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Theme Nights 2023 list is complete.
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100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
11-01-23, 06:32 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
I watched way more than I thought. Still less than last year though.
Had fun like always and sad that October is over.
Had fun like always and sad that October is over.
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11-01-23, 09:44 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Before we get to purchases, you don't think I could pass up an opportunity to wish everyone a happy Day of the Dead, do you? Yes, it's another wardrobe change!
As for purchases, I got a couple floor mats. I figure they'll help with the dog tracking mud when it rains. The Halloween picture was also a purchase. The Chucky lawn jockey is a previous purchase there as evidence that I can be easily influenced when it comes to horror stuff.
Here's some wall art along with the TCM wreath. Maybe not the best description but not sure what else to call it. I also got Trick r Treat figure and throw.
It varied a little, but things were about $10-15 each, a couple items were a little more.
Spoiler:
As for purchases, I got a couple floor mats. I figure they'll help with the dog tracking mud when it rains. The Halloween picture was also a purchase. The Chucky lawn jockey is a previous purchase there as evidence that I can be easily influenced when it comes to horror stuff.
Spoiler:
Here's some wall art along with the TCM wreath. Maybe not the best description but not sure what else to call it. I also got Trick r Treat figure and throw.
Spoiler:
It varied a little, but things were about $10-15 each, a couple items were a little more.
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11-02-23, 12:39 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Made it to 139 this year. Seems to be an odd-number trend this year, didn't get to an even 140. There are just too many movies to choose from. I swear, about 75% of the movies you guys were mentioning I've never heard of.
As always, it was a blast. Thanks Chad, for organizing everything his year.
As always, it was a blast. Thanks Chad, for organizing everything his year.
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11-02-23, 10:04 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Anyone know how many challenges you complete if you watched every subset film in the list for this year?
11-02-23, 10:47 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Thanks to everyone for making it all a good time!
Participation/List Acknowledgements
Tarfirmmer's list was the one for me to watch for 'competition,' SterlingBen for pizzazz (pictures, family ratings, beers, etc), Surfinhank for graphics gusto, Dimension X inspired me with some unusual watches, and Jholmes along with WillieMLF plus Indy24LA had mini reviews that were amusing ("think the Haunted Mansion infested with a buncha Pennywises"). Also credit to Spiderbite for watching and commenting on all the subset films (even rewatching Terrifier 2); I enjoyed the subset discussion a lot.
Best People Ever
Special acknowledgement to Chad for hosting/everything!
Cheers to GoldenWheels/HamilitonBooks and Deadly Prey engaged by Toddarino for prizes; also Alyxstarr for coordinating subset films.
My Stats/Highlights
Gems: Venus, Miranda Veil, Frostbitten, Livid, Talk to Me, Pearl, I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker, Slapface, Fresh Hell, History of the Occult, Megalomaniac, Good Boy, The Asphyx, Dream Home,
Disappointments: Cobweb, Benny Loves You, York Witches Society, Camp Murder, It Lives Inside, The Astrologer, Forbidden Zone, Hayride from Hell, Vampyres (remake), Crying Wolf, Night of the Animated Dead, Prisoners of the Ghost Land
Additional Highlights:
Small Films Worth a Chance [Great Within Limitations]: Hellbender, Deeper: The Retribution of Beth, Mean Spirited, Forest of Death, Speak No Evil, Red Snow
Apt Metaphor Award: The Invitation, Antlers, Dream Home, Targets
Most Thought Provoking/Puzzling: Livid, They Live Inside Us, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Dementia, Death Laid an Egg
Guilty Pleasures [Not Good But Still Great] : Massacre in Dinosaur Valley, Murderlust, The Djinn, Mercy Black, Pledge Night
Funniest/Lighthearted: Dude Bro Party Massacre III, Dead By Midnight (Y2Kill), Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal, Monster of the Opera, The Madelines
Scuzziest/’Feel Bad’ Cinema: The Sacrament, Dear God No, Cut & Run, They Wait in the Dark
Sleaziest: Arabella, Torso, Day After Halloween
Gore/Effects Standouts: Mad God, Diablo Rojo PYT, Invaders From Mars ('86), Skin Creepers (exploding heads), Ready or Not (watch end only), Black Friday
Delightfully Strangest: A Wounded Fawn, Perpetrator, Possession, Private Parts, The Breach
Weirdest Creatures: Tammy & the Trex, Ouija Shark, Snakehead Swamp, Empire of Ants
Best Kills: Aquaslash, Scream V (violent killer's death)
Coolest Killer: Happy Hell Night
Most Unique/Original: Pernicious (plot that took chances, but poorly executed), I See You (cool structure)
Favorite Theatrical Film: Talk to Me followed by Soul Mates (neat twist) then Exorcist: Believer [overall not a great year for theatrical horror]
Your mileage may vary.
15th year participating | Total Watched: 232 films [new personal record] - 356 hours, 52 minutes (92.3 minutes per film average)
By Decade: 2020s 103 | 2010s 43 | 2000s 16 | 1990s 17 | 1980s 31 | 1970s 11 | 1960s 5 | 1950s 2 | 1940s 2 | 1930s 1 | 1920s 1
By Format: Digital 220 [195 in high definition, 22 in 4K/UHD, 3 in 480p standard definition] | Theatrical 10 [thanks to AMC A-list]| Blu-ray 2 | DVD 0
First Time Viewings - 199 total, 85% | Theme Day Related -147 total, 63% | Checklist minimums completed | Subset Films - 100% watched & discussed
My Average Film Star (★) Rating: 5.2 stars out of 10 ★★★★★✰✰✰✰✰ [Intended Scale: 5 ★ is average, < 5 is bad and > 5 is good]
Participation/List Acknowledgements
Tarfirmmer's list was the one for me to watch for 'competition,' SterlingBen for pizzazz (pictures, family ratings, beers, etc), Surfinhank for graphics gusto, Dimension X inspired me with some unusual watches, and Jholmes along with WillieMLF plus Indy24LA had mini reviews that were amusing ("think the Haunted Mansion infested with a buncha Pennywises"). Also credit to Spiderbite for watching and commenting on all the subset films (even rewatching Terrifier 2); I enjoyed the subset discussion a lot.
Best People Ever
Special acknowledgement to Chad for hosting/everything!
Cheers to GoldenWheels/HamilitonBooks and Deadly Prey engaged by Toddarino for prizes; also Alyxstarr for coordinating subset films.
My Stats/Highlights
Gems: Venus, Miranda Veil, Frostbitten, Livid, Talk to Me, Pearl, I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker, Slapface, Fresh Hell, History of the Occult, Megalomaniac, Good Boy, The Asphyx, Dream Home,
Disappointments: Cobweb, Benny Loves You, York Witches Society, Camp Murder, It Lives Inside, The Astrologer, Forbidden Zone, Hayride from Hell, Vampyres (remake), Crying Wolf, Night of the Animated Dead, Prisoners of the Ghost Land
Additional Highlights:
Small Films Worth a Chance [Great Within Limitations]: Hellbender, Deeper: The Retribution of Beth, Mean Spirited, Forest of Death, Speak No Evil, Red Snow
Apt Metaphor Award: The Invitation, Antlers, Dream Home, Targets
Most Thought Provoking/Puzzling: Livid, They Live Inside Us, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Dementia, Death Laid an Egg
Guilty Pleasures [Not Good But Still Great] : Massacre in Dinosaur Valley, Murderlust, The Djinn, Mercy Black, Pledge Night
Funniest/Lighthearted: Dude Bro Party Massacre III, Dead By Midnight (Y2Kill), Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal, Monster of the Opera, The Madelines
Scuzziest/’Feel Bad’ Cinema: The Sacrament, Dear God No, Cut & Run, They Wait in the Dark
Sleaziest: Arabella, Torso, Day After Halloween
Gore/Effects Standouts: Mad God, Diablo Rojo PYT, Invaders From Mars ('86), Skin Creepers (exploding heads), Ready or Not (watch end only), Black Friday
Delightfully Strangest: A Wounded Fawn, Perpetrator, Possession, Private Parts, The Breach
Weirdest Creatures: Tammy & the Trex, Ouija Shark, Snakehead Swamp, Empire of Ants
Best Kills: Aquaslash, Scream V (violent killer's death)
Coolest Killer: Happy Hell Night
Most Unique/Original: Pernicious (plot that took chances, but poorly executed), I See You (cool structure)
Favorite Theatrical Film: Talk to Me followed by Soul Mates (neat twist) then Exorcist: Believer [overall not a great year for theatrical horror]
Your mileage may vary.
15th year participating | Total Watched: 232 films [new personal record] - 356 hours, 52 minutes (92.3 minutes per film average)
By Decade: 2020s 103 | 2010s 43 | 2000s 16 | 1990s 17 | 1980s 31 | 1970s 11 | 1960s 5 | 1950s 2 | 1940s 2 | 1930s 1 | 1920s 1
By Format: Digital 220 [195 in high definition, 22 in 4K/UHD, 3 in 480p standard definition] | Theatrical 10 [thanks to AMC A-list]| Blu-ray 2 | DVD 0
First Time Viewings - 199 total, 85% | Theme Day Related -147 total, 63% | Checklist minimums completed | Subset Films - 100% watched & discussed
My Average Film Star (★) Rating: 5.2 stars out of 10 ★★★★★✰✰✰✰✰ [Intended Scale: 5 ★ is average, < 5 is bad and > 5 is good]
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11-02-23, 10:57 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
SterlingBen - I really like your 'Winners of Yore' image but it's nagging me that I can't remember the name of the film you list for 2020. What movie is that?
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
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11-02-23, 12:12 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Find another list than has surefire gems like Croaked: Frog Monster From Hell, Schizohrenia: The Whore Mangler, Door 1 of the 5 Doors to Hell, Death by VHS, Bollywood Evil Dead, The Nameless, Suburban Sasquatch, Night Wars, Brutal Sorcery, etc etc.
I salute your bravery.
It's a shame there are probably a ton of good but weird offbeat films that get overlooked even here, like #Alive might be.
I salute your bravery.
It's a shame there are probably a ton of good but weird offbeat films that get overlooked even here, like #Alive might be.
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11-02-23, 12:51 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Find another list than has surefire gems like Croaked: Frog Monster From Hell, Schizohrenia: The Whore Mangler, Door 1 of the 5 Doors to Hell, Death by VHS, Bollywood Evil Dead, The Nameless, Suburban Sasquatch, Night Wars, Brutal Sorcery, etc etc.
I salute your bravery.
I salute your bravery.
That's mostly standard viewing for me. Two of them were re-watches. 
I watched #Alive because it was rated low on someone I follow's Letterboxd account.
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11-02-23, 02:21 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
That's mostly standard viewing for me. Two of them were re-watches. Almost half of what you listed were watched on tubi (free, with commercials). Apparently if you watch the crap they recommend, they recommend more crap.
I watched #Alive because it was rated low on someone I follow's Letterboxd account.
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11-02-23, 02:38 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Not movie related. But I finished up my Halloween with an impromptu stop at Spirit to check their clearance items.
11-02-23, 05:24 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Me and IBJoel differ widely in our taste in movies.
I have a bunch of more reviews halfway written and quite a few more daughter reviews to add in as well. Will try to get reviews caught up over the next few days along with awards.
For statistic purposes I hit the hundred (barely) and hit all theme nights.
I have a bunch of more reviews halfway written and quite a few more daughter reviews to add in as well. Will try to get reviews caught up over the next few days along with awards.
For statistic purposes I hit the hundred (barely) and hit all theme nights.
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11-02-23, 10:33 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
I'm glad somebody was able to get in on some Halloween clearance deals. I was hoping to score some 70% off animatronics at Home Depot but nothing but Christmas decor as far as they eye could see. Spirit was a bust, too.
My 10/25 prediction could be spot on or at least close. I never properly updated my list and the attempts at notetaking spanned 2 computers, 3 pieces of paper and a phone, so trying to decipher it is a challenge in itself. I hope to have everything updated before the week's over including the best/worst list.
My 10/25 prediction could be spot on or at least close. I never properly updated my list and the attempts at notetaking spanned 2 computers, 3 pieces of paper and a phone, so trying to decipher it is a challenge in itself. I hope to have everything updated before the week's over including the best/worst list.
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11-02-23, 10:33 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
The mid-week reminder.
The Ghana Giveaway
You're playing for 3 mystery Ghana prints from the Deadly Prey Gallery.
All you have to do is...
______________________________________________________________________________
1. Click the Random Horror Movie Generator to get your pick.
2. Send the title of your pick via PM (or email) to me and you are entered.
______________________________________________________________________________
That's it. Watching your randomly generated pick is not required, that is, unless you want to.
Three winners will be randomly drawn courtesy of Random.org.
One entry per person.
Courtesy of...
Contest is open until next Sunday night 10/5.
Good luck!
The Ghana Giveaway
You're playing for 3 mystery Ghana prints from the Deadly Prey Gallery.
All you have to do is...
______________________________________________________________________________
1. Click the Random Horror Movie Generator to get your pick.
2. Send the title of your pick via PM (or email) to me and you are entered.
______________________________________________________________________________
That's it. Watching your randomly generated pick is not required, that is, unless you want to.
Three winners will be randomly drawn courtesy of Random.org.
One entry per person.
Courtesy of...
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Contest is open until next Sunday night 10/5.
Good luck!
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11-03-23, 10:25 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
As always, thanks to all of you for the conversation and comments and lists that always look better than mine (still only in random scribbled notes). October is my favorite month of the year since Chad started this thing, and he’ll always be one of my favorite people. The amount of work he does for us all blesses us tremendously.
I hope to do a proper post-Challenge stat report next week, but for now the scariest thing I saw this month was the list of horror films I ordered from all these boutique label sales, which may outnumber the 125+ titles I viewed for the Challenge. Ugh.
I hope to do a proper post-Challenge stat report next week, but for now the scariest thing I saw this month was the list of horror films I ordered from all these boutique label sales, which may outnumber the 125+ titles I viewed for the Challenge. Ugh.
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11-03-23, 11:45 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Can't believe another October is over; time really does move faster as you get older. Huge thanks to Chad for all his work on running the gold standard for movie challenges. Another thanks to everyone who participated with their lists and comments, I watched more than a few movies based on others' lists/recommendations. And y'all got me to finally join Letterboxd, so now I can continue my inane reviews all year long. 
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11-03-23, 02:04 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Spoiler:
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11-03-23, 02:50 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Thanks to everyone for making this so much fun every year. I managed to get a new high of 128 with 59 first time viewings. I'd say my favorite first watches are There's Something Out There, X, Pearl and I,Madman. Worst would be Chill Factor, Fatal Exam and Hard Rock Zombies. Technically not the worst but the one I hated watching the most was Skinamarink. Just wasn't for me.
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11-03-23, 06:13 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Torso was the 1973 subset film (corrected my original post) and, like you said, Libido (1965) was the Giallo subset film - I watched them both on Giallo day to cut down the subset list and got so mixed up. Ha.
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11-03-23, 08:10 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Here are my top first time viewings this year: The McPherson Tape (1989), SiREN (2016), The Babadook (2014), Scanners (1981)
and I got to see Nightmare Before Christmas for the first time, 30 years after it came out xD
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and Christmas!
and I got to see Nightmare Before Christmas for the first time, 30 years after it came out xD
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and Christmas!
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11-04-23, 10:12 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
I had some personal matters come up so I didn't participate as much as I wanted to. I somehow got in 87 views, 38 were first time views.
Completed the subset, theme and really pushed at the end and completed the checklist.
I had never seen Ready or Not before but I very much enjoyed it. Stay away from Ghost's of Amityville (2022).
Thanks to everyone who works hard to make the challenge happen.
Take care everyone
Completed the subset, theme and really pushed at the end and completed the checklist.
I had never seen Ready or Not before but I very much enjoyed it. Stay away from Ghost's of Amityville (2022).
Thanks to everyone who works hard to make the challenge happen.
Take care everyone
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11-04-23, 10:51 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
The 2024 planning thread for number 20(!) just went UP. A little earlier than usual.
Also, I failed to mention this outside of the Facebook post, but don't forget to....
Vote for Best List.
It's an OHMC tradition. Quite a bit of time and effort went into them, so please cast a vote if you can.
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Vote for Best List.
It's an OHMC tradition. Quite a bit of time and effort went into them, so please cast a vote if you can.
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11-05-23, 05:19 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 19th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
The 2024 planning thread for number 20(!) just went UP. A little earlier than usual.
Also, I failed to mention this outside of the Facebook post, but don't forget to....
Vote for Best List.
It's an OHMC tradition. Quite a bit of time and effort went into them, so please cast a vote if you can.
Also, I failed to mention this outside of the Facebook post, but don't forget to....
Vote for Best List.
It's an OHMC tradition. Quite a bit of time and effort went into them, so please cast a vote if you can.