I see you rewatched Messiah Of Evil (1973) for the challenge. Do you know of any good creepy films like it?

Well, there's Let's Scare Jessica To Death, which I don't really like, or think is anything like Messiah Of Evil, but it seems to be a pretty well liked movie, and considered similar in tone to Messiah Of Evil. So, if you haven't seen that, you might like it.

And there's also Vampyres (1974) and Jean Rollin's The Iron Rose (1973), which I think fits into the category more so than Let's Scare Jessica.

Perhaps this one.

Thanks! I seen Let's Scare Jessica To Death, I liked it, but it wouldn't be as great as Messiah Of Evil. I am a fan of Vampyres (1974). I actually seen The Iron Rose (1973) for this challenge, and while I really liked it, it had a weird vibe to it - the ending especially was bizarre. Good choice!

I have never seen Fangs of the Living Dead (1969). This looks good. I see it is from the guy who directed The Blind Dead series. I also noticed I own a copy of it, even though I have never heard of it before. It was included in one of those Mill Creek sets.

Cheers!

Have you seen Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) yet? I'd defo recommend that one if you liked Messiah of Evil

Thanks! I seen it - great film!

I seen Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973) for the challenge, and it was awesome, it reminded me very much of Messiah. You should check it out if you haven't

I haven't & thanks for the heads up, might try squeeze it in before end

I should do these things once in awhile, I don't think I've ever done one, even on IMDB.

My spot.

PS God damn it, I thought this got accidentally deleted somehow.... I have been listing the movies I have watched in a post at the end of this thread. It's on page 8, as of Oct 27, but that could change, of course... anyway, I have been watching plenty of horror movies this month, and I will probably succeed in the challenge. If not, I'll be really close... it is possible I will get whisked away for some family stuff and be unable to reach 31 movies, in the last day or so, but I'm sure that my overall effort here is respectable.

Mad Monster Mash the 13th: A Month of Fridays

41 Films watched / 26 FTVS -- Final Total!

1. Friday the 13th (1980) Sean S. Cunningham / Rating: 7
2. The Haunting of Alice D (2014) Jessica Sonneborn / FTV / Rating: 4
3. Berberian Sound Studio (2012) Peter Strickland / FTV / Rating: 8
4. White Noise (2005) Geoffrey Sax / FTV / Rating: 8
5. Friday the 13th – Part 2 (1981) Steve Miner / Rating: 6+
6. The Darkness (2016) Greg McLean / FTV / Rating: 7
7. Friday the 13th – Part 3 (1982) Steve Miner / Rating: 8
8. From Hell (2001) Albert & Allen Hughes / FTV / Rating: 7
9. Almost Human (2013) Joe Begos / FTV / Rating: 7
10. The Shadow of the Cat (1961) John Gilling / FTV / Rating: 8+
11. The Ones Below (2015) David Farr / FTV / Rating: 8+
12. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) Joseph Zito / Rating: 8
13. Hard Candy (2005) David Slade / FTV / Rating: 8+
14. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) Danny Steinmann/ Rating: 5
15. Colossal (2016) Nacho Vigalondo / FTV / Rating: 9
16. Hidden (2015) Matt & Ross Duffer / FTV / Rating: 8
17. Friday the 13th – Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Tom McLoughlin / Rating: 6
18. The Lost World (1925) Harry O. Hoyt / Rating: 9
19. Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017) Shinji Aramaki & Masaru Matsumoto / FTV / Rating: 5
20. The Final Girls (2015) Todd Strauss-Schulson / FTV / Rating: 7
21. Friday the 13th – Part VII: The New Blood (1988) John Carl Buechler / Rating: 6
22. Friday the 13th – Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) Rob Hedden / Rating: 4
23. The Other Side of the Door (2016) Johannes Roberts / FTV / Rating: 7
24. The House at the End of Time (2013) Alejandro Hidalgo / FTV / Rating: 9
25. No One Lives (2012) Ryuhei Kitamura / FTV / Rating: 8
26. Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Adam Marcus / Rating: 4
27. The Purge (2013) James DeMonaco / FTV / Rating: 8
28. Jason X (2001) James Isaac / Rating: 7
29. The Purge: Anarchy (2014) James DeMonaco / FTV / Rating: 8+
30. Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) Ronny Yu / Rating: 8+
31. The Purge: Election Year (2016) James DeMonaco / FTV / Rating: 7+
32. The Portal (2017) Nicky Hawthorne, Svend Ploug Johansen, Ruben Rodriguez / FTV / Rating: 4
33. Friday the 13th (2009) Marcus Nispel / Rating: 8
34. Black Mountain Side (2014) Nick Szostakiwskys / FTV / Rating: 7
35. The Beast From the Beginning of Time (1965) Tom Leahy Jr. / FTV / Rating: 5+
36. Warm Bodies (2013) Jonathan Levine / FTV / Rating: 8
37. Abattoir (2016) Darren Lynn Bousman / FTV / Rating: 6
38. Sssssss (1973) Bernard L. Kowalski / FTV / Rating: 8
39. Creepy KOFY: Nosferatu (1922/2010) F.W. Murnau / FTV (this version) / Rating: 7+ (this version, movie + skits)
40. Day of the Triffids (1963) Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis / FTV / Rating: 7+
41. Don’t Breathe (2016) Fede Alvarez / FTV / Rating: 8

Never did get around to rewatching The Blob but it is still a great poster image:

I have White Noise on the agenda as well, Beatnik... mainly because a friend was cleaning off her DVD shelf a few years ago and gave me the DVD, but I never got around to watching it. Good to see you enjoyed it.

I got White Noise under similar circumstances - although it was an anonymous donation at the library. As manager I get first grabs!

Keaton is great in it and I found myself emotionally invested in the story. I was a bit shocked at it's low rating on IMDb but I liked it.

Good to see some love for Berberian Sound Studio, think it's an excellent film. Toby Jones is great in everything and he really nails it in this. Seems obvious to say but the sound engineering is fantastic, creates really bizarre sense of constant tension.

awesome The Blob poster btw!

I was excited to finally see Berberian. I'm glad i had not read anything about it as it really kept me guessing what was going to happen next. It put me in the mood to watch Anguish again - not exactly sure why but i think they would compliment each other. Of course, what i really wanted to see was the film within the film in Berberian.

The Blob poster was a lucky find on Google images. I was looking for somethoing horror related to represent "Spot" when I claimed mine here.

1) Beyond the Gates (2016) Oct 1 6/10
2) Tales of Halloween (2015) Oct 1 6/10
3) House on Straw Hill (1976) Oct 1 7/10
4) The Wolf Man (1941) Oct 1 8/10
5) The Ninth Configuration (1980) Oct 1 8/10
6) Bad Moon (1996) Oct 2 7/10
7) The Wailing (2016) Oct 4 6.5/10
8) What We Become (2015) Oct 6 6/10
9) Nekromantik 2 (1991) Oct 8 7.5/10
10) The Greasy Strangler (2016) Oct 9 7.5/10
11) The Final Girls (2015) Oct 10 6.5/10
12) The Voices (2014) Oct 11 6.5/10
13) Frightmare (1983) Oct 12 6.5/10
14) Don't Breathe (2016) Oct 13 5.5/10
15) Savage Weekend (1979) Oct 14 7/10
16) Satan's Blade (1984) Oct 14 5.5/10
17) Count Dracula (1970) Oct 15 5.5/10
18) Bloody Moon (1981) Oct 16 6/10
19) The Invitation (2015) Oct 23 6/10
20) Horror House on Highway Five (1985) Oct 23 6/10
21) Nightmare Sisters (1988) Oct 25 5/10
22) The Midnight After (2014) Oct 25 5.5/10
23) Below (2002) Oct 27 6/10
24) Gerald's Game (2017) Oct 27 5.5/10
25) The Babysitter (2017) Oct 29 4.5/10
26) Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) Oct 29 5/10
27) The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) Oct 30 6.5/10
28) The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) Oct 30 7.5/10
29) Killer's Delight (1978) Oct 30 6/10
30) Get Out (2017) Oct 31 7/10
31) Halloween (1978) Oct 31 10/10

FTV: 28

TOTAL: 31

Challenge complete under the wire!

Total viewings: 31
First time viewings: 19

1. October 1st: Leatherface (2017) 90 minutes First time viewing
2. October 1st: Get Out (2017) 104 minutes First time viewing
3. October 1st: The City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel (1960) 76 minutes First time viewing
4. October 3rd: The Funhouse Massacre (2015) 90 minutes First Time Viewing
5. October 5th: 31 (2016) 102 minutes
6. October 6th: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 98 minutes
7. October 7th: Don't Breathe (2016) 88 minurtes First time viewing
8. October 7th: Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) 99 minutes First time viewing
9. October 7th: The Monster Squad (1987) 82 minutes
10. October 10th: The Void (2016) 90 minutes First time viewing
11. October 15th: What We Do in the Shadows (2014) 86 minutes First time viewing
12. October 18th: The Thing (1982) 109 minutes
13. October 20th: The Blob (1988) 95 minutes
14. October 20th: Cell (2016) 98 minutes First time viewing
15. October 21st: Lights Out (2016) 81 minutes First time viewing
16. October 21st: Orphan (2009) 123 minutes
17. October 22nd: Blair Witch (2016) 89 minutes First time viewing
18. October 23rd: We Are Still Here (2015) 84 minutes First time viewing
19. October 24th: The Omen (1976) 111 minutes
20. October 26th: Damien: Omen II (1978) 107 minutes First time viewing
21. October 26th: The Final Conflict (1981) 108 minutes First time viewing
22. October 27th: Bride of Chucky (1998) 89 minutes First time viewing
23. October 27th: Seed of Chucky (2004) 87 minutes First time viewing
24. October 27th: Rosemary's Baby (1968) 137 minutes
25. October 28th: Curse of Chucky (2013) 97 minutes First time viewing
26. October 28th: Cult of Chucky (2017) 91 minutes First time viewing
27. October 28th: Psycho (1960) 109 minutes
28. October 28th: Annabelle: Creation (2017) 109 minutes First time viewing
29. October 28th: Trick 'r Treat (2007) 82 minutes
30. October 30th: Day of the Dead (1985) 101 minutes
31. October 31st: Halloween (1978) 91 minutes


Shortest Movie: The City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel (1960) 76 minutes
Longest Movie: Rosemary's Baby (1968) 137 minutes
Busiest Day: October 28th 488 minutes
Average Length: 96.87 minutes
Total Length: 3003 minutes

My spot & hello to all
FTV's in red
01.10

1 Cult of Chucky (2017) 4/10
Well this pretty much sucked & some of the dialogue is cringe inducing. Feels messy & thrown together too.


2 Leatherface (2017) 6.5/10
A young Leatherface escapes from a 60s loony bin with fellow psychos and a hot nurse & it all goes kinda Devil's Rejects throughout much of the film before hurridly wrapping things up in final 15 mins.
As a TTCM edition it's not great, as a stand alone road movie horror though it's not bad & sufficiently brutal & gory to keep your attention. Overall it's undemanding but passable, bonus half point for some sweet gore with prctical FX.

3 It (2017) 6/10
Not as good as I was hoping but better than I was expecting & quite effective in parts.

4 The Girl With All the Gifts (2016) 8/10
Excellent UK dystopian infected film showing there's life in the subgenre yet with some great ideas to go with the grittiness. Not gonna say anything about the plot but it's highly recommended.

02.10

5 Get Out (2017) 8/10
I knew next to nothing about this before seeing it & had a blast with it, hearkens nicely back to those bad old 70s creepy paranoia horror-thrillers, with some surprisingly successful humour too.

6 Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) 6.5/10
Surprisingly a lot more enjoyable & entertaining than it has any right to be.

7 Alien Covenant (2017) 6/10
Like Prometheus, this seems more concerned with pleasing visuals than anything else. I did like it better though, which probably isn't saying much, as overall it's nothing special.

03.10
8 Nightwish (1989) 610
A professor & students investigate paranormal phenomena at an old mansion & encounter everything from demons to aliens in this batshit nuts flick which tries to shoehorn in as much stuff as possible. Overall silly but enjoyable stuff with FX by Nicotero & Co.

9 The Last Supper (2005) 6.5/10
Lo fi, SOV twisty-turny plotted Japanese/HK collaboration regarding a renowned surgeon who's also a cannibal. I personally liked it but the low budget might put some off.

10 Terror Night/Bloody Movie (1987) 5/10
Clunky slasher somewhat elevated by some decent kills and look it's Grizzly Adams!

04.10
11 The Conjuring (2013) 7/10
Decided to revisit this & it's still a solid film although I actually preferred the sequel funnily enough.

12 Annabelle Creation (2017) 5.5/10
Pretty undemanding but has its moments.

13 The Void (2016) 6.5/10
I quite liked this & found it darker than I was expecting.

14 The Collection (2012) 7/10
Batshit nuts sequel that's completely stupid but a whole lotta fun from start to finish with a great pace

05.10
15 Final Destination 5 6.5/10
Undemanding & a film to be enjoyed purely for its set pice kills.

16 A Cure for Wellness (2016) 7.5/10
An executive sent to retrieve a CEO from a mysterious Swiss health spa uncovers sinister goings on in this strange, absorbing & really quite good little horror.

17 Life (2017) 6/10
Takes itself way too seriously but has its moments & an entertaiing third act

06.10
18 The Conjuring 2 (2016) 7.5.10
I really like this one & find it solid and effective stuff, even if I think the real life story is all bollocks.

19 SAW VI (2009) 6/10
Dumb but fun edition

20 Saw 3D Final Chapter (2010) 5.5/10
Meh

21 Friend Request (2016) 2/10
Fuck me this was absolutely terrible.

07.10
22 Cell (2016) 3/10
Boring & not especially coherent Stephen King adaptation, starts off quite promising too before quickly going downhill.

23 The Bar (2017) 6/10
A bunch of patrons trapped in a Madrid bar begin to turn on each other with so-sol results. Watched this on impulse after realising it was from one of my fave directors Alex de Iglesia, but it's easily his weakest film for me, although not bad overall.

08.10
24 The Ninth Gate (1999) 6/10
Hadn't seen this since its release & disliked at the time but it improved on a revisit.

25 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 7/10
I love this flick.

09.10
26 The Thing (2011) 5/10
Essentially a rehash of the first & some nice FX aside, pretty dull.

27 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 7/10
A childhood fave & srill solid fun

28 Night of the Creeps (1986) 7.5/10
Thrill me.

10.10
29 Amityville Awakening (2017) 3/10
Watched this purely cuz was from director of Maniac remake which I really liked. This sucked balls though.

30 Lifeforce (1985) 6/10
Another film I didn't like the first time round but had fun with on a revisit. Coulda been leaner though.

11.10
31 Gerald's Game (2017) 7/10
Surprisingly solid

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

32 We Are Not Alone (2016) 3/10
Crappy Peruvian ghost horror that turns ito The Exorcist in the third act

33 Day of the Dead (1985) 10/10
My second favourite horror of all time after The Exorcist.

12.10
34 Holocaust 2000 (1977) 6/10
Weird Italian Omen knock off that I quite liked despite its rather muddled plot.

35 The AntiChrist (1974) 6.5/10
Entertaining Italian Exorcist Knock off.

36 Tremors (1990) 7/10

13.10
37 Flatliners (1990) 6/10

38 Cat's Eye (1985) 7.5/10

39 Creepshow (1982) 8/10

14.10
40 See No Evil (2006) 6.5/10
41 Bride of Re-Animator (1989) 7/10
42 The Hills Run Red (2009) 7/10

15.10
43 Beyond Re-Animator (2003) 7/10
44 Return of the Living Dead III (1993) 7/10

16.10
45 Office (2015) 6/10
46 Botched (2007) 6/10

17.10
47 The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) 6.5/10
48 The Possession of Michael King (2014) 7/10

18.10
49Tremors 2: Aftershock (1996) 5.5/10
50 The Children (1980) 6/10

19.10
51 He Never Died (2015) 6.5/10
52 Don't Kill It (2016) 7/10

20.10
53 Fallen (1998) 5.5/10
54 Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) 7/10

21.10
55 Devil (2010) 6.5/10
56 Final Destination (2000) 7/10
57 Final Destination 2 (2003) 7.5/10
58 Night of the Living Dead (1990) 7/10

22.10
59 Wishmaster (1997) 7.5/10
60 The Blob (1988) 8/10
61 Horns (2013) 7/10
This was a lot better & more entertaining thatn I was expeecting.

23.10
62 The Island of Dr Moreau (1977) 5.5/10
I gotta say I found this rather dull overall.

63Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) 6.5/10

24.10
64 Ticks (1993) 6.5/10
65 Devil's Advocate (1998) 7.5/10
66 Cape Fear (1991) 7/10

25.10
67 The Greasy Strangler (2016) 3/10
This would've been much better as a short and outlives its novelty after 30 minutes.

68 The Belko Experiment (2016) 6.5/10
Trapped American office workers in Colombia must kill each other to survive in this daft but solidly enjoyable horror from Greg McClean.

26.10
69 Arcahnaphobia (1990) 7/10
70 The Eyes of My Mother (2016) 5/10
71 Tragedy Girls (2017) 6.5/10
72 Dead Shack (2017) 6.5/10
73 Who's Watching Oliver? (2017) 5/10

27.10
74 Bloody Reunion (2006) 6/10
75 Top Knot Detective (2017) 7.5/10
76 Habit (2017) 5/10
77 The Endless (2017) 7.5/10
78 Tonight She Comes (2017) 6.5/10

28.10
79 Death Bell (2008) 4.5/10
80 Our Evil (2017) 6/10
81 Game of Death (2017) 5/10
82 Victor Crowley (2017) 7.5/10
83 Fashionista (2017) 4/10

29.10
84 The Mimic (2017) 6/10
85 Better Watch Out (2017) 8/10
86 68 Kill (2017) 8/10
87 Angel Heart (1987) 10/10

30.10
88 The Babysitter (2017) 4/10
89 Little Evil (2017) 5/10
90 Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973) 6.5/10 (special thanks to Gymnopedie for the rec)

31.10
91 Mexico Barbaro (2014) 4/10
92 We are the Flesh (2016) 2/10
93 It Stains the Sands Red (2016) 6/10
94 House on Haunted Hill (1999) 7/10
Views 94
FTV's 51
Challenege Ended

It is great to see a fellow Irishman around here

Likewise

I remember you recommended me They Have Changed Their Face and Sole Survivor (1983) over on the old IMDb board. Excellent films!

Are you going to watch the football over next weekend?

Glad you liked them I'm hoping more get to see Face in particular, it really is an unknown gem for me. Defo gonna catch the Moldovan match

I wrote a review about They Have Changed Their Face a while back here if you atre interested.

https://trashepics.com/post/142/3/