Enjoyable ‘Hagsploitation’ from Hammer.
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Listening to the latest episode of Evolution of Horror podcast about Poor Things & The Substance, my favourite films of their respective years.
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Here we go lads 
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Going to the scream unseen tonight (a mystery horror screening), really hoping the film will be Obsession, it’s probably my second most anticipated film of the year
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The scream unseen was Obsession. That was one of the most shocking, horrifying and yet BEST films I have ever seen. My legs are still shaking a little
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So I decided to treat myself with an old-fashioned 80’s horror, and it surely didn’t dissapoint! It also weirdly fitted right into my streak of thrillers in confined spaces as the film mostly takes place in a movie theater
Really interested in what Lamberto Bava did in the sequel 
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Thought I’d share my film watching plans for October here, since I plan on doing as many horror films as I can for the spooky season
So far I have a list of films on a wheel that I’ll spin every time I want to watch something. The list so far consists of
Frogman, Halloween (2007), Swallowed, Sleepaway Camp, The Thing, The Last House on the Left, The Stranger: Breach of the Peace, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead (2013), A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), Psycho Killer, Faces of Death (2026), Insidious 3, House of 1000 Corpses, and a whole bunch of the scarier Godzilla and Kaiju related films that I was watching anyway as part of my ‘2026 Kaiju Odyssey’
Most of these I haven’t picked for any particular reason, other than a few franchises that I’m yet to finish off
I also like to do big marathons of horror franchises a few times a year. After doing Friday the 13th in February and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in July, I’ll be watching the entire Phantasm franchise start to finish some day towards the end of October
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While it’s not a movie, since Knights of Guinevere episode 2 drops on Oct 9th, I’ll definitely be watching that in October.
For anyone that hasn’t watched it, I do feel like going to GLITCH’s youtube channel and watching the pilot and episode 2 (when it comes out) would be appropriate Halloween fare. (Definitely has enough mechanical body horror…)
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My friend and I continued with our Halloweens this weekend, with 3 and 4. 4 was much better than we were expecting, probably only second to the original so far.
3 was. Uhm. Weirdly racist against the Irish? The main character was veryy quick to conclude that the town with a factory owned by an Irish guy in a predominanty Irish town was actually a company town, and hostile to outsiders. And that the precursor to Halloween in Ireland thousands of years ago actually featured a bunch of child sacrifices? And they’re itching to do it again? This was presented intermingled with actual fun facts/trivia about pre-Halloween in a way that definitely felt like it was a true belief of the author, and not something made up for the plot. And the plot was also bad. And the main character was worse (a lame divorced dad who doesn’t know anything about his kids, and constantly hits on/touches every woman he comes across. Gross.)
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Given the previews of episode two, plenty of human gore as well.
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I’m trying my 13 Decades of Halloween marathon again.
Over the weekend I watched a bunch of Georges Melies shorts, including the first ‘horror film’ for the 1900s, and Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde from 1913 for the 1910s.
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Just watched Obsession
Wow that was… a lot! 
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Continuing on my marathon I just watched a handful of old school Disney shorts for the 1920s, including the forever classic The Skeleton Dance
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Halloween’s nearly here which means it’s time for me to watch all three versions of Salem’s Lot. I’ve got too, otherwise the Master will nibble me neck.
The 1979 TV Movie is probably my favourite ever horror outing. It scared the absolute sh*te outta me when I first watched it on the Beeb in the early Eighties. I’d innocently stumbled into it thinking it might have some connection to Starsky And Hutch, as it starred Hutch himself, David Soul, who appeared to be helping some small town locals search for a missing youngster.
Then the whole thing turned a bit vampiric and I didn’t sleep properly for weeks.
Scrub that, images and moments from this movie haunted me for years. The kids scratching at the window, Mike Ryerson’s night time return, Marjorie Glicks’ reawakening and of course, the main man himself, Mr Barlow. He absolutely terrified me, the best Nosferatu type vampire ever…even if the teeth are a bit unwieldy. He’s only on screen for about 90 seconds, if that, which is small change from a three hour run time, but by Jimminy he certainly makes quite the impression.
The 2004 version gets a lot of flack but I like it. Many unfairly compared it to the 79 original at the time, which is inevitable I guess, but this is entirely its own distinct, and slightly more accurate, interpretation of Stephen King’s source novel. I like the snowy, wintery backdrop; Rob Lowe’s more cynical rendering of our protagonist, Ben Mears; the greater detail it lends other characters and the more book accurate Mr Barlow. He’s a different beast entirely here, forgoing startling aesthetics for eerie manipulation and magnetic charm.
I’ve yet to watch the 2024 version in its entirety, but the little I saw sat comfortably with me. Again it’s putting its own spin on the material, albeit in far more more condensed two hour run time. Mr Barlow is a clear, if weaker, nod to the 79 version, but it’s nice to see the story relocated back to that decade, as it somehow feels more appropriate. I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into it. Groan.
Oh I won’t be including 1987’s Return To Salem’s Lot though, as it has little or no connection to the original novel or TV movie. It’s an interesting idea for a film mind, mixing vampires and satire into a commentary on 80’s America, but I want to keep this bloodline pure, so it’s only the three for me.
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For the 1930s I went with the Bride of Frankenstein.
Does it woobifiy Dr. Frankenstein too much and undermine the pathos and irony of the og film? Yes.
But it’s worth it to have more of Boris Karrlof’s monster and the new villain for the film is just the right level of camp.
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My family joined me on the next leg of the marathon. We watched Arsenic and Old Lace for the 1940s portion.
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Great film. Watched it earlier this year.
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