Christine (1983)

🔥 40th Anniversary

I broke my "no horror September" rule, because they were playing Christine in theaters for the 40th Anniversary, and my parents had never seen it so I had to take them!! We had a great time and they really enjoyed it! I knew they would 😉

My mom thought it was SO COOL when Christine was on fire driving around; the practical effects with the car(s) are incredibly impressive in this film.

Watched in Theater 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

🔥 35th Anniversary

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

M3GAN (2022)

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Christine (1983)

🔥 40th Anniversary

Can't believe I waited so long to watch this! I kept forgetting it was a John Carpenter movie and passing on it. Who knew a car could be so sinister.

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The Legend of Hell House (1973)

🔥 50th Anniversary

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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

  One of those rare instances where the prequel was better than the original.

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Ghostbusters (1984)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #38

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Hagazussa (2017)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #37

There is a sparse amount of actual dialogue in this film -- it's mostly comprised of stunning imagery and shocking tragedy and suffocating dread.

Watched on Kanopy 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Nosferatu (1922)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #30 🔥 100th Anniversary

Wanted to watch this 100-year-old film for the anniversary this year, but I had to be very careful... because every other time I've tried to watch it... I'vefallenasleep.😅 Almost happened again this time, but I ultimately made it through!

The restoration version I watched was very well done. Here's all the info about the restoration process posted at the beginning of the film:

NOSFERATU was restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Weisbaden in 2005/06. A tinted nitrate print with French intertitles from 1922 from the Cinémathèque Française, Paris, was used as a basis for the restoration.

Missing shots were completed by a safety print from 1939 from Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin/Koblenz, drawn from a Czech export print from the 1920s. Other shots were taken from a nitrate print of the 1930 version, distributed under the title DIE ZWÖLFTE STUNDE [THE TWELFTH HOUR], preserved at the Cinémathèque Française, Paris.

Most of the original intertitles and inserts are preserved in a safety print from 1962 from Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin/Koblenz, originating from a print from 1922.

Missing intertitles and inserts were redesigned on the basis of the original typography by trickWilk, Berlin. They are marked with F.W.M.S.

Watched on Kanopy 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Candyman (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #27

Wanted to rewatch the original before I took a crack at this new one.

Great homage to/continuation of the original. Amazing cast, excellent storytelling, very heavy material.

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Hellbender (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #16

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I'm turning 40 this October!

So to make this Horrorthon extra-celebratory, I put together a list of horror movies released in 1982 that are also turning 40 this year -- then eliminated about half of them: movies I've already seen many many times (The Thing, Poltergeist, Swamp Thing); sequels in franchises I don't intend to watch this round; anything not available streaming or from the library; and the ones that looked boring/stupid, or too grindhouse for me. The end result is a solid dirty-dozen that I hope to make it through this month!

Alone in the Dark
Basket Case
The Clairvoyant (a.k.a. The Killing Hour)
Creepshow
Death Valley
Forbidden World
The Living Dead Girl (La Morte Vivante)
Next of Kin
Nightbeast
Parasite
The Slayer
Tenebrae (Tenebre)

See the final results by viewing the 40birthday tag

Antlers (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #1

OH DANG -- This was good. The monster was epic (love the wendigo), and even though it was only fully revealed in about the last quarter of the film, the horror was appreciable throughout (psychological and sociological). Well done.

Watched on HBO Max 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

King Kong (1976)

  Nothing like a good ol' monster movie, and I hadn't seen this one yet!

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Cursed (2021)

Interesting presentation of the werewolf concept. Atmospheric and brutal period horror, with an adequate amount of story and absolutely lovely cinematography.

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube