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You're welcome. I do hope one of the top four (hint, hint) watchers will oversee things next year. I'm just getting lazier as I get older. I still want/need to go through and read each and every post. But between my job, my family (after getting home I'm usually taking one of my kids to...

Here is the list based on what summaries participants posted. First time viewings are in parentheses. Please post corrections, updates, etc. and I'll update accordingly. Michael Elliott 167 (136) Travis R 148 (2) Ruz-El 135.5 (119) BobO'Link 133 (42) John Stell 109 (15) Robert Crawford 88 (46)...

Now I have to make time to read 46 pages of comments and tabulate the scores. I'll have the tally up by the end of the week.

Rating out of a possible 4 105) 10/31/2022 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! (1966) All time greatest Halloween special. beautifully animated and cleverly constructed. Snoopy is a hoot and a half. Still love it after what must amount to over 50 viewings through the years. 106)...

Rating out of 4 098) 10/30/2022 Halloween (1978) Still the finest mad slasher (if you want to label it as such) there is, with a focus on style, suspense, and mood instead of graphic violence as substitute for all of the above. Michael Myers' motivations can only be guessed at, as no...

Rating Out of 4 Bold denotes first every viewing 089) 10/29/2022 The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) 1/2 Boris Karloff is delightfully sinister as Dr. Fu Manchu, evil genius, who wants several artifacts that once belonged to Genghis Khan. With them he can create a new world empire. Campy, racist...

Rating out of 4 Bold is first ever viewing 086) 10/28/2022 The Bat (1959) 1/2 A mysterious villain known as the Bat terrorizes writer (who has rented a country estate) and her guests. He's looking for over a million in stolen cash possibly hidden within. But who is the killer? Vincent Price...

Rating out of 4 083) 10/27/2022 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Director Francis Ford Coppola's visually dazzling retelling of the classic novel boasts a great opening 45 or so minutes followed by a good 80. Gary Oldman as Dracula nails the classic lines; the use of shadow in the castle is...

Rating out of 4 080) 10/26/2022 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) The best version of the famous story of brilliant doctor who separates the good and evil within himself, eventually unable to control the beast he's unleashed. Outstanding, Oscar-winning performance by Fredric March as the title...

Rating out of 4 077) 10/25/2022 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) 1/2 Thieves break into the wrong crypt and free Larry Talbot, who escapes and starts ripping out throats again. After escaping from a hospital (and a murder charge), he tracks down gypsy woman Maleva, who thinks Dr...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 074) 10/24/2022 Dracula's Daughter (1936) Dracula's offspring thinks her father's death means she'll be free to live a normal life. When that idea falls through she seeks the help of renowned psychiatrist, who happens also to be helping Professor Von Helsing with...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 071) 10/23/2022 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Classic sequel to a classic original features Karloff's monster learning to speak as villainous Dr. Pretorious forces Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate for the Monster. Great performances and memorable monsters...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 062) 10/21/2022 Man in the Attic (1953) 1/2 A remake of 1944's The Lodger, with Jack Palance playing title character who may be Jack the Ripper, taking up residence in a boarding house and flirting with resident showgirl. Palance...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 060) 10/20/2022 Halloween (2018) After spending 40 years at Smith's Grove mental hospital, Michael Myers is about to be transferred to a new facility. Of course, he escapes and heads back to Haddonfield. But Laurie Strode...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 058) 10/19/2022 The Blancheville Monster (1964) 1/2 As her 21st birthday approaches, young woman returns to her castle home, bringing her boyfriend and his sister along. There she learns from her brother that their father did not...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 044) 10/14/2022 The Mummy (1959) Hammer combines elements from both the 1932 Karloff classic and the 1940s Kharis series for this handsome remake. Peter Cushing is one of the team that is cursed when they find the body of...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 041) 10/13/2022 The Black Cat (1934) "The phone is dead. Even the phone is dead." What a great line! Karloff plays evil Satanist whose old pal Lugosi shows up looking for the wife and daughter Karloff "stole". Also visiting is a...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 038) 10/12/2022 The Raven (1963) Reclusive wizard Vincent Price is lured by magician Peter Lorre to castle of evil sorcerer Boris Karloff. Karloff wants Price's magical abilities; culminates in rousing, humorous final duel. More chuckles than chills here but...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 032) 10/10/2022 The Raven (1935) Bela Lugosi is at his batsh*t craziest as brilliant surgeon who has a major Poe fixation. He falls in love (or some facsimile thereof) with the woman whose life he saved. But her father won't hear of it, so Lugosi plots a...

No movies for Friday night or Saturday since I took the family to Williamsburg for Howl-O-Scream® at Busch Gardens. We did the 5 mazes, saw the 4 shows, rode some 'coasters, and had a very expensive lunch. Then we showed up at the Wendy's like everyone else in Williamsburg did at just after...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 021) 10/06/2022 The Walking Dead (1936) The last of director Michael Curtiz's horror trilogy (after Dr. X and Mystery of the Wax Museum) is his best. Boris Karloff plays ex-con framed and executed for the murder of the judge who sentenced him. Luckily associates...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 018) 10/05/2022 The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) Philip Winthrop shows up at his fiancee Madeline Usher's family home wondering what's become of her. He learns from brother Roderick that she is ill, plagued by a family malady, or curse, that would make...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 014) 10/04/2022 The Legend of Bigfoot (1975) Beast-hunter Ivan Marx documents his search for the legendary creature in this questionable record of his efforts. Maybe if this were 1975 and I had just walked out of this, I would...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 011) 10/03/2022 Cemetery of Terror (1985) 1/2 Three bored couples steal the body of a serial killer from the morgue and revive him via ancient text. He comes back from the dead and resumes his killing spree. Meanwhile his doctor...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 007) 10/02/2022 Curse of the Headless Horseman (1972) No Man inherits ranch from his uncle but can keep it only if he makes a profit running it. He brings along a bunch of his stoned pals to help out. Then a headless horseman...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 004) 10/01/2022 Tales of Halloween (2015) Enjoyable collection of 10 Halloween-set shorts whose sum is greater than the total of the individual parts. Highlights include the ultimate lawn decoration battle between two neighbors...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 003) 10/01/2022 Attack of the Monsters (1969) Alien pair kidnaps two young pals and brings them to planet Tera, where monster Guiron, with its razor-sharp schnoz, watches over things. Luckily, superhero monster Gamera — the giant, flying turtle — is watching over...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 001) 10/01/2022 Sleepy Hollow (1999) Director Tim Burton's take on the famous tale of Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and the Headless Horseman. Here Crane is science-driven detective in 1799 New York who's sent by boss Christopher...

This website (Halloween Movies TV Schedule) has lists of horror films airing on various stations: https://www.halloweenmoviesontv.com/

T - Theatrical Viewing B - Blu Ray Viewing D - DVD Viewing R - DVD-R Viewing S - Streaming C - Broadcast TV Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 001) 10/01/2022 B Sleepy Hollow (1999) 002) 10/01/2022 B All Hallows' Eve (2013) 003) 10/01/2022 D Attack of the...