The Hippie Chick

Yoinked this from an LJ friend...

1. First Costume you remember wearing: Raggedy Ann. It was a store bought one, you know the ones that come with a mask. However I ditched the mask and mom made up my face instead.

2. What was your costume last year? Didn't dress last year. I haven't for a few years now. I usually just toss on my Halloween tshirt. This year I have one that says "Witch, Please."

3. Favorite Horror Movie? Hard one to answer. I don't think I have a FAVORITE. I like horror that's well constructed, and that of course DELIVERS.

4. Favorite Candy? To my detriment I have the WORST sweet tooth. I could pop miniature Snickers bars all day err day.

5. Where do/did you Trick or treat? I lived in a great neighborhood for trick or treating when I was a kid lots of kids and neighbors who participated it was always extremely fun and felt very safe.

6. Did your parents inspect your candy? I don't remember mom or dad ever doing that. But our haul WOULD go on top of the fridge and we'd have to go through mom to have anything because if we were left to our own devices with it that candy would be GONE in a day.

7. What costume would you be most scared of? I remember someone doing a REALLY good Leatherface from Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Freaked me out a little.

8. Ever play a "trick" on someone that didn't give you a treat? No

9. Is Halloween your favorite Holiday? I love autumn and Halloween, but no. I'm all about CHRISTMAS TIME.

10. Favorite Halloween themed song? Theme from "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" But I love a lot of creepy songs / Halloween songs. I have an extensive playlist on Spotify that I urge you to check out if you do too.

11. Favorite Animated Halloween themed movie? Nightmare before Christmas

12. Do you host/attend Halloween parties? No

13. Hint about this year’s costume? Most likely not doing a costume.

14. Will you give out candy this Halloween? I'd love to but I live in an apartment complex and we don't have any trick or treaters.

And so ends another Halloween Month Movie A Night!

Of course as is tradition, we're watching Halloween.





Stay safe, have fun, and see you next October!

Oct 27

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

I cued up the 1931 version with Frederick March. The best.



Buy or Rent on Amazon Prime

Oct 28

Drag Me To Hell

From Rotten Tomatoes (98% on the Tomatometer, 62% Audience Rating): Evil Dead director Sam Raimi takes the helm for this "spook-a-blast" shocker about an ambitious L.A. loan officer who incurs the wrath of a malevolent gypsy by refusing to grant her an extension on her home loan. Determined to impress her boss and get a much-needed promotion at work, Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) lays down the law when mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) literally comes begging for mercy at her feet. In retaliation for being publicly shamed, Mrs. Ganush places the dreaded curse of the Lamia on her unfortunate target, transforming Christine's life into a waking nightmare.

Buy or Rent on Amazon Prime

Oct 21
Poltergeist

They're heeeeere!

Oct 22
Sleepy Hollow

Oct 23
Goodnight Mommy

Oct 24
The Taking of Deborah Logan

Oct 16

Funny Games

I'd heard about this one and never saw it so finally queued it up. Two psychotic men take a family hostage in their vacation cabin. This one I'm still thinking about... it really is disturbing. The all encompassing dread and doom are done masterfully here by director Michael Haneke. It's a movie that isn't for the faint of heart. I'm not into torture porn at all. Hated Hostel and movies of its ilk. But this was genius.



Rent or buy on Amazon Prime here.

Oct 17

Lights Out

From Rotten Tomatoes (where it has 77% on the Tomatometer, 67% audience score): When a bloodthirsty supernatural being that lurks in the shadows preys upon a family, a young woman must fight to protect herself, save her little half-brother, and uncover a mystery about her family's shadowy past. A simple and spare, but quite effective little film. James Wan (director of The Conjuring) produced this one. I see in looking that a sequel has been greenlit. Movie's out on DVD on Oct 25.



Oct 18

No movie tonight. You'll see why (If you're on my friends list) when I post my next "Stuff..." entry. *sigh*

Oct 12

Village of the Damned
From IMDb: In the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.

I chose the 1960 film. The 1995 John Carpenter remake is equally good, but to me, a different movie.



Rent on Amazon here.. And while you're at it, why not make it a double feature and follow up with the sequel, Children of the Damned?

Buy double feature DVD on Amazon here.

Oct 13

Rope
I love me some Hitchcock. Of course I'll be pulling out Psycho , Rear Window and The Birds before Halloween is all done and dusted, but this one is fantastic. It's inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case. From IMDb: Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.



Rent on Amazon here.

Oct 6

Nothing due to Hurricane Matthew. We were glued to The Weather Channel keeping an eye on it.

Oct 3

The Den

Keeping on my mini theme of internet horrors I guess.

From Rotten Tomatoes (where it's 78% on the Tomatometer, 54% Audience Rating) :
After receiving a grant for her graduate thesis, Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia) logs onto a video-chat site known as THE DEN, on a mission to explore the habits of its users. During one of her random video-chats, Elizabeth watches in horror as a teenage girl is gruesomely murdered in front of her webcam. While the police dismiss it as a viral prank, Elizabeth believes what she saw is real and takes it upon herself to find the truth. Her life quickly spirals out of control as she gets pulled deeper into the darkest recesses of the internet.

I'm intrigued with the Deep Web. In fact I watch Some Ordinary Gamers on You Tube every week when Mutahar does his Deep Web Browsing video series. This felt to me like it would be along those lines. The Den is more like Chatroulette than a chat room, though. It didn't disappoint me. It was intense in places, good jump scares. Didn't rely on being overly gory . I didn't know any of the actors here, either, which is cool. Watched it on my computer, which made it even creepier. You know what? I bet Unfriended was yanked from this idea. This movie does it a touch better though.

Watch The Den on Netflix.

It's that time again! October!! That means Halloween Month Movie A Night. Throughout the month of October, I screen one horror / suspense / thriller a night up until Halloween, when we watch Halloween.

I started with the latest in the Purge series.

Oct 1
The Purge: Election Year



I liked the first film, thought the second one even better. This one was just as good as the second. I think the next one in the series is going to be a prequel, and show us how this all started, how the Purge began. If you've seen these films, you already know the premise. One night a year, for twelve hours, by government decree, all crime is legal. Including murder. It's called The Purge, or Purge Night. In this latest chapter, we follow a Senator who is running for President. She wants to unseat the current one, who's with the group who started and believe in The Purge, and repeal it. There is plenty of violence and a little bloodshed shown.

Buy The Purge: Election Year here.

Yay! Catch up time! :D

October 21:

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Lush, sexy, with great performances.



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