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Sep '21 *
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Rules:

> At least 31 horror films must be watched during the month of October. 16 of these must be FTVs (first time viewings).
> You get 1 "point" per movie watched.
> Runtime is 45 minutes minimum.
> Kiddy-friendly "Halloween themed" movies will be permitted as long as there is some element of horror, i.e. A Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Goosebumps, Hubie Halloween, etc.
> If unsure on whether a movie is "horror" or not, please refer to the usual suspects: IMDb, Wiki, Letterboxd, etc.
> Documentaries (non-feature length) and TV shows will not be accepted.
> The challenge will begin at 00:00 hours on October 1st in your time zone.

If there is anything I have missed, let me know over on the discussion thread:

https://trashepics.com/post/30/39/

Previous year threads:

https://trashepics.com/post/9/160/
https://trashepics.com/post/9/218/
https://trashepics.com/post/142/130/
https://trashepics.com/post/30/34/


So make your spot and have fun!


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Johan_WoW says:
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Sep '21 *
1. Bad Moon (1996) RW, was so long ago I didn't even remember I ever saw it, not too bad

2. Blood of the Tribades (2016) FTV: starts out nicely, gets boring pretty quick, too much male frontal nudity for my taste
3. Blood for Dracula, Andy Warhol's Dracula (1974) FTV: bar the last 5 minutes this is a pretty slow, talky and uneventful flick with a too sissy Dracula. Even the nudity and sex can't really save it for me.
4. Aswang (1994) FTV: ok this is more like it. An interesting take on the vampire genre with some nasty scenes. Best one so far
5. Blacula (1972) FTV: strong opening scene. Basically however it's just Dracula with a dark skin and presented as tragic figure even though couldn't feel much sympathy. The plot is weak and predictable, the characters hollow and the vampire action is silly. Not sure if it was supposed to be a parody or real drama. I think the latter given the tragic theme, still feels like not so funny comedy.

6. Werewolves on Wheels (1971) FTV: crappy movie of the very boring kind
7. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) FTV: looks like a cheap Hammer but thank God it's much more eventful, graphic and erotic, enjoyable.
8. Cronos (1993): Del Toro's debut film is an interesting take on vampirism but it is rather weak in the story and character development, a lot of potential that remained unused.
9. Bloodlust (1961) FTV

10. The Hamiltons (2006) FTV: Spider Baby with a twist I thought at first? No it was just ordinary and very unlikable vampire family after all. Wished they all got staked in the end because they bored me out of my skull. Cheap lazy ass story and acting.

11. Arrival from the darkness (1921) FTV: cool Czech silent, 100 years of age, some creepy moments.

12. The Devil's Church (1919) FTV: another nice silent this time from Germany. A Faust like story with a sneaky devil and voloptuous farmer's wife.

13. Vampire Circus (1972) FTV: had I known in advance it was from Hammer I probably had skipped it. Ok it has a few weird moments but as usual it's style over substance and boring

14. Project: Metalbeast (1995) FTV: low budget. Not very good but enjoyable.

15. Kiss of the Damned (2012) FTV: reminded me of Twilight but with some sex scenes added, bad sis was cool but rather 1 dimensional too, except for the ending which I really liked, it was pretty predictable

16. Thirst (1979) FTV: ok I liked that concept at first, but seems the director was more concerned about making some psychological nightmarish style over substance with no surprises than an engaging and shocking horror

17. Wolfen (1981) FTV: more of a crime thriller with a few horror moments mostly at the beginning and the end, rather uneventful, way too long, the indians are rather silly, expected much more from this one. One of the weakest movies I have seen this challenge.

18. Something Weird (1967) RW
19. Lips of Blood (1975) FTV: finally a decent vampire movie after all the arty farty wanna be erotic stuff. No beating around the bush here. Jean Rollin saves the day.
20. House of Dark Shadows (1970) FTV: another boring Hammerish vampire flick

21. The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972) FTV: it's a turkey allright but of the boring kind, it had great potential though
22. Fiancรฉe of Dracula (2002) FTV: last vampire movie from Rollin, has its moments but not silly enough and too tame

23. Late Phases (2014) FTV: nice take on werewolf theme but the middle part is a bit too slow and uneventful to make it a great movie
24. The Mask of Medusa (2009): swansong of rollin before he passed away a year later, merely symbolic but I liked it quite a bit

25. Night of the Werewolf (1981) FTV: has the looks of an early 70s exploitation flick but it's not that trashy. There is a serious lack of nudity (definitely if the participating women are not at all prudes in other movies) and the story is just a big mess, lost interest halfway. Takes itself way too serious while it should have been campy fun.

26. Two Orphan Vampires (1997) FTV: pretty sweet vampire flick from Rollin. The movie's pacing and length hurt it a bit though.

27. Darkness (1993) FTV: low budget trash with awful acting but it's really bloody and yeah it's fun

28. The Iron Rose (1973) FTV : more like Blair Witch Project on a graveyard. Rollin's most boring piece IMO.
29. The Nude Vampire (1970): Rollin's movies about vampires never disappoint.
30. The Grapes of Death (1978) RW: much more enjoyable than the first time I saw it years ago. However there is many others from Rollin I prefer over this

31. The Night of the Clocks (2007) FTV: the legacy of Jean Rollin, remembering the bizarre world and its characters he created from 1968 to 2002. Must see for the fans.
32. The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971) FTV: ok Naschy in the role of werewolf 10 years earlier, what a lazy ass that guy was that he just copied the whole formula in his Night of the Werewolf. Not that this movie was any better. No more Naschy for me.
33. Byzantium (2012) FTV: a fresh take on the vampire lore but there is no reason to have the not very complex plot stretched out to almost 2 hours
34. Atom Age Vampire (1960) FTV: no vampires to be seen in this Italian shlocky horror movie. Just another mad scientist becomes obsessed with his disfigured patient going on a killing rant to keep her beauty, transforming himself in Mr Hyde to avoid suspicion. So many clichรฉs and predictable. There is much better out there.
35. The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960) FTV: pretty ladies and the castle breathes a good atmosphere. Story is and characters are however boring.
36. The Horror of it All (1960) FTV: had potential to be some kind of Old Dark House clone but with singer Pat Boone as the leading actor the movie focuses more on laughts than thrills. Andree Zelly (with a Morticia Addams look) was the only interesting character of the weird family but cruelly underused. Spider Baby did the malfunctioning family theme a lot better years later.

37. Habit (1995) FTV: if you like to watch for almost 2 hours at unattractive Larry Fessender being abused by a vampire girl (or it might just be his imagination) this is the film for you. I didn't really care.

38. Daughter of Darkness (1990) FTV: a vampire movie from Stuart Gordon made for TV. It had its moments but the vampires were rather daft
39. Elvira, Mistress of the Darkness (1988): as expected not that much horror to be found more silly comedy and the camera likes to focus on Elvira's pair of enhanced b's. It's enjoyable though never boring.
40. Crypt of the Vampire (1964) FTV: A pretty good adaptation of the Karnstein story. Reminded me of Black Sunday at times. Very atmospheric and they handled the lesbian subtext really well.
41. Midnight Kiss (1993): Starts out pretty graphically. We get a weird blonde vampire guy choosing female victims. A female cop survives the attack and has to fight her transformation into a bloodsucker. Could have been fun but couldn't live up to the exciting start and the characters are not really sympathetic.
42. Blood of the Virgins (1967) FTV: vampire movie from Argentina. Promising start but develops like a slow and boring Hammer esque movie with a few graphic scenes and quite a bit on nudity for its time.
43. The Legend of Hell House (1973) RW: even though not as good as The Innocents or The Haunting from the 1960s, the long overdue revisit didn't disappoint.
44. I like Bats (1986) FTV
45. Demon Seed (1977) RW
46. Dr. Satan vs Black Magic (1968) FTV
47. The White Reindeer (1952) FTV
48. Attack of the Crab Monsters (1958) RW
49. Macabre (1958) RW
50. Daddy's Girl (1996) RW
51. Deliria (1987) RW
52. Humanoids from the Deep (1980) RW

53. Braindead (1992) RW


That's all folks!

FTV: 42
RW: 11



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