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2020 SKMB October Horror Movie Marathon!

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  • edited October 2020
    cat said:
    2.  American Murder, The Family Next Door*

    This is also a Netflix entry, a documentary about the murder of Shanann Watts, Bella and CeCe Watts.

    An absolutely well produced documentary on a real-life horror.  I've watched numerous docs on this case and this one contained original footage of the family, real conversations, police body cams beyond what we've seen in other docs.  I think it was pretty brutal in its honesty.

    Before I say this, I want to make sure you all know where I stand on the murder.  Chris Watts is a disgusting excuse for a human being and a man, father, husband.  Horrible person who if anyone deserves the death penalty, he does.  But, he was saved from that because he pled guilty and told what he so hatefully did with their bodies.

    No excuse for murder.  None.  Get a damn divorce and move on.  

    Now having said that, Shanann was the dominate one in their family. She did wear the pants. What she said was law.  She belittled him and ridiculed him by what I saw in this doc.  Which makes it such a good documentary.  It lays out a snapshot of some family dynamics that we weren't necessarily privvy too in other documentaries I've seen. But, the victims are the victims.  I'm not victim shaming here.

    I do think Chris felt emasculated by her and loved the attention of an adoring woman who he had the affair with. AGAIN, not in any way an excuse for what he did, and his kids? WTH. All they did was love their daddy. And he treated them like trash.

    I would recommend this, even if you have watched other documentaries on the case.  It gives a different layer to it all.  Doesn't change anything in my eyes, but interesting nonetheless.




    1.  Ghost Stories*
    2.  American Murder -- The Family Next Door*



    I saw a trailer for this and wondered if it was the same one we talked about a while back. I did look it up but couldn't watch, I only have the basic Hulu and it was on the premium side. So I am definitely going to try to catch this one. 


    No, this isn't the same documentary we talked about.  This is new and had the cooperation of Shanann's parents.  So we get access to information that I was not aware of before -- like, Chris Watt's family hated her.  Just absolutely hated her.  THey did not come to the wedding.  There was a particularly nasty fight about the kids. 

    We get to see more home movies, text messages between Shanann and Chris, Shanann and her friends.  We get to see more of her Vlog entries.  

    I think it shows more of what was going on than anything else I've seen.
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  • I humbly suggest the following set in my home town of Pittsburgh/Western PA:
    Night of the Living Dead
    Dawn of the Dead
    Innocent Blood

    Filmed in Pittsburgh, not necessarily set in Pittsburgh:
    Creepshow
    The Silence of the Lambs
    The Dark Half
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  • 'The Blob' was filmed a few towns over from where I grew up in Pennsylvania.   :D
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  • 'The Sixth Sense' - filmed in Philadelphia.


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  • Another couple of good Irish movies Hedda...

    Let Us Prey 


    From The Dark


    The Cured


    A couple of good horror/comedy

    Grabbers


    Extra Ordinary 

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  • October 1st, boils and ghouls!  I'm a night time movie watcher so my first review will go up later.  Let's forget about the world for a while and get scared in a good way!
    I really do appreciate your time doing this.  I look forward to it every year.  And with that,
    I'll start us off I guess.

    This year, my goal is to watch horror from foreign countries.  NB, Neesy and Flake, if you have a good Irish, Canadian or New Zealand horror movie you would recommend, please do.  Flakers, I know you don't watch horror, but have you heard about a good one from the kids maybe?

    If anyone would care to recommend a horror movie set in their state (Texas? Ohio? North Carolina? etc...) would be fun, or, if you don't want to reveal the state, maybe give me a region horror movie.  Just a really great east coast horror movie, southern horror, midwest horror etc...  

    I have my tried and true horror movies I go to every single year and I'm sure I'll bore you all with them as I have the last, how many years have you been doing this feef?  I always fall back on my beloved Halloween movies.  But, I'm going to try really branch out this year.
    Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 NZ film by Peter Jackson that is based on a true story. It's a psychological thriller, will this be Halloweenie enough? 
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  • FlakeNoir said:
    October 1st, boils and ghouls!  I'm a night time movie watcher so my first review will go up later.  Let's forget about the world for a while and get scared in a good way!
    I really do appreciate your time doing this.  I look forward to it every year.  And with that,
    I'll start us off I guess.

    This year, my goal is to watch horror from foreign countries.  NB, Neesy and Flake, if you have a good Irish, Canadian or New Zealand horror movie you would recommend, please do.  Flakers, I know you don't watch horror, but have you heard about a good one from the kids maybe?

    If anyone would care to recommend a horror movie set in their state (Texas? Ohio? North Carolina? etc...) would be fun, or, if you don't want to reveal the state, maybe give me a region horror movie.  Just a really great east coast horror movie, southern horror, midwest horror etc...  

    I have my tried and true horror movies I go to every single year and I'm sure I'll bore you all with them as I have the last, how many years have you been doing this feef?  I always fall back on my beloved Halloween movies.  But, I'm going to try really branch out this year.
    Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 NZ film by Peter Jackson that is based on a true story. It's a psychological thriller, will this be Halloweenie enough? 
    That's a brilliant film Flakes. 😎
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  • edited October 2020
    Notaro said:
    FlakeNoir said:
    October 1st, boils and ghouls!  I'm a night time movie watcher so my first review will go up later.  Let's forget about the world for a while and get scared in a good way!
    I really do appreciate your time doing this.  I look forward to it every year.  And with that,
    I'll start us off I guess.

    This year, my goal is to watch horror from foreign countries.  NB, Neesy and Flake, if you have a good Irish, Canadian or New Zealand horror movie you would recommend, please do.  Flakers, I know you don't watch horror, but have you heard about a good one from the kids maybe?

    If anyone would care to recommend a horror movie set in their state (Texas? Ohio? North Carolina? etc...) would be fun, or, if you don't want to reveal the state, maybe give me a region horror movie.  Just a really great east coast horror movie, southern horror, midwest horror etc...  

    I have my tried and true horror movies I go to every single year and I'm sure I'll bore you all with them as I have the last, how many years have you been doing this feef?  I always fall back on my beloved Halloween movies.  But, I'm going to try really branch out this year.
    Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 NZ film by Peter Jackson that is based on a true story. It's a psychological thriller, will this be Halloweenie enough? 
    That's a brilliant film Flakes. 😎
    Creeped the sh*t out of me. (I know, I know... that's not difficult with movies for me. 🙄 😁)
    NotarospideymancatGNTLGNTHedda GablerfushingfeefSundrop
  • Starting out with an oldy
    1. Nightmare on Elm Street
    2. Halloween
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  • Thanks feef, nn and flakers. Lots of things to choose from. 
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  • edited October 2020
    3.  Christmas Evil*

    This thing from 1980 was terrifying because it was filmed in the 1980s.

    Boy loves Santa. Boy eager to catch Santa coming down the chimney.  Boy catches more than that.  Boy sees Santa getting his freak on with his slutty mother by the Christmas tree, fireplace and plate of cookies.  Boy is immediately traumatized and f'd up -- for the rest of his life.  Boy grows up to be weirdo.

    Awful.  Not one redeeming thing I can say about it.  But, when I commit, I commit.  There were a lot of very familiar character actor faces in this, so in a way, that was kind of fun trying to wrack my brain to figure out what else I'd seen them in.  So, to stay positive, maybe there was one redeeming thing in the movie afterall and that was remembering other movies.

    Avoid this like....well, the covid.






    1.  Ghost Stories*
    2. American Murder*
    3. Christmas Evil*

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  • edited October 2020
    NB, I checked and The Cured is on Hulu, which I have, so I will be watching this one sometime this month for sure as I think Ellen Page is very natural in her acting.  I enjoy her performances.
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  • FlakeNoir said:
    October 1st, boils and ghouls!  I'm a night time movie watcher so my first review will go up later.  Let's forget about the world for a while and get scared in a good way!
    I really do appreciate your time doing this.  I look forward to it every year.  And with that,
    I'll start us off I guess.

    This year, my goal is to watch horror from foreign countries.  NB, Neesy and Flake, if you have a good Irish, Canadian or New Zealand horror movie you would recommend, please do.  Flakers, I know you don't watch horror, but have you heard about a good one from the kids maybe?

    If anyone would care to recommend a horror movie set in their state (Texas? Ohio? North Carolina? etc...) would be fun, or, if you don't want to reveal the state, maybe give me a region horror movie.  Just a really great east coast horror movie, southern horror, midwest horror etc...  

    I have my tried and true horror movies I go to every single year and I'm sure I'll bore you all with them as I have the last, how many years have you been doing this feef?  I always fall back on my beloved Halloween movies.  But, I'm going to try really branch out this year.
    Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 NZ film by Peter Jackson that is based on a true story. It's a psychological thriller, will this be Halloweenie enough? 
    I have seen Heavenly Creatures and it is creepy.  I may watch What We Do In The Shadows for the bazillionth time for the marathon.  Okay, it's funny but it deals with some very serious social issues in the Vampire and Werewolf community.  The undead have it tough.
    FlakeNoirspideymanfushingfeefNotaroGNTLGNTcat
  • edited October 2020

    1. Viy (1967)

    Wayward Cossack seminary student must pray alone for three nights over the corpse of the woman he murdered--and who just might be a witch.  

    Considered to be the first Soviet horror film, Viy plays like a Russian folk tale, and was in fact based on a story written by Russian literary giant Nikolai Gogol.  It's as if the Russians wanted to make a Hammer horror film mixed with a dark fairy tale, and perhaps saw a bit into the future and borrowed from The Exorcist even though it hadn't been made yet.

    The Russian countryside is spooky and full of supernatural mystery, and the Russian monks are more like sorcerers in training than holy men.  The film has an endearingly creepy handmade feel to it, and if several of the special effects verge on cheesy, it only lends to the eerily off-kilter atmosphere.  Aside from a gutsy early scene involving the flight of a witch, the film can be a bit of a slow burn, but the second half is pure delirious horror steeped in Russian religious imagery, climaxing in an amazing array of monsters and beasties who literally come out of the woodwork.  

    4 out of 5 stars.

    Bob's October 2020 Horror Movie List

    *FTV denotes first-time viewings

    1. Viy (1967) 4/5 (FTV)






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  • ....and the Russian porn 'stache is truly terrifying!......
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  • 2. Night Visitor

    A teenager spying on his sexy next-door neighbor stumbles upon a Satanic ritual murder cult and must convince skeptical authorities before it's too late.  

    Released in 1989 and featuring Elliot Gould, Richard Roundtree, and Gene Simmons' wife Shannon Tweed, I had somehow never heard of Night Visitor, but was intrigued when Glenn Erickson (aka media reviewer DVD Savant, and also editor of this film) wrote an affectionate review announcing this film's recent Blu-Ray release.  Night Visitor, while not quite the classic that Fright Night is, explores similar territory and is genuinely entertaining, if not particularly scary.  One gets the feeling that the story could have been expanded a little more beyond the first major twist (I won't spoil it here), and while the body count isn't very high, fans of suburban Eighties "Satanic panic" will enjoy.  

    Keep an eye out for character actor mainstay Michael J. Pollard, and a pre-adult film career Teri Weigel.  Fun fact, the original title of this film was supposed to be "Never Cry Devil", but was changed to the more generic (and perhaps less controversial) title it has today.  

    3 out of 5 stars.

    Bob's October 2020 Horror Movie List

    *FTV denotes first-time viewings

    1. Viy (1967) 4/5 (FTV) 

    2. Night Visitor 3/5

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  • 4. Vault of Horror -- 1973 Amicus

    Ahhhh
    , it's so nice to come back to one of my favorites for the season.  

    Five men enter a lift in an office building and are taken to the subbasement where they all remember a dream.  I just love this thing.




    1.  Ghost Stories*
    2. American Murder*
    3. Christmas Evil*
    4.  Vault of Horror
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  • edited October 2020
    5. The Green Slime *1968

    An asteroid is headed for Earth and must be destroyed before it hits.  Call in the Astronauts to plant bombs on the surface of the asteroid.  The mission appears to be successful until one of the astronauts brings back some oozy green slime with him into the space craft.

    The slime mutates and we get a bunch of creatures from H.R. Pufnstuf running around the ship.  When the crew try to zap the creatures with lasers, they discover that the energy the lasers produce feeds them to produce more creatures from their wounds.  

    They are just taking over the spacecraft and while this is all happening, we have a love triangle going.  Talk about priorities!

    Fun in a campy way, but terrible.  And some famous faces.  Made in Japan with Japanese film crew and all caucasian actors.  I bet it was huge in Japan.  The coolest thing about it is that it has a totally groovy theme song.



    1.  Ghost Stories*
    2. American Murder*
    3. Christmas Evil*
    4.  Vault of Horror
    5. The Green Slime*


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  • So far,

    01. Dracula's Daughter 
    02. Son Of Dracula 
    03. House Of Frankenstein 

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  • 1. Nightmare on Elm Street
    2. Halloween
    3.Amityville Horror
    4. Halloween Resurrection

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  • The Green Slime was on our local television station's weekly horror show at least once a year.  It is a lousy movie but I always got sucked into watching it by that theme song!
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  • edited October 2020

    2. Tigers Are Not Afraid

    A Mexican girl seeks revenge on the drug lord who abducted her mother, assisted by a rag-tag group of street urchins, three wishes, and ghosts. 

    Tigers Are Not Afraid explores potentially bleak subject matter (kids orphaned by drug crime) but it with a certain amount of so-called magical realism, but avoids becoming maudlin.  Indeed, the fantastical elements go hand in hand with the harsh realism, to put us into the mind of a child and make experiencing the horrors of the real world even more intense.  Think Beasts of the Southern Wild but with talking dead people and dark fairies.  Many have made comparisons between this film and the early works of Guillermo del Toro (especially The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth), and they're not wrong, but I also noticed favorable similarities with the non-supernatural Brazilian street crime film City of God, with the depictions of youth street life that feel authentic and human. 

    You'll want to see this one if you get a chance; this is one of those movies that elevates not just the horror genre, but also shows us how good cinema can be.  

    5 out of 5 stars.

    Bob's October 2020 Horror Movie List

    *FTV denotes first-time viewings

    1. Viy (1967) 4/5 (FTV)

    2. Night Visitor 3/5 

    3. Tigers Are Not Afraid 5/5

    GNTLGNTHedda GablerFlakeNoirspideymancat
  • 5. The Green Slime *1968

    An asteroid is headed for Earth and must be destroyed before it hits.  Call in the Astronauts to plant bombs on the surface of the asteroid.  The mission appears to be successful until one of the astronauts brings back some oozy green slime with him into the space craft.

    The slime mutates and we get a bunch of creatures from H.R. Pufnstuf running around the ship.  When the crew try to zap the creatures with lasers, they discover that the energy the lasers produce feeds them to produce more creatures from their wounds.  

    They are just taking over the spacecraft and while this is all happening, we have a love triangle going.  Talk about priorities!

    Fun in a campy way, but terrible.  And some famous faces.  Made in Japan with Japanese film crew and all caucasian actors.  I bet it was huge in Japan.  The coolest thing about it is that it has a totally groovy theme song.



    1.  Ghost Stories*
    2. American Murder*
    3. Christmas Evil*
    4.  Vault of Horror
    5. The Green Slime*


    ....sounds a bit like Armageddon meets The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verill, with a little bit of Daytime Soaps thrown in......
    Hedda GablerfushingfeefFlakeNoirspideymancat
  • 6. The Blue Elephant 2 *--  2019

    (Not to be confused with Breakin' 2:  Electric Boogaloo ).

    Now this is a new one for me not only as a film but as an Egyptian horror movie.  It's a possession story, with a twist who's doing the possessing.

    It was odd and bizarre. But a very rich visual film.  I wouldn't watch it again, but it was unique and I like that I tried something new.





    1.  Ghost Stories*
    2. American Murder*
    3. Christmas Evil*
    4.  Vault of Horror
    5. The Green Slime*
    6.  The Blue Elephant 2

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