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Post by brutalis on Oct 4, 2021 9:28:27 GMT -5
Also CometTV is running a double dose of frights every Friday night of Movie Macabre repeats. For those good grinches (we know you're out there) who refuse to pay for streaming services! Yes I am a proud card carrying member.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 4, 2021 19:17:59 GMT -5
For my Halloween night viewing I went with a double dose of Ray Bradbury with 1983's Something Wicked This Way Comes and the 1994 animated Hanna-Barbera TV special The Halloween Tree. While neither film quiet lives up to the stories they are adapting they really do capture that homey feel that Bradbury drew on in crafting these tales and that makes them pretty special in my mind. Have never seen The Halloween Tree, but I like SWTWC, despite its many flaws. I've loved the book ever since I read it as a 13-year-old. Also taught it many times to ninth-graders, most of whom also liked it. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 5, 2021 5:23:45 GMT -5
For my Halloween night viewing I went with a double dose of Ray Bradbury with 1983's Something Wicked This Way Comes and the 1994 animated Hanna-Barbera TV special The Halloween Tree. While neither film quiet lives up to the stories they are adapting they really do capture that homey feel that Bradbury drew on in crafting these tales and that makes them pretty special in my mind. Have never seen The Halloween Tree, but I like SWTWC, despite its many flaws. I've loved the book wver since I read it as a 13-year-old and taught it many times to ninth-graders, most of whom also liked it. Both books are fantastic and are definitely among my favorites and the films are fun as well. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 5, 2021 10:45:25 GMT -5
Have never seen The Halloween Tree, but I like SWTWC, despite its many flaws. I've loved the book wver since I read it as a 13-year-old and taught it many times to ninth-graders, most of whom also liked it. Both books are fantastic and are definitely among my favorites and the films are fun as well. Agreed.
I haven't yet put my planned viewing list together for October 2021, but I'll see what I can come up with in short order.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 5, 2021 11:03:09 GMT -5
I started a re-read of A Night in the Lonesome October. It's Roger Zelazny's take on classic horror tropes and with a bit of Lovecraft thrown in for good measure. It's stylized as a diary of Snuff, who is a watchdog for Jack, with one entry for each day of October. I decided to start the re-read after talking to my youngest son on the phone. It's his favorite book and we used to read it every October. So I read the first four entries last night and should be able to keep up with each entry for the rest of the month. It has very nice spot illos by Gahan Wilson.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 5, 2021 11:14:19 GMT -5
Have never seen The Halloween Tree, but I like SWTWC, despite its many flaws. I've loved the book wver since I read it as a 13-year-old and taught it many times to ninth-graders, most of whom also liked it. Both books are fantastic and are definitely among my favorites and the films are fun as well. SWTWC was made when Disney Studios was in a transition period and suffered from all kinds of artistic and financial woes. I've always hoped for a remake, either as a film or as a mini-series, one that could fully capture the October atmosphere of the novel. Still, the film did capture some of the atmosphere and had more than a few scenes that evoked the best of the novel. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 5, 2021 12:06:30 GMT -5
Both books are fantastic and are definitely among my favorites and the films are fun as well. SWTWC was made when Disney Studios was in a transition period and suffered from all kinds of artistic and financial woes. I've always hoped for a remake, either as a film or as a mini-series, one that could fully capture the October atmosphere of the novel. Still, the film did capture some of the atmosphere and had more than a few scenes that evoked the best of the novel. Yeah, I've heard about all the behind the scenes woes the film faced...it's actually surprising that it's as good as it is all things considered. I'd definitely love for someone to give it another go, it's certainly ripe for adaptation..I'm actually surprised that Bradbury's work hasn't been adapted more. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 6, 2021 10:39:43 GMT -5
I started a re-read of A Night in the Lonesome October. It's Roger Zelazny's take on classic horror tropes and with a bit of Lovecraft thrown in for good measure. It's stylized as a diary of Snuff, who is a watchdog for Jack, with one entry for each day of October. I decided to start the re-read after talking to my youngest son on the phone. It's his favorite book and we used to read it every October. So I read the first four entries last night and should be able to keep up with each entry for the rest of the month. It has very nice spot illos by Gahan Wilson. Every year I try to read an entry a night with my kids, and every year I fail. Have yet to ever finish the book. |
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Post by brutalis on Oct 10, 2021 11:49:59 GMT -5
More Halloween Horror schlock shock this weekend as on DVD watched Elvira's Haunted Hills, Hocus Pocus, the Banana Splits movie, Goosebumps 2. Nothing truly says Halloween to me more than those wickedly unintentional hilarious B, C, D through Z movies. Embracing the "spirit" of the season while preparing the mood for Halloween Kills next week!
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Post by brutalis on Oct 16, 2021 12:38:03 GMT -5
One advantage of unemployment. Time to enjoy hanging with friends and watching horror films all day. Spent yesterday with 2 bud's, ordered pizza's and wings for munching on while we dove headlong into a binge day movie watching. It was a day of Michael Meyer's mayhem. Halloween 1, 2 and the "new" #2 Halloween 2018 remake.
Finished the day off with Halloween 3, Season of the Witch. All in preparation to go see the newest sequel Halloween Kills later this week as my buddies treat to me.
Good friends. Good eats. Good scares. All a guy can ask for during this spooky time.
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Post by berkley on Oct 18, 2021 0:32:54 GMT -5
I've seen three spooky or horror movies so far this month
On tv:
The Horror of Dracula (1957) - Terence Fisher
and on the big screen:
The Evil Dead (1982) - Sam Raimi
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) - Werner Herzog
All three were second viewings for me, though in each case it's been many years since my first. I have a few things lined up for the rest of the month but looking for more - which leads me to ask, has anyone seen William Friedkin's 1990 movie, The Guardian? Worth a look, or no?
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 18, 2021 8:36:25 GMT -5
Last night I watched Petey Wheatstraw (1977, starring Rudy Ray Moore). It's just as ridiculously hilarious as it was when I first saw it 20 years ago.
It's bad. really bad... in a car-crash entertaining sort of way.
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Post by brutalis on Oct 22, 2021 16:32:27 GMT -5
Enjoying a day of Hammer horror films playing on MoviesTvNetwork. Began with Horror of Dracula, then the Mummy, then the Gorgon and finishing up with the Abominable Snowman of the Himilaya's. Cushing and Lee, the British Lugosi and Karloff. Happy way to enjoy Halloween indeed.
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Post by berkley on Oct 22, 2021 17:27:01 GMT -5
Enjoying a day of Hammer horror films playing on MoviesTvNetwork. Began with Horror of Dracula, then the Mummy, then the Gorgon and finishing up with the Abominable Snowman of the Himilaya's. Cushing and Lee, the British Lugosi and Karloff. Happy way to enjoy Halloween indeed. After watching Horror of Dracula myself earlier this month I'm very keen on seeing more Hammer horror, especially the Cushing and Lee films: such great actors individually and so good as a team. Apparently they were also very close friends in real life, which is nice to hear. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 22, 2021 21:06:05 GMT -5
Enjoying a day of Hammer horror films playing on MoviesTvNetwork. Began with Horror of Dracula, then the Mummy, then the Gorgon and finishing up with the Abominable Snowman of the Himilaya's. Cushing and Lee, the British Lugosi and Karloff. Happy way to enjoy Halloween indeed. Enjoying a day of Hammer horror films playing on MoviesTvNetwork. Began with Horror of Dracula, then the Mummy, then the Gorgon and finishing up with the Abominable Snowman of the Himilaya's. Cushing and Lee, the British Lugosi and Karloff. Happy way to enjoy Halloween indeed. After watching Horror of Dracula myself earlier this month I'm very keen on seeing more Hammer horror, especially the Cushing and Lee films: such great actors individually and so good as a team. Apparently they were also very close friends in real life, which is nice to hear.
Horror of Dracula is one of my favorite Hammer films. But another favorite is the seldom-seen Vampire Circus. Worth searching out... there's also a comic connection, as Brian Bolland illustrated an adaptation of the film, which appears in the British The House of Hammer magazine #17 way back in Feb. 1978. The story was later reprinted (and colorized) as "Vampire Carnival" in Brian Bolland's Black Book from Eclipse Publishing back in July 1985. The comic is also worth searching out. |
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