Sunday, October 1, 2023

2023 Scary Movie Challenge Day 1

95 comments:

  1. Bishal Dutta's IT LIVES INSIDE (2023, THEATER) for the first time.

    "Dick" reaches 'first base.' Gets swung... hard!

    OR

    Outstanding, emotional, cathartic ending. Unusual for PG-13.

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  2. Halloween (1978) A Debra Hill Production

    After Lynda, all downhill for Bob anyway.

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  3. Dario Argento's OPERA (1987, DVD).

    Knock! Knock!
    BANG!
    "She's dead!!!"
    The end.

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  4. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928)

    Is this the first horror movie carnival?

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  5. Stuart Gordon's DOLLS (1987, AMAZON PRIME).

    If "M3GAN" and "Annabelle" smoked crack together.

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  6. The Raven(1935 Dir. Louis Friedlander aka Lew Landers)

    Guests unimpressed by Bela's sweet Poe collection

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  7. Tom Atkins and Jamie Lee Curtis in John Carpenter's THE FOG (1980, AMAZON PRIME).

    Atkins' carpet-stache matches Curtis' drapes. HITCHHIKING RULEZ!!!

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  8. Jacob's Ladder, Adrian Lyne 1990
    (in a Stefon accent)

    Hallucination's has everything, angels, demons, lizard erections.

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  9. Sleepy Hollow Tim Burton 1999

    RIP Michael Gambon, you are a legend

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  10. The Cottage (2008, Dir. Paul Andrew Williams)

    Brit splat oddity turns into a Serkis.

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  11. Evilspeak (1981)

    This happened to my buddy John Wick.

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  12. Birth/Rebirth 2023
    Dead is better? Jud never met Muriel.

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  13. Saw X
    Best 10th instalment not set in space

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  14. Cobweb (2023)

    Is this is how my sister homeschools?

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  15. The Raven (1963)
    Price helps Lorre, Karloff chew scenery. Yum!

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  16. Dracula, dir Tod Browning, 1931

    Yes, Dracula calls his biggest possum bitey

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  17. Cocaine Bear (2023)

    Ok forest friends: time for Yogi intervention.

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  18. Vampyr (1932, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)

    The ancestor to Buffy der Vampyr Mörderin.

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  19. Anatomie (2000 Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky)
    Less medically accurate than The Human Centipede

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  20. Christine (1983)

    What I imagine Tesla drivers are like

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  21. Stir of Echoes (1999)

    The family's like Metro f*cked Kuma's Corner

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  23. Psycho (1998)

    Patrick made me a believer in rePsychoing.

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  24. Dracula's Daughter (1936)

    Only have one hour free? Universal Monsters!

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  25. The Great Yokai War (2005)

    Takashi Miike makes a children's monster movie!

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  26. Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale
    Accept No Substitutes,
    Choose Normal Brand™️ Brains!

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  27. Grow Up, Tony Phillips (2013) dir. Emily Hagins

    Couldn’t Tony have tricked, treated AND partied?

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  28. April Fool’s Day (1986)

    Please god, let it be ding-dongs.

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  29. The Mummy (1932)

    Nothing says Ancient Egypt like "Swan Lake."

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  30. Casper (1995) - Touching haunt, could'a used more Mel Gibson

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  31. Dickshark (2016, dir. Bill Zebub)

    It's waaaaayyy too long.

    So's the movie.

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    1. What is this? I seems like a bare bones concept that didn't go beyond a funny poster and tagline, but it somehow ended up with the running time of Lawrence of Arabia.

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    2. It's a fucking abomination. It's like staring into the abyss and having the abyss stare back at you. JB wrote about it a few years ago, but mere words aren't enough to describe Dickshark.

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    3. And it’s coming out on special edition Blu-Ray on October 10!

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    4. Ah, I even commented on that review. "Very funny" (referring to the review, not the movie).

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  32. Dolls (1987)

    Fantastic! Let dolls have all the crack.

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  33. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

    Oppenheimer Part 2: The Hills Have Eyes

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  34. The Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale
    A Hiss. No Kiss. Averted Wedded Bliss.

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  35. Dracula (1979) Theatrical cut

    Great Dracula, but a weak Van Helsing.

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  36. It Follows (2014)

    Great. Now I'm afraid of people walking.

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  37. Saw II (2005, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)

    Detective Matthews didn't have right stuff, baby.

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  38. House of Darkness (2022) Dir: Neil LaBute

    Long's HoD/Barbarian characters deserve a good walrusing.

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  39. TALK TO ME (2023)

    Talk to the hand... sorry, couldn't resist.

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  40. FAUST (1994):

    The only Faust with puppet sex, guaranteed.

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  41. THE PIT (1981)

    Yankovic: "PIT me with your best shot!"

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  42. The Lost Boys (1987)

    Richard Gilmore leads a team of hooligans.

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  43. Dracula (1931)

    Dracula: "Fuck! Everybody just has mirrors now?!"

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  44. Saw (2004)

    Some Ajax will cut through that problem.

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  46. The Gallows (2015)

    Theater is way more dangerous than football.

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  47. Mausoleum (1983)

    Her green eyes make my head explode.

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  48. The Pit (1981)

    Pit with monkeys or Pitt's 12 Monkeys?

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  49. Ghostkeeper(1981 Dir. Jim Matichuk)

    Wendigo? When to stay? The eternal debate

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

    Well, we’re off to a bad start!

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  51. Dracula (1979) Director's cut

    Desaturation terrible substitute for Black & White.

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  52. THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970)

    Fine, just throw me onto the Pitt.

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  53. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

    Start watching this and you’ll be “hooked.”

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  54. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
    That kid Vincent Price is going places!

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  55. Saw II (2005)

    Detective Matthews, you've got the right scruff!

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  56. PHANTOM SHIP (1935)

    Bela Lugosi as Popeye is interesting casting.

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  57. PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES (2023):

    It will absorb eighty-seven of your minutes.

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  58. May (2002)
    In 2023, Soozy gets three spinoff movies.

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  59. BTW Patrick I'm digging the new F THIS MOVIE font. It's a Fun House to be at during SMM.

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  60. GINGER SNAPS 2: UNLEASHED 2007
    (Dir. Brett Sullivan)

    Lady's fap yoga gave Brigitte man hands!

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  61. Dead Heat (1988)

    I'm in love with Lucas Giolito's mom

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  62. Saw II (2005)

    Interesting, took this out of the basement.

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  63. Saw III (2006)

    I demand we get justice for Dizzy!

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  64. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
    As usual, a great start for SMM.

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  65. Scream For Help (1984)
    First time watch. Sleazier than I expected!

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  67. TWINS OF EVIL (1971)

    These puritans are perhaps not so puritanical.

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  68. Talk to Me (2023)

    These damn kids and their hand stuff.

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  69. Saw IV (2007)

    Think I'm done answering the call backs.

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  70. -Insidious (2010)
    My astral projection wears a toddler leash.

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  71. -Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
    Tom Atkins saves world...after this drink.

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  72. -The Thing from Another World (1951)
    Super carrot from space? What a scoop!

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  73. -Trick 'R Treat (2007)
    Currently Zillowing homes in Warren Valley, Ohio.

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  74. -Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
    Do all apocryphal scriptures have topless parties?

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  75. -The Devil's Advocate (1997)
    Lawyers doing lawyer stuff. Nothing strange here.

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  76. -John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
    Suspending disbelief watching adults actually reading books.

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  77. Alien (1979)

    Assured girlfriend of Jonesy’s survival several times.

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  78. Halloween H20 (1998 Dir Steve Miner)
    Best Halloween movie ever!!!*

    *Featuring Adam Arkin

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  79. The Exorcist (1973)
    Parenting tip: 12 is a tough age.

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  80. Bug (1975 Dir Jeannot Szwarc)

    Nancy Regan was right about burning roaches?

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  81. Frankenstein (1931)

    "Maybe it'll smell better after the lightning?"

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  82. Friday the 13th (2009)

    What did Christmas ever do to you?

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  83. M3GAN (2022)

    “Trust me, kids love Austin Powers’ outfits!”

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  84. Castle Freak (1995)

    Breastfeeding doesn't mean you bite the titty

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  85. The Exorcist (1973)
    The power of Christ compels… Fathom Events!

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  86. Swamp Thing (1982)

    Cuts? Dissolves? No, Wes cravin more wipes

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  87. Green Room (2015)

    Maeby, you shouldn't piss off the Nazis

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  88. No One Will Save You (2023, Dir. Brian Duffield)

    Kaitlyn Dever vs. aliens and her guilt.

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  89. CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER

    Low budget, low box office...high fun!!

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