Thursday, October 25, 2018

2018 Scary Movie Challenge Day 25


78 comments:

  1. Chih-Hung Kuei's THE BOXER'S OMEN (1983, 99 min.) in 35mm at NYC's Metrograph "Shaw Brothers Horror" Retrospective for the first time.

    Buddhist boxing monk versus evil. GO EVIL!

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    More fake spiders/bats than Fulci's "Beyond."

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    7,000,000-word review couldn't summarize insane, see-it-to-believe-it gorefest!

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  2. Han Hsiang Li's THE GHOST STORY (1979, 102 min.) in 35mm at NYC's Metrograph "Shaw Brothers Horror" Retrospective for the first time.

    Supernatural punishment for raping women? Holy Cow!

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  3. Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966)

    Christopher Lee has some serious stare power.

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  4. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
    (first viewing; original 1982 Polrergeist is one of my favorite films)

    ...most menacing monster: worm in tequila bottle...

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    ...maybe tone down native mysticism a notch...

    OR

    ...entire iconic original cast returned for THIS?!?

    OR

    ...wish I'd never seen The Other Side...

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  5. Poltergeist (2015)
    Even Steven would have done it better.

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  6. Knock Knock (2015)
    "Knock Knock" - "Who is there" - "Red Pill"

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  7. THE EXORCIST (1973) A first-time watch

    Not what I expected, but pleasantly so
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    A modern version would lack the subtleties

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  8. It's Alive (1974)

    The real monstrosity? Leaving whiskey in fridge.

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    The mutent baby is obviously lactose intolerant

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  9. Scream 4 (2011)

    Save the cheerleader, it is so meta.

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  10. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

    Teenagers find innovative ways to justify laziness.

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  11. Jigsaw (2017)
    Lots of points, but completely fucking pointless.

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  12. Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)

    Puppets. Why’s it got to be puppets?

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  13. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    There are THREE women, Cooper, not two.

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  14. Night Terrors, dir. Tobe Hooper (sadly) (1993)

    Trilling cute, Englund overacting, Hooper's talents wasted!

    :(

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  15. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

    Smacks of Friday 13th part 4. Coincidence?

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  16. In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)

    Sutter spins scary stories, suturing Sam’s sanity.

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  17. Apostle (2018)

    Dan Stevens sneeringly recites Bible, more please!

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  18. Curtains (1983)

    Girls Trip with ice skating and murder.

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  19. Tales of Halloween (2015)

    How far down tract does Sweet-tooth dig?

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  20. Kill List (2011)
    In Bruges interrupted by naked straw people.

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  21. Hellraiser (1987)
    Loved Uncle Frank's cameo in Infinity War.

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  22. Jason X (2001)
    Best robot final girl since Adrienne King

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  23. You're Next (2011, dir. Adam Wingard)

    Never invite vegans, survivalists. Always a hassle.

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  24. Halloween II (1981, dir. Rick Rosenthal)

    I'm trick or treated to death tonight!

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  25. The Night Comes for Us (20118, dir. Timo Tjahanto

    Hope you like lots of leg trauma!

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  26. The Tingler (1959)

    Hat tip to JB: Price is bacon.

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  27. THE FINAL GIRLS (2015) - "Should we help young Billy?" Kumba-NO!

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  28. The Wicker Man (1975)

    Melodious in ways modern horror can't be

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  29. APRIL FOOL'S DAY (1986) - Chaz horribly misunderstands "Dick in a Box".

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  30. APOSTLE (2018)

    Humans more despicable than pagan witch goddess.

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  31. The Evil (1978)

    Holy shit, does this movie go there.

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    Oh my god, it's Shelley's soul mate!!!

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  32. VIY (1967)

    Amazingly creative effects...awesome visuals...required viewing!

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  33. PARANORMAL MOVIE (2013)
    Director: "Do whatever but make it sexist"

    This is Mike Delaney

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  34. DRACULA aka HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)

    Prequel to Christopher Walken's googly eye bit?

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  35. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

    Tomorrow we have Kevin teaching sex ed.

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  36. Phantasm II (1988)

    Michael Baldwin got "Second Becky'd" by Chad.

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  37. Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994):

    "Have a seat, Reggie. I'm Chris Hansen."

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  38. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
    Family realizes religious zealots are true evil.

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  39. Poltergeist III (1988)
    Thankfully, mirrors and ice are super scary.

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  40. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

    The only horror movie Mark Ahn needs.

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  41. The Skeleton Key (2005)

    The hoodoo that you do so well.

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  42. Halloween (2018, dir. David Gordon Green)

    Michael is pretty spry for a sexagenarian.

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  43. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

    Best pound of flesh scene since Shylock.

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  44. The Raven (1963)

    Subtle choices? Quoth the Raven, NEVER LORRE!

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  45. Pet Sematary (1989)

    Technically they weren't in the pet sematary

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  46. The Mangler (1995):

    You can make a movie about anything.

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  47. The Endless (2017)
    "...That was good! That was good! That..."

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  48. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

    (Rachel!) (Rachel!) (Rachel!) *unmute* Tina! Tina! Tina!

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  49. Casper (1995, dir. Brad Silberling)

    Kids spooky movies better than Christmas ones!

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  50. A Field in England (2013)

    Greatest use of "I'm rubber, you're glue"

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  51. The Monster Club (1981)

    We'd totally hang at this club, right?

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  52. Day of the Dead(1985) Gut wrentching...and some gut stretching too.

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  53. House On Haunted Hill (1959)

    OH She's blind! That explains, well, nothing...

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  54. 28 Days Later(2002) Bicycle courier badass earns Chuck Norris comparisons.

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  55. The Barn (2016)

    More of a trick than a treat.

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  56. The Wolfman (2010)

    Universal Classic Monster Collection comes in November.

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  57. The Raven (1963)

    Vincent Price’s eyebrows....nevermind...Hazel Court though!

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  58. Pet Sematary

    Worst burial ground ever, nothing stays dead

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  59. White Zombie (1932)

    Never under estimate the widow’s peak power.

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  60. Them (2006)

    This is exactly why boarding schools exist.

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  61. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    Johnny was a zombie race car driver.

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  62. Child's Play (1988)

    The dead shouldn't play with children's things

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  63. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    All killer, no filler...only plays hits!

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  64. Devil Bat (1941)

    Starring Bela Lugosi... and some SHAVING LOTION!

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  65. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    Much scarier in a completely empty theater

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  66. We Are Still Here (2015) Dir. Ted Geoghegan

    Slow burn leads to fucking nuclear explosion.

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  67. Son of Frankenstein (1939)

    Starring Bela Lugosi... and his BROKEN NECK!

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  68. Hellraiser II (1988)

    Gothic bloodbath and mayhem really hooked me

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  69. Hocus Pocus (1993, dir. Kenny Ortega)

    I swear, Parker adlibbed every single line.

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  70. Halloween (2018)

    The modern dad is just bait. Progress?

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  71. Zombies (2017)

    Not quite "zombies vs. cheerleaders" I expected.

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  72. The Mummy (1932)

    Totally watched this to read JB's article.

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  73. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Totally on board for Minnie/Pretorius teamup

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  74. Jaws (1975)
    Robert Shaw is wetter than the shark.

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    Replies
    1. At least he doesn’t get out of the water and have a dry shirt like in part 4.

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  75. It Comes at Night (2017)
    What does? I never saw Pennywise.

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  76. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972, dir. Alan Gibson)

    It's a Dracula movie for... no one!

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