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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 2, 2018 14:42:54 GMT
01: The Innocents (1961) 10/10 i will definitely be watching this sometime this month. Been in my watchlist waaay too long
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 2:12:33 GMT
"Silence lies steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House. And we who walk here... walk alone."
02: The Haunting (1963) 7/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 5:16:46 GMT
"The house takes care of itself".
03: Burnt Offerings (1976) 8/10
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Post by Viced on Oct 3, 2018 16:35:16 GMT
Gonna steal @waterloobridge's format...
2. The Hunger (1983) - everything with David Bowie's character is pretty fascinating... the rest, while stylish... ehhhhh. 6/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 18:18:09 GMT
"Garlic is for vampires! Just ask Buffy! Doesn't anyone in this school watch television?"
04: I've Been Waiting for You (1998) 6.5/10
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Post by idioticbunny on Oct 3, 2018 22:57:00 GMT
I looooove this month mainly because I'll hold off on watching any horror all the rest of the year so I can get in a real creepy mood in time for Halloween. It's probably my favorite time of the year. There are some definite ones I'm planning to check out, but I may update my list with others as the month goes on as some are just ones I watch on a whim: Halloween series (only seen the first and want to watch the rest before the reboot/sequel). Frankenstein (1931) - Meant to watch this last year after finishing the novel, but got busy and didn't finish the novel so I hope to rectify that this year. Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Ju-on: The Grudge (2002). The Ring (2002). Day of the Dead (1985) - Just to keep in line with having watched one entry in Romero's series each October so far. Vampyr (1932). The Fly (1958). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Eyes Without a Face (1960). Same here, I love October. Don't expect too much from those Halloween sequels. I mean, they're not all bad, but the ones that are...are bad. Vampyr on the other hand is great, borderline fantastic. My second or third favorite from Dreyer. Yeah, I just watched Halloween II & III and while II isn't terrible, it's a really weak continuation of a story. Could tell that Carpenter realllllly didn't want to keep going with it. But III is just god-awful. Dan O'Herlihy gives some fine, creepy supporting work but my God the rest was just dumb. Shame that Carpenter's whole "anthology" idea rode on such a terrible film as I think it was a great idea on Carpenter's part and a bad idea on the writer/director of the film itself. I've not been a Dreyer fan at all, really disappointed in his work for the most part (though Ordet surprised me in a good way), so I have pretty low expectations for Vampyr. Hope to be pleasantly surprised.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 4, 2018 1:09:56 GMT
#1. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) - the ending is goofy but I had fun with this one for the most part. The first 45 are effectively terrifying. Masterclass in building suspense apart from one or two cheap gotcha thrills. Olwen Kelly's porcelain appearance and motionless performance is a big reason why this is so creepy, and the film knows that and capitalizes on it. There must have been something like 50 close-ups of her face, some of them identical, and they became progressively creepier and more sinister. 7.5/10
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Post by Viced on Oct 4, 2018 3:16:15 GMT
3. The Wicker Man (1973) - final 15 minutes are a knockout... everything before that... didn't do too much for me. Christopher Lee was awesome though. 6/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2018 16:40:40 GMT
3. The Wicker Man (1973) - final 15 minutes are a knockout... everything before that... didn't do too much for me. Christopher Lee was awesome though. 6/10 What’d you think of Woodward?
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Post by Viced on Oct 4, 2018 19:19:30 GMT
3. The Wicker Man (1973) - final 15 minutes are a knockout... everything before that... didn't do too much for me. Christopher Lee was awesome though. 6/10 What’d you think of Woodward? Quite good... especially in the final 15 or so minutes or so. Tough role and he nailed it.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 4, 2018 19:43:11 GMT
What’d you think of Woodward? Quite good... especially in the final 15 or so minutes or so. Tough role and he nailed it. What'd you think of Christopher Lee's dance moves?
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 4, 2018 19:50:19 GMT
#2. The Ritual (2017) One of the better Netflix films I've seen. Basic premise: four mates go hiking in Sweden, get lost in the woods, and find themselves being hunted by a huge unseen monster, and then things get REALLY weird. Nothing trailblazing about the film but it's well-executed, suffuse with steadily-intensifying atmospheric dread. Anyone that's been afraid of walking in the woods at night will appreciate this film's approach. Director David Bruckner ekes every ounce of terror out of his environment here. The forest closes in on our characters, becoming denser and darker as the film goes on. The tall, imposing trees, blocking out the light, become nightmare fuel. 7.5/10
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Post by Viced on Oct 4, 2018 20:08:20 GMT
Quite good... especially in the final 15 or so minutes or so. Tough role and he nailed it. What'd you think of Christopher Lee's dance moves? Arguably the highlight of the movie...
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 4, 2018 23:07:26 GMT
I've been going with some of the shortest horrors on my watchlist so I'm at 10 already, in order of watching -
01. Child’s Play (1988) 02. Child’s Play 2 (1990) 03. Prom Night (1980) 04. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987) 05. April Fool’s Day (1986) 06. Something Evil (1972) 07. The Last of the Sommervilles (1961) 08. A Cold Night’s Death (1973) 09. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) 10. The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
Sommervilles is an ep of Karloff's NBC show Thriller, written-directed by Ida Lupino, it's more humorous than expected and decently done but very slight. Unintentionally watched three ABC tv-horrors that were all released in the first months of their year. Something Evil needs a remaster (and maybe like Duel a longer cut - this was shot and released within three months) but I found it pretty effective, like a rural pre-Poltergeist, with a strong Sandy Dennis perf. A Cold Night's Death is maybe my fav so far - snowy and confined and very much like The Thing (Carpenter version) meets Twilight Zone. Robert Culp is actually very good here, there's a heaviness and physicality to his role I liked. Tense use of space and especially sound, bassy howling winds. Initiation of Sarah is more polished than the other two and somewhat cleverly repurposes the Carrie formula to a college setting. Very engaging until the ending which becomes suddenly sorcerous and questionable. Sans horror elements this could've been a great pic about sisters. Worst so far is April Fool's Day which thinks it's smart but it's ultimately just an unconvincing stunt, with an uninteresting cast, yet still watchable lol. Despite some lame lapes into voodoo woowoo Child's Play is actually pretty good and I like its patient use of Chucky, his scariest moments come at the end, and that chilling final shot. Child's Play 2 is an empty joke but its visuals kept me interested- deep focus, wide angle, crisp colors. Prom Night is alternatively fun, freaky, sympathetic, pathetic, and detailed. Hello Mary Lou is its spiritual twisted-sister, half fascinating (in its body-swap esque gimmick), but relies way too much on Carrieisms and has too many really stupid ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 2:20:48 GMT
09. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) How did you like this one? I like your Child's Play comments; another reason I like the sequel is Jenny Agutter and Christine Elise . April Fool's Day always plays a joke on me in the end; I was fooled thinking that it was supposed to be a scary movie .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 3:53:21 GMT
"Ann? Mommy says you're not dead. Is that true?"
05: The House by the Cemetery (1981) 5/10
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 5, 2018 4:15:35 GMT
#3. The Innocents (1961)
Loved it
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Post by Viced on Oct 5, 2018 14:39:32 GMT
4. Stir of Echoes (1999) - great Bacon performance, creepy vibe throughout. 8/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 17:49:18 GMT
"Have you checked the children?"
06: When a Stranger Calls (1979) 7/10
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Post by Viced on Oct 6, 2018 3:10:26 GMT
5. Train to Busan (2016) - helluva ride. 8/10
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 6, 2018 3:44:37 GMT
5. Train to Busan (2016) - helluva ride. 8/10 It moves along with some freightening scenes but doesn't stay on track and goes off the rails in the second half. Ok srsly..... I like it, it does start off great, some really exciting fx stuff too, but it's overlong and there are way, way too many schmaltzy scenes I thought.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 6, 2018 4:13:23 GMT
09. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) How did you like this one? I think it's decent and definitely never boring. But it steps on its own feet: it was conceived (by pioneer lesbian author Rita Mae Brown) as a parody of slashers but it's mostly played as "slasher simple" (instructed by financier Roger Corman) - the villain isn't handled well at all right from the beginning - for something so clearly ripping Halloween they miss what makes Myers frightening - and Comedy doesn't come thru, only occasionally during the more defined gags. Yet it's kinda clever how they posit the women indoors and the men outdoors, the villain and their prankster guy friends not invited to the sleepover and how at times you can't tell which of the two are causing the mayhem. Not many horrors especially in that era were directed and produced by females and you wish this was just a little better.....but it's not unworthy of discussion.
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Post by Viced on Oct 6, 2018 4:21:59 GMT
5. Train to Busan (2016) - helluva ride. 8/10 It moves along with some freightening scenes but doesn't stay on track and goes off the rails in the second half. Ok srsly..... I like it, it does start off great, some really exciting fx stuff too, but it's overlong and there are way, way too many schmaltzy scenes I thought. Yeaaaaah it doesn't really sustain the energy of the first 45 mins or so, and it probably could have been 10-15 minutes shorter... but it still worked for me. The schmaltzy stuff wasn't that bad either.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 4:23:57 GMT
Just saw Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key...it was surprisingly terrible. Actually one of the worst movies I've seen in a while, and I have a pretty high tolerance for goofiness in giallo flicks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 4:25:13 GMT
" Ann? Mommy says you're not dead. Is that true?" 05: The House by the Cemetery (1981) 5/10 The kid in this movie was so annoying, lol.
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