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1. Fear Streat part 1 1994 (2021)
2. Fear Street part 2 1978 (2021)
3. Escape Room (2019)
4. Fear Street part 3 1666 (2021)
5. Vampires (1998)
6. The Blob (1988)
7. The Turning (2020)
8. The Final Girls (2015)
9. Boar (2017)
10. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
11. Les Affamés (2017)
12. Demoni (1985)
13. Repulsion (1965)
14. Harpoon (2019)
15. The Limehouse Golem (2016)
16. The Creature Of The Black Lagoon (1954)
17. Cat People (1943)
18. Ghosts Of War (2020)
19. Lake Placid vs Anaconda (2015)
20. Village of The Damned (1960)
21. Halloween (2018)
22. The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
23. Army of The Dead (2021)
24. The Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
25. Halloween Kills (2021)
I dont know..... I really wasn't fond of this whole sidetrack which has Anthony Michael Hall in the lead as the leader of a mob that goes after Michael Myers because they feel the police can't do it. Understandable feeling but it also takes away the movies focal point from him in parts and from Jamie Lee Curtis. This felt like a number two in a trilogy, which it is, where they draw out the story so they have enough for number three. The parts with the characters that should lead was fine but the sidestory meh. A lot of deaths. It is a wonder the little society of Haddonfield still have living members. But the 2018 Halloween was better. 3/5
A troubled artist descends into madness while isolated on an island with his wife, haunted by visions of his past indiscretions.
Perhaps the only film made by legendary director Ingmar Bergman that could be considered a horror film, Hour of the Wolf is arty, atmospheric, contemplative, and at times horrific. Unless you are a Bergman enthusiast, this film may seem impenetrable and “difficult”, but at its heart it is a simple horror tale that doesn’t always feel like one. There are long quiet takes, moments when the fourth wall is broken, and we can’t always be certain what we’re seeing is really happening, or is a memory, or just a dream. It’s easy to see how this film went under the radar, as it probably turned off Bergman’s existing fan base, while its pacing and strangeness make it inaccessible for casual horror fans.
But, lest anyone think this isn’t a “real” horror film, think of the premise of The Shining: a man trying to produce art in an isolated location, instead lashing out violently against his family, in the presence of apparitions, while concepts of objective reality are thrown out the window. If that’s not enough, Night of the Wolf also has a bizarre puppet show with a real miniaturized human, an ancient woman who peels off her own face and puts her eyes into a wine glass, the random strangulation murder of a young boy, and a man who can walk up walls and across ceilings before suddenly sprouting giant black wings.
This is a film to be thought about, slowly digested, and re-watched—it doesn’t give up its mysteries easily. If you responded well to The Lighthouse, or even better, Bergman's Persona, then you need to see Hour of the Wolf.
4 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)
15. Cemetery of Terror 4/5 (FTV)
16. Trick ‘r Treat 4/5
17. 976-EVIL 3/5 (FTV)
18. Halloween Kills 4/5 (FTV)
19. Dr. Cyclops 2/5 (FTV)
20. The Night House 5/5 (FTV)
21. Old 3/5 (FTV)
22. Critters 2: The Main Course 4/5 (FTV)
23. The Brotherhood of Satan 3/5 (FTV)
24. The Funhouse 4/5
25. Snatchers 4/5 (FTV)
26. John Carpenter’s Vampires 4/5 (FTV)
27. The Ghastly Ones (aka Blood Rites) 2/5 (FTV)
28. Night of the Wolf 4/5 (FTV)
"At the bottom of the ocean, the DeepStar Six has just discovered a new and alien menace."
This was good, the cast did a great job, there was a decent build-up of suspense before the carnage began and the alien creature dude was believable enough.
Also, I got my romance story, I'm such a sucker for that.
Flakes 2021 BVMB Horror Movie Thing:
* = first time viewing
1) Greta* (2018 Netflix)
2) No One Gets Out Alive* (2021 Netflix)
3) The Night Flier* (1997 YouTube)
4) In the Tall Grass* (2019 Netflix)
5) Sweet River* (2020 Netflix)
6) The Chestnut Man* (2021 TV Series Netflix)
7) The Hole in the Ground * (2019 Netflix)
8) The Ritual* (2018 Netflix)
9) Fractured* (2019 Netflix)
10) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors* (1965 YouTube)
11) Friday the Munting 13th* (1980 Netflix)
12) Curon* (2020 TV Series Netflix)
13) The House that Dripped Blood* (1971 YouTube)
14) World War Z (2013 Netflix)
15) The Vault of Horror * (1973 Netflix)
16) The Limehouse Golem* (2016 Netflix)
17) The Cave* (2005 Netflix)
18) The Silence * (2019 Netflix)
19) Daybreakers* (2010 Amazon Prime)
20) When a Stranger Calls Back * (1993 Amazon Prime)
21) Count Dracula* (1977 Amazon Prime)
22) Stalking Laura* (1993 Amazon Prime)
23) Mind Games * (2001 Amazon Prime)
24) The Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane* (1976 Amazon Prime)
25) Little Shop of Horrors * (1960 Amazon Prime)
26) Dear Mr. Gacy* (2010 Amazon Prime)
27) A Good Marriage* ( 2015 Amazon Prime)
28) Jordan* (2010 Amazon Prime) -- Whuuuuutevah
29) The Jacket* (2005 Amazon Prime)
30) DeepStar Six* (1989 Amazon Prime)
Young housewife who recently inherited a Victorian mansion unwittingly releases a trio of little goblin-like creatures who begin to menace her.
Another batty made-for-television horror film that aired in October 1973 as the ABC Movie of the Week, I was too young to have seen this when it originally aired and somehow missed it in syndicated reruns. It stars Kim Darby (True Grit), Twilight Zone alum Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen, and father of Timothy Hutton), and of course cranky old Willian Demarest (Uncle Charlie from My Three Sons).
It’s formulaic but effective, covering familiar haunted house tropes (the locked room, the bricked-in wall, whispers in the dark) but also adding bizarre monsters of a type we’ve never seen before. About those monsters, they are pretty silly looking on first impression: they have heads shaped like shrunken lemons, and appear to be wearing gorilla suits. But there’s also something sinister about how they move about in the shadows, and how they don’t move their mouths when they talk. One of them is played by little person Felix Silla, better known as Cousin It from the Addams Family, and through use of scaled up sets and props, they’re fairly convincing as tiny trolls. I’m guessing these guys caused their share of sleepless nights for children who watched this back in 1973.
Fans of 70’s television thrillers will enjoy, although this one isn't aging as well as superior films like Duel. On the other hand, this creepy little film left such an impression on future horror director Guillermo del Toro when he saw it as a child, he ended up producing a big-budget theatrical remake in 2011. Gonna have to watch that one now!
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)
15. Cemetery of Terror 4/5 (FTV)
16. Trick ‘r Treat 4/5
17. 976-EVIL 3/5 (FTV)
18. Halloween Kills 4/5 (FTV)
19. Dr. Cyclops 2/5 (FTV)
20. The Night House 5/5 (FTV)
21. Old 3/5 (FTV)
22. Critters 2: The Main Course 4/5 (FTV)
23. The Brotherhood of Satan 3/5 (FTV)
24. The Funhouse 4/5
25. Snatchers 4/5 (FTV)
26. John Carpenter’s Vampires 4/5 (FTV)
27. The Ghastly Ones (aka Blood Rites) 2/5 (FTV)
28. Night of the Wolf 4/5 (FTV)
29. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 3/5 (FTV)
"Five friends are stalked by a group of mysterious and disturbed individuals while on a road trip looking for the ultimate haunted house attraction."
Found footage bullshit which I'm not a fan of. I was terrified the last 5 minutes. The rest of the movie was just typical stuff.
26. Black Christmas -- 1974 -- Criterion
"During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger."
The good one. Not that new piece of crap they put out under the same name. This is the only horror movie that still scares me. I don't know what it is about that I find scary after watching it so many times, but it does. I think it's the "the killer is in the house!" thought.
27. The Night STalker -- 1972 -- youtube
"An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire."
THe Myth, The Man, The Legend. It's Kolchak. Mic drop.
28. The Night Strangler -- 1973 -- youtube
"A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood."
He's The Man -- Kolchak.
Dana's 2021 Movie Marathon list
1. Malignant*
2. Two Evil Eyes*
3. Midnight Mass*
4. You Can't Kill Stephen King*
5. Eraserhead*
6. Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper*
7. The Chestnut Man*
8. The Gorgon
9. Frankenstein
10. Prom Night II*
11. The Conjuring*
12. Premonition*
13. Vault of Horror
14. The Raven*
15. The Innocents
17. Ghost Ship
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Creepshow
20. Theater of Blood
21. Dracula A.D. 1972
22. American Horror Story, Red Tide*
23. House on Haunted Hill
24. Race With the Devil
25. The Houses that October Built*
26. Black Christmas
27. The Night Stalker
28. The Night Strangler
"A women's tranquil existence gets upended when her husband invites a man, his wife and their two children as guests in their Victorian mansion. Terror soon strikes when she tries to figure out why her husband is so accommodating to everyone but her."
What the f'k did I just watch?! 😳 So many thoughts and feelings. Inexplicable, frightening, frustrating, HORRIFIC,(!) disturbing... but incredible too, visually and in performances.
I did some reading afterwards because I wanted to understand it better and yes, I get it now.
Very clever really and it needed better understanding otherwise I was never going to be able to let that baby scene go.🥺
Flakes 2021 BVMB Horror Movie Thing:
* = first time viewing
1) Greta* (2018 Netflix)
2) No One Gets Out Alive* (2021 Netflix)
3) The Night Flier* (1997 YouTube)
4) In the Tall Grass* (2019 Netflix)
5) Sweet River* (2020 Netflix)
6) The Chestnut Man* (2021 TV Series Netflix)
7) The Hole in the Ground * (2019 Netflix)
8) The Ritual* (2018 Netflix)
9) Fractured* (2019 Netflix)
10) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors* (1965 YouTube)
11) Friday the Munting 13th* (1980 Netflix)
12) Curon* (2020 TV Series Netflix)
13) The House that Dripped Blood* (1971 YouTube)
14) World War Z (2013 Netflix)
15) The Vault of Horror * (1973 Netflix)
16) The Limehouse Golem* (2016 Netflix)
17) The Cave* (2005 Netflix)
18) The Silence * (2019 Netflix)
19) Daybreakers* (2010 Amazon Prime)
20) When a Stranger Calls Back * (1993 Amazon Prime)
21) Count Dracula* (1977 Amazon Prime)
22) Stalking Laura* (1993 Amazon Prime)
23) Mind Games * (2001 Amazon Prime)
24) The Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane* (1976 Amazon Prime)
25) Little Shop of Horrors * (1960 Amazon Prime)
26) Dear Mr. Gacy* (2010 Amazon Prime)
27) A Good Marriage* ( 2015 Amazon Prime)
28) Jordan* (2010 Amazon Prime) -- Whuuuuutevah
29) The Jacket* (2005 Amazon Prime)
30) DeepStar Six* (1989 Amazon Prime)
31) Mother!* (2017 Amazon Prime)
1. Fear Streat part 1 1994 (2021)
2. Fear Street part 2 1978 (2021)
3. Escape Room (2019)
4. Fear Street part 3 1666 (2021)
5. Vampires (1998)
6. The Blob (1988)
7. The Turning (2020)
8. The Final Girls (2015)
9. Boar (2017)
10. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
11. Les Affamés (2017)
12. Demoni (1985)
13. Repulsion (1965)
14. Harpoon (2019)
15. The Limehouse Golem (2016)
16. The Creature Of The Black Lagoon (1954)
17. Cat People (1943)
18. Ghosts Of War (2020)
19. Lake Placid vs Anaconda (2015)
20. Village of The Damned (1960)
21. Halloween (2018)
22. The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
23. Army of The Dead (2021)
24. The Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
25. Halloween Kills (2021)
26. Don't Sleep In The Woods Tonight 2 (2020)
A polish Horror movie i found on Netflix. In short this is crap. A few good gore scenes if thats your thing but storywise, actingwise.... No. And it had a very irritating whining main character that was a cop that wanted to go and hide the whole movie. 1,5/5 Not recommended.
1. Fear Streat part 1 1994 (2021)
2. Fear Street part 2 1978 (2021)
3. Escape Room (2019)
4. Fear Street part 3 1666 (2021)
5. Vampires (1998)
6. The Blob (1988)
7. The Turning (2020)
8. The Final Girls (2015)
9. Boar (2017)
10. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
11. Les Affamés (2017)
12. Demoni (1985)
13. Repulsion (1965)
14. Harpoon (2019)
15. The Limehouse Golem (2016)
16. The Creature Of The Black Lagoon (1954)
17. Cat People (1943)
18. Ghosts Of War (2020)
19. Lake Placid vs Anaconda (2015)
20. Village of The Damned (1960)
21. Halloween (2018)
22. The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
23. Army of The Dead (2021)
24. The Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
25. Halloween Kills (2021)
26. Don't Sleep In The Woods Tonight 2 (2020)
27. Deepstar Six (1989)
Saw this on Flakes recommendation. Never even heard of it before. And it is quite a decent Monster in the depths movie. The creature is perhaps not the most convincing but good enough. I liked and it held my attention all the way. it gets 4/5
Family banished from a 1600’s New England Puritan colony are soon beset by witch problems.
I saw The Witch back in 2015 during its theatrical run but I haven’t seen it again and wanted to see how well it held up. It’s pretty much exactly as I remember it: a haunting, deeply atmospheric, beautifully shot horror slow burn with excellent performances by the entire cast. Directed by Robert Eggers, who went on to direct 2019’s challenging but excellent The Lighthouse, The Witch gets nearly everything right, with dialog that is comprehensible but unmistakably of the period, and nightmarish visuals that get under your skin. The film is also is also notable for the remarkably assured debut of a young Anya Taylor-Joy, in the film's most pivotal role.
It is a very simple, some would say slight, story, so those who want action-packed plots and excess jump scares should look elsewhere. But although the film appears to be smaller in budget and scope, it never feels cheap, or like it holds back in any sort of way. It's gorgeously bleak. The isolation and loneliness are precisely the point, in a young America that still feels wild and magical in an old European fairy tale, albeit a very grim one.
5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)
15. Cemetery of Terror 4/5 (FTV)
16. Trick ‘r Treat 4/5
17. 976-EVIL 3/5 (FTV)
18. Halloween Kills 4/5 (FTV)
19. Dr. Cyclops 2/5 (FTV)
20. The Night House 5/5 (FTV)
21. Old 3/5 (FTV)
22. Critters 2: The Main Course 4/5 (FTV)
23. The Brotherhood of Satan 3/5 (FTV)
24. The Funhouse 4/5
25. Snatchers 4/5 (FTV)
26. John Carpenter’s Vampires 4/5 (FTV)
27. The Ghastly Ones (aka Blood Rites) 2/5 (FTV)
28. Night of the Wolf 4/5 (FTV)
29. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 3/5 (FTV)
30. The Witch (aka The VVitch: A New England Folktale 5/5
"On the 20th anniversary of his death, the remaining relatives of Cyrus West (Wilfred Hyde-White) are called to his mansion to view the filmed reading of his will."
This was the 6th film adaptation of the 1922 black comedy play.
I really enjoyed it, but watched it very late last night so drifted off a little during it. Probably needs a re-watch to do it proper justice.
Flakes 2021 BVMB Horror Movie Thing:
* = first time viewing
1) Greta* (2018 Netflix)
2) No One Gets Out Alive* (2021 Netflix)
3) The Night Flier* (1997 YouTube)
4) In the Tall Grass* (2019 Netflix)
5) Sweet River* (2020 Netflix)
6) The Chestnut Man* (2021 TV Series Netflix)
7) The Hole in the Ground * (2019 Netflix)
8) The Ritual* (2018 Netflix)
9) Fractured* (2019 Netflix)
10) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors* (1965 YouTube)
11) Friday the Munting 13th* (1980 Netflix)
12) Curon* (2020 TV Series Netflix)
13) The House that Dripped Blood* (1971 YouTube)
14) World War Z (2013 Netflix)
15) The Vault of Horror * (1973 Netflix)
16) The Limehouse Golem* (2016 Netflix)
17) The Cave* (2005 Netflix)
18) The Silence * (2019 Netflix)
19) Daybreakers* (2010 Amazon Prime)
20) When a Stranger Calls Back * (1993 Amazon Prime)
21) Count Dracula* (1977 Amazon Prime)
22) Stalking Laura* (1993 Amazon Prime)
23) Mind Games * (2001 Amazon Prime)
24) The Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane* (1976 Amazon Prime)
25) Little Shop of Horrors * (1960 Amazon Prime)
26) Dear Mr. Gacy* (2010 Amazon Prime)
27) A Good Marriage* ( 2015 Amazon Prime)
28) Jordan* (2010 Amazon Prime) -- Whuuuuutevah
29) The Jacket* (2005 Amazon Prime)
30) DeepStar Six* (1989 Amazon Prime)
31) Mother!* (2017 Amazon Prime)
32) The Cat and the Canary* (1978 Amazon Prime)
1. Fear Streat part 1 1994 (2021)
2. Fear Street part 2 1978 (2021)
3. Escape Room (2019)
4. Fear Street part 3 1666 (2021)
5. Vampires (1998)
6. The Blob (1988)
7. The Turning (2020)
8. The Final Girls (2015)
9. Boar (2017)
10. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
11. Les Affamés (2017)
12. Demoni (1985)
13. Repulsion (1965)
14. Harpoon (2019)
15. The Limehouse Golem (2016)
16. The Creature Of The Black Lagoon (1954)
17. Cat People (1943)
18. Ghosts Of War (2020)
19. Lake Placid vs Anaconda (2015)
20. Village of The Damned (1960)
21. Halloween (2018)
22. The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
23. Army of The Dead (2021)
24. The Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
25. Halloween Kills (2021)
26. Don't Sleep In The Woods Tonight 2 (2020)
27. Deepstar Six (1989)
28. Halloween (1978)
Felt i had to end with a rewatch of this classic. Absolutely great. Probably the best slasherflick and certainly the one everyone looked to and copied/was inspired by. That said there had been what could be termed slasherflicks before but this is kind of the father of the genre even if it too had its ancestors. Jamie Lee Curtis one of the best Scream Queens. 5/5
I'm glad i took the the time to watch some old classics i hadn't seen before. Hope you all enjoyed as much as i did and thanks to Bob for organizing it!!
Three sociopathic children born during a total eclipse commit murders and mayhem on their shared tenth birthday.
We’ve seen “evil child” movies before, with “The Bad Seed”, “Village of the Damned” and “Children of the Corn” being perhaps the best of the lot, but I would like to submit the mostly forgotten Bloody Birthday (1981) for your consideration. Often superficially lumped in as yet another early 80’s slasher, Bloody Birthday is unique for not featuring yet another lone masked killer, and it dares us to take it seriously. The film has a very high kill count, although it’s not as bloody as the title promises, the kids dispatch their enemies with an almost clinical (and at times gleeful) efficiency. They will straight up shoot you if they don’t like you, and scheme to make you look like the crazy one for accusing them of ill intent.
The film goes a bit over the top during the sequence when the kids drive a car through a junkyard in an attempt to run someone down, but it was still an effective sequence. The whole scene where they trick a boy playing hide-and-seek to go into an old refrigerator was pretty gut-wrenching as well. At times it feels like a TV movie in the way that it is shot and framed, but this makes the violence (and occasional adult nudity) more jarring when it happens. All in all this was pretty entertaining stuff that exceeded expectations—the film was probably smarter and better than it needed to be, but I'm grateful for it.
Look for a youngish Julie Brown in various states of undress, Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac) slumming it in a disposable old man role, and a middle-aged Susan Strasberg (Diary of Anne Frank) as a mean teacher.
4 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)
15. Cemetery of Terror 4/5 (FTV)
16. Trick ‘r Treat 4/5
17. 976-EVIL 3/5 (FTV)
18. Halloween Kills 4/5 (FTV)
19. Dr. Cyclops 2/5 (FTV)
20. The Night House 5/5 (FTV)
21. Old 3/5 (FTV)
22. Critters 2: The Main Course 4/5 (FTV)
23. The Brotherhood of Satan 3/5 (FTV)
24. The Funhouse 4/5
25. Snatchers 4/5 (FTV)
26. John Carpenter’s Vampires 4/5 (FTV)
27. The Ghastly Ones (aka Blood Rites) 2/5 (FTV)
28. Night of the Wolf 4/5 (FTV)
29. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 3/5 (FTV)
30. The Witch (aka The VVitch: A New England Folktale 5/5
31. Bloody Birthday 4/5 (FTV)
No introduction needed for you good folks, but now I finally get all the Michael Myers jokes and memes.
I really enjoyed this. Jamie Lee Curtis does a fantastic job, the only time she let me down was when she was fumbling to open the door overly long. (break the damn thing, already😄)
This is a very atmospheric movie, good job Mr. Carpenter.
Note to Bob: @fushingfeef thank you so much for continuing this Halloween tradition. I appreciate that you still do so and honestly, I had such fun this year. Some of them had me really pushing myself to get through... but overall it was a great experience. 😍
Flakes 2021 BVMB Horror Movie Thing:
* = first time viewing
1) Greta* (2018 Netflix)
2) No One Gets Out Alive* (2021 Netflix)
3) The Night Flier* (1997 YouTube)
4) In the Tall Grass* (2019 Netflix)
5) Sweet River* (2020 Netflix)
6) The Chestnut Man* (2021 TV Series Netflix)
7) The Hole in the Ground * (2019 Netflix)
8) The Ritual* (2018 Netflix)
9) Fractured* (2019 Netflix)
10) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors* (1965 YouTube)
11) Friday the Munting 13th* (1980 Netflix)
12) Curon* (2020 TV Series Netflix)
13) The House that Dripped Blood* (1971 YouTube)
14) World War Z (2013 Netflix)
15) The Vault of Horror * (1973 Netflix)
16) The Limehouse Golem* (2016 Netflix)
17) The Cave* (2005 Netflix)
18) The Silence * (2019 Netflix)
19) Daybreakers* (2010 Amazon Prime)
20) When a Stranger Calls Back * (1993 Amazon Prime)
21) Count Dracula* (1977 Amazon Prime)
22) Stalking Laura* (1993 Amazon Prime)
23) Mind Games * (2001 Amazon Prime)
24) The Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane* (1976 Amazon Prime)
25) Little Shop of Horrors * (1960 Amazon Prime)
26) Dear Mr. Gacy* (2010 Amazon Prime)
27) A Good Marriage* ( 2015 Amazon Prime)
28) Jordan* (2010 Amazon Prime) -- Whuuuuutevah
29) The Jacket* (2005 Amazon Prime)
30) DeepStar Six* (1989 Amazon Prime)
31) Mother!* (2017 Amazon Prime)
32) The Cat and the Canary* (1978 Amazon Prime)
33) Halloween * (1978 YouTube)
My favorite image from the movie is near the end. Rosemary hears a baby after being told her baby is dead. She knows it’s her Andy. She goes and empties the closet between apartments and goes to get a butcher knife. Guy comes in and she hides. She knocks the cradle and it starts to rock. All we see is the butcher knife come out of the dark, the tip touching the cradle’s side to stop it. Such a powerful image.
31. Aquarium of the Dead or of death or something dying, i forget.
— yep. Meant to be schlocky but so bad. It was hard to see Starfish as bloodthirsty zombie sea life.
1. Malignant*
2. Two Evil Eyes*
3. Midnight Mass*
4. You Can't Kill Stephen King*
5. Eraserhead*
6. Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper*
7. The Chestnut Man*
8. The Gorgon
9. Frankenstein
10. Prom Night II*
11. The Conjuring*
12. Premonition*
13. Vault of Horror
14. The Raven*
15. The Innocents
17. Ghost Ship
18. Burnt Offerings
19. Creepshow
20. Theater of Blood
21. Dracula A.D. 1972
22. American Horror Story, Red Tide*
23. House on Haunted Hill
24. Race With the Devil
25. The Houses that October Built*
26. Black Christmas
27. The Night Stalker
28. The Night Strangler
29. Rosemary’s Baby
30. 4 halloween episodes of Roseanne
31. aquarium of death or of the dead. Whatever.
Two horror authors, one successfully published and the other an aspiring wannabe, isolated in a cabin in the woods during a power outage, try to out-scare each other with horror tales made up on the fly.
I saved the worst for last, apparently (sigh). The problems with Scare Me are many, and they are profound. Despite a promising premise, the execution is doomed from the start. Let’s start with the utter and complete lack of charm of these two characters, who we know we’re going to be stuck inside a cabin with for 104 minutes. Don’t you think you’d want them to be…likeable, interesting and talented? They aren’t. My Dinner with Andre, this ain’t. It really seems these people hate themselves and humanity in general, so we can’t help but hate them back. I spent much of the film wanting to slap them in their stupid faces. Maybe not the pizza delivery guy who shows up an hour into the movie, but by then the damage has been done.
The two main characters are both self-absorbed and smug, and apparently seem to think they are very funny and great horror writers, which they aren’t. There’s absolutely nothing about them that makes me believe they have ever written a complete sentence outside of Twitter, no evidence of any deeper intellectual capabilities, just passive aggressive snark that we’re supposed to think is funny, I guess. We see no evidence of the published author’s storytelling prowess, and they are both so painfully unfunny in their acting out of the stories (which mostly consists of mugging and bad accents) it’s actually pretty embarrassing. It was like watching someone you dislike die slowly, but without the fun.
I suppose if this was a live improv show that was actually improvised, it could have worked, but this isn’t live improv, it’s a scripted movie that feels like a comedy horror experiment that just didn't work out. When the more heavy “serious horror” moments finally come at the end, it’s completely unearned and lands with a shrug and a thud. Infuriatingly and inexplicably, this film is currently sitting at 82% positive on Rotten Tomatoes, which is more of an indictment of that critic’s aggregation site than anything else. This is one of the few horror movies I've seen that I not only intensely hated, but actually makes me mourn for the genre.
Or maybe I just didn’t get it, but you couldn’t hold a gun to my head and get me to like this movie. I firmly believe that every physical copy of this movie in the world should be put in a huge pile and burned while I dance around it. (Alas, it will stream on Shudder in perpetuity.) I considered giving this 2 stars for at least trying to do something different, but then again, why should they get extra points for a decent concept completely squandered?
1 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2021 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 3/5 (FTV)
2. Possession (1981) 4/5 (FTV)
3. The Endless 4/5 (FTV)
4. Dead & Buried 4/5 (FTV)
5. The Blob (1988) 4/5 (FTV)
6. The New York Ripper 3/5 (FTV)
7. The Day of the Beast 3/5 (FTV)
8. Bad Ronald 3/5 (FTV)
9. A Quiet Place Part II 2/5 (FTV)
10. Popcorn 3/5
11. The Vigil (2019) 4/5 (FTV)
12. Beyond the Door (aka The Devil Within Her) 2/5 (FTV)
13. The Mortuary Collection 3/5 (FTV)
14. The Borrower 2/5 (FTV)
15. Cemetery of Terror 4/5 (FTV)
16. Trick ‘r Treat 4/5
17. 976-EVIL 3/5 (FTV)
18. Halloween Kills 4/5 (FTV)
19. Dr. Cyclops 2/5 (FTV)
20. The Night House 5/5 (FTV)
21. Old 3/5 (FTV)
22. Critters 2: The Main Course 4/5 (FTV)
23. The Brotherhood of Satan 3/5 (FTV)
24. The Funhouse 4/5
25. Snatchers 4/5 (FTV)
26. John Carpenter’s Vampires 4/5 (FTV)
27. The Ghastly Ones (aka Blood Rites) 2/5 (FTV)
28. Night of the Wolf 4/5 (FTV)
29. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 3/5 (FTV)
30. The Witch (aka The VVitch: A New England Folktale 5/5
31. Bloody Birthday 4/5 (FTV)
32. Scare Me 1/5 (FTV)