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I saw in the double features thread one post about 5 film Boris Karloff showing. When I have a movie marathon the most I tend to do is 4. And even then it’s like an all day type affair with plenty of downtime and other stuff in between films.

During a recent snow-stormy day, my wife and I watched four movies in a row on Tubi-TV. I think that's the most I've ever sat thru in a day.

3, I reckon. Like when I was a kid, late at night, on uhf channels. With my brother Mike.
On a Saturday night, you could watch Shock Theater on ch.41 from Kalamazoo and when that was over-watch Double Creature Feature on 28, out of Mishawaka, Indiana. Good Times.  :smile:

I think I'd like to plead the 5th on this one.

I went through a period of several years when my typical Saturday consisted of watching about 5 or 6 movies. I'd start watching around late afternoon or early evening and stop somewhere between midnight and 2:00 a.m. Squeezed in a couple movies from Mill Creek packs almost every time.

When I was sick with a still unidentified virus a couple summers ago, I watched 6 movies in a day.

During my October/Halloween viewings some years ago I watched eight old school sci-fi movies. I was in between jobs, and it was a Saturday. I took 30 minute breaks between each feature.

The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Them! (1954)
This Island Earth (1955)
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

i dunno what the most i've watched in the row is i've never thought about it currently i'm just slowly catching stuff i have taped off tv as in tv shows i have dvr'd.

When I hurt my back pretty bad last summer and all I could do was ice it, I regularly watched 4 movies in a row most days

A friend and I watched all three Batman movies back to back on the day of The Dark Knight Rises release. Each movie was over two hours long, and the entire experience was like a deep emotional journey. I couldn't stop talking about it for days, it had such an impact on me. In the lead up, I watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight a few times to prepare, but very little could prepare me for watching all three, back to back, in the cinema into the wee hours of the morning.

Every movie lover should have an experience like this at least once. I can only imagine what it would have been like if such a thing was available for the first screening of The Return Of The Jedi. Imagine being back at that time, watching Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and then seeing Return for the first time in the cinema. Wow.

At the cinema, I saw a double bill of Passenger 57 and The Fugitive.  :smile:

Only two.    Although I've done that on different days.  And at different places.  At home sometimes I'll "watch" two movies one after the other in the background while I'm doing something else.

Stayed in the movie theater to see two movies a few times.  Lat time I did that is when the YA fantasy The Seventh Son was playing, but I don't remember what the other film I saw was.  I want to say it was a horror movie.

Sound like that virus needs to be called "the movie bug".  :wink:

Now that I think of it, on a flight home from China several years ago I watched about 5 or 6 movies in a row because I couldn't sleep.

Sounds stupid but also due to lack of sleep: all the paranormal activity movies lol. Pretty much not really notable apart from the big melting figure from one of em. I remember doing a similar binge with the joyride series.

I watched Hellraiser 1-6 in one day.  I don't recommend it.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker was more than enough for me.  :buggedout:

Ya know what's funny?  The next day I watched 7-9 and that was worse even though it didn't take as long. 

I've been watching clean through one horror franchise each Halloween season for the past few years.  I think Hellraiser might have the lowest quality ratio of any of them.

well lately i've been watching 2 movies in a row i haven't done 3 just yet cause i tend to not figure out what i even want to watch when it's late at night.

i can spend hrs trying to figure out what i want to watch and not making up my mind until it's like midnight and it really is annoying me to say the least

I have all my movies listed on IMDb. When I can't decide what to watch I run through my list with IMDb filters or a combination of filters: year of make, keyword, director, awards, genre or genre combination, popularity, number of votes, IMDb ratings, my ratings, soundtrack, golden raspberry nominations, box office or running time. There are countless search options. This is a great tool if you're planning to do a movie marathon, marathon with a specific actor or director or composer or themed double features. I always end up finding something to watch.

I was going to say Leprechaun but at least those have Warwick who lightens the blow a little. Still by the time you get to the WWE one though Warwick peaced out. That film is painful.

In different occasions, both THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT extended trilogies in one go. It's really a trip, after 10 hours of fantasy you go outside and have no idea what the hell is going on.

8 -- years ago one day I on YouTube I watched all 6 of the Star Wars movies at once, which was epic, and followed that up with 2 other things I can't remember

For a few years, I did 24 hour movie marathons at the beginning to Halloween for me and my friends. 

That's like 16 movies in a row. 

How'd you end up picking the movies?  I've thought about attempting this sometime.

Every movie you pick needs to be the most "bang for your buck" choice possible. 
You don't want to watch Son of Godzilla if you can watch Destroy All Monsters.

Don't double up on your genres.  You get one old dark house movie, one animals attack movie, one psychological horror, one angsty vampire movie, one post modern 90s slasher movie, one giant Japanese monster movie, etc

Avoid anything longer than an hour and a half.  You want to get as many movies into the time frame as possible. 

Pick around 25 or so movies to bring to your marathon.  Let your guests take turns picking which movie to watch next. 

Start with a classic, something that just screams Halloween. 

(Feel free to ignore these rules if there's one flick that you just HAVE TO show your friends.) 

If only we could have a 'Collect the Monkey" marathon...  :bouncegiggle:

on how i keep my movies, well my Original's the ones i have bought at stores or were given i put all of them from A-Z i put my video games that way too, never my cd's that would take forever & my burnt dvd's that either i made or were given i never put those in any order. 

i have a note book i've been writing in and i am writing down all my movies, from my VHS's to my DVD's, burnt and orignal to my blu-ray's.  it's all game and so far i've written over #2,000 movies in it!  but it does happen that i write something in more than once and have to use white out to fix it. oh well.


doing lists like that helps me relax ya know? on how i try and find a movie, sometimes i search you tube if i am to damn lazy to get out of my computer chair cause i have a PC.  and if i learn of a horror movie i'll watch the trailer and sometimes if IMDB says it's 2.0 rating if i'm not in the mood to be ready to pull my hair out on how bad a movie is  i  move on to the next one. i watched a really good one last night called "The Ninth Guest' (1934)  a mystery that one if you love old mystery is worth watching guys. it's little over an hr long so it's not to bad

Actually sit and watch?  I'm liable to not sit thru one movie these days.  Back in the '80s Friday or Saturday nights would often be video store rentals, booze, pot, and hours of movies with friends... 5, 6 in a row, maybe more.  Lots of BAD movies especially then (bad for you, badly made).  I did watch a lot of Christmas movies on Dec 24 2018 as TCM had them back to back... and we had a house guest who hasn't seen many classics but loves movies. 

Back in video rental days all night movie watching wasn't uncommon. I guess the "newness" of renting movies and being able to watch them as you please made marathons an easy thing to do (not to mention being younger back then).

When I did my eight movie marathon a couple of years ago I was actually struggling at times. We're talking about at least 12 hours of cinematic running time without counting the breaks between each movie, which were important for stretching out, grabbing food, toilet run etc.

Nowadays I restrict myself to double or triple features. Much easier to manage and the attention span doesn't suffer  :teddyr:

i haven't done marathons with that many in a row as you guys i would get pretty damn tired doing watching so many movies and burnt out if i did that regardless how old i was at the time i did it. i did watch 2 really bad ones late last night, (1982)'s Girls Nite Out which was awful, apparently it was filmed in (1982) but not released until (1984) go figure yeah it was pretty bad the acting was all over the place some of it was pretty decent some of it was pretty bad.

i downloaded these to i want to say over 10 years ago and put them to disc that's how long i've had them, The last movie on the disc i have is Silent Movie deadly night part 5: The Toy Maker (1992) that one is but it's the best film on the disc that is pretty sad ain't it? anyways, Girls nite out had an awesome 60's soundtrack that if done today they would not i'm guessing be able to get the rights but back than i'm shocked they were able to use it as well.

the star of it was Julie Montgomery who was pretty good in most of it, her acting was all over the place in parts of it she was good in it, and in other parts she was simply awful for those who don't know she was Betty in the Nerd movies. and apparently was in the great 80's flick (1984)'s Up the creek man i love that movie, anyways Girls nite out had the lead have sex and actually survive so i will give it props for that, i know Scream did as well but you don't see that often in horror movies. other Than Friday the 13th part 2 of course. it had Hal Halbrook in it as well sorry for my bad spelling & he was good in the small role he had in it.

IF IMDB is right he shot all his stuff in one day & in a crime scene he did was the only part where he interacted with other people the rest was just good editing of him talking to people and he actually shot no scenes with at all. there was at least characters you cared about in it so i will give it that ya know? i gave it 4/10.

than i watched one called "Happy Hell Night' (1992) but the film said (1991) go figure, with Darren McGavin in a small role and a really Sam Rockwell as a younger  Darren McGavin.  they were good in it too, and Jorja Fox from CSI fame in it she was good in it in the uncredited bit part she had in it. good death scene they gave her, an ice pick of sorts i forget what the name of the weapon is right through the top of the head through the mouth.

i could never watch anyone do that in real life but fake i'm there. it had characters that were pretty forgettable in a film that is pretty forgettable as well.

that one 5/10. if this is in the wrong area my apologies, i give that film 5/10 cause it was a bit better to be fair and unlike the 1st film i had the creeps from the killer in this one. more thought out kills too and frankly a better made film to be honest though the acting was a bit better too i think

i say if you want to watch 2 really crappy movies check them out

Not really an entire movie marathon, but I just got done with a May The Fourth Star Wars Marathon on Sunday night. Almost 3 weeks of Star Wars movies and TV shows. All 9 movie episodes plus The Clone Wars animated movie and entire 7 seasons of The Clone Wars and 4 seasons of Rebels, plus the current Season One of The Mandalorian. I don't think I will ever do that again since I was pretty burned out by the time that I got done with Return Of The Jedi (1983), and realized that I still had Episodes 7, 8, and 9 to watch. I could have gotten it done within 2 weeks if I had stuck at it, but real life plus grinding my way through all of the TV episodes really took a lot out of me. But now at least I know why the sequel trilogy was so disjointed and clumsy; no real plot progression after Carrie Fisher died, since she was supposed to be the original "Last Jedi", and Episode 9 was supposed to be all about her and not that whole Palpatine mess.

Girls Nite Out always get praised by "slasher connoisseurs." In their opinion it is underrated, great and different than the usual slasher films from that time. Except for the wtf? ending I thought Girls Nite Out was a bit below average at best, but I can see why it is loved by some and dismissed by others.

really? i can't i thought it was terrible,  the acting varied where some was fine and some was bad, but i thought it was simply dreadful it's not the worst horror movie i've ever seen though or let alone the worst movie i've ever seen either i've seen far far far worse.

(1981)'s Final Exam was one i watched Recently and that one was by far much worse to be fair. both films i'll never watch again, if you want to know how bad girls nite out is he one we find out who the killer is i had to think about who she was and i think i remembered but the girl i remembered i think was killed that's how forgettable these characters are i think. if you can't remember who was killed and who wasn't...

From reading a few horror forums from time to time...  No matter how frickin terrible a horror movie is, there's almost always a contingent of hardcore fans.  Especially if it's something from the 70s-80s. 

that's true, i just done watching one so bad that you guys will love it i think, Decadent Evil from (2005) it's a little over and hr and feels like 90 minutes!

it's a Charles band film and i was just posting about on another site in fact, the only redeeming thing about it is 2 things 1. Phil Fondacaro is in it he's decent in it. the best actor in the entire thing. the acting was so bad that i think i lost 10 years of my life,  the only other thing that had me laughing was sex of Band's dolls are screwing at the end of the film.  that's not something you see everyday ya know?

my rating? 1/10.  this is one if you must watch only once but if you want a good laugh just go to the end of the film

Have you ever watched Blood Dolls?

It’s another Charles Band crapfest. There is a puppet master (not THE puppet master, just a puppet master) who has a tiny head and normal size body. He sends his puppets to kill people and also has a crappy female rock band caged in his mansion. Between doll killings he forces the band to play terrible music for him.

Band only did it instead of another Puppet Master because I think he had lost the rights at the time or at least the rights were held up.

It’s pretty clear sometimes that Band just throws crap at the wall to see what sticks. And it almost always involves killer dolls.

while doing some rearranging due to a new ginormous shelf/case, i found my hospital journal. i must say,i was rather amusing on morphine...but i digress. the first overnight movie list is 10 bad westerns. the second, when the pain was BAD, is 16  one hour( or less)  long " social responsibility" films. the 3rd is 6 old fantasy films, then i went home. sleeping didn't actually happen, only drugged unconsciousness, so do i get to count this as 32 in a row, or what?  :cheers:

actually i have seen Blood Dolls and it's i think one of the better films of his, funny enough years ago someone posted the soundtrack so i said screw it and downloaded it. the music is meh but the film is better than the music.  Course i do have a copy of the sound track of nudist colony of the dead too lol

since i love the Cinema Snob episode of that i just had to get a copy of it and it's on my ipod in fact. it's some really bad writing but it's a riot.
check that soundtrack out it's on you tube i'm sure. anyways, i watched another Band Film tonight and old one From (2000) Dr. Horrible Bones

one of his rare films where it's a black cast i only say it like that not to upset anyone here, but because if you look at most of Band's movies through the years in a lot of films it's a white cast but not always. personally i could care less what the color is, all  i want is a least a watchable movie.

this one was bad i say 3/10.  it was far far better than "Stitches' (2001) i posted this elsewhere but IMDB gives that 4.7 and the one i watched tonight a 1.9!

the one i watched honestly is a better film. one thing that caught me by surprise though was when i was reading the credits the songs, they had one from Club Noveau which i may have spelled wrong? they put out their version of Lean on Me in i think (1986) so  seeing them on a Charles Band film really shocked me to be honest. really the action is in the last 15 minutes or so the film is only 72 minutes it stunk but if you want to get drunk while watching and riff it that would make it more enjoyable i think.

thought of you the other day, penny. i found a roku app that has a channel devoted to full moon/charles band stuff! and then my husband accidentally deleted all of the apps( THAT was fun reinstalling the ones i could remember...yes, he's still alive) and i can't find that app again!
  but i DID get to see shrunken heads, demonic toys and puppet master I&II!

Barri, on Amazon in the UK they had 13 nights of Elvira which was basically a Full Moon 'greatest hits' show. If you have it, it might be worth checking to see if it is available stateside.

i forgot about that miniseries! it used to be on hulu here, thanks for the reminder!  :cheers:

it's not hard to find full moons cause you have to pay for that one. i've watched puppet master 1 and 2 recently and i keep forgetting to put part 3 on i love those movies.