -

Watch 1 w/commentary from the "Masters of Commentary":
--- Joe Bob Briggs -
--- John Carpenter -
--- Larry Cohen -
--- Joe Dante -
--- Guillermo del Toro -
--- David del Valle -
--- Tim Lucas -

Watch films in at least three formats:
--- First format, (insert format), (insert title).
--- Second format, (insert format), (insert title).
--- Third format, (insert format), (insert title).

Watch films in at least three languages:
--- First language, (insert language), (insert title).
--- Second language, (insert language), (insert title).
--- Third language, (insert language), (insert title).

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that:
--- Stars a Deborah (Dutch, Foreman, Lamb) -
--- Features music by Pino Donaggio -
--- Was made in the 1940s -
--- Features a killer kid -
--- Was written by Dardano Sacchetti -
--- Features a killer robot -
--- Has the words "Night" in the title -
--- Was directed by Christopher Smith -
--- Stars Paul Naschy -
--- Takes place at a retail establishment -

Select 8 decades of film history:
--- 1890 -
--- 1900 -
--- 1910 -
--- 1920 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
--- 1970 -
--- 1980 -
--- 1990 -
--- 2000 -
--- 2010 -

Select 4 ratings:
--- G -
--- PG -
--- PG-13 -
--- R -
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
--- Unrated -
--- M -
--- GP -


Attend a live event (convention, play, haunted house, ghost tour, etc.):
--- (insert event). OPTIONAL

Venture Into the Literary World:
--- Read a Horror Novel or Novella (insert title). OPTIONAL
--- Read a Comic Book or Graphic Novel (insert title). OPTIONAL

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Old 10-03-16, 02:44 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 12th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/

Originally Posted by ntnon
Anyone watching the Exorcist TV show..? No idea how it compares to the film, but it's not bad on its own merits. Reasonable acting, semblance of plot...
Yeah, i'm into it too. I also caught the new start of ASH/EVIL DEAD. Which reminds me, that marks the 2nd time in my marathon where I've seen Carnival of Souls playing on a tv. The first time was when one of the paranormal guys was watching it in Insidious 2. Will it continue? We shall see...
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I went to 3 wrestling shows with my son this weekend, so I haven't even gotten started yet. Planning to kick things off tonight, after a post-work nap.
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Originally Posted by EdTheRipper
I went to 3 wrestling shows with my son this weekend, so I haven't even gotten started yet. Planning to kick things off tonight, after a post-work nap.
That sounds like a fun weekend anyways.
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Originally Posted by EdTheRipper
I went to 3 wrestling shows with my son this weekend, so I haven't even gotten started yet. Planning to kick things off tonight, after a post-work nap.
That's awesome. My son (who recently graduated HS) and I are big UFC fans and of course the UFC has great events planned for every weekend in October. Each UFC takes about 6 hours to watch, times 4 and we end up with an entire day's worth of missed horror watching. Right now this last weekend's event is still on the DVR and Fight Pass. Waiting for when I need a time-out.
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Originally Posted by SethDLH

I'd like to coin a new term "Franco'd"...

i love getting Franco'd!
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Thanks. I've had a few people stop me to look at it. Always funny when that happens.
I have a Bela Lugosi shirt. It's just kind of a close-up of his face in the classic Dracula guise. Everytime I wear it people think it's Obama.
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Originally Posted by brainee
I know Franco probably has his fervent fans here, but I have the same response to most of his movies. Yet I keep giving more of his movies a chance, fooled by fan praise and/or how psychotronic they sound. Yet for every decent one, I suffer through a pile of turds. I just don't learn ... I'll probably watch some more this month

So give me some of his best titles and some of his worst so I don't waste money or time getting Franco'd...pretty please.

I just have discovered the guy and there seem to be some very fervent fans and even nicer blu-ray releases of the guy's stuff out there nowadays. But I also read horrible reviews of his movies.

I thought about reading Stephen Thrower's book about him but that would probably end up costing me even more money buying shitty movies. Thrower has a marvelous talent of making crummy movies sound like the best movies ever made.
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I watched Red State last night for the Religious Horror theme, and I was surprised at how much I liked it. Admittedly, I usually enjoy Kevin Smith's movies (well, actually, about half of them), but I wasn't expecting much out of this one after its less-than-stellar reviews. I guess that going into it with no expectations helped a lot. I thought that Michael Parks was really, really, Oscar-caliber good, and Melissa Leo and John Goodman were solid. I can see myself watching this again real soon.
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Originally Posted by mrcellophane
This morning I watched a couple of low-budget movies: Dementia 13 and Devil's Partner. The former is an AIP film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and was quite good. A wealthy family has languished under the memory of a daughter who drowned. Now, they are stalked by an axe-wielding maniac.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Dementia 13, as I believe it was my first dollar store-like purchase, first cardboard slip packaging.
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Preferably while in nun-wear. Wife is fine with it, so that's all that matters.

Originally Posted by clckworang
introduced a friend to a couple of first season episodes of Masters of Horror. He really enjoyed them. Of course, I started him with two of my favorites, Cigarette Burns and Jenifer. He now really wants to see the rest that I have on Blu-ray. Not sure what his reaction will be to some of the others. The episodes start to get a lot spottier after that.
Cigarette Burns is by far my favorite. I enjoy Jenifer and spots in several others, but it was all downhill from that initial high.

Anyone ever watch season 3? Think it came out under a different name.
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For today's theme, I watched a very good first time view. My first Hammer film of the Challenge, The Gorgon. I have to say that I saw the identity of the Gorgon a mile away.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
I have a Bela Lugosi shirt. It's just kind of a close-up of his face in the classic Dracula guise. Everytime I wear it people think it's Obama.
I have one too, from Horror Block. I get asked so many time... who is that.. or people guess, and its crazy insane the guess people say.
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So give me some of his best titles and some of his worst so I don't waste money or time getting Franco'd...pretty please.
There's no such thing.

Originally Posted by Trevor
Cigarette Burns is by far my favorite. I enjoy Jenifer and spots in several others, but it was all downhill from that initial high.

Anyone ever watch season 3? Think it came out under a different name.
I agree with you on Cigarette Burns. And yes, season 3 is very good. It was released as Fear Itself. My DVD set came in a nice tombstone package.

The nun thing was supposed to be uniquely amusing. Think I missed the mark there...
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Foreign films can sometimes be annoying and confusing with what language track to choose. I'm watching Arrow's recent release of The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave and since it's Italian, and IMDb states language is Italian, that's the track I chose. But dubbing was way off. So I switched to English and the lips are synced nearly perfect. But English subtitles were still on, and the subtitles were drastically different then what was spoken in English! I know re-release and multi-country dubs makes film tracks confusing, but can the BD distributer at least state what the preferred or intended track is?
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Anyone ever watch season 3? Think it came out under a different name.
It was called Fear Itself and came out on NBC so unfortunately not as much gore and no nudity.

I have it but haven't watched it yet. You can get it for pretty cheap on DVD. It just ran for one season.
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What if rocker Boni Jovi was a Vampire hunter? Well, I just watched it. Not great but an ok movie.
Now every time I see him i'm going to call him the Vampire Hunter and not the musician.
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What if rocker Boni Jovi was a Vampire hunter? Well, I just watched it. Not great but an ok movie.
Now every time I see him i'm going to call him the Vampire Hunter and not the musician.
Vampires: Los Muertos? I remember watching that on tv like a decade ago.
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If you can get past the pretentious "hallucinatory" editing 'tricks' and near constant audio cues then Darling (2015), on Netflix steaming, is a really good 'out of the blue' intense film - not always making sense in a subtle way leaving you to try to fit together some of the pieces as best possible but just far out enough to be eerie and very effective. One of my favorites so far this month (I say on day 3). It fits today's Horror Estate theme.

[Rec] 2 holds up well, really enjoyed it yesterday despite seeing it several times before.
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I'm still "new" to Jess Franco films but, while there are many Jess Franco duds, I think those are the sort of films you might watch expecting subpar acting/effects but be lulled into a strange meta-film where the weak production, sleazy, and bizzare (but not always effective) plots gel together - like a song with stupid lyrics but a fun rhythm. Some of his films (like Lorna the Exorcist, Female Vampire, Exorcism) I enjoy for the moodiness but know better than to recommend them. Maybe they're an acquired taste. Often there's not a lot of energy and limited plot/dialogue but a surreal leering camera giving it a dream like quality that can be redeeming if you go in expecting a 'b'-movie. I also recall enjoying A Virgin Among the Living Dead and Vampyros Lesbos much more than I thought.
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I think my favorite new viewing of the month so far was last night's religious horror The Witch (2015). It's on Netflix, or maybe it was Amazon Prime, and creeped me out.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Dementia 13, as I believe it was my first dollar store-like purchase, first cardboard slip packaging.
Same here but mine was in one of those horrid AMC "Monsterfest" releases (I got both volumes at the same time - paid ~$3 each at BL - it was worth it just to see the films but those prints... I expected far better with the AMC name attached). Some of the *worst* PD prints I've ever seen. But the film was very entertaining. Over the years I acquired several more PD copies in various MC PD sets (any of which are superior to that AMC release) and eventually picked up a superior print in the Film Chest release: Roger Corman's Horror Classics Vol. 1.
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I broke open my Universal Monsters Blu Ray set and just watched Dracula. That set was definitely worth the money, and I look forward to checking out the other films in the set.
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Originally Posted by mrcellophane
This morning I watched a couple of low-budget movies: Dementia 13 and Devil's Partner.
I enjoyed Dementia 13 last year and I'll prob give it a watch again for this year's challenge.
Originally Posted by shadokitty
I broke open my Universal Monsters Blu Ray set and just watched Dracula. That set was definitely worth the money, and I look forward to checking out the other films in the set.
I forgot to watch Drácula last year which is included with the set. I'll make amends this year.
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Originally Posted by Undeadcow
If you can get past the pretentious "hallucinatory" editing 'tricks' and near constant audio cues then Darling (2015), on Netflix steaming, is a really good 'out of the blue' intense film - not always making sense in a subtle way leaving you to try to fit together some of the pieces as best possible but just far out enough to be eerie and very effective. One of my favorites so far this month (I say on day 3). It fits today's Horror Estate theme.
Thanks, in my queue if I get time tonight.
Originally Posted by Undeadcow
I'm still "new" to Jess Franco films but, while there are many Jess Franco duds, I think those are the sort of films you might watch expecting subpar acting/effects but be lulled into a strange meta-film where the weak production, sleazy, and bizzare (but not always effective) plots gel together - like a song with stupid lyrics but a fun rhythm. Some of his films (like Lorna the Exorcist, Female Vampire, Exorcism) I enjoy for the moodiness but know better than to recommend them. Maybe they're an acquired taste. Often there's not a lot of energy and limited plot/dialogue but a surreal leering camera giving it a dream like quality that can be redeeming if you go in expecting a 'b'-movie. I also recall enjoying A Virgin Among the Living Dead and Vampyros Lesbos much more than I thought.
Pretty sure I'm still waiting for my first enjoyable Franco film, but I'll keep trying as long as he keeps getting into the subset or checklist.
Originally Posted by wishbone
I forgot to watch Drácula last year which is included with the set. I'll make amends this year.
Might like it better than the English version iirc.
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 12th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/

The Jess Franco Love Train is boarding:

recommended watches - The awful Dr Orloff, Sadistic Baron Von Klaus, Justine, Eugenie, Count Dracula, A virgin among the living dead, BLoody Moon
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 12th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/

Originally Posted by Trevor
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Dementia 13, as I believe it was my first dollar store-like purchase, first cardboard slip packaging.
I received it as a gift in the Best of the Worst Mill Creek boxset. It's one of the films that I don't think should be included in the set since it shows a lot more ingenuity and good filmmaking than the others. (This set will probably make a few more cameos on my list!)


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