61 Nights of Halloween (2025 Edition)

[DarthSkywalker]

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What happened?

 

[Lily Adler]

What happened?

This "Jane Levy" hasn't appeared in anything worthwhile.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

This "Jane Levy" hasn't appeared in anything worthwhile.

She lives in my heart being my dream girl next door.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Night 7

20. Spoorloos (1988) dir. George Sluizer (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: I saw the American remake as a child. I now understand why it went over so poorly. Especially the ending.

****1/4

 

[Lily Adler]

Night 7

20. Spoorloos (1988) dir. George Sluizer (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: I saw the American remake as a I child. I now understand why it went over so poorly. Especially the ending.

****1/4

I remember this one. I read the remake and yeah the changes sound horrible. What a waste of Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, and Keifer Sutherland.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Tonight...

B-movie goodness.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I remember this one. I read the remake and yeah the changes sound horrible. What a waste of Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, and Keifer Sutherland.

More then the actual film, I remember the trailers and being super freaked out about them. I also somehow knew the original ending and being confused by which was which a few years down the line.

 

[Lily Adler]

Tonight...

B-movie goodness.

Reminds me that Gen Z think VHS tapes could go in sideways.

 

[Sithborg]

The First Omen was operating on Excorist III/Rosemary's Baby levels of "elevated horror," meanwhile Immaculate was more or less in line with The Devil’s Rain or Prey for the Devil.

I dug both but First Omen was fantastic.

And all those are levels above The Devil Conspiracy.

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Though I doubt as hilariously entertaining.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

When Pugsley didn't suck.

 

[Snow Queen]

Best of the week:

Spoiler

Annabelle Comes Home (2019) dir. Gary Dauberman

Annabelle: Creation (2017) dir. David F. Sandberg

The Conjuring 2 (2016) dir. James Wan

Pulse (2001) dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

The Vanishing (1988) dir. George Sluizer

 

[Kane52630]

I can't believe my own son is actually Toby.

 

[Luigi]

Horror fans defending their critically panned yet beloved horror movie of choice:

The critics could never make me hate As Above, So Below.

Just finished Wednesday Season 2 and while I still despise the idea of splitting these seasons into two parts

Could always be worse.

 

[Luigi]

 

[Kane52630]

She should have been Lara Croft tbh

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Night 8

21. House (1977) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The most Japanese movie to ever movie.

****1/2

22. Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) dir. Ernest Dickerson (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The best part is the bookends.

**

23. The Gingerdead Man (2005) dir. Charles Band (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Easiest paycheck of Gary Busey's long career.

**

24. WolfCop (2014) dir. Lowell Dean (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Dumb good fun.

***

25. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O'Bannon (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: From the writer of Alien (yes that Alien) comes the punk rock sequel to Night of the Living Dead you never knew you needed.

***1/2

 

[Kane52630]

25. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O'Bannon (NEW)

 

[Man in the Suit]

21. House (1977) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The most Japanese movie to ever movie.

****1/2

I have this shirt:

House T-shirt

Sourced from Royal Apparel. Made in the U.S.A.

www.criterion.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Night 8

21. House (1977) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The most Japanese movie to ever movie.

****1/2

22. Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) dir. Ernest Dickerson (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The best part is the bookends.

**

23. The Gingerdead Man (2005) dir. Charles Band (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Easiest paycheck of Gary Busey's long career.

**

24. WolfCop (2014) dir. Lowell Dean (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Dumb good fun.

***

25. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O'Bannon (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: From the writer of Alien (yes that Alien) comes the punk rock sequel to Night of the Living Dead you never knew you needed.

***1/2

RotLD had so much "how do you do fellow youths" energy.

 

[Link]

Night 8

21. House (1977) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The most Japanese movie to ever movie.

****1/2

House was my first film of 2025. LOVED it. There's so much going on at every moment, but somehow it was never too much.

 

[Lily Adler]

Night 8

21. House (1977) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The most Japanese movie to ever movie.

****1/2

22. Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) dir. Ernest Dickerson (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: The best part is the bookends.

**

23. The Gingerdead Man (2005) dir. Charles Band (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Easiest paycheck of Gary Busey's long career.

**

24. WolfCop (2014) dir. Lowell Dean (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: Dumb good fun.

***

25. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O'Bannon (NEW)

Bite-Sized Review: From the writer of Alien (yes that Alien) comes the punk rock sequel to Night of the Living Dead you never knew you needed.

***1/2

House was my first film of 2025. LOVED it. There's so much going on at every moment, but somehow it was never too much.

For a minute I almost got it confused with Sweet Home. Another Japanese horror film that would later get a video game adaptation, and a remake attempt that would later become Resident Evil.

Sweet Home (video game) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

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9th of September:
Rebecca (1940)

Another Alfred Hitchcock (a big one!) off the list. This one I had been looking forward to for quite some time. Rebecca was Hitchcock's first Hollywood film and a game-changer to his career in many ways. He was able to work with a much larger budget, bigger stars, and recent advancements in filmmaking technology, but he also faced more rampant censorship of his work through the Hays Code, which, as much as I liked Rebecca, was the reason for most of my issues with it.

Eighty-five years on, our standards and understanding of what kinds of relationships are appropriate to romanticize have changed dramatically. That's part of the issue, but the main problem here is the portrayal of Daphne du Maurier's dark, gothic story as a more straightforward romance, and that came largely down to the Hays Code and what the filmmakers were forced to change.

Still, overlooking that aspect, Rebecca is an atmospheric, beautifully paced gothic drama with compelling characters. This is very much a ghost story, even if it doesn't include any supernatural elements, and Hitchcock directs it like one, the way only he could.

 

[Lily Adler]