Undeadcow

I think my three favorite werewolf movies are:
Ginger Snaps, American Werewolf in London, Silver Bullet

Chad

There's Nothing Out There! is an absolute blast and the perfect Saturday movie. The fact it was made by a 19-year-old makes it all the more impressive. Wouldn't be surprised if Wes Craven / Kevin Williamson were heavily influenced by this when creating the horror movie-obsessed Randy character from Scream. Another top-notch Vinegar Syndrome release.

Glad I read the subset thread before popping in the disc. This sounds like one of those "hidden gems" Joe Bob Briggs is always joking about where Arrow (and others) give an obscure flick a spiffy release and tries to pass it off as some undiscovered classic. I think I'll save this for a weekday.

MysterioMan007

I went and saw Zombieland: Double Tap yesterday. I have to say, it was a ton of fun. If you liked the the first one, there should be no reason you don't like the second. I did miss out on the second post-credits scene, however, but it looks like as long as I saw the first one, that's all that matters.

JOE29

Watched Bride of Frankenstein today. I wasn't keen on Frankenstein talking. It just rubbed me the wrong way.
plus that mad doctor with those miniature people.. that didn't make any sense to me. also the bride didn't last too long in the movie.
But all in all, it was a good watch.

mrcellophane

Since the Universal Monsters Legacy sets were on sale for $14.99, I bought the Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man sets to complete my collection. I never had these two sets on DVD so I've not seen the sequels more than once. I'm not track to actually watch 100 entries this year (my first challenge to do so), especially if I delve into my new sets.

Chad

Reminder this one runs rights up until the next one on Sunday Night:

TheBigDave

I finally got around to watching Midsommar. I wanted to like it. Unfortunately this movie was way too slow and long.

A good editor could have trimmed it to 90-minutes and kept me on the edge of my seat. But dragging the movie out to 150 minutes is just self indulgent. I kept checking my watch. I can't imagine sitting through the 3-hour director's cut.

MysterioMan007

I agree with this. It had some beautiful imagery and cinematography, though, but I don't think there was enough story there to warrant the length.

Undeadcow

I think today is one of those days where I'm in a forgiving mood about movies.
Vidar the Vampire - reviews called it misogonistic and it is but also found it to have frank humor about sexuality and religion that came across as less juvenile than average and artfully designed often more queasy than funny featuring Vidar as a sexually frustrated loser religious farm boy vampire paling around with evil Jesus.
Eat Locals - I expected to hate but ultimately better than serviceable despite distracting CGI gun fire and odd humor elements with an interesting structure where the vampires are under siege combining indie grade action and enough characters that even the weak ones don't bottleneck the films better elements.

Trevor

Found a way to get 15 more minutes a day of viewing in.

Shack

Just a heads-up that the Original Wildcard, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, airs Tuesday night, 8 pm EST, on ABC.

clckworang

There appears to be a couple of issues with the links for subset film The Vault of Horror. I first tried to watch via the Shudder link, but it appears the film was removed since it made it onto our subset list. So I decided to go with Alyxstarr link and got almost through it but the film is incomplete and ends mid-scene. However, there is a complete version on YouTube. It looks good and has been up a few years, but of course you never can tell if it might be removed at some point.

exharrison

Enjoying a few episodes of Tales from the Crypt today. Good way to get back in the mood after a week with limited viewings. With a couple days at a conference, a work dinner and long days at the office, I only got one or two in this past week. But I did finish my Lego Jiangshi for my cubicle.

DaveyJoe

I worked 9 days straight training on new software at work, pulling long days, but I'm still on track with the subset and theme challenges. I've watched 41 films this month so I'm on a pretty typical pace for myself, maybe a tad behind. But I haven't had time for discussion, I'm sorry to say.

I watched Horrors of Malformed Men which was a sort of Japanese take on The Island of Dr. Moreau, I liked it a lot.

One Cut of the Dead was a highlight in terms of FTV subset picks.

The Prey was horrible... But it might fall into my so-bad-it's-good rotation. There were just so many bizarre choices with that film I find it fascinating.

Chad

Also, for anyone who hasn't completely given up on The Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror XXX, which is the 666th episode airs tonight.



So a horror streaming service has a horror film with a licensing agreement that expires in October?

Chad

Opened up the Severin Hemisphere set and watched some Filipino vampire films with The Blood Drinkers earlier and Curse of the Vampires for today's theme. I was surprised they were fairly restrained, at least compared to the later Blood Island films. But very atmospheric and sort of reminiscent of earlier Hammer, excluding a bit of mild depravity, some implied incest, and some very WTF blackface for the latter.

Speaking of Hammer, I'm about to catch what's possibly the most fun vampire film ever in HD for the first time - The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires. Only missing ingredient was Christopher Lee.

Mondo Kane

Last time I watched this live, the Schroeder/Snoopy scene was cut out. Let me know when/if ABC has come back to their senses yet.

alyxstarr

Well, shoot. I spot-check the videos after they're uploaded, but not usually the very end. Thanks for the heads up! I'll work on getting a complete version up in the next couple days.

Good to know it's available on YouTube too, though! Glad you were at last able to make it to the end.

MysterioMan007

Well, I've finally gotten to it and you are correct, it is doing no good at all. I mean, I'm watching a horror movie which features Coolio and the main stars rapping "Jesus Loves You" and Ice-T smoking a joint with a leprechaun. Where did I go wrong in my life?

jacob_b

Fixed it for you

MysterioMan007

Thanks! And with the bizarro closing credits, your "no good" comment has so much more meaning...

clckworang

I felt bad saying anything because I frequently use your links and am very grateful for them.

numbercrunch

The Child's Play remake was suprisingly good. I really liked it.

numbercrunch

The Hemisphere Box Set is fantastic. I love those films. I also think they have some of the most interesting commentaries ever. Sam Sherman's history of Hemisphere pictures is really good.

brainee

I agree. I like they went in a different direction than original (more sci-fi and not supernatural possession).