Official 13th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge 2012 (1 Viewer)

[PatW]

I'd be up for a chick flix challenge since I'm one. Christmas challenge sounds good. My favourite would be a Sci-Fi/Fantasy even though some of us included sci-fi in the horror challenge.

 

[John Stell]

I'm missing the Scary Movie Challenge already myself. Next year maybe it can be called the "Halloween Viewing Challenge" to capture anything that puts one in a Halloween frame of mind.

 

[JohnS]

Here are the final totals
Challengers Film Lists
Bob McLaughlin 35
BobO'Link 117
Brook K 31
BryanH 34
Chucky P 28.1
Film 13
Greg Black 23
Jason Roer 13
Joe Karlosi 30
JohnS 65
John Stell 125
Malcolm R 26.5
Michael Elliot 152
Ockeghem 92
PatW 67
Radioman970 92.1
Russell G 86
Sandro 38
Tarkin the Ewok 13
TravisR 32
First Place: Michael Elliot
Second Place: John Stell
Third Place: Bob O'Link
Please let me now if I fudged the numbers
Prize structure.
First place: 1bluray and 1 DVD of your choice
Second place: your choice of any movie that is left over after first place picks
Third place: your choice of any movie that is left over after first and second
13 films catagory: a random drawing that everyone's names that achieved the 13 film rule goes into a drawing for a movie.
(This is a DVD/bluray that is left over after all prizes are awarded)
31 films category: a random drawing that everyone's name that achieved the 31 films rule goes into a drawing for the movie.
(Also a DVD/bluray that is left over after all prizes are awarded)
Let me talk to Adam about how the drawings should go.
Also let me ask him if he still had these movie titles.
Adam says he'll be available on Monday to talk to.
The winners can pre-choose their selections now.
DVD:
Don't go in the Woods
The Legend of Hell's Gate
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You
Blu-ray:
The Last Circus
The Blood Trilogy
Mothers Day

 

[John Stell]

I'll pick The Last Circus. If Mike wants that one then my next pick is You're Nobody Til Somebody Kills You. And if those are the 2 Mike wants my last pick is Don't Go Into the Woods.

 

[Ruz-El]

Originally Posted by John Stell /t/323882/official-13th-annual-htf-october-scary-movie-challenge-2012/720#post_3996995
I'm missing the Scary Movie Challenge already myself. Next year maybe it can be called the "Halloween Viewing Challenge" to capture anything that puts one in a Halloween frame of mind.

I am too! It's weird to watch a movie and not run off to the PC to add it to a list!

Great job to the top three! I'm booking off the month of October next year so I can win ALL THE MOOOOOOOVIES!

This years challenge was the joy that past challenges rarely captured. Can't wait for next year!

 

[Bryan^H]

This years challenge was the joy that past challenges rarely captured. Can't wait for next year!

I agree. I really enjoyed reading everyones viewing selections, and luckily the new films I got turned out to be mostly enjoyable.
My only regret is that I didn't get to my new Universal Mosnters Blu-Ray set. I could have chose individuals, but I want to watch all of them marathon style. Toward the end I got busy with work, and time just wasn't on my side. But next year they willl be first viewings guranteed!

 

[Radioman970]

I am too! It's weird to watch a movie and not run off to the PC to add it to a list! 
Great job to the top three! I'm booking off the month of October next year so I can win ALL THE MOOOOOOOVIES! 
This years challenge was the joy that past challenges rarely captured. Can't wait for next year!

I watched Creature from the Black Lagoon yesterday (11/2) and there is stuff still in my head I was planning to write about it. dad gum.

 

[BobO'Link]

Let me talk to Adam about how the drawings should go.
Also let me ask him if he still had these movie titles.

http://www.randomizer.org/form.htm is a good site for stuff like this. Easy to setup and no question about method.
That said, I officially remove my name from prize awarding and pass my 3rd place prize to whoever got 4th. If that's a problem just put it in the pot for the random draws.
Thanks for running the challenge this year! As always, it was great fun reading everyone's film comments, etc.

 

[Brook K]

Here's my final count, I just didn't manage to update before today. I must have miscounted earlier, since I added 6 more movies and somehow 24 only turned into 29.
I inexplicably kept falling asleep trying to watching things over the last 3-4 days of the challenge so I ended up with 29 movies watched, and 31 points overall.
Best New Discoveries: The Woman, Taxidermia, Cold Sweat (thanks for the recommendation Sandro!)
Terriblest: The Wicker Tree
Weirdest: Baba Yaga (well, really Taxidermia, but wanted to pick something different)
Goriest: The Horde
Silentist: The Unknown
Movies Watched (1st time viewings in why can't I use custom colors color)
1. Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento) - A or :star::star::star::star:
2. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, James Whale) A or :star::star::star::star:
3. Frankenstein (1931, James Whale) A- or :star::star::star: 1/2
4. The Woman (2011, Lucky McKee) - A- or :star::star::star: 1/2
5. Death Proof (2007, Quentin Tarantino) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
6. Taxidermia (2006, Gyorgy Palfi) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
7. Son of Frankenstein (1939, Rowland V. Lee) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
8.Cold Sweat (2010, Adrian Garcia Bogliano) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
9. Dracula (1931, Tod Browning) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
10. The Unknown (1927, Tod Browning) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
11. The Fields (2011, Thom Mattera & David Mazoni) - B+ or :star:::star::star: 1/2
12. Fright Night (1985, Tom Holland) - B+ or :star::star::star: 1/2
13. Cabin in the Woods (2011, Drew Goddard) - B or :star::star::star:
14. Night of the Comet (1984, Thom E. Eberhardt) - B or :star::star::star:
15. An American Werewolf in London (1981, John Landis) - B or :star::star::star:
16. Hotel Transylvania (2012, Genndy Tartakovsky) - B or :star::star::star:
17. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman) - B :star::star::star:
18. Fright Night (2011, Crag Gillespie) - B or :star::star::star:
19. The Burrowers (2008, J.T. Petty) - B or :star::star::star:
20. The Pack (2010, Franck Richard) - B- or :star::star: 1/2
21. Penumbra (2011, Adrian Garcia Bogliano & Ramiro Garcia Bogliano) - B- or :star::star: 1/2
22. Carriers (2009, Alex Pastor) - B- or :star::star: 1/2
23. Baba Yaga (1973, Corrado Farina) - B- or :star::star: 1/2
24. The Thing (2011, Matthijis Van Heijningen Jr.) - B- :star::star: 1/2
25. The Horde (2009, Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher) - C+ or :star::star: 1/2
26. V/H/S (2012) - C or :star::star:
27. Silent House (2011, Chris Kentis & Laura Lau - C- or :star::star:
28. La Casa Muda "Silent House" (2010, Gustavo Hernandez) - C- or :star::star:
29 The Wicker Tree (2010, Robin Hardy) - D- or :star:
TV Episodes
Walking Dead S3 Ep 1-3
American Horror Story S2 Ep 1

 

[Sandro]

Originally Posted by Brook K /t/323882/official-13th-annual-htf-october-scary-movie-challenge-2012/720#post_3997219
Best New Discoveries: The Woman, Taxidermia, Cold Sweat (thanks for the recommendation Sandro!)

No problem. If you get a chance watch Bogliano's 36 Steps (36 Pasos) which has the energy and craziness of a Takashi Miike film.

 

[JohnS]

Brook,
You number is iced.

 

[Brook K]

Will do Sandro. I didn't like Penumbra as much though. It had a good buildup, but the payoff was underwhelming. Also, it was pretty disappointing not to see more skin.

 

[Ockeghem]

Here are the final totals
Challengers Film Lists
Radioman 92.1
Ockeghem 92

I demand a recount!

Seriously, congratulations to all of the winners and to everyone who participated. It was again a lot of fun. I got in more new viewings this year, but like past years, I wish I had watched more never-before-viewed films. In my case I believe that that is what the rest of the year will be for, since I watch so many of the same films with my family each year during the month of October.

 

[Radioman970]

I demand a recount!

Seriously, congratulations to all of the winners and to everyone who participated. It was again a lot of fun. I got in more new viewings this year, but like past years, I wish I had watched more never-before-viewed films. In my case I believe that that is what the rest of the year will be for, since I watch so many of the same films with my family each year during the month of October.

I was thinking exactly the same.
I'd suggest, flipping the coin ... you call!

 

[Ockeghem]

I was thinking exactly the same.
I'd suggest, flipping the coin ... you call!

Radioman,
Actually, if any numbers are fudged, those would be mine. I wasn't entirely sure of how to count up my television episodes, so my Grand Total is most likely higher than it ought to be. It doesn't really matter though, as I'm not at the top-of-the-pack.

 

[Radioman970]

I definitely consider 92 and 92.1 a tie.

 

[JohnS]

I definitely consider 92 and 92.1 a tie.

When it comes to stuff like that, the .1 and .2 is just half hour TV stuff.
It's a tie to me too.

 

[Radioman970]

When it comes to stuff like that, the .1 and .2 is just half hour TV stuff.
It's a tie to me too.

Definitely. And at this point I'd like to settle it with arm wrestling. But that would require a long bus trip I'm sure...

 

[Ockeghem]

Definitely. And at this point I'd like to settle it with arm wrestling. But that would require a long bus trip I'm sure...

Well, if there were something to settle, I'd prefer we do it with a double-elimination jiu-jitsu match instead.

 

[Ruz-El]

Originally Posted by Ockeghem /t/323882/official-13th-annual-htf-october-scary-movie-challenge-2012/720#post_3998108
Well, if there were something to settle, I'd prefer we do it with a double-elimination jiu-jitsu match instead.

That's the politically correct version of "Indian Leg Wrestling"?