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Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2009
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Title: Fangoria: Blood Drive: The Hitch
Movie Count:  1
TV Ep. Count:  0
Other Count:  1
Time Started:  2:50am

DVD Plot:
Fangoria Magazine, the world's most popular horror publication for over 25 years, in association with Koch Vision, presents an original compilation of the winning entries from the 'Fangoria Blood Drive' short film competition. From psychotic slashers, to flesh eating zombies, to live finger pets, this DVD has something for every fanatic horror fan! Musician and "House of 1000 Corpses" director 'Rob Zombie' hosts. With over 1 hour of exclusive behind-the-scenes access into the world of legendary director 'Clive Barker' and special effects wizard 'Stan Winston'...more than enough to inspire any amateur filmmaker!

The Hitch Plot:
On a dark and lonely Texas road, a man and his wife pick up a lost young woman. They soon find out she's more than they bargined for as she reveals their sordid past and seeks a grizzly revenge.

My Thoughts:
Fangoria: Blood Drive is a DVD that I won on an internet contest several years ago. And I haven't watched it since so I thought I would pull it out and watch a short here and there. The Hitch is a very good short. It is filled with both great atmosphere and gore. The story is well written and the acting is well done. I think this short alone makes the disc worth getting.

My Rating: 4/5
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Great stuff Pete - I'll be joining you later on as promised! 
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Title: The Hunger: The Complete First Season: The Swords
Movie Count:  1
TV Ep. Count:  1
Other Count:  1
Time Started:  7:30am

Show Plot:
Terence Stamp hosts the first season of this spine-tingling horror anthology series from Executive Producers Tony and Ridley Scott, which features a phenomenal cast of familiar faces as you've never seen them before. Inspired by leading genre writers, each episode will draw you into a mesmerizing world of terrifying characters and erotic encounters, where demons feed on the weaknesses of men and temptation consumes reason.

Episode Plot:
When James Chandler arrives in London, a visit to a fetish club leads to a relationship with Musidora, a woman who can survive being pierced with swords.

My Thoughts:
This show was strange... but entertaining. The first thing I noticed on this was the opening credits which was weird on it's own. The next thing I noticed was that it is hosted by Terrance Stamp. This I am not sure how I feel about yet. I will need to see him host more episodes before I decide. The episode itself was more of the same... strange but entertaining. I know this series is a horror anthology series... but I didn't find this episode to contain the elements that I normally associate with horror. This episode I will say is good... but has plenty of room for improvement. As for the series on a whole... I will have to see more of it to decide.

My Rating: 3/5
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I absolutely love THE HUNGER series, you will enjoy many of the eps, nice mix between horror and erotic entertainment

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If you're taking recommendations, I would NOT recommend "Vampire Assassins".  Unless you want to watch a really, really bad movie.

My review of the movie:
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After 10 seconds (I kid you not), it was pretty clear this movie is going to suck - but I decided to give it a chance.

Two minutes later, it was even more clear that this movie is going to suck - but I decided to give it another chance.

Five minutes later, I had to turn it off. If I had gone to the movies to watch it, I would have walked out and asked for my money back.

The story had a little promise. The direction/camera angles stunk. The special effects chaffed my undies. The vampires - oh man, don't even get me started.
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Thank you both! Will keep it in mind! 
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I just got a copy of Darkness: The Vampire Version since Barrel Entertainment has gone under and all its titles are now OOP (act fast---the Nekromantik titles are already going for big bucks); it seems to have gotten raves but I haven't seen it yet.  Think this would make a good October title to watch?
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Title: Dead Set
Movie Count:  2
TV Ep. Count:  1
Other Count:  1
Time Started:  9:30am

Plot:
Starring Jaime Winstone (Donkey Punch, Kidulthood), Dead Set is E4's new horror series in which the dead are returning to life and attacking the living. Curiously there are a few people left in Britain who aren't worried about any of this - that's because they're the remaining contestants in Big Brother. Cocooned in the safety of the Big Brother house, they're blissfully unaware of the horrific events unfolding in the outside world. Until an eviction night when all hell breaks loose...

Kelly (Winstone), a production runner working on a fictional series of Big Brother, finds herself trying to fend off the walking dead alongside her producer boss Patrick (Andy Nyman, Severance), boyfriend Riq (Riz Ahmed, Britz) and the remaining Big Brother housemates. Featuring cameos from Davina McCall and severally former housemates, this is a cruel and twisted take on one of TV's biggest game shows.

Dead Set was created and written by Charlie Brooker (Nathan Barley co-creator and Guardian columnist).

My Thoughts:
This is what appears to be a UK miniseries. I always include miniseries in my movie count since that is how I watch them. I think it is a plus when watching this if you are already at least familiar with the show Big Brother... if not a fan of it. I have been watching Big Brother for a few years now (though not the UK version) so I think that helped my enjoyment some. I will say that if you are not used to the slang that those in the UK use... some of this can be a little confusing at first. Though this is something I am getting used to myself now that I have a handful of shows from the UK. And I will give it to the UK... they don't have the hang-ups about what they put on TV as we in the US do. There is no way something like this could be aired on a regular TV Channel. It would have to be saved for the premium channels. Even though we aren't as strict as we used to be on the violence... they show violence, use bad language (that we would never get away with) and feel free to show some nudity as well. I see a show like this and wonder why we have some of the rules we have here in the US. And I must say... I had a real blast watching this show I think they did a great job with it. Even if there was a couple of things I could have went without seeing. Which I will leave out of this review. And I am not sure I cared too much for the way it ended. But it didn't effect my fun too much at all. The show uses the newer fast moving zombies instead of the slow/barely moving ones that you see in the original Romero zombie movies. Over-all I say this is a must see for any zombie movie fan.

My Rating: 4/5
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Started my marathon tonight. I wonder if I'll beat my total of last year: 54?

*EDIT* click link for mini-review (I'm doing this on another site too. )

Oct 1st: Werewolf Shadow (La noche de Walpurgis) Rating: 4/5
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Title: Cadaverella
Movie Count:  3
TV Ep. Count:  1
Other Count:  1
Time Started:  5pm

Plot:
Cinderella gets a make-over in this dark tale of love, murder, revenge and the walking dead.

My Thoughts:
What kind of expectations do you have when going into such a movie? If you are smart none at all! This is one of the low budget movies in the 50 movie boxset I recently got called Mortuary of Madness. So going into this one I was expecting much of nothing... possibly even a new movie to call the worst I ever seen. And it is pretty pitiful that is for sure... but at the same time it is strangely entertaining. The kills are extremely low budget... the acting is only fair at best, a few of the actors had multiple parts... only putting on a wig... maybe a pair of glasses and it seemed to take most the movie before we got the zombie action (if you can call it that). I don't know why... but despite all of that... it was just plain fun to watch and laugh at. It may take a while... but I can see myself watching this one again.

My Rating: 2.5/5
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just ordered Blood Ties seasons 1 & 2; Hunger, Fear Itself & Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics.
I've had True Blood Season 2 on preorder since July, don't when it be released.

These to go with my Horror genre of 62 TV series and 281 movies.

Really enjoying your reviews.
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Dead Set was a big suprise for me, totally loved it.
One of the best Horror stuff that aired on tv for a while.

A really good Horror film I can recommend to you is Deadgirl, definitely nothing for the faint hearted, also very controversial, but highly unique.

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And of course I look at this thread after I place my big Horror/Halloween order!  That is ok... I will have plenty to watch this year anyway!

See what I ordered for my marathon in the usually thread here shortly... I got a load!
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Movie Count:  4
TV Ep. Count:  1
Other Count:  1
Time Started:  1:30pm

Plot:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy (KRISTY SWANSON) is your typical high school cheerleader – her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man (DONALD SUTHERLAND) informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel (LUKE PERRY), Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King (RUTGER HAUER), his sidekick, Lefty (PAUL REUBENS), and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the Valley.

My Thoughts:
Thought it was about time for me to slip in a Comedy-Horror. I enjoy a good comedy horror now and then. I know a lot of people that prefer the TV Series to this movie... and I agree... I do enjoy the series more... but I do still enjoy the movie as well. The thing is... with this one... I do definitely enjoy it and find myself coming back to it multiple times. But I have no idea why I enjoy watching this movie as much as I do. It isn't particularly that funny... but all the same I still really get a kick out of it.

My Rating: 3.5/5
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Updated List:

Oct 1st: Werewolf Shadow (La noche de Walpurgis): Rating: 4/5
Oct 2nd: Untot - Undead Unleashed: Rating 3/5
Oct 2nd: Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole: Rating 3.5/.5
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Title: Dead Teenagers
Movie Count:  5
TV Ep. Count:  1
Other Count:  1
Time Started:  6:20pm

Plot:
On a dark autumn eve, a college student finds a mysterious book in his campus library. Within it's pages he finds four gruesome tales of ghosts, werewolves, vampires and the unknown.

My Thoughts:
This is another movie that was included in the Mortuary of Madness: 50 Movies boxset. So of course I am going into this one with no expectations at all. When I first bought this set... a friend of mine said to me that with the price it cost me... if I enjoy just one movie in the set... that the set will be worth the price of purchase. Well... it is worth it! This movie is an Anthology. It has 4 stories in the one movie. The wrap around story pretty much sucked. Basically non-existent as it was no more then a guy finding a hand-written book in the library and he was reading the stories that someone wrote in the notebook. The first story I didn't care for at all really. It was more confusing then anything. I still not sure what it was I watched to be honest. By this time I was thinking another looser of a movie. Then it went back to the guy reading the book in the library... he turns the page and you see the title and a drawing of a werewolf.  I like werewolves so I decided to continue to watch. Now this story... while it took a few minutes.. it just grabbed me. I found myself enjoying this movie... I thought cool! The third story is a ghost story. Now this one I really loved! I was actually glued to the TV off one of these movies!?!? What a pleasant surprise. The fourth and final story in this anthology is a vampire story. This one I didn't care as much for as I did stories numbers 2 & 3... but it is definitely quite a bit better then the first one.

The movie itself actually has a feel of a student movie. Definitely low budget... the acting is fair at best... and the effects are almost non-existent. But the stories... these stories are more then enjoyable... they were definitely well done. Well...except for the first one and the wrap around anyway. I am really pleasantly surprised to be able to give this movie such a high rating (Probably too high of a rating). Especially considering that the acting and the effects both need help. But for me at least... the writer(s) made this film. So much so that you really don't care about the downfalls of the movie.

My Rating: 4/5
Pete
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