Horrorthon 2023 Prelim List

                                                                                             

Shaky Shivers (2023)

🔥 Release Year

  I've had this one on my list for quite a while now, can't wait to see it!

Shaky Shivers Facebook Page

Watched in Theater 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Christine (1983)

🔥 40th Anniversary

I broke my "no horror September" rule, because they were playing Christine in theaters for the 40th Anniversary, and my parents had never seen it so I had to take them!! We had a great time and they really enjoyed it! I knew they would 😉

My mom thought it was SO COOL when Christine was on fire driving around; the practical effects with the car(s) are incredibly impressive in this film.

Watched in Theater 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Resurrection (2022)

This was hard to watch, but in a Cape Fear 1991, Invisible Man 2020, kinda way -- psychological horror TO👏THE👏MAX👏

How much anxiety do you WANT to have??
Because of you're a woman, it's gonna be A LOT.

Watched on Hulu 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Maniac Cop (1988)

🔥 35th Anniversary

More mystery, thriller, and even drama components than I expected -- actually gave the movie some good depth.

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

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.

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Leviathan (1989)

  The Abyss meets Alien, vs. Peter Weller and Ernie Hudson.

Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Strait-Jacket (1964)

  Wow, Joan Crawford is something else!
  This was a really enjoyable watch, much suspense.

Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Funhouse (1981)

Tobe Hooper repeats Texas Chainsaw Massacre, just in a carnival setting this time 🤷 i.e. mentally twisted family, deformed adult son who has been abused and is now physically strong and dangerous, group of teenaged interlopers, you get the idea.

Watched on DVD (owned) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

There's Nothing Out There (1991)

This movie is the epitome of "dumb but fun". 😂

There are actually some impressive-for-low-budget practical effects deaths, but the monster is definitely hokey in a hilarious way. The fifth-wheel friend's meta exasperation at their all being trapped in a horror film was enjoyable.

Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Frighteners (1996)

Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Since it's been hot as hell this week, I figured it was a perfect time to watch the original Hills Have Eyes for the first time. Wes Craven just KNOWS how to make things disturbing.

Watched on Kanopy 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

🔥 35th Anniversary

Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Do Horror Movies Have to "Scare" You to be Good?

"Some of the best and most effective horror movies are ones that didn't jump out and scare you, but rather left you disturbed and thinking about it long after you'd watched it. The types of movies that you were still thinking about that night, while you were struggling to fall asleep in the dark, suddenly noticing every tiny sound coming from the creaks of the house and the wooshes of water running through pipes."

👁️ read the full article @ halloween-year-round.com  

Little Bone Lodge (2023)

🔥 Release Year

  The twist in this one is MESSED👏 UP!👏
  You think you know what it is... but then it's WORSE.

Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Scream VI (2023)

🔥 Release Year

  This was definitely another Scream movie.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube  

Renfield (2023)

🔥 Release Year

This was fun! Fantastic cast, great fight scenes, and amusing modern-day twists on the Dracula vampire/servant lore.

Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube