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    The "Horror Movie Challenge"

    Cool thing on Facebook that can work for all of us here. Just share which movie applies for the day!

    Feel free to catch up as needed.


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    OCTOBER 1st - THE SHINING
    OCTOBER 2nd - CUJO
    OCTOER 3rd - PHANTOMS

    and now, for OCTOBER 4th - SNOWBEAST (1977)
    A Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes.



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    1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    2. Manhunter (1986)
    3. The Crazies (2010) kind of counts. Not too many horror films made in Iowa. Or movies in general.
    4. Um...n/a for now.
    5. American Psycho (2000)
    6. Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
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    OCTOBER 5th - THE BABADOOK
    Horror movie directed by a female



    OCTOBER 6th - The Devil's Rejects
    Horror movie with clowns

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    I'll do this next year. Already had a plan this year though. This is fun!

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    Quote Quoting Skitch (view post)
    I'll do this next year. Already had a plan this year though. This is fun!
    Same here. Mine is to be swamped with work and spend my time envying having the work-life balance to watch a movie a day.
    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    Same here. Mine is to be swamped with work and spend my time envying having the work-life balance to watch a movie a day.
    Its easy dude! Just skip sleep! I've been working 50+ weeks lately, chasing kids and sports, and still fitting in almost 2 a day.

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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    Same here. Mine is to be swamped with work and spend my time envying having the work-life balance to watch a movie a day.
    Not sure I've watched more than 5 movies at home this year.

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    I'm not watching any of these, mind you. Just playing along cause its fun.

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    Quote Quoting Skitch (view post)
    Its easy dude! Just skip sleep! I've been working 50+ weeks lately, chasing kids and sports, and still fitting in almost 2 a day.

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    Seriously, when I'm genuinely tired, trying to watch a movie puts me to sleep immediately. And I've found it is action sequences that do it faster.
    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

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    Quote Quoting Winston* (view post)
    Not sure I've watched more than 5 movies at home this year.
    As a primary school teacher, I'm surprised you've managed five.
    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

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    Listening Habits at LastFM

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    OCTOBER 7th - HORROR COMEDY
    Gremlins 2: The New Batch


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    What I would watch if I were doing this:

    Favorite: The Vanishing
    Year I was born: The Wicker Man
    Set in the state I was born: Phantasm
    Features regional cryptids: Incident at Loch Ness
    Female director: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
    Clowns: Poltergeist
    Horror Comedy: Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn
    Adapted from a Book: The Shining
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    My list if I were doing this

    1. John Carpenter’s the Thing
    2. Firestarter
    3. Lords of Salem
    4. Tremors
    5. American Psycho
    6. Killer Clowns from Outter Space
    7. Cabin in the Woods
    8. 30 Days of Night
    9. I saw the Devil
    10. Stung
    11. The Howling
    12. The Mangler
    13. Children of the Damned
    14. Army of Darkness
    15. PASS!!!!!!!!!!
    16. Marrowbone
    17. Pyewacket
    18. Southbound
    19. April Fools Day
    20. Dolls
    21. Pandorum
    22. Night of the Living Dead
    23. Trick R Treat
    24. Slender Man
    25. PASS!!!!!!!!!!
    26. Maniac
    27. Maniac
    28. High Tension
    29. Backcountry
    30. The Ruins
    31. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
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    For me (not necessarily the best film in each category, but the one I would most want to sit down and watch right now). I have tried to restrict it only to movies I have seen before (except the two *)

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    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

    Stuff at Letterboxd
    Listening Habits at LastFM

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    Features a serial killer or masked killer: seems like a good place to add Halloween.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Not sure where I'd place it in the challenge, but we watched Terrifier late last week, after the trailer made the killer come off as legitimately unnerving. And honestly, the actor playing Art the Clown--a professional mime--imbues the silent character with real discomfort. Unfortunately, the film never bothers to invest us in any of the female leads, who all have the flattest of one-dimensional traits and then suffer through some absolute brutality, with the script moving us across characters without any real purpose. There's an almost-Psycho moment where the film resets our protagonist, but it doesn't come off as a helpful move, and instead feels like a decent short that's pushed to (barely) feature length (which I think it was).
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    The King of Pigs - 7

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    OCTOBER 8th: Adapted from a book or graphic novel


    I remember really digging this at one point. I have a feeling a revisit would not be a good thing.

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    OCTOBER 9th:
    Features a serial killer or masked killer



    Can this be considered horror?

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    OCTOBER 10th:
    Features insects or pests



    One of my faves as a kid. The end scene with a massive spider taking on Jeff Daniels could only be enjoyable to a kid, right?

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    Quote Quoting Ezee E (view post)
    OCTOBER 8th: Adapted from a book or graphic novel


    I remember really digging this at one point. I have a feeling a revisit would not be a good thing.
    It's bad. Great comic though.

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    Quote Quoting Ezee E (view post)
    OCTOBER 8th: Adapted from a book or graphic novel


    I remember really digging this at one point. I have a feeling a revisit would not be a good thing.
    I saw it before I read the graphic novel, and it seemed... fine?

    Then I read the graphic novel, which is one of the best comics ever written.

    So it may be best to leave well enough alone...

    ...and watch Craven's Swamp Thing instead!

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    Oh was I supposed to post a movie daily? and not my list all at once?
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    Insects/Pests: The Fly

    Either one, I suppose.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    Oh was I supposed to post a movie daily? and not my list all at once?
    Daily opens up for discussion I guess.

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