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I'm gearing up for next month myself, warming up with my customary sampling of The Munsters (though I will definitely be avoiding the atrocious-looking Rob Zombie reboot). On the agenda are several new-to-me late '70s / early '80s movies, combined with the usual assortment of '30s-'60s stuff...

Wow, some of you fellas (Travis, John, Michael, Howie, Jason, Russell Et al) are real monsters when it comes to movie watching...kudos! Here's my list (first time viewings are in bold): 1. Dark Intruder 2. Curse of the Undead 3. Fear No Evil 4a. The X-Files - 8.3 "Patience" 4b. The X-Files -...

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Well, much like many others have mentioned here, I didn't get to several titles on my "to watch" list, but I did finish out with a couple of picks which felt very Halloween-y to me. I'll try and get to some of those other titles on my list next year. :) 26. Abbott and Costello Meet...

Very sorry to hear about the loss of your dad, Suzanne. :(

25. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) Tarantulas, grown five times more venomous, begin massing together in Valley Verde, AZ and start preying upon livestock and then, eventually, humans. William Shatner cowboys it up as a local vet who calls in an entomologist (Tiffany Bolling) from the big city to...

22. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries 1.11 "The Monkey's Paw" Happily retired Mr. White (Cyril Cusack), his wife (Megs Jenkins) and son (a very young Michael Kitchen) are visited by a former army colleague of White's, Sergeant Morris (Patrick Magee), recently returned from long service in India...

Yes, have a safe and fun trip, Malcolm! You too, Michael! Hope everyone else enjoys this coming Halloween weekend. Got Friday off myself, so plan to get a few more fun things watched before the challenge wraps up.

21. The Cat and the Canary (1939) Though I never watched many of them when I was a kid, in recent years I've grown very fond of the "old dark house" movie subgenre, and this is one of the absolute best. Ten years to the day after the death of eccentric millionaire Cyrus Norman, his remaining...

Howie, have you seen the 1977 BBC version, Count Dracula? It is far and away the most faithful adaptation of Stoker's novel. By BBC standards, it is a lush and stylish production, though it was made (as was the fashion of the time) with interior studio scenes shot on videotape and exterior...

20. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) Pretty good late period Hammer horror chiller stars Valerie Leon (who puts the "v" in voluptuous) in dual roles. An archaeological expedition led by Professor Fuchs (Andrew Keir) unearths the hidden tomb of Tera (Leon), an Egyptian "queen of evil" who has...

Sorry to hear that this might be your last go round for the challenge, Bryan...I enjoy your posts. One of the reasons I like participating in the HTF's October challenge is it's relaxed attitude to numbers of films watched. Setting the participation limit at 13 qualifying titles makes this an...

I found the above episodes on YouTube, Gavin.They're missing the opening credits of the show itself, but otherwise seem mostly complete.

16. The Simpsons – 33.3 “Treehouse of Horror XXXII” While perhaps not among the best of the annual Halloween specials, this one still generated many chuckles and a handful of belly laughs (most of them coming during the hilarious pre-credits Bambi parody), so job well done as far as I’m...

15. Ghost Chasers (1951) Unlike The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954), which I tried to watch several years ago and ended up falling asleep every time before I could finish it, I found this entry in the 48 film (!!) series pretty fun in its cheap and cheerful Poverty Row way. Slip (Leo...

12. Spook Louder (1943) Thanks to Tony Bensley for alerting me to the existence of another "scary" Three Stooges short. This one has some really good stuff with Moe, Larry and especially Curly, as the usual inept idiots hired to guard an inventor's mansion from spies dressed up in creepy...

11. Tarantula (1955) This is one of my earliest movie memories. When I was about 4 or 5, I watched this movie on TV and cried when they napalmed the giant spider (yeah, I was a weird kid). I know I must have seen it at least once more in my later childhood/teenage years, but this is the first...

8. Killdozer (1974 TV Movie) An alien asteroid lands on a remote island 200 miles off the coast of Africa, only to be unearthed by a six-man construction crew working there. When one of the workmen tries to dislodge the asteroid with his bulldozer, some kind of inimical alien entity emerges and...

Good stuff, Tony! The two 3D Stooges shorts on Twilight Time's Blu of The Mad Magician are worth the price of the disc alone. Might have to watch "Spooks" again later this month.

7. Alligator (1980) Been a while since I've seen this one. Always been a sucker for a killer croc/gator flick, and this one here is probably best in breed, thanks to a sharp, knowing script by John Sayles, lively direction from Lewis Teague, decent effects, a good cast headed by Robert Forster...

You're right, both of these episodes were pretty gnarly. Not to mention the ratings this show routinely got at that stage. The numbers seem incredible in this day and age of fractured viewing habits. According to Wikipedia, "Patience" had an audience of 13.3 million and "Roadrunners" 13.6...

4. The X-Files 8.3 "Patience" 8.4 "Roadrunners" I loved this show when it first aired, but by season 7 or so I had pretty much tuned out, as it became more and more obvious that creator Chris Carter and his stable of writers were completely winging it with the "mythology" episodes, with no...

3. Fear No Evil (1969 TV movie) Suave psychiatrist and occult expert Dr. David Sorell (Louis Jourdan) is drawn into the case of a young woman (gorgeous Lynda Day) who is being haunted by the image of her recently-deceased fiancée (Bradford Dillman) in an antique mirror. Sorell soon realizes that...

2. Curse of the Undead (1959) The deaths of several young girls plaguing a western town presages the arrival of mysterious gunslinger Drake Robey (Michael Pate), who just happens to be a vampire. When Robey starts nibbling on the neck of pretty ranch owner Dolores Carter (Kathleen Crowley), it's...

First time viewings in BOLD. 1. Dark Intruder (1965) San Francisco, 1890. Bon vivant occult expert Brett Kingsford (Leslie Nielsen) investigates a string of savage, ritualistic murders, seemingly carried out by some beast-like creature. Kingsford soon discovers that the murders are somehow...

I recently picked this Kino Blu double feature myself, Reggie. Been wanting to see these early horror TV movies for a LONG time (always been a sucker for the "psychic investigator" subgenre) Looking forward to finally being able to do so - in HD yet! - next month.

Yep, am most definitely in for another year!