Nov 2017 *
To some it's a challenge. To others, a competition. But to some of us, the October Challenge is a journey. A journey through the good, the bad, the old and the new of the Horror genre. This was my seventh one, and it shows, as I was very hard up for quality FTVs, especially since I was completely unprepared. But I won't make the same mistake next year.
So, a big thank you to everyone who supported the inaugural October Challenge here on Trash Epics! by far the biggest challenge we've had here, so far.
Goddamn! Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride! At least these days. I actually thought I had this one in the bag for most of the month. But congratulations to Gymnopedie for earning the top spot.
1. Gymnopedie - 106 Films - 90 FTVs
2. Messiah_Of_Doom - 100 Films - 62 FTVs
3. Corpus_Vile - 94 Films - 51 FTVs
4. Johan_WoW - 72 Films - 50 FTVs
5. Ballz - 72 Films - 37 FTVs
6. Ebossert - 60 Films - 31 FTVs
7. Foz - 58 Films - 45 FTVs
8. Triggerhappy6 - 55 Films - 43 FTVs
9. ConditionedResponse - 54 Films - 22 FTVs
10. Shroudoftheimmortal - 53 Films - 41 FTVs
11. Smerd - 42 Films - 32 FTVs
12. BarkingBaphomet - 42 Movies - 16 FTVs
13. Psychotronicbeatnik - 41 Films - 26 FTVs
14. Box_a_Hair - 41 Films - 20 FTVs
15. NoseOfNicko - 35 Films - 18 FTVs
16. Damn_Cyborg - 35 Films - 17 FTVs
17. ZombieCPA - 34 Films - 28 FTVs
18. Tommix - 34 Films - 17 FTVs
19. Onyx_Hades - 33 Films - 23 FTVs
20. Jimb14red & Amon_101 - 31 Films - 28 FTVs
21 BaseBallZombies - 31 Films - 19 FTVs
iceflamez - 25 Films - 18 FTVs
Zombee - 24 Films - 19 FTVs
Brett_Lives - 24 Films - 12 FTVs
Deadandburied81 - 18 Films - 5 FTVs
BloodWank - 16 Films 14 FTVs
Prolelol - 16 Films - 14 FTVs
Markus_San - 12 Films - 11 FTVs
Hazelrigg - 8 Films - 7 FTVs
Klownz - ? - ?
So, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about it. What were your favorite first time viewings of the month? what were your least favorites? Anything at all you have to say about the 2017 October challenge, let's hear it!
My Top 10 favorites
Blood Of The Tribades (2016)
The Appointment (1981)
Blood And Lace (1971)
1922 (2017)
It Stains The Sands Red (2016)
The Babysitter (2017)
Cult Of Chucky (2017)
Easter Bunny Bloodbath (2010)
All The Kind Strangers (1974)
Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)
10 Least Favorites
Thankskilling 3 (2012)
Gingerdead Man 3 (2011)
Gingerdead Man 2 (2008)
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town (1989)
Rings (2017)
Can't Take It Back (2017)
Jack Frost (1997)
Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)
To some it's a challenge. To others, a competition. But to some of us, the October Challenge is a journey. A journey through the good, the bad, the old and the new of the Horror genre. This was my seventh one, and it shows, as I was very hard up for quality FTVs, especially since I was completely unprepared. But I won't make the same mistake next year.
So, a big thank you to everyone who supported the inaugural October Challenge here on Trash Epics! by far the biggest challenge we've had here, so far.
Goddamn! Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride! At least these days. I actually thought I had this one in the bag for most of the month. But congratulations to Gymnopedie for earning the top spot.
1. Gymnopedie - 106 Films - 90 FTVs
2. Messiah_Of_Doom - 100 Films - 62 FTVs
3. Corpus_Vile - 94 Films - 51 FTVs
4. Johan_WoW - 72 Films - 50 FTVs
5. Ballz - 72 Films - 37 FTVs
6. Ebossert - 60 Films - 31 FTVs
7. Foz - 58 Films - 45 FTVs
8. Triggerhappy6 - 55 Films - 43 FTVs
9. ConditionedResponse - 54 Films - 22 FTVs
10. Shroudoftheimmortal - 53 Films - 41 FTVs
11. Smerd - 42 Films - 32 FTVs
12. BarkingBaphomet - 42 Movies - 16 FTVs
13. Psychotronicbeatnik - 41 Films - 26 FTVs
14. Box_a_Hair - 41 Films - 20 FTVs
15. NoseOfNicko - 35 Films - 18 FTVs
16. Damn_Cyborg - 35 Films - 17 FTVs
17. ZombieCPA - 34 Films - 28 FTVs
18. Tommix - 34 Films - 17 FTVs
19. Onyx_Hades - 33 Films - 23 FTVs
20. Jimb14red & Amon_101 - 31 Films - 28 FTVs
21 BaseBallZombies - 31 Films - 19 FTVs
iceflamez - 25 Films - 18 FTVs
Zombee - 24 Films - 19 FTVs
Brett_Lives - 24 Films - 12 FTVs
Deadandburied81 - 18 Films - 5 FTVs
BloodWank - 16 Films 14 FTVs
Prolelol - 16 Films - 14 FTVs
Markus_San - 12 Films - 11 FTVs
Hazelrigg - 8 Films - 7 FTVs
Klownz - ? - ?
So, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about it. What were your favorite first time viewings of the month? what were your least favorites? Anything at all you have to say about the 2017 October challenge, let's hear it!
My Top 10 favorites
Blood Of The Tribades (2016)
The Appointment (1981)
Blood And Lace (1971)
1922 (2017)
It Stains The Sands Red (2016)
The Babysitter (2017)
Cult Of Chucky (2017)
Easter Bunny Bloodbath (2010)
All The Kind Strangers (1974)
Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)
10 Least Favorites
Thankskilling 3 (2012)
Gingerdead Man 3 (2011)
Gingerdead Man 2 (2008)
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town (1989)
Rings (2017)
Can't Take It Back (2017)
Jack Frost (1997)
Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)
I had a lot of great FTVs. I found some solid films in the public library collection and had a remarkable run for the most part.
A few highlights:
Friday the 13th 3 & 4 and Freddy vs. Jason were still absolute hoots.
Hard Candy was great and Ellen Page delivered my favorite performance I've seen this year.
I enjoyed The Purge films a lot more than I expected to - especially the middle one.
Ash Vs. Evil Dead kicked Ash! Much more consistent and fun than the first season. Worth watching just for Lee "Steve fucking Austin" Majors turn as papa Ash. The gore is over-the-top splatstick funny. I hated to see this end.
Some other great FTVs: The Shadow of the Cat, The Ones Below, Colossal, and The House at the End of Time.
Thanks for hosting this Troma. Congrats to Gymno and cheers to all my fellow horror travelers.