A heads up: the last day's reviews will be counted once the month has changed in all time zones, so please get your reviews in while it's still October. Thank you.
(quick note: i picked this for the final day of scary movie month as the original Phantasm was IMMENSELY influential in opening my childhood eyes to horror. seemed like a perfect bookend to wrap up Scary Movie Month. great job by all in watching and sharing 7 word reviews!!! Go Team F This!)
[Thanks to FTM and everyone else who posted 7-word reviews this past month. So much fun to read everyone else's picks and choice quotes. :-) We conclude our October '23 crop of reviews with my 13th and last review of the last day of Scary Movie Month. A movie so nice I had to watch it/review it twice in a row...]
John Boorman's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC - 117 MIN. THEATRICAL VERSION (1977, SCREAM FACTORY BLU-RAY) with Scott Michael Bosco Commentary Track.
Darth Vader bitch-slaps Friedkin ("Sorcerer"), Boorman (this).
OR
NYC penthouses without guardrails? Devil's in regulations.
****
John Boorman's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC - 102 MIN. INTERNATIONAL/HOME VIDEO VERSION (1977, SCREAM FACTORY BLU-RAY) with Mike White (Projection Booth Podcast) Commentary Track.
Ending: best cinematic representation of acronym 'LGTFOOH.'
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RIDICULOUS! Still makes "Exorcist: Believer" its bitch.
Wish I could have participated a bit more this year. Started out strong, but I went back to school this year, and SMM coincided with midterms right in the middle of the month. After that it was hard for me to get back into SMM
MATT REEVES TWO-FER! [Mikko, count this post as two separate reviews... please??!! :-)]
ReplyDeleteCLOVERFIELD (2008, 4K UHD). First time seeing the movie in 4K.
DISGUSTING, TERRIFYING... but enough about T.J. Miller.
OR
NY Post headline: 'KAIJU GETS LIBERTY HEAD.'
****
THE BATMAN (2022, 4K UHD).
Bats' crazy Halloween week somehow delivered HELL-O-WIN!
OR
Wish dialogue muted. Let Giacchino's score narrate.
Graveyard Shift (1990)
ReplyDeleteCame for Dourif, stayed for it all
'HALLOWEEN OUT-OF-NEW-TIMELINE-SEQUELS DOUBLE FEATURE' [Mikko... same deal as before! :-P]
ReplyDeleteTommy Lee Wallace's HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982, 4K UHD).
Soon-to-lose-his-head drunk hobo should've been 'Buck' Flowers.
OR
♫ 'Let's hear it for the [oversexed] boy ♫
****
Rick Rosenthal's HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (2002, BLU-RAY).
Butcher of OG "Halloween II'" completes hack-a-thon.
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Sub-basement of Myers house looks like "Barbarian's."
Freaks (1932)
ReplyDelete“Gooble gobble Gooble gobble
One of us…”
The Blob (1958)
ReplyDeleteMy God! Someone please believe Steve MacQueen!
Suspiria (1977)
ReplyDeletePhoenix gives up singing for dancing school…
Philip Kaufman's INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978, MAX).
ReplyDeleteRated 'PG' for 'Pretty Good [sexy boobs].'
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If characters watched own movie they'd... ZZZZZZZZZzzzz...
A heads up: the last day's reviews will be counted once the month has changed in all time zones, so please get your reviews in while it's still October. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMartin Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023, IMAX) for the first time.
ReplyDeleteScariest scene: DeNiro watching 'TULSA 1921' newsreel.
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991, dir. John Cherry)
ReplyDeleteUsed to love Ernest... three decades ago.
Suitable Flesh (2023 Dir. Joe Lynch)
ReplyDeleteSorry neighbourhood trick-or-treaters for loudly playing this
Phantasm Ravager (2016 blu)
ReplyDeletePhantasmverse. Reggie vs Tall Man. A ball!
(quick note: i picked this for the final day of scary movie month as the original Phantasm was IMMENSELY influential in opening my childhood eyes to horror. seemed like a perfect bookend to wrap up Scary Movie Month. great job by all in watching and sharing 7 word reviews!!! Go Team F This!)
DeleteBlack Mirror: Beyond the Sea (2023 - John Crowley)
ReplyDeleteRetrofuturistic and voluntary Face/Off in space, bitch.
NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988)
ReplyDeleteEven burnt, Angela remains an appealing demon
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Most gratuitous butt shots of the month
THE COMEDY OF TERRORS (1964)
ReplyDeleteVincent Price needs another line of work
or
Do you like Macbeth with your horror?
NIGHT LIFE (1989)
ReplyDeleteLightning has more power than I thought
or
Zombies run around, maybe for too long.
Underwater (2020, Dir. William Eubank)
ReplyDeleteK-Stew will not condone any monstrous deepthroating.
Sinister (2012, dir. Scott Derrickson)
ReplyDeleteDon't forget your 7 word reviews, Ethan!
COUNT DUCKULA: THE VAMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1986-ish)
ReplyDeleteThe real attack of the killer tomatoes.
Malignant (2021)
ReplyDeleteThat Gabriel is really growing on me.
The Hidden (1987, dir. Jack Sholder)
ReplyDeleteFinally, not horror? But a great time!
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (1985)
ReplyDeleteWish I had an undead cheerleader girlfriend.
Hubie Halloween
ReplyDeleteI would have bullied Hubie as well.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
ReplyDeleteCan we George Lucas a new mask?
They Live
ReplyDeleteNeeded to get my Carpenter fix in.
Satan's Little Helper
ReplyDeleteI am glad this demented movie exists.
Halloween (1978)
ReplyDeleteThanks for a fun scary movie month!
Trick 'r Treat (2007, dir. Michael Dougherty)
ReplyDeleteBeen another fun month. Happy Halloween everyone!
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
ReplyDeleteThe #1 Universal Monster… and still Champion!
Annabelle (2014)
ReplyDeleteNot judging, but doll people are weird
THE PIT (1981, TUBI) with the FTM commentary track.
ReplyDeleteDream feature: "Johnny Peach Meets The Haverick"
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Third act ditches creepy kid, big improvement.
TALES OF HALLOWEEN (2015)
ReplyDeleteAdd this to "best final shots" list.
Boo! (1932 - 10 mins.) dir. Albert DeMond
ReplyDeleteThe Universal Monsters Mystery Science Theater episode.
Haunted Spooks (1920) dir. Hal Roach & Alfred J. Goulding
ReplyDeleteMake racist comedy, lose fingers. Seems fair.
Totally Killer (2023)
ReplyDeleteLittle Sally Draper loved that rascal Snuff
Hell House, LLC (2015)
ReplyDeleteYep, that's upstate New York for you.
Sean S. Cunningham's DEEP STAR SIX (1989, BLU-RAY).
ReplyDeleteUnlike "Halloween," "Abyss" rip-off yields no franchise.
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Unhinged Miguel Ferrer more terrifying than creature.
Hell House, LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)
ReplyDeleteAbaddon all hope ye who enter here.
Hell House, LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019)
ReplyDeleteAll Community Theater productions end like this.
Hell House, LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)
ReplyDeleteLatest entry in the "Clowned Footage" series.
As Above So Below (2014)
ReplyDeleteBased on "Rick Steve's Guide to Hell."
Malum (2023)
ReplyDelete"Malum"... It's just fun to say... "Malum"
CORRIDORS OF BLOOD (1959, Dir. Robert Day)
ReplyDeleteBoris discovers Karloffing gas, Lee suffocates differently
URBAN LEGENDS BLOODY MARY (2005, Dir. Mary Lambert)
ReplyDeleteProto Scary Stories with some shitty CGI
ROAD GAMES (1981, Dir. Richard Franklin)
ReplyDeleteListen, no snoring and no evil smells
TRICK R' TREAT (2007)
ReplyDeletePumpkin mask kid is all of us.
Cobweb (2023)
ReplyDeleteI wanted The People Under The Stairs.
-The Descent (2005)
ReplyDeleteRelieved when troglodytes appear/claustrophobia takes backseat.
HAUSU (1977)
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should buy a player piano.
The Boogeyman(2023 Dir. Rob Savage)
ReplyDeleteSome good jump scares marred by mopiness
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dead parent/savior ghost is getting tired.
BATTLE ROYALE (2000, Dir. Kinji Fukusaku)
ReplyDeleteMost Xtreme High School Class elimination Challenge
Ice cream with Takashi always seems terrifying
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
ReplyDeleteWhen someone asks if you're a god...
Haunted Mansion (2023)
ReplyDeleteProduct placement is more blatant when spoken.
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Definitely the least interesting Justin Simien film.
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)
ReplyDeleteDo romcoms also have underground control rooms?
-John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)
ReplyDeleteDrunk helicopter pilot temporarily delays world's ending.
[●REC]
ReplyDeleteAnother scary movie month in the books!
DIMENSION HORROR PARODY PAIR! [One post, two reviews Mikko. :-D]
ReplyDeleteKeenan Ivory Wayans' SCARY MOVIE (2000, MAX).
Ghostface's stoned expressions actually hilarious. That's it.
OR
Still shocking 'Miss Mann' passed 'R' cut.
****
David Zucker's SCARY MOVIE 3.5: UNRATED (2003, BLU-RAY).
NO WAY Fat Joe lost rap battle!
OR
Wayans out, Zuckers in. Makes little difference.
OR
Kevin Hart: tiny role for tiny performer.
Teeth (2007)
ReplyDeleteVagina dentata. Brainwasha religia. Stepbrotha repugna. Teeth!
Brian Cox in Michael Dougherty's TRICK 'R TREAT (2007, BLU-RAY).
ReplyDeleteKreeg, blackest sheep of the Logan clan.
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Short, sweet, entertaining. Naturally Warners shelved it.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
ReplyDeleteHot patootie, bless my soul! Happy Halloween!
THE FOG (1980)
ReplyDeleteMeet Atkins. Have sex. No explanation necessary.
TALES THAT WITNESS (1973, Dir. Freddie Francis)(each segment)
ReplyDeleteMR. TIGER
That better horror adaption of Christopher Robin
PENNY FARTHING
Bike ride into a Georges Seurat painting
MEI
Despite Joan Collins, wood gives him wood!
LUAU
A high brow retread of Blood Feast
TRICK OR TREAT (1986, Dir. Charles Martin Smith)
ReplyDeleteThe "W" in WZLP resembles metal horns!
The Blob (1988)
ReplyDeleteDinosaurs ruled the earth... until the Blub!
LIFEFORCE (1985, Dir. Tobe Hooper)
ReplyDelete80s Hooper: Funhouse through Spontaneous, all bangers!
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
ReplyDeleteBowie style: There's a Tarman eating Suicide
From Beyond (1986)
ReplyDeleteWho taught this dickhead to suck face?
WNUF Halloween Special (2013) dir. Chris LaMartina
ReplyDeleteA nostalgic, disturbing and funny snuff film.
PIECES (1982 Dir. Juan Piquer Simón)
ReplyDeleteWorks as Popeye sequel/Sonny Boy prequel
[Thanks to FTM and everyone else who posted 7-word reviews this past month. So much fun to read everyone else's picks and choice quotes. :-) We conclude our October '23 crop of reviews with my 13th and last review of the last day of Scary Movie Month. A movie so nice I had to watch it/review it twice in a row...]
ReplyDeleteJohn Boorman's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC - 117 MIN. THEATRICAL VERSION (1977, SCREAM FACTORY BLU-RAY) with Scott Michael Bosco Commentary Track.
Darth Vader bitch-slaps Friedkin ("Sorcerer"), Boorman (this).
OR
NYC penthouses without guardrails? Devil's in regulations.
****
John Boorman's EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC - 102 MIN. INTERNATIONAL/HOME VIDEO VERSION (1977, SCREAM FACTORY BLU-RAY) with Mike White (Projection Booth Podcast) Commentary Track.
Ending: best cinematic representation of acronym 'LGTFOOH.'
OR
RIDICULOUS! Still makes "Exorcist: Believer" its bitch.
Friday the 13th Part III (1982. Dir. Steve Miner)
ReplyDeleteWrong holiday, but iconic mask and score.
Midnight Mass (2021)
ReplyDeleteEnded the month on a Flanagan revelation
Night of the Living Dead (1068) dir. George Romero
ReplyDeleteHarry Cooper proves being a dick: lethal.
Damn, 1068??!! :-O Oldest movie/media ever!!! :-P
DeleteWell, we're officially in November now, so here comes the final review tally:
ReplyDeleteReview count for day 31: 77
Review total for the month: 1764
Yikes! Lowest review count since 2013. :-O Not a good trend, although just two years ago (during the waning period of the pandemic) we hit the peak.
DeleteWish I could have participated a bit more this year. Started out strong, but I went back to school this year, and SMM coincided with midterms right in the middle of the month. After that it was hard for me to get back into SMM
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