Thursday, October 1, 2020

2020 Scary Movie Challenge Day 1

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  1. Lucio Fulci's THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981, Ultra HD Blu-ray)

    Bob's crystal-clear blue peepers worth 4K upgrade.

    or

    Those fake "Day... Dead" bats get around!

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  2. LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III (1990, Amazon Rental) for the first time.

    Starring "She-Wolf of London's" Kate Hodge?! SOLD!

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    Viggo Mortensen, you've come a long way.

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  3. SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983, Dir. Robert Hiltzik)

    Long delayed gender reveal party goes awry.

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  4. Carnival of Souls (1962)

    If purgatory's like this...I'm kinda interested.

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  5. Carrie (1976)

    Teenagers and their bloody high school pranks.

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  6. Gretel & Hansel (2020, dir. Oz Perkins)

    Visionary new take: let's flip the names!

    Us (2019, dir. Jordan Peele)

    Meanwhile, the tethered are celebrating their Junesploitation.

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  7. Starfish (2018) Shudder

    Last night a mixtape saved my life.

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  8. Dracula, Dir Tod Browning 1931

    Renfield's laugh, a siren call for October

    Or

    Van Helsing really should lock his door.

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  9. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDYS REVENGE

    Makes Brokeback Mountain look like Top Gun.

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  10. Scare Me (2020) Shudder

    Spontaneous Horror improv group ends as expected.

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  11. Screamers aka Island of the Fishmen (1979/1980)

    “This movie has everything: Fishmen, Atlantis, Voodo!”

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  12. They're Playing With Fire (1984)

    Forget Die Hard. Best Christmas movie ever.

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  14. Hands of Orlac dir Robert Wiene 1924


    The Hands are trying to speak, loudly

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  15. Color out of Space(2019) See what happens when you Milk Alpacas

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  16. Overlord (2018, dir. Julius Avery)

    Fascists doing bleach experiments or some shit.

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  17. IT FOLLOWS (2014)
    Dir. David Robert Mitchell

    Exposition more effective when strapped to wheelchair.

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  18. Roadgames (1981) Dir. Richard Franklin

    STOP HITCHHIKING JAMIE LEE! IT'S FUCKING DANGEROUS!

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  19. The Color Out of Space

    Now that's what I call family bonding!

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  20. Mandy

    Hornet horror before 2020 made it cool

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  21. Host

    Solid way to bail on zoom meetings

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  22. Murders in the Rue Morgue, Dir Robert Florey 1932

    Gift hats always mean murderous ape attacks.

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  23. Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (1981)

    I hardly know her baker nightmare maker!

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  24. SVENGALI (1931)

    Needs more YouTube male grooming popup ads.

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  25. Drag Me to Hell (2009)

    Dude, "gypsy" is not the preferred nomenclature

    Or

    PROTIP: ALWAYS LEAVE ANVILS SUSPENDED FROM CEILING

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  26. I needed this back in my life. Thanks, FTM.

    The Mutilator (1984) Ralph’s the Carolina cousin of Jean Ralphio.

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  27. Night of the Demons (Tenney, 1988)

    Dancing demons delight...where'd that lipstick go?

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  28. The Relic (1997) Director Peter Hyams

    Museum massacre proves science funding is extinct

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  29. Dracula (1931)

    DRACULA: “This is very old boxed wine.”

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  30. Zombie (Fulci, 1979)

    That voodoo that you do but sharkier

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  31. Tales of Terror (1962)

    (BORAT VOICE) MY WIFE! sleeps all day.

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  32. Demons(1985)
    T-1000, sold! Helicopter, rad! Green pilgrim...sure?

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  33. Scream 2 (1997)

    Randy's goatee should be killer in 5

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  34. THE CAT GIRL (1957)

    Not even this explains what “jellicle” is.

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  35. The Guest (2014)

    Best if viewed as Downton Abbey sequel.

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  36. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Dir. Wes Craven

    Glenn is more sleepy than my cat.

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  37. Frankenstein (1931)

    Million Dollar Idea: Little girls as anchors!

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  38. Trick 'r Treat (2007)

    Always the first up to start ScaryMovieMonth

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  39. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    Christopher Walken: "I gotta have more beheadings."

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  40. VEROTIKA (2019)

    Face skin like Pokemon. Collect ‘em all!

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  41. SCARE ME (2020]

    Modern update of Ken Russell’s “Gothic.” Yes!

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  42. VFW(2019) So...I guess they're tabs were paid?

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  43. Z (2019)

    Creepy and goofy monster all at once.

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  44. Verónica (2017, dir. Paco Plaza)

    Héroes del Silencio is a good band.

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  45. Hunchback of the morgue (1973):
    Paul Nashy? More like Paul Nasty! Recommended

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  46. Blood Rage (1987)
    (w/ FTM Commentary)

    Best pool final showdown besides It Follows?

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  47. Bride of Frankenstein

    A nice day for a fright wedding.

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  48. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

    Soggy, unsettling allegory for American foreign policy

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  49. Dracula (1931)

    Imagine what music must the armadillos make!

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  50. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

    I kinda thought Mr. Hyde was sexier.

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  51. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

    They did the mash... the Monster Mash.

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  52. Child's Play (2019)

    Black Mirror meets Gremlins meets Old Yeller

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  53. What We Do In The Shadows(2014, dir. Taika Waititi)

    We all need a friend like Stu

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  54. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

    Not sure the rats should get credit.

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  55. The Invisible Man (2020)

    Dark Universe version Cruise plays her ex.

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  56. JACK THE RIPPER (1959)

    “Historical accuracy? What the heck is that?”

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  57. In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

    A public service announcement for radical evangelicalism.

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  58. American Werewolf in London (1981)

    No, Jack, you can't have my toast.

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  59. Gerald's game (2017)

    Game may require extra hand to play.

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  60. Fade To Black (1980)
    Give Not Shelly Winters a whole movie!

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  61. Dracula (1931)

    Lugosi bites necks while Frye chews scenery.

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  62. Hocus Pocus

    Sanderson Sisters steal souls of Salem's scions.

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  63. Wishmaster

    Twisted wishes definitely conjure large unknown Riske

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  64. Isle of the Dead (1945)

    Great idea to start with plague paranoia.

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  67. One Dark Night (1983)

    Was this shot during Phantasm's lunch breaks?

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  68. Either a castle high in the mountains,
    or a cabin deep in the woods,
    death wants his share, final girls beware,
    blood will spell in some crimson fountains,
    vampires, zombies and men in wicked hoods,
    terror for you - yet not for me,
    with F this movie!; seven words review!


    JAWS 2 (1978)
    Just like the first one - except originality.

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  69. Verotika (2019):
    Oh, Mother... Hey Danzig, More Cuts please!

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  70. BLOOD RAGE (1987)

    A possible shared universe with Troma’s Poultrygeist?

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  71. The Fly (1958, dir. Kurt Neumann)

    He’s pretty fly for a white guy!

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  72. The Toolbox Murders (2004)

    You Bettis watch out in this building.

    also

    That's not what tools are for, jerk!

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  73. Alien (1979) Director Ridley Scott

    Glenn Danzig, while captaining the Nostromo: "Mother!"

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  74. Dracula (1931, die. Tod Browning)

    David Manners: The quintessential classic horror himbo.

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  76. The Old Dark House (1932)

    That old lady had a sick beard.

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  77. The Exorcist (1973): Kinderman: Now with 100% less bathtub carp!

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  78. Verotika (2019) w/FTHISMOVIE Commentary

    Ironically only thing not padded were bras

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    This movie is the actual nek breakAH!!!

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  79. SLEEPWALKERS (1992)

    Wait, does anyone actually sleepwalk in this?

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  80. Mikey (1992) - Not a prequel to Life With Mikey

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  81. Sleepwalkers (1992)
    Clovis puts Charles in a Cat-atonic state

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  82. Verotika (2019)

    Excuse me, my eyes are down here.

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  83. *I have an awful habit of taking way too much time trying to pick out films to watch instead of watching them so I decided to go with a spin the wheel randomizer with Horror as the genre and IMDB rating set to 0-100. So without further ado-

    Roulette Wheel Movie #1 - The Omen (2006 - *rewatch)

    Sucks almost as much as 2020 does.

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  84. VEROTIKA (2020):

    Well, at least she’s wearing a mask.

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  85. Dead Silent (2007):
    Forget skin suits, try making dolls instead.

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  86. The Old Dark House (1932)

    After balcony fall: “The carnage!!” -Jim Ross

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  87. SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)

    Just imagine what these characters smell like.

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  88. The Burning(1981) Alternate title: The Burning in everyone's pants.

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  90. The Hidden (1987)

    I didn't get cocaine buying MY car

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    1. This movie works for the swelteringly hot Commander Susan Ivanova alone. Add in Ed O'Ross as villain and pre-Cooper MacLaughlin and you've got yourself a wicked fuckin' movie brah.

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  91. FRIGHT NIGHT (1985, dir. Tom Holland)

    Peter Vincent!

    Sounds better than Cushing Price.

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  92. FROM BEYOND (1986)

    Bald Jeff Combs looks like Jim Carrey

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  93. Needful Things (1993)

    Sydow's Satan perfected by immaculate "clit tickler"

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  94. The Mangler (1995)

    Standing ovation Mr. Englund. You magnificent bastard.

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  95. Fright Night (1985)
    "Svengoolie" and practical events make this fun.

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  96. The Babysitter (McG, 2017)

    A different sort of adventure in babysitting.

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  97. Verotika (2020)

    Hey! Hey! My eyes are up...nevermind

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  98. Spellcaster (1988)

    Seriously, where the fuck is Adam Ant?

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  99. Silver Bullet (1985) Dir. Dan Attias

    Nice werewolf transforms into monstrous Everett McGill.

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  100. Pitch Black (2000)

    Only Coronas here are the ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA.

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  101. Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)

    Ra rot retter ran re CGI rone

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  102. The Devil’s Rain

    In which Satanic panic meets Yankee Candle

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  103. House of Wax (2005)

    Hey Paris! You can't candle the truth!

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  104. VAMPYR (1932, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)

    I went for some trashy exploitation tonight.

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  105. Halloween (1978)

    Babysitting really is the worst, isn't it?

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  106. BAD TASTE (1987)

    "Derek!" "Derek!" "Derek!" "Derek!" "Derek!" "Derek!" "Derek!"

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  107. ALUCARDA (1975)

    You can never scream "Satan" loud enough.

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  108. Spring(2015) Budding romance blossoms...then come the tentacles.

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  109. Scare Me (2020)

    You’re not the boss of me, title.

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  110. Hell Fest (2018)

    My nightmare even without a serial killer.

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    1. You should check out Haunt (2019), if you haven't already!

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  111. Evil Dead II (1987) Director Sam Raimi

    Wasted my free Audible on The Necronomicon

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  112. Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

    I don't think he's a real doctor.

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  113. High Life (2018)

    I was expecting a space vampire. Disappointed!

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  114. Scream (1996)

    Craven/Williamson haven't figured out Cursed yet.

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  115. Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)

    Lon slightly drunker than Bella is high.

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  116. It Cuts Deep (2020)

    At least it takes place at Christmas.

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  117. The Hunt (2020)

    Is this our protagonist? Nope. This? Nope.

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  118. Frankenstein (1931)

    I seent John Wayne steal that yeet.

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  119. Final Destination (Wong, 2000).

    "I'll see you soon." Listen to Death.

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  120. My Bloody Valentine (1981)

    Miners, not minors, got on my nerves.

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  121. The Cat and the Canary (1939)

    Can't collecting an inheritance ever be easy

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  122. Cemetery Man (1994)

    Dick injection, dick rejection, then dick dejection.

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  123. The Ruins (2008)

    This is no time for a handjob.

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  124. Hostel

    Yeah this movie has not aged well...

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  125. The Ambulance

    Wonder if this hospital takes my insurance.

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  126. The invisible Man (2020)

    Kind of slow. Moss steals the show

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  127. The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

    Exceptional design meets stunning suit laden performance.

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  128. Verotika (2019)

    Fear is mindkiller. Albino spider is neckbreaker.

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  129. EL SANTO VS. LAS MUJERES VAMPIRO/ SANTO VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN (1962)

    Blood does amazing things for a complexion.
    Or
    Do you like wrestling with your horror?

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  130. Wish upon (2017)
    Career counselor never mentioned dumpster diving saxophonist.

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  131. The Prowler (1981)

    Far more gore than I remembered. Nice.

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  132. Unmasked Part 25 (1988)

    This is the movie that I watched.

    (Trump news drained me of all creativity - the movie was ok but stretched the premise a bit thin)

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  133. Doom Asylum (1988)
    Low budget cheese fest, bring me crackers!

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  134. The Devil's Doorway (2018)

    No nuns were harmed making this movie.

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  135. Priest (2011)
    A yearly movie in my Halloween rotation.

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  136. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010)
    Surprisingly enjoyable with a Young Frankenstein homage.

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