Friday, October 17, 2025

2025 Scary Movie Challenge Day 17

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  1. Scott Derrickson's BLACK PHONE 2 (2025, AMC DOLBY CINEMA) for the first time.

    Grabber "borrows" Freddy Krueger playbook. Mixed results.

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    Better than has any right to be.

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     ðŸŽµ I'm dreaming in grainy 8mm Christmas footage 🎵

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  2. THE BRIDE (VIETNAM, '25, THEATER) for the first time.

    Revenge-driven sister wrecks Thai family's sacrificial fireworks.

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    English language mangled worse than busybody in-laws.

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  3. CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984, ARROW BLU-RAY).

    Gatlin, Nebraska. Unlikely birthplace of cool gun.

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    Movie summer Linda Hamilton turned pretty [badass]!

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  4. Dagon (2001 Dir. Stuart Gordon)
    It’s an indescribable, unfathomable, unimaginable fish person!

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  5. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    Everybody's head-taking. What about head-giving?

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  6. 28 Years Later (2025, Danny Boyle)

    All that zombie dick had me Savilating

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  7. The Incubus (1981 Dir. John Hough)
    Incredibly classy despite countless conversations about cum

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  8. Presence (2025)

    Such a shame Soderbergh retired in 2013.

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  9. GRETEL AND HANSEL (2020)

    Nothing good ever happens in a forest.

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  10. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

    Meta Mockumentary: Making Masked Monster. Muy Magnifico!

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  11. Event Horizon (1997)

    It's one of the few noteworthy Noseworthy's

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  12. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)

    They must have really hated Donnie Osmond.

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  13. New Year's Evil (1980)

    Radio host as horror protagonist - never fails.

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  14. SEVERANCE (2006) dir. Christopher Smith

    I’ve been on worse team building weekends.

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  15. The Woman (2011, dir. Lucky McKee)

    The Man might be the real problem.

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  16. Body Parts (1991)

    He definitely gave himself the ultimate stranger

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  17. Van Helsing (2004)

    "Never give up on a movie" counter-argument.

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  18. Leviathan (1989)

    Studio exec vote: Alien 99, Jaws 1

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  19. Graveyard Shift (1990)

    Rats potentially activated by phony Maine accents.

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  20. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
    Fracking breaks planet; Driver breaks fourth wall.

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  21. The Descent

    *Raises Glasses* The correct term is spelunking.

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  22. Prince of Darkness (1987)

    Don’t get any in my…ah fuck!

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  23. Night of the Eagle AKA Burn Witch Burn (1962)

    Have an affair like everyone else, already!

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  24. Freddy vs Jason (2003)

    CGI worm-Freddy is the actual winner.

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  25. Silver Bullet (1985)

    Does Communion received by werewolf still count?

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  26. The Mummy's Ghost (1944, dir. Reginald Le Borg)

    This movie's just a lot of applesauce.

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  27. Suspiria (2018)

    Wicked witches of West Berlin get... Exploded?

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  28. The First Purge

    You’d find me under my bed crying.

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  29. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980)

    "A photo finish! Big Wheel beats Steadicam!"

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  31. 3 From Hell (2019)

    Director (shouting): Call my wife hot! Again!

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  32. Bones and All (2022)

    My favorite horror movie of the 20s.

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  33. The Conjuring (2013)

    That’s a lotta kids for two non-Catholics.

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  35. Phantom Ship aka The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

    Lugosi's vampire-less Last Voyage of the Demeter.

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  36. Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

    Sheriff bends over backwards for his daughter.

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

    Pinkett ruins Zane's life. Will Smith nods.

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  38. Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)

    Feels like visiting relatives at this point

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  39. Bring Her Back (2025)

    An a24 meditation on grief? No way!

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    Water in a movie? Think Sally Hawkins!

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  40. Alucarda (1977)

    Satanic lesbian orphans... dynamite Pornhub search terms

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  41. Stuck (2007)

    Horns, gunshots. Nobody cares; only in America

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  43. The Living Skeleton (1968)

    There's a living skeleton inside us all

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  44. Howling (1981)

    Dog friendly isolated psychiatric retreat.
    Sounds nice.

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  45. Carrie (1976. Dir. Brian De Palma)

    You're all going to fry by her.

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  46. Review count for day 17: 44
    Review total after day 17: 913

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