October Horror Movie Marathon

[Nordicdusk]

Going to grab a coffee and get settled in and let the madness begin. Once again I'll try mix old films I haven't seen and newer ones and hopefully I find a few gems but as as always it's probably gonna be a slog of mediocrity and frustration

Still I'm excited

[Nordicdusk]

30 Days of Unseen Horror

Day 1


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Dr Paul Steiner is working on an experiment that transfers matter from one place to another using a laser technic but the higher ups in the science community are determined for him to fail. At first it's objects that are involved in the experiments then animals but when he finds out his lab will be getting shut down Dr Steiner takes a drastic step to use himself in the experiment to prove that he has been successful and people will have to recognise his genius.

I had never heard of this one before and when getting the poster artwork I saw on IMDB that it got a 3 score luckily I don't worry about reviews because this was a really fun film. The acting is brilliant and yes it's a cliche story experiments gone wrong and all that but it's still an interesting story that is pretty simple with no real over the top science talk but it's not dumbed down in anyway and it always keeps you gripped. The only thing I found a bit off was when explaining to the detective about what they believed to have happened to Steiner he didn't even doubt it for a second he just went along with it and agreed never thinking what the hell are you talking about people transporting themselves around the place

At times the make up is crude but it still looks great and is fairly effective generally especially on Dr Steiner. There isn't any blood shed just plenty of people getting electrocuted and burned which Ill leave you find our yourself how that happens if you ever get the chance to watch it but I loved how they implemented that.


Really enjoyable fast paced British sci-fi horror a great start to the month fingers crossed this is the first of many great films.

Well worth a watch and it's on YouTube if you can handle all the bloody ads.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A fantastic start to the year.

Let's hope more people join in too.

[MrBarlow]

The Pit And The Pendulum. 1961.

First of the Vincent Price/Roger Corman collaborations for this month.John Kerr travels to Spain after learning of the death of his sister Barbara Steele. There he meets grieving widower Vincent Price, as well as sister Luana Anders and doctor/family friend Antony Carbone. Kerr is suspicious, and indeed these people don't seem to want to give him too many details. He's determined to get to the bottom of things, but seemingly supernatural occurrences are starting to drive Price mad. As it turns out, Vincent and Luana are the offspring of the most sadistic torturer of the Spanish Inquisition.

Roger Corman creates more lavish "old dark house" atmospherics and visuals with the assistance of his very talented crew, including production designer and art director Daniel Haller and cinematographer Floyd Crosby. He makes this a great Gothic horror in the classic tradition. Adapting the Poe story is Richard Matheson, who uses it as the third act in a three act styled script. The dialogue is wonderfully literate, and as always it just flows off of Prices' tongue with the greatest of ease and perfect delivery.

The film is short enough to prevent boredom kicking in and is saved somewhat by a great final act that provides one or two neat twists, some well handled excitement the razor sharp pendulum of the title finally making an appearance, swinging to and fro above a shackled Kerr.

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Up next The Beast Must Die.

[Demoncrat]

The Comedy Of Terrors (1968, Jacques Tourner)

A cast to die for. Pun intended.
With only Loot showing the same lack of respect for the recently departed, this cobwebbed gem still makes this demon a happy one. What I noticed this time around was Karloff's beautiful measure of tone with his lines. Sigh.

[MuckyFunster]

Do any of you follow a plan for what to watch?

I can never decide, but I’ve seen some folk on Twitter with suggestions like “day one - horror comedy, day two - folk horror…etc etc”

Not sure wether to revisit some old favourites ( I’m looking at you - Greasy Strangler ) or wether to do an unseen horror plan like a few others are doing.




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[Justin101]

Mahakaal (1994)



Kicking off the October Horror marathon with a bang!

A Bollywood remake of Nightmare on Elm Street you say? Yes I'm in. This one follows the story quite closely to the original with a few extras which are inspired by (ripped off from) various other horror films from previous years. You have The Church, Suspiria, Evil Dead, Day of the Dead and lashings of Hammer Gothic. On top of that there is song and dance, some very questionable comedy and some rubbish kung-fu.

At one point it all went so wonky and off-the-wall I thought I was watching a Jess Franco film, complete with crash zooms, until they started singing again haha.

I'd read about this film years ago and I never thought that I'd ever get the chance to actually watch it. So thanks to Massacre Video for putting out the bluray.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MuckyFunster

Do any of you follow a plan for what to watch?

I can never decide, but I’ve seen some folk on Twitter with suggestions like “day one - horror comedy, day two - folk horror…etc etc”

Not sure wether to revisit some old favourites ( I’m looking at you - Greasy Strangler ) or wether to do an unseen horror plan like a few others are doing.

No plan for me other than Halloween (78) and Halloween II on the night itself with Trick R' Treat on the 30th.

If i have a regimented plan like the one you mention then it will quickly become a chore.

I do tend to earmark films prior (sometimes months before) to watch during October. (See photo of all the new-to-me Blu-ray's i intend to watch) plus a mixture of old Universal and Hammer favourites, classic horrors and films set around Halloween itself.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Watching this late yesterday as September sci-fi spectacle revamped itself into the horrors of October and Halloween, Night of the Creeps could have mutated itself itself into either thread but i generally see it as a horror film rather than science fiction.

Beginning as a high school comedy which sees a couple of nerdy students attempting to become part of a college fraternity by stealing a corpse from a local morgue, however it's no normal morgue. It's in fact a cryo lab and the stiff they steal is an undead body from the fifties infected by alien slug like parasites which turn their hosts into rampaging zombies.

What we have is an above average, low budget sci-fi / horror spectacular, which is actually derivative of pretty much everything. Taking in alien probes, axe murderers, the walking dead, invasive worm creatures, flame throwers, lawn mowers, chainsaws and more, in this equally scary and funny monster mash.

Tom Atkins outshines his younger cast members with a fantastic performance as a rather unorthodox detective in writer / director Fred Dekker's debut feature which is a whole lot of refreshing fun and should entertain everyone who reads this.

Recommended.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Mahakaal (1994)



Kicking off the October Horror marathon with a bang!

A Bollywood remake of Nightmare on Elm Street you say? Yes I'm in. This one follows the story quite closely to the original with a few extras which are inspired by (ripped off from) various other horror films from previous years. You have The Church, Suspiria, Evil Dead, Day of the Dead and lashings of Hammer Gothic. On top of that there is song and dance, some very questionable comedy and some rubbish kung-fu.

At one point it all went so wonky and off-the-wall I thought I was watching a Jess Franco film, complete with crash zooms, until they started singing again haha.

I'd read about this film years ago and I never thought that I'd ever get the chance to actually watch it. So thanks to Massacre Video for putting out the bluray.

Have we entered an alternate universe Justin doing a review



I really want to see this I had never heard of it the picture from it looks like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly meets Freddy I'm sold