I know I didn't officially participate in the October challenge on TE. I organized one for the Dutch speaking horror fans which started earlier (late September) and went on longer (until November 10th) than the usual. It gave more people the opportunity to reach the 31 goal. The winner eventually watched 116 movies. 10 from the 18 participants reached the end goal. I was 4th with 85 viewings I didn't really kept track exactly of the amount of FTV and RW but I guess 90% were FTV.

From the FTV's I derived this top 10 in no particular order:

The Human Centipede (2009)
Don't realy understand the turkey average on imdb. It wasn't that shocking but I found it a well executed 'fresh' idea. I also saw the second movie. Yeah that bad guy was a sleazy one but it had not the tension or the surprises from the first movie. It was paste copy, rinse and repeat just more gory and less interesting in the villain or victim department.

Beaks: The Movie (1987) aka Birds of Prey
You could call it the Mexican version of Hitchcock's The Birds. Beaks has not much character development and looks like a collection of scenes of people attacked by birds (many characters you don't see again after the attack). the acting is rather poor but the many bird attacks and a bit of gore make it a fun ride.

Demon Seed (1977)

At many points people wondered what would happen if computers actually would become so smart that they could make their own decisions and eventually disobey their human creators? I think Demon Seed might answer that question partly. It was a great movie where a computer terrorizes a women. He eventually wants to get her pregnant. Sounds sick yeah it is and it worked well for me. Reminded me also of The Entity which came out years later.

Lady in Cage (1964)
Another movie that is still a hot topic. What if some stranger is really in need. Would you rush to help or ignore it. What if a group of people see someone drowning. Would you jump in the water or look at the others hoping one of them does it? That's what this movie is about. Olivia de havilland as the handicapped woman is stuck in her elevator. Her cries for help only seem to attract low lives and thieves. Of course that leads to internal conflicts between the 'bad' guys as well.

Men behind the Sun (1988)
If you think movies like a Serbian movie or Human Centipede are sick, this Hong Kong flick actually show what it would be like to live in a concentration camp during war and basically being used as a lab rat. The graphic violence is pretty explicit not for the faint hearted.

Trauma (2017)
There is many movies with this title. It's a Chilean rape revenge movie which is pretty brutal. However it does quite a good job of explaining the psyche of the bad guys (why and how did they become so cruel) throughout the movie by means of flashbacks. The 4 female victims also have their fair share of character development and the introduction before the terror begins isn't overly long. So far the best movie I have seen in this genre. Doesn't shy away from female nudity at all (guess the metoo brigade didn't yet arrive there). The clichés are present but minimal.


Scream Bloody Murder (1973)
It has the look of a low budget Troma movie. The acting is average and the story is not good. However the troubled kid with an oedipus complex who really cannot stand a his mother being touched by some othe guy but him, does a great job. he goes crazy whenever he finds a new mother figure and sees a man going physical with her. Not really gory but nevertheless interesting as psychological portrait.

Criminally Insane (1975)
Low budget, no good in acting, sleazy characters. Corpulent Ethel can only think of 1 thing: eating. Everyone who stands in her way trying to prevent from stuffing food in her mouth will be sorry for trying! the kills are rather bloody even if it's so obviously red paint. Fun ride and it's only 1 hour long.

Hospital Massacre (1981) aka X-ray
Another slasher that doesn't offer much in story or in the acting department. However it's one that actually stays true to its title. Just sit back and enjoy.

Happy Birthday to me (1981)
Copy paste from what I wrote on another thread
Despite its length it never gets boring. Yeah it's true that there is quite a bit of red herrings being thrown in but wow what a great dark, twisty, macabre, fucked up ending was that! Throw in giallo elements (the black gloves), some great kills (especially the one with the weights ouch) and some real psycho elements and you have a movie that should have been a classic. Why its average is so low, well apparently some people found it too messy in story, well I guess they found it too complex.One of my favorite slashers now!

So what you think? Do you also have an own top 10 of FTV's