Sunday, October 3, 2021

2021 Scary Movie Challenge Day 3

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  1. Iván Zulueta's ARREBATO, aka RAPTURE in 35mm (1979, NYC's Anthology Film Archives) for the first time. [U.S. Theatrical Premiere; 4K and Theatrical Trailers]

    "Possession"-caliber cinephile mindfuck. Sexy Betty Boop striptease.

    OR

    "Joel Silver's Hollywood Drug Cocktail: The Movie."

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    1. BTW, this is the first repertory theatrical screening I've attended since theaters re-opened in New York back in March (with an impeccable 35mm transfer struck from a 4K restoration to boot). Some arthouse and indie theaters in NYC are still recovering from the Pandemic. Metrograph hasn't re-opened yet, and Anthology Film Archives is just getting started with in-person screenings. So glad to have spent a Saturday evening attending a packed screening of a unique repertory film, something I used to do often but haven't done in almost two years. :-D

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    2. Good that you're going again - I guess. I was very happy at first when I could go back into the theaters, but I have a little of a strange relationship towards the cinema atm. People annoy me more than before the pandemic, I hope that will go away.

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  2. Michael Dougherty's TRICK 'R TREAT (2007, HBO Max) for the first time.

    Bryan Singer making amends for "Superman Returns."

    OR

    Who falls asleep LISTENING to VHS porn?

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  3. M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING (2008, HBO Max).

    Construction workers' deaths? Talk about a windfall.

    OR

    Where's Autobot Windcharger when you need him?

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  4. Jeff Fisher's KILLER MOVIE: DIRECTOR'S CUT (2008/2021, Amazon Prime) for the first time.

    Kelly Cuoco's Paris Hilton impersonation? So 'fetch'!

    OR

    Rare director's cut that's shorter, tighter, better.

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  5. Fright Night Part 2 (1988):
    Vampires can fly but they prefer rollerblading

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  6. Oculus
    Let down by not having multiple mirrors

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  7. Unhinged (2020, Dir. Derrick Borte)

    You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.

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  8. Xtro(1982 Dir: Harry Bromley Davenport)

    Alien Dad provides cord chewingly good time

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  9. Brotherhood of Satan, Bernard McEveety, 1971

    Who'd want to go through puberty again?

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  10. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Dir Chuck Russell, 1987

    In Freddy's dreams, he's a little bitch.

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  11. Species (1995)
    Builds Natasha Henst-bridge to my 1995 heart

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  12. Escape Room (2019)
    Family-friendly Saw II. Will watch sequel

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  13. Re-animator (1985)

    His head is cumming for you Barbara!

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  14. Demons 2 aka Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna (1986 - Lamberto Bava)
    Fun italian horror movie with great effects.

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  15. WICKED LITTLE THINGS (2012)

    That child actress has lots of… grace.

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  16. The Happening 2008 dir. M. Night Shyamalan (with F This Movie commentary)

    Mood ring on first date? Alpha move.

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  17. The Lodge (2019)

    Creepy with ending curiously absent in horror

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  18. (late last night)
    THE SECT (1991)
    watched with Patrick Cowley... still wonderfully senseless.

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  19. The Addams Family 2 (theater)

    Morticia: "Ce Film C'est De La Merde"

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  20. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

    A neckline too exposed to resist necking.

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  21. Psycho Goreman (2020)

    What’s the opposite of a Warriors Death?

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  22. Extremity (2018)

    This place seems like an insurance nightmare.

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  23. MIDNIGHT MOVIE MASSACRE (1984)

    Could use more lunar dwelling Amazon women.

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  24. Eden Log (2007)

    I hate watched this. Fuck this movie.

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  25. Crimson Peak (2015)

    It's Jessica Chastain, can you blame him?

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  26. The Funhouse(1981) One bad handjob leads to a Gunther

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  27. Bingo Hell (2021)

    Community tries to get itself a Break.

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  28. Dance of the Vampires aka The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967 - Roman Polanski)

    Abronsius carries evil in world. Also: Vampires.

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  29. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

    It's still the disappointing movie I remembered

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  30. Q aka Q: The Winged Serpent (1982, dir. Larry Cohen)

    ...or Legend of the Headless Window Washer.

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  31. The Mummy (1932)

    "...and that's How I Met Your Mother."

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  32. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

    Come for flowers, stay for snake orgy

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  33. Crawl (2019)
    One arm of pepper should be measurement

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  34. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Match.com was certainly more complicated back then

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  35. The Guilty (2021)

    Horrifying because this shit happens too often.

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  36. Malignant (2021)

    James Wan flexes with batshit twisty story

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  37. The New York Ripper (1982)

    Duck Duck Goose leads to murder murder

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  38. The Fear (1995)

    Hey, Wes Craven. Why are you here?

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  39. Rabid (2019)

    She's All That except she eats faces.

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  40. Night of the Dribbler (1990)

    Now I hate basketball. Thanks a lot!

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  41. BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 (2000)

    Best “let’s compare scars” scene since Jaws.

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  42. Demon (2015)

    Polish weddings include exorcisms and a forklift.

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  43. MIDSOMMAR (2019)
    Playing "Holiday Road" was a shocking end.

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  45. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

    Worst thing about company towns? Irish warlocks.

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  46. Candyman 2021 Needed more booming Todd voice, still good.

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  47. CREEPTALES (1989)

    Igors rushing to the videostore on Halloween

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  48. Ms. 45 (1981)

    Ok, some of those dudes deserved it.

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  49. Suspiria(2018, Dir. Luca Guadagnino)

    Witches dance. Turbo and Shabba nod approvingly

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  50. Hunted (2020)

    John Hyams did it so much better

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  51. Hunter Hunter (2020)

    Needing a minute to collect my thoughts.

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  52. The Happening (2008)

    There's no way this was on purpose.

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  53. Alien (1979)

    In space no-one can hear you mansplain.

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  54. RESIDENT EVIL (2002):

    Gave me unrealistic expectations for laser hallways.

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  55. The Funhouse

    How many tickets to spend the night?

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  56. Freaky (2020)

    Would watch entire scary Aaron Rodgers movie.

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  57. Tower of Terror (1997)

    Eat your Disney heart out Derek Anderson!

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  58. Child's Play 2 (1990)

    Damn, now who is running Sparkle Motion?

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  59. FROZEN (2010)

    Their first mistake? Saying “Let’s go skiing.”

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  60. RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2004:

    Hot girl summer? No. Tube top apocalypse.

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  61. The Conjuring (2013)

    Joey King here is my exact clone.

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  62. Come True (2020, dir. Anthony Scott Burns)

    Cool images, fine soundtrack, garbage final twist.

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  63. THE AWAKENING (1980)

    Heston tomb raids, mommy births a mummy

    or

    Susannah York's eyes do the heavy lifting

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  64. Amulet (2020)

    God of shell, take me to hell

    Credit: Alejandra Trigoso

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  65. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
    Dude gets Road House'd by the cemetery

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  66. Titane (2021, dir. Julia Ducournau)

    Horror adjacent but is still super rad

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  67. Aliens (1986)

    News Flash: Corporations Still Evil Incarnate

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  68. PIRANHA 3DD (2012)

    Eye trauma from constantly winking at camera.

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  69. The Ruins 2008

    Killer weed on holiday get you legless

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  71. Sleepwalkers (1992)

    Pretty intense watching this with my cat.

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  72. The Seventh Victim (1943)

    Shocking Twist: Tom Conway plays a psychiatrist

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  73. The Phantom of the Opera (1989)

    Ya boy Little should have done more.

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  74. Event Horizon

    This Paul Anderson guy is missing something.

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  75. Misery (1990)

    Now make it again with Scott Caan.

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  76. Death Screams (1982) dir. David (Ozzie & Harriet) Nelson

    Toothpaste my car, I kill you all.

    or

    Mad at mommy maniac machetes mischievous matriculators.

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  77. From Beyond the Grave (1974, dir. Kevin Connor)

    Donald Pleasance's daughter bears a striking resemblance.

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    1. Angela Pleasance does look a lot like her father. She gave a memorable performance in a film called Symptoms from around the same period.

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  78. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

    This time out Drac’s just looks bushed.

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  79. Black as Night (2021)

    Blumhouse Churn. Laissez les bon temps rouler!

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  80. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

    He is marrying his cousin. So gross.

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  81. The Beach House (2019), Dir: Jeffrey A. Brown

    Color Out of Space: Indie Seaside Edition.

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  82. Dark Ride (2006, dir. Craig Singer)

    Think I watched the wrong Sopranos prequel.

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  83. EXORCISM (1975)

    Parental control is taken to another level.

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  84. TERROR OF THE CRYPT (1964)

    Starring Christopher Lee and Christopher Lee’s sideburns.

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  85. THE LOST BOYS (1987)

    The Rude Boys is more like it.

    Or

    Santa Carla's vampire problem has been neglected.

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  86. CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE, aka TERROR IN THE CRYPT (1964)

    Script and pacing issues; Still love it.

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  87. THE SONG OF SOLOMON (2017)

    "Besides, there's not that many WarPriests left."

    or

    No tongues tied or eyes crossed here.

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  88. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

    That tongue-acle is doing something for somebody.

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  89. Grave of the Vampire (1972)

    Babbling baby burped by binging bosom blood.

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  90. Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark (2019)

    Sure, random teens - inquisition my crazy mom.

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  91. Lady in White
    Forget ghost girl, Braces is DTF

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  92. Ghosts of Mars
    Assault on Precinct intelligent cinema

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  93. Black as Night (2021)

    Shawna: a new hero in vampire lore.

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  94. Freaky (2020, dir. Christopher Landon)

    I'll go, I'll go through the saw

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  95. VAULT OF HORROR (1973)

    Best special effect is Tom Baker’s grin

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  96. Gremlins (1984)

    Dick Miller steals every movie he's in.

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  97. Alien3 (1992) Blu-Ray Assembly Cut

    Ripley carries fetus while Dutton channels Jesus.

    Note: if you have not watched this version of the film please do yourself the favor. It’s a vastly different story and puts it much closer to the story quality level of the original two films. And all the “new” footage is finally color and sound corrected the match og footage!

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  98. The Believers, dir John Schlesinger, 1987

    When it's more than just spilt milk.

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  99. Practical Magic (1998)

    DAMN, her husband got forgotten so fast.

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  100. Prince of Darkness (1987)

    Like all princes, a real daddy's boy.

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  101. The Faculty

    It’s still better than my high school.

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  102. RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (2007):

    Hey! Those garters are TACTICAL, you perv.

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  103. Malignant 2021
    9 months after John Wick met Belial.

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  104. We Are Still Here (2015) - Fuuny Farm remake darker than I expected.

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  105. The Good Son (1993)

    Spoiler Alert: He’s not a good son

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  106. VFW (2019)

    Band of Boomers coming soon to HBO

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  107. The Headless Horseman (1922, Dir. Edward D. Venturini)

    Horsemans a dick. been headless. killed zero

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  108. Tales from the Hood (1995)

    It's terrifying how it's still relevant today

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  109. Return to Horror High (1987)

    Did I order Terror Firmer from Wish.com?

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  110. The Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Holden Jones, 1982)

    Girls just want to have...goose lamps?

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  111. TOMB OF TORTURE (1963)

    Not the worst castle I’ve slept in.

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  112. Spooky Buddies (2011)

    The word you’re looking for is connoisseur.

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  113. V/H/S/94 (2021)
    Better as Found Footage than an anthology.

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  114. Deep Blue Sea (1999)

    Some of my favorite shark themed kills.

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  115. Alone in the Dark 1982

    Scenery chewing badassess, back breakingly fun slasher!

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  116. Thirst (1979, Day 3 Revenge of Junesploitation, Henry Silva Day)

    Creepy kidnapping vampire cultists, epic Silva death!

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  117. Ginger Snaps (2000)

    (To tune of American Woman)… “Canadian Werewolf!”

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  118. His House
    Dir. Remi Weekes 2020
    Too real with refugees, guilt & ghosts

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  119. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1971)

    Much Better Title: Boys' Night Goes Bad

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  120. The Omen (1976)

    "Wait, maybe it actually says 999-" *STAB*

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