Dollman (1991)Demonic Toys (1992)Dollman vs Demonic Toys (1993)

🔥 30th Anniversary

  Friday night.
          This week is fkn OVER,
                  and it's PIZZA🍕MOVIE👏NIGHT👏
                          I dug so deep
                                  to round up copies
                                          of this early-90's
                                                  direct-to-video
                                                          Triple Feature
                                                                  ✨️extravaganza✨️

Watched all on MPEG 👁️ Trailers on YouTube:  
Dollman, Demonic Toys, Dollman vs Demonic Toys  

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

Scream 3 (2000)

I swear I'd watched all the Scream movies before, but nothing seemed familiar about this one.🤔 Maybe I just stopped at #2 long ago and never looked back 🤷😆

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Scream 2 (1997)

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Scream (1996)

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

  This was probably my favorite of the series. Great monster, lots of story development.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)

  This third installment is the best so far, better than the first two!

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Insidious (2010)

Watched on Netflix 👁️ 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  

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

3 days/movies-in to a midsummer mini-horrorthon of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. A spontaneous attempt to distract myself from the weighty anxieties of reality, like pandemics, ignoramuses, and back-to-school possibilities.

Dream Warriors is probably my favorite from the series.💀

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube