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.

Watched on Screambox 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Cobweb (2023)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #18 🔥 Release Year

What a complex story. Very Gothic feel in a modern setting. Lizzy Caplan was great (if you haven't seen her as a young Annie Wilkes in the Castle Rock series, you should). Though in the end, I think they revealed a little too much of the monster -- the CGI face kind of ruined the vibe of an otherwise scary humanoid nightmare creature.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #9 🔥 20th Anniversary

  20th anniversary showing in theater!
  Just as much of a wild & crazy ride as I remember, lol.

There was an introduction by Rob Zombie, in which he says the house they used was the same one from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, so I'm gonna have to check that out.

Watched in Theater 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween Kills (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #41

Finished off my Halloween franchise marathon this year with the current release.

I have to say: I'm not impressed with the direction they went on this one. Disappointing after the strong 2018 remake.

Watched on Peacock TV 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween (2018)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #40

  Rewatching in preparation for Halloween Kills.

Watched on Bluray (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #8

  I don't think I've actually seen this before.
  I don't think I'll ever watch it again, either. 💩

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #7

I always liked this one. The Return of Jamie Lee Curtis!
Not the greatest version of Michael Myers, but they put in a lot of good jump scares, which (for me) makes up for it.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #6

We have arrived in the 90's! Arguably the least popular film of the franchise, they went full-out occult conspiracy in this one.

But it wasn't that bad! There's honest-to-goodness Paul Rudd in here! This is also the point where they started to grunge-up Michael's mask (go figure), making his whole presence even more sinister.

This was one of Donald Pleasence's final films, and we were all so lucky to have had him involved throughout so much of the franchise.❤️

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #5

Dr. Loomis cracking up, and finally goes off the deep end in disturbing and catastrophic fashion.

...and in case u haven't guessed by now: Yes, I'm starting my Horrorthon off strong this year with a mini-marathon of the Halloween franchise, then the new one in theaters later in the month.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #4

Back on track! Turns out: Michael and Loomis were NOT burned to death in a fiery explosion at the hospital back in 1978! 😱

This one's rough because he's after his little niece, and she's so messed up from it. Also, the kids at her school are dicks! and isn't that bad enough without your boogeyman uncle trying to kill you?! Gets me right in the feels.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #3

Ah yes, the Halloween movie that actually has nothing to do with the Halloween franchise (at least how it continued after), and Michael Myers isn't even in it. Not sure what they were thinking with this one.✱

✱My horror-movie-friend informed me that they were attempting to make the Halloween franchise more of an anthology with this release -- not built around a central character, but standalone stories that occur on Halloween night. I had never heard that before, so I looked it up and that is indeed true! Apparently the plan did not go over well, audiences were confused, so they nixed the anthology series idea. (find out more: The Untold Truth of John Carpenter's Halloween)

Those masks are sweeeeeet, tho. Like, who doesn't want all three of those?!

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween II (1981)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #2 🔥 40th Anniversary

I always liked how this one picked up the storyline immediately the same Halloween night as the first film. This sequel was not directed by John Carpenter, but manages to keep the tone of the original (Carpenter listed as producer).

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #40

  My own personal Halloween night tradition.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #34

  Annual Halloween night tradition 🎃

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Rob Zombie's "Halloween" (2007)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #26

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #48 🔥 40th Anniversary

Wrapping up a successful Horrorthon with the traditional Halloween-night-viewing 🎃🔪

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Night of the Demons (1988)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #32 🔥 30th Anniversary

  Have never seen this one before! So far, so 80's...

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Halloween (2018)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #30 🔥 Release Year

  Taking this Horrorthon to the theater for the latest Michael Myers installment!

Watched in theater 👁️ Trailer on YouTube