2018 Black & White Challenge



I figure I'd go ahead and do this in January, this year. Maybe we'll do something for animation in April. I was going to do a reversal of the point system and have the latter movies be worth the most points, but I've decided to give the runtime system a shot which removes the minimum runtime rule. So, anything that's black and white counts. Any genre of movie, sitcoms, serials, shorts. As long as it's black and white. Tinted movies count. This challenge begins January 1st at midnight. I'll put up the progress thread tomorrow. Any questions or comments?

Friday the 13th Part 3 Documentary



This came out a few days ago, and it's worth a watch for any F13 fans. Personally, I think part 3 is the best, so I'm all for more info about the film. Still pretty fuckin' weird that Steve Miner never wants to be involved in these docs, when he made 2 of the best ones in the series. He's probably a real dickhole.

This doc covers the 3D aspect of the movie, as well as how great of a man the late Richard Booker was, and the tragic fate of the cabin used in the film. After all that, they give you a short fan film where Jason kills a few people in the woods. The acting is pretty shitty. Someone needs to tell people to go limp when their bodies are dead, and NOT stiff. Like this one dude at the end is impaled, and his body is at a bit of an angle, but this "dead man" keeps his arms to his side when they'd naturally just fall back.

I saw something stupid like this in another movie ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866251/ ), where some unconscious broad was being dragged, but she kept her arms stiff by her side the entire time. It looked fucking pathetic, so I took the disc out, broke it, and threw it in the garbage, because that's what it was. Garbage.

The "Did You Know?" thread

Here's where we post little nuggets of information which may or may not be widely known. I'll start first, as I just came across this:

Ice cream truck girl in Assault on Precinct 13 and Lindsay in Halloween are sisters in real life. They have a famous niece you may have heard of....Paris Hilton.

Strange Addiction to being furniture

My sister showed me this the other day, and I thought it was hilarious. Pure trash television here.

Your thoughts on these movies?

These are a list of horror movies on my watchlist that I plan on watching before the new year. Anyone seen any of these? I appreciate your feedback, please.

Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)
The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
The Survivor (1981)
The Reincarnate (1971)
The Enchanted (1984)
Killer! (1989)
The Kindred (1987)
Invitation to Hell (1984 TV Movie)
Out of the Body (1989)
The Ogre A.K.A La casa dell'orco
Night Wars (1988)
Alison's Birthday (1981)
Psychic Killer (1975)
Night Angel (1990)
Abby (1974)
The Boneyard (1991)
Daughter of Darkness (1990 TV Movie)
Tattoo (1981)
Children of the Night (1991)
Flavia the Heretic (1974)
Ombre roventi (1970)
The Return of the Zombis (1973)
The Etruscan Kills Again (1972)
Tower of Evil (1972)
The Nature of Nicholas (2002)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
The Bride (1985)
Witchcraft (1964)
The Believers (1987)
Equinox (1970)
Cemetery of Terror (1985)
To Sleep with a Vampire (1993)
The Vineyard (1989)
Evil Stalks This House (1981 TV Movie)
Carne de tu carne (1983)
Blueblood (1974)

Anyone ever used Criticker?

Anyone ever used Criticker? The movie recommendations site.

I signed up to it a week ago or so. It is all scientific. It can be fairly complicated to understand how it all works at first, with all the tiers, quips, Taste Compatibility Index (You can compare your tastes to that of others), probable score indicators, FICs... but the recommendations are very accurate to your taste, and they also give a probable rating of a movie before you see it, on whether you will like it or not, and from my experience it is always nearly accurate. You can also import all your ratings from IMDb - which is a great help.

I wouldn't delete my other accounts for it, or anything, but it is good for what it is - a solid and reliable recommendations site.

Anyone ever used it?

Ideas for New Challenges

The first two would be just a week long.

The Week of Love (February 11 to February 17)
Points:
1 Points) Movie with the word "Love" or other romance related words in title
2 Points) Individual killed while "making love" (not combined with #3 below)
3 Points) Two or more killed at the same time while "making love"
4 Points) Each person killed by a loved one (husband/wife, father/daughter,boyfriend/girlfriend. Basically immediate family or dating)


Shark Week (whenever Shark Week is this year)
Points:
1 Points) Movie with the word "Shark" in the title
2 Points) Individual killed by a shark (can't be an off-screen death, must be seen)
3 Points) A shark dies (again, has to be seen, not implied or off-screen)
4 Points) Two or more sharks die at the same time
5 Points) Two or more people killed by the same shark at the same time

October Challenge additional challenge
Watch at least one movie from each decade from 1920 on

I'm posting these now for input, since Feb is two months away, and if things go as planned with my PCT thru-hike, I won't be around for Shark Week or possibly part of next year's horror challenge.
So... thoughts on the above?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

This movie is definitely something. Matthew McConaughey really goes off the deep end in this movie, in all the best ways.

Talking about the Illuminati could be a spoiler but I don't think anyone is worried about that.

What did you think of their appearance in this movie?

Hellraiser: Judgment

It's finally coming out, and like most of us probably expect... nobody really cares. The series turned into DTV shit a while back, even when Doug Bradley was involved. Let's face it, the dude is great, but he was wasted in a lot of lesser entries, and now, he's just gone. Pretty sure he wont come back, because the powers that be don't deem him important enough. A makeup heavy role, perhaps?

The new guy looks alright. Better than that last chump, anyway... At least this one looks to have some cool cenobites, and a small role by Heather Langenkamp. Let's hope that Hellraiser can still raise some hell.

Top 10 Ramones Songs

You know, since everyone was wondering this exact topic? Well, I've finally done it. It's tough to come up with a top-10 for a band that's so redundant, yet so great at the same time, but damnit... I've done it!

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Beat on the Brat



The gist of the song is this: "Beat on the brat... beat on the brat... beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh ho! With a brat like that always on your back, what can you lose?"


Chain Saw



A song about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, that really has nothing to do with that movie. One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar, because like every song of theirs, it's only 4 chords!


Come Back Baby



I like this song, because it sounds like another Ramones song that I like even better. That's what the Ramones were all about. Great songs that all sounded the same.


Crummy Stuff



Perhaps their dumbest yet, it sumultaneously becomes among their greatest. "I had enough... I had it tough... I've had enough of that crummy stuff. Crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy stuff."


Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio



Ramones give you their tribute to classic classic rock. Definitely cheesy, definitely great.


I Wont Let it Happen



Got a nice simple melody to it that just works.


My Brain is Hanging Upside Down



One of their more intricate songs, with something more to say than the usual Ramones song. Still not saying a lot, but it's still plenty.


Out of Time



A Ramones-ified cover of The Rolling Stones song circa 1966, which is also one of the greatest songs of all time. Ramones nailed it, and cut the song in half, to stick with their usual tendencies to keep the songs short.


Questioningly



Ramones trying to sing a sad song, and it kind of works!


This Business is Killing Me

The greatest Ramones song ever is coincidentally the last in this otherwise alphabetic list of Top 10 Ramones songs. This list is... is a fact... that's subject to change. 🥴