5th Annual N&G 31 Days* of Halloween (2023)

[LeeVing]

*we're doing 61 days again - because why not?

Just like previous years,, this isn't a contest - just a thread to post and rate and, if you want to, review the Halloween/Horror movies or TV shows you watch during the season.

Post the name of the movie, rating and your thoughts on it if you want to - if you post spoilers, please use the spoiler tags.

We can use the skull emoji as a rating system....

- Not worth watching ever again.

- Average

- Best movie of all time.

Enjoy this Halloween video mixtape - made from the director of WNUF TV-28 Presents: Frank Stewart Investigates: Halloween



I'm a few days early - only because I'm working until Friday morning. If you can wait until the 1st you can - if you can't wait, feel free to start posting.

 

[LeeVing]

We'll get some streaming info posted when they become available - I haven't seen anything for September yet.

 

[LeeVing]

Peacock is adding a pretty decent list of horror movies for September -

All The New Horror Movies Coming to Peacock in October for Halloween

With Halloween Horror Nights now underway at Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood, Peacock has officially put on its spooky game face.

www.syfy.com

 

[Hemotep]

After finishing my Scream franchise rewatch last week, starting off this week with some other 90s hits. Tonight's:
1. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Not worth rewatching for anything other than nostalgia. The characters are mostly annoying and Jennifer Love Hewitt screams way too much. If it came out today it would be a straight to RedBox kind of thing.

 

[avecigrec]

After finishing my Scream franchise rewatch last week, starting off this week with some other 90s hits. Tonight's:

I was thinking about hitting up the Scream franchise for this

 

[zomgbear]

I watched this the other day i guess it's my first:

1. Brightburn 1/2
The concept of it sounded interesting - what if Superman's story turned out sinister and instead of a superhero origin story it was a supervillain origin story? Overall, I feel like the story/plot was better than the execution. It's not perfect but I enjoyed it.

 

[Hemotep]

2. Phantasm (1979)
I like this one far more than I should with it's terrible dialogue and plot points that make no sense, but somehow it's still great and worth the occasional rewatch.

 

[Hemotep]

3. Girls With Balls (2018)



A French-Belgian dark comedy horror, per Wikipedia. It is actually pretty funny toward the beginning, but it goes off the rails very soon thereafter. The humor becomes more absurd, rather than comedic. It kept popping up on Netflix and I finally gave in, but not really worth a watch unless you're really bored and don't want to focus too much. Would probably be a bit more tolerable on weed.

 

[EvanBenner]

Kicked things off early with some throwbacks before they leave Tubi tomorrow.

Love 'em or hate 'em, these are some cozy flicks that do a pretty impressive job of capturing cartoonishness in live action.

for an easy good time.

 

[avecigrec]

Kicked things off early with some throwbacks before they leave Tubi tomorrow.

Love 'em or hate 'em, these are some cozy flicks that do a pretty impressive job of capturing cartoonishness in live action.

for an easy good time.

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I somehow missed the fact there was a second one entirely!

 

[EvanBenner]

I somehow missed the fact there was a second one entirely!

It honestly holds up. Feels less meddled in than the first.

 

[LeeVing]

It honestly holds up. Feels less meddled in than the first.

And we all know Scooby-Doo needs less meddling.

 

[EvanBenner]

Started getting around to franchise remakes/reboots this year, now that I've caught up on many of the classics I missed growing up.

When I think of slashers, my prime meridian remains the earliest FF13 films—the purest distillation of the category. The prologue of this reprisal did a decent job of capturing that spirit...but then the rest happened. Found this one to be pretty joyless and disengaging in the end.

 

[LeeVing]

I edited one of the earliest posts up thread with some streaming info for Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween”

 

[EvanBenner]

I edited one of the earliest posts up thread with some streaming info for Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween”

Fangoria will probably post a comprehensive schedule of what's new in horror on each streamer for Sep tomorrow.

 

[LeeVing]

The first 4 years I've really mostly just watched my favorites. I think this year I'm going to go back to the classics - Universal Horror...Hitchcock...etc.

That list from Peacock seems like a decent way to watch a lot that I just haven't seen - I'm not a huge fan of the Universal Horror movies.

 

[LeeVing]

Fangoria will probably post a comprehensive schedule of what's new in horror on each streamer for Sep tomorrow.

Yeah - I've been watching their Twitter for that post.

 

[EvanBenner]

Talk about tense! Elliot Page and Patrick Wilson are phenomenal in this gratifying chamber piece where the predator becomes the prey.

Hard Candy:

 

[LeeVing]

Talk about tense! Elliot Page and Patrick Wilson are phenomenal in this gratifying chamber piece where the predator becomes the prey.

Hard Candy:



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It's been years since I watched this one - but I think I still have it on DVD

 

[zomgbear]

Talk about tense! Elliot Page and Patrick Wilson are phenomenal in this gratifying chamber piece where the predator becomes the prey.

Hard Candy:



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This was the first thing i've ever seen Elliot Page in! I've only seen it once but I remember it being really bold at the time.