The Annual October Horror Movie Watching Thread -- 2018!!!

Here we go again ghouls and gals. It's time to scare ourselves silly by watching a whole lot of horror films to the exclusion of all else. No friends, no family, just horror movies!!!! Bwahahahaha!!!

....ok maybe you don't need to get that crazy about it, but it's time for

The Annual October Horror Movie Watching Thread!!!

Here's how it works: Every year the people here on Horror Digital watch a crap load of horror-related movies/tv shows and then come to this thread to brag, write a review, post pics, or get ideas for what to watch next. Just do a post for each movie you watch for each day. It really is fun, especially if everyone joins in and gets in the spirit. It lasts all month and hopefully everyone will join in starting October 1st at 12 a.m. Sound like fun? Of course it does. Sound hard? Not at all. Just check out last year's thread to get an idea how it works. It's here.

So let's get this party started...on October 1st.

 

I got 31 movies in last year, one for each day of the month. Hope to do as well or better this year.

1.The Old Dark House (1932)
2.The Flying Serpent (1946)
3.Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
4.In Darkness (2018)
5.The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1939)
6.The Psychic aka Seven Notes In Black (1977)
7.The Hidden Hand (1942)
8.The Initiation (1984)
9.The Nun (2018)
10.Satan's School For Girls-telefilm-(1973)
11.The House With A Clock In It's Walls (2018)
12.The Predator (2018)
13.The Ghoul (1933)
14. Theatre Of Death (1967)
15.The Return Of The Vampire (1943)
16.House (1986)
17.Necromancy (1972)
18.Dead Of Night -telefilm-(1977)
19.A Study In Terror (1965)
20.Messiah Of Evil (1973)
21.Kiss Of The Vampire (1962)
22.Sweet,Sweet Rachel-telefilm-(1971)
23.Lisa And The Devil (1973)
24.Cry Of The Werewolf (1944)

 

Though I don't get to watch a ton of movies anymore I do get excited to see this thread turn up every year. My daughter and I will take part this year shes become quite the horror fan.

 

I will once again be taking part in the Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge this October. The guidelines are listed here: http://blog.scarecrow.com/the-2018-scarecrow-psychotronic-challenge/

 

I'll be doing this again as well as I did it last year! Was just looking to see if it had been posted yesterday and it wasn't so it must be fresh up this morning!

 

I wasn't feeling all Halloween-y yet but now that I've posted this, I feel my anticipation rising. I don't think I'll get anywhere near the movies I watched last year but I'm going to try really hard.

 

[ 44x 2007 | 56x 2008 | 63x 2009 | 33x 2010 | 42x 2011 | 77x 2012 | 47x 2013 | 47x 2014 | 56x 2015 | 48x 2016 | 43x 2017 ]

01 10/01 Vampira Presents, The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
00 10/01 The Venture Bros.: A Very Venture Halloween (2012) [commentary w/ Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer]
02 10/01 Death Becomes Her (1992) [theater]
03 10/01 The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
04 10/02 The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
05 10/03 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents, Being From Another Planet ( Time Walker ) (1982)
06 10/03 Gothic (1986)
07 10/04 The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
08 10/05 Frankenstein's Bloody Terror ( La Marca del Hombre-lobo ) (1968)
09 10/06 Svengoolie Presents, The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
10 10/06 Night of the Living Dead (1990) [Workprint]
11 10/06 Dracula vs. Frankenstein ( Los Monstruos del terror ) (1970)
00 10/07
12 10/08 Trick 'r Treat (2007) [commentary w/Michael Dougherty, Simeon Wilkins, Breehn Burns and Douglas Pipes]
13 10/08 Hocus Pocus (1993) [theater]
00 10/09 Psych: "Tuesday the 17th" (2009)
14 10/09 The Phantom of the Opera [theater w/ live organist]
15 10/10 Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
16 10/11 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed! (1969)
17 10/12 Blackenstein: The Black Frankenstein (1973)
18 10/13 Svengoolie Presents, The Return of the Vampire (1944)
19 10/13 Svengoolie Presents, Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
20 10/14 Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
21 10/15 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) [theater]
22 10/16 Mad Monster Party? (1967)
00 10/16 The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972)

 

haha this seems like it may be directed at a few of the...over-enthusiastic people out there

 

Only Four more days.

 

I feel like I actually usually watch less horror stuff in October, but I'll post what I do watch here.

 

Yap. Best thread ever. Let's get it.

 

You don't want people to start partying too early or they'll be burned out before the main event.

 

i know that becomes a problem for me. by the end of October, I'm usually a little punch drunk on horror films. But I'm pretty excited about it at the moment...can't wait to jump in on the 1st!

 

Some October recommendations:

It's the Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 200th Anniversary of publishing. Of course there are hundreds of movies with The Monster to watch but here's four films which cover Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's infamous night at Lord Byron's estate inspiring the tale which has been accounted now in four films:
Gothic (1986)
Rowing with the Wind ( Remando al viento ) (1988)
Haunted Summer (1988)
Mary Shelley (2017) staring Ella Fanning, although I hear it's not good.

The infamous broadcast of Orson Welles's The War of the Worlds will have it's 80th Anniversary on 10/30/38. You can find the original broadcast nearly anywhere because it's in the public domain. And there's lots of alien invasion movies to choose from as well. But here's a couple of recommendations.
Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965) - Two for one with Frankenstein and invading aliens (although it's not really Frankenstein's Monster in this)
Spaced Invaders (1990) set on Halloween where Martians hear the broadcast and think they are finally invading Earth and crash on the planet.
Invader ZIM: "Germs" S01E04 (4/20/01)

Bela Lugosi's Birthday is 10/20 and he starred in four film with Frankenstein's Monster.
Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Many consider it his best performance besides Dracula.
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) - PLAYED the monster in Meets the Wolf Man (although infamously poorly. Still tons of fun though.).
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - As Dracula and many contented it's his best take as Dracula (though they are wrong. Deeply wrong.)

Frankenstein Friday 10/26
As I said, it's the anniversary, so I've already given some oddball suggestions. So here's a collection of Frank titles I made months back that I was going to work from for my October schedule.

Universal:
Frankenstein (1931)
The Bride of Frankenstein, The (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939) An extended version has been made widely available over the past few years
The Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
House of Dracula (1945)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Frankenstein 1970 (1958) - Stars Karloff as Dr. Frankenstein

Hammer:
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Mad Monster Party (1967)
Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972)
Frankenweenie (1984)
Frankenweenie (2012)

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
How to Make a Monster (1958)
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) [Elvira}
Orlak, el infierno de Frankenstein ( Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein ) (1960) [No English?]
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
Frankenstein Conquers the World ( Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon ) (1965)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) [Elvira / Joe Bob Briggs]
The War of the Gargantuas ( Furankenshutain no kaijû: Sanda tai Gaira ) (1966)
Frankenstein's Bloody Terror ( Marca del Hombre-lobo, La ) (1968) [Paul Naschy]
Dracula Vs. Frankenstein ( Monstruos del terror, Los ) (1970) [Paul Naschy]
Lady Frankenstein ( Figlia di Frankenstein, La ) (1971) [Elvira]
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) [Al Adams]
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks ( Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette ) (1974) [Elvira / Cinematic Titanic]
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein ( Drácula contra Frankenstein ) (1972) [Jesus Franco]
Rites of Frankenstein, The ( Expériences érotiques de Frankenstein, Les ) (1972) [Jesus Franco]
Frankenstein (1973)
Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) [Two parts]
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
The Bride (1985)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
No Telling (1991)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
The Creeps (1997)
Frankenstein Vs. the Creature From Blood Cove (2005)
Frankenstein's Bloody Nightmare (2006)
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl ( Kyûketsu shôjo tai shôjo Furanken ) (2009)
The Frank-Can-Stein Monster (2010) [short]
Army of Frankensteins (2013) [Civil War]
Frankenstein's Army (2013) [WW2]
Victor Frankenstein (2015)

You're welcome.

Deaths over the past year:
I'm not recalling many since last October. Which is a good thing. But pile on anymore:

Don Sullivan
Teenage Zombies (1959)
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
Gila! (2012)

Conrad Brooks
Bride of the Monster (1955)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
The Sinister Urge 1960
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Ed Wood (1994)

Blood Slaves of the Vampire Wolf (1996)
Jan-Gel, the Beast from the East (1999)
Jan-Gel 2: The Beast Returns (2001)
Jan-Gel 3: Hillbilly Monster (2003)
Gypsy Vampire (2005)
Gypsy Vampires Revenge (2008)
Gypsy Vampire: The Final Bloodlust (2009)
Zombie on the Loose (2010)

Heather North
Perhenial voice of Daphne in Scooby-Doo cartoons from 1970 Season 2 to 2002!

Peggy Cummins
Curse of the Demon ( Night of the Demon ) (1957) Stared in this classic set during Halloween

David F. Case, author of Fengriffen, source material for the star studded Amicus horror -And Now the Screaming Starts (1973)

John Altamura played Toxie in
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)

Ulli Lommel
Tenderness of the Wolves ( Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe ) (1973)
The Boogey Man (1980)
and take your pick

R. Lee Ermey
Up From the Depths (1979)
Deathstone (Demonstone) (1990)
The Rift (1990)
The Terror Within II (1991)
Body Snatchers (1993)
Tales from the Crypt: Staired in Horror (1994)
The X-Files: Revelations (1995)
The Frighteners (1996)
Willard (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

Margot Kidder
Sisters (1972)
Black Christmas (1974)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Tales from the Crypt: Curiosity Killed (1992)
The Clown at Midnight (1999)
Death 4 Told (2004)
The Box Collector ( Love at First Kill ) (2008)
Halloween 2 (2009)

Burt Reynolds
Twilight Zone: The Bard (1963)
Deliverance (1972)
The Maddening (1995)
Frankenstein and Me (1996) - An obvious Frankenstein hookup and from what I hear worth checking out. But I've not seen any copies readily available online (at least at a decent price) even on the dark web.

 

Ready to roll. Love participating in this thread every year. Probably won't hit my normal number of movies, but have collected quite a few 1st time watch blu's for this years run!

~Rocker10

 

I was just thinking the same thing. I watch Horror movies throughout the year but I don't really set aside a bunch for October (other than the original Halloween). Im going to make an effort to post in the thread this year though.

 

I watch horror all year long, so (too me and my girlfriend) the October month is just like any other month. Though we usually watch the favorites, during the Halloween weekend.

 

I know how you feel. As much as I love binge watching horror films in OCtober, I'm usually burned out by the end of the month (hung over, if you will). And it doesnt help matters the "Suspiria" remake comes out on Nov. 2nd.

 

No room for "Edison" Frankenstein (1910)?

 

So do I, but October is the only time I force myself to watch an insane amount of nothing but horror.