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.

Watched on Kanopy 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Conspiracy (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #42 🔥 10th Anniversary

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Dark Skies (2013)

🔥 10th Anniversary

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

There Are Monsters (2013)

🔥 10th Anniversary

I was super-skeptical at the beginning of this movie -- it's very obviously low-budget, and I'm not big on the found-footage subgenre generally. Turned out to be totally worth watching. The filmmaker(s) understood horror and it showed.

Watched on YouTube 👁️ Trailer on Vimeo  

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Conjuring (2013)

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Open Grave (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #32

  This was good. Not exactly what I expected.

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Scary Movie V (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #31

This came up in my Netflix surfing, so I figured what-the-hell 🤷 I've only ever seen up thru #4. It was just ok -- a few good laughs, but otherwise unremarkable.

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Purge (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #23

  Terrifying combination of horror and social dystopia.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Evil Dead (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #38

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Watched on Bluray (borrowed) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube