[Lucky]

Up first? Stephen King's The Mist. Like the Fog, only with monsters and religious overtones!

movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834165/video/3906309/

Directed by Frank Darabont apparently he wanted to do this years ago. Then he decided to make King's Shawshank Redemption instead. Then he wanted to do it but decided to make King's Green Mile. He's finally doing it. Normally I dread King movies because directors not named Mick Garris rarely pull it off. And Garris isn't terribly good. He's just faithful and acceptable. But I think its safe to say Darabont has proven he do good things with King's work.

I never even heard of the story until now. Now I'm pumped for the film and I'm going to run out to find a copy of the Mist tomorrow. King+Demons=Happy me. It reminded me I need to watch Desperation.

Actually, according to Wiki its in the Skeleton Crew collection. I'm pretty sure I have that one. YAY!

In other horror viewing, I used my new fancy DVR to record and watch The Graveyard and Return of the Living Dead Part II today. As suspected I had seen Return II but it was amusing enough. As suspected the Graveyard was filled with bad acting, some titties, cliche lines, and a predictable story. It sucked. Ah well. It was still in the middle ground.

Up next? I think I have Sweet Little Alice, The Exorcist Prequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel, and Pitch Black on my DVR. Should give one of them a watch before I go to bed. Off to check.

[Lori]

Wow, I had heard something about this a while back, but I still need to refresh myself on the story. It's been a while since I read Skeleton Crew, but if I remember right it was a pretty good story about a thick fog with monsters hiding in it. I think the main focus was a bunch of people in a supermarket. I don't remember it being very long, but that usually ends up making for the best movies. Especially if this is the guy who did Shawshank and Green Mile.

[docx]

It had nothing to do with demons, though. The monsters were more like dinosaurs, almost. And weird spiders. So if he goes with demons, he's fucking up.
And the Exorcist prequel sucked. That totally turned the scariest horror movie subject into just another monster.

[Lucky]

No, demon was just a word I used given the religious comments in the trailer and no knowledge of the story. I'm actually giving it a read now and am about 2/3rds through. I'll finish it up tonight. The trailer seems reasonably faithful thusfar.

I have every expectation for the Exorcist prequel to suck. And the TCM prequel. And 90% of the horror movies I DVR. But I love horror.

[Lucky]

lori said:

I don't remember it being very long, but that usually ends up making for the best movies. Especially if this is the guy who did Shawshank and Green Mile.

I just want to highlight this. I mean, King is notorious for desperately needing an editor. Film adaptions of books regularly are forced to sacrifice elements because of the length, especially when it comes to King. Please. lets keep to short stories which we can easily adapt as opposes to the weeks/months long epics King often writes.

[Evil Scotty]

Have you ever heard of a movie called Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon? I saw it in movie section at a local store and thought it might be interesting movie to watch.

Plot Summary:
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

[Lucky]

I've heard of it. It got limited release and was one of the lowest grossing movies this past year. One of like 30 to gross under $1M, I think. But I heard some reasonably good things about it and figure I'll track it down eventually.

Finished the Mist. Very enjoyable and I pretty much read it in 2 sittings. Only 80 pages or so so its not like that's a big deal but I don't tend to ride with books like that. Very fun story with a quality ending that had me wanting more. Hopefully hollywood didn't screw with that. And the book has a lot more about the creatures than the trailer did. I wonder if they scaled back on the creatures and made it more of a mood piece or if they just did a good job of not giving away too much in the trailer. You get so used to trailers giving away the entire movie its kind of weird to see one and then read the book and still get some real surprises and meat that you weren't tipped off too.

I love King but man his basics get repetitive after you've read enough. Small New England town off the water. Father protecting his son. Asshole neighbor you don't like but get stuck in this crisis with. And King likes his sex. Doesn't write it, really, but he loves to remind us that they're sexual during the middle of the story. I'm not sure if that's an unnecessary addition he feels the need to toss in because he puts too much favor on or a genuinely notable quality of his writing because he doesn't pretend we forget these things in a crisis.

[creepy]

So Lucky, I got a question regarding a Horror movie I found on Netflix. Just asking for your opinion on the film. Is it worth a rent?

I Spit On Your Grave.

When writer Jenny Hill (Camille Keaton) rents a remote cabin, she's surprised to find that the local townsfolk are friendly -- too friendly, in fact. What follows is decidedly unpleasant: After being brutalized, violated and left for dead, Jenny goes on her own spree of killing, mutilation and castration.


And I still have the original Fog DVRed. I need to watch that one of these nights. I think I'm going to watch American Psycho tonight from Netflix. Last night I saw Zodiac. It was pretty entertaining. The other night I watched 300. Or actually three nights straight I watched 300. Kept falling asleep. Lotta problems with that movie.

Some recomendations would be greatly appreciated. Have you seen the new Halloween yet?

[Lucky]

I have never seen Spit on your Grave but I also know of it. Award winning and HIGHLY controversial. There's an X and R version and it was banned in some countries. It is VERY graphic. Extremely graphic sexual violence and rape. If you can handle that stuff its supposed to be good and it is notorious. I've never rushed to see it given the content.

The Fog is great. I love it. A lot of it might come off a bit cliche 30 years later but it holds up quite well. Its probably my #1 favorite.

Have not seen Halloween. I'm not a big movie goer. But I'm interested and might try and get some guys together on the weekend. I haven't caught any opinions of the horror community. Zombie won a lot of fans with Rejects but he still has many haters and he's screwing with maybe the one classic least able to get something from a remake. I expect harsh reviews.

[creepy]

Yeah, I heard about the rape scene from the SOYG movie. I'll give it a shot. As long as it's not just shock value and graphic to be graphic, I should be alright.

I, too, am not a big movie goer. I used to watch 4-6 movies a week back in the day. Now, it's more like 1-2 a year at the theatre. I think it's because I just hate people.

American Psycho was just, ummmm, weird. I guess I just don't get it. But in the extras part they had a thing about the 80's and said that John Lennon was shot and killed on December 9th 1980. Lame. He was shot and killed on December 8th. That's my birthday. The 9th is my wifes birthday. Someone fucked up.



Great idea for a thread.

[Lucky]

30 Days of Night: Out in October


www.30daysofnight.com/

Trailer up. Its based on the comic of the same name. Nearly extinct a group of vampires get the bright idea of heading to the northern most part of Alaska where the sun sets and doesn't rise for another 30 days. There they can come and go as they please for a month as the townsfolk desperately try and survive until the sun returns and drives the vampires away.

Josh Harthnet, Melissa George, Ben Foster. Good story with a known cast from a major studio and a pretty good looking trailer. That's 2 straight major studio horror trailers I've seen I think could be really good. Go figure.

Doomed: NEVER WATCH THIS! Don't waste your time. I'm halfway through and trudging through just because I can't be bothered to start one of the other almost certainly crappy horror films on my DVR. But I sure as hell picked the wrong one. Its The Running Man meets Survivor with zombies! 10 cons get tossed on an island filled with zombies (La Isla de Romero) and are set to try and make it across the island and survive for a pardon and cash prize. The movie is oddly filmed half in a basic narrative style and half as if you were watching the show. And for some reason there's a constant pt total being recorded for any damage inflicted on or kills made of zombies (or humans) even though the g@me didn't seem to suggest there was any sort of direct point competition involved.

This movie isn't bad in a way that would make you enjoy it or drive you away. Its not bad in a "Dear Christ I wish I had seen this 3 weeks ago and put it on the Worst Movie ballot." Its just boring as sin. Just amateur horror like actors portraying uninteresting and unsympathetic characters with bad dialogue running through the woods, yelling at each other, and having uninteresting fights with zombies. Super. And this damn thing is moving at a snail's pace. I want to finish watching it just in case there's something worth mocking or remembering but DEAR GOD! Its 2:30, I gotta be up in 6 hours and this thing feels like its moving in slow motion. Its only 90 Minutes. How in God's name has it only been 50 mins of that?

SPOILERS

Oh, and they really only tried to make one character even remotely likable or interesting this entire time and they killed him off camera midway through the film. Not that he was likable or interesting. But they were clearly trying.

And the opportunistic character who has been trying all movie to get people to partner with him since his partner abandoned him just decided to betray and abandon the one character willing to let him tag along. That makes sense. And she was the partner of the character they were trying to get us to like so that means midway through this film they've killed off both parts of the team they gave the most screen time. This is killing me. I'm such a glutton for punishment.

The only thing keeping me hanging on is the knowledge that when I turn the TV off I gotta go take the recycling out and my laziness is winning out over my boredom.

EDIT: Oh, this is great. 2 of them have survived and have been offered a choice. They can leave with their pardons and no money or go for the $50M. If they pick up the money bag they'll deactivate a forcefield that's holding back the zombified ex-con guarding it (the quasi-likable guy from before). So what to do? The two are of course at a disagreement. Maybe one could grab the bag while the other gets in place to kill him? Of course they have both a gun and a crossbow and the forcefield is only about 5 ft high. So its not occurred to either of them to kill the fucking thing with their long range weapons (hell, they could use the broadsword they have) and then take the money bag.

Its almost over. NEVER WATCH THIS. I won't say that often in this thread.

EDIT: Not that it affected my decision to watch the film but the movie poster is easily the coolest part of the film.

[Lucky]

In other news, I'm glad to see that I've managed to get this board to start putting up horror themed ads. I'm weirded out that there's an ad for an RL Stine movie at the top of the page.

[creepy]

So, Lucky, I watched two movies last night that I told you I'd see.



The Fog was cool. I'd never seen it and it was enjoyable, and I loved the setting. Although it felt more like a New England town instead of a Cali town. Creepy coast town. Awesome.


And you were right. I Spit on Your Grave was pretty brutal. I had to just FF through almost all of the rape stuff. It just seemed like the director was too busy jerking off to tell them to stop. The only reason I kept watching was to see the "revenge" part. Most of it just didn't make sense.

[Lucky]

Somehow I missed that last post, Creepy. Yeah, the Fog is a tremendous setting piece. It does feel like a NE town. Honestly, I always think of it as that and I'm not sure why Carpenter didn't just put it there in the first place. My best bet is that since Stephen King sets EVERY one of his stories in a New England fishing town Carpenter felt odd about doing the same. But I dunno. Yeah, its never struck me as Cali and I never think of it as suck despite it being the setting.


I've watched quite a few horrors since I last posted here but I just finishes a special one. Clive Barker's The Plague. The film that would theoretically push the Pun's House "Zombie" Debate to its limits. One day all children under the age of 10 go into a coma. For the next 10 years all newborn children are born into comas. People are scared and confused. Only the movie never bothers to tell us that. They literally FF 10 years without even trying to give us a sense of the world being scared of extinction. But whatever. 10 years later all the kids wake up and are very zombie-riffic. They run around killing all adults. Its not quite a bloodlust but rather they seem to want souls. I think? I dunno. The movie barely tries to explain. And then there's a "collective mind" Children of the Corn think. Then they start to collect guns. Then I just lose all track. Really, I have no idea what happened. I'm not sure if they wanted souls. If some soul satisfied them. If they were content living with a mom. I have no fucking idea what happened. I just know this movie sucked and I THINK they were "zombies" but Lori would disagree. And Dawson was in the film. Which for all intents and purposes should put it in the category of shitty films spawned by Scream. If nothing else its the only thing I've seen that dude do since the show got canceled.

I saw House of the Dead 2 a couple of weeks ago. It was WORLDS better than the original. It starred Emmanuelle Vaugier of Saw II and Smallville. Va va va voom.

Sticky Fingaz was in it too. And everytime I see him "SLAM!" plays through my head and thus he's good. It was a generally pleasing zombie film NOT directed by Uwe Boll. I'm pretty sure that llast part inherently counts as half a star these days.

[creepy]

Nice. I guess I'll skip that Plague movie. I haven't seen Children of the Corn in 20 years when I was a youngin', but I remember it scared the crap outta me.

Might give the next DawnotDead a view eventually. It's funny, when I rented the first one, it was still in the time when I'd watch every extra feature on a DVD (I watch hardly anything extra now). I watched everything that DVD had to offer. I am now less of a person for having seen any of it.


I have two DVR'd Hitchcock movies that I (for some reason) have failed to see yet. So either of 'em (The Lodger & Vertigo) is about to be watched in a few minutes. Not sure how I've missed Vertigo up until this point, but I have.

[Stu]

Anyone watch the british horror parody show Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? It was shown on the Sci-Fi channel over there
First Episode:

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nNfQ0ORwSDM
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OQtK33C-KrQ
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fnob1BOf7Y0

[Lucky]

New fall season meant a minimum of horror films. Although I did finally sit down and watch Pitch Black. Much better than I expected. Same with Dagon, a Lovecraft adaption. Didn't love either but both were pretty damn good.

AMC's Monsterfest schedule.: Oct 27 - Nov 1st God I hate that AMC cut it down to a little over a week. A full month of horror used to be amazing. Now they don't even stick with horror the whole day.

movies.amctv.com/schedule?view=week&monthOffset=0&day=22

Sunday
October 21, 2007

1:00 AM

The Birds (1963)
Starring: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette.


3:30 AM

Psycho (1960)
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.


Monday
October 22, 2007


6:00 AM

Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
Starring: J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco, John Shepperd.


7:15 AM

The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
Starring: Helen Waren, Roy Scheider, Margot Hartman.


9:00 AM

Creepshow (1982)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall.


11:30 AM

Children of the Corn (1984)
Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong.


1:30 PM

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
Starring: Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman.


3:30 PM

Psycho (1960)
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.


6:00 PM

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Julian Beck.


8:00 PM

Scream 3 (2000)
Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette.


10:00 PM

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller.


Tuesday
October 23, 2007

12:00 AM

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Julian Beck.


2:00 AM

Creepshow (1982)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall.


4:30 AM

Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Starring: Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, Vincent Ball.


6:15 AM

Jack the Ripper (1959)
Starring: Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall.


8:00 AM

Creepshow 2 (1987)
Starring: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Dorothy Lamour.


10:00 AM

The Howling (1981)
Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan.


12:00 PM

The Fog (1980)
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh.


2:00 PM

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Julian Beck.


4:00 PM

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller.


6:00 PM

Scream 3 (2000)
Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette.


8:00 PM

The Frighteners (1996)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson.


10:00 PM

Hellraiser (1987)
Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence.


Wednesday
October 24, 2007

12:00 AM

The Fog (1980)
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh.


2:00 AM

Creepshow 2 (1987)
Starring: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Dorothy Lamour.


4:00 AM

The Beast Must Die (1974)
Starring: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Charles Gray.


6:00 AM

The Brain Eaters (1958)
Starring: Edwin Nelson, Alan Frost, Jack Hill.


7:15 AM

The Howling (1981)
Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan.


9:15 AM

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce.


11:45 AM

Magic (1978)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith.


2:00 PM

Hellraiser (1987)
Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence.


4:00 PM

Pet Sematary Two (1992)
Starring: Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Clancy Brown.


6:00 PM

The Frighteners (1996)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson.


8:00 PM

Halloween (1978)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis.


10:00 PM

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Starring: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Ken Cranham.


Thursday
October 25, 2007

12:00 AM

Puppet Master (1989)
Starring: Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe.


1:45 AM

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce.


4:15 AM

Blood of Dracula (1957)
Starring: Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley.


5:45 AM

Halloween (1978)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis.


7:45 AM

The Fury (1978)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving.


10:15 AM

The Beast Must Die (1974)
Starring: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Charles Gray.


12:15 PM

Pet Sematary Two (1992)
Starring: Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Clancy Brown.


2:15 PM

Puppet Master (1989)
Starring: Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe.


4:00 PM

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Starring: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Ken Cranham.


6:00 PM

Halloween (1978)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis.


8:00 PM

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris.


10:00 PM

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Meyers (1989)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Wendy Kaplan.


Friday
October 26, 2007

12:00 AM

The Fury (1978)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving.


2:30 AM

Piñata: Survival Island (2002)
Starring: Nicholas Brendon, Jaime Pressly, Garrett Wang.


4:15 AM

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Julian Beck.


6:15 AM

Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
Starring: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Gene Persson.


7:45 AM

Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
Starring: J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco, John Shepperd.


9:00 AM

Creepshow (1982)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall.


11:30 AM

Creepshow 2 (1987)
Starring: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Dorothy Lamour.


1:30 PM

The Fury (1978)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving.


4:00 PM

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris.


6:00 PM

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Meyers (1989)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Wendy Kaplan.


8:00 PM

The Ninth Gate (1999)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin.


11:00 PM

Gothika (2003)
Starring: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton.


Saturday
October 27, 2007

1:00 AM

The Howling (1981)
Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan.


3:00 AM

Psycho (1960)
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.


5:30 AM

Backstory


6:30 AM

The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
Starring: Helen Waren, Roy Scheider, Margot Hartman.


8:15 AM

Magic (1978)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith.


10:30 AM

The Howling (1981)
Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan.


12:30 PM

The Fog (1980)
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh.


2:30 PM

Psycho (1960)
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.


5:00 PM

The Ninth Gate (1999)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin.


8:00 PM

The Exorcist (1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow.


10:30 PM

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher.

Sunday
October 28, 2007

1:00 AM

The Fog (1980)
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh.


3:00 AM

Magic (1978)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith.


5:15 AM

The Flesh Eaters (1964)
Starring: Rita Morley, Martin Kosleck, Byron Sanders.


7:00 AM

The Beast Must Die (1974)
Starring: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Charles Gray.


9:00 AM

The Fog (1980)
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh.


11:00 AM

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce.


1:30 PM

The Exorcist (1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow.


4:00 PM

Children of the Corn (1984)
Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong.


6:00 PM

Gothika (2003)
Starring: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton.


8:00 PM

Scream 3 (2000)
Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette.


10:00 PM

The Frighteners (1996)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson.


Monday
October 29, 2007

12:00 AM

Hellraiser (1987)
Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence.


2:00 AM

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Starring: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Ken Cranham.


4:00 AM

Violent Midnight (1963)
Starring: Lee Philips, Shepperd Strudwick, Jean Hale.


6:00 AM

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
Starring: James Karen, Nancy Marshall, Robert Reilly.


7:30 AM

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher.


10:00 AM

Children of the Corn (1984)
Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong.


12:00 PM

Hellraiser (1987)
Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence.


2:00 PM

Pet Sematary Two (1992)
Starring: Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Clancy Brown.


4:00 PM

The Frighteners (1996)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson.


6:00 PM

Scream 3 (2000)
Starring: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette.


8:00 PM

Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Starring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage.


10:00 PM

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Starring: Lar Park Lincoln, Terry Kiser, Susan Blu.


11:45 PM

Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Starring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage.


Tuesday
October 30, 2007

1:45 AM

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Starring: Lar Park Lincoln, Terry Kiser, Susan Blu.


3:30 AM

The Exorcist (1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow.


6:00 AM

Puppet Master (1989)
Starring: Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe.


7:45 AM

The Frighteners (1996)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson.


9:45 AM

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Julian Beck.


11:45 AM

The Howling (1981)
Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan.


1:45 PM

The Exorcist (1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow.


4:15 PM

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Starring: Lar Park Lincoln, Terry Kiser, Susan Blu.


6:00 PM

Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Starring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage.


8:00 PM

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller.


10:00 PM

Alien Resurrection (1997)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman.


Wednesday
October 31, 2007

12:15 AM

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller.


2:15 AM

Alien Resurrection (1997)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman.


4:30 AM

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
Starring: James Karen, Nancy Marshall, Robert Reilly.


6:00 AM

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy.


8:00 AM

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris.


10:00 AM

Halloween (1978)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis.


12:00 PM

Halloween II (1981)
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers.


2:00 PM

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy.


4:00 PM

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris.


6:00 PM

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Meyers (1989)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Wendy Kaplan.


8:00 PM

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Mitch Ryan, Marianne Hagan.


10:00 PM

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Meyers (1989)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Wendy Kaplan.


Thursday
November 01, 2007

12:00 AM

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Mitch Ryan, Marianne Hagan.


2:00 AM

Halloween (1978)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis.


4:00 AM

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris.

Turner Classic Movies does classic Horror Directors on Friday nights.

19 Friday
6:00 AM Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1962)
A scientist keeps his wife's severed head alive until he can find a new body for her. Cast: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniel. Dir: Joseph Green. BW-70 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

7:30 AM Soul of a Monster, The (1944)
A mysterious woman saves a doctor's life at the price of his soul. Cast: Rose Hobart, George Macready, Jeanne Bates. Dir: Will Jason. BW-62 mins,

8:45 AM I Bury The Living (1958)
A cemetery keeper thinks he can mark people for death. Cast: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Herbert Anderson. Dir: Albert Band. BW-77 mins, TV-PG

10:15 AM Tomb Of Ligeia, The (1964)
A man's obsession with his dead wife leads to trouble for his new bride. Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, Oliver Johnston. Dir: Roger Corman. C-82 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

11:45 AM Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
A madman uses the plagues of ancient Egypt to avenge his wife's death. Cast: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North. Dir: Robert Fuest. C-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM Dementia 13 (1963)
Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune. Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. BW-75 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM Berserk (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders. Cast: Joan Crawford, Diana Dors, Ty Hardin. Dir: Jim O'Connolly. C-96 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:45 PM Scream of Fear (1961)
A wheelchair-bound heiress doubts her sanity when she sees her dead father's body around the family estate. Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd. Dir: Seth Holt. BW-82 mins, , CC

6:15 PM Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
A religious fanatic imprisons her late son's sinful fiancee. Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Donald Sutherland. Dir: Silvio Narizzano. C-96 mins, TV-14

8:00 PM Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-61 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:15 PM Freaks (1932)
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Cast: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-62 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:30 PM Devil Doll, The (1936)
A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen
O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:00 AM London After Midnight (1927)
In this silent film, vampires are suspected in an unsolved murder. Cast: Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-47 mins, TV-PG

1:00 AM Unknown, The (1927)
In this silent film, an escaped killer pretends to be a sideshow's armless wonder. Cast: Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Norman Kerry. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-50 mins, TV-PG

26 Friday
10:30 AM You Belong to Me (1941)
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan. Dir: Wesley Ruggles. C-95 mins,

12:15 PM Voodoo Island (1957)
A tycoon hires an investigator to prove that voodoo doesn't exist. Cast: Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Elisha Cook, Jr. Dir: Reginald Le Borg. BW-78 mins, TV-PG

1:45 PM Zombies On Broadway (1945)
Two bumbling press agents seek a real zombie for a nightclub opening. Cast: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-68 mins, TV-PG

3:00 PM King Of The Zombies (1941)
A mad scientist raises the dead to fight for Hitler in World War II. Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland. Dir: Jean Yarbrough. BW-67 mins, TV-PG

4:15 PM Revenge Of The Zombies (1943)
A Nazi scientist tries to raise an army of the dead to fight for Hitler. Cast: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Veda Ann Borg. Dir: Steve Sekeley. BW-62 mins, TV-PG

5:30 PM Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Sailors try to salvage a sunken treasure guarded by zombie seamen. Cast: Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Morris Ankrum. Dir: Edward L. Cahn. BW-69 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:45 PM White Zombie (1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, John Harron. Dir: Victor Halperin. BW-67 mins, TV-PG

8:00 PM Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor. Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone. Dir: Roger Corman. C-65 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

9:15 PM Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)
A killer blames a legendary sea monster for his deeds and is surprised when the real beast shows up. Cast: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne. Dir: Roger Corman. BW-59 mins, TV-PG

10:30 PM Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
A young man investigates his sister's death in a mysterious castle. Cast: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr. Dir: Roger Corman. C-80 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM Terror, The (1963)
A lost soldier discovers a mysterious beauty haunting a half-deserted castle. Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight. Dir: Roger Corman. C-79 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Carnival of Souls (1962)
After surviving a car crash, a church organist is haunted by the undead. Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger. Dir: Herk Harvey. BW-83 mins,

31 Wednesday
6:00 AM Devil Bat, The (1940)
A mad scientist trains killer bats to respond to a special scent. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien. Dir: Jean Yarbrough. BW-68 mins, TV-PG

7:30 AM Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The (1964)
An unearthed mummy returns to life to claim the reincarnation of his lost love. Cast: Terence Morgan, Jeanne Roland, Fred Clark. Dir: Michael Carreras. C-80 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 AM Bride of the Monster (1955)
A mad scientist fights to create a race of supermen. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Loretta King, Tor Johnson. Dir: Edward D. Wood, Jr. BW-69 mins, TV-PG

10:30 AM Revenge of Frankenstein, The (1958)
After escaping execution, a mad scientist moves his experiments to a German hospital. Cast: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson. Dir: Terence Fisher. C-90 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies. Cast: Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-63 mins,

1:30 PM Werewolf, The (1956)
A scientific experiment turns an innocent man into a bloodthirsty monster. Cast: Steven Ritch, Don Megowan, Joyce Holden. Dir: Fred F. Sears. BW-80 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM Mystery Of The Wax Museum, The (1933)
A disfigured sculptor turns murder victims into wax statues. Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-77 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:30 PM House Of Usher (1960)
A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves from her demonic brother. Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey. Dir: Roger Corman. C-79 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Haunting, The (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there. Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Bedlam (1946)
When an actress tries to reform an asylum, its corrupt keeper has her committed. Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House. Dir: Mark Robson. BW-79 mins, TV-PG

9:30 PM Invisible Ray, The (1936)
A scientist becomes contaminated resulting in the death of anything he touches. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton. Dir: Lambert Hillyer. BW-79 mins, , CC

11:00 PM Body Snatcher, The (1945)
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber. Cast: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:30 AM Old Dark House, The (1932)
A storm strands travelers in a house full of dangerous eccentrics. Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton. Dir: James Whale. BW-72 mins, TV-G

2:00 AM Die, Monster, Die ! (1965)
On a trip to meet his girlfriend's family, a young man uncovers deadly secrets. Cast: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson. Dir: Daniel Haller. C-79 mins, , Letterbox Format

3:30 AM Walking Dead, The (1936)
A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge. Cast: Boris Karloff, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-65 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:45 AM Isle Of The Dead (1945)
The inhabitants of a Balkans island under quarantine fear that one of their number is a vampire. Cast: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Helene Thimig. Dir: Mark Robson. BW-72 mins, TV-PG

Sci Fi's 13 Days of Halloween.: Oct 17 - 31st.

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10/19/2007
05:00 PM - TALES FROM THE CRYPT: BORDELLO OF BLOOD

10/20/2007
09:00 AM - CHUPACABRA: DARK SEAS
11:00 AM - MINOTAUR
01:00 PM - CERBERUS
03:00 PM - GARGOYLES: WINGS OF DARKNESS
05:00 PM - REIGN OF THE GARGOYLES
07:00 PM - JEEPERS CREEPERS II
09:00 PM - GRAVEDANCERS, THE
11:00 PM - DARK RIDE
01:00 AM - PSYCHO (1998)
03:00 AM - PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING

10/21/2007
09:00 AM - LOST VOYAGE
11:00 AM - MORTUARY
01:00 PM - CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE
03:00 PM - JEEPERS CREEPERS II
05:00 PM - GRAVEDANCERS, THE
07:00 PM - WICKED LITTLE THINGS
09:00 PM - SOMETHING BENEATH
11:00 PM - REINCARNATION
01:00 AM - SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK... FOR MORE
03:00 AM - STEPHEN KING'S RIDING THE BULLET

10/22/2007
09:00 AM - TRILOGY OF TERROR II
11:00 AM - CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE
01:00 PM - SIGHTINGS: HEARTLAND GHOST
03:00 PM - WICKED LITTLE THINGS
05:00 PM - SOMETHING BENEATH

10/23/2007
08:00 AM - PROPHECY: THE FORSAKEN
09:30 AM - DOLLY DEAREST
11:30 AM - HELLRAISER 7: DEADER
01:30 PM - HELLRAISER 8: HELLWOLRD
03:30 PM - DAGON
05:30 PM - CURSED
07:30 PM - SAW
11:00 PM - JASON X
03:00 AM - CROW 4: WICKED PRAYER

10/24/2007
09:00 AM - BRAM STOKER'S WAY OF THE VAMPIRE
11:00 AM - DARK PRINCE: THE TRUE STORY OF DRACULA
01:00 PM - SLAYER
03:00 PM - BLOODSUCKERS
05:00 PM - JOHN CARPENTER PRESENTS VAMPIRES: LOS MUERTOS
03:00 AM - DEAD AND BREAKFAST

10/25/2007
09:00 AM - SNAKEHEAD TERROR
11:00 AM - FRANKENFISH
01:00 PM - SPIDERS 2
03:00 PM - ARACHNID
05:00 PM - BONE SNATCHER
07:00 PM - FINAL DESTINATION
09:00 PM - FINAL DESTINATION 2
11:00 PM - BRIDE OF CHUCKY
03:00 AM - PUPPET MASTER VS. DEMONIC TOYS

10/26/2007
09:00 AM - DARKNESS
11:00 AM - DEMON HUNTER
01:00 PM - DEAD MEN WALKING
03:00 PM - FINAL DESTINATION
05:00 PM - FINAL DESTINATION 2

10/27/2007
09:00 AM - DOG SOLDIERS
11:00 AM - BEAST OF BRAY ROAD, THE
01:00 PM - KING OF THE LOST WORLD
03:00 PM - SASQUATCH MOUNTAIN
05:00 PM - PTERODACTYL
07:00 PM - ABOMINABLE
09:00 PM - HEADLESS HORSEMAN
11:00 PM - THE HOLLOW
01:00 AM - HEADLESS HORSEMAN
03:00 AM - SKELETON MAN

10/28/2007
09:00 AM - IT WAITS
11:00 AM - ROOM 6
01:00 PM - SHALLOW GROUND
03:00 PM - STIR OF ECHOES
05:00 PM - HAMILTONS, THE
07:00 PM - UNREST
09:00 PM - PENNY DREADFUL
11:00 PM - REST STOP
01:00 AM - HITCHER II: I'VE BEEN WAITING, THE

10/29/2007
09:00 AM - DRACULA 3000: INFINITE DARKNESS
11:00 AM - OUT FOR BLOOD
01:00 PM - FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2: TEXAS BLOOD MONEY
03:00 PM - FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3: HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
05:00 PM - QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
07:00 PM - CABIN FEVER
09:00 PM - JEEPERS CREEPERS
11:00 PM - FREDDY VS. JASON
01:00 AM - PUMPKINHEAD II: BLOOD WINGS

10/30/2007
08:00 AM - NIGHT OF THE COMET
10:00 AM - HOUSE OF THE DEAD
12:00 PM - HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2
02:00 PM - RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: NECROPOLIS
04:00 PM - RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: RAVE TO THE GRAVE
06:00 PM - ROUTE 666
08:00 PM - RESIDENT EVIL
11:00 PM - LEGION OF THE DEAD
01:00 AM - FEAR, THE: HALLOWEEN NIGHT
03:00 AM - UNBORN, THE

10/31/2007
08:00 AM - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
10:00 AM - BOO
12:00 PM - THIR13EN GHOSTS
02:00 PM - GHOST ADVENTURES
03:00 AM - ALL SOULS DAY

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Which of those channels are commerical free?

[Lucky]

TCM is commercial free.

AMC used to be and still goes commercial free sometimes, especially outsife of primetime and in the wee morning hours. They do claim to air very few commercials.

[creepy]

We have a copy of the Brain that Wouldn't Die on from that dude in Chicago that showed old horror movies and made fun of them and did whatever stuff. Morgus was his name? Paw-In-Law loves that guy.

We also bought one of the Horror 4 packs at Wal-Mart or Best Buy and it included Carnival of Souls. Creepy little flick. I still want to go to that Carnival. The Saltair, I believe.


A pic of the old building that burned down

[Lucky]

I'm a big fan of Carnival of Souls. One of my favorite old ones.

If you want to get a lot of those old horrors buy the big 20-50 pack sets they sell. They look cheap and they kinda are. Double sided DVDs and jackets inside a box. It kind of annoys me because I like having the nice cases and boxes for my library and having the big box of 50 titles takes away from that a bit. But I've never had a problem with the DVDs and quite a few of these I've watched multiple times. I mean they ARE double sided DVDs so they're going to scratch and get fucked up sooner or later. But I paid $15 for 50 movies. If I view them all once I think I got my money's worth at 30 cents a piece.

www.amazon.com/Horror-Classics-Movie-Pack-Collection/dp/B0001HAGTM

# Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore
# Blue Beard starring John Carradine
# The Corpse Vanishes starring Bela Lugosi
# Night of the Living Dead starring Judith O'Dea
# Doomed to Die starring Boris Karloff
# The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
# The Indestructible Man starring Lon Chaney, Jr.
# The Hunchback of Notre Dame Lon Chaney, Sr.
# Nosferatu starring Max Schreck
# Swamp Women starring Mike Connors
# The World Gone Mad starring Pat O'Brien
# The Little Shop of Horrors starring Jack Nicholson
# Tormented starring Richard Carlson
# The Monster Walks starring Rex Lease
# Monster from a Prehistoric Planet starring Tamio Kawaji
# The Gorilla starring The Ritz Brothers
# A Shriek in the Night starring Ginger Rogers
# Bloodlust starring Robert Reed
# The Amazing Mr. X starring Turhan Bay
# Last Woman on Earth starring Robert Towne
# The Bat starring Vincent Price
# The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price
# The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price
# Dementia 13 starring William Campbell
# Phantom from 10,000 Leagues starring Kent Taylor
# Carnival of Souls starring Candace Hilligoss
# Atom Age Vampire starring Alberto Lupo
# Creature from the Haunted Sea starring Robert Towne
# Nightmare Castle starring Barbara Steele
# Black Dragons starring Bela Lugosi
# Invisible Ghost starring Bela Lugosi
# One Body Too Many starring Bela Lugosi
# White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi
# Attack of the Giant Leeches starring Ken Clark
# The Screaming Skull starring John Hudson
# Beast of Yucca Flats starring Tor Johnson
# The Terror starring Boris Karloff
# Revolt of the Zombies starring Dean Jagger
# The Giant Gilla Monster starring Don Sullivan
# The Fatal Hour starring Boris Karloff
# Dead Men Walk starring George Zucco
# The Mad Monster starring George Zucco
# Maniac starring Bill Woods
# Metropolis starring Gustav Frolich
# The Vampi

Also a great cheap gift idea if you know horror fans. I've gotten quite a few of these box sets and some doubles from friends who just figured "20-50 horror movies for $15? He's gotta have something he likes."

[creepy]

I'll look into it. Thanks!

[salmonjunkie]

Hey Lucky. I was chatting with this couple at a bar the other night and they claimed to be big horror fans. They were ranting and raving about the movie, High Tension, which I've never heard of. What are your thoughts on that horror movie?

[creepy]

Yes. I'd like to hear your take on that, too. Maybe in Private, though (Spoiler issues, and all).

[salmonjunkie]

or perhaps your spoiler-free take on it.