Monday, October 27, 2025

2025 Scary Movie Month Challenge Day 27

27 comments:

  1. Eli Craig's CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (2025, AMAZON RENTAL) for the first time.

    Satisfying Missouri-set Canuxploitation 'oldies versus younglins' slasher.

    OR

    Victims' bodycount almost matched by killer clown casualties.

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  2. MYSTICS IN BALI (INDONESIA, 1981, YOUTUBE) for the first time.

    English dub enhances demonic flying head hijinks.

    OR

    85% dull/boring/filler. 15% AAA-grade batshit!

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  3. Tobe Hooper's POLTERGEIST (1982, HBO MAX).

    Likable actors lift original over inferior copycats.

    OR

    --♪♫'Who you gonna call?'
    --'UC IRVINE PARAPSYCHOLOGISTS'♬♩

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  4. ParaNorman (2012)
    Didn’t remember the shout-outs to classic horror!

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  5. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
    Joseph Cotton terrifying as realistic psychopath uncle.

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  6. The Monster (1925)
    Lon Chaney’s asylum about what you’d expect…

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  7. Doctor Sleep (2019)

    Soul sucking seductress succumbs to Overlook's satiation.

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  8. Adult Swim Yule Log aka The Fireplace (2022)

    Step aside Tomatoes! "Attack of Killer Log!"

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  9. Nosferatu (2024, dir. Robert Eggers)

    Orlok's breathing is triggering for an asthmatic.

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  10. THE HOST (2020)

    Bong Joon Ho's is better. (So's Meyer's.)

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  11. Dangerous Animals (2025)

    Could the most dangerous animal be... man?

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  12. Casper (1995)

    Kat's classmate volunteering her house bothers me

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  13. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

    Shailene Woodley would have eaten the clay

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  14. The Midnight Hour (1985)

    Shoulda dedicated the shitty Sea of Love

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  15. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

    No mustache Towles scarier than the zombies

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  16. Carnival of Souls (1962)

    Taking PTO to trespass an abandoned carnival

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  17. The Blob (1958)

    I could watch this movie every month

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  18. The Last Man on Earth (1964)

    I would've kept the zombie puppy regardless

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  19. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

    Ossie Davis is so funny in this

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  20. Frankenstein (2025)

    Big fans on Ridley Scott's Prometheus, rejoice!

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  21. SILVER BULLET (1985) dir. Daniel Attias

    Maybe lowered expectations really do work: AWESOME!

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  22. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1948)

    No maybe, just the best Halloween song.

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  23. SIGNS (2002)

    Bernard Hermann tribute over opening credits rules.

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  24. It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (1966)

    The most evil monsters in any movie.

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  25. Puppet Master (1989)

    Guys love when ladies puke out leeches.

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  26. Scream 4 (2011)

    But is this a shriek-quel or scream-make?

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  27. Weapons (2025)

    Both better and less fun than Barbarian.

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