Official Halloween Countdown Horror Thread yr6

Continued my nightly horror film with The Midnight Meat Train! Loved it. So gory!

I went to the Weekend of Horrors last weekend in Burbank to promote our movie, it was a bust for the most part though. A few horror celebs were there, and we talked to some cool people, but overall it was dead, very few new horror films were being promoted, mainly just rereleases of old stuff were being promoted, the whole thing felt very downtrodden. That was all last weekend.

This weekend is the premiere of our film The Black Box, getting psyched for that, should be a fun weekend.

Since I've been gone, watched these horror/genre movies:

Trick R Treat- Checked it out on Blu Ray for the first time, looks/sounds awesome, just a great anthology film, quickly becoming a classic in my book.

Madman - I always watched Madman with all the other early 80's slashers pretty close together, but watching it last week, man is the first half of that movie slow. Seriously, they waste 45 minutes of that movie on useless plot, the last 45 are the only minutes that really matter. Cool movie nonetheless, some awesome kills, but I found it strange I never noticed how slow the first half was before.

Doomsday - Really just a mash-up of like 25 different movies, but that's what makes it a blast. Not a great movie by any means, but mountains of fun, Rhona Mitra's ass artfully framed the entire movie, and Bob Hoskins hamming it up. Great stuff, tons of really awesome gore.

Predators - Had bottom barrel expectations for this, but it was, like Doomsday, fun, without being a great movie. Yeah, it's basically a rehash of Predator with more Predators, and a different class of soldiers, on a new planet. Liked all the cool Predator stuff, wish they had spent more time with the Predators, but they didn't, so I'm over it. Nimrod Antal's overall bland style shines through in more than a few places, but the quick pace keeps it moving. In a word, enjoyable.

Super Mario Brothers - Not a horror film per se, but it kind of was in 1994 if you were a kid that loved Super Mario Bros. Tons of awesome make up, tons of bad dialogue, really hammy acting from both Leguizamo and Hoskins, and especially Hopper, the king of the hams. Still a ton of fun, especially with 16 years of perspective.

Watched the A Nightmare On Elm Street remake tonight. Love it.

Dead Snow! STILL need to see that. Ive been trying to get horror movies in my Q for this month but I kinda started to slack. Finally got The Square in the mail which I have been DIEING to see.

Will be finishing off my Saw marathon with part 6 tonight.

Ill have to set some time aside to watch it.

what exactly did you love about it?

being totally honest here, want to hear how you came upon that conclusion after watching it, because i think it's safe to say most people (myself included) loathe the remake.

although, i also like a lot of terrible movies. not knocking your style, just want to hear what you liked about it.

to each their own but any man with james franco in their signature is okay by me.

couldnt agree more about trick r treat, Sam Hain! just the perfect halloween movie.

so what is everyone dressing up as for halloween? anyone have any cool plans? Im going to the Chiller horror convention on saturday then to an old church that was turned into a club at night in costume. Im going as Radu from subspecies. Halloween im going to see saw, then watching the original Halloween then ending the night with The Walking Dead!

so what is everyone else up to?

Nothing for me on Halloween. I probably will end up working.