Which movies have you seen at Helloween?

[abstauber]

I watched "The Exorcist" (1974) and "[REC]" (2006)

First one's a classic of course, but REC was a bit disappointing. I though an IMDB rating of over 7 for a horror movie would be a no brainer, but apparently I was wrong. The first half of the movie was amazing and the second half...

Spoiler

well, just a typical zombie movie, where everyone is doomed and dies

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Anyone else spend time in front of the TV?

[Phemar]

I watched Return of the Jedi.

It's still epic.

[Igor Hardy]

I watched House on Haunted Hill (1959) with Vincent Price for the first time - now probably my favorite Price film.

And re-watched Horror Express (1973). Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, Rasputin, a 2 million year old apeman and The Thing - all in one train. Great cheesy horror film and it's now public domain.

[Paper Carnival]

I watched the Helloween specials of South Park.

[nihilyst]

I watchd John Carpenter's Halloween. Still a classic.

[ddq]

Evil Dead 2. But my asshole friends didn't like it because they don't know anything about anything and think Halo and Call of Duty are the best games ever. Luckily, they didn't stop me from enjoying it as much as I usually do.

[Re1Mu2R3]

Red Dragon. My personal favorite in the Hannibal Lecter series..

[Dualnames]

I watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Why break the habit even if its halloween?! 8)

[Anian]

...I watched 2 episodes of Entourage, oh, and 2 episodes of Fringe, but I've been doing that all week.

[Igor Hardy]

Evil Dead 2. But my asshole friends didn't like it because they don't know anything about anything and think Halo and Call of Duty are the best games ever. Luckily, they didn't stop me from enjoying it as much as I usually do.

"With friends like these, who needs enemies?"

[GarageGothic]

John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China and They Live - had forgotten it was Halloween, but it was appropriate viewing

[Snake]

I watched the new series on AMC, The Walking Dead and then I watched The Return of the Living Dead, which followed immediately after on the SciFi channel (spelled "SyFy" now days). Or maybe it was Chiller. I can't remember, it was late. Unfortunately I fell asleep JUST before TarMan ate Suicide's brains. The last thing I remember is Suicide pointing at the basement door proclaiming, "OVER THERE!!1!" after hearing Tina holler to them from down there.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Let's see, this year it was a pretty obscure mix of cheese and just plain bad:

1.  Without Warning:  Jack Palance (!) takes on a bubble-headed alien that can throw pancake parasites in this direct-to-video Predator knock-off.

This was a decent film, surprisingly, with good performances all around.  I expected Palance to phone in his part but he actually put some effort into it and made his character a bit more memorable as a result.

2.  Mutant Hunter:  Tough guy Rick Gianasi (Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD!) battles slime-covered cyborgs hopped up on drugs in a terminator fest full of burned robot bodies and torn up faces.

I was bored at first, but once the movie finally gets going it's a constant stream of dudes/chicks vs. cyborgs right up to the end.

3.  Siege of the Dead:  A geeky german dude goes to Berlin to give his now ex-girlfriend back her keys only to discover a zombie infection is sweeping the area.  He must now join forces with a young plumber to battle back the undead menace, all the while searching for his ex-girlfriend.

This movie ends on such an unresolved note that it really hurt the rest of the film, which was building up to be quite interesting.  The zombie effects are quite good, though.

4.  Kung Fu Cannibals!  A group of vacationing US martial artists, Adolf Hitler, and an island full of cannibal monks with zombie samurai ninjas at their service converge in a battle of explosively cheesy proportions.  Lots of Phillipina t&a shots as an added bone-us.

Cheese with a dose of silly.  Hilter is trading hookers to cannibal monks for jade and some vacationers on a boat (including some bad us martial arts types) run afoul of the Fuhrer's plans with predictable results.  Fills out the checklist for an 80s actioner and turned out to be fairly entertaining for a forgotten film that was meant to have a sequel but didn't get one.


5.  Slumber Party Massacre 2!  The ghost of the dead rockabilly murderer from the original is somehow willed into existence by one of the survivors and goes on an epic killing spree with his Drilltar (a guitar with a MASSIVE drill on one end).  Lots of juicy gore sequences, though sadly the payoff doesn't come until the last 30 minutes or so.

The first half of the movie is really slow and plodding as the heroine has repeated dreams of the rockabilly killer threatening to rape her, but when he finally appears and starts doing killing the gore effects shine and somewhat make up for all the dull character interactions.


6.  My Science Project!  Greasemonkey Harlan, Greaser Vinnie, and Geek Sherman must save the world after Harlan uncovers an alien space-time warp device.  80's goodness ensues.

Great 80's sendup to old sci-fi films.  Features Dennis Hopper as (surprise) a 70's reject science teacher who huffs some kind of drug between college lectures.  Has some nice effects and the entire last 30 minutes or so is action as Harlan and his friends must literally battle through different time lines to reach the machine responsible.


7.  Dark Ride.  A group of stupid Gen-X'ers decide to break into an old ride where two girls were brutally killed years ago by a murderer that conveniently escapes just weeks before their plan, returning to his old roost to lay down some gory pain.

This was a typical by the numbers slasher that will leave you wondering 'why did they bother?'.  It's just another nail in the horror coffin courtesy of some hack who thought he could write a highly derivative, generic slasher film and get away with it.


Some extras we didn't get to:

1.  Hellbinders:  A hitman is hired to take out Satan.  Yeah, Satan.

2.  Vindicator:  A hapless fool stumbles into a secret experiment and is transformed into a robotic killing machine.  Your standard 80's plot device about man vs. machine with silly gore.

3.  Escape From New York:  Snake Plissken is charged with the task of entering New York, now a massive prison for the worst criminals, to rescue none other than the President of the United States.  An old favorite that we passed on since we had plenty of other films we hadn't seen before or in a long time.

4.  Assault of the Sasquatch.  Some hunter manages to catch a bigfoot but before he can deal with it he is arrested.  Meanwhile, the bigfoot in his trunk escapes to wreak gory vengeance.  



I also watched The Walking Dead and found the zombie effects to be quite good but the story to be shit, especially since it has so little to do with the source material and felt more like they were cribbing from 28 Days Later.

[Tramponline]

1.  Without Warning:  Jack Palance (!) takes on a bubble-headed alien that can throw pancake parasites in this direct-to-video Predator knock-off.

This was a decent film, surprisingly, with good performances all around.  I expected Palance to phone in his part but he actually put some effort into it and made his character a bit more memorable as a result.

DAMN! Without Warning! Probably the first "horror"-thriller I ever watched! Aside from Jack Palance, starring Martin Landau and an almost prepubescent David Caruso, no?!
Great campy suspense-horror movie. The image of that blue alien and his ravenous flying tentacle-pancakes stayed with me for quite while - mainly due to the fact that I was only five or six years old when I saw it for the first time. Nice one ProgZ, thanks for reactivating a fond childhood memory!

[Stupot]

I haven't had a chance to watch anything recently except a couple of episodes of The X-Files ('War of the Coprophages' - absolutely brilliant), but I'm planning to go and see Saw 7 at some point.

[Igor Hardy]

I watched House on Haunted Hill (1959) with Vincent Price for the first time - now probably my favorite Price film.

And re-watched Horror Express (1973). Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, Rasputin, a 2 million year old apeman and The Thing - all in one train. Great cheesy horror film and it's now public domain.

I just reviewed Horror Express for you reading pleasure. Will anyone take the bait and watch it?

[abstauber]

Haha, it has Peter Cushing in it. It can't be that bad

So Horror Express is on my schedule!

[EKM]

Splice, Satan's Little Helper, Dead & Buried.

Also watched the Red Riding Trilogy.

I still have one more horror movie to watch called Let's Scare Jessica to Death.

[LimpingFish]

Nothing groundbreaking.

I did watch a new three-part documentary on the BBC about horror movies (with everybody from George Romero to Barbara Steele), which was good.

Films included...The Ruins, The Unborn, The Uninvited, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Slither, Altered, The Burrowers...basically anything I noticed cheap at local stores. Most cost about three euro each.

[Snake]

I watched House on Haunted Hill (1959) with Vincent Price for the first time - now probably my favorite Price film.

And re-watched Horror Express (1973). Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas, Rasputin, a 2 million year old apeman and The Thing - all in one train. Great cheesy horror film and it's now public domain.

I just reviewed Horror Express for you reading pleasure. Will anyone take the bait and watch it?

I LOVE Horror Express! I've got the old VHS tape that I'll watch from time to time! Great movie
I was actually under the impression I was the only person in the world that knew of it!

I will read your review as soon as I remember!
(hopefully that's not too far off, but sometimes it can be)