afternoon delight
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Jesus christ do not be eating ANYTHING during a Fulci film, especially City of the Living Dead. Absolutely revolting even after multiple viewings, he had a uh talent.
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31 Days of Horror 7 |OT| The October Movie Marathon
- Thread starter ThirstyFly
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*puts away Taco Bell and Fulci movie sync up*
Mortimer Brewster
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Do FvJ after both or at the minimum after you have done Nightmare. FvJ is more of a Nightmare film with Jason guest starring and the intro spoils some of the greatest hits from the Nightmare films.
Infernostew
Member
Yup. Do this.
Great, thanks! I'm trying not to spoil myself on anything so decided to ask in here instead of going snooping by myself. I'll put it at the end then.
edit: that's already 18 days planned out, lol
For Godzilla horror, I'd recommend either the original or Godzilla vs. Hedorah. Shin is pretty good but don't think it would really fill the need you're looking for.
mariachi507
Member
Yeah that works out much better since FvJ does act as a sequel to both. I haven't thought about it in a while, but I guess it counts at the last installments of both as well.
Hammered out most of my List:
Hoping she enjoys the undead as much as I do
https://letterboxd.com/thegabbo/list/halloween-2017/
- Night of the Living Dead '68
- Dawn of the Dead
- Day of the Dead
- Land of the Dead
- Night of the Living Dead '90
- Return of the Living Dead
- Return of the Living Dead 2 - new watch
- Return of the Living Dead 3 - new watch
- Evil Dead
- Evil Dead 2
- Army of Darkness
- City of the Living Dead - new watch
- [Rec]
- Quarantine
- [Rec]2
- Dead Alive
- Train to Busan
- The Horde - new watch
- The Dead - new watch
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Annabelle - new watch/GF recommendation
- The Unborn - new watch/GF recommendation
- Lake Placid - new watch/GF recommendation
- Colin - new watch
- Let Sleeping Corpses Lie - new watch
- Jaws - GF recommendation
- Burial Ground - new watch
- Night of the Zombie - new watch
- Re-Animator
- It - new watch/GF recommendation
- Night of the Creeps
Hoping she enjoys the undead as much as I do
https://letterboxd.com/thegabbo/list/halloween-2017/
Mortimer Brewster
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He could get away with seeing FVJ with only cursory knowledge of Jason. Jason is really just a guest star in a Nightmare film and used to allow the producers to keep the fx budget down since Freddy killsmare always way more elaborate then even Jason's craziest kills. FvJ is also much more steeped in the Nightmare mythology and there are plot points and references that would go over the heads of people who have not seen the Nightmare series.
Infernostew
Member
I'd recommend watching the Never Sleep Again doc which covers all the Nightmare films with stories from the cast and crew. I also heard Crystal Lake Memories doc that cover the Friday the 13th films is good too.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
That's a lot of slasher in one month for a first timer so burn out is a possibility especially with all 10 Friday's.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Infernostew
Member
Yeah. You could always give yourself a breather and watch the docs a few months after. They're like 4-5 hours each.
Here's my list: https://letterboxd.com/kai3345/list/31-days-of-horror/
Might trim a few to get it down to a nice 31
Might trim a few to get it down to a nice 31
NLCP Gaming
Member
Final girls should be on everyone list
I watched this for the first time the other day. There were some scenes that legitimately made me tear up, which is not something that happens very often with horror movies.
Infernostew
Member
It's a really cool film. Wish it had an R rating though.
Yep, pretty much the only flaw I had with it.
Violence Jack
Member
The Crystal Lake Memories documentary is really, really good. It's on Shudder. I need to find the Never Sleep Again.
Thats a rad list.
ThirstyFly
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ShoutFactoryTV has Body Bags too. I haven't watched a movie all the way though on their service yet, but I'm not seeing any ads.
They even have it with commentary if you're interested in that as well.
Edit: Oh crap, they have Shakma too. I might have to work that in somewhere!
Holy shit.
mariachi507
Member
Included it during last year's marathon and really enjoyed it. To be honest, I didn't realize it wasn't rated R while watching, which speaks to the quality of the film that I wasn't watching for the usual slasher shenanigans.
Mortimer Brewster
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You need to see Never Sleep Again its amazing My favourite moment is Tuesday Knights hilarious impression of Renny Harlin perving over her in the swimsuit.
I wholeheartedly endorse Shakma. It is not a good film, but hooooooooooooooly crap, is it bonkers enough to make up for it.
Plasticine
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I pretty much have my list. As usual, I might make some last minute substitutions. I also have a handful of titles I want to work in, but. didn't include them here. Finally, this list isn't in my watching order. I'll just pick and chose stuff as I work through the month.
First Time Views
A Dark Song
Jackals
Prevenge
Lake Bodom
Among the Living
Hounds of Love
Leatherface
Happy Death Day
The Hexecutioners
Popcorn
976-Evil
Warlock
The Slayer
Demon Wind
The Mutilator
Blood Rage
Night School
Creepozoids
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
Night of the Werewolf
Nosferatu (1979)
Re-Watches
Raw Head Rex
Return of the Living Dead 3
Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Jason X
Salem's Lot
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Don't Torture a Duckling
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Daughters of Darkness
First Time Views
A Dark Song
Jackals
Prevenge
Lake Bodom
Among the Living
Hounds of Love
Leatherface
Happy Death Day
The Hexecutioners
Popcorn
976-Evil
Warlock
The Slayer
Demon Wind
The Mutilator
Blood Rage
Night School
Creepozoids
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
Night of the Werewolf
Nosferatu (1979)
Re-Watches
Raw Head Rex
Return of the Living Dead 3
Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Jason X
Salem's Lot
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Don't Torture a Duckling
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Daughters of Darkness
matt360
Member
Can't believe the thread already made it to 7 pages before I found it. I absolutely love this thread and this time of year! I'll try to put my list together this weekend.
I've been kind of out of the loop on current horror over the past couple years. Can anyone point me to a list of good stuff that's come out since 2015?
I've been kind of out of the loop on current horror over the past couple years. Can anyone point me to a list of good stuff that's come out since 2015?
You definitely need to watch The Witch if you haven't already.
Violence Jack
Member
I'm watching it now, and it's really good. They're on part 3 right now, and I'm loving just how much creativity went into making Dream Masters. Also, it seemed like everyone was embarrassed by part 2.
matt360
Member
The Witch is one of the few I did manage to see last year. Loved it!
mariachi507
Member
Movies I've seen that I can recommend:
It Follows
The Witch
Krampus
The Babadook (may have been 2014, but oh well)
The Final Girls
Housebound
Bone Tomahawk
The Invitation
Green Room
The Taking of Deborah Logan
Hush
The Wailing
Movies I haven't seen but have kept my eye on or was recommended by others:
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Baskin
They Look Like People
Eyes of my Mother
Get Out
Evolution
The Devil's Candy
The Hallow
The Void
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in this House
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Don't Breath
Lights Out
Raw
It Comes at Night
The Love Witch
Fear, Inc.
Under the Shadow
I am Not a Serial Killer
The Neon Demon
Train to Busan
I almost forgot about some of the bigger releases:
Crimson Peak
Ouija: Origin of Evil
The Conjuring 2 (I've seen this, it's pretty decent)
The Shallows (this was ok, kind of shits the bed at the end)
Blair Witch
The Purge movies
Annabelle: Creation
It
Edit: after typing all of that I only have one thing to say. What a time to be alive!
matt360
Member
PERFECT!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much.
mariachi507
Member
No problem. I plan on watching a few for my marathon as well. If the horror output keeps up like it has in the past few years I'm going to have to start watching some outside of October.
I hope it keeps up.
How many have you seen so far? I'm glad I didn't put then on my list, but I still have this gnawing urge to check them out some day..
Mortimer Brewster
Member
Dream Master is part 4 but it's pretty crazy since they were trying to rush it out in the midst of the writers strike so they had basically a very rough unfinished from the Wheat Brothers and Harlin was basically forced to write the film on the go. I didn't hurt he had basically the dream team of FX artists on the film. Kevin Yagher moved up to head the whole effects team, Howard Berger was on the Freddy makeup, Screaming Mad George did the cockroach sequence and Steve Johnson did Freddy's Chest of Souls and Death scene(complete with Johnson's girlfriend Linnea Quugleys breasts inside the Effect).
I've watched three of the six at this point, and from what I've been reading, the fourth is the weakest one. They have some decent action, but everything around that is really tough to get through.
The first was the absolute best that series has to offer which is a really good b movie. The rest are worse. That said, I love the series. Probably considered a guilty pleasure lol.
I definitely don't fault anyone for liking them, it's just watching them in a row can be a massive slog. It's funny how the movies went full action over some of the more horror type stuff in the first, kind of like where the games went.
Is The Monster Squad at all similar (tonally or in terms of characters) to Stranger Things? I'm trying to pick a movie that my girlfriend would like watching too, and I've never seen The Monster Squad but on the surface it seems similar to Strangers Things (which she loves). Or are they nothing alike?
ThirstyFly
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The RE series is a guilty pleasure of mine too. I actually did a re-watch of them all earlier this year before watching The Final Chapter.
The original is kind of dated/cheesy thanks to being a post Matrix action movie, but there's a decent horror flick in there and a surprisingly good story and twist.
The first sequel looks and feels cheap as hell, but I enjoy that one on a so-bad-it's-good level and Sienna Guillory is great.
I really liked the 3rd movie at the time and has a great look to it, but now it just seems so simple and small. I still like it though.
4 and 5 are basically just action movies with a couple of out-of-character characters form the games, but they're fun enough and there's some cool sequences. 4 can be a little slow at times which is why I guess some people think it's the weakest. I personally liked the slow bits though. It helped give it that hopeless feel and gave some time to actually have characters doing shit. 5 is almost just one big action scene.
And then we have The Final Chapter...
Which is just awful. Not only is it a slap in the face to fans of the games (which all of the sequels can be considered too), but it's a huge slap in the face to fans of the movie series. Oh god, how I hate The Final Chapter. Iain Glen is the only redeeming quality.
And Milla Jovovich is always fantastic.
ThirstyFly
Member
I'd say so, but it's not as dark/serious and more comedy. It's great. I'd say it's somewhere in the middle between Stranger Things and The Goonies.