3rd Annual Horror-tober fest begins!

You think I would be sick of doing this, but I am not! I even find myself counting down the days to the fest all through September. Last year I was unemployed and thought that I would have the time to complete every post, but I did not. So as a special treat, I have created a list of all that I watched, on the days that I watched them, and the ratings for each with a short description of what I thought. Now that I am fully-employed, it may be even more difficult to complete these this year, but that won't stop me from watching all that I can! 

In the meantime, here is a friendly reminder of what the categories are:

Supernatural Sunday Is almost a little too general, but it was hard to think of something that would fit ghosts, witches, vampires, etc. Anything otherworldly that doesn't necessarily fall into any of the other categories.

Zombday I decided that since zombies have (really, always have been) so popular, they should have their own day. And since they don't really rhyme or alliterate with the other days, they just take over the whole day. As they would if there was a real zombie apocalypse. BRAINS! 

Transcontinental Tuesday This was a hard one to come up with. I wanted a day for Foreign horror movies since they are just as good (and often better) than American, but like zombies, foreign doesn't really fit with any of the days. Hence, transcontinental.

Wacky Wednesday Not all horror movies fit into one genre, and not all are serious. So this one was borne out of a need to fit those odd, so-terrible-they-are-funny, fun, and even "childish" movies. A few examples would be; Shaun of the Dead, Hocus Pocus, and Troll 2. But none of those will be on this day as I have also created:

Throwback Thursday In which I will watch movies I have previously seen. They may be some of my favorites, as the aforementioned. Or ones I haven't seen in a number of years, even decades, and wish to enjoy again or wonder why I even watched them in the first place. 

Creature-Feature Friday For all things monster and creepy-crawly. 'Nough said. 

Slasher Saturday Also kind of enough in the title. Slasher's make up a large percentage of the horror genre, and this is a day for them all! EDIT: I have a few "Thrillers" on my list that don't really fit into any of the other categories, so I will probably include some on this day as well as on Sunday. All in all, I make the rules and can do whatever I want, so there! 

Here we go again boys and ghouls!

And as promised, last year's list:

1 - Bad Milo! 2.5 skulls - Stress gives you a killer anus monster. Not great but not too bad either.

2 - Day of the Dead 3.5 skulls - Soldiers are jerks, and get what they deserve in the end. Like, but don't love.  

3 - Orca: The Killer Whale - 2 skulls - Don't fuck with orcas. Was interesting, but pretty hokey and far-fetched.3

4 - You're Next - 4 skulls - Kick ass female lead and some funny gore. Liked it a lot.

5 - The Woman in Black - 3 skulls - Decent, moody ghost story.

6 - Night of the Creeps - 3 skulls - Aliens unleash brain eating slugs that turn people into zombies. Good 80's gore, worth a watch.

7 - Pulse - 3.5 skulls - Psychological, social commentary. Quite spooky and thought-provoking.

8 - Dead Heat - 3.5 skulls - Treat Williams, Vincent Price, and reanimated meat. What more could you ask for?!

9 - Event Horizon - 4.5 skulls - Sci-fi horror on a level with Hellraiser. Aesthetically pleasing to the eye and honestly creepy.

10 - Aberration - 1 skull - Mutated geckos. In the US. In a snowstorm. Nope.

11 - Halloween - 3 skulls - Decent remake of an iconic horror franchise.

12 - The Conjuring - 3.5 skulls - Good scares and story, but too long.

13 - Stalled - 2 skulls - Trapped by zombies in a bathroom stall at a business holiday party. Funny but not great.

14 - Thale - 3.5 skulls - Mysterious Norwegian fairy tale creature. That's all I got for you. 

15 - Dead & Breakfast - 2 skulls - Raucous, musical horror comedy. S'alright.

16 - Dog Soldiers - 4.5 skulls - Still one of my favorite werewolf horror movies. Funny and great effects for low budget. I also adore most of Neil Marshall's films.

17 - V/H/S 2 - 3 skulls - Zombies, demons, and aliens. Oh my!

18 - Would You Rather? - 4 skulls - Torture porn with Jeffrey Combs (Re-animator) as a sadistic millionaire offering desperate people, or just people down on their luck, money if they play his little game and survive. Actually quite good.

19 - Vamp - 2.5 skulls - Grace Jones. As a vampire! But just ok. 

20 - World War Z - 2 skulls - I just still can't handle how this has the same title as one of the best zombie books ever, yet is so bad. More of an action movie than a horror in my opinion and stupid special effects.

21 - Human Centipede - 3 skulls - One that was on my list for awhile, and I surprisingly enjoyed it. It was gross, but not as bad as I had originally imagined. I definitely do not think that I will be watching any of the sequels, it was just too good by itself and like the Saw  franchise, the sequels are probably terrible. 

22 - Transylvania 6-5000 - 2 skulls - Yet, another silly 80s romp, and with a song of the same title at the roll of the credits. 

23 - Thirteen Ghosts - 4 skulls - Another one of my favorites from my teen years. A remake of the William Castle original, but with its own take on the story. 

24 - Sharknado - 1.5 skulls - I had to give it a shot, right? Right? Nope. I sometimes really do not like movies that are purposely made to be terrible. Sometimes they are fine, but in general, they are not. And this was one of those cases. However, I did like the costumes that people began to make after this movie, but they have grown old at this point.  

25 - The Town that Dreaded Sundown - 2 skulls - One that slipped my radar until I read about the remake that was coming out. It was alright and not terribly memorable. 

26 - Dead Silence - 2.5 skulls - I missed this one on purpose when I was working at the video store. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, but I still didn't like it. 

27 - The Returned  - 3.5 skulls - After the apocalypse, those that were zombies are cured and "returned." But the life-saving drug and is running out and tensions arise between the living and the "returned." I was pleasantly surprised by this one and felt that it had a good over-arching story and different take on the post- post-zombie apocalypse theme. 

28 - Muoi - 3 skulls - Long lost friends come together once more. A story about a haunted portrait. I don't remember too much. I remembered liking it enough to give it 3 skulls though. 

29 - Wolf of Washington - N/A skulls - I can't justify giving this one skulls because I fell asleep watching it and did not attempt to rewatch it. Probably somewhere between 1 and 2.5 though. 

30 - Cabin in the Woods - 5 skulls - This one has everything, and plays with the genre in such a delightfully clever way. I don't often give movies 5 skulls, but this one SO deserves it. 

31 - HALLOWEEN! This day was a mix of a few different movies, that I watched before going out to some parties. Not worth listing them all, but there were a few I hadn't watched in a really long time and a few classics I watch every year.  

Happy horror watching!