2021 HORROR MOVIES

[RIPPA]

Jeff Nichols has left the A Quiet Place "spin-off" movie. No new director has been named yet.

 

[J.T.]

Antlers's RT rating is starting to plummet.

You all should set your DVRs to record everything from Midnight to 6 in the morning on Halloween - 1 November.

Metropolis, Vampyr, and Haxan will play back to back.

[RIPPA]

Another trailer for Yellowjackets (well I say another but I am not sure the first one got posted)

[Curt McGirt]

3 hours ago, J.T. said:

Metropolis, Vampyr, and Haxan will play back to back.

Where? I already went through the TCM entries.

[J.T.]

2 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

Where? I already went through the TCM entries.

They are on the schedule for the morning of 1 November, but are still considered to be part of the Halloween night programming, I guess.

12:49 AM  EDT - Metropolis (1926)

03:45 AM EDT - Vampyr (1932)

05:15 AM EDT - Haxan (1922)

[Curt McGirt]

Ah, I stopped after I saw Blow Out on the guide. Then again that DOES have an incredibly sinister John Lithgow performance as a killer. 

[J.T.]

Yeah, I consider Blow-Out to be a political thriller, but Lithgow's unhinged performance as the assassin is really great.  He is a scary dude when he's dialed into his role.

[Curt McGirt]

Yeah. It's a shame Raising Cain was so jumbled because he did another great job with a villain there. And of course there's the Dexter role. The "clean-up" role in Blow Out though, that's the crown jewel. The scene where he strangles the woman in I believe a bathroom stall is perfect. 

[J.T.]

11 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

 The "clean-up" role in Blow Out though, that's the crown jewel. The scene where he strangles the woman in I believe a bathroom stall is perfect. 

Yeah, that scene where the hooker does her thing in the phone booth with the sailor before being garotted in the bathroom by Lithgow is gonna be awkward.

[odessasteps]

Phibes leads off horror stuff on TCM at 2000 ET. 

[J.T.]

Antlers was very eh, unfortunately.  I like the story of the teacher with the troubled past trying to help the troubled youth and the veiled comparison with the curse of the Wendigo to the opium crisis (the movie is set in Oregon), but the pacing of the movie is way off and relies too much on the Magical Native American trope to get the story going.

And for once I'd like a "The End" instead of "The End?" in a horror film.  What this movie needed was a sound conclusion and they opted for the usual twist.  Not good. 

I am up at the ass end of the morning watching Haxan.  The local television guide did not have the correct entry so I was afraid my DVR would screw up.  GamesRadar's list of the 15 Best Witch Movies does not include Blair Witch Project or Haxan so it is total bullshit.

Edited November 1, 2021 by J.T.

[J.T.]

AMC+ has episodes 4,5, and 6 of Creepshow S3 available on demand.  Not sure when they will post the entire season.

[J.T.]

The Devil's Light

Directed by Daniel Stamm

• Jacqueline Byers as Sister Ann
• Virginia Madsen as Dr. Peters
• Ben Cross as Cardinal Matthews
• Colin Salmon as Father Quinn

New release date is 11 Februrary.

[J.T.]

No, the trailer for Jordan Peele's upcoming movie, Nope, did not leak on Paramount+.  Someone is cutting footage from episodes of the new Twilight Zone and uploading them to the interwebs.

[Lawful Metal]

4 hours ago, J.T. said:

Antlers was very eh, unfortunately.  I like the story of the teacher with the troubled past trying to help the troubled youth and the veiled comparison with the curse of the Wendigo to the opium crisis (the movie is set in Oregon), but the pacing of the movie is way off and relies too much on the Magical Native American trope to get the story going.

And for once I'd like a "The End" instead of "The End?" in a horror film.  What this movie needed was a sound conclusion and they opted for the usual twist.  Not good. 

I am up at the ass end of the morning watching Haxan.  The local television guide did not have the correct entry so I was afraid my DVR would screw up.  GamesRadar's list of the 15 Best Witch Movies does not include Blair Witch Project or Haxan so it is total bullshit.

This is all so disappointing.  Trailer looked awesome, and the source material short story is fan-fucking-tastic.  All my kids read it and agreed that it's really, really good.  And it had a great concrete ending.  I understand having to add here or cut stuff here when adapting, but why change the core story dynamic?

Original short story "The Quiet Boy" by Nick Antosca -- https://www.guernicamag.com/the-quiet-boy/

[New Blood]

Here are my Top 100 favorite horror films.  Just to get more films in the list, I tried to keep it one film per series/franchise with one exception (Halloween III).

100. The Autopsy of Jane Doe [2016]
99. Burial Ground [1980]
98. Baba Yaga [1973]
97. The Crazies [1973]
96. Audition [1999]
95. Gozu [2003]
94. Black Roses [1988]
93. Tucker and Dale vs Evil [2010]
92. Sugar Hill [1974]
91. Nightmare [1981]
90. Dead & Buried [1981]
89. Blood and Black Lace [1964]
88. Amityville II: The Possession [1982]
87. House by the Cemetery [1982]
86. Mountaintop Motel Massacre [1982]
85. Blood Rage [1987]
84. The Mutilator [1984]
83. Night of the Demons [1988]
82. Re-Animator [1985]
81. The Conjuring [2013]
80. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [2006]
79. The Poughkeepsie Tapes [2007]
78. Lake Mungo [2008]
77. The Wicker Man [1973]
76. Slumber Party Massacre II [1987]
75. Who Can Kill a Child? [1976]
74. Witchfinder General [1968]
73. What Have You Done to Solange? [1972]
72. Burnt Offerings [1976]
71. Nosferatu the Vampyre [1979]
70. Race with the Devil [1975]
69. Grave Encounters [2011]
68. Let the Right One In [2008]
67. Pieces [1981]
66. The Devil Rides Out [1968]
65. Alice Sweet Alice [1976]
64. Cat People [1942]
63. The Blair Witch Project [1999]
62. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death [1971]
61. Eraserhead [1977]
60. City of the Dead [1960]
59. Angst [1983]
58. Possession [1981]
57. Society [1989]
56. Frankenstein [1931]
55. Jigoku [1960]
54. My Bloody Valentine [1981]
53. The Haunting [1963]
52. Kwaidan [1965]
51. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974]
50. Pumpkinhead [1988]
49. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh [1971]
48. Creepshow [1982]
47. Don’t Go in the House [1980]
46. Mandy [2018]
45. City of the Living Dead [1980]
44. Day of the Dead [1985]
43. Tombs of the Blind Dead [1985]
42. The Curse of Frankenstein [1957]
41. The Fog [1980]
40. Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key [1972]
39. All the Colors of the Dark [1972]
38. Don’t Look Now [1973]
37. From Beyond [1986]
36. The House on Haunted Hill [1959]
35. The House of the Devil [2008]
34. Carrie [1976]
33. Tourist Trap [1979]
32. The Witch [2016]
31. The Black Belly of the Tarantula [1971]
30. The House with the Laughing Windows [1976]
29. Don’t Torture a Duckling [1972]
28. Martyrs [2008]
27. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1986]
26. Halloween III: Season of the Witch [1982]
25. Trick R Treat [2007]
24. Martin [1976]
23. Torso [1973]
22. Demons [1985]
21. Black Christmas [1974]
20. The Changeling [1980]
19. Deep Red [1975]
18. The Brood [1979]
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984]
16. Alien [1979]
15. Phantasm [1979]
14. The Return of the Living Dead [1985]
13. Videodrome [1983]
12. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [1984]
11. Suspiria [1977]
10. Maniac [1980]
9. Tenebre [1982]
8. Halloween [1978]
7. The Thing [1982]
6. The Exorcist [1973]
5. The Beyond [1981]
4. The Evil Dead [1981]
3. Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]
2. The Shining [1980]
1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974]

Edited November 1, 2021 by New Blood

[jaedmc]

I got in 31 spooky movies for the season.

One surprise was a flick called SEANCE, which is on Shudder. Has a very late 90's slasher movie revival(the good and the bad) mixed with that A24 minimalist aesthetic. It's got surprisingly fun climax that I'll remember for a long time.

[Curt McGirt]

21 hours ago, New Blood said:

Here are my Top 100 favorite horror films.  Just to get more films in the list, I tried to keep it one film per series/franchise with one exception (Halloween III).

Night of the Living Dead not being an exception is not acceptable.  Otherwise, very nice list. Your affinity for the second Hellraiser is interesting, does it have something that particularly stands out to you? 

Top ten for me is probably

NOTLD

Texas Chainsaw

Alien

Phantasm

Inferno

Maniac

The Haunting (1963)

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

The House by the Cemetery

The Fog

EDIT: Oooo, this is a downer, but I could flip The Fog for Witchfinder General. Then again you could categorize it as a period drama as much as a horror film, so The Fog would definitely win that contest. 

OR I could go "how low can you go" and say Mark of the Devil which in all honesty I probably like more than Witchfinder General. Yeah, I know I'm terrible. 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Curt McGirt

[odessasteps]

I presume people consider Psycho a thriller and not a horror movie? 

[Curt McGirt]

It's horror. So is Silence of the Lambs and Seven, for that matter. You just never see them come up probably because of their popularity.

[J.T.]

3 hours ago, odessasteps said:

I presume people consider Psycho a thriller and not a horror movie? 

That presumption is incorrect.

[Curt McGirt]

To elaborate further (I was on the phone earlier), I think those films aren't seen as fully in the genre as much as they truly are due to that popularity, or perhaps plain old familiarity. I know making that list I didn't think about them at all even though they are perfectly worthy of being in anyone's top ten or twenty or whatever. Seven is a film that I have a hard time watching certain scenes of and I am as hardened a viewer as any of us -- that is the test of a true horror movie for sure. 

[odessasteps]

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Joe Bob's going back to The Music Box in Chicago! Join Joe Bob in Chicago on December 16 as he hosts a Christmas double-feature SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT and SANTA'S SLAY! He'll also be available for autographs and merch before and after the show. Tickets now on sale!

 

[Curt McGirt]

Yeah boy. Might end up going to that with friends. Be good to see him live again, last time was at a horror con where he did commentary over I Spit On Your Grave. The man is very, very tall...

[J.T.]

I forgot to applaud New Blood for some of the picks on his list.  Tourist Trap is an underloved classic and we will not discuss the crush I had on Marki Bey as an adolescent that made me keep Sugar Hill on my DVR as an adult for a year until I found a bootleg DVD copy.