61 Nights of Halloween (2025 Edition)

[DarthSkywalker]

Just two good friends taking a picture together.

At some point it's on Chilton.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Historians: and they were good friends. That's all. I mean sure there's Clarice, but he saw her as a replacement for his dead sister...

 

[DarthSkywalker]

All about Sophia and Hunter.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I haven't finished the new I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot/sequel but it's funny how they wanted to make it like the Scream franchise by having back old survivors with rules ("the killer is usually related to the guy you killed") (??). So far it doesn't make any sense. Anyway, back to work. I'll finish it tonight.

I feel like the problem with that series that it never had a good foundation. Just a bunch of selfish, unlikable A-holes who did a bad thing and then the movie tried to make heroes out of (some of) them even though they didn’t deserve it. It works okay for a first movie but not subsequent films. It always just felt like a wannabe Scream that tried to capitalize on that movie’s style back then but with a premise that wasn’t a tenth as fun or compelling.

 

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22nd of September:
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

A sad turning point for the Halloween franchise: the last appearance of Donald Pleasence as the incomparable Dr. Loomis. Oh, sweet prince... He's noticeably older, soft-spoken, and underutilized, but damn does he make these films. The Curse of Michael Myers is bizarre, a true oddball sequel that has completely lost the plot, yet it still entertains with kooky kills and Paul Rudd's baby-faced charisma.

H20 wisely forgets its convoluted predecessors and goes back to basics. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode with a meatier role, this time dealing with PTSD, alcoholism, and a contentious relationship with her son (Josh Hartnett). It's a funnier, more competent, and more emotional Halloween, but Michael — Mr. Halloween himself — feels off. The mask is ugly, the kills are meek, and the spark is gone.

"Evil dies tonight," I chant, as I launch this movie into the sun — followed by a nuke and a flaming box of excrement. Hell no.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

22nd of September:
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

A sad turning point for the Halloween franchise: the last appearance of Donald Pleasence as the incomparable Dr. Loomis. Oh, sweet prince... He's noticeably older, soft-spoken, and underutilized, but damn does he make these films. The Curse of Michael Myers is bizarre, a true oddball sequel that has completely lost the plot, yet it still entertains with kooky kills and Paul Rudd's baby-faced charisma.

H20 wisely forgets its convoluted predecessors and goes back to basics. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode with a meatier role, this time dealing with PTSD, alcoholism, and a contentious relationship with her son (Josh Hartnett). It's a funnier, more competent, and more emotional Halloween, but Michael — Mr. Halloween himself — feels off. The mask is ugly, the kills are meek, and the spark is gone.

"Evil dies tonight," I chant, as I launch this movie into the sun — followed by a nuke and a flaming box of excrement. Hell no.

I didn't realize I was talking to Mr. Busta Rhymes himself.

 

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I didn't realize I was talking to Mr. Busta Rhymes himself.

It's kind of amazing how stacked the H20 cast is, and for the sequel they assembled such a coterie of thespians that Busta Rhymes whooping Michael's ass is somehow the acting highlight.

 

[Lily Adler]

22nd of September:
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

A sad turning point for the Halloween franchise: the last appearance of Donald Pleasence as the incomparable Dr. Loomis. Oh, sweet prince... He's noticeably older, soft-spoken, and underutilized, but damn does he make these films. The Curse of Michael Myers is bizarre, a true oddball sequel that has completely lost the plot, yet it still entertains with kooky kills and Paul Rudd's baby-faced charisma.

H20 wisely forgets its convoluted predecessors and goes back to basics. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode with a meatier role, this time dealing with PTSD, alcoholism, and a contentious relationship with her son (Josh Hartnett). It's a funnier, more competent, and more emotional Halloween, but Michael — Mr. Halloween himself — feels off. The mask is ugly, the kills are meek, and the spark is gone.

"Evil dies tonight," I chant, as I launch this movie into the sun — followed by a nuke and a flaming box of excrement. Hell no.

You can feel the budget constraints on H20 as a private school magically gets vacated for Michael Myers to kill like 4 students and about 6 adults.

 

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You can feel the budget constraints on H20 as a private school magically gets vacated for Michael Myers to kill like 4 students and about 6 adults.

They had to pay for Michael's CGI mask somehow

 

[Luigi]

Are you guys going to watch Chris "I have black friends" Stuckmann's new movie?

I can't resist a good found footage film.

 

[Luigi]

1. Together (New)
2. Fear Street: Prom Queen (New)
3. Scary Movie
4. I Know What You Did Last Summer
5. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
6. Him (New)

Him

Sharp looking as it is unsubtle but cant deny that it was entertaining. Marlon Wayans was locked in, shame that he doesn't show off his dramatic range more often.

 

[Man in the Suit]

It's kind of amazing how stacked the H20 cast is, and for the sequel they assembled such a coterie of thespians that Busta Rhymes whooping Michael's ass is somehow the acting highlight.

Michael walking away like "oookaaay...." after Busta's meltdown is so funny.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

After finishing Hannibal, time to watch one of my all time favorite bad shows:

 

[Luigi]

October is around the corner and Neon STILL hasn't announced an official US release date for Alpha.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Night 22

51. Extra Ordinary (2019) dir. Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman

Bite-Sized Review: A warm hug of a spooky flick, funny and adorable.

****

52. The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent

Bite-Sized Review: She should've killed the kid!

****1/2

53. Seven (1995) dir. David Fincher

Bite-Sized Review: 30 years later and I'm still wondering, what's in the box?

****1/2

 

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Bite-Sized Review: 30 years later and I'm still wondering, what's in the box?

****1/2

 

[DarthSkywalker]

@Man in the Suit what is your Earth finale thoughts?

 

[Lily Adler]

Night 22

51. Extra Ordinary (2019) dir. Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman

Bite-Sized Review: A warm hug of a spooky flick, funny and adorable.

****

52. The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent

Bite-Sized Review: She should've killed the kid!

****1/2

53. Seven (1995) dir. David Fincher

Bite-Sized Review: 30 years later and I'm still wondering, what's in the box?

****1/2

Let's be real... We all wanted to kill that kid at one point in the film.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Tonight...

Social media kills.

 

[Man in the Suit]

@Man in the Suit what is your Earth finale thoughts?

It didn't think it was bad, but it was definitely my least favorite of the season. Kinda rushed. @KaijuDude1992 said it best in the Earth thread: it became schlocky. It was also giving me penultimate episode vibes. Like they're saving the finale to have a big season premiere Love everything with the Eye though. Love that thing.

 

[Lily Adler]

Tonight...

Social media kills.

Unfriended.... The only one. No sequel that was some Dark Web nonsense.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

It didn't think it was bad, but it was definitely my least favorite of the season. Kinda rushed. @KaijuDude1992 said it best in the Earth thread: it became schlocky. It was also giving me penultimate episode vibes. Like they're saving the finale to have a big season premiere Love everything with the Eye though. Love that thing.

That is a good way of putting it. Wendy, Raylan, and Boy are the ones who have me invested. And while I thought the latter two had decent finales, Wendy is um... well let's see where it goes. But I just love her big brown eyes.

Now more importantly, rank the needle drops.

 

[Man in the Suit]

That is a good way of putting it. Wendy, Raylan, and Boy are the ones who have me invested. And while I thought the latter two had decent finales, Wendy is um... well let's see where it goes. But I just love her big brown eyes.

Now more importantly, rank the needle drops.

QOTSA
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Smashing Pumpkins
Godsmack
Tool
Pearl Jam
Jane's Addiction

Yeah, that's right. I put Godsmack above some of the others. They were sorta "wiccan metal" then and hadn't reached their final form: butt rock Diet Pantera

 

[Lily Adler]

A horror movie that takes place in an upside down world where women have pockets on their pants!