What movies did you buy or watch this week? (10-30)

More than usual for me this week, though not all from the same place.

Vampire Lovers (Blu-ray)
Dunwich Horror/Murders in the Rue Morgue (Blu-ray)
Raymond Did It
Needle
The Gold Bug
Masque of the Red Death/Premature Burial (Midnite Movies version)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Night Owl

1st Annual TE October Challenge Progress Thread



**I was waiting on Matheny to reclaim her place as host, but doesn't look like that's going to happen. So, here goes...

Welcome to the 2017 October Challenge. And for many of us, this is the first one away from the IMDb Horror board, which means it's no longer required to save your progress. So, fuck that no life having little cocksucker that used to make it necessary to delete the OP. Seriously. Kill yourself, whoever you were.

So, the rules, as I remember. To complete this challenge, one must watch at least 31 Horror films in the month of October. At least 16 of which shall be first time viewings. All are welcome to watch and list as many as possible.

No TV shows, no Documentaries. Horror films only.

If you're not positive as to whether or not a movie is of the Horror genre, just use your own judgement. If you feel like there's a little Horror in there, then it counts.

I'm gonna go with 45 minutes minimum for a movie to count.

Challenge begins when October begins, and ends with October ends.

No, wait! if I remember correctly, the challenge usually runs until 6 AM November 1st. So, for anyone wanting to have an all night Halloween marathon, there ya go!

If anyone has any questions or comments... https://trashepics.com/post/9/161/

Remember to list the number of movies/FTVs at the bottom, or it will not be counted in the results thread.

This is the year of trash. And this will no doubt prove to be the trashiest October Challenge of them all!

And this is where you make your spot. Have fun!** 😈

With a shrimp cocktail, or not?

OK, here's a hypothetical situation for you. Let's say someone is being tortured, and they are about to ask you to intercede on their behalf. Is it better to say no A.)while eating a shrimp cocktail, or B.)while not eating a shrimp cocktail? In this scene, Ming the Merciless makes a case for option A:

Stranger Things Season 2

Anyone else binge it already? If so, what did you think?

I thought it was a very worthy follow up to the first season and even better in certain respects. They did a great job of further developing the characters from the first season (El especially) as well as introducing some memorable new characters. Paul Reiser and Sean Astin were perfect in their roles as Dr. Owens and Bob respectively. Also, it was super depressing that Bob died such a gruesome death as well considering his character was so nice and likeable. There were some surprisingly great emotional moments throughout the season as well, especially in the final episode. And what about that Carpenter-esque music once again!?!?

2016

I was watching Evil Dead 2013 the other day...

The movie isn't terrible, but it's definitely not perfect. My main issues are the same ones I had with my first viewing of it.

The intro scene is entirely unnecessary. I wish more horror movies wouldn't jump at the chance of showing you right away that they're a horror movie by starting off with a bang. The original didn't do that, but this one shows you right away that there are blood-thirsty demons possessing people, burning away in obvious CGI.

And then... of course... the movie jumps to the scenic drive to the cabin, which is where the movie should have started. It felt like it was trying to emulate The Shining at that point, with the music and whatnot, but The Shining wasn't stupid enough to start the movie with random, pointless bloodshed.

I don't know why, but it always bothers me when a horror movie demeans itself by trying to jump into the action without any buildup, just to assure the impatient fans that there will be blood. I watch that scene and roll my eyes. Others might roll they're eyes and turn it off, because they know the movie is already going in a dumb direction. If you take the time to build it up more, without showing your main threat right at the start... I think it can keep you invested longer. Again, I don't know why this particular movie's shitty intro bothers me so much, but I feel like it holds the movie back.

If I could make a better cut of the movie, I'd cut that scene entirely, as well as all the shots of ghosts that look like they're straight out of a Japanese horror like The Ring. Get rid of all that shit, because it's showing too much (just like the damn Amityville Horror remake). In the original Evil Dead, Sheryl was running from the evil in the woods and came to a stop to see if it was still following her. Then, you only see the tree come crashing down. You don't see some Samara-looking looking bitch pushing it down.

It all goes with the idea that less is more, and they should've cut out some of those scenes to make the movie better. That's all I'm saying.


Also, Lou Taylor Pucci takes one hell of a beating in that movie. 😄

Mark Wahlberg hopes God will forgive him for Boogie Nights

That's the trending news for Marky Mark. He hopes God will forgive him for his best movie? What the fuck is wrong with Hollywood these days?

What is everyone going to watch/do on Halloween?

This topic is probably a little premature with like a week and a half to go, or so, but what the hell. I will probably go with just some re-watches for the day, having seen all FTV's that appeal to me so far. I will probably do a all day Halloween marathon. Provisionally I will probably go with these:

Sole Survivor (1983)
They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
Don't Go to Sleep (1982 TV Movie)
I Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain (1998)
The Demon Murder Case (1983 TV Movie)
The Addiction (1995)
Ghosthouse (1988)
Messiah of Evil (1973)

Anyone have any idea of what they are likely going to watch/do that day?

The works of Jack Ketchum

Just finished my October Challenge with my final FTV, Offspring (2009).

Holy hell, is this guy a twisted writer. So far, I've seen The Girl Next Door, which was a totally depressing misogynistic tale of a 1950s family with a dark secret, and the guilt of never speaking out about it. I also watched The Woman, which was about another twisted family that keeps a savage girl they find in the woods. In Offspring, there's more savages, but these ones are violent instigators of brutal dismemberments. Seriously, that movie was fucked!

What do you think of Jack Ketchum? I'll be making an effort to see his other works. I want to see Red, but every time I searched for it, I only got streams for that shitty Bruce Willis movie.

Creep 2

For those of you that enjoyed Creep (2014).





To be released on 24th of October (VoD).