October Halloween Horrorfest 2012
All of the horror movies I've watched this month of October(2012),in the order I've watched them, counting down to the 31st when I will watch John Carpenter's Halloween. Most of these I've never seen and almost all are available on Netflix/Crackle/Hulu/Amazon Prime so these are straight-to-video badness...but there have been a few good ones.
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- DirectorMark A.Z. DippéStarsTory KittlesK.D. AubertChina ChowA genetically-altered fish wreaks havoc on a small fishing town.Oh this movie sucked.
- DirectorGary JonesStarsErin CahillCharles HittingerMimi MichaelsWhen a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the evil force grows stronger and her friends begin to pay the price. Now she must stop this ultimate evil before the entire campus falls prey.Not offensibly bad, just a big meh.
- DirectorTennyson BardwellStarsTim DalyTom ArnoldZoe SaldanaA lawyer who doesn't believe in ghosts is haunted after moving into a family mansion.This is a really strong haunted house film, Tim Daly is great.
Powerful flick. - DirectorMark AtkinsStarsDerek OsedachRebekah KochanScot NeryThe film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had been found at home with the bodies by the police. After 10 years of life in the asylum, in which he has been bullied by inmates and staff alike for the incident, Chris has now quite literally turned insane and, to prove his innocence, he escapes from the asylum on October 31 to his home, which is now occupied by a new family who are holding a Halloween party. As the night draws on, Chris attempts to search the house for any clues that will testify his innocence, but in an effort to conceal himself from the partygoers and the authorities who are searching for him, begins his own killing spree that leads to a massacre far worse than the original.Low budge but whatever. Lots of cool gore and murders and it has a Halloween theme. Enjoyable trash...mission accomplished.
- DirectorYannick DahanBenjamin RocherStarsClaude PerronJean-Pierre MartinsEriq EbouaneyAn end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.Well done French zombie flick, gritty. Awesome Dead Rising homage at the end with the guy on top of a car in a parking garage surrounded by 1000's of zombies.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsMelissa Sue AndersonGlenn FordLawrence DaneAt the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.Perfect in every way...the originator of "creative death scenes".
- DirectorJames IsaacDavid BlythStarsLance HenriksenBrion JamesRita TaggartDetective McCarthy finally catches "Meat Cleaver Max", a serial killer, who promises revenge during his execution. Nonetheless, a parapsychologist tells the detective that the only hope of stopping Max for good is to destroy his spirit.Brion James is a scary dude...
- DirectorAdam GieraschStarsTatyana KanavkaMichael ArataShannon ElizabethA group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.There're like 1 or 2 demons, a very small cast...but it was ok. I miss Shannon Elizabeth and Edward Furlong is in it...He banged Natasha Lyonne.
- DirectorJames NguyenStarsAlan BaghWhitney MooreTippi HedrenA horde of mutated birds descends upon the quiet town of Half Moon Bay, California. As the death toll rises, two citizens manage to fight back, but will they survive Birdemic?Gotta get some comedy in but seriously, you have to fast forward through most of this crap to get to the comedy gold.
- CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.Netflix has a compilation called Spook-Tacular with several Halloweeen episodes.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsJeffrey DonovanStephen Barker TurnerErica LeerhsenA group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself.Wow this sucks so bad...but hey!--The Burn Notice guy is in it.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsLeslie NielsenMel BrooksPeter MacNicolMel Brooks' parody of the classic vampire story and its famous film adaptations.Gotta get some comedy in the Horror fest and this delivers...Shedules?
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAnna PaquinBrian CoxDylan BakerFive interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.Wow this is a friggin awesome movie with a great Halloween theme and really well interconnected stories that touch on many of your favorite horror movie themes.
- DirectorJeff BurrStarsElizabeth BarondesJohn MeseStephen RootA group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...This movie is exactly what you want and expect and it delivers BIG TIME!
- DirectorJack MessittStarsRebekah BrandesDaniel BonjourGreg CirulnickA midnight showing of an early 1970's horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater.This movie starts out seemingly lame. It gets going and kicks total ass. Plus it has Stan Ellison in it and he is the man. Really f'n good.
- DirectorJeff BurrStarsAndrew RobinsonAmi DolenzSoleil Moon FryeThrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.More gory than the first and worth the watch.
- DirectorJohn R. Cherry IIIStarsJim VarneyEartha KittAustin NaglerErnest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri.After all the horror movies above I thought I'd watch something funny and stupid. This movie was terrifying. Not funny, not stupid...but terrifying!
- DirectorChuck BowmanStarsLochlyn MunroChandra WestSteve BacicDarcy Wagner and her ten-and-a-half-year-old daughter Pamela "Pammy" are heading to the bed and breakfast of her boyfriend Peter Campbell in the River Bend Road in Northern California. Peter has quited his career of doctor and bought an old house to have a calmer life and write a book. When Darcy stops at a gas station to ask for direction, she has an abusive treatment from the owners, the Hammond Brothers. Meanwhile Peter welcomes his first guest, the student Stephanie "Star" Roberts, while he works with his friend Bobby Boulet repairing the house. When Darcy and Pamela arrive, he explains that he had a dispute in the justice with the Hammond Brothers and asks Darcy to forget the incident. Soon Pamela befriends the girl Emma in the barn and she tells that the house belonged to the Tooth Fairy Witch that killed many children to get their milk-teeth; further, Pamela would be in danger since she still has her last milk-tooth. Pamela tells Emma's story to her mother and Peter, but they do not believe in her. But when their friends are slaughtered in the house, Darcy and Peter start to believe that something supernatural is happening in the house.I like Lochlyn Munro and this movie has cool gore and scary locals.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellKim CattrallDennis DunA rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.Horror/Kung Fu/Comedy done to perfection. I named my dog Lo Pan. Jack Burton...ME!
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsZach GalliganMonika SchnarreMartin KempIn this sequel, a couple must use a portal through time to defeat evil.Pretty damn funny but fast forward through the medieval crap.
- DirectorRowdy HerringtonStarsJames SpaderCynthia GibbJim HaynieA serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.Highly effective James Spader serial killer flick. Watch a young Spader out-act everyone in sight.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLaurence FishburneSam NeillKathleen QuinlanA rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.Brutal, sadistic, hell, satan...Great sci-fi and horror mixed into one hell of an amazing film.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsGeoffrey RushFamke JanssenTaye DiggsAn amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.The original Dark Castle movie. Love it!
- DirectorUwe BollStarsLindsay HollisterBrendan FletcherMichael ParéAn action comedy centered on an overweight woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used against anyone who makes fun of her.Laughed so many times I loved it. Great stuff. Wasn't expecting satire...Uwe delivers, Willamftw
- DirectorPaul CampionStarsCraig HallMatthew SunderlandGina VarelaSet in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.Small film...well acted/produced...perhaps too small.
- DirectorRolfe KanefskyStarsBrad DourifBrooke BurkeNectar RoseSeveral college kids spend the night in a spooky mansion in an attempt to pledge fraternities and sororities. A deranged "professor" begins murdering them. They must figure why, and also if one or more of them are working with the killer.This movie tried really hard but is ultimately, average.
- DirectorKimble RendallStarsXavier SamuelSharni VinsonAdrian PangA freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building - along with 12-foot Great White Sharks.Some moments here and there but for a killer shark movie, this is boring.
- DirectorKari SkoglandStarsNatalie RamseyGary BullockAlix KoromzayAs a teenage girl comes to Gatlin to find her biological mother, the town's infamous cult plots a comeback as their leader, Isaac, awakens from a coma.Beautiful cinematography but an unsatisfying, meandering mess...ugh. More of a mystery with little gore and zero suspense. Not enough of Isaac and a short lived return for the little guy.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKatie ParkerCourtney BellDave LevineA woman and her sister begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances, including that of her own husband.This movie hits a mood of despair and rides it through to the end. It's pretty harrowing if you buy into it. I could see people not doing so, but I did, I really liked it. This movie was funded in part by Kickstarter(watch til the end of the credits.)
- DirectorJames IsaacStarsTravis Aaron WadeTina HuangHoward Johnson Jr.When John takes his friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise.Bait n Switch...this movie pissed me off so bad. The damn boar shows up in the last 5 minutes. NOT a boar hunting people movie. The first hour was so promising and then...well, a totally different movie shows up.
- DirectorJames IsaacStarsKane HodderLexa DoigJeff GeddisJason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.Friday the 13th 1-3 are the best. After that, it gets a little weird with Corey Feldman and Hell and Freddy etc. Jason killing a bunch of idiots in the future on a Spaceship? Count me in! You're supposed to laugh but Jason ain't laughing. Same director as Pig Hunt(!).
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsJerry O'ConnellPortia de RossiCharity WakefieldGrandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vampiress. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address.The Munsters done a little more monstrous. Worth a watch, funny, Eddie Izzard rocks it and Portia De Rossi is Morticia... Still it's probably not worth a series. Too bad it wasn't a 2 hour movie or a miniseries. Oh well, at least it's good timing for October and Halloween.
- DirectorRichard CrudoStarsSteven SeagalTanoai ReedJenna HarrisonIn a post-apocalyptic world, a master swordsman leads a squad of ex-military vigilantes into a hospital on a mission to rescue trapped survivors from blood-thirsty disease-infected humans.Steven Seagal using a sword and slicing zombies. Later he blows holes through zombies with a shotgun. Needs much more Seagal slicing zombies. Some gore, the main girl looks like Eliza Dushku.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Season 1 Episode 3: SQUEEZE. Scary stuff. A mutant(?), Victor Eugene Tooms, needs to eat 5 human livers every 30 yrs to survive. It can stretch and contort itself to squeeze in and out of tight spaces to kill and enjoys the challenge. Bonus of Donal Logue as an *beep* FBI agent. Watch the 2nd "Tooms" episode(below) and make it an X-Files movie.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Season 1 Episode 21: TOOMS. Tooms is back and has been released from prison. Now he has his sights set on Scully and Mulder. Watch the 2 "Tooms" episodes together for a Halloween X-Files movie.
- DirectorJohn LafiaStarsMädchen AmickVincent SpanoShawn Michael HowardA clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.Angry, genetically mutated lab rats carrying virulent disease threaten NYC. Rats in swiming pools, cars, windowsills, toilets(!), the subway and in a HUGE underground colony in places you don't wanna be. Fun TV movie with a game Vincent Spano and a gorgeous Madchen Amick.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsPeter RobbinsChristopher SheaSally DryerThe Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.Not horror but an October essential. Watched it on ABC while giving out candy to the kids tonight. The real horror is the commercials!
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.That's it! 9:PM and the porchlight is off, the candy fully dispensed. Time to watch John Carpenter's classic, Halloween. Happy Halloween everyone!