Once Bitten and Jacob's Ladder

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 32

Once Bitten (1985)

Why I Watched:

Halloween Theme Night

What I Learned:

• This movie is so 80s it bleeds neon.
• In the 80s, before the term cougar was coined.
• Epic dance off. For a man.

Rating:

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

What I Learned:

• Too much foreshadowing.
• Seriously, we get it.
• Great movie, but loses something in the reveal. Because we freaking know already.

Rating:

Idle Hands and The Town That Dreaded Sundown

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 31

Idle Hands (1999)

Why I Watched:

Demonic Possession / Satanic / Witchcraft / Hell Theme Night

Rewatch

What I Learned:

• More movies need Jack Noseworthy. 
• I love Seth Green acting. I always get so excited when he's in something and more than half the time it's just voiceover.

Rating:

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)

What I Learned:

• I didn't know Edward Herrmann was in this. Must have been one of his last films.
• I liked this a lot better than the original.

Rating:

Paranormal Activity 4, Tremors 5: Bloodlines and A Fantastic Fear of Everything

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 30

Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

Why I Watched:

Bats/Cats/Rats Theme Night

What I Learned:

• There's always a lot of empty room scenes and people sleeping scenes in these movies.

Rating:

Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)

What I Learned:

• Oh Burt Gummer, I missed you.

Rating:

A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

What I Learned:

• Simon Pegg in a towel dancing and rapping is everything I ever wanted to see in life.

Rating:

Jessabelle, 100 Feet and Undead

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 29

Jessabelle (2014)

Why I Watched:

Supernatural Theme Night

What I Learned:

• Her accent seems to come and go.
• Sort of twisty, but thankfully they spell it all out of you in case you don't understand.

Rating:

100 Feet (2008)

What I Learned:

• Early Gossip Girl Ed Westwick
• The dead husband's partner is ridiculous. He hates her, then he wants to help her, then he hates her, just stop.
• This all could have ended so much sooner, stupid woman.

Rating:

Undead (2003)

What I Learned:

• One type of movie, and then a completely different type of movie.
• May be trying too hard to be different. Like a genre mashup.
• Light, but not really funny. Lacking the humor needed for a legit horror comedy.

Rating:

Spring, The Dark Hours, The Awakening and Case 39

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 28

Spring (2014)

Why I Watched:

Were-Creature Theme Night

What I Learned:

• "White people love Italy"
• Interesting but slow and not at all horrific.

Rating:

The Dark Hours (2005)

What I Learned:

• Girl gets her hair chopped off with an ax by a psychopath and it still looks better than every haircut I've ever had.

Rating:

The Awakening (2011)

What I Learned:

• Consider yourself lucky if just see something scary when looking through a hole in the wall. I always expect eye gouging

Rating:

Case 39 (2009)

What I Learned:

• I knew Renee Zellweger was in this, but Bradley Cooper is a total surprise. 
• Hornets. Nope. Nope. Nope.
• How do you not know your cell phone is missing for days? Even in 2009, that's crazy.

Rating:

Camp Dread, Ghoulies II, Gutterballs and Dark Skies

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 27

Camp Dread (2014)

Why I Watched:

Slasher Theme Night

What I Learned:

• Danielle Harris as the sheriff. That's sort of an unexpected role. And awesome.
• Danielle Harris has a 2 minute scene in the beginning, unrelated to the plot. Yet she's on the poster. I hate that.

Rating:

Ghoulies II (1988)

What I Learned:

• Love the carnival thing going on here, but the rest is super boring.

Rating:

Gutterballs (2008)

What I Learned:

• Gag. These people are all awful. I can't wait until they're all brutally murdered. 
• If this is a rape/revenge movie, I have no idea why some of these characters are being killed.
• This is graphic. I generally appreciate a certain brutality level but this is unnecessarily extreme for the plot.

Rating:

Dark Skies (2013)

What I Learned:

• Very interesting take on alien abduction.
• And Keri Russell, you don't see her much anymore.

Rating:

Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong, Hallowed Ground, Hidden and The Green Inferno

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 26

Gingerdead Man Vs. Evil Bong (2013)

Why I Watched:

Vs. Theme Night

What I Learned:

• We're still doing series recap. Way too much recap. Evil Bong backstory isn't this complicated.
• Halfway through and it's time for a Gingerdead Man recap. Movie is only 80 minutes long and these recaps aren't short

Rating:

Hallowed Ground (2007)

What I Learned:

• I have yet to see good scarecrow horror. This isn't going to be it.
• A very young Chloë Grace Moretz is in this. Pretty much the only selling point.

Rating:

Hidden (2015)

What I Learned:

• This is one of those movies you can't talk about without ruining it for everyone else, but wow.

Rating:

The Green Inferno (203)

What I Learned:

• People who complain this movie is graphic for purely shock value obviously haven't seen any other cannibal tribe movies.
• This is very typical for the subgenre and done very well.

Rating:

Final Exam, Blood Night, Burning Bright and Vamps

October Horror Movie Challenge Day 25

Final Exam (1981)

Why I Watched:

Once shown in a drive in double feature theme night

What I Learned:

• Sniper jokes in a college class. Yeah, the 80s was a very different time.
• Hardcore hazing. Classic 80s. When bullying was something that brought people together.

Rating:

Blood Night (2009)

What I Learned:

• Danielle Harris is ageless. Mid-30s and still playing a high schooler. Convincingly.
• In my experience, group porn watching/mockery does not usually lead to a dance party.

Rating:

Burning Bright (2010)

What I Learned:

• Mother kills herself and daughter is left to attempt college while raising autistic little brother. This is depressing.
• This girl is a saint for attempting to make this work
• Stepfather steals the kids money to buy a tiger. And believes his argument is valid.
• Twist ending was not twisty. Always assumed that was the case.

Rating:

Vamps (2012)

What I Learned:

• Just about every single person in this movie is recognizable. Weird, as it came out 3 years ago and I never heard about it.
• Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Richard Lewis, Kristen Johnston, Malcolm McDowell. So many

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