Sorry I'm late to the party with an update. I ultimately got to watch far more than the 14 films I'm currently credited with, but far less than I intended to watch (things got busy around here in Oct, and I had to work on Halloween night, as well.
Ratings:
**** Excellent *** Good ** Fair * Poor BOMB The Pits
Fun Factor - an additional rating, for films rated below ***, when overall entertainment value trumps their obvious shortcomings.
First-time viewings in bold.
Final tally, 60 films/26 first-time viewings (with viewing dates added, something I forgot to do at the beginning of this event):
10/01 01. THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964) DVD **1/2 10/01 02. DR. CYCLOPS (1940) DVD *** 10/01 03. CULT OF THE COBRA (1955) DVD **1/2 (Fun Factor: ***) 10/01 04. CHOSEN SURVIVORS (1974) DVD *1/2 (Fun Factor: ***) 10/02 05. YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP (1967) DVD BOMB (Fun Factor: ***) 10/03 06. THE PHARAOH'S CURSE (1956) DVR ** 10/05 07. MAN MADE MONSTER (1941) DVD *** 10/05 08. THE BLACK CAT (1941) DVD ** (Fun Factor: **1/2) 10/05 09. HORROR ISLAND (1941) DVD *** 10/05 10. GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR (2007) DVD ***1/2 10/05 11. THE PHANTOM FROM 10,00 LEAGUES (1955) DVD *1/2 (Fun Factor: **1/2) 10/07 12. THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955) DVD **1/2 (Fun Factor: ***) 10/07 13. 28 DAYS LATER (2002) DVD **** 10/07 14. 28 WEEKS LATER (2007) DVD ***1/2 10/09 15. KONGA (1961) DVD BOMB (Fun Factor: ***1/2) 10/09 16. THE FURY (1978) DVD *** 10/10 17. NIGHT MONSTER (1942) DVD *** 10/10 18. CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN (1943) DVD **1/2 (Fun Factor: ***) 10/10 19. WITCHCRAFT (1964) DVD *** 10/10 20. JOY RIDE (2001) DVD ***1/2 10/10 21. BERSERK (1967) DVR *1/2 (Fun Factor: **1/2) 10/11 22. THE DEADLY MANTIS (1957) DVD ** (Fun Factor: **1/2) 10/11 23. THE LAND UNKNOWN (1957) DVD **1/2 (Fun Factor: ***) 10/11 24. THE LEECH WOMAN (1960) DVD *1/2 (Fun Factor: **) 10/11 25. DEVILS OF DARKNESS (1965) DVD *** 10/11 26. THE CLAIRVOYANT (1934) DVR *** 10/11 27. A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN (1945) DVR **1/2 10/11 28. CORRUPTION (1967) DVR ** 10/12 29. FRANKENSTEIN VS. BARAGON (1965) DVD **1/2 (Fun Factor: ***1/2) 10/13 30. THE REAPING (2007) DVD *1/2 10/15 31. NEAR DARK (1987) DVD ***1/2 10/15 32. BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1971) DVD *** 10/16 33. MANEATER OF HYDRA (1967) DVD * (Fun Factor: ***) 10/17 34. MR. VAMPIRE (1985) DVD ***1/2 10/17 35. THE VAMPIRE (1957) DVD *** 10/17 36. THE RETURN OF DRACULA (1958) DVD *** 10/17 37. GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES (1961) DVD ** (Fun Factor: ***) 10/17 38. POLTERGEIST (1982) DVD ***1/2 10/17 39. THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1970) DVD **1/2 10/20 40. SOMETHING EVIL (1972) DVR *** 10/21 41. ALLIGATOR (1980) DVD *** 10/22 42. TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972) DVD *** 10/23 43. THE GIANT CLAW (1957) DVD BOMB (Fun Factor: ***1/2) 10/24 44. CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN (1955) DVD ** (Fun Factor: ***1/2) 10/24 45. THE LOST WORLD (1960) DVD BOMB (Fun Factor: ***) 10/24 46. VAULT OF HORROR (1973) DVD **1/2 10/25 47. THE FLY (1958) DVD *** 10/26 48. PHANTASM (1978) DVD *** 10/26 49. THE UNDYING MONSTER (1942) DVD **1/2 10/26 50. ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU (1957) DVD ** (Fun Factor: ***) 10/26 51. THE WEREWOLF (1956) DVD *** 10/27 52. CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1963) DVR **1/2 10/28 53. MY SON, THE VAMPIRE (1952) DVR * 10/28 54. EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN (1987) DVD **** 10/29 55. ARMY OF DARKNESS (1993) DVD **** 10/29 56. FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (1973) DVD *** 10/30 57. CUJO (1983) DVD ***1/2 10/30 58. SOUL OF A MONSTER (1944) DVR **1/2 10/30 59. THE FLESH EATERS (1962) DVR *** 10/31 60. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) DVD ****
Travis R 123 (29) Russell G 119 (99) Michael Elliott 103 (65) James Perry 82 (?) Martin T 82 (31) John Stell 80 (9) Mario Gauci 72 (69) Peter Fitzgerald 60 (26) Jason Roer 58 (48) Rick Spruill 46 (26) Steve Gon 45 (34) Michael GH 45 (34) Garrett Lundy 42 (32) Joe Karlosi 42 (5) Christopher B 40 (28) Bob Turnbull 34 (31) John Rice 33 (19) Brian Kissinger 31 (29) Jeff Reis 31 (27) Marc Fedderman 31 (25) Chucky P 31 (7) Brook K 30 (24) Sandro 30 (22) Eric Schulz 30 (19) Malcolm R 25 (13) Jacob McCraw 20 (13) Tim Tucker 17 (12)
We're still on track for our November 16th date. We were at the premiere for Lions For Lambs on Sunday night and thought that would have been an awesome opportunity for an early arrival for our son - particularly at the after party (sorry Robert, it's our party now!), but alas, the young lad decided to stay in his warm, amniotic home. We just felt fortunate that he didn't decide to come earlier in the day when we would have had to try and cross town during the marathon to get to the hospital! Yikes!
Jaden Elijah Roer was born on November 24th at 3:08pm where he promptly took his first piss all over everybody, beginning what I hope to be a life filled with practical jokes and mischief! He weighed 7lbs 14ounces and was 19.75 inches in length. He's an absolutely amazing young lad. We love him dearly.
Congrats to you, John, on your healthy arrival! It's an exciting time!