AEvery year for the past 5 years or so, I make it a mission to watch as many horror movies as possible during the month of October. I’m thinking I could spread this to CHUD where we each list the movies watched, where they were watched (home, theater, etc.), and whether they are rewatches or new viewings. We could list the movies with short blurbs on our thoughts on each. Would anyone be interested in joining such a challenge? This thread can be moved to the Lists forum if that is more appropriate.
I had the same idea as you. Last night I started watching Tucker and Dale vs Evil for the first time at home. I only made it about 30 minutes into it before I fell asleep, and I went in with really low expectations but this movie is hilarious. I should learn to never doubt Alan Tudyk.
AI’m reading Gunnar Hansen’s book about the making of “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” so I revisited the film last night. Franklin still kills me.
I watched the beginning of “The Purge” last night before I went to bed. I’d meant to see it in theaters but never got around to it. So far, it’s all right. Almost didn’t recognize Ethan Hawke without scraggly facial hair.
I’m in but I’m still marathoning through Breaking Bad so may not be able to kick in until mid-Oct.
I might give this a go as well. I certainly have a long list of films to see thanks to the Horror draft.
I might try this, too, although I’ll be out of town for a week, mid-month, so my movie count will suffer.
Sounds like fun. While I’m normally not a big horror buff (I know, I know, but guys, I cry easy) I actually cranked out 3-4 in September, so we’ll see if I can’t keep the ball rolling.
Not exactly a horror, but my favourite film The Wicker Man (1973) is having its restored version released nationwide this Friday. And seeing as how I missed watching it this year on 30th April as I do every year, you can bet I’m going to be there front and center this Friday.
Count me in. I have Byzantium and The Moth Diaries lined up and ready to go, with No One Lives on stand by : )
Count me in, this sounds like it could be interesting.
AJust finished “The Purge.” There’s a movie that doesn’t know what to do with itself.
Texas Chainsaw 3D. Good Lord. I’ll be writing a more detailed post in the Horror Movie Warning/ Recommendation thread.
Hmmm. I might interested in this, seeing as I love horror! I’m currently behind with Boardwalk Empire and Breaking Bad but, if I can catch up with the former by the end of the week and leave the latter until next month, I can probably join in with this one.
AI guess everyone can just post one list and edit it as you update. But since it’s October already…
AI watched the Lindsay Lohan thriller, “The Canyons,” hoping for some madness on par with “I Know Who Killed Me.” Holy shit, it’s like a bad student film: lifeless, nihilistic and boring. During the opening scene in a restaurant, I found myself more curious about the conversations the extras at the other tables were having because I’d already lost interest in the core group of assholes this movie’s about.
All that being said, I like to imagine this conversation took place in real life…
“Mom, Dad, guess what…! I got cast in a movie!”
“That’s great, son! What’s the part?”
“Well, it’s a small role, but I get to strip naked and masturbate in a chair while watching a porn actor go down on Lindsay Lohan!”
“We’re so proud of you, son!”
“Thanks, Mom and Dad!”
AThanks to Film4, I have BASKET CASE, RE-ANIMATOR, THE KEEP, VACANCY and, err, DEVIL stacked up on my PVR.
This is gonna be good. First up, RE- ANIMATOR. The missus is out, so put the kids to bed and I’m sorted.
AHans Gruber?? I like it.
And Jeffrey Coombs as Herbet West sounds like Renn.
AWell that was fun. I can see where BOGUS JOURNEY got it’s inspiration from.
What was fun?
Last night was John Carpenter’s Christine for me. I’ve expressed my thoughts on it in another thread but I’ll re-iterate. It’s not A+ Carpenter but it’s definitely B+ Carpenter. It was a “For Hire” gig after the The Thing bombed but there’s still a lot to like. Christine running the first bully down is still a horrifying sequence and even though he’s Mr. Indie Director now, I always thought Keith Gordon was a good actor. And John Stockwell became a director, too. Alexandra Paul, you’re up!
I’m a bigger fan of the book but Robert Prosky was spot-on casting as Darnell. Most of his lines are taken verbatim from the book and he nails it.
Worth a watch and even if it’s a notch below what came before and after, Christine is still a part of that hot streak Carpenter had from '76 to '88.
I love Christine; it’s one of my favorite movies, and I have most of the dialogue imprinted in my head from watching it so many times. I re-read the book recently, and almost all of the script is lifted ver batim from the novel, albeit rearranged a little. But I think everything about it is wonderful. And you’re talking about the lonesome death of Moochie Welsh. “Is that you, Cunningham?? Y-you’re a dead man now!”
ETA: I actually wrote this Christine quiz and this one that ended up being absorbed into Flixtster.