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18. The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018) — This will be our last movie for October. Finishing up the Night Stalker series will have to wait until November as we’ll be away for a bit. We were in the mood for something light, and this fit the bill. It’s a bit formulaic but a fun movie based...

17. Nosferatu (1922) — The classic but unofficial silent movie version of Dracula with the names changed to provide implausible deniability. This film just drips with atmosphere and is best watched late at night in a dark room. I’ve been reading Dracula via the Dracula Daily email, and it’s...

16. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — Two more episodes. I wanted to get through this series in October, but I think it would be better if I broke up our viewing more. There’s a sameness to the episodes that dulls their effectiveness when watched so close together. Primal Scream has a...

15. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — Two very good episodes last night. Horror in the Heights features a guest appearance by Phil Silvers. People are disappearing in a Jewish neighborhood and suspicion falls on an Indian restaurant owner. This episode could have been a bit longer. I would...

14. The Vast of Night (2019) NEW — My movie viewing is dominated by older films, but sometimes I want to watch a newer release. I prefer suspense to horror and this film, available on Prime, fit the bill admirably. It’s set in a small town in New Mexico in the 1950s. Strange noises come over the...

13. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — For our 13th entry, we stepped away from Kolchak to watch the new Criterion release of this old favorite which we’ve seen numerous times as both film and stage play. I know not everyone, including Cary Grant himself, likes Grant’s performance here, but I think...

12. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — Two more episodes to get us halfway through the all too short run of this series. The Spanish Moss Murders is one of the better episodes. Kolchak investigates a series of murders in which the victims had their chests crushed which leads him to the...

11. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — Two episodes featuring dogs: The Devil’s Platform has Kolchak reporting on the rapid rise of a state politician in a deal-with-the-devil story. This was a good one with a nice balance of humor and suspense. In the end, Kolchak and the viewer are left...

10. Mad Love (1935) NEW — We took a break from The Night Stalker to watch this Karl Freund directed film on the Warner Archive release from last year. Peter Lorre stars as a brilliant surgeon obsessed with Frances Drake’s character. Her husband is a pianist played by Colin Clive. When his hands...

9. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — Two more episodes: The Werewolf is the weakest episode so far. Kolchack gets an assignment to go on a cruise with, coincidentally, a werewolf as a fellow passenger. There isn’t much tension, the werewolf doesn’t look very frightening, and the humor...

8. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — Two more episodes: They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be… has aliens landing in Chicago. There was always humor in The Night Stalker starting with the first made-for-TV movie, but this episode ups the ante. It’s less suspensful than some but a lot of...

7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) NEW — Is this mashup of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island appropriate for an October themed viewing list? I say yes. It’s got some haunted dream scenes plus fights with sharks and an octopus. Close enough for me. It’s hard...

6. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) — My wife and I both loved this show and it was one of the things we bonded over when we met a few years after it had gone off the air. We haven’t seen it in a long time and started up this Kino-Lorber release with a little trepidation. Would it live up to...

5. Frankenstein (2004) — I think I saw this made-for-TV production when it first aired, but I didn’t remember much. And, frankly, there isn’t much to remember here. It’s an ambitious production adhering closely to the book and exploring the questions of how the doctor and the creature became who...

4. Nightmare Alley (1947) NEW — Some years ago, I read and enjoyed the William Lindsay Gresham novel on which this is based. This is the first time I’ve seen the film; although, it’s been in my to-be-watched stack for awhile now. Tyrone Power plays an ambitious carnival worker who joins a...

My sympathies to those in this thread who wrote about losing parents or dealing with aging parents. My dad died a few months ago. He definitely enjoyed movies although most of those we're discussing in this thread would not be to his tastes. Dad was, however, a big fan of Orson Welles and the...

2. The Red House (1947) NEW — This noirish thriller was the Noir Alley presentation for the first weekend of October. Edward G. Robinson is excellent and Delmer Daves is always a solid director, but the story is just too weak for it to be completely successful. It’s worth seeing once but...

We got a late start due to some family obligations, but last night we began with: Misery (1990) NEW — My wife is a big fan of Stephen King, but I’ve only read a few of his books and mostly avoided the movie adaptations. No offense to King whose who has made many people happy with his work, but...

I'm in again, but I don't think I'll be able to watch as many as last year. Got a few things going on at the beginning and end of the month that will cut into my movie watching time.