Ghost Story (1981)

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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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Sleepaway Camp (1983)

🔥 40th Anniversary

I know this movie is a "cult classic" or whatever, but it is hot garbage.😂
I'm glad I didn't bother saving it for my Halloween Horrorthon.

The composition of most of the scenes sucks; the character interactions and dialogue are so forced and unnatural; the acting is terrible, and half of the actors that are supposed to be "kids" are probably old enough to drink... it's just painful to watch.

Then my husband's like, "well we have to watch the 2nd one now", and I couldn't even make it 10 minutes into it. 😂 I didn't want to waste any more of my life.

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Nightmare Cinema (2018)

Ranging from stupid to ridiculous to lame, get ready for bad stunt doubles and all-around absurdity. The only story even remotely worth watching was the 4th one about the mother.

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Creepshow 2 (1987)

  Wow this was awful 😂

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My Bloody Valentine (2009)

  Pretty lame.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

I read "The Final Girl Support Group" earlier this year, and this was the only slasher film/series referenced in the book that I had never seen, so I figured I'd give it a watch this holiday season. It was very dumb.😆

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Spookies (1986)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #14

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Basket Case (1982)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #5 🔥 40th Anniversary

To try to explain all the ways in which this movie was horrible is impossible.

The characters' behavior and the actors' performances were straight out of a bad porno tape. The Foley tech was FROM HELL! and apparently "Belial" (the deformed creature) was attempting to have sex with the corpse of a woman he murdered?! AWFUL!!

I've read articles that say this movie is groundbreaking, and I just absolutely cannot understand the reasoning behind that viewpoint -- it's👏just👏garbage.👏
          Even "for 1982":  it's👏garbage.👏
                    Even "for low-budget 1982":  it's👏garbage.👏
                              Garbage👏garbage👏garbage👏TRASH!👏

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Frogs (1972)

🎃 Horrorthon 2022 #2 🔥 50th Anniversary

There was a time, at the turn of the century, before streaming content, when the drugstore would sell vintage horror DVDs for $3 apc at the checkout counter. This was how I discovered gems like Carnival of Souls, Horror Express, and House of Exorcism, but it's also how I came to own a copy of the schlock flop Frogs.

Wealthy elites of the 1970's menaced... approached... and somehow murdered... by snakes, spiders, lizards, various other swampy creatures, and (eventually) FROGS!

It's so bad. 😆 Other than Ray Milland, the lovely Judy Pace, and a young, moustacheless Sam Elliott, the acting is garbage. The deaths are bumbling and absurd. The cinematography is LOL. Needless to say, not gonna keep this DVD around taking up space any longer.

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We Summon the Darkness (2019)

  This was boring junk. 👎

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Popcorn (1991)

  Wow. Talk about over-the-top villain. 💩

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Night of the Demons (2010)

  I couldn't even finish this, it was absolute garbage.

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Dolls (1986)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #37 🔥 35th Anniversary

This was stoooooooooopid. It was composed like and played like an After School Special, complete with tinkling soundtrack. Its only saving grace was when the dolls attacked with tiny knives, axes, saws, guns, and pitchforks, and when the dolls were crunched there were gross, sticky little people skeletons inside.

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Prophecy (1979)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #28

This was a snooze-fest for the first 3/4.
The last 1/4 was not that great, either, just had actual monster in it.
...and I have no idea why this movie is called "Prophecy", that word has nothing to do with the content.🤷

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The Darkness (2016)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #25

  This movie gets a hard eyeroll.🙄👎

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The Resort (2021)

🎃 Horrorthon 2021 #14

WHOOF this was beyond mediocre.

Not one single horror thing happened until after 45 mins of vamping and tortured banter. Then it was standard haunted-asylum-basement fare. The haunt story was barely explained, and the resident ghost didn't make any sense and was not compelling. There was a twist at the end, but it wasn't done well or worth watching the rest of the movie.
👎👎💩

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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. 💩

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April Fool's Day (1986)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #36

  Almost forgot to post this one from yesterday, because it is utterly forgettable.   #yesregrets

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Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #3

SO MUCH WTF happening right from the beginning 😂 from the town "simple" man, to the wholly unlikable good-ole-boys who have raging hard-ons for any excuse to straight-up murder this guy, to the detestable sociopath mailman (who's always in uniform, and maybe a closet pedophile?). Trope-a-palooza.

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