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

[LeeVing]

#1.

Rear Window (1954)




I get it's more of a suspense/thriller - but it's still one of the best.

The 4K looks as good as it's probably ever going to look - and the 4 movies box set is worth the price.

Amazon product ASIN B08CPLM17C

 

[Hemotep]

4. Summer of 84 (2018)


I'm genuinely surprised I've missed this one until now. Even the wife is enjoying it. Great to see Booty Hole in another movie.

 

[EvanBenner]

4. Summer of 84 (2018)


I'm genuinely surprised I've missed this one until now. Even the wife is enjoying it. Great to see Booty Hole in another movie.

That's a fun one! Channels Fright Night neighborly paranoia really well. And maybe a little of The Burbs but more serious.

Rich Sommer is great! Totally different vibe than his roles on Mad Men and Glow.

 

[LeeVing]

4. Summer of 84 (2018)


I'm genuinely surprised I've missed this one until now. Even the wife is enjoying it. Great to see Booty Hole in another movie.

That's a fun one! Channels Fright Night neighborly paranoia really well. And maybe a little of The Burbs but more serious.

Rich Sommer is great! Totally different vibe than his roles on Mad Men and Glow.

I really liked that movie and it's been a while since I've seen it.

The score is great, too.

 

[EvanBenner]

It's up! September goodies added to streamers.

 

[avecigrec]

It's up! September goodies added to streamers.

Oooh! As long as everything I want to watch on Max is also on Crave up here in the hinterlands, it looks like exciting times!

 

[EvanBenner]

Oooh! As long as everything I want to watch on Max is also on Crave up here in the hinterlands, it looks like exciting times!

I'm giving Max the boot on Sep 25, so gonna queue up a handful of these titles I've missed in the past. If anything else gets added in October, I'll probably use a free week trial through Prime, but I'm done with Zaslav and crew's shit.

 

[avecigrec]

I'm giving Max the boot on Sep 25, so gonna queue up a handful of these titles I've missed in the past. If anything else gets added in October, I'll probably use a free week trial through Prime, but I'm done with Zaslav and crew's shit.

Very reasonable. I still have 7 or 8 months left on a 1-year to Crave, but I don't know that I'll be renewing once that's up.

 

[avecigrec]

It's up! September goodies added to streamers.

Looks like no Blade trilogy or first 8 Friday the 13th movies for me, but Black Phone, The Fly, Firestarter (both), and the original A Nightmare on Elm Street are on Crave as well as a few other goodies... so we're not completely hurting up here!

 

[zomgbear]

wow peacock has a lot of classics. I have it free thru my ISP so i'll be hitting that up a lot

 

[LeeVing]

 

[LeeVing]

It's up! September goodies added to streamers.

LOL

Cats (2018)


I assume this is supposed to be 2019 - as I can't find any "Cats" movie from 2018


Oh...it's this one

Cats (2018) ⭐ 4.8 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

1h 27m | PG

www.imdb.com

 

[LeeVing]

Peacock gets the W for all the Hitchcock and Universal Horror.

And Psycho 2 is underrated.

 

[EvanBenner]

Holy moley, Jake Gyllenhaal is ELECTRIC in Nightcrawler. Kicking myself for not checking it out sooner.
Some honest to goodness stomach-churning suspense at this one's climax.

 

[EvanBenner]

Contrary to popular opinion, I much preferred The Purge to The Purge: Anarchy.

If I had a quarter for every time I rolled my eyes, I'd be several dollars richer.

The first worked well for me as a proof of concept. I went into it with low to no expectations, so the claustrophobic crucible nature of it didn;t bother me in the least. Like, I get people wanted more wide-reaching action and brutality, but the many threads simply weren't linking well for me here.

 

[Hemotep]

5. Phantasm II (1988)

Still a pretty incoherent plot, but my enjoyment is based more on what it's trying to be than what it actually is. Lots of classic horror elements, just poor dialogue and flat characters. You do start to feel a tiny something for Reggie in this one, but still pretty one dimensional.

 

[Hemotep]

6. Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

Nothing special but it's the kind of movie I could rewatch in the background. It has fun moments and a semi-ambitious plot. Acting varies from good to terrible.

 

[LeeVing]

Contrary to popular opinion, I much preferred The Purge to The Purge: Anarchy.

I haven't watched any of the Purge series. I've thought about it many times, but just never did it.

 

[gaporter]

It's officially the spooky season, friends!

As others have said, this is one of my favorite running threads on the forum, and I'm very thankful to @LeeVing for setting it up each year. It's always a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to seeing what new discoveries are in store for me this time around!

I may have pre-gamed by rewatching The Mummy (Brendan Fraser version) the other day. Unfortunately I haven't had time to watch many movies lately... but I think the Halloween spirit may just change that

 

[Hemotep]

7. The Amityville Horror (1979)


The wife picked this one because she watched it a bunch growing up. It was one of her mom's favorite movies. I've seen the remake, but never the original all the way through before now.