Ghost Story (1981)

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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

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The Shrine (2010)

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The Uninvited (2009)

  Some good ghost-out-of-the-shadows creeps, but otherwise nothing special.
  The teenage lead actress was dull.

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The Blob (1958)

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The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)

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Witchboard (1986)

Nothing to write home about with this one, but an interesting thing happened with my dog while watching: She reacted more to this movie than I've ever seen her react to anything on the television before, lol. Specifically to the "David" ghost voice scenes, and the graveyard with the dog barking the whole time. She was very concerned 🤔😆

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Annabelle (2014)

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I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

I'll tell you the same thing that was told to me: Don't look up anything about this movie, don't watch the trailer, just go into it cold with no information and no expectations.

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTubeNOPE  

Silent House (2011)

Thanks to Reddit & FB groups decrypting the vague recollections I posted, I was directed to this movie that I misremembered as High Tension (wow they're very different).

I'm glad I was able to watch this again, it's disturbing but very good. The directorial style is really cool, surreal, disorienting, frightening, and Elizabeth Olsen gives a fantastic performance.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

I'm now among the throngs of horror fans who were unimpressed with this remake. The recasting of Freddy didn't bother me -- it was inevitable with an aging Robert Englund -- but their casting choice was poor, IMO. Jackie Earle Haley is not physically imposing, nor does he have the commanding screen presence necessary for the role. His voice isn't quite right either, and the strange choice to voiceover all his lines made it sound like an announcer on a movie trailer, and along with this iteration of Freddy's stiff lips/facial deformities, the dub didn't always sync up or look like he was saying the words, giving the impression of a muppet talking. This Freddy's face "design" is just plain not scary enough, not sinister enough, not enough inherent malice, especially compared to the original Freddy.

As far as actual content, this film just had a bunch of "homages" to the original series (Freddy stretching through the wall; Freddy's claw hand in the bathtub), along with other horror movie cliches (boy startles girl by climbing in her bedroom window; someone hiding in closet from killer), and was lacking the overall imagination of the original(s), which had the absolute wackadoo dream scenarios and Freddy's sardonic wisecracks. This remake also leaned too hard into the pedophile/molestation aspect of the story and it got cringey.

The only cool part was the hallway that turned into a blood pool, swallowed Rooney Mara's character Nancy, and spit her out of the ceiling in another room in an explosion of blood.

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Mara (2018)

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Trick or Treat (1986)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #47

Halloween night, final movie of October Horrorthon 2023!

This was better than I expected! (what I expected was an 80's trainwreck, lol)  I would actually watch this again sometime.

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Host (2020)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #46

I was skeptical, but WOW this one packs a pretty good punch once it gets going.

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House of the Long Shadows (1983)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #45 🔥 40th Anniversary

Very Scooby-Doo 😆 but can't really go wrong with that cast of legends.

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Borgman (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #44 🔥 10th Anniversary

This movie is bizarre and frustratingly ambiguous, but I couldn't stop watching.

The story progression is similar to a fairy tale, and many elements seem to be right on the periphery of folklore: Borgman perching on Marina while she's sleeping, giving her nightmares; the implication of men shapeshifting into dogs; children being lured and assimilated.

By the end of the film, there are no definitive answers, and surprisingly that didn't bother me. The ghoulish undertakings of this seemingly-supernatural group of transients were but a means-to-an-end, and they accomplished their goal and move on.

The conclusion is surreally matter-of-fact and satisfying -- there's no "why" offered because there doesn't need to be.

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Influencer (2022)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #43

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The Conspiracy (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #42 🔥 10th Anniversary

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The Deadly Spawn (1983)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #41 🔥 40th Anniversary

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