61 Nights of Halloween (2024 Edition)

[blueharvest]

 

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Spoiler

Night 0: MaXXXine
Night 1: Black Sabbath
Night 2: The Neon Demon
Night 3: Beetlejuice
Night 4: Dracula (1979)
Night 5: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Night 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Night 7: Predator (1987)
Night 8A: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Night 8B: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

I've always loved the pacing in Predator. The movie is energetic and fun from the very beginning, but the way the Predator is measuredly introduced into the picture is perfectly executed. The creature is a menacing figure, a nice contrast to the campiness and machismo of Dutch and his coterie of boorish soldiers. This is peak Arnold, his one-liners and countless shrieks of "MAC!" are like mother's milk to me.

My first double feature of the marathon. Elm Street 2 doesn't really follow the established rules of the first movie or make a ton of sense, but it's very entertaining. The queer subtext brings a bit more depth into the film, and Mark Patton is excellent in the lead role. He's so good that I'd say Jesse is my favorite character in the franchise so far. I'm definitely having fun with these.

The best one yet! The impeccably styled Heather Langenkamp returns as Nancy Thompson and has a meatier role this time. Dream Warriors has an excellent ensemble cast, and each character is surprisingly well-written. Unlike Freddy's Revenge, this one picks right up from the events of the first film and sticks to the worldbuilding and rules established, while greatly increasing the scope of the storytelling and introducing a ton of new ideas. It's a cool movie with fun visuals and countless memorable moments and ingredients, like the ominous nun, the gorgeous stop-motion sequence, Angelo Badalamenti's score, the gruesome marionette kill, and freaking Zsa Zsa Gabor! This was a pleasant surprise.

 

[Luigi]

1. Strange Darling (New)
2. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (New)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Welcome back Tim, how I've missed you. Most fun that I've had a Tim Burton film since Frankenweenie. This is going to have crazy legs at the box office this fall season.

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Night 8

21. Immaculate (2024) dir. Michael Mohan (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Sydney Sweeney is an obvious miscast here, but is also Sydney Sweeney. So, yeah. Otherwise I like some of the concept and the direction is effective but just not enough there for me to really care.

**1/2

22. The First Omen (2024) dir. Arkasha Stevenson (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: This is kind of brilliant. A decent script strengthened by captivating performances and even more captivating directing. Seriously can't wait to see more work from Stevenson.

****1/4

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I title my above post: Nun at church, Demon in the sheets.

 

[Drizzle]

Nell Tiger Free's Barbra impression tho.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Nell Tiger Free's Barbra impression tho.

She was so good. Her Possession moment got me.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

What kind of hard times has Muad'Dib fallen on to have to be in Blood and Honey 2?!?!

 

[Drizzle]

What kind of hard times has Muad'Dib fallen on to have to be in Blood and Honey 2?!?!

Wow, Kyle MacLachlan will say yes to anything, huh?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Wow, Kyle MacLachlan will say yes to anything, huh?

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[DarthSkywalker]

The First Omen:

When you order The First Omen off Temu:

 

[Snow Queen]

True horrors.

 

[Luigi]

As good as Immaculate and The First Omen are, Safe Haven blows them both out of the water.
Tumblr gifs don't seem to be working.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

As good as Immaculate and The First Omen are, Safe Haven blows them out of the water.

The First Omen is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the, "as good" part there.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

As good as Immaculate and The First Omen are, Safe Haven blows them both out of the water.
Tumblr gifs don't seem to be working.

They work. The issue is more that they take some time to load on the site. So for a while they'd show as an X. Once they work, they just work for you from now on. I can't explain why.

On and I'm right about Immaculate.

 

[Lily Adler]

As good as Immaculate and The First Omen are, Safe Haven blows them both out of the water.
Tumblr gifs don't seem to be working.

What Google thinks you're talking about.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Tonight...

A Seoul train and a tubby little cubby all stuffed with blood.

 

[Snow Queen]

Just in time for Halloween for those who haven't bought it yet.

 

[Lily Adler]

Just in time for Halloween for those who haven't bought it yet.

The second best Halloween Batman movie.

 

[Lily Adler]

Spoiler

Night 0: MaXXXine
Night 1: Black Sabbath
Night 2: The Neon Demon
Night 3: Beetlejuice
Night 4: Dracula (1979)
Night 5: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Night 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Night 7: Predator (1987)
Night 8A: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Night 8B: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

I've always loved the pacing in Predator. The movie is energetic and fun from the very beginning, but the way the Predator is measuredly introduced into the picture is perfectly executed. The creature is a menacing figure, a nice contrast to the campiness and machismo of Dutch and his coterie of boorish soldiers. This is peak Arnold, his one-liners and countless shrieks of "MAC!" are like mother's milk to me.

My first double feature of the marathon. Elm Street 2 doesn't really follow the established rules of the first movie or make a ton of sense, but it's very entertaining. The queer subtext brings a bit more depth into the film, and Mark Patton is excellent in the lead role. He's so good that I'd say Jesse is my favorite character in the franchise so far. I'm definitely having fun with these.

The best one yet! The impeccably styled Heather Langenkamp returns as Nancy Thompson and has a meatier role this time. Dream Warriors has an excellent ensemble cast, and each character is surprisingly well-written. Unlike Freddy's Revenge, this one picks right up from the events of the first film and sticks to the worldbuilding and rules established, while greatly increasing the scope of the storytelling and introducing a ton of new ideas. It's a cool movie with fun visuals and countless memorable moments and ingredients, like the ominous nun, the gorgeous stop-motion sequence, Angelo Badalamenti's score, the gruesome marionette kill, and freaking Zsa Zsa Gabor! This was a pleasant surprise.

Jesse chasing around his beard for most of the third act while not coming to terms with his sexuality and sees himself as a deviant like Freddy which is why he becomes Freddy is why I can't decide if I like that film or not.

 

[Snow Queen]

Time for a Halloween staple rewatch

 

[Luigi]

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What Google thinks you're talking about.

*slow clap*

This is probably the hardest that I've ever laughed on the Hype. Bravo.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

A decent enough gore flick but considering the talent involved I was somewhat letdown by this. The gore is pretty solid and quite gruesome at times, and this definitely makes me want to see more of Laura Lavera going forward since she has such a natural and likable screen presence but those are the biggest positives it has going for it IMO outside of the creature looking kind of cool but not being utilized enough.

Based on the marketing I really thought this would be more of a throwback to the 70's/80's trashy B horror flicks that Argento or Fulci were known for back in the day and its not even close that. This movie could have really used some stylish direction, but I guess I'll give them some leniency given the low budget.

6/10

 

[Lily Adler]

The second best Halloween Batman movie.