Technical question - Do the Masters of Horror (MIck Garris) 'episodes' count as movies? UK here so only available on DVD, never watched but picked up for SMC. thanks
Good question. Since the directors are all legends of horror (Hooper, Carpenter, Miike, etc.) I say these mini-movies count for Scary Movie Month review purposes...but that's just my opinion. :-)
Anne Fletcher's HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022, Disney+) for the first time.
ReplyDeleteEntertaining "Sex... City" offshoot... minus "Sex" part.
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Rare streaming sequel that outdoes classic original.
And we're off and running! :-D
Resurrection (Dir. Andrew Semans, 2022)
ReplyDeleteThis is the weirdest Rothschild conspiracy theory
NOPE (2022, Dir. Jordan Peele)
ReplyDeleteMichael Wincott's voice is not horsing around.
Jason Howden's DEATHGASM (2015, Amazon Rental). Also streaming free (w/commercials) on Peacock, TUBI, Pluto, VUDU, Roku, PLEX.
ReplyDeleteNew Zealand's oldest-looking teenager starts/ends apocalypse.
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From "Turbo Kid" producer... and it shows!
Technical question - Do the Masters of Horror (MIck Garris) 'episodes' count as movies? UK here so only available on DVD, never watched but picked up for SMC. thanks
ReplyDeleteGood question. Since the directors are all legends of horror (Hooper, Carpenter, Miike, etc.) I say these mini-movies count for Scary Movie Month review purposes...but that's just my opinion. :-)
DeleteThanks, that was my reasoning too. I shall crack on...
DeleteI back this 100%
DeleteWe have a first and a second... motion passes!
DeleteDracula, dir Tod Browing, 1931
ReplyDeleteSwan Lake is how I start #ScaryMovieMonth
REC (2007)
ReplyDeleteLean runtime like a Universal Monster movie.
Hollow Man (Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 2000)
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter never did this much raping
NOSFERATU (1922)
ReplyDeleteWhy aren't more movies set in Wisborg?
Alligator (1980) Dir. Lewis Teague
ReplyDeleteGiant alligator: undefeated hide and seek champion.
Dawn of the Dead (1978, dir. George A. Romero) with George A. Romero, Tom Savini and Christine Forrest's commentary
ReplyDeleteJB was right: blood's red in 4k.
My god! I genuinely didn't believe him. Guess I'm buying the 4k.
DeleteIt still doesn't look like blood, but it's more red and less orange than it was.
DeleteBraindead AKA Dead Alive (Dir. Peter Jackson, 1992)
ReplyDeleteI will NOT have what she's having!
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Hairless Chihuahuas, quite different in New Zealand!
Finally worked my original 7 word for Braindead:
DeleteTHAT's a rat dog, not my chihuahua!
Ravenous (Dir. Antonia Byrd, 1999)
ReplyDelete"Begby didn't do drugs... he did people"
The Munsters (Rob Zombie 2022)
ReplyDeleteHEADLINE: Munsters Funsters, Revives Careerpath as Punster
Peninsula (2020)
ReplyDeleteThat "Train to Buscan" shadow is large.
Carnival of Souls (1962)
ReplyDeleteWoman plays pipe organ, sees dead people.
Hellraiser (1987)
ReplyDeleteWiseau Voice: You’re tearing me apart, Pinhead!
The Empty Man (2020)
ReplyDeleteCults! Cults! Cults! Cults! Cults! Da-da-da-da-da-da! Charge!
Smile (2022)
ReplyDeletePerfect mix of TRAUMA! and popcorn jumps.
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920)
ReplyDeleteHuman heads shouldn't be shaped like that.
The Ring (2002)
ReplyDeleteShould found a VCR that eats tapes
*Shoulda
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ReplyDeletePoltergeist(1982) From Director Stephen Hooper; Producer Tobe Spielberg
ReplyDeleteHäxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922) "Snitches get stitches; bitches snitch on women."
ReplyDeleteTUSK (2014)
ReplyDeleteJustin LONG always getting the SHORT end.
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ReplyDeleteIn Fabric (2018, dir. Peter Strickland)
ReplyDeletePeter Strickland is my kind of weirdo.
FRIDAY THE 13TH Part IV - THE FINAL CHAPTER
ReplyDeleteJason is offed by a Frog Brother!
I Bury The Living (1958)
ReplyDeleteThe living?! Well that's your first mistake.
Halloween (1978)
ReplyDeleteMommy Dearest wouldn’t have survived the closet.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) w/ Coppola commentary
ReplyDeleteHundred year old film techniques are cool.
John Carpenter's The Fog (1980)
ReplyDeleteGhosts angered by Whac-A-Leper game at celebration.
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
ReplyDeleteI forgot Adam Scott was in this.
The Munsters (2022, dir: Rob Zombie)
ReplyDeleteThis made me happy for Rob Zombie.
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
ReplyDeleteGoodnight Mommy (2014) after cosmetic facial surgery.
Hellraiser (1987)
ReplyDeleteLove isn't just blind: it's also skinless!
THE PHANTOM (1931)
ReplyDeleteBest jailbreak scene in movie history? Maybe.
Hocus Pocus 2(2022, Dir Anne Fletcher)
ReplyDeleteHow do the witches know Elton John?
Knock Knock (2015)
ReplyDeleteJust turn it off after that scene.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972, dir. Barry Crane)
ReplyDeleteShatner, Zerbe spice up boring TV adaptation.
Corpse Bride (2005)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the music in this
My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2022)
ReplyDeleteThe Lemon Brothers really need to franchise…
Dracula (1931)
ReplyDelete“Listen to them… children of the night.”
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
ReplyDeleteSaved somewhat by Joe Bob Briggs’s commentary.
THE SHADOW (1931)
ReplyDeleteScares? None. Girls in flapper dresses? Lots.
No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
ReplyDeleteThe butterflies fly away...or decapitate you
Arachnophobia (1990)
ReplyDeleteCreepy crawlies meets small town, town wins!
The Bermuda Triangle (1978)
ReplyDeleteThe greatest mystery here is John Huston.
Prisoners of the Ghostland (Sion Sono 2021)
ReplyDeleteBaffled. Can I have my ball back?
The Mummy (1932, dir. Karl Freund)
ReplyDeleteThe mummy looks exactly how I feel.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale)
ReplyDeleteWhat a WHALE of a movie. *bows*
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
ReplyDeleteLooks like movie, doesn't feel like one.
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
ReplyDeleteJohnny Depp’s most horrifying bed experience …debatably.
You're Next: Suspenseful...claustrophobic....give him a Godzilla movie!
ReplyDeleteFANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD (1969)
ReplyDeleteAnita Ekberg, stay on my TV forever.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988, dir. Dwight H. Little)
ReplyDeleteDirector is aptly named: DHL always delivers!
The Mummy (1932)
ReplyDeleteOpen-toe sandals: brave choice for a mummy.
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ReplyDeleteThe Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
ReplyDeleteBRIDE: "Belong alive and seeing other people?"
HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022):
ReplyDeleteNo Walgreen's has ever been that clean.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
ReplyDeleteHamlet's Harebrained Headmaster Hardly Handles Headless Horseman
Dead Silence (2007) Death isn't final when evils pulling strings
ReplyDeleteTHE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH (1959, dir. Terence Fisher)
ReplyDeleteThe price of maintaining immortality is high.
Extra Ordinary (2019)
ReplyDeleteSpoiler: Vomited ectoplasm just a red herring.
Horror of Dracula (1958)
ReplyDeleteDracula's dead? Well, I guess that's that
V/H/S 2 (2013)
ReplyDeleteOk, I've heard of cinematographer, but.... cinemaDOGrapher????
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
ReplyDeleteClassic tale of Killer versus Keller (Helen)
Whiplash (2014, Damian Chazelle)
ReplyDeleteNot all parasitic teratoma are conjoined twins.
Severance (2006) Dir. Christopher Smith
ReplyDeleteSurvivors probably got extra half day PTO.
BLACK SUNDAY (1960)
ReplyDeleteSteel your nerves for this actress' performance.
HELLRAISER (2022)
ReplyDeleteStick your pins in me, Lady Pinhead.
Hubie Halloween (2020)
ReplyDeleteJulie Bowen is an angel on Earth.
The Black Phone (Dir. Scott Derrickson, 2021)
ReplyDeleteSpin the bottle til it stands up!
Shadowprowler (Dir. Scott Derrickson, 2021)
Sneaky spoiled shortie stupidly slashes suspicious (by)stander!
SILENT HILL (2006):
ReplyDeleteI should start carrying a giant knife.
MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM (2022)
ReplyDeleteAngsty teen cured by faith and fitness!
The Frighteners (1996) Dir. Peter Jackson
ReplyDelete1 more resurrection and I'm calling bullshit.
Christine (1983, dir. John Carpenter)
ReplyDeleteViewer: Another haunted ______ story?
King: Too bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-Baaaaaayyyyd
The Uninvited, dir Lewis Allen, 1944
ReplyDeleteGhost mourns money pit and liquorice décor
Barbarian (2022)
ReplyDeleteMovie turned into a Wrong Turn spinoff
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
ReplyDeleteThose witches have not aged a day!
The Blob (1988 Dir: Chuck Russell)
ReplyDeleteViking Quest be damned. Johnny Dramas best.
Alligator (1980)
ReplyDeleteMale Pattern Baldness is the real villain.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (1995)
ReplyDeleteWhich rule of acquisition covers baby endangerment?
Halloween (1978)
ReplyDeleteLet's make this month something really special.
Like others I started the month with a fathom event. I wished we had more of those in Germany.
ReplyDeleteThe Mummy (1932 - Karl Freund)
Mummy with killer joke after 3000 years.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935 - James Whale)
ReplyDeleteMonster denied, unsatisfied. Bride occupied, terrified. Suicide.
Saw III (2006) Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
ReplyDeleteCan you people shut the fuck up?
Detention (2011)
ReplyDeleteGenre mash-up half slasher fast-paced face-smashing fun.
DRACULA (1931)
ReplyDeleteHelen Chandler's an actual ghost in this.
After Midnight (2019)
ReplyDeleteGorilla Fart- "It tastes like goin' blind.
The Munsters(2022 Dir: Rob Zombie)
ReplyDeleteRob Zombies The Munsters. Yes. Thats it.
Hellraiser (2022)
ReplyDeleteCenobite return policies are hell on earth.
Lake Placid (1999)
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Betty White, love you
The Witches (Dir. Cyril Frankel 1966)
ReplyDeleteLet's lemon smother one another then Batusi!
The Descent (2006)
ReplyDelete"WHAT, ARE YOU DOING, IN MY CAVE!?"
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
ReplyDeleteThink I’ll go to Dolly Parton’s mall…
Hocus Pocus 2
ReplyDeleteLee Donowitz did not love Joe’s title.
These reviews have been counted for the monthly tally. Please post your reviews on today's thread.
ReplyDeleteMunsters (2022): Why all the hate? There’re zero horses.
ReplyDeleteAnd
Dark Glasses (2022): Cat o’Nine Tails remake, Malden now hot.
The Gorgon (1964)
ReplyDeleteChristopher Lee’s mustache has top billing, folks.