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Old 08-07-17 | 08:42 PM
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Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 13: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checkl

Originally Posted by Bladz
You can add me for a subset pick

Some themes suggestions...

1. takes place in space or anywhere besides earth (mars, the moon, etc.)
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050193364
2. female killers
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls031962008/
3. takes place on a farm
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls076573570
4. takes place in one room
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls075785141 (This list has mixed genres but if you click on horror in the refine list section, it totals out to 37 horror movies)
Added the last one, and we already did farms. I think the closet thing we've done to space was Sci-Fi horror.
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There's also probably a bunch of horror tropes not yet covered.
Hey, how about a Horror Tropes 101 theme? Everything from 'car won't start' to 'I'll be right back' to 'help, I've fallen and I can't get up' to 'the calls are coming from inside the house', etc.

Obviously it would be limited to certain tropes only, otherwise practically ever horror film ever made would qualify. And compiling lists might present an issue.

Just an idea.
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^ Spoilers!
I didn't say who the killer was
Old 08-07-17 | 10:28 PM
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Hey, how about a Horror Tropes 101 theme? Everything from 'car won't start' to 'I'll be right back' to 'help, I've fallen and I can't get up' to 'the calls are coming from inside the house', etc.

Obviously it would be limited to certain tropes only, otherwise practically ever horror film ever made would qualify. And compiling lists might present an issue.

Just an idea.
What about a Meta Horror night? Stuff like Scream, Cabin in the Woods, Final Girls, etc. Has that been done?
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What about a Meta Horror night? Stuff like Scream, Cabin in the Woods, Final Girls, etc. Has that been done?
Yeah, we covered that in 2012. Only been done once though, so it's due for a comeback.
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...and another actor to add to the RIP list: Haruo Nakajima.

If you're unfamiliar with the name, he was in the Godzilla suit from the first film through Godzilla vs. Gigan...and he also showed up as various kaiju or other parts in most of Toho's kaiju films. Here's the majority of his films (all titles given are the US release titles):

Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Rodan
The Mysterians
The H-Man
Varan, the Unbelievable
The Human Vapor
Mothra
Gorath
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Attack of the Mushroom People
Godzilla vs. the Thing
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
War of the Gargantuas
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
King Kong Escapes
Son of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Latitude Zero
Godzilla's Revenge
Yog, Monster from Space
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster
Godzilla vs. Gigan
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^Added to post 9.

Originally Posted by Gobear
Death by Fire!
A keyword search for 'death by fire' generates 14 titles, but 'fire' alone gives 681.

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?cou...umentary,video

Originally Posted by Chad
Actually, we did do a snowy/frozen theme and a summer-themed one. I'll have to check on that last one.
We have covered 'buried alive'; 'drowning' was added.
Old 08-08-17 | 07:18 AM
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what about evil plants? there are about 9 films
http://www.fthismovie.net/2014/10/9-...or-movies.html
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Originally Posted by numbercrunch
what about evil plants? there are about 9 films
http://www.fthismovie.net/2014/10/9-...or-movies.html
Evil Plants/ Trees was done, but only once.
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Have we done horror films based on comics, books, and video games yet (basically, media)
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Originally Posted by mallratcal
The question is would the Sleepaway Camp series count as a female killer?
Ha! I thought the same thing.

Spoiler:
Met Felissa this past weekend. From where I was standing, she looked ALL WOMAN to me.
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Originally Posted by jacob_b
Have we done horror films based on comics, books, and video games yet (basically, media)
No, but we had a 'Comic Book/Graphic Novel Adaptations' suggestion from last year. And I forgot to carry it over. Only 10 titles though.
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Alright, 11 spots remain for subset volunteering.

Cleaned up post 5 a bit and added skulls and fire themes. Also added toxic waste to the slimey goo to up it a bit.

All other suggestions are currently being worked on...
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No, but we had a 'Comic Book/Graphic Novel Adaptations' suggestion from last year. And I forgot to carry it over. Only 10 titles though.
There's a lot of horror TV from comic books too. And to really open it up one could include films made into comics afterwards.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
There's a lot of horror TV from comic books too. And to really open it up one could include films made into comics afterwards.
Here's some Wikipedia links we can cherry-pick the horror titles from:

comics based on films

films based on comics


films based on video games

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And I found the granddaddy of links (thanks to refine by genre):

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls051533990...&genres=horror

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Originally Posted by Darth Maher
Ha! I thought the same thing.

Spoiler:
Met Felissa this past weekend. From where I was standing, she looked ALL WOMAN to me.
That's good to hear!

Makes me wish a horror con would come remotely close to where I live.
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How about Frenemies or Bad Friends? Along the lines of April Fools Day
But that might be to narrow. Maybe Imaginary Friends? http://www.imdb.com/list/ls076089580/

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Originally Posted by mallratcal
How about Frenemies or Bad Friends? Along the lines of April Fools Day
But that might be to narrow. Maybe Imaginary Friends? http://www.imdb.com/list/ls076089580/
All I can find pre-made is about a group of friends, but not specifically those with ill intentions. Added the latter.

And where's that Alucarda Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro?


EDIT: Found one.

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...And where's that Alucarda Blu-ray, Mondo Macabro?...
Bummer to report that Mondo Macabro abandoned plans for an Alucarda blu-ray... [and also Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fey].
Originally Posted by Mondo Macabro rep Jared on blu-ray
We had plans to do ALUCARDA, but the negatives were lost by the lab in Mexico that had possession of them. We have not been able to source any other usable film materials as of yet...

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread....3#post13111243
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Bummer to report that Mondo Macabro abandoned plans for an Alucarda blu-ray... [and also Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fey].
Oh yeah, that sounds familiar. I remember hearing about them being prepped back in 2014(?) and then some kind of incident later on. And I was really excited for those red case numbered releases.
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How about Frenemies or Bad Friends? Along the lines of April Fools Day
But that might be to narrow. Maybe Imaginary Friends? http://www.imdb.com/list/ls076089580/
Imaginary Friends would be pretty cool!



And I'll volunteer as tribute!
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That's good to hear!

Makes me wish a horror con would come remotely close to where I live.
I've heard that there is a horror con in Buffalo, but I never went, as my folks would have to drive me and not only is it over 60 miles away, but my dad doesn't like driving in downtown Buffalo.
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10 spots left.

Added the comic book/video game adaptation (still a work in progress) and the friends theme. Made the latter a compilation of all three kinds.

Also, I gave up on the 20th anniversary Buffy theme. Granted, I only covered the main cast, but this is the list it produced:

Spoiler:
  1. I Know What You Did Last Summer
  2. The Grudge
  3. Scream 2
  4. The Grudge 2
  5. The Return
  6. Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
  7. Survival Island
  8. Psycho Beach Party
  9. Redwood
  10. The Portal
  11. Blood on the Highway
  12. Unholy
  13. Attack of the Morningside Monster
  14. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  15. Repo! The Genetic Opera
  16. The Great Ghost Rescue
  17. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
  18. Abruptio
  19. Shadow Puppets
  20. Darkness Falls
  21. Black Christmas (2006)


If there is interest in it, let me know and I'll continue compiling. Otherwise, no point in wasting more time on it.
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A very healthy selection of theme suggestions, a quiet thread, and the need to get moving means...

Theme Voting starts tomorrow night (8/10).

Now's the time to share if you have any remaining theme suggestions.

Let me know if any were overlooked.



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