20 September 2011

Six Weeks of Halloween 2011

Frank's Lament
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Movies WatchedEpisodes Watched
Antfarm Dickhole (2011)
Bad Biology (2008)
Basket Case (1982)
Basket Case 2 (1990)
Basket Case 3 (1992)
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Blood Beach (1980)
Blood Car (2007)
Brain Damage (1988)
Cemetery Man (1994)
Critters (1986)
Dark House (2009)
Dead & Buried (1981)
Dead Alive (1992)
Demons (1985)
The Exorcist (1973)
Fertile Ground (2011)
51 (2011)
Fragile (2005)
Frankenhooker (1990)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Ghoulies (1985)
Grimm Love (2006)
Halloween (1978)
Hannibal (2001)
Hannibal Rising (2007)
The Haunting (2009)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Hellraiser: Revelations (2011)
Hunger (2009)
Husk (2011)
The Innocents (1961)
Let Me In (2010)
Manhunter (1986)
Pig Hunt (2008)
The Prowl (2010)
Psych:9 (2010)
Q (1982)
Red Dragon (2002)
Red State (2011)
Road Kill (2010)
Scream of the Banshee (2011)
Seconds Apart (2011)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Spirits of the Dead: "Toby Dammit" (1968)
Stag Night (2008)
Stake Land (2010)
The Task (2010)
The Tomb (2009)
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)
The Ward (2010)
Willard (1971)
You Can't Rent Here Anymore (2010)
Fear Itself: "Skin and Bones" (2008)
The Munsters: "Bronco-Bustin' Munster"(1965)
The Munsters: "Happy 100th Anniversary" (1965)
The Munsters: "Herman's Child Psychology" (1965)
The Munsters: "Herman's Happy Valley" (1965)
The Munsters: "Herman's Raise" (1965)
The Munsters: "Herman, the Master Spy" (1965)
The Munsters: "Herman, Coach of the Year" (1965)
The Munsters: "Herman Munster, Shutter Bug" (1965)
The Munsters: "Hot Rod Herman" (1965)
The Munsters: "Lily's Star Boarder" (1965)
The Munsters: "Lily Munster - Girl Model" (1965)
The Munsters: "Munster the Magnificent" (1965)
The Munsters: "Operation Herman" (1965)
The Munsters: "Yes, Galen, There Is a Herman" (1965)
The Real Ghostbusters: "Halloween II 1/2" (1987)
The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (2011)
Tales from the Darkside: "Inside the Closet" (1984)
Tales from the Darkside: "Mookie and Pookie" (1984)
Tales from the Darkside: "Slippage" (1984)
The Walking Dead: "Days Gone By" (2010)
The Walking Dead: "Guts" (2010)
The Walking Dead: "Tell It to the Frogs" (2010)
The Walking Dead: "TS-19" (2010)
The Walking Dead: "Vatos" (2010)
The Walking Dead: "Wildfire" (2010)
The X-Files: "Home" (1996)

Halloweentime is my favorite six weeks of the year.  The skittering of dead leaves on the ground, the scent of mulled cider cooking on the stove and the appearance of plastic, severed heads at the local grocery store all contribute to a season like no other.

Here, I'll write about the flicks I watch throughout my forty-two day fest.  My goal is to watch at least one movie a day... if not more.  To that end, I've got a metric ton of horror front-loaded in my Netflix queue and more sitting on my shelves and hard drives.

My viewing plans include keeping up with this year's crop of Horrorfest movies, now dubbed the After Dark Originals, and the two new Ghost House Underground offerings.  Likewise, I've got to catch up with last year's Fangoria Frightfest films.  I'm also looking forward to checking out The Ward, Stake Land, I Saw the Devil, and Let Me In.  And, as per tradition, I've got to watch both Trick 'r Treat and the original Halloween.

Outside of the film-watchin', I'll be attending two horror conventions this season.  I love the hell out of these things.  There's nothing quite like being surrounded by hundreds of fellow horror nuts (it's black T-shirts as far as the eye can see).  On October 1st, it's Cinema Wasteland.  There, I need to shake Frank Henenlotter's hand and thank him for the wondrous insanity of Brain Damage. On October 29th, it'll be the first annual Flint Horror Con, where I've got to buy more of Steve Jencks' awesome horror movie poster interpretations.

So, feel free to stop on by from time to time and leave a comment.  And, if you've got movie recommendations, leave those here too.

Let Six Weeks of Halloween IX Begin!

3 comments:

  1. Oh man, I was really worried you weren't going to post this year. Great to hear from you again, Rex!

    I actually just attended my first horror con this past weekend, "Monster-Mania 20" in Baltimore. I had a great time and have written all about it over on my blog.

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  2. Woohoo!

    I'll be checking out The Ward too! And continue avoiding Apollo 18!

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  3. I'm so excited for 6WH this year. I think I'll have some overlap with you on this year's marathon too... Looking forward to your writups! And I'm going to Fantastic Fest later this week... So very excited!

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