WillieMLF

Our trip date keeps on changing, and probably wont solidify until I buy the flight tickets. I'm trying to hit it hard early on, but it's up in the air whether I can hit 100 this year.

Trevor

It’s great to see a OHMC love connection!

Have a great trip you two!

BobO'Link

Same here - #13!

I do a horror movie challenge on another forum where the goal is *one* movie per day with a (IMHO, very small) 31 total for the month. Most years I get very close to that number in a single week and am already half way there after 2 days this year. There are 5 or 6 of us on that forum who get numbers in the 100 range with most folks struggling to get in that one per day viewing.

And, yes, most of the "normal" people I know think it's absolutely insane to watch that many movies, much less horror movies, in a single month!

coyoteblue

Or do what I do, list but don't count.

MysterioMan007

This was probably my first zombie movie ever watched, honestly, so I just assumed they always wanted to eat brains. It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned it started here. I enjoyed watching it last night so much that I am currently watching the (far inferior) sequel, Part II. I've only watched this a handful of times, and while I still have things I like about it, the first was a masterpiece and one of my favorite movies of all-time, not just in the horror genre.

numbercrunch

Day three and my well thought out watch plan is blown up.

Bluelitespecial

A local theater is showing Lost Boys on the big screen tomorrow night. I'm excited to go as I was too young to see it in theaters in the 80s.

MysterioMan007

I'm a little past the halfway point of re-watching The Shining. I know, in some circles, this is considered the greatest horror film ever made, but I've never really been able to like it as much as the critics and/or hardcore fans of it. I actually enjoy Doctor Sleep much more, if I'm being honest with myself. Is it a good movie? Yes. Does it tell an effectively creepy story? Yes. Are the visuals outstanding? Yes. But I just can't seem to stay invested in the movie the entire time, especially the first hour or so. Maybe because Kubrick was such a dick to everyone on set, or maybe I've listened to Stephen King bash the movie a few times and found his arguments valid, but I just can't find greatness in this movie like everyone else.

jacob_b

I just love watching Jack on screen so it gets me every time. Sleep was decent but felt it was a bit too long without a lot of strong acting in it.

shadokitty

Same here. I had planned on The Screaming Skull for yesterday’s theme. However, I was injured today and in a lot of pain this evening when I set down to watch it. As a result, I couldn’t get into it at all, even though I had always enjoyed the movie before. I ended up laying down and it’s already past midnight.

WillieMLF

Anyone planning on watching the Amazon remake of Goodnight Mommy? Anyone seen it yet? Curious for a revisit, but I'm still on the fence.

Spiderbite

Have you ever read the book?

I saw the movie as a kid (censored on ABC) and liked it. The REDRUM kid freaked me out. My Dad was a fan of it and introduced it to me. I read the book as a teen and then watched the movie again soon after and fucking hated the movie. Like...hated, hated it. The book was too fresh in my thoughts, and it is such an outstanding book that Kubrick's version just pales in comparison in every way imaginable. I read the book later as an adult and still loved it.

That being said, over the years my thoughts have softened on the film after several more viewings and now I enjoy the movie again. I mainly watch it for Nicholson's and Duvall's performances. They are both fantastic in the movie. And any Scatman Crothers is always welcome. I love the score also. Just don't go in expecting the greatness of the book or listen to the hype and it is enjoyable.

Doctor Sleep I saw in the theater and disliked it. I felt it was dull and unnecessary. I have no intention of revisiting it anytime soon.

Gobear

I have to disagree on Nicholson. Jack Torrance is a deeply flawed man whose alcoholism caused him to injure his son, and the Overlook uses his weakness to corrupt and eventually consume him. Nicholson comes in the movie as barely holding in the crazy from the jump. so there's no pathos in seeing a decent but weak man gradually disintegrate as he is destroyed by his own demons. I never understood why Shelley Duvall was cast in films because she always struck me as a one-note actress.

Like many King fans, I had already read the novel and was dismayed at the changes Kubrick made to the story. Over the years, I've come to appreciate the film, but I think it was miscast, apart from Scatman Crothers who is great.

shadokitty

While I never read the book, I do remember enjoying the TV miniseries of The Shining more than the Kubrick film. And I have read that the miniseries was far more faithful to the book.

clckworang

I had a pretty productive day yesterday. I always think that I should prioritize the subset films early but rarely do. Yesterday, I watched six films and all of them were subset films! Heck, of the 12 movies I've watched so far, only 2 weren't subset films. I've been very undecided on what to watch so far, so maybe it has helped to rely on that subset list. I hope to keep pushing and get done with it early. We'll see!

Spiderbite

I totally see what you are saying but I always enjoyed Duvall's extreme frailty juxtapositioned against Nicholson's extreme ferocity.

Did I think they were ever a realistic couple? Not in the slightest. I do agree that Nicholson plays Jack as set to blow right off but that doesn't bother me if I am not looking for the arc that the book created. But Duvall is so freaking annoying and mousy in the role. You can see why Nicholson's character could easily move them to the "kill" column in his life. And I can't of how any other actress could have played the stairwell scene better than Duvall. She is so vulnerable and just can't comprehend what the fuck is going on with her hubbie who she seems to adore but also knows he quietly despises her and their son.

Trevor

I took a couple days off work to give myself 7 of the first 9 days of the Challenge off. Going to try to finish the checklist asap, and then shift into unwatched BD mode the rest of the Challenge.

So far, I’m sticking to completely theme compliant, but I think I’ll drop that soon to teach my OCD that it doesn’t control me completely darn it!

lrend

I enjoyed the TV Mini Series of The Shining more than I enjoyed the movie. I read the book and then watched the Mini Series. It follows the book very closely and I liked it a lot better than the movie. You get to see more of Danny's abilities and the family dynamics. If you've never read the book then I think you would enjoy Kubrick's version because you don't have anything to compare it to.

Gobear

Sissy Spacek would have knocked it out of the park. She can play vulnerable but she always gives multi-layered performances where we can see her interior thoughts beneath what is happening on the surface.

SterlingBen

No way, man.

It does retain more of the book but is in no way as effective with the creeps.

Darth Maher

I just read the book a few moths ago after seeing the Kubrick movie for a million times. I've always enjoyed it, but now that I've read the book, I can understand why some people don't care for it. As a movie on its own, it is great and effective. But as an adaptation to the book, it fails. I am glad I saw the movie before reading the book.

I also enjoyed the Doctor Sleep book more than the movie but they didn't try to invent the wheel with that one. I think things from the book were just cut for time.

Toddarino

That Shining episode of the Simpsons really affected how I watch the movie. Has that happened to anyone else?
I’m not saying that in a negative way, I love both of them. I just laugh at certain parts i probably shouldn’t.
This years challenge just got a little more difficult for me because of some personal stuff at home. I’m going to power through as much as I can.

MysterioMan007

Alas, I've never read the book. Once I've seen the movie, any desire to go read the same story I've already seen dies. I've heard Stephen King hates the movie because of the liberties Kubrick took with his novel. But, maybe I'll read it one day. I remember reading Pet Sematary long before seeing the original film and being a little let down by the movie. I can enjoy it now, but that novel haunted me.

Shack

Sounds great! Send us reports.

Spiderbite

So I delved into my Al Adamson boxset and watched Psycho A Go-Go! (1964), The Fiend With The Electronic Brain (1964) & Blood Of Ghastly Horror (1971).

Hard to believe but the only good thing about these movies was their titles.

Here is the crazy thing...so Psycho A Go-Go! is its own film. Then Adamson took footage from it and created new, poorly done footage and made a new film...Fiend. Then he took footage from both of those and made a new film Ghastly. The funny part is Ghastly is obviously filmed in the Swinging 70's while Psycho and Fiend were filmed in the early to mid 60's so nothing really matches by the end.

There is so much footage from the first film in the second two that I felt bad about it and couldn't count it as three separate films on my list. Plus, I fast forwarded it through the scenes I had already seen in the following two.

Invented to try to make a buck but terrible filmmaking and editing. And the first film, the DNA of everything, was terrible just by itself. I look forward to listening to the commentary on Ghastly just to hear the wacky story on this!