***Official 3rd Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge*** (1 Viewer)

[Justin_S]

Okay, one of you guys tell me how to post those little red stars, and I'll post my full list with the star ratings. Thanks!

 

[JohnS]

Justin,
In your edit section, with the smiles, there should be an icon for a star

 

[Rob Lutter]

Well... watched 3 scary movies on Halloween night bringing my total to 18. I really enjoyed the thread and I hope that next year I can pull 31
FINAL LIST:
1. Red Dragon *
2. Se7en
3. Sleepaway Camp *
4. Jason X *
5. Sleepaway Camp 2 *
6. Blade II
7. Sleepaway Camp 3 *
8. Last House on the Left*
9. Near Dark*
10. Halloween
11. A Nightmare on Elm Street: Part 3
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street: Part 2
13. The Ring*
14. The Wicker Man*
15. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
16. The Shining
17. From Dusk Till Dawn*
18. A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

[Brian Kissinger]

Well, I fell a couple films short for the ultimate challenge. And Ghost Ship doesn't really count as I saw it today. Oh well, I still far surpassed my original goal.
Here is my master list, with my ratings of the various films. These are on a four star rating.

Sight Unseens
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) :star: :star: 1/2
Kwaidan (1965) :star: :star: :star:
Carnival of Souls (1962) :star: :star: 1/2
Night of the Demon (1957) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Fiend Without a Face (1958) :star: :star: 1/2
The Old Dark House (1932) :star: :star:
White Zombie (1932):star: :star: 1/2
The Wicker Man (1973):star: :star: :star: :star:
Cube (1998) :star: :star: :star:
Black Christmas (1974) :star: :star: :star:
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
The Vanishing (1988) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Angel Heart (1987) :star: :star: :star:
The Ring (2002):star: :star: :star:
The Sentinel (1976) :star: :star: :star:
Martin (1978) :star: :star: 1/2
Brotherhood of the Wolf :star: :star: :star:
The Stuff :star: :star:
Ghost Ship :star: :star: 1/2
Other Movies
Jaws :star: :star: :star: :star:
Return of the Living Dead:star: :star: 1/2
The Thing(1982) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Thir13en Ghosts(2001) :star: :star:
Resident Evil :star: :star: 3/4
House :star: :star: :star:
Deep Blue Sea :star: :star: 3/4
Fallen :star: :star: :star:
Evil Dead :star: :star: :star: :star:
Evil Dead II :star: :star: :star: :star:

 

[Justin_S]

Okay, I made it to 42, which I think is pretty damn good. I finished my Carpenter-a-thon, and then I caught TERROR TRAIN on FMC, and guess what.... it was in widescreen! Hopefully a DVD isn't too far away!
1) THE HITCHER
2) VIDEODROME
3) HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS
4) RED DRAGON
5) IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
6) GINGER SNAPS
7) BRAIN DAMAGE
8) HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH
9) THE HILLS HAVE EYES
10) AUDITION
11) WOLFEN
12) THE RING
13) SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
14) FRAILTY
15) THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
16) JEEPERS CREEPERS
17) CARNIVAL OF SOULS
18) THE BLOB remake
19) THE NIGHT FLIER
20) HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER
21) PHENOMENA
22) EVENT HORIZON
23) IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE
24) THE BIRDS
25) STIR OF ECHOES
26) BELOW
27) GHOST SHIP
28) HELLRAISER HELLSEEKER
29) BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2
30) NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
31) BRUISER
32) THE FUNHOUSE
33) NEW YORK RIPPER
34) PHANTASM III
35) THE THING (Carpenter's)
36) HALLOWEEN
37) PRINCE OF DARKNESS
38) THEY LIVE
39) THE FOG
40) CHRISTINE
41) GHOSTS OF MARS
42) TERROR TRAIN

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Tonight I watched an absolutely retarded flick called The Mangler 2 and...
Oh wait...it's November...
Never mind.

 

[Seth Paxton]

Screw that Scott, I'm counting 'em still. I need all the time I can get since I missed by about 10 films.
I did just watch Queen of the Damned (arghh) and have Blade 2 sitting in the house.
They count dammit. I will not be denied.
Oh, who cares really. No one's listening by this point anyway.

 

[Mitty]

Before this thread fades away into the past, let me just say THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to those who took part in the challenge, yes, even those who fell short of their 'ultimate' goals.
ULTIMATE SPLATTER-HEADS
Peter M. Fitzgerald
Brian Lawrence
Justin_S
Scott Weinberg
Matt Stone
Walt Riarson
OCTOBER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE COMPLETED
Donald W*
Jim_K*
Mitty
Lew Crippen
Rob Lutter
Ross Williams
Brian Kissinger
Rich Tysinger
Brook K
JohnS
*Some of you may have completed the U.S.C., but I can't tell exactly. Jim_K for instance made his last post on the 28th just one shy of 31. If I've shortchanged you (or worse, accidently missed you completely) after all your effort, please let me know.
Other Participants*
Seth Paxton
Jake Grove
Patrick McCart
Dome Vongvises
Jeff Bannow
Scott Bell
Bruce Hedke
eric holm
*Again, some of you may have completed the challenge, but I can't exactly tell, as your tallies aren't necessarily clear within your posts (Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, Paxton), or you haven't updated in a while. Lemme know if I've slighted you.
Anyhoo, this year's challenge was a smash success, the best one yet by a wide margin; easily the most participants we've ever had and the liveliest discussion. A big thank you to the newer members who participated for the first time, and those who returned yet again.

 

[Mitty]

BTW, WRT a Christmas/Holiday Challenge ("The 12 Movies of Christmas (My True Love Gave to Me)" - I like it!), we'll see. If one of you dudes (Scott Weinberg, JohnS, or anyone) wanna start one, that'd be cool. I don't have a patent (yet) on movie challenges.

 

[Walt Riarson]

Sorry for not checkin' back with you, Mitty. I've been so busy lately, I'd actually forgotten to check back in and I had to think back at some of the titles I watched in the last couple of days to fill the quota...ended up going over by one, to my surprise.
My intended list and this final list are surprisingly different (I only got to view one of my three annual Halloween tradition movies...i'll save Black Christmas for Christmastime.) A couple of movies that I intended to buy, I ended up not buying and a couple of impulse buys also found their way on to my list. Also, the various horror marathons on TV helped me along (they had some great stuff on this year!) All channels should be applauded.
Anyway, here's my final tally.
1. The Dead Zone (ND)
2. Halloween II
3. Scream and Scream Again (ND)
4. Deranged (ND)
5. Motel Hell (ND)
6. Jason X
7. Jason Goes to Hell
8. Masque of the Red Death
9. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
10. Shock Waves (ND)
11. Silence of the Lambs
12. Red Dragon (ND)
13. Suspiria
14. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
15. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Audition (ND)
17. The Ring (2002)(ND)
18. Ghost Ship (ND)
19. The Evil Dead
20. The Wolf Man
21. Sisters
22. Madman
23. Hellraiser
24. Last House on the Left
25. Empire of the Ants
26. The Exorcist
27. The Blair Witch Project
28. Christine
29. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
30. Halloween (tradition)
31. Friday the 13th Part 3
32. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Final Tally = 32
Sorry for the late post!

 

[JohnS]

I really had fun with this Halloween challenge.
next year I will accomplish alot more.
Maybe have the X-mas/holiday movie challenge run through Jan 1st, to include any New Years Eve type movies(i.e. 200 Cigarettes)
12 films watched(mostly first time)- x-mas movies standard
25 films watched(mostly first time)- ultimate challenge
too bad there aren't more x-mas movies like there are Halloween films.(unless I'm not thinking right, going to look on IMDB now)

 

[Seth Paxton]

For some reason I ended up spending a lot more time with other films during the month.

I did just catch Blade 2 which was not bad. Still, it represents yet another "horror" film that I saw that was really only action.

My list was:
In the Mouth of Madness
Prince of Darkness
* Red Dragon
* The Ring
* Queen of the Damned
* Blade 2
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Frankenstien
Se7en

4 new, 5 old

Not bad, but I easily watched 30 films this month, they just weren't horror. Couldn't catch the mood I guess.

 

[Brian Kissinger]

I just wanted to pop in here and give thanks to Mitty. This challenge got me to watch many movies that I've been meaning to get to, but just never have. And I had a lot of fun doing it.

 

[Lew Crippen]

I’ll add my thanks to Brian’s. Good job, Mitty.