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[MONTH OF HORROR] The Bridge Curse

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Missed a day! Got sick! And this week isn’t looking good for catching up.

Thank goodness for watching two movies in one day. I’m still on track for a perfect 31.

Anyway, The Bridge Curse is about a group of young college students wanting to set up a test of courage for their Juniors. Unfortunately for them, they themselves perform the ritual wrong and that unleashes a vindictive ghost.

It’s… okay. Everything works until the twist at the end, then the whole thing goes to pot. Oh well. Kinda good, and I kinda liked it, but I’m not seeing it again.

17 reviews in 17 days. Looking good.

[MONTH OF HORROR] Killdozer!

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Killdozer! is about an alien force stalking construction workers on a remote island. It takes over a bulldozer and kills Spencer: For Hire. What will Captain Sisko say?

Okay, that’s enough pop culture references. It’s a decent little TV movie based on a Theodore Sturgeon novella. I watched a lousy copy of it on YouTube, only to find a pristine one not five minutes after finishing the review for the sister site, also on YouTube.

This is my life.

Anyway, as I said last post, the Friday the 13th review is finished and scheduled. I now have 16 reviews out of the hoped for 31. I’ve been writing every day and feel pretty good.

[MONTH OF HORROR] The Conference and a Summation of the Second Week

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Wow, that’s bleeding edge reviewing right there. The Conference came out yesterday and I’ve reviewed today.

And the review pops up next year.

In February.

Might want to move that forward.

Anyways, The Conference has a group of municipal workers gathering for a, get this, conference. Unfortunately for them the very thing they’re discussing, a brand new mall, has someone mad enough to see every one there dead.

Swedish Slasher flick. One of the best I’ve ever seen. Might knock down The Prowler from that perch I had it on.

And now for our second feature. The week that was in viewing order. The numbers beside the titles are when the films pop up over on Welltun Cares Reviews. The order might change on whim. Especially since I think The Conference should pop up a wee bit sooner.

Also I didn’t review the short films for the sister site. And I’m still reworking Friday the 13th.

  • Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes [12-22-23]
  • V/H/S/99 [12-29-23]
  • V/H/S/85 [01-05-24]
  • The House of Seven Corpses [01-12-24]
  • Evil Dead Trap [01-19-24]
  • One Dark Night [01-26-24]
  • The Other Side of the Box [Short Film]
  • The Chair [Short Film]
  • Stalled [Short Film]
  • Friday the 13th [??-??-??]
  • The Conference [02-02-24]

Next is the obligatory pointless Awards for the week:

Best Movie of the Week: The Conference. Best slasher flick I’ve seen. Might even be one of the best Horror flicks, too.

Best Anthology of the Week: V/H/S/85. V/H/S/99 was pretty good, too.

Worst Movie of the Week: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes. Such a waste of potential.

Biggest Disappointment: The House of Seven Corpses. Man, that should have been better.

Newest Film Watched: The Conference. Came out yesterday.

Oldest Film Watched: The House of Seven Corpses

Best Use of Past Their Prime Star: One Lonely Night, for getting Adam West paid.

Movie I Liked that I Probably Shouldn’t: Evil Dead Trap. Though I do like worse.

Movie I Wouldn’t Have Expected to Watch This Month: Friday the 13th. I wasn’t going to watch a movie I had a review for. And yet. Special nod goes to the shorts, as I wasn’t going to watch them, either.

[MONTH OF HORROR] The Other Side of the Box/The Chair/Stalled/Friday the 13th

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I may or may not have taken the day off for making a buffer for the sister site. As this was Friday the 13th it seemed appropriate to watch the movie. I have it as a Golden Oldie that hasn’t been reposted and I’ve been delaying it because a.) my thoughts on the movie have changed since writing it and b.) I wanted a rewatched because of the former reason. Rewatch accomplished, I’m thinking of rewriting everything except maybe the Viewing Thoughts section. Then it gets a repost. Maybe on the next Friday the 13th.

This is, of course, the original film and not the remake. While I didn’t hate that sucker I never had the calling to watch it again. Which is, of course, telling.

I watched several other short flicks today to make up for the potential day off. All three are on YouTube.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOX

A man brings over a box for his estranged friend.

One of the problems I had last year watching shorts was how similar they all seemed to be. This one takes its premise and runs with it. Very good work, with good acting. Sort of wish I watched it last year instead of the questionable one I did watch.

The Chair

A young man brings home the wrong chair.

Our previous flick had rules behind it’s supernatural and played with them more or less fair. This one has no such grounding. It’s a chaotic plot where the viewer isn’t quite sure what’s going on. Which, considering that’s exactly what our protagonist is feeling, is just fine. Great little flick. Might have been the best of the night, in fact, had it not been for…

Stalled

A jerk of a business man finds himself trapped in a time paradox.

This isn’t Horror at all, but it’s too much fun not to mention. You’re left with some questions at the end, but all in all a good time is had. If you can only watch one of these shorts, make it this one.

[MONTH OF HORROR] One Dark Night

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A young woman’s desperation to join a group of girls leads to a nasty hazing prank. Which, frankly, seems to be the typical way things turn out.

Adam West makes an appearance in this one. I didn’t make any Batman jokes while watching it (not even to think of this film as One Dark Knight, which is clever enough so that I wish I thought of it.) I just thought he was rather wasted in the part.

Then I learn this was a lean period for him where he wasn’t getting much work at all. Now I’m glad he got a pay check.

Decent flick, by the by. Ends with an interesting use of the living dead. Could have been better, could have been worse.

Day 12 now is finished. I have 13 films done. Tomorrow’s, should I write it, will pop up on the sister site in February.

Nice buffer I’ve got going for me.

[MONTH OF HORROR] Evil Dead Trap

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There isn’t any Evil Dead in this film, but it is a kind of a trap for a young reporter and her brave little team of investigators. It’s a very mean film and I’m not sure why I like it. But there you go. I have no taste.

This puts us at 12 reviews total. I’ve gotten through the rest of this year and most of January. So far the project’s worked a wee bit better than expected.

There are a few reviews that need touched up. Oh, and for the record I rewrote the one for The House of Seven Corpse. I decided I needed to go in more depth there.

Might have to do that again.

No idea what tomorrow will bring.

[MONTH OF HORROR] The House of Seven Corpses

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Wow. That was a disappointment.

The House of Seven Corpses is about a film crew who are filming in a murder house. One recital from the Book of the Dead and… well, it takes more than one reading. And it takes most of the movie before the killing starts…

I can’t say I was bored, but the end was so nonsensical…

I dunno. Waste of a good cast, I think.

Anyways, the review for this is done and the review for V/H/S/85 is done. Though there may be… reworkings. What I have will work, but there’s a doubt.

So far, ten days down, twenty one to go, eleven reviews written.

[MONTH OF HORROR] V/H/S/99 & V/H/S/85

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So I watched two movies today. What of it?

The V/H/S series is a Found Footage anthology that’s near and dear to my heart. These are the newest entries in the series. I hadn’t intended to watch them for this marathon, but Brother Todd expressed an interest.

To give a brief review, V/H/S/99 is the weaker of the two, though it arguably has the best story. That particular story was created by the same people who did the awesome Deadstream. Well worth watching just for that. The poor segments won’t hurt too bad.

Anyway, I’ve finished the review for V/H/S/99 and still have one to do for V/H/S/85. So we’re at 9/31, perhaps 10/31. Being a wee bit ahead is good, as every other Month of Horror I’ve burned out before the end.

[MONTH OF HORROR] Curse of the Doll People and a Summation of the First Week

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Okay, tonight’s feature was Curse of the Doll People, a rip off of A. Merritt’s classic Burn, Witch, Burn. It was okay, I guess. Little doll monsters, an interesting Zombie, and a bad guy who was dumb as a post.

This marks the seventh review I’ve written as a buffer for the sister site. That’s 7/31.

And now the week’s summation. Here’s what I watched, with the scheduled dates for the full reviews. This may change–it’s a lot of Horror one after the other and I might want to through in some Sci Fi or Fantasy. Or a Golden Oldie.

Speaking of which, the week gaps you’ll see are where I already had Golden Oldies in place.

Anyways, in watch order:

  • As Above, So Below (10/13/23)
  • Demons (10/27/23)
  • Demons 2 (11/10/23)
  • Man Made Monster* (11/24/23)
  • The Comedy of Terror (12/1/23)
  • The Church (12/8/23)
  • The Curse of the Doll People (12/15/23)

Next is the obligatory pointless Awards for the week:

Best Movie of the Week: As Above, So Below. Hands down the best one. The Comedy of Terror comes close.

Worst Movie of the Week: Man Made Monster.

Best Pizza Shlock: Demons 2. Almost wrote Demons by mistake.

Biggest Surprise: Man Made Monster is my first full review since I believe February. Which is nice. As Above, So Below being as good as it is gets it a mention here. Also in the running is The Church, which I honestly believed was Demons 3 at one point (which it is, but not the point I thought.)

Newest Film Watched: As Above, So Below at 2014.

Oldest Film Watched: Man Made Monster at 1941.

Most Sophisticated a Film: The Comedy of Terror. It quotes Shakespeare and that instantly classes things up. Which, now that I think about it, would mean the American Version of King Kong Versus Godzilla would be sophisticated for the same reason. That’s just wrong.

Film Not Even Mentioned In Passing in These Awards Despite Having Its Name in the Title: The Curse of the Doll People. I was feeling guilty, alright?

One week down, three weeks and a few days to go. Will I make a full month?

Never have before…