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31 Nights of Halloween Horror - House of 1000 Corpses

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We have made it to the end.  Here is a list of the all the movies we have watched for the month of October.  Of these I have only seen 8 of these films before, and they were all blu ray upgrades.  Which makes 22 new flicks I have not seen before, not too bad for a month where most people just watch the same old things over and over again.  Unfortunately none of these movies were outstanding, usually I seem to find at least one movie that really impresses me and I need to let everyone know.  But this year I did not come across such a film, ah well, that's 2020 for you. 1. The Outing (fun 80s campy horror) 2. Black Water:Abyss (killer crocs from down under) 3. The Godsend (killer kids) 4. 28 Days Later (welcome to 2020) 5. The Fearless Vampire Killers (one of the best vampire movies ever) 6. The Binding (new Italian horror) 7. From Beyond the Grave (Amicus anthology) 8. The Hole in the Ground (more killer kids) 9. #Alive (more 2020) 10. Haxxan (witches, bitches) 1...
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31 Nights of Halloween Horror - The Hunchback of the Morgue

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The Hunchback of the Morgue 87 mins. Dir. Javier Agguire 1973/Spain When it comes to Paul Naschy movies, there are a lot of greats to choose from and The Hunchback of the Morgue has to be near the top of that list.  It has everything you could want in a movie featuring a hunchback in a morgue and more. This time around Paul Naschy plays Gotho, a lonely simple hunchback who everyone makes fun of and ridicules at every chance they get.  They tell him how ugly his face is, which I could never really understand because other then a small scar above his eye, there is little make-up on Naschy and he looks normal.  Gotho works at the morgue in the local hospital, he has one friend who he crushes on who has been nice to him his whole life, but she is dying or an incurable illness.  Gotho goes to see her everyday until her death and bring her flowers.  When his love's body winds up in the morgue two doctors, after ridiculing Gotho, get ready to perform an autopsy.  ...
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31 Nights of Halloween - Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made

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Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made 95 mins. Dir. David Amito & Michael Laicini 2018/USA Would you watch a movie that is supposedly cursed and could harm or possibly even kill you upon viewing?  That is what you will be doing if you subject yourself to a viewing of Antrum.  There is even a warning before the film begins. Antrum is split into two parts, the first is a documentary giving a brief history of what little is known about the film Antrum, a lost movie from the 70s, that has only been seen a few times by a handful of people, each of them meeting their demise.  There have only been two public screenings of the film, both having ended in tragedy to the theatre and the patrons.  Finally a copy of the film has been unearthed, though it seems to have been tampered with by an unknown third party and is revealed here for the first time for the general public to view.  Though there is a Legal Notice stating that you are aware of what you are getting yoursel...
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31 Nights of Halloween Horror - The Unseen

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The Unseen  89 mins. Dir. Danny Steinmann 1980/USA With a good cast, good director, good special effects person, based on a story by good people, how is this movie not better.  It all starts off with good and builds up tension and then it loses its momentum with the reveal and tries to pick up that momentum again at the end but it is a little too late. Three reporters, one being Barbara Bach (Black Belly of the Tarantula, Short Night of Glass Dolls, The Great Alligator, The Spy Who Loved Me & Ringo Starr's wife) are off to do some reporting on some festival when their hotel reservations get screwed up and they find themselves with no place to stay.  They meet sweet old Ernest played by great character actor Syndney Lassick (Carrie, Alligator) who convinces them to stay at his big old farmhouse with his wife, Virginia,  just outside of town.  However as the girls soon find out, Ernest and his wife have a little secret in their basement.  It is rather obv...
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31 Nights of Halloween Horror - Howl

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Howl 92 mins. Dir. Paul Hyett 2015/UK The backwoods of England definitely have a werewolf problem.  Howl is a no frills, in your face, no place for humor straight up werewolf movie.  It's not trying to be anything more then it is and doesn't really break much new ground.  They change up the looks of the werewolf a little, but this a barebones horror movie from beginning to end. Joe is a train conductor, he was just passed up for a promotion and is now forced to work a red eye from London to Eastborourgh.  A few miles out from its destination the train hits a big deer or elk or something which gets caught underneath the train and causes it to come to a screeching halt.  In the middle of nowhere.   In the rain.  In the middle of the night.  On a full moon.  The engineer gets out to survey the damage and is attacked.  The very few passengers on the train cry mutiny against Joe for them to get off and walk the few miles to the last...
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31 Nights of Halloween Horror - Z

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Z 83 mins. Dir. Brandon Christensen 2019/Canada Chalk another one up in the almost so good department, it is frustrating with where it falters.  There are some great scares in this film, but some illogical story points and very little background given to explain the reason why anything is happening.  But read on to make up your own mind if you want to give this flick a whirl. Joshua has loving parents.  One day he gets an imaginary friend he calls Z.  All seems cute in the beginning, then Joshua start misbehaving in school and being defiant.  So much so that he gets suspended indefinitely.  Dad knew about the troubles, but chalked it up as kids being kids and kept it from mom.  So what do the loving parents do when a kid gets kicked out of school?  Instead of punishing him they take him to Play Zone.  While Joshua is playing and Mom is watching, she thinks she actually catches a glimpse of Z, which seems to be some kind of hulking monster typ...
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31 Nights of Halloween Horror - Shock Waves

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Shock Waves 85 mins. Dir. Ken Wiederhorn 1977/USA When it comes to Nazi zombies, few films deliver the goods like Shock Waves.  Zero gore, but high on the creep factor, add in John Carradine  and Peter Cushing and you have a bonafide classic on your hands. A group of tourists take the budget cruise with salty ole Carradine as the captain.  While they are out on their three hour tour the sun flares up which immediately makes everyone think something is wrong.  The ships engine is having trouble, the navigation doesn't work and at night a large ghost ship comes out of nowhere and sideswipes Carradine's boat.  The next day Carradine is missing, because his 5 day shooting schedule was up, and the boat is taking on water.  With no other choice, the group piles into a small dingy and rows towards a remote island.  While on the island they discover an abandoned hotel and encounter Nazi Commander Peter Cushing, who will also disappear after 5 days of shooting....
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