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Rules: You must watch your assigned film (any issues with that, see below) during the month of September and post about it here. You can have a full review, a link to a review, or just say you watched it. Of those who complete their film, I will select 3 winners. These winners will be PMed and must tell me their shipping address by October 10th. I will then send you your Blu-ray prize packs.
Name (alphabetical)-----Film-----Platform
alyxstarr-----In the Mouth of Madness COMPLETE
BobO'Link-----Halloween 1978 COMPLETE
Cardsfan111-----Dawn of the Dead 1978-----YouTube COMPLETE
Clckworang-----The Fog 1980 COMPLETE
Crocker Jarman-----Deep Blood-----Tubi COMPLETE
Darkgod-----Hausu/House 1978-----HBOMAX COMPLETE
Darth Maher-----The Thing 1982 (40th Anniversary) COMPLETE
Dimension X-----28 Days Later (20th Anniversary)-----HBOMAX COMPLETE
EdTheRipper----The Mist-----Netflix COMPLETE
Fist of Doom Jr-----Troll Hunter-----Prime, Kanopy COMPLETE
fiver-----Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child----- HBOMAX COMPLETE
Gobear-----Halloween III (40th Anniversary) COMPLETE
hbsvb-----The Cell-----Hoopla COMPLETE
Indiephantom-----Train to Busan-----Prime, Tubi, Shudder COMPELTE
jholmes-----28 Days Later (20th Anniversary)-----HBOMAX COMPLETE
lrend-----The Cell-----Hoopla COMPLETE
Mallratcal-----Dracula 1958-----HBOMAX COMPLETE
Mrcellophane-----The Fog 1980 COMPLETE
Numbercrunch-----Troll 2-----Tubi, Pluto, Hoopla COMPLETE
Orlmac-----Species II-----Tubi, Pluto COMPLETE
Shack-----The Exorcist-----HBOMAX COMPLETE
Shadokitty-----Mon Mon Mon Monsters COMPLETE
Shellebelle-----Witchboard-----Tubi, Shout! Factory, Shudder COMPLETE
Spiderbite-----Witchboard 2-----Tubi, Shout! Factory, Shudder COMPLETE
Sterling Ben------The Night Eats the World-----Tubi, Prime, Peacock COMPLETE
Tbone22-----Halloween III (40th Anniversary) COMPLETE
Toddarino-----The Night Eats the World-----Tubi, Prime, Peacock COMPLETE
Travis McClain-----Species II-----Tubi, Pluto COMPLETE
Trevor-----Troll 2-----Tubi, Pluto, Hoopla COMPLETE
Undeadcow-----Dracula 1992 (30th Anniversary)-----YuppTV? COMPLETE
Voorheshulk-----Death Spa-----Tubi COMPLETE
WillieMLF-----Prince of Darkness COMPLETE

How you watch your film is up to you. I'm not asking questions .If you cannot watch your assigned film for financial reasons (some are rental only) or just really don't want to spend $3 for a shot at winning some Blu-rays, let me know and I'll assign you another film (likely not from the previously-posted list). I cannot legally obligate you to spend money on this and I also ethically won't do it.

P.S. Streaming Platforms are as of August 30th. I don't know what will change in Spetember, but you can always take a look at https://www.justwatch.com/

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Old 08-16-22 | 09:30 AM
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An amazing list, Chad! For me, a great mix of new titles and ones I'm happy to rewatch.

Thanks for all the work.
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I totally missed that this thread was open, I am more than happy to offer subset picks again this year. I will catch up with this thread when I'm done with work.
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Awesome to see some of these titles on there. Close Calls is a cool indie with some very cool limited packaging on the blu-ray. Hell High is one of my recent discoveries and there's a great commentary from Joe Bob.
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I totally missed that this thread was open, I am more than happy to offer subset picks again this year. I will catch up with this thread when I'm done with work.
The subset list is already done. See post #145.
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Excited to see the subset posted!
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great list thanks chad
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Every time I get a new Dracula Daily email, I get a little bit more enthusiastic about finally watching the 1970 Count Dracula!
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The subset list is already done. See post #145.
Ah, that's disappointing. I only check this subforum for OHC stuff. I didn't think to look as early as July.
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I'm happy with the way it turned out. Aside from excluding a couple of films with OOP releases that I feel will have something better coming soon, the one thing I decided against including that I was hoping to was "Martin". I held off after seeing
saying they couldn't secure the rights to get the newly discovered 3½ hour cut for their upcoming release, which I don't think has a date set anyway. It's apparently still up for auction. Hopefully this time next year that version will be available to watch in some way.

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Ah, that's disappointing. I only check this subforum for OHC stuff. I didn't think to look as early as July.
You got a PM.

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Awesome to see some of these titles on there. Close Calls is a cool indie with some very cool limited packaging on the blu-ray. Hell High is one of my recent discoveries and there's a great commentary from Joe Bob.
I'll also throw out a recommendation for the Close Calls feature length making of doc that
used to be on Prime used to be on Prime
that covers the trouble with some neighbors and police during the production in an Arkansas suburb. It's on the Blu-ray, too.

Also looks like Ronin carried over the Joe Bob commentary from the old DVD on ISOYG.
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In light of the subset picks, I will be replacing The Sadness with another Taiwanese film: Mon Mon Mon Monsters.
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Glorious on Shudder is a terrific piece of cosmic horror. It stars Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons and is reminiscent of My Dinner With Andre if Andre were a malign Lovecraftian entity.
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Glorious on Shudder is a terrific piece of cosmic horror. It stars Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons and is reminiscent of My Dinner With Andre if Andre were a malign Lovecraftian entity.
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Glorious on Shudder is a terrific piece of cosmic horror. It stars Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons and is reminiscent of My Dinner With Andre if Andre were a malign Lovecraftian entity.
I was literally just about to ask about that and another question after catching the trailer, so good to hear. I'll reserve it for Cosmic theme day.

Other question: Is the Chucky series worth a watch? I'm always a little leery of anything SyFy these days.
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Just a head's that I'll be starting the checklist assembling soon. The new schedule threw me off a bit and I didn't realize the discussion thread deadline is looming. After I work on it a bit, make some very minor finishing touches on the banner, and get the thread up and running, I'll move right to the checklist.

Here's what I have so far on the anniversary section.

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--- 10th Anniversary of Vinegar Syndrome, 2 -
--- 15th Belated Anniversary of TCM Underground -
--- 25th Anniversary of DVD -
--- 25th Anniversary of The Asylum -
--- 40th Anniversary of Joe Bob Briggs -
--- 100th Birthday of Sir Christopher Lee -
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I was literally just about to ask about that and another question after catching the trailer, so good to hear. I'll reserve it for Cosmic theme day.
I'm going to watch it again for the Cosmic theme because there is a revelation toward the end that I can't discuss (spoilers!), so I need to go back to see what clues I missed. Kwanten and Simmons knock it out of the park.

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A heads up for those seeking out the subsets. Night Train To Terror is $12.49 at Vinegar Syndrome this weekend.
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I was literally just about to ask about that and another question after catching the trailer, so good to hear. I'll reserve it for Cosmic theme day.

Other question: Is the Chucky series worth a watch? I'm always a little leery of anything SyFy these days.
I really liked the last 2 Child's Play movies so I had high hopes for the series. And maybe because my expectations were so high I thought the series was pretty bad.

Not much humor and very little action until the last 2 episodes. If you do watch it set your expectations low.
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A heads up for those seeking out the subsets. Night Train To Terror is $12.49 at Vinegar Syndrome this weekend.
You beat me to it. I just placed my order and was coming here to tell people about it. There are a few more subset films I'd like to purchase or upgrade, even though I probably don't need to be spending any more money right now.
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TCM October schedule dropped
https://www.halloweenmoviesontv.com/...ctober-horror/
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I’m super late to the party this year, but just caught up on the thread and am so excited to participate again this year! The subsets look great!

Thank you Chad for the incredible work you’ve done so far!
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Looks like an awesome schedule this year.
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The TCM schedule does look great. There are a couple on there I've been trying to find like Carnival of Sinners/la Main du Diable. Unfortunately, we cut our cable ties and I have no way to watch TCM live. Do I want to pay Hulu $69 for one month just to watch some of these? Hum.
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The TCM schedule does look great. There are a couple on there I've been trying to find like Carnival of Sinners/la Main du Diable. Unfortunately, we cut our cable ties and I have no way to watch TCM live. Do I want to pay Hulu $69 for one month just to watch some of these? Hum.
TCM has a niche on HBOMax, which costs just $10/month. Carnival of Sinners/La Main du Diable is available through the Internet Archive, but it is in French with no English subs. The only film on the list I can't find on a streaming service is Hiruko the Goblin.
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Here's the schedule I'll try my best to follow...

Monday night - Discussion thread goes up
Tuesday night - Checklist assembling starts
??????? night - List thread goes up


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