Wednesday, October 23, 2024

2024 Scary Movie Challenge Day 23

53 comments:

  1. Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp in LINK: AN EXPERIMENT IN TERROR (1986, KINO CULT 4K UHD) for the first time.

    Zod orders super-strong ape to kneel. Fails.

    OR

    Jerry Goldsmith finishes what "Gremlins" score started.

    OR

    Elisabeth Shue nudity? That explains "Link's Awakening."

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  2. Jean Rollin's THE NUDE VAMPIRE (1970, INDICATOR 4K UHD) for the first time.

    Bourgeoisie businessmen. Suicide cultists. Vampire protectors. French.

    OR

    Rollin's artsy freak flag flies highest. #HowsThatEvenRemotelyPossible?

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    "Eyes Wide Shut": loose remake. Both incomprehensible.

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  3. Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PROOF (2007, BLU-RAY).

    1.1-per-cent graphic violence. 98.9-per-cent QT cutting loose.

    OR

    Zoë Bell's career should've exploded. She's amazing!

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    Stuntman Mike: "OUATIH's" Randy Miller? Fingers crossed!

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  4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024, dir. Tim Burton)

    Monica Bellucci, Monica Bellucci, Monica Bellucci ... Damn

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  5. SHOCKER (1989, Dir. Wes Craven)

    Everyone has a little Pileggi in them.

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  6. The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

    Rathbone and Karloff running gags are funny

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  7. 32. ALIEN FACTOR 1978 (Dir. Don Dohler)
    Chewing glasses' arms increases your contemplativeness exponentially!

    33. NIGHTBEAST 1982 (Dir. Don Dohler)
    a) Find a better $14,000 movie, I'll wait...
    b) Nightbeast stole Sonny Crockett's wardrobe pre-movie

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  8. Woman of the Hour (2024)

    Rodney: Dating Profile of a Serial Killer

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  9. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)

    These seven words have red on them.

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  10. 30 Days of Night (2007 dir. David Slade)

    Love Danny Huston's "No God" moment.

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  11. House (1977)

    Japanese quirky teen horror meets Evil Dead

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  12. Fright Night (2011)

    Decent remake kinda wrecked by pathetic CGI

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  13. SCREAM (2022)

    How often has Woodsboro Hospital been sued?

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  14. The Conjuring (2013) dir. James Wan

    Why doesn’t anyone turn on goddamned lights?!

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  15. The Keep(1983 Dir Michael Mann)

    The Radu Molasar? Huge Dead Kennedys fan

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    1. I'm a big fan of The Keep. Too bad i only know me and my friend who likes it

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    2. Its one I always want to like but it just misses. Unpopular opinion: Tangerine Dreams score is a great piece of music but takes me out of the movie.

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  16. The Hitcher (1986, dir. Robert Harmon)

    Rutger just wants to C. Thomas How(el)l.

    The Hitcher (2007, dir. Dave Meyers)

    What if The Hitcher, but super noughties?

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  17. Leviathan (1989)

    Hey, let's watch "The Thing" but wet.

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  18. Frankenstein (1931)
    “Dat booty was taken from a flatulist”

    Longlegs (2024)
    Some classic T-Rex. Little arms, long legs.

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  19. Oculus (2013)

    An evil mirror. No, seriously. A mirror.

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  20. HAUNTED MANSION (2023)

    Coming soon, Giant Turkey Legs: The Movie!

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  21. Halloween (1978)
    Monumental - they named a holiday after it!

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  22. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

    A crime it's not on 4k disc

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  23. The Whip And The Body (1963)

    Mario Bava’s 50 Shades Of Christopher Lee.

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  24. Halloween 4 (1988)

    Jamie's classmates deserve Art the Clown presents

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  25. WOMAN OF THE HOUR (2024)

    Can’t wait for the Match Game thriller.

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  26. Alien Resurrection (1997)

    Brad Dourif finds true calling: goopy doula.
    OR
    Flush away (ALL) the weight in seconds!

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  27. Happy Death Day

    I died repeatedly while writing this review.

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  28. There’s Someone Inside Your House

    I hate hate hate hate digital blood.

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  29. MALIGNANT (2021)

    “It’s all in my head!” No kidding.

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  30. The Woman (2011)

    Dad makes Tiger King look pretty boring.

    (also, this movie is pretty awesome--my favorite non-rewatch of SMM so far)

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  31. Saw (2004)

    Shit, but twenty years later? CLASSIC shit.

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  32. Curse of the Demon (1957)

    As fun as Dana Andrews is not

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  33. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

    Leatherface, you've got it set on whore

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  34. Chopping Mall (1986)

    Barbara Crampton is hot. really really hot

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  35. Evil Dead Rise (2022)

    These demons are just flat out rude.

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  36. Salems Lot (2024 Dir Gary Dauberman)

    Soul-less adaptation adds nothing subtracts too much.

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  37. Psycho (1960)

    Is Psycho a Christmas movie?…

    Naughty Hitchcock 🎅🏻

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  38. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

    Irene and Bob go Vasquez and Gorman.

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  39. The Thing (2011)

    I enjoy this thing, apparently I shouldn't

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  40. Spirits of the Dead (1968; Dirs. Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini

    Gorgeous people do grotesque things in trilogy.

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  41. THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR. SADISM (1967)

    Lee shows up... at beginning and conclusion
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    This castle has so many surprise doors

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  42. THE WITCHMAKER (1969)

    Warlocks find spacious caverns in Louisiana swamps

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  43. DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968)

    He was not exactly in a grave
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    Vampirism is symbolically sexual? Had no idea

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  44. ACACIA (2003)

    The happy adoption story turned horror story

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  45. SUDDENLY IN THE DARK (1981)

    Jealousy is a terrifying monster for Koreans

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  46. TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016)
    dir. Yeon Sang-ho

    Could have used a Monkees theme song.

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    1. Take the last train to Busan
      And I’ll eat you at the station…

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  47. INQUISITION (1976, dir. Paul Naschy)

    You are guilty, regardless of the truth
    or
    Love will kill, sometimes in unexpected ways.

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  48. Review count for day 23: 50
    Review total after day 23: 1374

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