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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 4, 2016 3:34:59 GMT -5
Howdy JAS. Good to be with you again. Been working....
So it is a new beginning. A certain bar I love is playing only Horror movies for the 31 days of October, Halloween Month. And that's a good thing. A very good thing. I saw my first movie for this competition in parts (which kinda is a tribute to the movie in a way) in three playings at said bar. So I watched it all and counting it as a point. Customers first.
So......
Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages.... It is Halloween month and AGAIN like the Undertaker, I am coming out of another long absence from this site to continue my streak or have my worthy competitor take me to Suplex City.
My goal is to watch sixty movies this month. From every continent but I do plan on watching John Carpenter's The Thing, so seven continents. Some will be long and some extremely short, but covering 1896 until 2016. And I started by celebrating the 42st Anniversary of the premier of my favorite Horror film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shot in my backyard of Central Texas a few days ago on the proper day. There is a slim chance I will move to Lockhart, Texas where a portion of the film was shot. I love this movie and a very special toast and a sad Cheers! to Gunnar Hansen who passed last November. Rest in Power and thank you for creating so many people's nightmares. I personally have been made to smile for decades watching this classic. Thank you Mr. Hansen.
Jake, please join me, and "Beat me if you can, survive if I let you". Cheers! my friend. And it begins again.....
The Rules:
Same rules as the original, honor system at work. One point is scored for any horror movie watched. Each movie should be at least an hour long. Exceptions will be made for short, silent films considered full length (pre 1930). Competition ends at 2:00 AM Pacific time on Halloween (November 1st).
A New Addition:
Children movies or any film that is animated, claymated, computer animated, or feature stop-motion or puppets (Puppets!) count as a point. So Saturday the 14th counts as does Mad Monster Party.
Movies with the word "Halloween" count as two points. So an addition to the scoring. We list points and number of movies. 'Cause I know Jake can watch the fuck out of Michael Myers. Cheers! JAS, bring it my good man, "Dog will hunt"!
LOB- 1, 1
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 26, 2016 13:13:52 GMT -5
So per my usual, this month driving three hundred miles every week and working five nights a week bartending. Exhausted..... On Wikipedia's page of Horror movies from the 1890s ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horror_films_of_the_1890s ), a new film was listed from one year earlier than I was formerly familiar with. Here is the Wikipedia entry: " The Execution of Mary Stuart is a short film produced in 1895. The film depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Alfred Clark and may have been the first film in history to use trained actors, as well as one of the first to use editing for the purposes of special effects. The film shows a blindfolded Mary (played by Robert Thomae) being led to the execution block. The executioner raises his axe and an edit occurs during which the actress is replaced by a mannequin. The mannequin's head is chopped off and the executioner holds it in the air as the film ends." Second I watched a fun favorite of mine from the team behind Super Troopers. Club Dread (2004) is hilarious. Fun times. Third I watched a new flick to me, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). Campy yet I enjoyed. Kane Hodder dammit! Kane plays Jason and the cameo SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER of Freddy Krueger's gloved hand at the ewnd of the movie. Fourth I watched what I had considered the first Horror movie, Georges Méliès' Le Manoir du Diable (1896). Méliès was a trailblazer. From Wikipedia: " Le Manoir du diable or The House of the Devil, released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in Britain as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film, a brief pantomimed sketch in the style of a theatrical comic fantasy, tells the story of an encounter with the Devil and various attendant phantoms. It is intended to evoke amusement and wonder from its audiences, rather than fear. However, because of its themes and characters, it can technically be considered the first horror film (and, because it includes a transformation involving a bat, it has even been called the first vampire film). The film is also innovative in length - its running time of over three minutes was ambitious for its era." More easy points and early films to come.... LOB-5, 5
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 26, 2016 14:15:50 GMT -5
More early Horror shorts. A Terrible Night (French: Une nuit terrible) is an 1896 French silent comedy horror film by Georges Méliès. A simple movie about a sleeping man being awoken by a gigantic bug.
Next up is another Méliès film, The Vanishing Lady aka The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (French: Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin) is an 1896 French short where a magician makes his assistand disappear, become a skeleton, and return to her true self. The magician is played by Georges Méliès himself.
Now a British film from 1897 released by Georges Méliès' Star Studio which is a shorter version of The Devil's Manor. The Haunted Castle is a film directed by George Albert Smith, no Devil just ghosts in this version.
Lastly another Méliès film. Le Cake-walk infernal (The Infernal Cake Walk) is from 1903 and is a favorite of mine.
LOB-9, 9
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 26, 2016 14:47:00 GMT -5
Another favorite of mine, from Wikipedia: Le Chaudron infernal, released in Britain as The Infernal Cauldron and in the United States as The Infernal Caldron and the Phantasmal Vapors, is a 1903 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 499–500 in its catalogues.
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LOB-10, 10
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 26, 2016 15:27:03 GMT -5
Took the day off because I need rest and relaxation. Going to the creek which is about to stop flowing and taking one of my hounds.
Adding on..... The 1900 British film Faust and Marguerite is an adaptation of the play. It was directed by Edwin S. Porter.
From Wikipedia: The Haunted Curiosity Shop is a 1901 British short silent horror film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring an elderly curio dealer alarmed by various apparitions that appear in his shop. The film, "was clearly devised purely as a showcase for Booth and Paul's bag of tricks," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "it's an effective and engrossing experience."[ I dug this a lot.
Last was The Bewitched Inn (French: L'auberge ensorcelée) from 1897 again directed by Georges Méliès. This was my favorite of the three.
LOB-13, 13
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 26, 2016 21:02:45 GMT -5
Four more early quickies and then off to watch something from 2016 and fun I take it.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was first. This first version from 1912 is an American movie. It was directed by Lucius Henderson, the film stars actor (later noted film director) James Cruze as the dual role of good and evil.
Second I watched the 1913 and longer version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I liked how this version did not use makeup but acting instead where Hyde was portrayed as an evil dwarf-man by King Braggot. A funny name. This film was directed by Herbert Brenon and Carl Laemmle and written by Brenon and produced by Laemmle. Laemmle was the father of Carl Laemmle, Jr. of early Universal Monster fame like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man in the 1930s. Senior produced Universal silent Monster movies like The Phantom of the Opera in the 1920s.
Third I watched The Hallucinated Alchemist (1897) by Georges Méliès which is beautiful to look at and and has a monster-headed spider, a giant snake that transforms into a humanoid, and a ghost.
Last I watched from England, George Albert Smith's The X-Ray Fiend from 1897 which has two lovers become animated skeletons after being dosed with x-rays.
LOB-17, 17
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 27, 2016 12:24:00 GMT -5
First, I watched Day of the Dead (1985) the third of the Living Dead "Trilogy" by George Romero and somewhat my favorite. This is the best work of Tom Savini.
Second I watched an atmospheric ghost story from 1979, The Cangeling. Starring George C. Scott, this was an effective story about tragic deaths....
Third I watched The Astronomer's Dream (1898)directed by Georges Méliès.
Finally I watched the 1910 American version of Frankenstein which some consider the first Horror movie.
LOB-21, 21
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 31, 2016 20:03:40 GMT -5
Happy Halloween Jake and Cheers!
Adding on five movies.
First I watched Zombi the Dario Argento cut of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. I feel that this is the superior version. I love the Romero Trilogy. Smart and fun movies as well as characters. And Ken Foree makes everything better. This 1978 zombie movie is part of a great decade of Horror I will revisit before this competition ends.
Second I watched Mad Monster Party from 1967 which is an American stop motion animated musical comedy film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions of those 1960s Christmas stop motion holiday specials.[4] It stars Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, and Phyllis Diller. Lots of fun. Good times. I like playing it at The Growling often.
Third I watched Universal's Frankenstein (1931) starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, and Boris Karloff as the monster and brought and produced by Carl Laemle, Sr. and Carl Laemle, Junior. It was geniusly directed by James Whale who also directed The Bride of Frankenstein. Been watchingit for decades.
Fourth I watched Nosferatu (1922) a German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. From Wikipedia: The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, "vampire" became "Nosferatu" and "Count Dracula" became "Count Orlok"). Stoker's heirs sued over the adaptation, and a court ruling ordered that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, a few prints of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema. As of 2015, it is Rotten Tomatoes' second best-reviewed horror film of all time.
Lastly I watched a new movie and was very impressed. I finally watched Nosferatu's 1970s remake. Again from Wikipedia: Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 West German art house vampire horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. Its original German title is Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht ("Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night"). The film is set primarily in 19th-century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania, and was conceived as a stylistic remake of the 1922 German Dracula adaptation Nosferatu. This film captured all the elements of the original down to the silent film "vibe" but not every shot. I liked how it veered of from the original at the end. A great movie and great acting from all involved.
I plan to watch more silent era shorts and movies from every decade of horror from 1895 to 2016. The 1950s are next.
LOB-26, 26
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Oct 31, 2016 20:20:55 GMT -5
Happy Halloween My Friend. I've been a combination of busy and being swamped with other Halloween related things (decorating and hauling the insane amount of decorations for family and family friends and well as taking younger cousins trick or treating. I've also had issues with my computer's media during the middle of the month ,but everything seems to be working fine again. I've also been up a little over 2 and a half days at this point and am about to crash so you've suceeded once again. I was able to make a decent push at the end ,but couldn't meat my goal of 4 full length movies for each day (better luck next time). Once I've slept I'll add my thoughts in more detail ,but the films I watched will be listed below. Let's try to keep these competitions going each month. Was also wondering if you saw Blair Witch and was wondering what you thought of it if you did.
Werewolves on Wheels (1971) 1 Point Blair Witch (2016) 2 Points The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895) 3 Points The House of the Devil (1896) 4 Points A Terrible Night (1896) 5 Points The Vanishing Lady (1896) 6 Points The Haunted Castle (1897) 7 Points The Infernal Cakewalk (1903) 8 Points The Infernal Cauldron (1903) 9 Points Faust and Marguerite (1900) 10 Points The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901) 11 Points The Bewitched Inn (1897) 12 Points Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) 13 Points Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) 14 Points The Hallucinated Alchemist (1897) 15 points The X Ray Fiend (1897) 16 points The Astronomer's Dream (1898) 17 points Frankenstein (1910) 18 Points The Sealed Room (1909) 19 Points
I also saw Child's Play (1988), Cujo (1983), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) in differnt parts or sittings like you did for your first film. So I'd either have 19 points or 27 points depending on how you count it.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 31, 2016 21:54:36 GMT -5
Howdy sir.
Realized I forgot a movie I watched earlier this month from Universal. Krampus (2016) was fun and had great special effects and performances including from the young actors. A monster and creepy, murderous toys. And evil elves. Dug it.
And adding on Revenge of the Creature (1955). I like this fifties film series and this one is fun and interesting. Clint Eastwood's first movie. A chimp. Dolphins. And a nod to King Kong. Funner but not as well made as the original Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 31, 2016 21:57:48 GMT -5
You sir have 27 points.
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Post by loverofbeers on Nov 1, 2016 0:34:14 GMT -5
Started John Carpenter's Halloween a little late about twenty five minutes ago. It is my tradition to watch this masterpiece every Halloween at midnight.
Watched two more movies. First was Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy (1955). It had some great Lucha Libre/ROH style wrestling including a Hurricanrada. I couldn't believe it. Fun movie and fluff but good times.
Second I watched Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948). This movie stars Abbott, Costello, Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, Glenn Strange as The Monster of Frankenstein, and Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf-Man. I love this movie and the cartoon at it's start during the credit role.
LOB-30, 30
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Post by loverofbeers on Nov 2, 2016 11:25:00 GMT -5
Watched four more movies before the competition and passed out after the last short.
First I watched John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) for two points.
Next I watched A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) directed by Wes Craven (Rest in Power) and starring Robert Englund.
Third I watched the Spanish silent short The Haunted House (1908) which was directed by Segundo de Chomón. Impressive use of stop motion tricks for era.
Last I watched another French short by Georges Meleis, Le Diable au Couvent (1899). I really enjoy these shorts nowadays. They really grew on me.
LOB-34, 35
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Nov 3, 2016 8:08:30 GMT -5
You've kept up your streak my friend, what's the theme for next month?
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