Poll
Question:
how many have you seen?
Option 1: Don't Go in the Woods 1981
votes: 2
Option 2: Splatter University 1984
votes: 4
Option 3: The Forest 1982
votes: 3
Option 4: Trick or Treats 1982
votes: 3
Option 5: Scalps 1983
votes: 2
Option 6: Boogeyman II 1983
votes: 2
Option 7: Boardinghouse 1982
votes: 4
Option 8: Sledgehammer 1983
votes: 2
Option 9: Scream 1981
votes: 2
Option 10: Mardi Gras Massacre 1978
votes: 3
Option 11: Blood Theatre 1984
votes: 1
Option 12: Home Sweet Home 1981
votes: 1
Option 13: A Night to Dismember 1983
votes: 1
Option 14: Deadly Games 1982
votes: 1
Option 15: The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher 1979
votes: 1
Option 16: Shadows Run Black 1984
votes: 1
Option 17: Skullduggery 1983
votes: 1
Option 18: Honeymoon Horror 1982
votes: 2
Option 19: Dark Sanity 1982
votes: 1
Option 20: Savage Water 1979
votes: 0
Titles provided by Wikipedia. How many have you seen?
Seen: 9
I only own the recent release of MARDI GRAS MASSACRE which is hilarious.
I also think BOARDINGHOUSE is good fun
Never heard of before: 6
I think I would actually pay money to not sit through DON'T GO IN THE WOODS and SPLATTER UNIVERSITY again
Agreed on Boardinghouse being good fun. Also funny in an unintentional way (to me):
The Forest 1982
Sledgehammer 1983
A Night to Dismember 1983
Honeymoon Horror 1982
Weird:
Scream 1981
Skullduggery 1983
Dark Sanity 1982 (super-weird)
Painful to watch:
Splatter University 1984
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher 1979
Shadows Run Black 1984
Boring AF:
Trick or Treats 1982
Boogeyman II 1983
Blood Theatre 1984
Deadly Games 1982
I'm not a fan of Don't Go in the Woods, but I don't hate it either. If anything, it was a rental staple back in early VHS days. Maybe because of the title? No idea.
Quote from: claws on February 22, 2025, 05:30:54 AMAgreed on Boardinghouse being good fun. Also funny in an unintentional way (to me):
The Forest 1982
yeah THE FOREST was funny... so 'innocent' if that's the right word. like a bunch of friends making a movie
Quote from: claws on February 22, 2025, 05:30:54 AMBoring AF:
Trick or Treats
yeah I'm not sure why I liked this one as much as I did... it's so tame, almost not a slasher? I thought it was ok though
One. BOARDINGHOUSE(1983)
Pretty dam stupid.
I haven't seen any of these 😳😳
Only 2!
I'm curious about the description of THE FORST as "innocent"... I recall at least two people get eaten... cannibalism never seemed "innocent" to me! There are also a couple of ghost kids, I think... maybe ghosts of kids who were also eaten? (I confess, it's been almost 30 years.) Do ghost kids count as "innocent"?
Quote from: Trevor on February 22, 2025, 09:22:30 AMI haven't seen any of these 😳😳
Count your lucky stars.
Quote from: M.10rda on February 22, 2025, 09:29:53 AMOnly 2!
I'm curious about the description of THE FORST as "innocent"... I recall at least two people get eaten... cannibalism never seemed "innocent" to me! There are also a couple of ghost kids, I think... maybe ghosts of kids who were also eaten? (I confess, it's been almost 30 years.) Do ghost kids count as "innocent"?
it's ages since I saw it but I seem to remember maybe the first 1/3rd being very tame and endearing 'buddies being buddies' type stuff... perhaps a rewatch in order
one of the opening scenes from the acting masterclass that is MARDI GRAS MASSACRE
https://youtu.be/8u_iVsLH3kg?si=AN4sPSH9sVkBUSBe
^ lol great scene!
The early stretch of THE FORST was definitely very, very slow... so if "lack of action" equals innocence, I hear you.
And the cannibalism essentially happens off-camera, iirc... you just see some nice cuts of meat cooking on a campfire and somehow it's indicated that it's the previous victims. Compared to the cannibalism depicted in Italian films of the genre, you're right, it's pretty innocuous!
The Demon should have been on this list: South Africa's first slasher movie.
^ that one slipped through the cracks somehow :bouncegiggle: