#pyewacket (2017

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Pyewacket 2017

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Pyewacket (2017) dir. Adam MacDonald

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.

Mod Z says: As a ‘frustrated angst-ridden’ myself, this sounds 100% like something i would do and i support this girl’s decision. God, i love witchcraft-centric movies!

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[milfjagger]

horror recs 2024

categories are a little broad but take from it what you will. personal favs are in bold and a * next to the name means this movie genuinely scared me

serial killers/stalkers/home invasion the black phone (2021) the invisible man (2020) hannibal (series; 2013-2015) maniac (2012) american psycho (2000) the silence of the lambs (1991) opera (1987) tourist trap (1979) halloween (1978) deep red (1975) black christmas (1974) the texas chain saw massacre (1974) peeping tom (1960)

ghosts/hauntings talk to me (2022) the haunting of hill house (series; 2018) i am the pretty thing that lives in the house (2016) under the shadow (2016) crimson peak (2015) mama (2013) the orphanage (2007) lake mungo (2008)* dark water (2005) the ring (2002) the others (2001) the devil's backbone (2001) ring (1998)* candyman (1992) poltergeist (1982) the haunting (1963) the innocents (1961)

vampires interview with the vampire (series; 2022- ) midnight mass (series; 2021) let the right one in (2008) bram stoker's dracula (1992) near dark (1987) the lost boys (1987) fright night (1985) dracula (1958) nosferatu (1922)

werewolves dog soldiers (2002) ginger snaps (2000) & ginger snaps 2 (2004) the howling (1981) an american werewolf in london (1981)

demons/witches longlegs (2024)* smile (2022)* incantation (2022)* hereditary (2018)* suspiria (2018) veronica (2017)* terrified (2017)* pyewacket (2017)* the autopsy of jane doe (2016) the exorcist (series; 2016-2018) the blackcoat's daughter (2015) the witch (2015)* evil dead (2013) the exorcism of emily rose (2005) the blair witch project (1999) the craft (1996) hellraiser (1987) suspiria (1977) the exorcist (1973) the devil rides out (1968) rosemary's baby (1968) black sunday (1960)

survival horror yellowjackets (series; 2021 - ) the terror (series; 2017) rogue (2007) the descent (2005)* open water (2003)

sci-fi horror crimes of the future (2022) annihilation (2018)* the fly (1986) the thing (1982) alien (1979) & aliens (1986)

monster movies willow creek (2013)* troll hunter (2010) the host (2006) pumpkinhead (1988)

folk horror the ritual (2017)* wake wood (2009)* the hallow (2015) pet sematary (1989) the wicker man (1973) the blood on satan's claw (1971) night of the demon (1957)

fantasy/fairytale horror gretel and hansel (2020) red riding hood (2011) the juniper tree (1990) the company of wolves (1984) psychological horror (that doesn't fit better into another category) candyman (2021) the lighthouse (2019) us (2019) get out (2017) gerald's game (2017) a cure for wellness (2016) the invitation (2015) it follows (2014)* excision (2012) may (2002) frailty (2001) dead ringers (1988) gothic (1986) carrie (1976) cat people (1942)

indie/experimental (mileage may vary) enys men (2022) skinamarink (2022) bones and all (2022) men (2022) the house (2022) relic (2020)* saint maud (2019) mandy (2018) the wind (2018) raw (2016)

balls to the wall crazy/fun as hell evil dead rise (2023) fall of the house of usher (series; 2023) late night with the devil (2023) saw movies (2004-2023) the menu (2022) nope (2022) malignant (2021) escape room (2019) & escape room: tournament of champions (2021) run (2020) the chilling adventures of sabrina (series; 2018-2020) 31 (2016) the boy (2016) american mary (2012) repo! the genetic opera (2007) trick 'r' treat (2007) sweeney todd (2007) dead silence (2007) house of wax (2005) house of 1000 corpses (2003) final destination (2000) ravenous (1999) lair of the white worm (1988) brain damage (1988) the texas chainsaw massacre 2 (1986) re-animator (1985) & bride of re-animator (1990) evil dead movies (1981-1992) phantom of the paradise (1974)

[tlbodine]

Fae Horrors: Pyewacket & The Wretched

The loose theme this week was "stuff in the woods, and kids not being taken seriously." We're in North America for a change this time around, with a pair of films I quite liked!

Pyewacket (2017) is a Canadian horror-thriller written and directed by Adam MacDonald. It's about a gothy-witchy teenager, Leah, who's having a tough time with her mom after her dad's death. Her mom is an erratic mess whose grief has made her selfish and resentful, and she's making Leah's life hell as a result. When she decides (without consulting her kid) to uproot their lives and move into a remote cabin in the woods for a fresh start, Leah retaliates by performing a ritual to make her mom go away.

It works, in the worst way imaginable.

This was really good. It's a slow burn and there are some places I think could have been explained better, but the characters feel real and relatable. Fair warning when you watch this that if you have problems with your own mom or emotional abuse that this could be a rough watch.

In terms of fae creatures, this one is more of a demon summoning, although it's kind of vague what exactly is being summoned and what the rules are. As with Errimentari the week prior, I'm including "demons" in the fae bucket as long as they can be bargained with, because I think demonic pacts and fae bargains are essentially the same thing from an anthropological and folklore perspective. See my latest Patreon post for details.

Films with similar vibes:

The Craft

Goodnight Mommy

Next up is The Wretched, 2019, written and directed by The Pierce Brothers. I'd seen this one floating around but avoided it out of fear it would be yet another "wendigo" story, but I am happy to report that for once we have white filmmakers using the imagery of Creepy Deer Thing In The Forest in a non-appropriative and actually imaginative manner! Do wonders never cease!

Story here has a cool framing device - it's primarily through the POV of a teenager spending the summer with his dad, but most of the action is next door where a family has unwittingly invited Something inside. The creature is a body-stealing, memory-modifying hag that likes to eat children, and our intrepid teenage hero might be the only one who sees what's happening.

This movie is great, through and through. The writing is tight and clean and the story fits together neatly, and I really enjoyed the characters, particularly the pathologically responsible lead. I ALSO respect a child endangerment film that isn't scared to straight up murder kids once in a while. Highly recommended.

Films with similar vibes:

Sinister

Bagman (but don't watch this, watch The Wretched instead)

A Tale of Two Sisters

[bereft-of-frogs]

disorganized best (and worst) books/films/shows of 2024

I finished 68 books, watched 105 films and 35 TV shows, and finished 3 games.

Honestly, the math might be off because it turns out this was a terrible idea. At the start of the year I was like 'oh it will be fun to do one big list!' It was not fun to do one big list. It was really hard to keep count. I already have a plan for next year, it's going to be much more organized. If you can decipher these lists feel free to ask me for a review about any entry on the list.

This isn't really going to be a top 5 or 10 or anything because I felt like it would be more fun just to kind of highlight my favorites (and least favorites) rather than forcing myself to pick a specific number. Fits the theme of disorganization like the lists above.

Onwards!

I had a really good TV year, book and film were a little more meh, not a lot is sticking out in the same way the best TV shows are:

SILO!!! (AppleTV). I'll be real honest, I started watching this because post-Dune Part II, I had a crush on Rebecca Ferguson. It had NO BUSINESS being this good for a show I was exclusively watching disrespectfully for Rebecca Ferguson wearing tank tops. That doesn't usually work out this well for me. But it is so good. There are flaws but also no there aren't, because it's made so earnestly that some of the shakier acting performances and awkward dialogue moments just don't matter to me. It's almost like the shows I used to watch on SyFy Fridays except with AppleTV money and production values. Which makes it so fun.

Severance (AppleTV). This is where I really knew I was in trouble with AppleTV. I was not going to be cancelling that free trial. This show is SO good and I cannot wait for the new season in a couple weeks.

AppleTV honestly kind of killed it this year, I also really enjoyed Dark Matter and Constellation, which both meet my criteria for multiverse shows, aka 'could these be branches of The OA's multiverse tree'. I've also been really enjoying Shrinking, even though it's not my usual genre. I'm so mad I signed up for a free trial and then got so completely hooked on the quality of their shows that I've continued to subscribe long after the trial ended. Outrageous. How dare they be making such excellent, high quality television. I'm appalled.

Giri/Haji (Netflix). It turns out that the show that keeps appearing on 'hidden gems of streaming' is good actually. WHO KNEW? The excellent characters and performances really elevated this gang war crime drama.

Scavenger's Reign (Originally HBO, but I watched it on Netflix). This show was gorgeous and so creative. I'm so sad they're not getting a second season. I cried twice. It was short but it made an impact.

Special Film Category: Films that Actually Scared Me.

Since I mainly watch horror, I significant marker of quality for me is if I actually get scared watching a movie and two movies genuinely freaked me out this year: Oddity (2024) and Pyewacket (2017). For both, there were moments where I was like 'oh no I don't want to go to bed alone tonight'. Normally I love living alone. Regretted it only after these movies. The concept of the murder in Oddity was enough to freak me out but even outside of the inciting incident, it kept delivering with the deeply unsettling scenes. Pyewacket wasn't perfect, I think Adam MacDonald is the kind of filmmaker who builds a whole film based off one scene he has in his mind and the rest of film isn't quite as strong as that one scene. But that scene is so disturbing and I haven't stopped thinking about it. (Same with his Backcountry (2017), it was fairly weak except for this ONE scene that I'll never get out of my head.)

Also Dune Part II was pretty great, super glad I saw it on IMAX and I'm pretty sure it's like half the reason Hans Zimmer ended up on my Spotify top 5 this year. (Interstellar was the other half, SO glad I finally after a decade got to see it on IMAX!)

For books, I really enjoyed The Fishermen by John Langan. It's a great meditation on death, AND had a dark ocean, which you know I love.

Silver In the Wood by Emily Tesh's only crime was how short it was! I do still have to pick up the sequel, but I was definitely down for a full length novel of this.

This was the year I also discovered I CAN listen to audiobooks, which is part of why my count is higher than ever. I'm not done with this but I've been listening to Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey and really liking it. I'm hoping to read the whole of that series in 2025.

Also, of course, while the quality of the individual books varied, my marathon of the Star Wars High Republic series was probably the most fun I've had with a series in years. Looking forward to the last couple books in 2025, though I'm sad to see it end.

worst of the year + notable DNFs under the cut so you don't have to scroll past my griping if you want to stay positive on this New Year's Dat. I'll reveal the list here in case I am saying mean things about your fave and you don't want to click the readmore: The Acolyte, Ronin by Emma Mieko Canton, City of Brass by SA Chakraborty, Aurora by David Koepp, Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

The Acolyte (Disney+). Ok first off, I don't want to downplay that the experience of watching The Acolyte was one of my top of the year. Watching and theorizing week-to-week, live reaction posting, my High Republic book marathon leading up to it, those parts were SO fun. However. The longer I think about this show, the more I just cannot ignore how bad the structural issues are. This is even setting aside my personal issues with the show -- mainly the second-half pivot toward the enemies-to-lovers romance that really didn't land for me, and the treatment of Vernestra's character, and some of the things Headland said in interviews. The two full flashback episodes with no framing devices or any content in the present is just...bad television structure. I mean the first one just dumped on us was bad enough, but the second one where the episode before looked like it was setting up a framing for the flashback, only for the finale to be like 'never mind, that's not what was happening at all', was absurd. I dream of living in the branch of the multiverse where this is properly edited. Imagine how good it could have been, if the flashbacks were properly cut into the primary story, and we had more development of all the characters? Every time I watched something this year with extensive flashbacks (The Head, Dune: Prophecy, Black Doves, Giri/Haji) I thought 'alas, what if??' I think what happened though is Headland came up with the Rashomon comparison early and didn't change when the story would have been better served by not doing the conflicting perspective Rashomon thing, and using a more normal flashback structure.

There were good things! The fight choreography was truly excellent, episode 5 was a standout, and it didn't deserve the hate it got from toxic fans, but ultimately it had more downsides for me than up and I can't say I was particularly disappointed when it wasn't renewed. Though even that wasn't really deserved because it's FAR from the only Disney+ show to have really deep structural issues. Most of their series actually just aren't very good television. This isn't even the first time I had a great experience watching something and was engaged enough to write fic for it, only to in hindsight realize how flawed it was. (Loki came first, then Obi-Wan Kenobi, though the fic inspired by The Acolyte is shaping up to be the longest -- the others really only got short oneshots, I'm looking at a beast with this fic, 40k and counting!) And unless Disney+ makes some major changes in the TV production wing...I doubt it will be the last.

Ronin by Emma Mieko Canton (DNF). Technically, I would say this book isn't bad and why I labeled this section 'notable DNFs' as well. I think it's a good example of the way that concepts work really well in some formats, and don't translate well to others. I LOVE Visions, and I love "The Duel", specifically because the studios aren't bound by Star Wars canon. The open creativity of that series is a feature, not a bug. But I didn't find it translated well to the longer format of the book. I would follow the plot for a while and then get absolutely thrown by worldbuilding or backstory I couldn't follow. I think it needed more exposition. It was kind of odd that it was written like any other licensed book that didn't need exposition, but it was so different from standard canon it was hard to follow and I ended up giving up.

City of Brass by SA Chakraborty. I tried, babes, I tried. Everything said to make it to 50% and it would get better but I just could not do it. Nahri was so deeply annoying and I wasn't engaged enough in the rest of the plot to keep going. If she 'realized' one more thing I was going to lose my entire mind. I'm sorry.

Aurora by David Koepp. This is another where, like Ronin, it's not technically bad. I just ended up getting kind of pissed off by the end. It felt like it was trying to be Station Eleven but was too cynical. And maybe just now because my parents live in an area that gets a lot of power outages, I was kind of pissed that he reduced the accomplishment of getting the power grid working again to one line towards the end. I would have been way more interested to hear about that collective effort over the 'the suburbs make a utopian commune while all those scary urban people immediately descended into chaos' thing.

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie. I feel so bad for saying this, but Craig DiLouie just wasn't intellectual enough to achieve what he was aiming for in this. Or at least he didn't put enough time or effort in to developing th? It couldn't counteract the truly stupid moments like the time when a character says he's going to shoot a ghost. But hey, it did lead to a reread of House of Leaves and further appreciation for one of my favorite underrated found footage films, As Above So Below. Because that was the crux of my problem with this book, that it wasn't well thought out enough to be House of Leaves and it didn't have enough heart to be As Above So Below.

I don't know why almost all of my least favorites this year were books, I guess I just have a lot of opinions on books. I also tend to DNF books less, so I end up having more negative thoughts about books, whereas with TV or film if I don't like it I just don't finish it or don't pay attention.

Congratulations for getting to the end. Again, feel free to ask thoughts about anything else on the list if you want (and can read it). I promise it will be more organized next year. Happy New Year! What were your favorite/least favorite things this year?

[mediamixs]

Top 10 Horror Movies About Enchanted Forests

Here are 10 horror movies that feature enchanted forests as key elements in their narratives:

The Blair Witch Project (1999) A seminal found footage film where three students venture into a Maryland forest to document the local legend of the Blair Witch, only to vanish mysteriously, leaving behind their chilling footage[.

The Witch (2015) Set in 1630s New England, this film follows a Puritan family who encounters dark forces in the woods surrounding their farm, leading to paranoia and tragedy.

The Ritual (2017) A group of friends hiking through a Swedish forest confronts a menacing presence that stalks them, blending psychological horror with folklore elements.

Evil Dead (1981) This cult classic features a group of friends who inadvertently awaken demonic forces in a remote cabin nestled in the woods, leading to gruesome consequences.

The Hallow (2015) A family moving into a remote mill house in Ireland faces off against malevolent creatures lurking in the enchanted woods, blending ecological horror with supernatural elements.

Long Weekend (1978) In this eco-horror film, a couple's abusive relationship with nature results in supernatural retribution from the forest, showcasing nature's wrath against human transgressions.

The Watcher in the Woods (1980) This Disney film takes a dark turn as two sisters uncover mysteries related to an enigmatic girl who disappeared in the woods, filled with eerie phenomena and suspense.

Antichrist (2009) A couple retreats to a remote cabin in the woods to grieve their son's death, only to confront their inner demons and the dark forces of nature itself.

The Forest (2016) Set in Japan's infamous Aokigahara Forest, known as the "Suicide Forest," this film follows a woman searching for her twin sister amidst ghostly apparitions and psychological terror.

Pyewacket (2017) A teen grieving her father's death summons a demon in the woods, leading to terrifying consequences as she realizes she has unleashed something uncontrollable.

These films utilize enchanted or eerie forests not just as settings but as integral components of their horror narratives, enhancing themes of isolation, nature's power, and psychological dread.

[cinenthusiast]

films watched in october 2023

234. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001, Gans) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

235. Hour of the Wolf (1968, Bergman) (2nd viewing / Criterion Channel)

236. Little Nicky (2000, Brill) (3rd viewing / Blu-ray)

237. The Sadness (2021, Jabbaz) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

238. The Haunted Mansion (2003, Minkoff) (1st viewing / Disney+)

239. The Haunted Mansion (2023, Simien) (1st viewing / Disney+)

240. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023, Friedkin) (1st viewing / Showtime app)

241. Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody (2023, Yang) (1st viewing / Amazon rental)

242. Ed Wood (1994, Burton) (no idea what viewing / Blu-ray)

243. Sleepy Hollow (1999, Burton) (no idea what viewing / Blu-ray)

244. Doctor Bull (1933, Ford) (1st viewing / Amazon rental)

245. The Haunting of Julia (1977, Loncraine) (1st viewing / 4K)

246. The Others (2001, Amenábar) (3rd viewing / Blu-ray)

247. Scary Movie 2 (2001, Wayans) (not sure what viewing since I saw this a lot on Comedy Central growing up / Max)

248. Scary Movie 3 (2003, Zucker) (2nd viewing / Max)

249. They Live (1988, Carpenter) (4th viewing / Blu-ray)

250. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Kaufman) (5th viewing / 4K)

251. Dreamaniac (1986, DeCoteau) (1st viewing / Tubi)

252. Nightmare Sisters (1988, DeCocteau) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

253. Pyewacket (2017, MacDonald) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

254. Savage Harvest (1994, Stanze) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

255. Scary Movie 4 (2006, Zucker) (1st viewing / Max)

256. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Coppola) (4th viewing / 4K)

257. Bordello of Blood (1996, Adler) (1st viewing / Amazon rental)

258. Maximum Overdrive (1986, King) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

259. Cat’s Eye (1985, Teague) (3rd viewing / Blu-ray)

258. Uninvited (1988, Clark) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

259. Triangle (2009, Smith) (1st viewing / Shudder)

260. Ghosts of Mars (2001, Carpenter) (2nd viewing / Blu-ray)

261. The City of the Dead (1960, Moxey) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

262. Spider Baby (1967, Hill) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

263. It Came from Outer Space (1953, Arnold) (1st viewing / 4K)

264. The Blob (1988, Russell) (6th viewing / 4K)

265. Freaks (1932, Browning) (2nd viewing / Blu-ray)

266. The Funhouse (1981, Hooper) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

267. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023, Scorsese) (1st viewing / theatrical)

268. Mars Attacks! (1996, Burton) (no idea / Amazon)

269. The Premature Burial (1962, Corman) (1st viewing / Tubi)

270. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963, Corman) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

271. Black Sabbath (1963, Bava) (3rd viewing / Blu-ray)

272. Mad God (2022, Tippet) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

273. Coraline (2009, Selick) (3rd viewing / 4K)

274. Purana Mandir (1984, Ramsay Brothers) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

275. Don’t Look Now (1973, Roeg) (4th (?) viewing / Blu-ray)

276. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972, Miraglia) (1st viewing / Blu-ray)

277. Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Polanski) (4th viewing / 35mm, Coolidge Corner Halloween Marathon)

278. Suspiria (1977, Argento) (4th viewing / 35mm, Coolidge Corner Halloween Marathon)

279. Blair Witch Project (1999, Myrick & Sanchez) (3rd viewing / 35mm, Coolidge Corner Halloween Marathon)

280. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937, Hand) (no idea what viewing / 35mm, Coolidge Corner Halloween Marathon)

281. The Craft (1996, Fleming) (no idea what viewing / 35mm, Coolidge Corner Halloween Marathon)

282. Evil Dead II (1987, Raimi) (3rd viewing / 4K)

283. Christine (1983, Carpenter) (9th or 10th viewing / Blu-ray)

284. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995, Dickerson) (6th viewing / Blu-ray)

285. Halloween (1978, Carpenter) (6th-ish viewing / Blu-ray)

286. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982, Wallace) (8th viewing)

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Pyewacket (2017)

Folk horror films are often either set in the past or deal with older traditions maintained over generations. This tale of teenage angst, revenge, and regret pushes things forward even if the things evoked come from a deep past. Opening with shots of spooky woods, the sing-song rhyming delivered by a teenage girl alerts the viewer that this will be a little bit different. It’s all about secret rituals in the woods, red yarn and self-injury. Forbidden knowledge is dealt out over video chat. It’s linked to imagery of death metal bands and teenage rebellion, a way to express yourself when the parents just don’t understand.

Pyewacket as an entity itself was a bit of a misfire. From a horror thrills perspective, the buildup is a little slow and late into the runtime, an escalation which left me wanting more. It’s a shapeshifter able to emulate anyone around Leah, which plays into her inherent sense of mistrust and paranoia. This leads to some effective moments: her friend Janice in the woods, the demonic apparition of her mother. And it leads to the brutal conclusion of the film, Leah killing her mother by burning her alive, convinced that she is in fact Pyewacket. What elevates the film and this relationship between mother and child is that Leah quickly comes to regret what she has done in summoning the demon to kill her mother in revenge for the move. How teenager-true it is to lash out, do something rash, and then come to wish you’d acted some other way. In the end, she is her own worst enemy, doing herself what she’d sought through the occult.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says ‘Pyewacket’.

Books are the devil.

WINE MOMS!

BIG DRINK

Shaky cam car tracking shot.

Someone goes into the attic.

[excusethequality]

My 2024 in Film: October, p.1

Every October I do my annual 31 Days of Spooky Movies challenge wherein I attempt to watch a spooky movie every day of October and I can't count anything I've counted in a previous October.

It started many years ago as my attempt to spread the fun of Halloween into the rest of the month. And has become a fun way to force myself into broadening my Horror horizons.

Unfortunately for me I watched a lot of them this month and so listing them all is going to take some time. So I suppose I had better get started.

* = rewatched

207.

You Are Not My Mother

(2021)

— Horror Directed by: Kate Dolan

A strange incident forces an Irish teenager to question whether her mother's increasingly erratic behaviors are the result of mental illness or something far darker.

On one hand it feels great to start the challenge off with a banger.

On the other hand it can be tough when you begin a challenge with the bar set extremely high.

I loved this movie. The performances, the mood, the themes, the way they build the horror; all of it was phenomenal.

Reminds me a lot of one of my favorite films Pyewacket (2017). With that one I've noticed that there's a big difference between how people thought about that one based on what their childhood was like. And I suspect there might be a similar reaction to this one.

As someone who definitely can relate to being a kid and being routinely terrified of what a parent might do and never knowing which version of them you might be seeing, this film hits me on a really primal level.

I really hope Kate Dolan goes on to make more movies because she's got a ton of talent.

208.

She Came From the Woods

(2022)

— Horror Comedy Directed by: Erik Bloomquist

It's 1987 and a group of summer camp counselors accidentally-on-purpose revive the killer nurse from the camp's ghost stories.

I started off the month on the high note then immediately came crashing back down to earth.

I watched this entirely because I saw William Sadler was in it and was curious what he was up to, but I was quickly made to regret that decision.

The writing is just truly, truly painful. Nothing really makes any sense. The villain is terrible. And there's this character named Dylan who just makes you want to throw your TV out the window.

209.

Scooby-Doo

(2002)

— Spooky Comedy Mystery Directed by: Raja Gosnell

The Mystery Inc. crew reunites after a long break up to solve a mystery at a spooky-themed island resort.

I watched the Scooby-Doo cartoons back in the day, so I was never inclined to watch this thing. But I know a ton of people with a lot of nostalgia for it.

It's also funny to me that I've met a lot of people who were introduced to Matthew Lillard from this movie. This has always been funny to me, because when this had come out I was already a fan of his because of his performances in SLC Punk (1998) and Hackers (1995) [and possibly Scream (1996), but I can't remember if I had seen that one yet at this point].

My friend and I decided this year we'd finally get around to seeing what the fuss was about.

The casting for this movie is pretty phenomenal, but I just couldn't get into it. It is both trying to stick to the format of the old cartoon while also doing a modern interpretation while also doing a meta twist on the cartoon? And I just feel like it would have been better to either fully commit to the old formula or fully commit to doing something entirely different.

210.

Nosferatu the Vampyre

(1979)

— Horror Drama Directed by: Werner Herzog

Warner Herzog's 1979 remix of F.W. Murnau's 1922 remix of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

Admittedly this was an odd follow-up to watch right after Scooby-Doo.

I don't really have a lot of thoughts on this one. And yet weirdly enough it ranked really high on my list of all the things I watched this month.

It's one of those movies that doesn't exactly vibe with me. There's no real characters that I was particularly interested in. The plot is basically just a stripped down version of Dracula.

And yet Herzog is bringing such a depth of artistry to it that I can't help but respect it.

Not the sort of thing you'll want to watch if you want a thrilling bit of Horror, but certainly a very well made film.

211.

Last Night at Terrace Lanes

(2024)

— Horror Thriller Directed by: Jamie Nash

On a bowling alley's final night before closing for good the people at the alley find themselves under attack by a strange cult out for blood.

This was also on the same day as Scooby-Doo and Nosteratu the Vampyre so clearly my friend and I are all about that that shuffle life.

After watching this I was pretty disappointed. It is not very good. Really a very messy story. They are trying to do somewhere in the ballpark of 4 different things in this:

Comedy

Family Drama

Romance

Horror

I'm of the mindset that anytime you add a genre to your story you are upping the challenge rating considerably, which is typically why good movies have either picked a lane or are just that talented.

Take Edgar Wright's movie Shaun of the Dead for instance. At certain times it hits all the same genre beats that this one was after. But it picked a lane. It is a comedy first and foremost. Whenever it hits one of the other beats it is for some flavor and either move the story forward and provide character development.

Here they are trying to do everything all at once. And they just don't have the talent to back that up.

However, it still was FAR from the bottom of my ranked list for the month (which probably says a lot about the quality of films I watched) and that's because its sin—in my mind—was one of being over-ambitious more so than one of being wholly untalented.

While the plot is a total mess, and the pacing is a mess, and they set themselves up as an ensemble and then killed almost everyone immediately, and they didn't have a decent budget; it is still leagues beyond some of the shit shows I've seen.

Which just goes to show that I am the wrong person to ask about bad movies, because the depths of film that I have encountered are far beyond where the casual movie watcher dares to tread.

The parts about the cult are terrible though. I've gotta admit that. They are so dumb and boring. But I kind of liked the main actress. And the queer romance bits and even the father-daughter stuff? Could've been better, but not too shabby for the minor leagues this film is running in.

...actually I kind of thoroughly hated every character other than the dad and the two main girls...

And yet I still put this movie at #22 out of the 56 movies I watched this month soo...

It was a bit of a rough month, y'all.

212.

Black Friday

(2021)

— Horror Comedy Directed by: Casey Tebo

Things are about to go from bad to worse for the over-worked retail workers trying to make it through a Black Friday at a toy store when a strange sickness starts to turn their customers into even more blood-thirsty monsters than they already were.

I watched this entirely because Bruce Campbell was in it.

It was a mistake.

Just a really dumb movie. It clearly cared more about its practical effects then it did its script. Because the effects were pretty decent, but the story and the characters are just awful.

Bruce Campbell is truly the only thing decent in the entire movie. And he's not in it enough to pull it back from the brink.

213.

Dance of the Dead

(2008)

— Comedy Horror Directed by: Gregg Bishop

On a dark and dangerous prom night it's up to a group of teenage outcasts to save their town from a zombie outbreak.

Filing this under films that didn't do any research and have a very limited knowledge of how anything works.

Nuclear reactors, public schools, pizza places, and more. They understand none of it. So when you do know more than nothing on those subjects a lot of the movie gets really distracting because nothing about this world is normal.

The plot is just this contrived incel wetdream about nerds winning the girls and never having to recognize that maybe the reason they were outcasts was because they weren't good people.

214.*

Night of the Comet

(1984)

— Horror Comedy Directed by: Thom Eberhardt

Two sisters are forced to confront the end of the world when a strange event seemingly kills or mutates everybody in the world but them.

I had already watched this in a previous October so it didn't count as part of the challenge, but I love it nevertheless. My friend and former coworker at the movie theater had talked about showing this after close one night for the longest time and we finally got around to doing it.

I tried to sum up my thoughts on this movie, but anytime I start I just wind up nearly starting an essay, so suffice it to say that I love it. It's just such a unique and wonderful film.

Much like how Reg and Sam are dismissed and underestimated by the people they come across, I think it's easy for people to do the same to this film. I can see how people can walk away from it thinking it was nothing more than a silly little movie. But part of why I keep coming back to it is that there's actually so much going on in here when you stop and look.

You've got really great characters with a lot of depth, you've got a story of 3 survivors in a post-apocalyptic world and not a one of them is a white man, you've got accurate sibling dynamics, you've got the romantic bittersweetness of these sisters who have the world laid out in front of them but what they want most of all is just to be loved, and more!

It's just such a gem of a film and I never get sick of it.

215.

In Fabric

(2018)

— Moody Horror Directed by: Peter Strickland

A strange cursed dress brings nothing but misery to the lives it touches.

Oh, A24. I've long said of the studio that I tend to either love their films or hate them, and there's very rarely any grey area. So, I certainly appreciate that they're a studio that isn't afraid to take big swings, but it does mean I'm making a sort of all-or-nothing gamble when I try something of theirs.

It certainly does have more artistry than most of the other movies I really didn't like this month. But I also just thoroughly don't care about any part of it. It all just seemed to be arty and weird for no other reason than to be arty and weird.

I could see someone grasping onto some themes I was missing and being able to decipher it and really like it. But by the end of it for me I was just bored out of my mind and just waiting for it to be over.

216.

Tremors: Shrieker Island

(2020)

— Monster Attack Horror Sequel Directed by: Don Michael Paul

Does it really matter? You know you aren't about to watch the 7th Tremors movie if you haven't watched any of the others. And if you've seen the other 6 you know you don't really need a reason to want to be a completionist.

I thought I had seen watched all the Tremor movies earlier in the year and I was wrong! I had missed the most recent one.

And to my complete and utter shock, it is actually one of the better Tremors sequels? How did that happen?

I should point out that the original is a perfect film and not a single one of the sequels is anywhere even close to being in its league. So I'm not by any means saying this movie is great.

But damn. The sequels range from some that are enjoyable in the way that it's fun to watch silly bad movies with your friends. And others are almost completely unwatchable direct-to-dvd cash grabs.

217.

Suck

(2009)

— Rock n Roll Horror Comedy Directed by: Rob Stefaniuk

A rock band must confront some tough questions when one of their members is turned into a vampire, but greatly increases the band's popularity by doing so.

I went into this one fully ready for it to be an absolute trainwreck.

But you know what? I actually kind of enjoyed it.

It's not one I'd necessarily recommend anyone run out and go see. But if you come across it streaming somewhere and you're bored? You could do a whole lot worse.

218.

Cat People

(1982)

— a fucking disgrace Directed by: Paul Schrader

I am a HUGE fan of the 1942 film Cat People. That movie is a brilliant piece of queer horror and a personal favorite of mine.

As such I've avoided watching this one, because I had heard that it is a pretty wild departure from the original.

But since I had already watched a ton of shlock this month, I figured now was the time to watch it, because it's not like I had far to fall.

I went in with a really low-bar of expectations for this and somehow it still managed to be even worse than I expected.

One of my biggest annoyances with the original is how many people see it, not as a queer story, but as a story of sexual repression. And this director is definitely one of those people.

This movie is so straight it hurts. It is so allosexual it hurts.

The people making this were just a truly uncomfortable level of horned up when they made this movie.

I truly despise it. I hate it for existing. And I hate it for attaching itself like a dirty parasite to something I love.

What a truly terrible piece of cinema.

219.

Dave Made a Maze

(2017)

— Comedy Horror Adventure Directed by: Bill Watterson

A man's friends go on a mission to rescue him after he gets lost inside a cardboard labyrinth he made in his apartment.

[I should mention that the director of this movie is a different Bill Watterson than the one that created Calvin & Hobbes. I just need to clarify that for anyone that is like me and saw that name and got really excited.]

It's certainly a low-budget independent kind of movie, but I can't help but love the sheer creativity that went into it. It's like a really bizarre take on House of Leaves.

The production design of all the cardboard sets are my favorite part.

I don't even know what to say. In terms of acting and plot it isn't going to blow your mind. But I think the worst thing a movie can be is forgettable and this is certainly one that I won't be forgetting anytime soon.

220.

Lisa Frankenstein

(2024)

— Rom-Com Horror Directed by: Zelda Williams

A teenage outsider has a crush on her idea of a boy who died in the 19th century. But when he winds up being raised from the dead the two will have to decide just what lengths they are willing to go to for love.

I really wanted to love this one. Diablo Cody wrote the script and Kathryn Newton is always fun. And at times I do love it! Ugh. It comes so close to being something great. It's just perpetually on the line. It's just missing...I don't know...a real cohesive hook?

Sometimes it feels like things are just happening to happen. If the story and character arcs were a little more developed and drove the plot more it would have made a huge difference.

I still had a lot of fun with it and will definitely be watching it again at some point. But there's just something so annoying about a film that comes so close to greatness!

221.

The Mummy

(2017)

— Fantasy Action Monster Adventure Directed by: Alex Kurtzman

I honestly can't even remember the exact nature of this bizarre plot and I refuse to bother looking it up. It's something like, an ancient evil enchantress from Egypt is inadvertently released from her prison and wants to use Tom Cruise's body as a vessel to bring a god of death to life.

There is an action scene that they shot in a zero G plane for real. And that was admittedly pretty cool. Everything else in this movie is just absolute madness.

Yet another movie of the modern age wherein any attention to plot and characters has been sacrificed on the alter of big names, special effects, and stunts.

222.

And Now the Screaming Starts!

(1973)

— Horror Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

It's 1795 and a newly married woman is horrified to learn that her new husband's family suffers from a dark curse and now a ghost fueled by ancient resentments is determined to get its revenge at her expense.

While not one to write home about it's not terrible. Very firmly in the middle of the road. After that last movie it was refreshing to watch something from that older style where the story came first and it actually makes sense. Good or not you don't have to spend the movie going, "What the fuck is even happening!?" And that's something I appreciate about it.

223.

Haunted Mansion

(2023)

— Spooky Family Comedy Directed by: Justin Simien

A group of people have been cursed after stepping foot in a haunted mansion. Now in order to be freed from the ghosts that live there they will have to figure out a way to defeat the evil specter at the center of it all.

TRASH. FILM.

So fucking dull. And there's a truly weird amount of product placement.

Just like The Mummy (2017) this is yet another modern movie that only cares about famous actors and special effects. The plot or any sort of character development felt like a complete after thought.

Truly a terrible watch. I was so utterly and completely bored. It's not even fun bad, it's just dulldulldull bad.

224.

Island of Lost Souls

(1932)

— Sci-Fi Horror Directed by: Erle C. Kenton

A shipwrecked man winds up stuck on the island of a mad scientist who is determined to learn where the line between man and beast truly resides.

I've seen a lot of versions of H.G. Wells' novel, but strangely never this one.

You know what? Solid. I think it holds up.

Is it my favorite bit of 30s horror? Not even close. But it's solid. It's got interesting characters, some great tension, a memorable premise, makes the viewer ponder some intriguing moral questions, has decent production, and comes in at a tight 70 minutes.

Watching it after the shitshow that was Haunted Mansion (2023) was like a breath of fresh air.

225.

The Swarm

(1978)

— Animal Attack Horror Directed by: Irwin Allen

A swarm of killer bees threatens to destroy the United States of America and only bee expert Michael Caine can stop them.

Definitely a movie to watch with a friend. I am convinced a great drinking game could be made out of this movie, because it's definitely not good.

Take a drink every time there's a snapple fact disguised as dialogue.

Take a drink every time someone sees a bee hallucination.

Take a drink every time you'd wish they'd get back to the bees.

Finish your drink every time Michael Caine eats sunflower seeds as if he was feeding a cat a pill and he's the cat.

I definitely rated it quite low though. It's like 2 hours long and has some truly bizarre pacing. There's just so much filler and so many scenes that feel like a public service announcement to teach people about the dangers of killer bees.

226.

The Hunt

(2020)

— Action Horror Directed by: Craig Zobel

A group of people wake up in the middle of nowhere and learn that they are being hunted for sport by a group of unhinged one percenters.

What a truly odd movie.

I'm really not sure who this movie was aimed it. It has that South Park energy of "Caring about things is stupid so we'll just sit back and make fun of everyone for caring."

HOWEVER, I'm a sucker for a survivor turning the tables on those who would do them ill through sheer brains and willpower. And Betty Gilpin is amazing in this movie.

She single-handedly straps this movie to her back and drags it up the mountain. So I had a good time watching it, but only because of her. Any scene that she's not in was wasted time.

227.

The Night Has Eyes

(1942)

— Mystery Thriller Directed by: Leslie Arliss

A woman searching for her lost friend on the moors takes shelter with a strange man who lives out there. She starts to fall in love with him but fears that he is hiding a dark secret.

I had a real problem this October with movies I had to reject from counting towards the challenge because I found them to not meet my qualifications for being a Spooky movie.

Personally I consider this to be a Mystery Thriller and not a proper Spooky movie, but that's just me.

I dunno. I've definitely seen movies of this type before and it probably suffers in my mind from the comparison.

I'll still put any solid older movie up against your average modern blockbuster any day though.

228.

The New Mutants

(2020)

— Superhero Coming-of-Age Horror Directed by: Josh Boone

A group of mutant teens are held at a psych ward to help them control their abilities. But something dark has begun to haunt the halls here and threatens to kill them all one by one.

This movie has suffered so much. It went through a true production hell and it shows.

The whole situation sucks so much because I've read the New Mutants' comic arc that this is based on so I was really excited when I heard this was being made. I've been waiting forever for someone to make a true Horror movie out of a superhero story!

The movie is really awkward. You can see the Frankenstein patchworking of its production all over it. Everything is awkwardly stitched together into an unnatural creation.

And if that wasn't bad enough almost all the actors are doing bad accents for absolutely NO reason

And yet I can't completely write it off because I can see beyond the surface to see how this could have worked. There are moments where you can see what this movie originally wanted to be and in those moments it's actually really interesting!

I would definitely file this under movies that I like more than they deserve and so I wouldn't recommend anyone else watch it, but I'm definitely going to be rewatching it at some point because it intrigues me.

229.

Thirst

(1979)

— Horror Thriller Directed by: Rod Hardy

A woman is kidnapped by a vampiric secret society who are determined to force her to join their ranks by one way or another.

Yo, the 70s were a weird ass time.

I can't say I particularly liked this movie, but I also can't say I don't respect it.

This thing is out here absolutely swinging for the fences. It is extremely artistic, weird, and memorable.

I can't say I'm dying to see it again anytime soon, but definitely glad I watched it.

230.

Renfield

(2023)

— Action Horror Comedy Directed by: Chris McKay

Dracula's manservant Renfield begins to question if there isn't more to life than luring unsuspecting victims to be eaten by his master.

You know what? Respect where respect is due: I liked this far more than I thought I would. It's a pretty solid character-centric action comedy.

I definitely wished they hadn't gone to the Mortal Kombat school of blood effects though, because it is weirdly distracting how much blood they think the human body can hold.

I don't really have any solid opinions about this. It's fine. I would definitely watch it again, but I wouldn't ever pay to watch it again. So take from that what you will.

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Pyewacket (2017)

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Retrospective: Laurie Holden

Highlander (1992)

Expect No Mercy (1995)

Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)

Past Perfect (1996)

The X-Files (1997)

The Outer Limits (2000)

Fantastic Four (2005)

Silent Hill (2006)

The Mist (2007)

The Walking Dead (2010)

Pyewacket (2017)

The Boys (2019)

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Stats from Movies 1101-1200

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) had the most votes with 1,168 votes. The Old Dark House (1963) had the least votes with 338 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Silence of the Lambs (1991) was the most watched film with 78.1% of voters out of 691 saying they had seen it. Stalker (2022) had the least "Yes" votes with 0.4% of voters out of 471.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) was the least watched film with 79.1% of voters out of 611 saying they hadn’t seen it. Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998) had the least "No" votes with 6.8% of voters out of 381.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Silence of the Lambs (1991) was the best known film, 0.7% of voters out of 691 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998) was the least known film, 91.9% of voters out of 381 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

Mother! (2017) Ma (2019) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Swallow (2019) Suspiria (2018) Nothing But Trouble (1991) Chernobyl Diaries (2012) Return of the Living Dead II (1988) Pyewacket (2017) Hellbender (2021)

Gwen (2018) Lake of Death (2019) Leptirica (1973) You Are Not My Mother (2021) Censor (2021) You Won't Be Alone (2022) Stalker (2022) Berlin Syndrome (2017) Mandrake (2022) Raven's Hollow (2022)

Outpost (2022) Violation (2020) Unwelcome (2022) Brooklyn 45 (2023) Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023) They (2002) Honeydew (2020) Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) Alone (Pandemic) (2020) Alone (2020)

Dark Was the Night (2014) Animal (2014) White Zombie (1932) Venus in Furs (1969) Umma (2022) Renfield (2023) Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Earth vs. the Spider (1958) Wicked City (1987)

The Uninvited (2008) The House That Jack Built (2018) Viy (1967) The Pope's Exorcist (2023) Winchester (2018) The Ruins (2008) The Old Dark House (1963) The Shrine (2010) The Head Hunter (2018) Under the Skin (2013)

The Lure (2015) The Sand (2015) Emesis Blue (2023) Where the Devil Roams (2023) The Deeper You Dig (2019) The Hatred (2017) Tokyo Gore Police (2008) Teddy (2020) The Night Stalker (1972) Wishmaster (1997)

DeepStar Six (1989) Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) The Monster Club (1981) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) The Tingler (1959) Obereg (1991) The House That Cried Murder (1973) Scalpel (1977) Out of Darkness (2022)

Reincarnation (2005) Howling Village (2019) Suicide Forest Village (2021) The Forest (2015) Don't Look Up (1996) Kaidan (2007) The Dinosaur Project (2012) Exists (2014) Spook Louder (1943) Death Kappa (2010)

Red Dragon (2002) A Bucket of Blood (1959) Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998) Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001) Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011) Wake Wood (2009) The Resident (2011) Sweet Home (1989)

The Silence (2019) #Alive (2020) Lord of Misrule (2023) The Day of the Beast (1995) Rigor Mortis (2013) Bloody Chainsaw Girl (2016) Freaked (1993) Demon Seed (1977) Raging Grace (2023) Safe (1995)

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halloween recs 2024 🎃

more halloween/horror recs for you all!!! these are all movies that meet at least two (if not all) of my "halloween movie" criteria, which are as follows:

set in autumn or october specifically

features halloween decorations, or typical halloween activities such as pumpkin carving, trick or treating etc

features elements of the supernatural, especially typical "halloween" characters like ghosts, witches and vampires

gothic, scary, spooky or creepy

comedic or campy

not all of these are horror; not all of the "horror" movies are scary in any quantifiable way. movies that (i think) are suitable for people who have a fairly low horror tolerance will be marked with an asterisk (*). movies that are (generally regarded as) not scary at all will be marked with a double asterisk (**). ENJOY!!!

🎃 ghosts & haunted(?) houses 🎃 oddity (2024) cobweb (2023) the black phone (2021) terrified (2017) crimson peak (2015) lake mungo (2008) the orphanage (2007) the devil's backbone (2001)* the others (2001) ghostwatch (1992) candyman (1992) lost hearts (1973) the haunting (1963) the innocents (1961)

🎃 curses, witches & demons 🎃 longlegs (2024) the first omen (2024) late night with the devil (2023) talk to me (2022) smile (2021) & smile 2 (2024) the dark and the wicked (2020) halloween party (2019)* pyewacket (2017) the devil's candy (2015) the witch (2015) the blackcoat's daughter (2015) the babadook (2014) sinister (2012) the house of the devil (2009) wake wood (2009) the ring (2002) the blair witch project (1999) ringu (1998) the craft (1996)* the serpent and the rainbow (1988) hellraiser (1987) suspiria (1977) the omen (1976) the exorcist (1973) & the exorcist iii (1990) the blood on satan's claw (1971) the devil rides out (1968)* black sunday (1960) night of the demon (1957)*

🎃 vampires, werewolves, zombies & monsters 🎃 lisa frankenstein (2024)* evil dead rise (2023) the ritual (2017) evil dead (2013) dog soldiers (2001) ginger snaps (2000) & ginger snaps 2: unleashed (2004) bram stoker's dracula (1992) it (1990) pet sematary (1989) pumpkinhead (1988) the lost boys (1987)* fright night (1985) re-animator (1985) & bride of re-animator (1990) gremlins (1984)* the howling (1981) an american werewolf in london (1981) evil dead movies (1981-1992) dracula (1958)* nosferatu (1922)*

🎃 dark fantasy 🎃 gretel & hansel (2020) the hallow (2015) red riding hood (2011)* coraline (2009)* pan's labyrinth (2006)* the spiderwick chronicles (2008)** sleepy hollow (1999)* edward scissorhands (1990)** the juniper tree (1990)* the witches (1990)* labyrinth (1986)** the company of wolves (1984) something wicked this way comes (1983)*

🎃 spooky anthologies 🎃 v/h/s 99 (2022) v/h/s 94 (2021) the mortuary collection (2019) tales of halloween (2015) trick 'r' treat (2007) creepshow (1982) & creepshow 2 (1987) the monster club (1981)* black sabbath (1963)

🎃 non-horror & barely-horror 🎃 the munsters (2022)** frankenweenie (2012)** corpse bride (2005)** scooby-doo (2002)** & scooby-doo 2: monsters unleashed (2004)** practical magic (1998)** halloweentown (1998)** casper (1995)** hocus pocus (1993)** the nightmare before christmas (1993)** the halloween tree (1993)** death becomes her (1992)** ernest scared stupid (1991)* the addams family (1991)** & addams family values (1993)** beetlejuice (1988)* the witches of eastwick (1987)* the halloween that almost wasn't (1979)** kenny & company (1976)** the paul lynde halloween special (1976)** the rocky horror picture show (1975)** the adventures of ichabod and mr toad (1949)** bud abbott and lou costello meet frankenstein (1948)** betty boop's hallowe'en party (1933)**

🎃 wacky, weird & so-bad-it's-good 🎃 NB: i cannot vouch for the quality of these movies. actually some of them are borderline unwatchable but i did personally enjoy them. real halloweeners will understand malignant (2021) the barn (2016)* 31 (2016) deathgasm (2015) the dog who saved halloween (2011)** dead silence (2007) the covenant (2006)* house of 1000 corpses (2003) casper meets wendy (1998)** the people under the stairs (1991) troll 2 (1990)** warlock (1989)* hack-o-lantern (1988)* killer klowns from outer space (1988)* ghost fever (1987)** trick or treat (1986)* the worst witch (1986)** ghoulies (1984)* halloween iii: season of the witch (1982) witch's night out (1978)**