Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #34

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Moloch (2022)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #6

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Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #3.3

This was very disappointing.
Not scary; boring; seemed more like a Scary Movie spoof than the original version of one of my favorite horror movies. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance: I couldn't even finish it, only got about 1/3 of the way through. From what I did watch, it appears the 2004 American remake used the original storyline and structure, just made it 1000-times more scary and interesting.

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One Missed Call (2003)

🔥 20th Anniversary

The Ring meets Final Destination. Some good ghost spooks once it gets going, but the ending is WTF.

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House (1977)

  WTF KIND OF WILLY WONKA PORNO PSYCHOSIS IS THIS MOVIE?!

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Eyes Without a Face (1959)

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Post Mortem (2020)

This movie has probably the most mixed reviews ever, but I really enjoyed it. The English overdub on the DVD was awful so I turned it off in lieu of subtitles and I'm glad I did, much better.

There are creepy corpses doing very undead things, and people being snatched into the air and tossed about like ragdolls. Maybe the acting isn't great, but I can deal with that just fine for some good haunts.

One definitely noticeable issue, tho, is the "questionable intentions" of the man with this 10yo girl who ends up being his sidekick -- it's low-key cringey FOR SURE, but doesn't seem malicious. They're connected by death and resurrection, and end up being a paranormal team.

I think maybe a lot of people who don't get what's overall happening in this film just have never heard of a psychopomp. That would explain a lot of confusion/complaints I've seen like "this-and-that is ridiculous and doesn't make any sense at all", well it does make sense if you know about psychopomps.

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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.

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The Wailing (2016)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #21

This one is a significant time and attention investment, at 2-1/2 hours of reading subtitles, but absolutely worth it. Lived up to the hype in a massive way, and the ending was like KAPOW!

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Lake of the Dead (1958)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #18

De Dødes Tjern -- Quite lovely. A spooky, monochrome glimpse into 1950's Norwegian woodland, complete with sod-roof cabin.

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Hatching (2022)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #8

This was VERY different, but refreshing -- bizarre, beautiful and interesting, and disturbing in so many ways.

Here's a great article about the movie: The startling story behind Hatching's horrifying puppet-monster

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Kwaidan (1965)

Stories of ghosts and demons; visually stunning -- as restored 1960's Japanese folk films are wont to be -- but nooooot very horrifying, by modern standards.

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The Strange House (2020)

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The 8th Night (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #33

This was really enjoyable, glad I decided to watch it. Lots of creeptastic happenings along a race to the end of the world.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #31 🔥 20th Anniversary

  This was thoroughly enjoyable.

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A Classic Horror Story (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #18 🔥 Release Year

Ok, they got me! This was good.👍
The title means more than you think it means.
There is quite a bit of body-horror peppered throughout, so be prepared for that.

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Train to Busan (2016)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #25

Still one of the best zombie movies ever, in case you didn't know that yet. Glad I finally bought the DVD, as the streaming options I could find do not offer the English overdub.

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The Similars (2015)

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Errementari (2017)

🎃 Horrorthon 2018 #33

Translation: The Blacksmith ; alternate English title: The Devil and the Blacksmith

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