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Seen a few horror ones this month but no oustanding ones so far.

Watched almost nothing, but did find a new fav in Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay. Sapphic paradise — not a horror movie at all, unless being granted eternal youth by a trustworthy domme witch and having lots of soft lesbian sex with all your compatriot lesbians is not Every Girl's Dream

Watched MEGAN, the little horror about the mechanical doll who grows out of her creators' control. Done with enough wit and intelligence to make me not entirely mind how predictable it really is.

My wife and I have done a good job of hitting nearly a horror film per day.
We've only watched two that I found actually kind of scary. Demian Rugna's Terrified and Damian Mc Carthy's Caveat

So clearly the Damians are winning this October.

But John Grissmer's Scalpel was a standout for me too. Would not be at all surprised to find out it was an influence on Almodovar for The Skin I Live In

maniac (william lustig 1980) MARIO did you watch this



deeply disturbing. can't wait to watch maniac cop

The Sadist (1963) was a pretty decent cheap, gritty tension piece.

arch hall jr is the MAN



we didn't even use halloween names this year but i am witchka every day anyway

maniac cop is pretty great. ACAM

and much different from maniac!

also RIP richard roundtree as commissioner pike

some b movies

beast from haunted cave (monte hellman 1959) very unscary monster but hellman adds a lot of interesting character development, in a beat direction

it! the terror from beyond space (edward l cahn 1958) sorta proto-alien? rubber suit man creeps onto the ship and starts killing off crew members. i don't think i've seen astronauts smoking in space before? also firing guns probably not a good idea?

el charro de las calaveras/the rider of the skulls (alfredo salazar 1965) features a masked hero fighting werewolves, vampires and the headless horseman! cheap but enjoyable



the grim reaper (ron ormond 1976) is actually a Christian movie about what happens if you don't accept jesus as your personal saviour! stay for the lake of fire

He ain't headless, he just lit wrong. Very popular cult movie.

La noche del terror ciego (armando de ossorio 1972) aka tombs of the blind dead is better than i expected! tbh after the first half hour i was ready to turn it off. lots of misogyny. the humans are almost as creepy as the zombies. but the zombies were very creepy! and that music...

THE HAUNTING (Robert Wise, 1963)

currently trying to get through this weird scifi Die Nackte und der Satan (victor trivas 1959) more commonly known as the (disembodied) head (of michel simon)

what no scary movies!? i enjoyed goke, bodysnatcher from hell (hajime sato 1968) with it's charming low tech effects and weird vagina-head monsters





ok it's basically scifi. now i'm watching found footage noroi: the curse (koji shiraishi 2005) which i had to turn off the other night cuz it was too scary

Had planned to watch many horror films this month but I've been busy and not really in the mood for films, it's a shame as I usually allocate all my horror watches to October.

some ramsay brothers bollywood style b movie horror





veerana (1988) is mostly an exorcist ripoff. purana mandir (haunted temple 1984) is a bit better





good songs! now i'm on to bandh darwaza (1990) ... common theme of women being cursed -- i guess it's universal

guys i'm sad no one's having fun this year



be safe out there. spooky but supportive hugs

shout out to the ramsays psychedelic title sequences which appear at least 20 mins into the film!









there are many ramsays!

Oh hi, Rischka and everyone!

Sorry for missing out for most of Spooktober.

I've been watching plenty of horror films this month and made some brilliant discoveries.

Favorites from the month of horrors so far:



The Spiral Staircase (Robert Siodmak, 1946) 9/10

The Spiral Staircase is another great film by Siodmak. Beautifully photographed and lit.

Fresh (Mimi Cave, 2022) 8/10
Homicidal (William Castle, 1961) 8/10
Lamb (Valdimar Jóhannsson, 2021) 8/10

Five (Arch Oboler, 1951) 7/10
Black Friday (Arthur Lubin, 1940) 7/10
The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986) 7/10
The Black Castle (Nathan Juran, 1952) 7/10
Flesh and Fantasy (Julien Duvivier, 1943) 7/10
Carry On Screaming! (Gerald Thomas, 1966) 7/10
The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch, 1944) 7/10

Orca (Michael Anderson, 1977) 6/10
Black Rainbow (Mike Hodges, 1989) 6/10
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948) 6/10
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (Terence Fisher, 1959) 6/10

I'm also watching Abbott and Costello horror flicks. Films aren't great, but their antics are still funny.

thx silga i feel less alone

watched some good horror stuff and my favorite was Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), perhaps best of body snatcher film

also Séance, damn Kiyoshi know how to show ghost too well
gonna watch Longlegs at halloween (release day before halloween) and that's gonna last horror movie of october

sleepaway camp (1983) didn't do it for me, i guess i see why people like it. shocking twist (TM) and 1983 seems like centuries ago



the children (2008) this british film is doing the trick of ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (1976). cute evil is the worst.

it occured to me it played like a weird abortion revenge fantasy but i don't wanna think about it too hard. possible pro/anti-vax mssg as well?

Longlegs was huge letdown ;ㅁ; eerie atmosphere, cage's crazy performance can't save empty horror procedural

i got a lewton double feature in - i walked with a zombie and the seventh victim - with commentary. i'm good til next year