Saturday, October 1, 2022

Scary Movie Challenge 2022 Day 1

Post your 7-word reviews starting here!

112 comments:

  1. Anne Fletcher's HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022, Disney+) for the first time.

    Entertaining "Sex... City" offshoot... minus "Sex" part.

    OR

    Rare streaming sequel that outdoes classic original.

    And we're off and running! :-D

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  2. Resurrection (Dir. Andrew Semans, 2022)
    This is the weirdest Rothschild conspiracy theory

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  3. NOPE (2022, Dir. Jordan Peele)

    Michael Wincott's voice is not horsing around.

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  4. Jason Howden's DEATHGASM (2015, Amazon Rental). Also streaming free (w/commercials) on Peacock, TUBI, Pluto, VUDU, Roku, PLEX.

    New Zealand's oldest-looking teenager starts/ends apocalypse.

    OR

    From "Turbo Kid" producer... and it shows!

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  5. 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

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    1. 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. :-)

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    2. Thanks, that was my reasoning too. I shall crack on...

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    3. We have a first and a second... motion passes!

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  6. Dracula, dir Tod Browing, 1931

    Swan Lake is how I start #ScaryMovieMonth

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  7. REC (2007)

    Lean runtime like a Universal Monster movie.

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  8. Hollow Man (Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 2000)
    Harry Potter never did this much raping

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  9. NOSFERATU (1922)

    Why aren't more movies set in Wisborg?

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  10. Alligator (1980) Dir. Lewis Teague

    Giant alligator: undefeated hide and seek champion.

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  11. Dawn of the Dead (1978, dir. George A. Romero) with George A. Romero, Tom Savini and Christine Forrest's commentary

    JB was right: blood's red in 4k.

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    1. My god! I genuinely didn't believe him. Guess I'm buying the 4k.

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    2. It still doesn't look like blood, but it's more red and less orange than it was.

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  12. Braindead AKA Dead Alive (Dir. Peter Jackson, 1992)

    I will NOT have what she's having!

    OR

    Hairless Chihuahuas, quite different in New Zealand!

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    1. Finally worked my original 7 word for Braindead:

      THAT's a rat dog, not my chihuahua!

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  13. Ravenous (Dir. Antonia Byrd, 1999)
    "Begby didn't do drugs... he did people"

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  14. The Munsters (Rob Zombie 2022)
    HEADLINE: Munsters Funsters, Revives Careerpath as Punster

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  15. Peninsula (2020)

    That "Train to Buscan" shadow is large.

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  16. Carnival of Souls (1962)

    Woman plays pipe organ, sees dead people.

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  17. Hellraiser (1987)

    Wiseau Voice: You’re tearing me apart, Pinhead!

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  18. The Mortuary Collection (2019)

    Clancy Brown almost got me pregnant once.

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  19. The Empty Man (2020)

    Cults! Cults! Cults! Cults! Cults! Da-da-da-da-da-da! Charge!

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  20. The Guest (2014)

    Stevens stars as both beauty and beast

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  21. Smile (2022)

    Perfect mix of TRAUMA! and popcorn jumps.

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  22. Satanic Panic (2019)

    Chelsea Stardust. Grady Hendrix. Made in heaven.

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  23. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920)

    Human heads shouldn't be shaped like that.

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  24. The Ring (2002)

    Should found a VCR that eats tapes

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  26. Poltergeist(1982) From Director Stephen Hooper; Producer Tobe Spielberg

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  27. Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922) "Snitches get stitches; bitches snitch on women."

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  28. TUSK (2014)

    Justin LONG always getting the SHORT end.

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  30. In Fabric (2018, dir. Peter Strickland)

    Peter Strickland is my kind of weirdo.

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  31. FRIDAY THE 13TH Part IV - THE FINAL CHAPTER

    Jason is offed by a Frog Brother!

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  32. I Bury The Living (1958)
    The living?! Well that's your first mistake.

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  33. Halloween (1978)
    Mommy Dearest wouldn’t have survived the closet.

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  34. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) w/ Coppola commentary

    Hundred year old film techniques are cool.

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  35. John Carpenter's The Fog (1980)

    Ghosts angered by Whac-A-Leper game at celebration.

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  36. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

    I forgot Adam Scott was in this.

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  37. The Munsters (2022, dir: Rob Zombie)

    This made me happy for Rob Zombie.

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  38. Goodnight Mommy (2022)

    Goodnight Mommy (2014) after cosmetic facial surgery.

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  39. Hellraiser (1987)

    Love isn't just blind: it's also skinless!

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  40. THE PHANTOM (1931)

    Best jailbreak scene in movie history? Maybe.

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  41. Hocus Pocus 2(2022, Dir Anne Fletcher)
    How do the witches know Elton John?

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  42. Ready or Not (2019)
    Samara weaves away from a red wedding

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  43. Knock Knock (2015)

    Just turn it off after that scene.

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  44. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972, dir. Barry Crane)

    Shatner, Zerbe spice up boring TV adaptation.

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  45. Corpse Bride (2005)

    I absolutely love the music in this

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  46. My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2022)

    The Lemon Brothers really need to franchise…

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  47. Dracula (1931)

    “Listen to them… children of the night.”

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  48. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)

    Saved somewhat by Joe Bob Briggs’s commentary.

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  49. THE SHADOW (1931)

    Scares? None. Girls in flapper dresses? Lots.

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  50. No One Gets Out Alive (2021)

    The butterflies fly away...or decapitate you

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  51. Arachnophobia (1990)

    Creepy crawlies meets small town, town wins!

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  52. The Bermuda Triangle (1978)

    The greatest mystery here is John Huston.

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  53. Prisoners of the Ghostland (Sion Sono 2021)

    Baffled. Can I have my ball back?

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  54. The Mummy (1932, dir. Karl Freund)

    The mummy looks exactly how I feel.

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  55. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale)

    What a WHALE of a movie. *bows*

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  56. Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

    Looks like movie, doesn't feel like one.

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  57. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

    Johnny Depp’s most horrifying bed experience …debatably.

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  58. You're Next: Suspenseful...claustrophobic....give him a Godzilla movie!

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  59. FANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD (1969)

    Anita Ekberg, stay on my TV forever.

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  60. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988, dir. Dwight H. Little)

    Director is aptly named: DHL always delivers!

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  61. The Mummy (1932)

    Open-toe sandals: brave choice for a mummy.

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  63. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    BRIDE: "Belong alive and seeing other people?"

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  64. HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022):

    No Walgreen's has ever been that clean.

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  65. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

    Hamlet's Harebrained Headmaster Hardly Handles Headless Horseman

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  66. Dead Silence (2007) Death isn't final when evils pulling strings

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  67. THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH (1959, dir. Terence Fisher)

    The price of maintaining immortality is high.

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  68. Extra Ordinary (2019)

    Spoiler: Vomited ectoplasm just a red herring.

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  69. Horror of Dracula (1958)

    Dracula's dead? Well, I guess that's that

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  70. V/H/S 2 (2013)
    Ok, I've heard of cinematographer, but.... cinemaDOGrapher????

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  71. Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
    Classic tale of Killer versus Keller (Helen)

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  72. Whiplash (2014, Damian Chazelle)

    Not all parasitic teratoma are conjoined twins.

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  73. Severance (2006) Dir. Christopher Smith

    Survivors probably got extra half day PTO.

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  74. BLACK SUNDAY (1960)

    Steel your nerves for this actress' performance.

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  75. HELLRAISER (2022)
    Stick your pins in me, Lady Pinhead.

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  76. Hubie Halloween (2020)

    Julie Bowen is an angel on Earth.

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  77. The Black Phone (Dir. Scott Derrickson, 2021)

    Spin the bottle til it stands up!

    Shadowprowler (Dir. Scott Derrickson, 2021)

    Sneaky spoiled shortie stupidly slashes suspicious (by)stander!

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  78. SILENT HILL (2006):

    I should start carrying a giant knife.

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  79. MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM (2022)

    Angsty teen cured by faith and fitness!

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  80. The Frighteners (1996) Dir. Peter Jackson

    1 more resurrection and I'm calling bullshit.

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  81. Christine (1983, dir. John Carpenter)

    Viewer: Another haunted ______ story?
    King: Too bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-Baaaaaayyyyd

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  82. The Uninvited, dir Lewis Allen, 1944

    Ghost mourns money pit and liquorice décor

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  83. Barbarian (2022)

    Movie turned into a Wrong Turn spinoff

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  84. Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

    Those witches have not aged a day!

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  85. The Blob (1988 Dir: Chuck Russell)

    Viking Quest be damned. Johnny Dramas best.

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  86. Alligator (1980)

    Male Pattern Baldness is the real villain.

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  87. RUMPELSTILTSKIN (1995)

    Which rule of acquisition covers baby endangerment?

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  88. Halloween (1978)

    Let's make this month something really special.

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  89. Like others I started the month with a fathom event. I wished we had more of those in Germany.

    The Mummy (1932 - Karl Freund)
    Mummy with killer joke after 3000 years.

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  90. Bride of Frankenstein (1935 - James Whale)
    Monster denied, unsatisfied. Bride occupied, terrified. Suicide.

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  91. Saw III (2006) Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

    Can you people shut the fuck up?

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  92. Detention (2011)

    Genre mash-up half slasher fast-paced face-smashing fun.

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  93. DRACULA (1931)

    Helen Chandler's an actual ghost in this.

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  94. After Midnight (2019)

    Gorilla Fart- "It tastes like goin' blind.

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  95. The Munsters(2022 Dir: Rob Zombie)

    Rob Zombies The Munsters. Yes. Thats it.

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  96. Hellraiser (2022)

    Cenobite return policies are hell on earth.

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  97. Lake Placid (1999)

    Rest in peace Betty White, love you

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  98. The Witches (Dir. Cyril Frankel 1966)

    Let's lemon smother one another then Batusi!

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  99. The Descent (2006)

    "WHAT, ARE YOU DOING, IN MY CAVE!?"

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  100. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

    Think I’ll go to Dolly Parton’s mall…

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  101. Hocus Pocus 2
    Lee Donowitz did not love Joe’s title.

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  102. These reviews have been counted for the monthly tally. Please post your reviews on today's thread.

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  103. Munsters (2022): Why all the hate? There’re zero horses.

    And

    Dark Glasses (2022): Cat o’Nine Tails remake, Malden now hot.

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  104. The Gorgon (1964)

    Christopher Lee’s mustache has top billing, folks.

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