Of course October means I’ll be taking in a lot of horror films. It seems like my PVR did not stop rolling on TCM to get some classic ones in me. I found out that I really enjoy the monster ones that feature stop motion animation. As for the slasher flicks… meh.
The List
- An asterisk (*) indicates a first time viewing.
- Links will take you to write-ups posted.
- Bold font indicates a write-up is done and scheduled to be posted.
- Strike-through means I didn’t enjoy it enough to finish it.
Date | Title | Year | My Rating |
Oct1 | 2018 | NA | |
Oct1 | The Who: Live at The Isle of Wright 1970 | 2009 | 4 |
Oct03 | Led Zeppelin DVD | 2003 | 5 |
Oct06 | The Seven Year Itch* | 1955 | 4 |
Oct10 | The Amityville Horror* | 1979 | 2 |
Oct11 | The Blob* | 1958 | 2 |
Oct12 | Van Halen: Live Without A Net* | 1987 | 4 |
Oct13 | The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | 3 |
Oct14 | King Kong* | 1933 | 5 |
Oct15 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms* | 1953 | 3.5 |
Date | Title | Year | My Rating |
Oct17 | The Creature from the Black Lagoon* | 1954 | 3 |
Oct18 | Village of the Damned* | 1960 | 4 |
Oct19 | Carnival of Souls* | 1962 | 3 |
Oct20 | Little Shop of Horrors* | 1960 | 4 |
Oct20 | The Social Dilemma* | 2020 | 1 |
Oct21 | Maximum Overdrive | 1986 | 3.5 |
Oct21 | 1991 | NA | |
Oct22 | The Nanny* | 1965 | 4 |
Oct23 | Troll 2* | 1990 | 1 |
Oct23 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* | 2020 | 4 |
Oct24 | Troll Hunter* | 2010 | 3.5 |
Oct25 | Black Sabbath* | 1963 | 2 |
Oct26 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge* | 1985 | 1 |
Oct27 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors* | 1987 | 2 |
Oct28 | The Frighteners | 1996 | 3.5 |
Oct31 | Prom Night* | 1980 | 1 |
How I watched them:
The Juicy Stats
Total Number of movies watched: 26
The number of first-time watches: 19
Oldest movie: King Kong (1933)
Longest movie: The Amityville Horror (1hr 57m)
Most watched actor: Robert Englund, 2
The number of movies watched by decade:
‘30s – 1
‘40s – 0
‘50s – 4
‘60s – 4
‘70s – 1
‘80s – 4
‘90s – 4
‘00s – 2
‘10s – 2
2020 – 2
Format:
PVR/DVR – 13
DVD Collection – 2
Blu-ray Collection – 5
4K Blu-ray collection – 0
Public Library DVD – 0
Netflix – 1
Amazon Prime – 1
Tubi – 0
YouTube – 1
Legit Stream – 0
Disney+ – 0
Pirates – 3
Genres:
Action – 0
Animated – 0
Comedy – 3
Comic Book –
Concert – 2
Crime – 1
Documentaries – 1
Dramas – 0
Fantasy – 0
Film Noir – 0
Horror – 18
Kung Fu – 0
Musical – 0
Thriller – 0
War – 0
Western –
Baseball time!
These are the “batting stats” compiled for the FIRST TIME watches. I give each movie a rating out of 5. 5s are home runs, 4s and 3s are hits, 2s and 1s are pop or ground outs, an NA (did not finish) is a Strike Out. This tells me how well of a job I’m doing at picking which movies to watch.
I have adjusted my scoring a bit by allowing half points. I’m going to count 4.5s as homers and 2.5s as outs. 2.5 are movie I fell I didn’t waste my time but didn’t really need to see.
Good Movie Average: 13/19 – .684 (Last month: .750)
Home Runs: 1 – King Kong
Strikeouts: 2 – Finding Steve McQueen, Ernest Scared Stupid
Awards
Most Under-Watched: The Nanny
Most Fun: King Kong
Most Forgettable: The Social Dilemma
Better than I remembered: Maximum Overdrive
The movie I can finally cross off the Bucket-list: King Kong
Most surprising performance: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Most Pleasant Surprise: Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Worst Movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Best Movie: King Kong
Feel free to tell me how terrible my opinion(s) are in the comments!
King Kong was annual viewing here!
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Good on you for watching the horror flicks. I used to love them but have avoided them in recent years. I’m a bit of a lightweight these days.
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I find them less scary with age!
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Live Without A Net! Such a classic show by a band having fun and it oozes through the 📺
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Agreed! It is a fun watch. I still skipped that bass solo though, lol.
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Haha 🤣
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The Social Dilemma, is that the one that tells how awful technology and social media is? If so, why was it so bad. I thought about watching it with my kids so they could see the dark side of what people are doing with our data.
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There is probably some good info there for your kids. I just found it to be dry with no eye opening moments. That might be my fault for paying attention to the news, lol. I also found it misleading to blame all the negative that is happening now on social media apps. They play their part, but there are many other factors as well. But that is just my opinion.
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That is a fair evaluation! I will keep that in mind when I watch it
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That.. Is a pretty thorough list. Actually quite impressed. Congrats!
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Why, thank you Kyle!
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My cousin is a huge Freddy Kruger fan and every movie for him is awesome. But I agree with you on Part 2 of the series.
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I don’t know what it is with Freddy, I just find him dull. I can get into some Friday the 13th and Chucky movies. Maybe it is the dream thing.
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I’ve been on a horror binge since the spring (Mainly Hammer). Looking forward to your takes on ‘The Nanny’ (Davis was such a great actress) and ‘Troll Hunter’
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The Nanny will be a tricky one to talk about without spoiling! I had an issue with the subtitles not syncing properly with Troll Hunter but I enjoyed it regardless.
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Been a while since I watched either one.
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