The Devil Rides Out (1968)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #5

One of my favorite vintage horror flicks!

Full of campy goodness: the cultists! the punching! the religious symbolism all mixed together with mythology and astrology into a nonsensical soup...

Hammer Films, Christopher Lee ❤, and I just happened to catch in the opening credits on this viewing that it was written by Richard Matheson, and I thought, "...wait, THE Richard Matheson??", so I looked it up and by-golly it IS, indeed, the sci-fi author of "I Am Legend" fame! So I fangirled about that for a few minutes.

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Ready or Not (2019)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #4

  Really liked this one. Think: Get Out meets Tucker & Dale vs Evil.
  Samara Weaving always fun!

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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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The Grudge (2020)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #2 🔥 Release Year

Even more atmospheric and story-driven than the 2004 version, same amount of jump-scares. But their use of the "spectres" was not as effective as the original -- too...overt. Not quite subtle enough to be the same level of creepy.

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The Grudge (2004)

🎃 Horrorthon 2020 #1

Forgot that this was produced by Sam Raimi, and that Laura Palmer's mom is in it. Still creeps me out to the max.

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The Invisible Man (2020)

I usually avoid watching horror movies in September to cleanse my palate for October Horrorthon, and that's what I was trying to do with this new Invisible Man remake: I thought it was just a sci-fi thriller... but wow, this movie is hella disturbing.

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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.💀

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The Ring (2002)

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I See You (2019)

  This was more interesting and disturbing than I thought it would be.

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Terror Train (1980)

🔥 40th Anniversary

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Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

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John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #34

  Annual Halloween night tradition 🎃

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The Hitcher (2007)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #33

  Turned out to be more action-thriller than horror, but Sean Bean was good.

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C.H.U.D. (1984)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #32

After two decades of trying, it appears the universe is finally allowing me to watch this movie. 😱

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Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil (2010)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #31

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Prince of Darkness (1987)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #30

More Carpenter! This one is VASTLY under-appreciated. Great cast, including Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, & even Alice Cooper!

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Brightburn (2019)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #29 🔥 Release Year

  Super-horror... was just OK. That's about it.

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Goosebumps (2015)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #28

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Phantasm (1979)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #27 🔥 40th Anniversary

  I've been trying to see this movie for years!

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Rob Zombie's "Halloween" (2007)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #26

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The Dead Don't Die (2019)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #25 🔥 Release Year

The reviews aren't great, but I enjoyed it --- but I can see how other people would not. Would I recommend it? Only to weirdos like me, I guess, lol.

It is slowww and dryyyyy; there is some social commentary re: corporate greed and consumerism that is not subtle and sticks out like a sore-thumb; and one of the character-groups' fate is never resolved to the audience.

Things I liked about it: The cast really saved it for me, Bill Murray and Adam Driver work well together, and Tilda Swinton being weird is always great; the plot is bizarre, but the cause of the zombie outbreak is creative; the running Sturgill Simpson gag (also, the theme song is good); the breaks in the 4th wall. My fave part was probably the WU-PS delivery.

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The Day of the Triffids (1963)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #24

  Interesting story, well executed, neat monsters.
  Recommended if you enjoy vintage horror/sci-fi.

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The Purge (2013)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #23

  Terrifying combination of horror and social dystopia.

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Happy Death Day (2017)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #22

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House (1985)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #21

I've been waiting for this to be streaming somewhere!

NOTE: I also watched House II, but that is not a horror movie and not good.

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Drag Me to Hell (2009)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #20 🔥 10th Anniversary

Saw this in theaters 10 years ago -- DVD's been sitting on the shelf about that long now. Time for a revisit.

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The Ruins (2008)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #19

  Meh. Lots of body-horror in this one, not really my scene.

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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #18

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The Nun (2018)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #17

My friend had warned me that this was not good. I ignored him and watched it anyway. This was alright, actually. Some good creeps; standard religious/demon/possession stuff, but not as lame as he made me think it would be. Glad I ignored him. Will I watch it again ever? Meh, probably not. Also the Nun totally was Marilyn Manson I'm pretty sure. 🤣

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #16

  Been too long since I revisited this one.

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The Descent (2005)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #15

  Jump scares already got me twice and they're not even in the cave yet.

  This was so good, why did I wait so long to watch it?!?

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What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #14

  This was fun! The hype was deserved.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #13

  Dennis Hopper for the win!

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Marvin Cone's "Ghosts" exhibit

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 🔥 Field Trip!

About the artist: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Cone

Midsommar (2019)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #12 🔥 Release Year

Well my friend was right when he saw this in-theater and told me I would like it (which is why I just went ahead and bought the DVD when it released). The cinematography is excellent -- gives that inverted (sometimes literally), otherworldly feeling, which was probably my favorite aspect, really. Loved the scandi-pagan-cultist aspects, but it was a low-key slow burn, if that's not your thing.

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Village of the Damned (1995)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #11

Finally, some John Carpenter!

OMG, Mark Hamill's in this?! How long has it been since I've seen this movie?!

Worth another watch after all these years, esp. for nostalgia, but not on my list of favorite Carpenter.

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Village of the Damned (1960)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #10

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The Devil Bat (1940)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #9

Bela Lugosi as Unhinged Scientist, straight-up cold-blooded murdering folks with a chemically-engineered bat the size of a bald eagle. So many stereotypes.

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The Strangers (2008)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #8

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Slender Man (2018)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #8

All the reviews for this are pooptastic, but I just have to see for myself. Here goes nothing. After about 10 minutes, realized I had already watched this earlier in the year -- that's how memorable this movie is. Not really awful, but definitely forgettable, obviously.

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Skeleton Key (2005)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #7

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Escape Room (2019)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #6 🔥 Release Year

Interesting but predictable.

If you're looking for the ultimate horror escape-room movie, watch CUBE (and then might as well watch CUBE² and CUBE ZERO while you're at it).

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Death Becomes Her (1992)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #5

  I love this movie! Haven't seen it in so long!

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Suspiria (2018)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #4

This was OK. I liked it better than the original, but I didn't like the original all that much. This remake has its few great moments. Could have done without the political background plots, which felt forced and were really unnecessary to the story. It's got 3/5 stars on Amazon, and that's about right.

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Black Christmas (1974)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #3 🔥 45th Anniversary

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Us (2019)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #2 🔥 Release Year

  THIS WAS AMAZING! Twisty and creeptastic.
  Gotta add it to our DVD collection for sure.

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The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

🎃 Horrorthon 2019 #1

If you're into horror movies that make you yell at the screen things like "wtf, seriously?!" and "no, don't do that! why are you doing the dumbest thing?!" then this is the movie for you.😆

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