***Official 8th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge*** (1 Viewer)

[Jason Roer]

My son is due in November too! What's your due date? We're due November 16th. I was also thinking it would be a pretty cool thing to have me a Halloween son. It's already my favorite holiday so that would be pretty awesome.

Cheers,

Jason

 

[Chucky P]

Well, here we go again!

First Time Viewings in BOLD

October 6
1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
2. The Monster Squad (1987)
3. Frankenstein VS Baragon (1965)
October 4
4. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
October 11
5. Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
October 13
6. MST3K Show #206 Ring Of Terror (1990)
7. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
8. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
October 14
9. Doctor X (1932)
10. Dracula (1931)
October 16
11. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
October 17
12. The Fly (1958)
October 18
13. Return of the Fly (1959)
October 19
14. Curse of the Fly (1965)
October 20
15. Hangover Square (1945)
October 21
16. Dracula (1958) AKA Horror of Dracula
October 22
17. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
October 23
18. Death Proof (2007)
October 24
19. Planet Terror (2007)
October 25
20. Frankenstein (1931)
October 26
21. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
October 27
22. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
23. Mad Love (1935)
24. The Devil-Doll (1936)
25. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
26. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
October 28
27. MST3K Show #206 The Unearthly (1991)
28. Red Eye (2005)
October 29
29. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
October 31
30. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
31. Scars of Dracula (1970)

 

[Jeff Reis]

Count me in...I'll try for 31 but I'm lucky to get in 13 movies of any kind in a month lately.
I'll probably track/rate TV shows and shorts but obviously won't "count" them for the challenge.

First time viewings in orange. 5 Star Scale

1) 10/1 The Prowler (1981) :star: :star:
2) 10/1 Cult Of The Cobra (1955) :star: :star:1/2
3) 10/2 Witchfinder General (1968) :star: :star: :star: :star:1/2
4) 10/3 Hatchet For The Honeymoon (1970) :star: :star: :star: :star:
5) 10/4 The Burning (1981) :star: :star:1/2 (demoted from 3 stars after further consideration)
6) 10/8 Visiting Hours (1982) :star: :star:1/2
7) 10/9 Horror Island (1941) :star: :star:1/2
8) 10/10 The Food Of The Gods (1976) :star: :star: :star:
9) 10/10 Friday The 13th (1980) :star: :star: :star:1/2
10) 10/11 Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) :star: :star:
11) 10/15 The Breed (2006) :star: :star:1/2
12) 10/16 Night Train To Terror (1985) :star:1/2
13) 10/16 Return Of The Blind Dead (1973) :star: :star: :star:
14) 10/17 The Earth Dies Screaming (1965) :star: :star:1/2
15) 10/18 Eaten Alive (1977) :star: :star: :star:1/2
16) 10/18 Gorilla At Large (1954) :star: :star:1/2
17) 10/24 Tales From The Crypt (1972) :star: :star: :star: :star:
18) 10/25 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) :star: :star:1/2
19) 10/25 Planet Terror (2007) :star: :star: :star: :star:1/2
20) 10/26 Baron Blood (1972) :star: :star: :star:
21) 10/26 Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988) :star: :star:
22) 10/27 Die, Die My Darling (1965) :star: :star:
23) 10/27 Diary of A Madman (1963) :star: :star: :star:
24) 10/28 Them! (1954) :star: :star: :star:1/2
25) 10/28 Man Made Monster (1941) :star: :star: :star:
26) 10/28 Zombies Of Mora Tau (1957) :star: :star:
27) 10/30 Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) :star: :star:1/2
28) 10/30 Death Curse Of Tartu (1966) :star:1/2
29) 10/31 Lisa And The Devil (1973) :star: :star: :star:
30) 10/31 Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982) :star: :star: :star:1/2
31) 10/31 Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (2006) :star: :star:1/2

 

[Ruz-El]

awww! this could be the best challenge ever with babies being born! Congrats guys, and I hope it all goes well

So does anyone have any plans on what they are starting with? I'm thinking the "Hellraiser" series for me. I haven't seen the 1st 2 in years, and I don't think I ever saw past the fourth.

 

[John Stell]

Or Jason, or Michael, or maybe Boris!

 

[John Stell]

Hey, congrats to you and yours Jason. Technically the due date is November 28, but there are complications which may necessitate an early C-section. My father-in-law's birthday is Oct 31, so we already have a Halloween baby in the family!

 

[John Stell]

I think I'll start out with anthologies - the recent Tales From the Crypt/Vault of Horror double feature and From Beyond the Grave. I'd also like to revisit Dr Terror's House of Horrors (on R2 DVD) which is my favorite of them all. I know I'll be watching the Phantasm series sometime in October (never seen parts 3 and 4).

 

[TravisR]

I was thinking about watching in a roughly chronological order (starting in the 1930's and go forward). I'd watch all of the Dracula Legacy set as opposed to jumping between that and movies from the Frankenstein set or I'd watch all the Friday The 13th movies in a row instead of putting The Thing or Poltergeist in there. Of course it'll probably take two or three days until I change my mind and I'll be all over the place.

 

[Ruz-El]

I usually always watch all the series like that in Chrono order. I'm definitely doing Hellraiser this year, and maybe "Nightmare On Elm Street", though I'll probably skip the first one since I watched it last year

 

[Radioman970]

Count me in! But a word of warning: I have a yearly Horrorthon. Last year I watched 133 flicks. And that was a bad year. Heh! The year before it seems like it was 145. This year's goal is 140. I should be able to beat that. Some of my choices might be questionable though. We'll see. Btw, I usually keep track of mine on rottentomatoes.com's forum. I'll cut & paste to this thread. With all this movie watching and review writing it'll be tough to partake in conversation over 2 threads on 2 different boards. That's the only problem. :frowning: Well, that and trying to keep from playing Oblivion next month. That'll be hell!

I'm very random with my movie watching in October so it doesn't get old. I go with whatever flick I'm "feeling" at the time I choose. This year I bought an overabundant supply of slasher flicks. Not a bad thing as far as I'm concerned. I do watch series in chron order myself.

 

[Garrett Lundy]

Monster Squad... haven't seen it in 20+ years and rented it last week from Netflix. Its been quite the trial of will to not watch it until monday.

I wonder if "wolf nards" is still funny?

 

[Radioman970]

Absolutely Friday the 13th part 1. But I'll be watching that one first thing tomorrow afternoon. So that doesn't count. Not sure what I'll watch on monday.


Garret, I have Monster Squad as well. A wonderful 2-dvd set! I haven't seen it since the 80s when it hit cable. I remember loving it.

 

[Michael Elliott]

I'll start off with various silents but the first has to be FRANKENSTEIN (1910).

 

[Greg Black]

I'm still disappointed with my performance last year. I was off to a good start, but after three unsuccessful attempts to watch Scream 3, I lost all desire to watch anything for two weeks. That really destroyed my enjoyment of the Challenge. However, I will attempt to make up for that this year. Can't wait for Monday!

 

[Garrett Lundy]

sweet! Netflix has mailed me Call Of The Cthulhu, the silent film I've been waiting 2 years to see (a 2004 film done in 20's style), this along with Descent is going to make this an awesome monday/tuesday.

 

[JohnRice]

Might have to give Cthulhu another try. I fell asleep last time.

 

[Rick Spruill]

Official 8th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge Totals

First time viewings in RED:


1. Cult of the Cobra (1955)
2. Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
3. The She-Creature (1956)
4. The Black Cat (1941)
5. Horror Island (1941)
6. The Slime People (1963)
7. Captive Wild Woman (1943)
8. Night Monster (1943)
9. Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
10. Bride of the Monster (1955)
11. Man Mad Monster (1941)
12. The Vampire (1957)
13. She Demons (1958)
14. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
15. The Woman Who Came Back (1945)
16. Beginning of the End (1957)
17. Son of Dracula (1943)
18. One Body Too Many (1944)
19. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
20. The Earth Dies Screaming (1965)


Total - 20
Total 1st Time Viewings - 13

 

[Martin_T]

I'm back to enjoy the challenge again. Hopefully this year I will not get so bored/distracted and have a better year than last year.

I am planning on doing at least 10 from my VHS collection, another 10 from my Laserdisc collection, and at least 31 new ones that I have not seen before.

Rating scale 0.01 to 10.0

001. The Prophecy (1995) 6.8
002. The Prophecy II (1998) 3.4
003. The Prophecy 3 (2000) 3.6
004. Dawn Of The Dead (2004) 7.0
005. The Messengers* 4.4 (01 of 31 new viewings)
006. Vamp 4.0
007. Creepshow 3* 1.8 (02 of 31 new viewings)
008. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein 4.5* (03 of 31 new viewings)
009. After Dark: The Gravedancers* 4.8 (04 of 31 new viewings)
010. Brutal 3.9 (05 of 31 viewings)
011. Pinata: Survival Island 1.0 (06 of 31 new viewings)
012. The Living Dead Girls 3.6 (07 of 31 new viewings)
013. Silent Scream (2005) (08 of 31 new viewings)
014. The Birds 7.0
015. Birds II: Land's End 2.1 (01 out of 10 VHS viewings)
016. Count Yorga Vampire 2.8 (09 of 31 new viewings)
017. The Retrun Of Count Yorga 3.3 (10 of 31 new viewings)
018. Deep Red (Director's Cut) 7.8
019. The Host (Korean 2006) 3.0 (11 of 31 new viewings)
020. Alien (Director's Cut) 7.5
021. Shadow Puppets 5.2 (12 of 31 new viewings)
022. Masters Of Horror: The Black Cat 5.5 (13 of 31 new viewings)
023. Dracula 2000 5.5
024. Dracula 2: The Ascension 4.0
025. Isolation 5.8 (14 of 31 new viewings)
026. Masters Of Horror: The Screwfly Solution 8.0 (15 of 31 new viewings)
027. Angst 4.4 (16 of 31 new viewings)
028. Silent Hill 4.7
029. Valentine 4.9
030. Curse II (02 of 10 VHS viewings)
031. The Johnsons 7.8
032. Masters Of Horror: Right To Die 6.8 (17 of 31 new viewings)
033. Love Object 5.5 (18 of 31 new viewings)
034. Witch Trap 5.3 (03 of 10 VHS viewings)
035. Bats (with commentary) 5.0
036. The Crawling Eye 4.5
037. Rawhead Rex 3.5 (01 of 10 Laserdisc viewings)
038. Scanners 3 4.9 (02 of 31 Laserdisc viewings)
039. Chopping Mall 4.0 (04 of 10 VHS viewings)
040. The Surge 1.8 (19 of 31 new viewings)
041. Tales From The Darkside: The Movie 4.5
042. Wrong Turn 5.0
043. Masters Of Horror: Fair Headed Child 3.8 (20 of 31 new viewings)
044. Prophecy (1979) 3.5
045. The Lost Boys 4.9
046. Hatchet For The Honeymoon 4.0 (21 of 31 new viewings)
047. Bloody Mary 4.5 (22 of 31 new viewings)
048. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4.5
049. A nightmare On Elm Street 2 2.9
050. Halloween II 5.8
051. Dead Alive 7.4
052. The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant 3.3 (23 of 31 new viewings)
053. The Thing With Two Head 2.0 (24 of 31 new viewings)
054. Blood For Dracula
055. Halloween 4: The Return Of Micheal Myers 4.5
056. Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Micheal Myers 4.6
057. Halloween 6: The Curse Of Micheal Myers 5.0
058. The Wolf Man (1941) 6.5
059. Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man 4.5 (25 of 31 new viewings)
060. The She-Wolf Of London 4.0 (26 of 31 new viewings)
061. The Werewolf Of London 3.7 (27 of 31 new viewings)
062. The Card Player 4.0 (28 of 31 new viewings)
063. She Creature 5.4
064. Twists Of Terror 4.7 (05 of 10 VHS viewings)
065. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 5.3
066. A NIghtmare On Elm Street 4 4.3
067. A Nightmare Of Elm Street 5 4.0
068. Cut 4.2 (06 of 10 VHS viewings)
069. Candyman 5.7
070. Dolly Dearest 3.5 (03 of 10 Laserdisc viewings)
071. Hellraiser III (unrated) (04 of 10 Laserdisc viewings)
072. Leviathan 5.1 (05 of 10 Laserdisc viewings)
073. Session 9 5.6
074. Halloween H20 4.4
075. Halloween Resurrection 4.0
076. The Darkroom (29 of 31 new viewings)
077. Dead Silence (Not Rated) (30 of 31 new viewings)
078. Lifeforce 5.8 (06 of 10 Laserdisc)
079. The Black Cat (Lucio Fulci) 1.8 (7 of 10 VHS viewings)
080. Demon Of Paradise 2.6 (8 of 10 VHS viewings)
081. Zombie Island Massacre 1.0 (9 of 10 VHS viewings)
082. Student Bodies 7.5 (10 of 10 VHS viewings)

 

[John Stell]

Put up the Halloween decorations this weekend, and started watching very late last night. Finished up Hammer's Mummy films.

001) 10/01/2007 The Mummy's Shroud (1966) :star::star:

Routine Mummy outing offers yet another Mummy legend with yet another Mummy (this time a king's slave) avenging the tomb desecration of his master. Virtually a remake of The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), but it has Andre Morell and, especially, Michael Ripper to keep it watchable. Good death sequences especially brutal this time out.

002) 10/01/2007 Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971) :star::star:

Based on Bram Stoker's "Jewel of the 7 Stars," a group of explorers find the tomb of an evil queen who then takes over the body of one of the member's new-born daughter. Years later the queen knocks off the members as she prepares for total possession of the (now) young woman's soul. Starts out well but becomes an all too familiar stalk-and-kill mummy movie. Final shot is quite memorable, though. Better than the 1980 version of the story, The Awakening

 

[Jeff Reis]

First time viewings in orange. 5 Star Scale

1) 10/01 The Prowler (1981) :star: :star:
I had seen bits of this and read all about it as a kid in Savini's great book Grande Illusions, but I never watched the whole thing until now. Savini's effects are indeed excellent but too few and far between. Ultimately it's way too slowly paced and uneventful to be the unheralded slasher classic that some seem to consider it to be.