Topic: Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010

[addicted2dvd]

I know I am putting this post up a few days early... but I wanted to get the main post taken care of a little early as I am playing with the first post a little trying out new ideas. Suggestions Welcome.

With Halloween being my all-time favorite holiday... I like to celebrate it all month long. So every year at this time I have a month long horror / Halloween marathon. Every year I try to beat my record of most horror movies,  horror or Halloween episode TV Series and now Other (Shorts/Documentaries). The best I ever done was 2 years ago when I watched 100 Horror Movies, 45 TV Show Episodes & 2 Other. The only thing I was able to do last year due to circumstances beyond my control was to watch 4 Other. Will I be able to beat my best record... I really don't know. To be honest I will be surprised if I do. But that is ok... as I plan to give it my all whether it is a win, loose or a draw! And no matter what happens I am going to have a great time!

In this thread you will find all my reviews for this year's marathon. And in this opening post you will find how well I am doing on my goal. CLICK HERE and you will find a quick link guide to all my reviews for this marathon.

My Goal:
Movies: 101
TV Eps: 46
Other: 5

10/01 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/02 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 2 Other: 0	10/03 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 4   Other: 0	10/04 Movies: 2   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/05 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 5   Other: 0
10/06 Movies: 2   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/07 Movies: 5   TV Eps: 0   Other: 1	10/08 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 2   Other: 1	10/09 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 1   Other: 0	10/10 Movies: 7   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0
10/11 Movies: 5   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/12 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 3   Other: 0	10/13 Movies: 5   TV Eps: 2   Other: 1	10/14 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 1   Other: 0	10/15 Movies: 2   TV Eps: 3   Other: 5
10/16 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 6   Other: 0	10/17 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 3   Other: 0	10/18 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 3   Other: 0	10/19 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 8   Other: 0	10/20 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 4   Other: 0
10/21 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/22 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/23 Movies: 6   TV Eps: 1 Other: 0	10/24 Movies: 2   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/25 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 1   Other: 0
10/26 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/27 Movies: 3   TV Eps: 1   Other: 0	10/28 Movies: 4   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0	10/29 Movies: 0   TV Eps: 3   Other: 0	10/30 Movies: 2   TV Eps: 2   Other: 0
10/31 Movies: 0   TV Eps: 0   Other: 0

Total Watched:

Movies:	103	0 to Go! -- I Did It! (10/28)
TV Eps:	55	0 to Go! -- I Did It! (10/20)
Other:	8	0 to Go! -- I Did It! (10/15)

It is too late, my blood is in your veins.

So is Mine!

[Kathy]

When I first saw this thread I thought you have given in to temptation! Feeling a bit antsy are we? 

[addicted2dvd]

October 1st Theme

Unwatched DVDs

After over 100 days going without horror I really want freedom to watch any type of horror that I like on the first day! So I decided to make the first day be Unwatched DVDs. Below I will list the horror movie I have on DVD that I haven't watched yet. I may have seen the movie before... but not since getting it on DVD. NOTE: There is many movies I never heard of here. So they may or may not truly be horror. Especially many of those many contained in the 50 and the 100 horror movie boxsets that I have. If there is any you know for sure can not be considered horror let me know and I will delete them from the list.

Unwatched Horror DVDs:

1.  The 4th Floor    2. Abomination: The Evil Maker 2    3. The Amazing Transparent Man    4. The Ape Man    5. Apocalypse Rising    6. The Atomic Man    7. Attack of the Monsters    8. Audition    9. Audrey Rose   10. B.T.K.   11. Back from Hell   12. Beast from the Haunted Cave   13. Beyond Evil   14. Black Ribbon   15. Bled   16. Blood & Chocolate   17. Blood Angels   18. Blood Bound   19. Blood Mania   20. Blood of Dracula's Castle   21. Blood Stained Bride   22. Blood Tide   23. Bone Eater   24. Bowery at Midnight   25. The Brain Machine   26. The Brain that Wouldn't Die   27. Brain Twisters   28. Brainiac   29. Bride of the Gorilla   30. Bring Me the Vampire   31. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari   32. Caved In   33. Children of the Damned   34. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things   35. Chloe, Love is Calling You   36. Circus of Fear   37. Condemned to Live   38. Count Dracula and his Vampire Bride   39. Creature Unknown   40. Creeper   41. Creepers   42. Cremains   43. Critters   44. Cry Wolf   45. Crypt of the Living Dead   46. Curse of the Headless Horseman   47. Curse of the Komodo   48. Curse of the Pirate Death   49. Curse of the Wolf   50. Dark Floors   51. Dark Heritage   52. Dark Light   53. Dark Places   54. Dark Reel   55. Dark Ride   56. Dark Water   57. Darkness   58. The Darkness   59. Dead & Breakfast   60. Death By Dialogue   61. Deathbed   62. Death Machine

63. Decoys   64. Demon Knights   65. The Devil's Daughter   66. The Devil's Hand   67. Devil Monster   68. Devil's Partner   69. The Devil's Curse   70. Die, Sister, Die   71. Dinocroc   72. Dominique is Dead   73. Don't Open till Christmas   74. Dr. Phibes Rises Again!   75. Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1969)   76. Drawing Blood   77. Eegah   78. Embryo   79. Eternal   80. Eternal Evil   81. Evil Brain from Outer Space   82. Feral   83. The Final Destination   84. Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane   85. From Within   86. The Ghost   87. The Ghost Walks   88. The Great American Snuff Film   89. The Head   90. Home Made   91. Horror of the Zombies   92. Horrors of Spider Island   93. House on the Edge of the Park   94. How Awful About Allan   95. Immortal   96. The Innocent   97. Into Thy Hands   98. The Island Monster   99. Island of Death  100. The Island of Dr. Moreau  101. Killer Story  102. Knight Chills  103. Legacy of Blood  104. Legend of Big Foot  105. The Madmen of Mandoras  106. Mama Dracula  107. The Man with Two Lives  108. The Manster  109. Midnight Phantom  110. Midnight Shadow  111. The Midnight Warning  112. Mosquitoman  113. Murder in the Red Barn  114. The Murder Mansion  115. Nabonga  116. Never Too Late  117. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave  118. Night Fright  119. Night of the Blood Beast  120. Night Tide  121. Nightmare in Wax  122. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare  123. One Frightened Night

124. A Passenger to Bali  125. The Passing  126. The Phantom  127. The Phantom Creeps  128. The Phantom Express  129. The Phantom of Soho  130. The Planet  131. Poney Trouble  132. Pterodactyl  133. Rattlers  134. Ravenous  135. Red Water  136. Rest Stop: Dead Ahead  137. Rest Stop: Don't Look Back  138. Rise: Blood Hunter  139. Rock & Roll Frankenstein  140. The Rogues Tavern  141. Sabbath  142. The Sadist  143. Satan's Slave  144. Savage Weekend  145. Saw VI  146. Scarecrow Gone Wild  147. Scourge  148. Shark Zone  149. She Gods of Shark Reef  150. The She-Beast  151. Shock  152. Sickness House  153. Silent Bloodnight  154. Sinners  155. Sisters of Death  156. Slaughter  157. The Slasher  158. Slave of the Cannibal God  159. Slayer  160. Sleep Disorder  161. Sound of Horror  162. Spare Parts  163. Stanley  164. Super Hell  165. Super Hell 2  166. Terrified  167. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  168. Timber Falls  169. Trauma  170. Trick 'r Treat  171. Trip with the Teacher  172. The Undertaker and his Pals  173. Vampire's Night Orgy  174. Village of the Damned (1960)  175. Voodoo Black Exorcist  176. Vulture Eyes  177. A Walking Nightmare  178. Walled In  179. The Wasp Woman  180. Web of the Spider  181. Webs  182. The White Gorilla  183. White Pongo  184. The Wicker Man (2006)  185. The Wolf Man (2010)

There is definitely a select few I am really looking forward to watching on the 1st... but any of the above should be fair game. Once again if there is any above that you know not to be horror please let me know.

[addicted2dvd]

When I first saw this thread I thought you have given in to temptation! Feeling a bit antsy are we? 

Less then a week away... so preparing.

And antsy is not the word for it! 

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Trick 'r Treat Year: 2008 Director: Michael Dougherty Rating: R Length: 82 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Dylan Baker
Rochelle Aytes
Quinn Lord
Lauren Lee Smith
Moneca Delain
Tahmoh Penikett

Plot:
A creepy, darkly comic celebration of the scariest night of the year from producer BRYAN SINGER (director of X-Men and Superman Returns) and writer-director MICHAEL DOUGHERTY (co-scripter of X2 and Superman Returns ). Trick 'R Treat takes the Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt approach to nefarious new depths with four interwoven tales set on Halloween night: a high school principal (DYLAN BAKER) moonlights as a vicious serial killer; the quest of a young virgin (ANNA PAQUIN) for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man (BRIAN COX) battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Animated Short: Season's Greetings with Optional Commentary

My Thoughts:
This is one of the ones I was really looking forward to seeing... as I always loved anthology horrors. While it is technically an anthology horror... it isn't the way I know anthologies at least. Instead of having 3 or 4 separate short stories along with a wraparound storyline... this one is done more like a regular movie with all the stories intertwined with each other. While not bad... I prefer the traditional format of an anthology. Now with that said... I did enjoy all the stories in it... even though I did have some of the stories figured out ahead of time. I liked the one with the girls finding dates. That storyline has Anna Paquin in it... who I find adorable. I have enjoyed her since I first saw her as Sookie in True Blood. I normally don't go for blondes... but in the case of Anna Paquin I think she looks better as a blonde. Over all I enjoyed it quite a bit. Think it was a good start to my marathon.

My Rating
Out of a Possible 5

Count:
Movie Count: 1
TV Ep. Count: 0
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 12am

[addicted2dvd]

Title: The Wolfman: Unrated Director's Cut Year: 2010 Director: Joe Johnston Rating: Unrated Length: 119 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Simon Merrells
Cemma Whelan
Emily Blunt
Benicio Del Toro
Mario Marin-Borquez
Asa Butterfield

Plot:
Academy Award® winners Anthony Hopkins* (The Silence of the Lambs) and Benicio Del Toro** (Traffic) tear up the screen in this action-packed thriller. Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father (Hopkins), his brother's grieving fiancée (Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada) and a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector (Hugo Weaving, The Matrix Trilogy). When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death.

Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins.

*1991 Best Actor, The Silence of the Lambs
**2000 Best Supporting Actor, Traffic

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes

My Thoughts:
The 1941 Wolf Man has always been one of my classic horror movies. So when I first found out they were remaking it I felt a mixture of excitement and apprehension. I always though the trick to a good remake was to change enough to give us a new take on the story... but at the same time make it similar enough to do the original version justice. Which can be very hard to get the right balance. In the case of The Wolf Man I think they did a pretty good job at achieving this balance. Even though there was some things changed in the story that I didn't care for... but there were some things that I also did care for as well. One thing I am thrilled about is they kept the classic look of the Wolf Man. Over-all I enjoyed it quite a bit and glad I finally have it in my collection.

My Rating
Out of a Possible 5

Count:
Movie Count: 2
TV Ep. Count: 0
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 3am

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I told you so, didn't I?

You could have had this fun much much earlier 

[addicted2dvd]

  Yeah... and if I did... I would have never heard the end of it! 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The end?
...
Just you wait for next year

[Kathy]

I love that Pete's marathon started at exactly midnight! 

[addicted2dvd]

Now Kathy... did you really expect any different? 

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane: Unrated Year: 2007 Director: Scott Thomas Rating: Unrated Length: 94 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS ES: 6.1 (Discrete), English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
David Chisum
Kristen Kerr
Kevin J. O'Connor
Richard Tyson
Erick Avari
Derek Webster

Plot:
Unholy terror is unleashed in the skies when a deadly, genetically engineered virus is released onboard a transatlantic flight to Paris in this heart-stopping thrill-ride of terror!

When a scientist on the run from the CIA manages to smuggle a contaminated body onto a commercial overseas flight, the plane becomes an incubator for a quickly growing army of the undead. With a zombie invasion spreading through the cabin, only a handful of passengers remains to fight off their fellow travelers and land the plane before it's too late.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Outtakes/Bloopers
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Even when I decided to get this one... I knew it would be one that I couldn't expect much from. So I went into this with very low expectations. And I think it was a pretty good idea I went into it with such low expectations. This is not what I would call a good movie. I was able to enjoy some scenes... but over-all I found it to be a bit lackluster.  It really took quite a bit of time to get going. And most of the characters I just couldn't get myself to care about. Also... while I can't put my finger on it... the zombies felt a little off to me. But once this movie got going it had some decent zombie action/gore. But over all it is just an average zombie flick. I can see myself watching it again... but not as often as some in my collection.

My Rating
Out of a Possible 5

Count:
Movie Count: 3
TV Ep. Count: 0
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 12pm

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Darkness: Unrated Version Year: 2002 Director: Jaume Balagueró Rating: Unrated Length: 102 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Anna Paquin
Lena Olin
Iain Glen
Giancarlo Giannini
Fele Martínez
Stephan Enquist

Plot:
This extended unrated version of the hit thriller Darkness teams award winner Anna Paquin (X-Men ) with Lena Olin (Hollywood Homicide, Chocolat) and Iain Glen (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) as a family whose life forever changes when they move into a new home with an ancient secret! Not long after Regina (Paquin) begins living in her family's remote country estate, she learns that there's something horribly disturbing about the old place. Even as her parents dismiss her concerns, strange things begin to happen whenever the lights go out. Soon Regina realizes that a series of escalating supernatural events will unleash the full evil that resides in their house...and once it's released you'll experience it like never before in this scarier, more shocking unrated version!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
While looking through my unwatched DVDs... I spotted this movie. Another one I never seen with the adorable Anna Paquin (Sookie on True Blood). This one also has another familiar face with Lena Olin who was in a good handful of episodes of Alias. This one tries hard to make a good atmospheric movie... unfortunately it fell short for me. While not a terrible movie as it does have it's moments... I found myself watching the clock almost as much as I was watching the movie.

My Rating
Out of a Possible 5

Count:
Movie Count: 4
TV Ep. Count: 0
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 4pm

[addicted2dvd]

Well... that is the last one for me today. I am rather disappointed in myself. I was hoping that I would get several more watched the first day. But unfortunately real life got in the way of all my fun today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

[Dragonfire]

You still watched several.