Gary
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Here's every horror movie I watched in October. Some quick thoughts
-"The Howling" is one of the best horror movies with jokes, in particular because it never goes overboard with them. Also has my favorite Dick Miller cameo. "Howling II" is awful, but it's also become something of a guilty pleasure for me. At the very least, it's never boring.
-"May" holds up amazingly well, and it's a shame Lucky McKee didn't become a bigger director.
-"Inside" is my favorite horror film from the French New Extremity movement. Easily the scariest one for me, not to mention the one where the violence hurts the most (also, I find "Martyrs" to be overrated)
-"Hellboy: The Crooked Man"...is a movie. I had a feeling it wouldn't be very good, but for a while I was actually enjoying it outside of how cheap it looks. Then the third act comes in and it ruined the thing for me. At least it's better than the 2019 one.
-Finally got to watch "Sleepwalkers" (thanks PlutoTV!) and I wouldn't call it "good", but my God it is insane. Stephen King writing a gory, weird version of "Cat People" in a small Maine town, with gore and deranged acting. A really fun time.
-"Mr. Crocket" (it's on Hulu) isn't great, but I still found it to be an enjoyable take on "Candyman" and other films about Urban Legends. Elvis Nolasco is great as the titular villain.
-"The Stuff" is still my favorite Larry Cohen horror movie, and is the best of the "melting bodies" movies. A really fun bit of Satire too.
-"Garfield's Halloween Adventure"-years later, at the age of 41, I still don't know how Binkie the Clown has a job.
-Outside of some homophobic humor, "The Convent" still holds up. The highlight of it is Coolio and Bill Mosely as cops who steal peoples weed.
-Did you know the Shaw Bros produced a sleazy slasher/giallo with a disgusting scene of necrophilia? It's called "Corpse Mania", and outside of that scene I kinda love it. If you enjoy those genres, you'll probably get a kick out of it.
-"Dream Demon" is a really underrated 80s horror film from Britain, and from a period where a lot of British horror wasn't all that good. Think a mix of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Hellraiser" with moments of Lynchian weirdness and a pinch of Argento dream logic.
-"Dead Alive" remains my favorite horror comedy, and Peter Jackson needs to get to rereleasing his first three movies.
-"The Howling" is one of the best horror movies with jokes, in particular because it never goes overboard with them. Also has my favorite Dick Miller cameo. "Howling II" is awful, but it's also become something of a guilty pleasure for me. At the very least, it's never boring.
-"May" holds up amazingly well, and it's a shame Lucky McKee didn't become a bigger director.
-"Inside" is my favorite horror film from the French New Extremity movement. Easily the scariest one for me, not to mention the one where the violence hurts the most (also, I find "Martyrs" to be overrated)
-"Hellboy: The Crooked Man"...is a movie. I had a feeling it wouldn't be very good, but for a while I was actually enjoying it outside of how cheap it looks. Then the third act comes in and it ruined the thing for me. At least it's better than the 2019 one.
-Finally got to watch "Sleepwalkers" (thanks PlutoTV!) and I wouldn't call it "good", but my God it is insane. Stephen King writing a gory, weird version of "Cat People" in a small Maine town, with gore and deranged acting. A really fun time.
-"Mr. Crocket" (it's on Hulu) isn't great, but I still found it to be an enjoyable take on "Candyman" and other films about Urban Legends. Elvis Nolasco is great as the titular villain.
-"The Stuff" is still my favorite Larry Cohen horror movie, and is the best of the "melting bodies" movies. A really fun bit of Satire too.
-"Garfield's Halloween Adventure"-years later, at the age of 41, I still don't know how Binkie the Clown has a job.
-Outside of some homophobic humor, "The Convent" still holds up. The highlight of it is Coolio and Bill Mosely as cops who steal peoples weed.
-Did you know the Shaw Bros produced a sleazy slasher/giallo with a disgusting scene of necrophilia? It's called "Corpse Mania", and outside of that scene I kinda love it. If you enjoy those genres, you'll probably get a kick out of it.
-"Dream Demon" is a really underrated 80s horror film from Britain, and from a period where a lot of British horror wasn't all that good. Think a mix of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Hellraiser" with moments of Lynchian weirdness and a pinch of Argento dream logic.
-"Dead Alive" remains my favorite horror comedy, and Peter Jackson needs to get to rereleasing his first three movies.