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1. Nosferatu (2024) 4/5
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) 2,5/5
3. The Long Walk (2025) 4,5/5
4. Priest (2011) 2/5
5. Alien Earth Season 1, episode 1&2.
6. The Wicker Man (1973) 4,5/5
7. The Invisible Man (2020) 3,5/5
8. The Watchers (2024) 3/5
9. Saw (2004) 3/5
10. Saw II (2005) 2/5
11. Låt Den Rätte Komma In (2008) 4,5/5
12. Saw III (2006) 1,5/5
13. Alligator (1980) 2,5/5
14. Night of The Reaper (2025) 3/5 A slasher movie that takes its inspiration from the 80,s. A few unexpected twists and turns and none of the Scream type rules and dark comedy. This takes the slasher genre seriously. The sister of a murdered babysitter returns to town to revenge her sister and strange and creepy things start to happen. Jessica Clement and Ryan Robbins in the leads.
"Jyn's father is forcibly taken by the Galactic Empire to help them complete the Death Star. When she grows up, she joins a group of resistance fighters who aim to steal the Empire's blueprints."
This is set just before Star Wars: A New Hope.
It was good, I enjoyed it.
Flakes' October (NON) Horror List:
10) "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016) FTV
The famed story-gathering duo make more money pretending to fight the supernatural, but get more than they bargained for.
Let’s get this out of the way: the movie is messy and unfocused, much of the intended humor is awkward and falls flat, and the leads have no chemistry. The CGI is pretty bad, even for 2005, even if you make the argument that it’s supposed to look like a fairy tale, that doesn’t account for the technical flaws like shifting scale and “floating” effects whenever the camera moves, which is often. So yeah, the film is flawed and much here doesn’t work.
However…there’s a great storybook autumn vibe here that’s very appealing. The practical sets are amazing and must have been expensive, never has a muddy run-down village looked so cinematic. Many of the quirky Terry Gilliam flourishes are here, even if they don’t quite cohere as a whole piece. The side characters are at least interesting even if the main ones are not. I was never bored despite the nearly 2 hour runtime.
If you like Sleepy Hollow and Monty Python, you might enjoy.
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2025 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Woman in the Yard 2/5 (FTV)
2. The Addiction 3/5 (FTV)
3. Blood Tea and Red String 4/5 (FTV)
4. Litan 3.5/5 (FTV)
5. Flesh for Frankenstein 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. Presence 2/5 (FTV)
7. To Fire You Come At Last 3.5 (FTV)
8. Clown in a Cornfield 3/5 (FTV)
9. Deadly Friend 1.5/5 (FTV)
10. Xtro 3.5/5 (FTV)
11. Uncle Sam 3/5 (FTV)
12. Brothers Grimm 3.5 (FTV)
Comedy horror. It was okay. A few chuckles but overall, meh.
2025 list
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
2025 list
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
1. Nosferatu (2024) 4/5
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) 2,5/5
3. The Long Walk (2025) 4,5/5
4. Priest (2011) 2/5
5. Alien Earth Season 1, episode 1&2.
6. The Wicker Man (1973) 4,5/5
7. The Invisible Man (2020) 3,5/5
8. The Watchers (2024) 3/5
9. Saw (2004) 3/5
10. Saw II (2005) 2/5
11. Låt Den Rätte Komma In (2008) 4,5/5
12. Saw III (2006) 1,5/5
13. Alligator (1980) 2,5/5
14. Night of The Reaper (2025) 3/5
15. Malnazidos (aka Valley of The Dead) (2020) 4/5 Spanish movie that i never heard of but it was unexpectedly good.. Set in the Spanish civil war before WW2. German scientist working for Franco is trying to develop a zombie weapon to use against the republic forces. Something goes wrong. I liked the zombies. Good acting. The leads were by Miko Esparte, Aura Garrido and Luis Callejo. Netflix.
whew. This was a doozy. An acid trip of abusive male misogyny.
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
12. Men* - Tubi
Anthology of horrifying and humorous Halloween tales.
This was a pleasant surprise. For an anthology with 10 short films, 7 or 8 of them were actually pretty good, and things moved along pretty quickly (total runtime is just 95 minutes). There’s no wraparound story but the stories are linked by a radio DJ (played by Adrienne Barbeau reprising her character from “The Fog”) and sometimes characters and settings pop up a second time in different films. The vibe is all about spooky October 31st fun, even when the material gets pretty dark, so it’s surprising how well it all holds together in tone, considering this is 10 different directors.
Highlights for me were the ridiculous Friday the 31st where a slasher’s rampage gets interrupted by a claymation alien trick or treater, and The Night Billy Raised Hell where a boy befriends a real life demon who shows him how to really play tricks. Another fun one was The Ransom of Rusty Rex, which does a darkly comic interpretation of the O. Henry story The Ransom of Red Chief. There are lots of cameos from the horror industry including Joe Dante, John Landis, Mick Garris, Stuart Gordon, Lin Shaye, and several others.
Perfect for getting into the Halloween mood.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2025 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Woman in the Yard 2/5 (FTV)
2. The Addiction 3/5 (FTV)
3. Blood Tea and Red String 4/5 (FTV)
4. Litan 3.5/5 (FTV)
5. Flesh for Frankenstein 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. Presence 2/5 (FTV)
7. To Fire You Come At Last 3.5 (FTV)
8. Clown in a Cornfield 3/5 (FTV)
9. Deadly Friend 1.5/5 (FTV)
10. Xtro 3.5/5 (FTV)
11. Uncle Sam 3/5 (FTV)
12. Brothers Grimm 3.5 (FTV)
13. Tales of Halloween 3.5/5 (FTV)
New drop. I liked this. Vulgar rich people on a yacht, money, arrogance, greed, entitlement. And then muuuurder. What’s not to love?
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
12. Men* - Tubi
1. Nosferatu (2024) 4/5 FTV
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) 2,5/5 FTV
3. The Long Walk (2025) 4,5/5 FTV
4. Priest (2011) 2/5 FTV
5. Alien Earth Season 1, episode 1&2. FTV
6. The Wicker Man (1973) 4,5/5
7. The Invisible Man (2020) 3,5/5 FTV
8. The Watchers (2024) 3/5 FTB
9. Saw (2004) 3/5
10. Saw II (2005) 2/5 FTV
11. Låt Den Rätte Komma In (2008) 4,5/5
12. Saw III (2006) 1,5/5 FTV
13. Alligator (1980) 2,5/5 FTV
14. Night of The Reaper (2025) 3/5 FTV
15. Malnazidos (aka Valley of The Dead) (2020) 4/5 FTV
16. Primitive War (2025) 2,5/5 FTV A green beret troop gets lost in a vietnamese jungle during the vietnam war and another troop us sent in to locate them. They find dinos instead plus a russian scientist that tells they have plucked them from back in time with a collider and then lost track of the experiment. This could have been a good adventure movie but it has its flaws, the CGI now and then is not that great, it is way too long for its own good (135 minutes) and it takes itself to seriously. Not so much horror as adventure and some running from and fighting against dinos and bad guys. An Australian movie that reminded me of Jurassic World: Rebirth, also from 2025.
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
12. Men* - Tubi
1. Nosferatu (2024) 4/5 FTV
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) 2,5/5 FTV
3. The Long Walk (2025) 4,5/5 FTV
4. Priest (2011) 2/5 FTV
5. Alien Earth Season 1, episode 1&2. FTV
6. The Wicker Man (1973) 4,5/5
7. The Invisible Man (2020) 3,5/5 FTV
8. The Watchers (2024) 3/5 FTB
9. Saw (2004) 3/5
10. Saw II (2005) 2/5 FTV
11. Låt Den Rätte Komma In (2008) 4,5/5
12. Saw III (2006) 1,5/5 FTV
13. Alligator (1980) 2,5/5 FTV
14. Night of The Reaper (2025) 3/5 FTV
15. Malnazidos (aka Valley of The Dead) (2020) 4/5 FTV
16. Primitive War (2025) 2,5/5 FTV
17. Evolution (2001) 2,5/5 FTV A horror Comedy sciffi movie. Meteor hits earth. Has onecelled organisms in it. On earth they develop in a few days to primates and beyond and are not friendly. With David Duchovny and Julianne Moore in the leads. I only wish they could have decided where to anchor their movie, in which genre i mean, and not hop back and forth all the time. You watch it but you will forget it soon. It keeps the pace yo its credit and is a reasonable 100 minutes long.
Rural Florida farmer ignores warnings and gets involved with a strange backwoods family with cult-like vibes, but finds the truth is even stranger.
Another film from the All the Haunts Be Ours volume 2 folk horror collection, The Enchanted is certainly an oddity. I can’t say I’ve ever been to central rural Florida (nor have I seen any films set there) so the film often feels like it’s set in a strange, almost alien landscape. The heavy early 80’s “synth of doom” sound predominates the soundtrack and the whole movie has a leisurely (some would say too leisurely) vibe that mostly works. Weirdness aside, the film barely qualifies as horror, it’s more of a dark fairytale.
This is low-budget, locally produced film with only one “star” actor (Julius Harris, who at the time was mostly known for a handful of blaxploitation flicks). Some of the performances are a bit shaky, and the casting director made some odd choices—for the longest time I thought the woman lead was the mother when it turned out she was supposed to be another sibling. The movie often has more of a TV movie feel, and indeed it apparently found a home on the CBS movie of the week, probably causing a lot of head scratching. The final reveal isn’t particularly satisfying, but I didn’t hate the movie.
For patient viewers in search of something different.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2025 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Woman in the Yard 2/5 (FTV)
2. The Addiction 3/5 (FTV)
3. Blood Tea and Red String 4/5 (FTV)
4. Litan 3.5/5 (FTV)
5. Flesh for Frankenstein 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. Presence 2/5 (FTV)
7. To Fire You Come At Last 3.5 (FTV)
8. Clown in a Cornfield 3/5 (FTV)
9. Deadly Friend 1.5/5 (FTV)
10. Xtro 3.5/5 (FTV)
11. Uncle Sam 3/5 (FTV)
12. Brothers Grimm 3.5 (FTV)
13. Tales of Halloween 3.5/5 (FTV)
14. The Enchanted 2.5/5 (FTV)
Aliens have taken humans hostage and now they have to decide who lives, who dies.
The lesbian? The black man? The handicapped person? The kid? The soldier? The cop? It’s pretty much the conversation vibrating through America right now. The first 5 minutes, I knew how this was going to play out. But the final? science decided. Very interesting if you like social experiments.
16. The Wrath of Becky* Netflix — deliciously satisfying for so many reasons.
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
12. Men* - Tubi
16. The Wrath of Becky*— Netflix
1. Nosferatu (2024) 4/5 FTV
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) 2,5/5 FTV
3. The Long Walk (2025) 4,5/5 FTV
4. Priest (2011) 2/5 FTV
5. Alien Earth Season 1, episode 1&2. FTV
6. The Wicker Man (1973) 4,5/5
7. The Invisible Man (2020) 3,5/5 FTV
8. The Watchers (2024) 3/5 FTB
9. Saw (2004) 3/5
10. Saw II (2005) 2/5 FTV
11. Låt Den Rätte Komma In (2008) 4,5/5
12. Saw III (2006) 1,5/5 FTV
13. Alligator (1980) 2,5/5 FTV
14. Night of The Reaper (2025) 3/5 FTV
15. Malnazidos (aka Valley of The Dead) (2020) 4/5 FTV
16. Primitive War (2025) 2,5/5 FTV
17. Evolution (2001) 2,5/5 FTV
18. The Purge (2014) 3,5/5 The first in the series and really the only one thats a little interesting. One day a year every crime is allowed. Security salesman Ethan Hawke has become rich because of the new system with The Purge. He and his wife (Lena Headey) must fight to stay alive inside their barricaded house.
"Concerned about how strong she is, Luke Skywalker guides Rey as she trains and develops her powers in hopes of assisting the Resistance in their fight against the First Order."
I really enjoyed this one.
Flakes' October (NON) Horror List:
10) "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016) FTV
11) "Star Wars - Episode VIII: The Last Jedi" (2017) FTV
Reluctant to enter an arranged marriage, a 17th century Japanese man falls in love with a ghost.
Also known by the less sensational title Peony Lantern, Bride is based on an ancient Japanese tale. This version involves the festival of Obon, a sort of version of All Souls Day in Japan, so this is seasonally appropriate for Halloween viewing. At its core it is a Japanese ghost romance story, so while much of the film is subdued and atmospheric, this one stands out for having the occasional shocking scene, usually with the spectral encounters, as well as some decent special effects.
In my opinion what holds this back from being a truly great classic is the sudden shift away from the ghostly romance towards a pair of unscrupulous characters who are played broadly as if comic relief. It appears that someone felt the core story wasn’t enough and there had to be a “lesson” taught about the dangers of greed. This for me deflated much of the otherworldly and dreamy atmosphere that had been set up to that point. However, a surprisingly violent ending made up for this tangent.
Essential viewing for J-horror fans.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2025 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. The Woman in the Yard 2/5 (FTV)
2. The Addiction 3/5 (FTV)
3. Blood Tea and Red String 4/5 (FTV)
4. Litan 3.5/5 (FTV)
5. Flesh for Frankenstein 3.5/5 (FTV)
6. Presence 2/5 (FTV)
7. To Fire You Come At Last 3.5 (FTV)
8. Clown in a Cornfield 3/5 (FTV)
9. Deadly Friend 1.5/5 (FTV)
10. Xtro 3.5/5 (FTV)
11. Uncle Sam 3/5 (FTV)
12. Brothers Grimm 3.5 (FTV)
13. Tales of Halloween 3.5/5 (FTV)
14. The Enchanted 2.5/5 (FTV)
15. Lake Michigan Monster 3.5 (FTV)
16. The Bride From Hades 3.5/5 (FTV)
Once again, lots of symbolism. A Sisyphus loop. Oops, that might have been a spoiler, but if you pay attention, it isn’t. Because, if you introduce Sisyphus in Act whatevs, he has to go off by the end. A not-as-good Ghost Ship. (Shut the hell up, I love Ghost Ship).
I need a palette cleanser from all these horror think pieces. Which brings me to:
18. Calendar Girl Murders — Youtube
Oh man. Pretty vapid shit. So many stereotypes. Very 80’s, every MTV video expanded to a TV movie of the week. Ugh.
Robert Culp, Tom Skerrit and a gorgeous Sharon Stone.
1. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon*— Bev’s Board
2. The Hand — Tubi
5. Peeping Tom* — Tubi
6. Dr. Jekyll, Sister Hyde — Tubi
7. Cobweb* — Netflix
8. Phantasm — Peacock
12. Men* - Tubi
16. The Wrath of Becky*— Netflix
18. Calendar Girl Murders* — Youtube