61 Nights of Halloween, 2023 Edition

[Snow Queen]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Man in the Suit]

 

[Sithborg]

As Halloween comes to end in a snowy way in my part of the world, there is one one movie to watch, or technically more. To continue the marathon I have been doing for 4 years.

32. Halloween (1978)

The classic that started it all.

33. Halloween (2018)

The requel that brought Michael Myers back. May technically be the best of the new trilogy, but, really, I don't think its my favorite of the trilogy.

34. Halloween Kills

I know why its disliked, and there were plenty of things that weren't handled that great in it. But, the title promises kills, and dear god, does Michael deliver. Very entertaining kills, even if Laurie is a bit sidelined.

35. Halloween Ends

Yeah, I get it, Michael is king, yadda yadda yadda. How dare they try something different. I don't care. I fell in love with Corey the moment he killed a kid in a greatly hilariously way in the opening moments of the film. People may hate it, but I love the ending to the new trilogy.

 

[Snow Queen]

Last night of the season. Done a lot of movies over the past eight weeks or so, so thought it'd be fun to put together a little collection of gifs for my 50 favourites.

Spoiler

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) dir. Dan Trachtenberg

The Addams Family (1991) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

Addams Family Values (1993) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

Aliens (1986) dir. James Cameron

Annabelle Comes Home (2019) dir. Gary Dauberman

Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) dir. Frank Capra

The Batman (2022) dir. Matt Reeves

Beetlejuice (1988) dir. Tim Burton

The Conjuring 2 (2016) dir. James Wan

Coraline (2009) dir. Henry Selick

The Devil's Backbone (2001) dir. Guillermo Del Toro

Doctor Sleep (2019) dir. Mike Flanagan

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) dir. Stanley Kubrick

Fear Street 1994 (2021) dir. Leigh Janiak

Fear Street 1666 (2021) dir. Leigh Janiak

Final Destination 2 (2003) dir. David R. Ellis

Final Destination 5 (2011) dir. Steven Quale

The Final Girls (2015) dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson

Ginger Snaps (2000) dir. John Fawcett

Good Manners (2017) dir. Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas

The Guest (2014) dir. Adam Wingard

Heathers (1989) dir. Michael Lehmann

Hereditary (2018) dir. Ari Aster

Hush (2016) dir. Mike Flanagan

Spoiler

Malignant (2021) dir. James Wan

New Nightmare (1994) dir. Wes Craven

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) dir. Henry Selick

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) dir. Werner Herzog

Notorious (1946) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

No One Will Save You (2023) dir. Brian Duffield

One Cut of the Dead (2017) dir. Shinichiro Ueda

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) dir. Guillermo del Toro

Prey (2022) dir. Dan Trachtenberg

Psycho Goreman (2020) dir. Steven Kostanski

Ready or Not (2019) dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

The Royal Hotel (2023) dir. Kitty Green

Se7en (1995) dir. David Fincher

The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick

The Stylist (2020) dir. Jill Gevargizian

The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter

Tragedy Girls (2017) dir. Tyler MacIntyre

Vertigo (1958) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Vicious Fun (2020) dir. Cody Calahan

Werewolf by Night (2022) dir. Michael Giacchino

Werewolves Within (2021) dir. Josh Ruben

 

[NDX]

01. Rifftrax: The Night Of The Living Dead (1968)*
02. Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982)*
03. The Boogey Man (1980)*
04. The Devonsville Terror (1983)*
05. The Dentist (1996)*
06. The Dentist 2 (1998)*
07. Brain Dead (1990)*
08. Night Of The Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)*
09. The Devil's Messenger (1962)*
10. Double Exposure (1982)*
11. The Crazies (1973)*
12. The Crazies (2010)*
13. Friday The 13th (2009)*
14. Countdown (2019)*
15. Trick (2019)*
16. Long Island Cannibal Massacre (1980)*
17. We All Scream For Ice Cream (2007)*
18. Virus X (2010)*
19. The Night Sitter (2018)*
20. Video Violence (1987)*
21. Video Violence 2 (1987)*
22. Dawn Of The Dead R-Rated Cut (2004)*
23. Beetlejuice (1988)
24. Five Nights At Freddy's (2023)
25. Junk: Shiryô-gari (2000)*
26. Mark Of The Devil (1970)*
27. Drag Me To Hell Unrated Cut (2009)*
28. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
29. The Guest (2014)*
30. [BGCOLOR=rgb(246, 246, 246)]Trick 'r Treat (2007)[/BGCOLOR]

[BGCOLOR=rgb(246, 246, 246)]D&D got cancelled so we watched this together. Fun was had.[/BGCOLOR]

[BGCOLOR=rgb(246, 246, 246)]31. [/BGCOLOR]The Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985)*

Another new film to me. Chosen by one of the above friends as I was at a loss of what to watch, I have so much I need to get through. I feel like I both failed and succeeded this month with my movie choices. So many flicks I need to still see. but it will have to wait a month as it's now time for 30 days of action!

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Mani-Man]

We reached the 31st night.
31 nights already? How time flies...way too fast.
With the Final movie i end my 2023 Halloween Marathon.
A Marathon with a lots of ups and downs.
Hits, misses but all in all great to build the Mood for this season.
I just love the Halloween season and wish every year Germany would embrace it more.
We slowly do, which i love.

This year i got a lot of friends together to celebrate.
We had a lot of food, everyone had Costumes and even had a few Kids go trick or Treating.
It was a ton of fun.
And so was watching the Final Halloween Marathon movie later with a lot of people sitting around and all.
Really cool.

And what better way to end this Marathon, this Month with one of the best Halloween Movies.
A movie that managed to become this special Movie for the 31st.
A Movie i have considered a Tradition to watch on this Date to celebrate Halloween.

Trick R Treat

A Few have the movie in their List as the Final movie, so i dont think i need to say too much about it.
It is just too good and brings you into the Halloween Mood so completely.
The movie just works and never gets boring.
Every year and every year i enjoy it the same way.
This year was no different, it was even better this year because i had friends over and all.
It was just such a good vibe and we had a great time...the movie was a fantastic ending for this all.

Im enjoying this season so much, reading everyones thoughts on the movies they watched, what movies they watched and all that.
Its absolutely one of my favorite times of the year.

1.Winnie Pooh: Blood and Honey
2.Terrifier 2
3.Halloween Ends
4.Smile
5.The Last Voyage of the Demeter
6.From Hell
7.Jeepers Creepers Reborn
8.Renfield
9.Pearl
10.Hellraiser 2022
11.Operation Overlord
12.Blood Vessel
13.The Winter Witch
14.The Popes Exorcist
15.Leatherface
16.Titanic 666
17.Jack in the Box 2: Awakening
18.The Boogeyman(2023)
19.The Black Phone
20.Evil Dead Rise
21.Venom(2005)
22. The Collection - The Collector 2
23.Ghosts of Mars
24.The Haunting
25.Silent Hill
26.Silent Hill Revelation
27.Hellraiser Revelations
28.The Bride of Frankenstein
29.Jason X
30.Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
31.Trick R Treat

Next one for me is Christmas...cant wait for that.
I dont know if i do a Marathon on this, i doubt it.
Christmas movies have a different vibe to me, so im not even sure how to build a Marathon on that.
Mostly i just enjoy the Christmas time...it has something calming to me.
So im not sure if i will be in the mood for a Marathon or so.
We will see.

 

[-Arya-]

Unfortunately I couldn’t squeeze in a movie on Halloween night, but I watched a lot of stuff over the last month and had a great time reading everyone’s reviews. This annual event has become the main reason I stay around the forum, so I’m thankful for it. I’ll continue to post in the “Last movie watched” thread.

 

[Batgirl0202]

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

My girls came over, we had a drink (or two), perhaps an edible (or two), and I finally got around to seeing this for the first time:

Halloween Ends (2022)

I'll post my thoughts (probably in the main Halloween Series thread) once I shake off last night's festivities. But now that I've seen all three of Green's rebooted Halloween movies, I can honestly say I love this new trilogy

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Night 61

169. Halloween (2007) dir. Rob Zombie (NICE)

Bite-Sized Review: My bro's thirst pick every year. And you can see why. Mikey's a dish.

***

170. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) dir. Frank Capra

Bite-Sized Review: Every joke hits every time.

*****

171. Fear Street Part Three - 1666 (2021) dir. Leigh Janiak

Bite-Sized Review: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the gay.

****1/4

172. Annabelle Comes Home (2019) dir. Gary Dauberman

Bite-Sized Review: My 7 year old Are You Afraid of the Dark? dream come to life.

****1/2

173. Evil Dead II (1987) dir. Sam Raimi

Bite-Sized Review: I hate the, "they don't make movies like that anymore" trope. But man, they don't make movies like this anymore.

*****

174. The Conjuring 2 (2016) dir. James Wan

Bite-Sized Review: There are movies and there are movies. This is the latter.

*****

 

[DarthSkywalker]

@Snow Queen every Nov 1st and Darth loses movie picking privileges:

 

[Snow Queen]

@Snow Queen every Nov 1st and Darth loses movie picking privileges:

 

[Luigi]

1. Creepshow
2. Night of the Creeps
3. Saw X (New)
4. The Descent
5. Chopping Mall (New)
6. Resident Evil: Death Island (New)
7. The Pope's Exorcist (New)
8. V/H/S/85 (New)
9. Venus (New)
10. Raw
11. Titane
12. Alien
13. Jason X
14. Ghostwatch (New)
15. Cure (New)
16. Dead Alive
17. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
18. Ginger Snaps
19. The Thing
20. Prince of Darkness
21. In the Mouth of Madness
22. Possession (New)
23. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
24. Kill List (New)
25. Paranorman
26. One Cut of the Dead (New)
27. Final Cut (New)
28. When Evil Lurks (New)
29. Five Nights at Freddy's (New)
30. Skinamarink (New)
31. Deadstream

Deadstream

Perfect viewing for the special day. That's a wrap on the spooky season, folks!

 

[Man in the Suit]

Night 61

169. Halloween (2007) dir. Rob Zombie (NICE)

Bite-Sized Review: My bro's thirst pick every year. And you can see why. Mikey's a dish.

***

There's a 4 hour making of called "Michael Lives" and it's one of the coolest behind the scenes docs I've ever seen. Shows everything from casting, writing, makeup, stunts, camera, Rob being stressed the hell out on the phone with the Weinsteins... It's awesome.

 

[Nardz937]

I want to thank everyone for their contributions in here. Unfortunately I struggled fitting in time for a satisfying list to share this time around but I did thoroughly enjoyed reading everybody else's lists and thoughts throughout the last couple of months

 

[Kane52630]

I know October is over but I just want to post this because it's the most hilarious reaction to IT of someone who is terrified of real scary movies.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Spoiler: Full Marathon

1. Friday the 13th
2. Friday the 13th Part 2
3. Friday the 13th Part 3
4. Friday the 13th The Final Chapter
5. Haunted Mansion
6. Smile
7. Totally Killer
8. Chopping Mall
9. The Exorcist
10. Exorcist II: The Heretic
11. Chernobyl Diaries
12. The Shining - rewatch
13. The Ring
14. Hocus Pocus - rewatch
15. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
16. Friday the 13th: Part VI: Jason Lives
17. Friday the 13th: Part VII: The New Blood
18. Friday the 13th: Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
19. Goosebumps
20. The Conference
21. Cabin in the Woods - rewatch
22. The Pyramid
23. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24. Sleepy Hollow - rewatch
25. The Strangers
26. [rec]

Managed to complete the marathon this year!!!!

27. [rec] 2 (2009)

Y'all did not lie, this is for sure one of the greatest horror sequels. While I still hate how inconsistent the effects of the "virus" are, that's not so much a problem now that we're in Part 2. I LOVE how big of a swing they took, and somehow managed to pull it off.

I have mixed feelings about the teen plot - while the amateur style of their scenes harkens back to the roots of FF, it does kill the tension without adding much. Otherwise, I'd rate this one higher than the original. And the 'doctor' here is one of my favorite new performances from this month.

28 [rec] 3 (2012)

What the **** is this movie??? Can't seem to decide if it's a comedy or a horror, and barely seems to have anything to do at all with Parts 1 & 2. Which is wild considering how directly connected the first two installments were. It's very funny - usually for the wrong reasons - and I can't complain about a hot bride running around killing zombies with a chainsaw, but this was a huge letdown after what came before.

29. The Fly (1986)

Cronenberg's masterpiece holds up both as a pioneering work of body horror and a perfect capturing of the Classic Monster subgenre for the modern era. All of the classic tropes are there - the loner scientist, the love interest, the boorish rival, the inevitable transformation - but its woven so well it never feels trite or outdated. And, of course, the affects are timeless, as is pre-fusion Goldberg.

30. Suspiria (1977)

Look, I enjoy movies like Hereditary as much as everyone, but gosh, I wish we had people still making horror like THIS today. So much color. So much sound. Beautiful and terrifying.

31. trick r' treat (2007) - rewatch

Who else could I end the marathon with but Sam?

 

[Luigi]

Looks like we're doing Terrifier marathons next year. Haven't seen the first two.

 

[Kane52630]

28 [rec] 3 (2012)

What the **** is this movie??? Can't seem to decide if it's a comedy or a horror, and barely seems to have anything to do at all with Parts 1 & 2. Which is wild considering how directly connected the first two installments were. It's very funny - usually for the wrong reasons - and I can't complain about a hot bride running around killing zombies with a chainsaw, but this was a huge letdown after what came before.

Yeah it was trying to be Evil Dead and drop the found footage format, I hated it originally but I've come around to it since.