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21 new for me. Wow. I watched more this year than last, but it felt like less as there were so many I wanted to watch but just didnt get to. The month flew by.

I guess im in the minority in not really caring for the 2018 Halloween. I have the same issue with it that others have recently stated about the 78 version. You have to sit through the first hour to get to the inevitable showdown at Lauries house. The 78 builds tension with Michaels stalking...

10/31 37. Dracula, Spanish version (1931) - First time viewing - *** Same sets and basic story, well acted, very enjoyable and much better than a lot of the older films I watched this year, but seems kind of lackluster in a direct comparison with the Browning/Lugosi film. 38. Dracula (1931)...

10/30 34 Asylum (1972) - **** 35 From Beyond the Grave (1974) - first time viewing - ***1/2 Two of the series of twilight zone-ish british anthology films with 4 stories each, as well as a wrap around story for each. Asylum is the stronger of the two, played as straight horror. A...

10/30 33. Roald Dahl's the Witches (2020) - first time viewing - **** I had high expectations for Nic Roeg's version of this and remember finding it just OK. So I had minimal expectations for Zemeckis' version and was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed this one. Octavia Spencer is...

10/28 32. The Man With Two Brains (1983) - ***** After a rough day at work I needed something lighter ro watch. Yes, its a comedy, but its got a mad scientist, disembodied brains and murder. Steve Martin plays a recently widowed brain surgeon slowly going insane because his new bride...

10/26 31. The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) - first time viewing - *** A rich Count dies and leaves his estate to his nurse, triggering a legal battle between her and the counts brother over the will. Soon after his death however members of both parties begin to die and the evidence points...

10/26 29. Tarantula (1955) - first time viewing - **** A 1950s giant creature feature. A solid entry in the genre with a pretty straight forward plot and likeable characters. But what really stands out are the effects. Sure, there are a few scenes where they obviously imposed a close shot...

10/25 27. Army of Darkness (1992) Directors cut - ***** One of my all-time favorite movies. First theres the nostalgia aspect. I was a kid in the 70s and grew up watching Jason and the Argonauts on TV and films like the Golden Voyage of Sinbad theatrically. So an entire army of skeletons...

10/24 26. Night of the Demons (1988) - *** A group of teens hold a party at an abandoned funeral parlor and awaken a demon. Possession and mayhem ensues. I saw this theatrically and remember really liking it. It starts out cheesy, but fun, and shifts to creepy well. The makeup is cool and...

10/23 25. Scream and Scream Again (1970) - first time viewing - **1/2 This movie has a lot of interesting moments but is so all over the place that the pieces dont add up to a satisfying whole. It starts as a murder mystery, then after a ridiculously long and not very exciting chase it morphs...

10/21 24. The Wolfman (2010) - **1/2 I remember liking this when it first came out, so I recorded it when I saw it on one of the cable channels the other day. I now understand the criticism. This hasnt aged well. The final battle is still a hoot, but the rest of the film feels really...

10/19 21 & 22 Childs Play 2 (1990) - **** Childs Play 3 (1991) - *** Childs Play 2 keeps it simple but adds a lot more Chucky. A little mystery, suspense and a few cheesy kills all leading to a terrific final act in the Good Guys production facility loaded with gags, each one...

10/19 20. Meatball Machine (2017) - first time viewing - **** Somehow I stumbled across this on amazon prime and it looked interesting. Alien parasitic necro borgs are hiding in rivers in Japan, waiting to latch on to humans, creating cyborgs who grow organic drills, saws and cannons and...

10/17 18. Shaun of the Dead (2004) - **** A fun take on the zombie film. I hadnt seen it since the days of dvd but i bought the edgar wright triple feature 4k on prime day this week. I remembered it being really funny, wich it still is. Especially the dart gag. But I had forgotten how...

10/15 17. Mark of the Vampire (1935) - first time viewing - **1/2 When a man is found dead with the mark of the vampire on his neck in Prague, the local Vampire expert and the chief of police are called in to solve the case before dawn. This turned out to be more of a procedural/mystery than...

10/14 16. The Lighthouse (2019) - first time viewing - **1/2 I think this movie is a character study about Robert Pattinson going insane. The first 50 minutes we witness Pattinson patiently endure a miserable season at an isolated lighthouse. Willem Defoe, his foreman berates him and will...

10/14 15. Schlock (1971) - **** John Landis and Rick Baker's first film, an homage to ape movies, and B movies in general. The missing link thaws out in Southern California and goes on a killing spree before falling in love with a blind girl who thinks hes a dog. It starts as a dark comedy...

10/13 14. Reanimator (1985) - **** Another 80s gem I hadnt seen since VHS days. I bought the Arrow blu ray last year and was saving it for the challenge. When Herbert West, who has come up with a reagent that brings animal tissue back to life, decides to experiment on human cadavers things...

10/13 13. The Reptile (1966) - First time viewing - *** This is a fine little hammer picture. In the opening scene a man finds a note in his home and runs to the mansion across the moors only to be bitten by a creature and die the black death. His Brother soon moves into the mans cottage...

10/12 11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1979) - **** This one really creeped me out as a kid. Havent seen it in years. As an adult Im much more appreciative of the cinematography. This is just a visually stunning film. A classic. 12. The Green Slime (1969) - first time viewing - ***...

10/11 10. The Beast Must Die (1974) - first time viewing - * This appears to be a British film, but the cheesy disco score, poor direction, bad acting, poor make up and general lack of action or effects makes it feel like a television movie. This is also a cheap gimmick movie. The opening...

10/9 9. The Crazies (1973) - first time viewing - *** A military plane crash in rural Pennsylvania contaminates the water supply of a nearby town, causing citizens to become homocidal and insane. The military arrives declaring martial law and quarantines the entire town. A small group of...

10/7 8. Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018) - first time viewing - ** A new kid at a british boarding school, who is crushing on the hot girl of course, has to deal with bullies, suicide and general oddity. Until Fracking on the schools grounds unleashes some giant mutant subterranean molerat...

10/6 6. Monsterland episode 6 Palacios Texas - first time viewing - ** A Hulu original series. In this episode a man who suffered a chemical accident while helping clean an oceanic oil spill finds a mermaid washed up on the beach. The first 2/3 of the hour long show was quite boring with...

10/4 6. The House on Haunted Hill (1959) - first time viewing - **** Vincent Price invites 5 strangers to spend the night in a haunted house. If they survive they will receive $10,000 each. Price also has 3 dead wives and he and his current wife seem to want to kill each other. The first...

10/4 4. The Invisible Man (1933) - first time viewing - **** Somehow I had never seen this before. Id seen clips of it and am plenty familiar with the iconic image of Rains in his bandages, but had never actually watched this. What a treat. Wonderful sets and images, like the scene shot...

Oct. 3 3. Willow Creek - First time viewing - 2.5* A young woman indulges her boyfriends bigfoot obsession by helping him film a documentary for his birthday. We get to see the footage. The first half of the film is a fun, quirky but respectful look at the bigfoot obsessed community...

2) Leviathan (1989) *** I havent seen this since its theatrical run 31 years ago and was curious how it would hold up. The first 15 minutes were rough with an overly dramatic suit malfunction and Daniel Stern's poorly written and embarrassing portrayal of stock character "horny frat guy."...