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***Official 19th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge 2018*** (1 Viewer)

John Stell

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1. Watch 13 Scary/Horror/Halloween-Themed films, etc. from midnight October 1, 2018 through on October 31, 2018 (use your own time zone to set the ending time).

2. Theatrically released films and short features count as 1 point each. Running times are irrelevant. TV specials (e.g. "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!") and individual episodes of anthology TV series (e.g. "The Twilight Zone") also count as 1 point each. For episodic TV series, 2 hour-long episodes (e.g. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") count as 1 point and 3 episodes of 30 minute-long episodes (e.g. "The Munsters") count as 1 point.

3. Two of the 13 films, et.al. must be new discoveries, movies you've never seen before. The point of this is to see those few movies you've always meant to see, but never got around to. Please specify new discoveries in your film list by making them bold, adding asterisks, different colors, etc.

4. Come here and talk about 'em.

5. There is an uber-category, the Ultimate Splatter Challenge for those who wish to put all of the rest of us to shame. This is the heavyweight division. These people, if they choose to accept the challenge, must view 31 horror/scary/Halloween themed movies before dawn on Nov. 1st. Ten new discoveries are recommended for this one. The rest of us will bow down in awed reverence to these truly "Splatterific" HTF members. The bragging rights will be awesome and long lived.6. What movies qualify? If you wanna include it, go for it. There will be no hairsplitting. If The Wizard of Oz sends you to the dresser for a fresh pair of boxer shorts, all the power.At the end of the challenge, the totals will be added up based on the point system outlined in number 2 above.

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I just get the DVD's from the library
If mine had that I'd risk screaming right there in from of the mean 80 year old liberry lady! lol I think it's a safe blind buy. I don't pay for any kind of shows/movies like a dish or netflix. I like getting stuff to watch over and over.
 

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Anyone looking for Christmas-themed horror?

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Better Watch Out B+

On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.

A pretty good twist on the babysitter-stalked-by-psycho/home invasion type of film, with good performances from the leads.
 

John Stell

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I know I'm a little early for 2019, but are people up for this again? I see Michael Elliott hasn't been around since Christmas Eve last year so I'm not sure if he's coming back for this year's challenge. I don't mind "running" it again unless someone else wants to do it.
 

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Same here. I'm hoping to participate. There are some personal things going on right now interfering with movie watching, but I'm hopeful there will be a resolution well before October begins.
 

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I know it's early but I went ahead and created this year's thread. Really have Halloween on the brain already and have started watching Halloween stuff like the 100 Years of Horror set. Today I'll binge on the original Scooby-Doo: Where Are You? in honor of the hound's 50th anniversary today.
 

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