Badmovies.org's Annual October Horror Movie Watching Thread

[AndyC]

Stephen King's Silver Bullet. Something about the 80s made it not the least bit silly for a paraplegic kid to have a tricked-out gasoline-powered wheelchair. And where else can you see Gary Busey as a drunken, erratic nutbag? Oh, right.

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I love the fact that Silver Bullet's very ending happens on Halloween. Perfect for October viewing :)

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10/26 #38



The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Wes Craven's urban fairy tale is a fun(ny) thrill-ride. Still holds up pretty well. 4/5

[AndyC]

10/26 #38



The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Wes Craven's urban fairy tale is a fun(ny) thrill-ride. Still holds up pretty well. 4/5

With Everett McGill, who was also the villain in Silver Bullet. Always liked him in this movie - he looked like an evil Darren Stevens with a leather fetish.

[AndyC]

Watching the Rifftrax Live: House on Haunted Hill video. I like the movie fine by itself, but it's also one of the funnier Rifftrax, and comes with a couple of shorts about grocery shopping and how paper is made. I think the audience reaction enhances the humour quite a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsSgRfXSiFk

[66Crush]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Trick or Treat (1986)

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10/27 #39



Anthropophagus (1980)

People on vacation end up on the menu of a cannibalistic madman. Notorious shocker with graphic violence, slasher elements and awkward euro-dubbing. 3.5/5

[Raffine]

HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER (1958)



When new owners take over a movie studios they decide stop making monster movies and produce musical comedies instead. This leaves the resident makeup artist, responsible for creating popular (and profitable) famous monsters for the studio, out of a job. He seeks his revenge against the heartless suits by creating a new makeup that allows him to hypnotise teenage actors into thinking they are the Teenage Werewolf and the Teenage Frankenstein!

Fun, cheap AIP 1950s horror flick, featuring a behind the scenes look lots of their iconic monster makeups and costumes and a fiery ending in blazing color!


Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
American International Pictures Style

[66Crush]

I just watched "The Haunted Casino" don't waste your time with this boring piece of crap.

[akiratubo]

The Batman vs. Dracula (2005)

Yet another animated Batman movie better than any of the live action ones.  Batman is startled when he starts having to fight honest-to-goodness vampires on the streets of Gotham.  Where are they coming from?  Why, Dracula is in town, of course!  Batman confronts Dracula and gets his ass kicked six ways to Sunday.  Is there any way he can defeat the undead King of Darkness, or has Batman finally come up against a foe he cannot overcome?

I can't even begin to tell you how much this movie rocks.  C'mon, it's BATMAN VS. DRACULA, for crying out loud!  What more do you even need to know?  Aside from the wonderful premise, we've got what is, quite honestly, one of the best interpretations of Dracula put to screen.  Peter Stormare does an outstanding job providing his voice, and the way he looks and moves is absolutely perfect.  This Dracula is intelligent, powerful, extremely dangerous, and no fool.  He is more than a match for Batman.  In fact, the first time he and Batman face off, he delivers the most thorough ass-kicking I've ever witnessed the Caped Crusader receive on film.  Oh, and let's not forget the unbelievably bloody fight scene between Batman and a vampirized Joker.  It is shockingly gruesome and I did not see it coming.  Quite honestly, I can't believe it made it into the movie.

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10/28 #40



Offerings (1989)

Blatant Halloween clone (right down to Carpenter's score) but charming because of typical 80s cheese (big hair, belly-free shirts).
Cheap but decent production. Never heard of this film until a few years ago. This one went under my radar in video rental days I guess. Either way, worth watching. 4/5

[indianasmith]

I watched a movie called GOOD NEIGHBORS last night.  A strange love triangle between a cat-loving waitress, an awkward Jewish neighbor, and the paraplegic jock who lives downstairs, all of whom are fascinated by the exploits of a serial killer who rapes and strangles women in their area.  Intriguing premise but overall, a rather boring and pedestrian film.  I just couldn't make myself care about any of the characters - with a different cast and editing it might have been quite good; the screenplay was fairly interesting.

[66Crush]

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Halloween 5
The Body Snatcher

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10/29 #43



Jurassic Park (1993) BD

Though not horror but there is enough stuff that could qualify as horror in Spielberg's Jurassic Park for sure. Fun and thrilling creature feature that looks and sounds great on Blu-ray. 5/5

Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Decent sequel, fun f/x. 4/5

Innocent Blood (1992)

With a little more polish this could have been a classic. Still entertaining enough, with at times rather nasty f/x. Such a shame this never got a decent R1 DVD or Blu-ray release. 4/5

[Paquita]

Watched Monster Squad the other day. So awesome, perfect for Halloween.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VAat7Q--wQ

I remembered really liking Monster Squad when I was little so we just rented it for my daughter!  She loved it!  She has insisted on watching it 3 times now over 4 days.  I still cry at the end.  The language is a little uncomfortable for having a little kid watch, but thankfully, she didn't pick up on it yet.  We've also been watching Ernest Scared Stupid (we call it Boogerlips because I'm not about to let her use the word "stupid" yet)  and out of the entire movie, she recites the line "Evil Demons, make me strong!", only she says "Evil Evil, make me strong!" .. really creepy seeing a 3 year old say that... it was short lived and she's on to other movie quotes now, but now I'm really nervous about what she's going to pick up from some of these movies!

My husband wants her to watch Army of Darkness for Halloween, I was kind of hoping for at least part of Creepshow, but he thinks that movie is too "adult", and he's probably right, it could be a little too scary.