October fun: 31 days of Horror, Blood, Guts and Gore! (and zombies, too....) - Page 23

Ok guys, I'm in..I'm going to post the movies as I watch them though. I haven't made it yet but it's always a fun try!.

Just saw this if interested... http://www.epixhd.com/channel/schedule/

House of the Devil is awesome! Great to see the bad guy from Manhunter/Robocop 2 getting work again as a creep!

i dont know if i am a big fan of Elvira, but she does have her good points.

Epix has really been showing a lot of stuff I like lately.

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Had to reply to this thread just so the post count didn't read "666" anymore ;-)

No, actually I'm planning on giving this a shot in October and have loaded up my Netflix account with a bunch of horror stuff in preparation.

This is Fangoria's list of the "Best 101 Horor Movies You've Never Seen". I have seen a lot of these but there are many I have not seen, and even a few I haven't heard of. I can't vouch for the quality of any of these but I thought I'd post the list to give people some ideas for movies they haven't seen yet!

FANGORIA'S 101 BEST HORROR MOVIES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
•1. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) Alfred Sole
•2. Alone in the Dark (1982) Jack Sholder
•3. Apt Pupil (1998) Bryan Singer
•4. Horror of Death [The Asphyx] (1973) Peter Newbrook
•5. Aswang [The Unearthing] (1994) Wrye Martin and Barry Poltermann
•6. Baby Blood [Evil Within] (1990) Alain Robak
•7. Bay of Blood (1971) Mario Bava
•8. The Beyond (1981) Lucio Fulci
•9. Beyond the Door (1974) Ovidio G. Assonitis and Robert Barrett
•10. Black Christmas (1974) Bob Clark
•11. The Blob (1988) Chuck Russell
•12. The Boneyard (1991) James Cummins
•13. The Borrower (1989) John McNaughton
•14. Brain Damage (1988) Frank Henenlotter
•15. Castle Freak (1995) Stuart Gordon
•16. Cemetery Man (1994) Michele Soavi
•17. The Changeling (1980) Peter Medak
•18. Cherry Falls (2000) Geoffrey Wright
•19. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) Siu-Tung Ching
•20. Christmas Evil (1980) Lewis Jackson
•21. Cronos (1993) Guillermo del Toro
•22. The Day of the Beast (1995) Ãlex de la Iglesia
•23. Day of the Dead (1985) George A. Romero
•24. Lighthouse [Dead of Night] (1999) Simon Hunter
•25. The Dead Pit (1989) Brett Leonard
•26. Dark Waters (1993) Mariano Baino
•27. Deathdream (1974) Bob Clark
•28. Death Machine (1995) Stephen Norrington
•29. Deep Rising (1998) Stephen Sommers
•30. Def by Temptation (1990) James Bond III
•31. The Dentist (1996) Brian Yuzna
•32. Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974) Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby
•33. The Devil's Backbone (2001) Guillermo del Toro
•34. The Devil's Daughter [The Sect] (1991) Michele Soavi
•35. Dolls (1987) Stuart Gordon
•36. Event Horizon (1997) Paul W.S. Anderson
•37. The Exorcist III (1989) William Peter Blatty
•38. From Beyond (1986) Stuart Gordon
•39. Funny Games (1997) Michael Haneke
•40. Ginger Snaps (2000) John Fawcett
•41. Hardware (1990) Richard Stanley
•42. Hell Night (1981) Tom DeSimone
•43. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) John McNaughton
•44. Santa Sangre [Holy Blood] (1989) Alejandro Jodorowsky
•45. Horror Express (1972) Eugenio MartÃ*n
•46. Humanoids from the Deep (1980) Barbara Peters and Jimmy T. Murakami
•47. I Spit on Your Grave (1978) Meir Zarchi
•48. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Philip Kaufman
•49. Jack Be Nimble (1993) Garth Maxwell
•50. Jack's Back (1988) Rowdy Herrington
•51. The Keep (1983) Michael Mann
•52. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) John 'Bud' Cardos
•53. The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Ken Russell
•54. The Last House on the the Left (1972) Wes Craven
•55. The Legend of Hell House (1973) John Hough
•56. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) Richard Blackburn
•57. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974) Jorge Grau
•58. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) John D. Hancock
•59. Luther the Geek (1990) Carlton J. Albright
•60. Manhunter (1986) Michael Mann
•61. Maniac (1980) William Lustig
•62. Maniac Cop 2 (1990) William Lustig
•63. Motel Hell (1980) Kevin Connor
•64. Mother's Day (1980) Charles Kaufman
•65. Mute Witness (1994) Anthony Waller
•66. Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993) Christophe Gans and Brian Yuzna
•67. The Night Flier (1998) Mark Pavia
•68. Night of the Comet (1984) Thom Eberhardt
•69. Night of the Creeps (1986) Fred Dekker
•70. The Ninth Gate (1999) Roman Polanski
•71. Nomads (1986) John McTiernan
•72. Open Your Eyes (1997) Alejandro Amenábar
•73. Opera (1987) Dario Argento
•74. The Other (1972) Robert Mulligan
•75. Paperhouse (1988) Bernard Rose
•76. Pin... (1988) Sandor Stern
•77. Prison (1988) Renny Harlin
•78. Private Parts (1972) Paul Bartel
•79. Pumpkinhead (1988) Stan Winston
•80. Rabid (1977) David Cronenberg
•81. Rampage (1987) William Friedkin
•82. Ravenous (1999) Antonia Bird
•83. The Resurrected (1992) Dan O'Bannon
•84. Screamers (1995) Christian Duguay
•85. The Sender (1982) Roger Christian
•86. Session 9 (2001) Brad Anderson
•87. Shadow Builder (1998) Jamie Dixon
•88. Sisters (1973) Brian De Palma
•89. The Stepfather (1987) Joseph Ruben
•90. Stir of Echoes (1999) David Koepp
•91. Strange Behavior (1981) Michael Laughlin
•92. Swamp Thing (1982) Wes Craven
•93. Ticks (1993) Tony Randel
•94. Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971) Amando de Ossorio
•95. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) Herschell Gordon Lewis
•96. The Ugly (1997) Scott Reynolds
•97. Urban Ghost Story (1998) Geneviève Jolliffe
•98. The Vanishing (1988) George Sluizer
•99. Wendigo (2001) Larry Fessenden
•100. When a Stranger Calls (1979) Fred Walton
•101. Immortality [The Wisdom of Crocodiles] (1998) Po-Chih Leong

I have only seen 8 of those on the list!!!!!

One day i might want to work from it, right now, not belonging to any rental service, i am gonna stick with movies in my dvd collection at home and new stuff that comes out in October in the theaters plus maybe something on tv that i havent seen. I dont mind though, as i always love to go thru my dvd collection (which is about 100 horror dvd's), because October gives me a chance to look at almost 1/3 of my collection.

Except for one title that I'm just not 100% sure about, I've seen every one of the movies on that list! Thankfully, channels like CHILLER, THE MOVIE CHANNEL, and HDNET MOVIES will provide some new fodder. And I'll have to get new video releases. (I'm surprised that TRICK 'R TREAT isn't on the list.)

It's not on the list because it's too popular. Re-read the title of the list.

Too bad she won't shutup while the movie is running. Totally ruined Night of the Living Dead.

Thanks for the list -- forgot about Apt Pupil. That's a great movie! I'm adding that to my list for this year.

For those willing to take a walk on the Strange side try Little Otik

It's not hollywood but worth a watch.

Yea, "Little Otik" is definitely a little strange.. but brilliant.

Hey if you are interested it doing any swaps for movies I have you want to see shoot me a PM and we can discuss. I have a couple imports on blu, Pontypool and The Cave, another hard to find gem Rawhead Rex (SD DVD) so let me know.

Rawhead Rex, I have not seen that since the late 80's!

Truly impressive, Joel! You are a hardcore horror fan!

I am probably going to be away a few days the first week, so i may have a slow start, but i will do my best!!!

Also, the more i think about it, with Saw 7 coming out on Oct 29th, the six days prior to that i will probably watch Saw 1 thru Saw 6, then go see Saw 7 in the theater.

Hard to believe October is almost here. Seems like it was just a few months ago we were doing this last year.

Gonna be fun, glad we have the usual group back, and i hope we get some new guys with us.

I wouldn't call it popular. There are films on that list that are far more popular and well-known. Some have even been remade! But I know absolutely no one who has ever heard of, much less seen, TRICK OR TREAT.
Not a knock against the movie...but it certainly wouldn't be out-of-place on the list.

A Thursday midnight start is most definitely in my plans. I don't know exactly what my movie choice will be, but a trip to the Blockbuster horror section should do the trick nicely.

Guys, the anticipation for the start of this thing is really killing me right now. I had an argument with myself just last night because I was 2 seconds away from tossing Red Dragon into the PS3.

Wizzack, what's a "Zombie Walk"?

I'm with ya, I had to watch Robin Hood last night instead of falling victim to my urge to watch Night of the Living Dead

There's a zombie train that goes from Sac to Folsom here in Nor Cl but it is too far for me. Sounds like fun thought, I've heard of zombie walks... should be sweet.

So I'm still organizing what I want to watch when but here's what I have so far at the top of my bb queue:

1 Man Bites Dog
2 Dark Water
3 Left Bank
4 Inferno
5 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
6 A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
7 Splice
8 Frozen
9 Severance
10 The Human Centipede
11 Splatter Undead
12 Hostel
13 Sick Nurses

And at home in random order:

14 Suspiria
15 Creepshow
16 Trick R Treat
17 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
18 The Midnight Meat Train
19 Seven
20 The Amityville Horror
21 The Shining
22 Halloween (1978)
23 Halloween (2007)
24 House of 10000 Corpses
25 Event Horizon
26 Return of the Living Dead
27 An American Werewolf in London
28 30 Days of Night
29 Sweeney Todd
30 The Exorcist
31 ??????

Actual list viewed to-date:
1. Return of the Living Dead 1985 - Rating 3/5. My first zombie movie as a kid, saw it when I was about 12 and to this day it is campy and fun. The wife didn't appreciate it but oh well. Friday night was a late start so we just got the one in.
2. Man Bites Dog - Rating 3/5 - Interesting movie and very original.
3. An American Werewolf in London - Rating 5/5 - My all time favorite werewolf movie, nothing else comes close in my book.
4. Hostel - Rating 4/5 - I remember enjoying this one less the first time around but it was actually done very well.
5. Amityville Horror (2005) - Rating 3/5 - I enjoyed this remake and like both the leads. I just got my bluray copy so it was nice to see and hear this in a way I hadn't before.
6. In The Company of Wolves - Rating 4/5 - I'd never seen this before so wasn't sure what to expect but I found it to be very original with some excellent fx and creature creations for its time.
7. Se7en - Rating 5/5. And no I did not plan this it just ended up being what I reached for...weird. Ok, so maybe not a "horror" movie but it is a dark movie with psychologically disturbing content and some graphic images so I felt it was a good fit. I'd also been itching ti watch it since I got it on blu. 5/5, excellent film.
8. Splice - Rating 1/5 - Terrible and stupid all in the same low budget looking CGI. Ejected after 40 minutes of rolling my eyes at the creature and the blond from Dawn of the Dead who was terrible in this.
9. Nightmare on Elm St. (2010) - Rating 2/5 and that's generous. What a failed opportunity to add some new visuals to the dream world, up the gore factor, and add something fresh to the story... fail.
10. The Midnight Meat Train - Rating 4/5. Great cast, great gore, and although most complain about the end that was what sold this movie for me, never saw it coming.
11. The Exorcist (1973) - Rating 5/5 - Amazing to me how well this holds up after almost 40 years. Truly creepy, shocking, and all around classic horror. First time viewing for 2 guests we had over... one left the room half way through. Great stuff!
12. Dark Water (2002) - Rating 1/5 - What a stupid movie with good trailers.
13. Frozen - Rating 4/5. After you get past the stupid victims that don't have a shred of survival knowledge or even caught an episode of Bear Grylls it really delivers on the tension and suspense. Highly recommended!
14. La Horde (The Horde) - Rating 2/5. Pretty weak considering the quality of horro we've come to expect from the French.
15. Suspiria - Rating 4/5. High marks to this for amazing sets, use of colors and sound fx/music that combined create a fantastically creepy atmosphere for the film.
16. Inferno - Rating 2/5. This movie just did not do it for me. I really wanted to like it for all the reasons I love Suspiria but the acting was worse and I just couldn't get into it.
17. Lake Mungo - Rating - 2/5. The story was told well and it had some creepy moments but it just didn't deliver them hard enough towards the end to bring it to a proper climax.
18. Creepshow - Rating 4/5. Classic and campy I just love this movie, the music is great and the monster in the crate gave me nightmares when I saw this in the theater as a child.
19. Rawhead Rex - Rating 3/5. I really have no idea how I found this one but it's another that I kinda crew up with and it's really pretty cheesy but I'm a sucker for monster movies (especially the ones with no CGI) and at the time this one seemed to be pretty violent and had a few scares.
20. Triangle - Rating 5/5. This is just brilliant film making, no other way to put it.
21. Sweeney Todd - Rating 5/5. I love the music, the dark humor, the story, everything in this is just brilliant.
22. Sick Nurses - Rating 1/5. Pretty weak on story scares and gore.
23. Night of the Creeps - Rating 3/5. Fun movie with some humor and goof gore, I can see why it's a classin among so many.
24.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - Rating 4/5. How ca you go wrong with "Gunny" then Biel with those jeans painted on, and a chainsaw massacre... what's not to love?
25. Halloween (2007) - Rating 4/5 - Another case where I really enjoyed this remake, the added past was nice and the extra violence helped make Michael scary again IMO. Solid effort.
26. The Shinning - Rating 5/5. This is a little slow but was just crafted perfectly. This has been a classic in my house for many years, excellent stuff!.
27. REC - Rating 4/5. Not as original as Pontypool for the zombie genre but close and very very well done although I think I may have enjoyed the sequel even more.
28. House of 1000 Corpses - Rating 4/5. The only thing that holds this back for me is some of the terrible work done by Sheri Moon, other than that I loved this movie!
29. Henry: Portrait of Serial Killer - Rating 4/5. Great movie and a seemingly realistic look into the disturbing logic of a sick mind.
30. The Devils Rejects - Rating 3/5. Not a bad movie and pretty much what you'd expect to happen after HOATC but still fairly weak by comparison.

As you guys have seen, i have made lists, but then i change them.

I guess that outsides of watching my 13 Masters Of Horror dvds, and the six Saw movies (because of 7 coming up in the theaters), i am just gonna play it by ear for the rest.

I'm going to go all B&W horror movies for 31 days at 1 per day. I'll list day by day, and I'm really going to try and make it this year!!.

The B&W concept is interesting, have fun.

As i figured, we are gonna be gone 3 days the first week in October, so i will get behind early. I cant drive myself nuts over this, so i will just watch as many as I can. No matter what, this is tons of fun.

Or you could simply watch any horror movie you want and turn your color controls down to zero.