Wow! I thought I was simply explaining why I don't participate in case I posted something and someone asked where my list was. I am just going to follow up on a some points and then let this go, since I was not that bothered to begin with. 1. I said that I might not be participating due to the...
Sorry if you thought my post was "nit picking nonsense"! I was simply stating why I don't participate and made a point to say that I respect the people who do participate using the current rules. I also was saying I still come to the site to read the reviews and may add a few of my own this...
I also decided a couple of years ago that I did not like the new rules, counting TV episodes and people watching 10 minute long shorts and counting it as one movie, so I have done the challenge on my own. I only count full length movies, thus keeping it a Scary Movie Challenge, not a Scary...
This is from IMDB
If you look attentively you can notice that nearly every time a driver gets out of his car he does so through the passenger side, a seemingly odd behavior. This is due to the bench seating in older cars, and Alfred Hitchcock's desire to continue the shot without either moving...
I am not big on reviewing movies, but I do enjoy reading all of yours. I will try and get a few reviews in before the end of the challenge, but I am trying to use all of my available time to watch movies!
I read some of the bickering going on and hope we are all getting along now. It used to...
Here is my list so far
1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 2. The Monster That Challenged The World 3. It! The Terror From Beyond Space 4. House of Wax (1953) 5. Peeping Tom 6. Psycho 7. The Uninvited 8. Inside 9...
I personally don't like including TV shows. Last year some people were even counting shorts that had a horror theme. Most of those where way under 60 minutes. I think watching a 20 minute Three Stooges short that has a horror theme should not be counted, but some people feel differently. It...
Count me in again!
Unfortunately, I am one of the many unemployed this year, but that means I should easily break my record from last year. Hopefully none of those job interviews or having to pick up the kids from school will get in my way!
53 movies viewed 20 new Some years I am so tired of watching horror movies by the end of the challenge that I need to watch anything other than a horror movie. This year I want the challenge to go into November! I still have some titles I bought for the challenge that I still need to watch.
Reviews are not my thing, and I have too much fun reading all of your reviews to take time to write my own, but I did want to comment on a few things I've watched so far. Dog Soldiers :star: :star: :star: I have seen The Descent and really enjoyed it. I decided I had to go back and see what...
While I like the 1978 version, and think it is one of the best remakes ever, I like the fact that in the original, it is only family members that even seem to notice a difference. The "pod people" seem perfectly normal...smiling, laughing, winking, so that we don't see a difference, just like...
5. 28 Weeks Later :star: :star: Not as crazy about this one as 28 days Later. For a high security area, it just seems too easy for characters to do really stupid things that are required to move the plot along. 6. Black Sunday :star: :star: :star: After seeing bits and pieces of this on...
The new movies are on their way, so I started with these. I was going to go alphabetically through my horror collection this year, but there are just some movies I don't feel like watching at the moment. 1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes. :star: :star: :star: out of 4 This is one of those movies...
My wife's nephew from Mexico is staying with us this year, so I am trying to find more titles that he can watch as well. I usually lean more towards the R rated, or unrated, movies. This year I will be including more stuff like Monster House and Abbott and Costello meet the whatever. I wish...
The main problem that I think some people had last year was when someone was counting a 10 minute short film because it had a horror theme. To spend on hour of time to watch 6 shorts and to count it as 6 movies makes it harder for the people who only count full length horror movies to keep up...
I purchased a 61" Samsung from Best Buy a few months ago. When I got it home to set it up it kept shutting down. I think it was a bad LED light engine. I called the store I bought it from and spoke with the Manager. I said that I just purchased it and was not going to drive back out to exchange...
This is a very good idea. I didn't have much time last year to watch that many movies during the challenge, but the year before I hit it pretty hard. After October I felt like I didn't ever want to watch another horror movie again. Of course that feeling went away after a few weeks. I need...
I have about 650 DVDs in my collection and about 20 BDs. I bought a PS3 for both the PS3 games, and the backwards capability for PS2 games, and the Blu-ray player. I have no intention of getting rid of, or replacing, my SD titles. I have a LOT of PAL and different region DVDs that will probably...
I agree with Russell in that it is all personal. I considered not putting the Something Weird Triple Feature on my list since they are more of a crime drama/thriller/exploitation type of thing. But IMDB included the word horror in the genre so I figured I would include them. I personally...
Sorry I don't have time this year to do any reviews, but I did manage a fair amount of movies! 1.Halloween (1978) **** out of **** 2.Halloween 2 ** 3.Wes Craven’s New Nightmare *** 4.Love Object *** 5.Poltergeist **** 6.Prophecy *** 7.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) ** 8.The...
I am dissapointed. I wanted to best my record of last year, and I didn't even reach it. Maybe next year I'll quit my job on October 1st, or at least plan a little better or take more time off. Here is my finally tally. I am too depressed to do any reviews :frowning: 1.28 Days Later ***...
So far going through my horror collection alphabetically I managed 2 films yesterday. 1. 28 Days later - not technically a "zombie" movie, but I think it must have influenced Zack Snyder to have "fast" zombies in the Dawn of the Dead remake. 2. The Abominable Dr. Phibes - I bought this and...
Unfortunately financial reasons might keep me from watching many new movies this year, but my wife and I decided to watch the horror movies currently in our collection alphabetically. I was just thinking it would be a good goal to try and watch them all! I think we currently have over 100.
It just occurred to me that I need to sign up for Netflix again ASAP! We get so busy during the summer I don't feel it is worth the money. Now that the Scary Movie challange is here I NEED Netflix. I managed 41 movies last year and I would love to top that! I do have to admit that I wanted...
If you listen to the director on the commentary on the UK version called Switchblade Romance, he basically says that Maria is relating the story in the hospital, so she is basically telling it how she fantasized it to make herself out to be the hero. The lapses in logic are just that, Maria is...
Any movie that may have "changed my life", has more to do with changing my perception of films. here are 5 that changed things for me. Schindler's List: This just brought the reality of the holocaust right in your face. It didn't pull any punches and is really difficult to watch. I think...
Nice Guy Eddie: The chick got tired of him beatin' her so one night she walks in the guys bedroom and super glues his d*ck to his belly. Ambulance came and had to cut the pr*ck loose. Mr. Pink: That ain't all that bad. Nice Guy Eddie: Oh yeah? How would you feel if every time you had to take...
Brilliant! I have thought about starting a thread about this myself! It was after the Wedding Crashers "Uncorked Edition" that really made me tired of special edition names. Kill Bill Vol. 1 - The Bea BBBEEEEEEEEEEPPPP iddo Edition Pulp Fiction - The Bad Mutha *ucka edition Star...