I agree 5 is the number

I say phooey to convention. 7! I vote 7.



Anarchy!

Subset suggestions from me. Many of these surely qualify for other categories, but I was aiming for the categories that seemed to have fewer picks.

16. 1980's Video Companies Spotlight: VCI/United + Video Stores
Schizo (1976)
Terror (1978)
Forever Evil (1987)

15. Hooded / Cloaked Figures
Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
Mortuary (1983)
The Murder Clinic (1966)

2. The Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball Centennial - Having a Ball / Masquerade Balls / Bouncy Balls / Sweaty Balls
Freaky (2020)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

9. Horror Documentaries / Film Historian Approved
Beauty and the Beast (Panna a netvor) (1978) - commentary by Kat Ellinger/Samm Deighan/Mike White
Fade to Black (1980) - commentaries by Amanda Reyes/Bill Ackerman, The Hysteria Continues
Horror Noire (2019) - documentary

18. Subterranean Horror
What Waits Below (1984)
The Resurrected (1991)
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)

19. Ladies Who Kill
Schizo (1976)
Stoker (2013)
Superstition (1982)

Subset list is looking fantastic so far...

3 subset volunteers needed.

Currently there's 28 volunteers with 22 that have given picks.

Post 9 is currently not updated as of this post. (working on it)


Also need more feedback on this. Please don't force me to create another poll!

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Originally Posted by Chad

Should we go the chrono route and have four picks for the 'Four Seasons of Death' theme, or just stick to one?

Speaking of upcoming polls...

Any Crossover recommendations?
We only have a couple of comedy picks and nothing for the new 9/30 Indie/Arthouse crossover.

Links are now horror-centric, FYI.

9/30 Indie/Arthouse Crossover
Arrow / Criterion / Criterion Channel / Film Movement / Kino Lorber / Kino Now / Milestone Films / Mubi / Oscilloscope Laboratories / Powerhouse Films / Indicator / Sundance Now

11/1 Horror Comedies Crossover, 2

I vote for just one. 4 Seasons is mighty broad, and it would work as another open night to watch what one wants.

My crossover picks:
Indie-Arthouse; Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), It's available on multiple platforms, including Prime and Paramount+, and most horror fans have it in their collections.
Comedy: Ready or Not (2019)

I think doing all 4 seasons would work well on the marathon day, since that's a day a lot of people will be watching multiple movies...

As far as crossover picks, my votes go to
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) - indie/arthouse
The Babysitter (2017) - comedy

9/30 Indie/Arthouse Crossover
Eraserhead
Baby Blood
A Bay of Blood
Martin

Wacko - For comedy crossover

For the 4 Seasons of Death, I'm ok with it just being 1 movie. I will probably watch 4 but a lot of people might not be able to.

1 - Personally, I’ll try to hit all 4 seasons. For the checklist, though, I think we should keep it specific to just 1 season.

Comedies:

* The Babysitter (2017) NETFLIX
* Ready or Not (2019)

Indie/Arthouse:

* Burnt Offerings (1976) (Arrow / Kino Lorber) SHUDDER
* Coma (1978) (Criterion Channel)
* Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras) (2017) (Mubi) SHUDDER
* The Haunting (1963) (Criterion Channel)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) (Arrow)
* King Kong (1933) (Criterion) HBO MAX
* Manhunter (1986) (Criterion Channel) SHUDDER
* Roadgames (1981) (Powerhouse Films/Indicator)

I'm finding it hard to break from September being the Criterion month. I was thinking about The Living Skeleton from the Eclipse Box, or Pan's Labyrinth, which I still have not seen.

I vote for one movie for the season theme. I also would recommend one movie for the chronological theme because I feel like the movies selected for that day usually get less overall participation since it's more diluted.

9/30 Indie/Arthouse Crossover
The Stuff (1985)

Horror Comedies Crossover
The Burbs (1989)

Vote for 1 movie on season and chronological.

I have already said that I would prefer 1 movie on the season but I also prefer that we stay with the 4 movies on the chronological.

I'm waiting on that outrageous banner!

I'm in for a subset pick if you still need people! Can't believe this is so far along. I've had a crazy busy summer. Good job, ya'll!

Subset picks (from my TBR list)

Kuroneko (1968) - Indie or Asian or Letterboxd Top 250 - Criterion Channel
Angst (1987) - Euro passport - shudder
or Anguish (1983) - Euro passport - (DVD/BR only)
The Skin I Live In (2011) - Skeptical Inquirer - HBO Max, Amazon for rent
Battle Royale (2000) - Asian - Tubi, IMDB TV (free)
Saint Maud (2021) - Ladies Who Kill - for rent on Amazon

Comedy cross-over suggestion: Slaxx (2021) - shudder

It won't disappoint in that regard. In fact, I should probably apologize in advance for what's on it.

That also reminds me I'll be posting the discussion thread in a couple or so days.

Comedy Crossover: Little Monsters (2019) - I know a lot of us bought this from Hamilton Book over the past few months

Indie Crossover - Last month I caved on Vampyr, so that's what I am doing for the indie crossover, glad I won't have to look at the 15 Horror titles available from criterion and bite the bullet anymore.

• 1 subset volunteer needed!
  
  
• One final reminder to submit your crossover picks if you haven't already. I'll be putting those up for vote very soon.
  
  
• Also one last 4 seasons reminder. It was brought up that if we do have four picks to attach it to the mass marathon day, which is always on a Saturday. That's no problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chad

Should we go the chrono route and have four picks for the 'Four Seasons of Death' theme, or just stick to one?

I know this isn't the chat thread but is anyone else going to be watching a lot of horror based TV shows/Halloween specials in September, again?

I started doing it last year when someone brought up the idea and it was a lot of fun.

I think I'll probably start early again like we did last year. I enjoyed having theme nights on those couple of weeks before the "official" start.