Current Events > *****The 31 Days/31 Horror Movies Challenge 2018 Topic*****

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Another year another challenge, let's get it!!!

RULES: Simple, watch 1 horror movie a day for the 31 days of October. They can be horror movie you've seen before or never seen before. If you want to watch more than one horror movie a day, go for it!!!
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Hmm I'll try this. I think today I'm going to watch that one movie with Jensen Ackles and the killer miner guy?
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By time the month is up I will probably watch way more than 31 horror movies, though there will be some days where I don't watch any.

Tonight I watched Molly, which is kind of horror/scifi/action. It sucked.
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Hell yes. Today I went back and watched a more recent favorite of mine, discovered it last year's October. Movie called Hush, it's fantastic and would recommend.

1. Hush
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Damn, I didn't watch any yesterday so I'm doing a double feature today.

1. The Fly (1986)

Jesus fucking christ. This movie is fucking gross. I shouldn't have started this before dinner (i'm still eating dinner), but it was amazing. Goldblum was phenomenal, and the body horror was very well done. I'm glad the movie is so well regarded. It even creeped me out a bit. Loved it.

I'm gonna need something on the lighter side after that, so I'm watching a horror comedy with Nic Cage called Mom and Dad next.
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I watched Curse of the Mayans tonight. I expected it to suck and it did. I was just curious as to what it would get right about Mayan history, and for the most part besides the alien stuff it wasn't that off.
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I've been watching at least one horror movie a day since August 1...

I accomplished it last year. I had to cheat this year (missed the first day) because I was on vacation.

Tag
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Well, I caught up

1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad

It was decent. First half was pretty fucking good and it has an interesting concept. Second half kinda flails around a bit and I'm not thrilled with the ending. Still, always good to see Nic Cage overact.
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Tonight I decided to go with a horror comedy, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. That was a really good movie, loved it.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
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The Girl with All the Gifts was awesome, jumped up to one of my new favorite zombie apocalypse movies, highly recommended!
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1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street

This was way better than I expected, tbh. The death scenes were fantastic. Ending was dumb, but I read they forced him to do it. I should watch the New Nightmare at some point. I saw parts, but I think I'll get a new appreciation for it after watching the original.

I was disappointed cause I wanted a good Friday the 13th movie to watch starring Jason, but all the reviews of them other than the original (which I watched last year) were pretty bad.
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_Near_ posted...

1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street

This was way better than I expected, tbh. The death scenes were fantastic. Ending was dumb, but I read they forced him to do it. I should watch the New Nightmare at some point. I saw parts, but I think I'll get a new appreciation for it after watching the original.

I was disappointed cause I wanted a good Friday the 13th movie to watch starring Jason, but all the reviews of them other than the original (which I watched last year) were pretty bad.

The first 4 F13 movies are all pretty good, IV is my favorite by far, VI is also good.
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I started today! Ill watch more to catch up for the two that I missed. But right now Im watching The VVitch
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Deadpool_18 posted...

I started today! Ill watch more to catch up for the two that I missed. But right now Im watching The VVitch

Caught that last year, it was alright
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Scorsese2002 posted...

Deadpool_18 posted...

I started today! Ill watch more to catch up for the two that I missed. But right now Im watching The VVitch

Caught that last year, it was alright

I liked it. Good period piece. Definitely not what most people would be looking for though.

There is no way I can watch a movie every day, but I might be able to catch up on the weekends.

It's official. The total of 31 does not need to be distributed in a one per day rate, and can be watched in any way during the month of October so long as the 31st movie is watched on the 31st.

Glad that's settled.

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1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street

This was way better than I expected, tbh. The death scenes were fantastic. Ending was dumb, but I read they forced him to do it. I should watch the New Nightmare at some point. I saw parts, but I think I'll get a new appreciation for it after watching the original.

I was disappointed cause I wanted a good Friday the 13th movie to watch starring Jason, but all the reviews of them other than the original (which I watched last year) were pretty bad.

Nightmare is a fun time. I enjoyed all of them, even the Remake. Freddy is such a fun killer.

Friday is fun too, but it was always my least favorite of the big 3. Still worth watching them though, still a fun ride.
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1. Molly
2. Curse of the Mayans
3. Final Exam

Watched Final Exam tonight. A slasher from 1981. It wasn't that good, mainly cause for 90% of the movie nothing happens. The very end is solid and some of the characters were good so it wasn't a total train wreck.
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Why are so many of you watching the fly lol.... Terrible movie

I remember one weekend I was staying with granddad in country.... I was left home alone for hours.... And both fly movies were marathoned and then replayed lol. It was the only channel we got.

As someone who watches a ton of movies I rarely rewatch anything but since it has been so long since I have seen them I am going to rewatch the Child's Play series at some point before Halloween.
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billcom6 posted...

As someone who watches a ton of movies I rarely rewatch anything but since it has been so long since I have seen them I am going to rewatch the Child's Play series at some point before Halloween.

Thought about running through the Prophecy series, since I watched Dead Zone already with Christopher Walken
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So tonight I watched Train to Busan. This is one I've had on my list for a while, but never got around to watching. In short... I've had it with these motherfucking zombies on this motherfucking train! But for real, this movie was legit. Like, I wasn't expecting much, but this was a good movie. The characters were super likable, and showed some good growth over the movie, and, the train full of zombies setting made it super tense and really effective. Would recommend.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
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Got a bunch of beer and plowed through a bunch of movies today and tonight.

1. Demons
2. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Meyers
3. Sleepaway Camp
4. Nightmare Beach
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
3. The Mist
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. Ginger Snaps

#5 was surprisingly enjoyable, good take on the werewolf genre
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Tonight, I watched The Conjuring. I greatly enjoyed this one. While it wasn't anything new, it knew what it was doing, and it did it WELL. It was a good watch.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
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Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Nightmare is a fun time. I enjoyed all of them, even the Remake. Freddy is such a fun killer.

Friday is fun too, but it was always my least favorite of the big 3. Still worth watching them though, still a fun ride.

I really liked him. His schtick is pretty good. I'll probably watch a friday with jason actually in it this month, because it's been way too long.

1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Poltergeist

Yesterday I did poltergeist. I definitely like it more than most other haunted house movies mostly because shit actually happens. It's not 85 minutes of pots and pans flying around and then 5 minutes of actual stuff (cough supernatural activity cough).

Still, it was a bit cheesy, which I don't mind at all.

Gonna watch Halloween now.
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Tonight I watched As Above, So Below. This was my first dud. It did some cool things, but all in all, pretty weak.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
5. As Above, So Below
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Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Tonight I watched As Above, So Below. This was my first dud. It did some cool things, but all in all, pretty weak.

I agree. The pacing was bad and the story was poor but it was worth watching for some of the small cool things it did.
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I watched Get Out today.
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I doubt i'll watch 1 every day. But I do plan on watching All of the Childs Play, Nightmare On Elm Street, and Friday the 13th movies this month, plus whatever extra shit I come across. I already watched Childs play 1 and 2 today. The little Chucky character has a real attitude problem.
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1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Poltergeist
5. Halloween

Halloween was good. Not quite what I expected, but still a decent flick. The music really makes it pop and so does Jamie Lee Curtis. Definitely gonna watch that new one.

I'm watching Suspiria (1977) right now. It's been amazing and so far, it might be my favorite horror movie so far. I think I'm gonna deep dive italian horror after this.
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Tonight I watched Insidious. I didn't really care for this one either.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
5. As Above, So Below
6. Insidious
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Tonight I watched Veronica. Nothing special, but solid. Called the twist about halfway through the movie though.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
5. As Above, So Below
6. Insidious
7. Veronica
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1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Poltergeist
5. Halloween
6. Suspiria (1977)
7. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Suspiria is hands down one of the best films I've watched. It's like literally made for me. The color, the excess, the music...it all works perfectly.

Henry was pretty dark. Definitely more of a thriller but man, the movie really gives no fucks.
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
3. The Mist
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. Ginger Snaps
6. Psycho(1960)
7. It(2017)
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1. Hotel Transylvania
2. The Invisible Man (1933)
3. A Quiet Place
4. An American Werewolf in London
5. It (2017)

1 and 2 were rewatches to build up to the sequel movies that I never saw
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1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Poltergeist
5. Halloween
6. Suspiria (1977)
7. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
8. The Thing (1982)

Glad I finally saw this, and it totally lives up to the hype. I should watch more Carpenter stuff.
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
3. The Mist
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. Ginger Snaps
6. Psycho(1960)
7. It(2017)
8. Don't' Breathe
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
3. The Mist
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. Ginger Snaps
6. Psycho(1960)
7. It(2017)
8. Don't' Breathe
9. The First Purge
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I'm falling behind. But I'll get myself caught up soon. Behind three days, but I got one in today. I watched Cube. Dece, pretty bloody.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
5. As Above, So Below
6. Insidious
7. Veronica
8. Cube
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1. The Fly (1986)
2. Mom and Dad
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Poltergeist
5. Halloween
6. Suspiria (1977)
7. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
8. The Thing (1982)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1952)
10. Scanners

Body Snatchers was nice. I watched the 70s version last year and I don't know which one I prefer tbh. Script was tight and it kept me engaged.

Couldn't say the same thing about Scanners, though. For Cronenberg, I kinda expected more. The main character's acting is so wooden, it borders on annoying. The ending was great though.
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I have been watching 1 a day. I am just too lazy to write them up today.
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
3. The Mist
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. Ginger Snaps
6. Psycho(1960)
7. It(2017)
8. Don't' Breathe
9. The First Purge
10. Truth or Dare (fun little movie to pass the time)
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Wikipedia says the 1923 Hunchback of Notre Dame is a horror movie, but I'm not sure what was supposed to be scary. At least it was entertaining enough, despite not being especially interesting until the latter half..
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Still behind. But tonight, I watched Creep. This movie was unsettling, tense at times, and really creepy. I would recommend.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
5. As Above, So Below
6. Insidious
7. Veronica
8. Cube
9. Creep
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1. A Quiet Place
2. The Dead Zone
3. The Mist
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
5. Ginger Snaps
6. Psycho(1960)
7. It(2017)
8. Don't' Breathe
9. The First Purge
10. Truth or Dare (fun little movie to pass the time)
11. Don't Look Now (pretty overrated IMO).
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I watched the movie Knuckleball (2018) last night and it was a very pleasant surprise. It is both creepy in a very realistic sense while at the same time being ridiculous.
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So, I was gonna do three today to get myself back up to speed. But I only ended up with two, so doing another double tomorrow should bring me back up to speed. Now then.

Tonight I watched two movies! The sequel to Creep, Creep 2. This was fantastic. They honestly could have just done the first movie again, and it would have been good. But they went and did something different. Just as good, if not better. And, well, I can't say anything without spoiling them both, so just go watch these two movies. Good stuff.

Then I went and watched The Silence of the Lambs. Such a great movie. Hannibal Lecter is an awesome character.

1. Hush
2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
3. Train to Busan
4. The Conjuring
5. As Above, So Below
6. Insidious
7. Veronica
8. Cube
9. Creep
10. Creep 2
11. The Silence of the Lambs
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Apostle on Netflix is phenomenal. Watched it last night.
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