*** Official 10th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge 2009 *** (1 Viewer)

[Ockeghem]

Pete,

I am sorry to hear what you have been going through recently. Please accept my sincere condolences as well.

Russell,

Echoing somewhat what Joe said above ("and while I know you give credit for TV episodes, I just don't feel right in accepting Movie Credit for them"), I too should have a lower total. I watched 42 films (six of these were first-time viewing). Thanks.

 

[Larry Sutliff]

Pete, my prayers and condolences.

 

[Steve Christou]

Pete, my sincerest condolences.

 

[Pete Battista]

Thanks Everyone

 

[Lucia Duran]

Last year I made ultimate splatter head. This year I didn't quite make it, but I had fun anyway! I really enjoy this challenge thanks to all the people who participate and to the man himself who gets it organized. As always, I look forward to another year of scary movies with such great company! Congrats to those who watched TONS of movies!

 

[John Stell]

Originally Posted by Pete Battista

Sorry I didn't do much on this. This past month was terribly stressful for me. My mother got ill and ended up in the hospital so between caring for her and visiting her took most of the first half of the month. We found out that in addition to the 2 lung diseases that we already knew about her lung cancer came back with the addition of breast caner. Unfortunately my mother lost her battle. On the 21st of October she passed away. So between her sickness, her passing away, taking care of arrangements and then the depression I found myself in... the marathon was of course the last thing on my mind.

Pete - Really sorry to hear about your sad news. My best to you and your family, especially considering the holidays are coming up. I hope your fond memories of your mom will soon take the place of the pain.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Sorry for being late but I too wanted to send my condolences to Pete.

 

[PatW]

Pete, I also want to send my condolences. Cancer is such a vicious disease.

 

[Pete Battista]

Thanks everyone... I really do appreciate it.

 

[Bob McLaughlin]

Thanks Russell G for running this thing. I'll be back next year...

 

[Ockeghem]

^^^

Seconded. Thanks a lot Russell for running the Challenge. It's much appreciated by this poster.

 

[TravisR]

I had lots of fun watching movies and reading people's comments all month. I look forward to doing it again next October as well.

 

[Radioman970]

Sorry I've been unable to update my list here. I actually watched a total of 122 this year. Pretty good year! Had fun...but took more time to watch movies and didn't have the time to do all the comments like I normally like to and it became daunting. I have my list and will post it someday.

 

[Ockeghem]

I'm trying to locate the posts that had to do with the Mill Creek Horror Collection (a.k.a. the "Horror 250 Film Pack"). I know I mentioned it last year (I think it was in this thread), and I think some posters owned it and offered their review/thoughts on it. However, I can't locate it with a keyword search.

 

Anyway, I was on Amazon.com today because I wanted to purchase it for the upcoming 11th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge, and it looks like it is currently out-of-stock. Dang. I knew I should have purchased it last year when I was first looking at it.

 

Does anyone own this, and if so, what did you think of it? I think I can track it down via some other outlets. Thanks in advance.

 

[PatW]

Most of those classic movies are on other sets, like 50 movie sets: Nightmare Worlds, Horror Classics, Sci-fi classics. Alot of the movies are "junk" but so much fun to watch. There are some good titles and I watched a few gems for the challenge last year. The video quality varies but generally it's quite rough but certainly watchable. I picked up 3 sets of these (50 movie collections) for under $20.00 last year. Good money spent as far as I was concerned tacky movies and all.

 

[Ockeghem]

Pat,

 

Thanks. I've noticed that most are available elsewhere in multiple sets, but I think I will try to get this set if I can. I know that these will be a lot of fun to watch. The cult aspect of many of these films should be worth the price of admission.

 

Here is a list of the films in the collection, which I pasted from a review. There are so many in this list that I have yet to see!

 

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Alien Contamination (1981)
Alien Species (1996)
All the Kind Strangers (1974)
Alpha Incident, The (1977)
Amazing Mr. X, The (1948)
Amazing Transparent Man, The (1960)
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
Ape Man, The (1943)
Ape, The (1940)
Assignment: Outer Space (1960)
Astral Factor, The (1976)
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops (1961)
Atom Age Vampire (1960)
Atomic Brain, The (1964)
Atomic Rulers of the World (1964)
Attack From Space (1964)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Monsters (1969)
Bat, The (1959)
Bat, The (Silent) (1926)
Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
Beast of Yucca Flats, The (1961)
Black Dragons (1942)
Blood Tide (1982)
Bloodlust (1959)
Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
Bluebeard (1944)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Brain Machine, The (1977)
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1962)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Buried Alive (1939)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (1920)
Carnage (1983)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Chloe, Love is Calling You (1934)
City of Missing Girls (1941)
Cold Room, The (1984)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
Colossus and the Headhunters (1960)
Condemned to Live (1935)
Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977)
Counterblast (1948)
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
Crimes of Stephen Hawke, The (1936)
Crooked Circle, The (1932)
Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)
Curse of the Headless Horseman (1974)
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Day the Sky Exploded, The (1958)
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Death Warmed Up (1984)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Destroy All Planets (1968)
Devil Bat, The (1941)
Devil Monster (1946)
Devil's Daughter, The (1939)
Devil's Messenger, The (1962)
Devil's Partner (1962)
Devil's Sleep, The (1949)
Disappearance of Flight 412, The (1974)
Doomed to Die (1940)
Doomsday Machine, The (1972)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Drums of Africa (1941)
Dungeon of Harrow, The (1962)
Eegah (1962)
Embalmer, The (1965)
Embryo (1976)
End of the World, The (1977)
Eternal Evil (1985)
Evil Brain from Outer Space (1956)
Face at the Window, The (1939)
Face in the Fog, A (1936)
Fatal Hour, The (1940)
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
Frankenstein 80 (1972)
Frozen Alive (1966)
Fury of the Wolf Man (1972)
Galaxy Invader, The (1985)
Gamera the Invincible (1966)
Ghost and the Guest, The (1943)
Ghost Walks, The (1934)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Giant Gila Monster, The (1959)
Giants of Rome (1964)
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
Good Against Evil (1977)
Gorilla, The (1939)
Grave of the Vampire (1972)
Green Eyes (1934)
Hands of Steel (1986)
Head, The (1959)
Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Hercules Unchained (1959)
Horrors of Spider Island (1962)
House of Danger (1934)
House of Mystery (1934)
House of Secrets (1936)
House of the Dead (1978)
House of the Living Dead (1973)
House on Haunted Hill, The (1959)
How Awful About Allan (1970)
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1923)
I Killed That Man (1941)
Idaho Transfer (1973)
Incredible Petrified World, The (1957)
Indestructible Man (1956)
Invisible Ghost, The (1941)
Invisible Killer, The (1941)
Island Monster, The (1954)
Killer Shrews, The (1959)
Killers From Space (1954)
Killers of the Sea (1937)
King of the Zombies (1941)
Kiss Me Kill Me (1971)
Kong Island (1968)
Laser Mission (1990)
Last Man on Earth, The (1960)
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Lion Man, The (1936)
Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)
Long Hair of Death, The (1964)
Lost City, The (Part 1 and Part 2) (1935)
Lost Jungle, The (1934)
Lost World, The (1925)
Lucifer Complex, The (1978)
Maciste in Hell (1925)
Mad Monster, The (1942)
Man with Two Lives, The (1942)
Manfish (1956)
Maniac (1934)
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Manster, The (1962)
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Metropolis (1927)
Midnight Phantom (1935)
Midnight Shadow (1939)
Midnight Warning, The (1932)
Mistress of Atlantis, The (1932)
Mole Men against the Son of Hercules (1961)
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967)
Monster Maker, The (1944)
Monster Walks, The (1932)
Moon of the Wolf (1972)
Murder at Midnight (1931)
Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
Nabonga (1944)
Never Too Late (1937)
Night America Trembled (1957)
Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The (1971)
Night Fright (1968)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night Tide (1961)
Nightmare Castle (1965)
Nightmare Never Ends, The (1980)
Nosferatu (1922)
One Body Too Many (1944)
One Frightened Night (1935)
One Step Beyond - Peter Hurkos Story, The (Part 1) (1960)
One Step Beyond - Peter Hurkos Story, The (Part 2) (1960)
Panic (1976)
Passenger to Bali, A (1950)
Phantom Creeps, The (1939)
Phantom Express, The (1932)
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, The (1956)
Phantom From Space (1953)
Phantom of 42nd Street, The (1936)
Phantom of Soho, The (1964)
Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
Phantom Planet, The (1961)
Phantom, The (1931)
Piranha, Piranha (1972)
Planet Outlaws (1953)
Prehistoric Women (1950)
Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1984)
Purple Death from Outer Space (1940)
Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Radio Ranch (1940)
Return of Dr. Mabuse, The (1961)
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Ring of Terror (1962)
Robot Pilot (1941)
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger: Crash of the Moons (1954)
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger: Menace from Outer Space (1956)
Rogues Tavern, The (1936)
Sadist, The (1963)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Savage Girl, The (1932)
Scared to Death (1946)
Scream in the Night, A (1935)
Screaming Skull, The (1958)
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Shadow of Silk Lennox, The (1935)
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
She-Beast, The (1966)
Shock (1946)
Shot in the Dark, A (1935)
Shriek in the Night, A (1933)
Sisters of Death (1977)
Snow Creature, The (1954)
Snowbeast (1977)
Son of Hercules: The Land of Darkness (1963)
Son of Ingagi (1940)
Sound of Horror (1964)
Star Odyssey (1979)
Strange Adventure, A (1956)
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
Swamp Women (1955)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
Teenage Zombies (1959)
Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)
Tell-Tale Heart, the (1960)
Terror at the Red Wolf Inn (1972)
Terror Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Terror, The (1963)
They (1974)
They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Thirteenth Guest, The (1932)
This is not a Test (1962)
Ticket of Leave Man, The (1937)
Tormented (1960)
Torture Ship (1939)
UFO: Target Earth (1974)
Unknown World (1951)
Vampire Bat, The (1933)
Vampire's Night Orgy (1973)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1961)
Walking Nightmare, A (1942)
Wanted: Babysitter (1975)
War of the Robots (1978)
Warning From Space (1956)
Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Wasp Woman, The (1960)
Werewolf of Washington, The (1973)
Werewolf Woman (1976)
White Gorilla, The (1945)
White Pongo (1945)
White Zombie (1932)
Wild Women of Wongo (1958)
World Gone Mad, The (1933)

 

 

 

[Bob McLaughlin]

Is this going to be the official thread for the 2010 marathon?

 

[TravisR]

I'll start a new thread if no one else does.

 

[Pete Battista]

I am looking forward to attempting it again this year. I failed miserably last year (my mother got ill and passed away last October). But hopefully nothing will stop me this year.... and I do half way decent anyway.

 

[Pete Battista]

Less then a week away now! Has anyone started a thread for a marathon this year? Just wondering if I may have missed it.