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31 Days of Horror
THE CINEMASTERS PRESENT
Every October, Adam watches a horror movie a day and lives to write about it. This is the complete written archive.
31 DAYS OF HORROR
2025
Werewolves
I don’t think I can really point to what it is that draws me towards movies of the werewolf variety. I don’t have a penchant for them like I’ve collected them all and fawn over them regularly. I think if I had to point to a classic monster character though, I do gravitate towards the wolfman for some reason so I’ve had a strange sort of affinity for films that …
ENTER IF YOU DAREM3GAN 2.0
If you go to the Halloween tab on the Peacock app, you’ll find this one prominently displayed. I had heard good things about this movie but that maybe that horror classification was a bit borderline. I’ve been wanting to watch this flick for a while but have been sitting on it since I knew the 31 days was coming up. Werewolves edged it out on day 1 because I’ve waited …
ENTER IF YOU DAREUntil Dawn
The motivation for today’s selection was to keep things fresh with a new release. The last two picks have been from last year and this year and I’ve really enjoyed the presentation value of modern horror done well. I know I’ve got some truly awful movies on my list of decades gone by and those can be particularly difficult to sit through. Every now and then I’ve found a diamond …
ENTER IF YOU DARESpirit Halloween
One of the things that seems to happen each year is I stumble upon a time when necessity meets an obstacle. I’ve selected my total catalog based on a thorough scroll through all the streaming services I currently subscribe to. I went title by title to build up a backlog so when it came time to start picking out flicks to watch for Halloween I was prepped. I’ll take responsibility …
ENTER IF YOU DAREHow to Kill Monsters
I feel like it’s somehow inevitable that I stumble upon a low budget British horror movie every time I do this. Last year it was “Benny Loves You”. This year I’m learning how to kill monsters. I just sort of fall backwards into these things and while they aren’t just slam dunks, they have some redeeming qualities to them. Low budget doesn’t automatically mean crappy. But for every Blair Witch …
ENTER IF YOU DAREAlone in the Dark
There are some of you that read the title of this one and thought “Surely not that movie.” To that I say, yep. And don’t call me Shirley. That joke is a lot harder to pull off solely in text form. But I think I still did it. Let me also notate that by even dividing this entirely contrived audience into at least two make believe factions is a pretty …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Conference
If I’m being upfront about this movie, I felt like this was going to be something akin to the horror film “Thanksgiving” from 2023. I suppose I was judging the film by it’s thumbnail. The image of a corporate mascot, along with the context of the title framed the film for exactly what it was. It just also happened to be Swedish, which I did not anticipate. It did not …
ENTER IF YOU DAREHeretic
I debated whether or not I was going to watch this one. I remember when it came out, many raved about it. A24 has had that reputation for a while now of churning out these fancy horror movies. Not that they’re all great. But they’re different. It’s not that Criterion is removed from the horror genre as there are plenty of titles of that variety in it’s catalog. However, it’s …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Taking of Deborah Logan
I’ve seen the cover art for this film so many times that I finally had to give it a go. I legitimately judged this one by it’s cover because had I known it was a found footage movie, I very well may have passed on it. I’m not traditionally a fan of the genre. I know there are hidden gems here and there but the market got saturated, much like …
ENTER IF YOU DARE28 Years Later
I saw the initial entry of this franchise in theaters a great many years ago. I was a dedicated movie fan but I was nowhere near as informed on as many things as I am now. I was young. I didn’t know Danny Boyle well. I was just engrossed in zombie culture at the time and I was eager to check out 28 Days Later. It had a lot more …
ENTER IF YOU DAREI Know What You Did Last Summer
I was thinking today that I should clarify something. While I haven’t seen any of these movies that I’m watching, some of that is, at least partially, by design. I’m not necessarily volunteering to specifically watch bad movies. But many of these movies I have purposefully not watched because I had no interest in them initially. It wasn’t that I haven’t gotten around to them yet. I wasn’t saving them …
ENTER IF YOU DARESleepaway Camp
Yes, it’s true. This “classic” from 1983 has eluded me for the last 42 years. Until today. I suppose this could be somewhat of a throwback to the old “Whaaat?? You Haven’t Seen That???” feature we used to do back on the Cinemasters podcast heyday. Not that I would necessarily put this one up there with many of the other horror icons. So I will give myself a little leeway …
ENTER IF YOU DAREScooby Doo
Before things go too off the rails here, I’m grandfathering this one in because I needed something to watch with my kids. Now, my brain is a funny place to be sometimes. It just latches on to something and runs in a particular direction. The other night I was watching “The Life of Chuck” which I had recently received on disc. I quite enjoyed it from beginning to end. I …
ENTER IF YOU DAREFound Footage
Ok, so I know I kicked off my Deborah Logan review the other day by saying how much I’m not a fan of the subgenre known as found footage. I’m owning that. And technically, this one wasn’t even on my initial list either. But upon seeing the trailer, I was sold instantly on this movie. It’s one of the few horror comedies I saw out there that looked like it …
ENTER IF YOU DAREBody Bags
Today’s pick comes courtesy of a YouTube video I watched the other day about Halloween anthology movies. I don’t have a tremendous amount of expertise in the subgenre but the ones I have seen, I will say that I am a big fan of in general. I don’t tend to stray too far from the big name ones like Creepshow or Tales from the Darkside. I will say that I’ve …
ENTER IF YOU DAREAuntie Lee’s Meat Pies
I’m going to be up front and let you know that I’m beyond embarrassed that I’m writing about this movie today. Because it means I watched this movie today. While I think everyone should watch this movie, at the same time no one should ever watch this movie. I only stumbled on this movie by accident. I realized I didn’t look at Vudu for what they offered in their free …
ENTER IF YOU DARENight of the Zoopocalypse
Well tonight was another family movie night. This might be one of the bigger challenges of this whole thing. It mostly boils down to finding something I can watch with my kids that I’ve not seen. There’s plenty of great family films that are Halloween centric that are widely available this time of year. The only problem is I’ve pretty much seen everything worth watching. So now we’re having to …
ENTER IF YOU DAREGhost Squad
The hard part of playing catch up in writing these reviews is especially poignant in a situation like this. Last night we watched Zoopocalypse which I was happy to say nice things about. It was a fun movie that my kids enjoyed and it worked out well. Tonight we found ourselves in a similar position. After making a homemade pizza and our take on a Pizza Hut 2010’s dessert option …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Woman in the Yard
I feel like I should be starting several of these reviews based on recent movies off with the notation that I was very much aware of the movie and had no intention of seeing it but watched it for this purpose only. I hate to give away the secret so early in my review but this movie was not great. But it’s not great to me. I will say that …
ENTER IF YOU DAREVicious
I know I’m writing these in quick succession but I’d like to pretend like a full day has passed from the last review to this review. Because then it seems like my enamored state with this one is a much greater leap. Against “The Woman in the Yard” I’d probably call “Garbage Pail Kids” a tour de force in filmmaking. So I really do want to stress right off the …
ENTER IF YOU DARETarot
If I had to pick a reason that this was today’s selection, it’s runtime. Yeah, I think that might be the only reason this one made the cut. It’s got all the hallmarks of something just commercial enough to be annoyingly haunted. The thumbnail has the classic image of a terrifying mask intended on enticing you all the way to pressing play on this flick. It’s nearly tangible desperation. This …
ENTER IF YOU DARESeason of the Witch
Before you go getting all excited for Silver Shamrocks Halloween masks, that’s not the season of the witch that I’m talking about. This is from 2011 and it’s an action horror movie with the one and only Nicolas Cage. Last year I watched Cage in Arcadian and here he is again. Heck, I’m pretty sure we did Willy’s Wonderland in the last couple of years on the podcast. So Nicolas …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Wolf of Snow Hollow
So as I said when I first started this whole thing about 3 weeks ago, I’m always down for a werewolf movie. I wouldn’t say I’ve seen them all. Not that the population is overwhelming or anything. But I just know I’ve not seen them all. In doing a bit of searching since my original list was composed a few months ago, I happened to find a couple of new …
ENTER IF YOU DAREWolf Man
So when I found The Wolf of Snow Hollow, that might not have been the only wolf movie I found. These things are like wolf t-shirts. Once you find a good place for one, there’s like 4 others you have to check out. Not that I was unaware of this movie. I knew it was out there. I didn’t know where it was streaming but I have the tools that …
ENTER IF YOU DAREMarshmallow
I’m starting to think that maybe I don’t even need to really stack up a list of movies at the start of each Halloween season anymore. Not that I haven’t used it at all or that it’s not been helpful because it has. At the start of this I did rely relatively heavily on it just to have a heads up so I don’t have to spend a tremendous amount …
ENTER IF YOU DAREI See You
It’s Sunday and the Chicago Bears played the Baltimore Ravens today. I know this because I checked on Paramount+ to see what the 1 PM game was in my market. I am a Bears fan, unfortunately. So I was eager to check this out. I don’t have any of the streaming services that mimic cable TV but there are some fringe elements like this feature on Paramount+ that I do …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Howling
I know there’s only a few days left until the end of the month but I’m going to promise this is the last werewolf movie I’m going to watch. I realized that in all my lycanthropy I’ve poured into this spooky season, I’ve never watched this 1981 “classic”. I don’t necessarily say that ironically, but I’m also not entirely sure how iconic this movie is in reality. I’d have to …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Halloween Tree
Before the 90’s nostalgia police come and get me, I do have to admit that I never sat down and watched this TBS classic from 1993. I think I always intended to when I was a kid. I was the target demographic being 10 when it came out. And having ready access to the Turner Broadcast Service, I don’t really know why I never got around to it. Not just …
ENTER IF YOU DAREA Haunted House
The reality that it’s been a quarter of a century since I saw “Scary Movie” is a little much to digest. I was in between my junior and senior year of high school when this one hit theaters and I’m almost certain I saw it a couple of times during it’s initial run. Some of the love for that movie I think was due to it’s general popularity at the …
ENTER IF YOU DARETotally Killer
This movie is a lot of fun really. I kind of feel like it’s a great example of the modern slasher. That whole genre of films kind of goes in waves and I have to say that in several of the instances that I’ve seen over the last few years, this most recent iteration of that brand of horror is just a really good time. I wouldn’t go so far …
ENTER IF YOU DAREWelcome to Derry
Well here we are at the end. And before you break out your pitchforks and torches because this isn’t TECHNICALLY a horror movie, it’s more than close enough for my likings. But just to be safe today, on Halloween itself, I also watched M. Night Shyamalan’s recent opus, “Trap”. Wanna know how it was? It sucked so bad I couldn’t bring myself to write about it. I already planned on …
ENTER IF YOU DARE31 DAYS OF HORROR
2024
The Nun II
So here we are and it’s somehow October once again. I’m not going to get too wistful but I am particularly fond of this time of year. The temperature starts to cool again and my favorite article of clothing comes off the closet shelf, the hoodie. It’s time for the pumpkin spice menagerie to re-emerge like a confident groundhog in February and take over every product it can get it’s …
ENTER IF YOU DAREShocker
Here we are, back again. We’re really doing this aren’t we? Well good. October is moving right along and that means more horror movies. Shocker is one of those movies that taunted me as a child in the video stores. It’s vibrant art of a man being electrocuted against a black backdrop was very eye catching for a lad in the Super Star Video store perusing the horror section after …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Gift
Today I wanted to be a little more intentional with trying to ensure I had something a little more modern and a different kind of scary. I wanted something that would build some real tension and not just throw jump scares at me or be a full on hot mess like my first two outings at this venture. So I went through my list of movies I had picked out …
ENTER IF YOU DARECome Play
Back at it again. It’s the first Friday in October and I’m coming off the relative high from yesterday’s flick. I wanted to stick with something modern before I started going back through some of the other older fare that I marked off on my list. Once upon a time I had a practice of picking up discs from the Red Box that they sold for cheap. Most of the …
ENTER IF YOU DAREWe Have a Ghost
One of the things about this undertaking is the timing to both watch a horror movie every day and then dedicate the time to do my little write up about it. I’m naturally a night owl and I’ve spent decades cannibalizing sleep for all manner of nonsense so most nights it’s not terribly difficult to select a movie, watch it, and then spend some time detailing my thoughts on the …
ENTER IF YOU DAREScanners
Right off the bat I have to confess that I had to purposefully put at least a few days between this movie and “Shocker”. Not because I thought they’d be the same movie but this film harkens back to that same style of cover box nostalgia I had for the Craven vehicle from a few days ago. I’m sure the electrified-esque shock of the the man on the artwork for …
ENTER IF YOU DAREHansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
I think one of the things that is helping to guide me through these 31 days is retrospective. It’s not the only factor but so far through this first week I feel like it’s been a big one. I don’t mean necessarily that it’s a bad thing either. Not that the notion of retrospective in general has a negative connotation. But I think even as I’m mentally unpacking the idea …
ENTER IF YOU DAREBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
First and foremost, as this is a brand new movie I feel obligated to put a spoiler warning right up front. I’ll tell you right now that I have no idea what all I’m going to put down in my review of this one and I’m going to do my best to stay away from spoilers as best I can because it’s such a new movie. But it literally just …
ENTER IF YOU DARERare Exports
This movie is one of those ones that you kind of have to go down a rabbit hole to find. Last year, there weas an action film called “Sisu” that came out. It was set in Finland during the WWII era and featured Jorma Tommila as the titular character in the film. It was a wonderfully violent escapade into a ferocious elimination of some especially heinous Nazi forces. it was …
ENTER IF YOU DAREDon’t Look Away
To be fair, tonight’s selection was an audible. I don’t know what happened but when I was compiling my list of films to watch, I included the movie “The Descent” and attributed it’s streaming nature to Amazon Prime. So when I was perusing my list of films to watch, that one jumped out off the page at me and I went to go put it on. When I arrived at …
ENTER IF YOU DARESting
This is a movie that falls under the heading of one I really didn’t have a pulse on at all. I may have seen the trailer in a mix of upcoming movies at one point. But the reality of how this ended up on my list was that I simply searched for horror movies released this year and last. I wanted to ensure I had enough contemporary fare in my …
ENTER IF YOU DAREPhantom of the Opera
Alright I’m going to be up front about this one. This movie was not on my list. I hadn’t found it streaming somewhere and thought I should check it out. It came as a recommendation from a good friend of mine and I was happy to take it and run with it. And because that is the inspiration for this watch, I will say that my review of this experience …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Descent
This one has sort of been on my list for a while. I wouldn’t say officially like it’s been holding some position on a list somewhere. But it’s one of those movies I would hear good things about periodically when it would come up in conversation and I just hadn’t gotten around to it. Actually a few days ago I went to remedy that but I realized I must have …
ENTER IF YOU DAREStitches
Lets just put this out there first thing. This is a bad movie. Not to skip straight to the rating but for the sake of it all lets just flip a coin between a D or an F. I don’t really know what redeeming qualities a D would give this movie so it’s probably better to lean towards an F. But there’s a part of this whole ordeal that I …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Mummy
First thing is first. Lets put it out there that this is the Tom Cruise Mummy from a few year ago. I’ve had this one on my list for a while. Mostly because I picked it up on blu ray as a blind buy a few years ago. I knew that it had not gotten terribly high marks but I remember the price point when I picked it up used …
ENTER IF YOU DAREAnnihilation
I did not really peg this movie as one you’d consider a horror movie. But after watching it, I have to say it’s definitely got some solid horror elements to a science fiction/action kind of film. I put it on the list as Paramount+ sold it as a horror film. I think at the time I was just being pretty open to anything I had any potential interest in and …
ENTER IF YOU DAREBedeviled
I’m sure there’s a name someone has coined for this kind of movie at this point. I know I’ve seen a fair number of them myself so I feel like I should try and come up with my own sub-genre of horror movies that fit this bill. It all kind of circles around a group of teenagers (which is pretty standard for a horror flick) but the tie in for …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Jester
I’m not entirely sure what my motivation was in choosing this one. There’s a part of me that thinks the notion was that while I was already feeling like I got kicked in the balls from such a horrible movie as yesterday’s that another kick couldn’t hurt. But another part of me wonders if I thought that this film would certainly have to be better than yesterday’s because of my …
ENTER IF YOU DAREPsycho Goreman
In the same way that I would come charging out of the gates on an especially bad horror movie, I need to do so with the same gusto on this one for it being such an AMAZING horror movie! I know I’ve still got 12 more days of horror movies on the horizon and I have what hopes to be a pretty solid competitor left in my repertoire of films …
ENTER IF YOU DAREMalevolent
It feels a little heavy handed to call this flick an audible. The truth is, it just wasn’t on my list. One of the things about many of the streaming platforms is their layout is not conducive to prolonged searching. It seems as though what they like to do is try and get you into a comfortable program as quickly as possible so their timers get started so they’re tracking …
ENTER IF YOU DAREJennifer’s Body
I feel obligated that my opening line to this review should include that I don’t especially enjoy Megan Fox in any performance. This film is no exception. I think the reason this movie even made my list in the first place was that it seems like such a mainstream horror movie that I had no real perspective on up to this point. I was aware of it but I’d never …
ENTER IF YOU DAREMr. Harrigan’s Phone
In reflecting on this movie, I keep coming back to the phrase “well composed” and I think it fits. I’ll admit that my initial pull towards this movie was Jaeden Martell. I’ve been a fan of his work as a child actor since I first saw him in the film “St. Vincent” with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy. He was very compelling as an actor at a very early age. …
ENTER IF YOU DARELonglegs
This is the one. This is the big one they’ve been hyping up this year. It has that aroma of “Barbarian” but I decided I’d give this one a try. And I had to go all in. I had to buy this one to watch it. I can’t do the digital rental. I knew going in that if I was going to watch this one I needed to take the …
ENTER IF YOU DAREOddity
This movie is a late add due to the Shudder subscription on Amazon Prime. I went back and forth on it initially. After actually catching the trailer for it, I decided I should give it a chance. I didn’t want to drop down off the production high that Longlegs really presented. It was a quality, well made film and to transition off that into something like Attack of the Killer …
ENTER IF YOU DAREKing on Screen
One of the things I tried to work into my 31 days last year were horror adjacent movies as well. It’s all under the same umbrella but sometimes I like to shake it up a little bit. In this instance it meant changing up the direction we’ve been heading and take a little bit of a different look at the horror genre as a whole. So when I came across …
ENTER IF YOU DAREArcadian
This is another one of those movies that wasn’t on any of the lists when I started this whole business of 31 days of Horror. Frankly I don’t even think I knew this movie existed at the start of this exercise. But in exploring some of the films I have recently like Longlegs and Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, I came to this crossroads that is “Arcadian”. To be perfectly honest, I …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThere’s Something in the Barn
I’ve had a pretty ok run of relatively decent films for the last few days so I wanted to break up the serious tone by revisiting my favorite subgenre of spooky movies, the horror comedy. What better way to do that than by taking a festive, Christmasy trip to Norway with Martin Starr and his family in this instant classic “There’s Something in the Barn”. Ok, I may be overstating …
ENTER IF YOU DAREWishmaster
I’m clearly getting down to the end of this year’s run. It’s been a lot of fun and I still have a bunch of titles on my list that I put on there over a month ago. Even a quick look at my notes and I’ve got 15 movies I didn’t end up getting to in this go around. I’ve got a fair number of question marks next to titles …
ENTER IF YOU DARENo One Gets Out Alive
Ok we are in the home stretch now. Only a couple more days until we get to the end of this exercise and put another Halloween season behind us. I did go back to the list tonight and Netflix has really been delivering while my list is dwindling so I decided to fire up this 2021 horror flick. The cover art was on point and I even decided to check …
ENTER IF YOU DARE31 DAYS OF HORROR
2023
The tradition begins
Ok so I’ve got a little catching up to do and I’ve just decided to do this on a whim. Being a part of the growing MovieTok community on TikTok I’ve seen a number of people leading up to “Spooky Season” advertising different personalized versions of a 31 days of Horror. It’s probably not that hard to sus out what this means. 31 days in October leading up to the …
ENTER IF YOU DAREMagic” (1978)
I forget when this movie officially came on my radar but I feel like it’s been more recent than not, probably within the last few years or so. This one caters to one of those more specific kinds of “fears” though not in a straightforward kind of manner. “Magic” is all about a relatively young Anthony Hopkins finding his career path as a fledgling magician who adopts a comedic ventriloquist …
ENTER IF YOU DAREFreaky
Starting off with a flick from the 70’s made me want to flash forward in the timeline to something a little more modern so we jumped all the way to 2020 with the Vince Vaughn terrifying take on a much freakier Friday than normal. This one was streaming on Freevee which is facilitated through Prime Video with a few well placed ads. I’ll admit, this is not my favorite way …
ENTER IF YOU DAREHouse
Today I packed in a few movies but went with this as my pick. The first I watched was just garbage. “Benny Loves You” is a steaming pile of British poo. The second was Clive Barker’s “Nightbreed” which isn’t great but is easily the best of the three movies I watched. However, I had already seen that movie. So I had to go with the other film tonight, “House”. This …
ENTER IF YOU DAREHaunted Mansion
I have to admit that I’ve been eager for this one to reach Disney+ for quite some time now. I was tempted to see it back in July when it first entered theaters but there were so many other films to see at the time and eventually it just got to be long enough that I pivoted to simply waiting for it to arrive on streaming. As a child I …
ENTER IF YOU DAREDave Made a Maze
First and foremost I’m going to defend this selection as it falls in the category of Horror movies on Prime Video. I never really outlined what constitutes a “Horror” movie when I started this endeavor a few days ago which I suppose bears some resolution. As this isn’t really a terribly formal affair, I’m operating fairly loosely in all this. There probably won’t be a lot of conjecture as to …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Boogeyman
After a lighthearted romp in a comedy horror cardboard labyrinth, I figured it was time to go with something far more traditional when it comes to spooky season. As I’ve perused the the Prime catalog a few times as of late I wanted to see what Hulu had to offer as they are typically very front facing with their endorsement of Halloween. Right on the homepage this 2023 entry was …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Hound of the Baskervilles
I must say that this was certainly not a planned stop on my Octoberian adventure. This was more a product of circumstance. As a father of 2 I was looking for something I could count towards my progression of horror that was also safe for at least one of my children to watch with me. My youngest is notorious for “crapping out like an old fart” as my Uncle Greg …
ENTER IF YOU DAREBarbarian
First of all, I’m wildly aware that I’m late to this party. No, this isn’t one of those “Whaaat? You haven’t seen that??” kind of movies. Barbarian came out last year but everybody went nuts for it. I remember being on TIkTok and everyone in the movie community, especially within the world of horror movies, was going nuts for this movie. It developed this shroud of mystery around it as …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Faculty
If I tried to appeal for the mercy of the court with Barbarian, I have no business thinking this film doesn’t easily earn me a “WHAAAT?? You haven’t seen that??” by any means. This flick is from my high school heyday released back in 1998, my sophomore year. However, this is one of those movies that was not on the approved list at the time. Mom won out on this …
ENTER IF YOU DARELake Placid
I figured if I’m going to do one “WHAAT?? You haven’t seen that??” movie, why not make it two. And while there were definitely weird alien creatures in The Faculty, I don’t feel like I’ve really done a full fledged creature feature yet. There’ve been some pseudo-monsters that have popped up here and there but this is a horse of a different color. Or Alligator of a different color I …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Prophecy
As a lifelong fan of Christopher Walken, I feel like at least the first installment of this series has always been on some list somewhere in my head that I needed to get around to watching this at some point. I wouldn’t say this one qualifies for a “WHAAT?? You haven’t seen that??” because it’s just not mainstream enough in my estimation that the masses would have caught this one …
ENTER IF YOU DAREVampire in Brooklyn
As it stands I can firmly say I am genuinely not a fan of vampire movies. It’s just a subgenre in the world of horror that I’ve never really enjoyed. There’s really only one I enjoy and it’s Mel Brooks’ classic spoof, “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”. Everything about that movie is absolutely fantastic. If you were to consider it a horror comedy, it would be extremely light on the …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Woman in Black
I think what this movie really makes me confront is the fact that movies really have a mission they are beholden to based on their genre. There’s either success or failure in reaching this goal. A comedy either makes you laugh or it doesn’t. An action movie thrills you or it doesn’t. A horror movie scares you or it doesn’t. I would submit, however, that within both a success and …
ENTER IF YOU DAREC.H.U.D.
Prime Video came through tonight with the flick de jour. I feel like I went into this with preconceived notions but sitting here as the credits just rolled, I can’t really think of what they are. I don’t know if a part of me thought that this movie would be one of those really cheesy 80’s horror movies or if this was going to be more like House and completely …
ENTER IF YOU DARETrain to Busan
Once upon a time this would have been a movie I probably would have tried to see in theaters on opening night. There was a point in life where I was a ginormous zombie fan. I loved zombie movies and zombie video games. The first movie that really scared me as a kid was the George Romero classic “Night of the Living Dead”. Zombie culture had a significant place in …
ENTER IF YOU DAREMonster Inside
This one I think is going to be short and sweet. Or at least that’s how I’m approaching this one because I just don’t feel like I have a whole lot to say on the matter. I could get on a roll. I could tap into some sort of hidden reserve I have for this particular film but I’m not going to hold my breath as I just don’t think …
ENTER IF YOU DARESlotherhouse
I think it probably stands to reason from the title of this movie that it’s not a good one. I can personally vouch for this. It’s a genuinely stupid and horrible movie. The problem I’m finding myself dealing with at the moment is how exactly to account for this. I don’t believe this movie necessarily intended to be a good movie and just missed the mark. It is listed as …
ENTER IF YOU DAREJacob’s Ladder
I don’t know if I decided on this one because the last couple nights have just been awful films or if it was just time to throw this one in the rotation but I’m very glad this was tonight’s film. This one is similar to The Prophecy as it’s been on that “To Watch” list for years and years now. The thing about it is it’s definitely one of those …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Fog
Coming off of day 18 I really wanted to ensure I didn’t just plummet off the high of such a great movie like Jacob’s Ladder back into something dismal like the swill I’d been consuming for the days leading up to that. So tonight I figured playing it somewhat safe with a John Carpenter classic would be the way to go. I should be up front because there are two …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Raven
Well, had to get a little creative again with my boys in for the weekend. On Friday and Saturday nights the boys like to stay up and we have this affectionate term for crashing in the living room as “camping out”. Basically my youngest is going to probably fall asleep by 10:30 if we are watching a movie and he just lays down on the couch and falls asleep. He …
ENTER IF YOU DAREKnock at the Cabin
Now before anybody does the math here and realizes this was on the weekend I still had my boys, this was not one that I watched with them. We did still “camp out” but I did this one on more of a closed circuit. Lights were out and kids were asleep but I wasn’t going to entertain it on the big TV. I remember sneaking to watch “Misery” as a …
ENTER IF YOU DAREHatchet
It was inevitable that I would find my way back to the dregs. This is one of those movies that’s made to be good but also made to be bad. At least that’s how I’m interpreting it. I’ve heard mention of this series a number of times in the avenues of the internet that I frequent. That’s what put it on my list of potential movies to watch as is. …
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My first exposure to this movie was just a couple weeks ago when I actually stumbled on a clip from this movie that turned out to be a bit of a spoiler. Over the years I’ve really kind of redefined whether or not spoilers completely take me out of a movie or not. This is one experience where I can categorically say that this did not hinder me one iota …
ENTER IF YOU DAREBecky
One of the things I did at the beginning of this autumnal adventure was try and map out what the different streaming platforms had to offer. I know a few times, especially towards the beginning, I scrolled somewhat haplessly trying to find something that suited my fancy. Not every service had a great interface that can capitalize on their entire catalog in an easy to manage fashion. Prime Video sort …
ENTER IF YOU DAREWrath of Becky
Welcome back Becky fans. As promised I came back for round two tonight and I have to say I’m not disappointed at all. There may have been a moment here or there where I might have started to falter but the film didn’t let me down and by the end credits I was left wanting more once again. I have to say that coming off Cobweb into Becky and now …
ENTER IF YOU DAREMeg 2: The Trench
Tonight I have to thank the good old Internet Movie Database for my free pass on this flick. They qualify this one as a horror movie. If I’m being honest it’s clearly leaning far more heavily on the action side of the film than the horror but I shouldn’t discount the efforts made to be both menacing and truly frightening at points in this film. Clearly this film is born …
ENTER IF YOU DAREFive Nights at Freddy’s
This is quite the occasion here, let me tell you. I’ve been planning on this one since probably before I really decided to officially do this whole 31 days thing. Every other day has mostly been a crap shoot of what I’m going to watch. No real rhyme or reason to the planning of what I view on any particular day. Whatever strikes my fancy that evening is what makes …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe People Under the Stairs
After the success of Five Nights at Freddy’s, I figured I’d go back to the Peacock well and see what I could find to whet my appetite tonight. I know I’ve looked through their catalog before but I’ve not looked recently and found a few things that struck my fancy. Ultimately I felt the call of a Wed Craven 90’s classic. I picked this one up not too long ago …
ENTER IF YOU DAREThe Wolfman
Sticking with my Peacock picks I dove back in to night with the Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt flick from 2010. Right off the bat what I will say about this is though it’s a period piece similar to “The Woman in Black” that I’m not overtly fond of, I did enjoy this movie overall more so than “The People Under the Stairs”. And this movie is …
ENTER IF YOU DAREVideodrome
Admittedly this movie made the list because I’ve heard enough people talk about it that I more wanted to check it off the list than I had real draw to it. Not that I had a negative outlook on it from the onset. I just wanted to clarify that I had no real pull towards this movie. I can take James Woods usually in small enough doses and at this …
ENTER IF YOU DAREA Haunting in Venice
Well this is it. We’ve reached the end and the big night is finally here. I think sitting here tonight I realized that one thing I would do differently in the future is perhaps have a better plan for a finale to something like this. I don’t have a real problem with a slapdash thrown together catalog over the majority of the month. I know myself well enough to understand …
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