Tuesday, October 6, 2020

2020 Scary Movie Challenge Day 6

95 comments:

  1. Pedro Almodóvar's THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011, Blu-ray)

    Best, sexiest "Frankenstein"-like tale since Whale's "Bride."

    or

    Antonio Bandera's best movie role since "Desperado."

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  2. Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE (1997, Blu-ray)

    Hitchcock, Argento, Nolan... eat your heart out!

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    Exhibit A for anime's visual storytelling prowess.

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  3. THE RENTAL (2020, Dir. Dave Franco)

    Read the fineprint before booking a ScareBnB.

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  4. Arachnophobia, Frank Marshall, 1990

    The spiders give the merlot real legs

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    1. One of the teachers at my son's school told him that Arachnophobia was the scariest movie she'd ever seen, and now he's dead set against watching it :(

      To be fair, I had nightmares for weeks after watching it as a kid.

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    2. This was a first time watch. I wouldn't go near it from the trailer alone. The shower scene really got me. But I kinda loved it. Now.

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  5. Marrowbone (2017)

    I found Marrowbone to be slightly Whelmingunder.

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  6. Extra Ordinary (2019)

    Huh? So just the tip doesn’t count...

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  7. The Thing (1982)

    Definitely a better name than 'The Whatchamacallit'

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  8. The Mummy (1932)

    Sometimes a movie is better without Cruise

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  9. The Swarm, dir Irwin Allen, 1978

    Oh no the bees, not the bees!

    Oh They're in my eyes, my eyes!

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  10. SADAKO VS. KAYAKO (2016)

    When do they demolish Mt. Fuji pagoda?

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  11. The Exterminating Angel

    Intangible forces trap people inside? Seems far-fetched

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  12. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008)

    Vampire Noir meets John Hughes tween romance.

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  13. Under Water (2020)

    Not asking for sequel, just more Cthulhu.

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  14. Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)

    Someone shits their pants in this movie.

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  15. The Haunted Mansion (2003)

    Eddie Murphy and Wallace Shawn are boring?

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  16. CRY OF THE BANSHEE (1970)

    She weeps, it’s death that she foresees...


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  17. The Haunted Casino aka Paranormal Casino aka Dead Man's Hand (2007, dir. Charles Band)

    This old Band made great music once.

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  18. UNDER THE SKIN (2014)
    Dir. Jonathan Glazer

    Murderous alien?
    I'd still get in van.

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  19. Murder Party (2007) on Hoopla

    Despite low budget the excessive murders beguiles.

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  20. VFW (2019)

    “Grumpier Old Men” + “Zombieland” = Best Cheers’ Episode

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  21. 12 Hour Shift (2020 dir. Brea Grant)

    This movie de-livers. I'm not kidney-ing you.

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  22. Popcorn (1991)

    All night horrah shows are big grossers

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  23. The Covenant (2006, dir. My Boy Renny Harlin)

    Co-starring Winter Soldier. We sebastian a legend.

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  24. The Pool (2018)

    Dumb crocodile meets dumber man. Mediocrity ensues

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  25. Evil Dead II (1987 - Sam Raimi)

    Demon sounds like children making car sounds.

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  26. The Ranger (2018)

    Turns out punks make terrible Cub Scouts.

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  27. Relic (2020)

    Mama, ooh I don't want to die

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  28. Red Eye (2005, dir. Wes Craven)

    Jayma Mays is the most adorable human.

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    1. I've been curious for months now: how do you tag text so it displays as bold?

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    2. HTML text formatting.

      Put < b > at the start and < /b > at the end (without the spaces) to make bold text.

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  29. Wish Upon (2017) director John R. Leonetti

    'Ton tasting translator totally targeted tangentially. Tragic.

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  30. Starry Eyes (2014)
    I mean, we've all been there, right?

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  31. Cheap Thrills (2013)
    This country needs a lot of Healying

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  32. Scare Me (2020)

    Shudder Presents Bottle Episode: The Motion Picture

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  33. Evil Dead (1981)

    Ash's literary choices cost him some friends

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  34. The Ranger (2018)

    Nature will cleanse the punk from you.

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  35. Relic (2020)

    Bleach will clear that dementia right up

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  36. House on Haunted Hill (1959)

    I knew you knew I knew. Boo!!!

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  37. The Last Man on Earth (1964)

    Price really negotiated poorly in the end.

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  38. Cam

    Can’t stop thinking about the guacamole tower.

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  39. ITSY BITSY (2019)

    Lots of family drama with occasional spider.

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  40. House of Wax (2005)
    Decent, sorely lacking that Chuck Connors magic

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  41. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

    What if bad ambrosia were a movie.

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  42. Scare Me (2020)

    Everything is better with pizza and blow.

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  43. Halloween (2018)

    The Terminator 2 of the Halloween Franchise.

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  44. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

    Zombies, Kung Fu, Lena Headey, any questions?

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  45. Jason X (2001)

    Action figure Jason better than movie Jason.

    OR

    Someone watched Alien 3 . . . . but not Alien.

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  46. Martyrs (2008)

    Movie watching equivalent of living through 2020.

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  47. The Return of Doctor X (1939)

    Bogart plays dead. Everybody dies at Rick’s!

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  48. Scare Me (2020)

    New anthology spin that doesn’t fully land

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  49. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) director Phillipe Mora

    Thylocene III: A Dingo IS Your Baby

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  50. All Hallow's Eve (2013)

    Who needs plot when clowns sell merchandise

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  51. Night Tide (1961)

    There's something fishy about Mora. Barely horror.

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  52. Carnival Of Souls (1998)

    Are You Afraid Of The Dark - Adult.

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    Cravin’ Craven shouldn’t bother with this movie.

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  54. Psycho (1998)

    Was on STARZ, while I worked...what!? :)

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  55. The Lie (2018) Dir. Veena Sud

    Love the snow. Otherwise, it's really bad.

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  56. Mr. Vampire (1985)

    I learned a lot about sticky rice

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  57. Ghost Ship (2002)
    The Love Boat's gritty reboot really sank

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  58. LET IT SNOW (2020):

    Two slices of white bread fight evil.

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  59. Kindred Spirits (2019)

    Caitlin Stasey takin' care of Macon Blair.

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  60. Night of the Demons (1988)

    "All She Wants to Do Is Dance"

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  61. Maniac Cop (1988) Dir. William Lustig

    This movie and "Cop" should switch titles.

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  62. Tales From the Hood (1995)

    "Sir, we're gonna need your mortuary license."

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  63. The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

    Someone check Kharis’ blood tana leaves level.

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  64. The Others (2001)

    These people just needed their own Beetlejuice

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  65. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

    Antique shopping with Jessica gets real old

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  66. Gretel & Hansel (Perkins, 2020)

    Finding hair in food just got grosser

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  67. The House of Frankenstein (1944)

    A dog in Niemann's cell wall equation ?!?

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  68. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) director Joe Berlinger

    Berlinger's screenwriting philosphy is "Chuck the Owl"

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  69. Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (1992)

    Alice Krige: giving "Huh..." boners since 1981.

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  70. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1974)

    Riff Raff's arc is pure class struggle.

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  71. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993, dir. Henry Selick)

    Jack fucks up everything and finds love.

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  72. Apostle (2018)

    Some brutally inventive kills on display here.

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  73. Mausoleum (1983)

    Scant mausoleums. Mainly green eyes, possessed boobs

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  74. Dracula (1931)

    You know what this really needs? Sparkles

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  75. The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

    Whose idea was 7 word reviews anyway?

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  76. Tales From the Hood 3 (2020)

    Movie is missing Robo Patriot, Dumas Beech.

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  77. Scarecrows (1988) director William Wesley

    Like From Dusk Til Dawn meets Predator

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  78. The Girl Next Door (2007)

    I can't be quippy about Sylvia Likens.

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  79. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

    Boris Karloff in No Time To Die

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  80. Alien (1979)

    Ash barely conceals dishonest edict from group.

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  81. Overlord (2018)

    The answer is always add more flamethrower.

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  82. Antrum (2018)

    Probably shouldn’t DIG A HOLE TO HELL!

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  83. Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)

    Ballsy, claiming part 4 is the Original.

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  84. The Invisible Man (1932)

    No gajillionaire faking his own death? Laaaaame

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  85. From Beyond (1986)

    The Resonator may result in forehead penis.

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  86. Body Bags (’93, Carpenter)

    Cute! John Carpenter and pals making movies

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  87. Tammy and the T-Rex (1991)

    The T-Rex is better than Charlie Sheen.

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