2015 Halloween Movie Marathon
by andresfprieto | created - 05 Oct 2015 | updated - 30 Oct 2015 | PublicDuring the month of Halloween, my aim is to watch at least one horror movie every day. Crazy, I know. ;)
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1. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius
Votes: 18,384
Low budget Oz flick. Lot's of fun and some cool twists. Not a bad way to kick off this horror-movie marathon.
2. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 56,171 | Gross: $11.09M
A rewatch, and still a lot of fun. Pitting the Cenobites against a new foe makes for a very gory almost-but-not-quite action flick. Still a fav of mine.
3. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,448 | Gross: $96.52M
Still good.
4. Hellraiser: Inferno (2000 Video)
R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar, Doug Bradley
Votes: 19,187
Finally got down to check this one out. Not bad at all. Still want to check out Bloodline though.
5. Cannibal Ferox (1981)
93 min | Adventure, Horror
Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova
Votes: 10,801
It was nice of the production to thank the people of Leticia (Colombian Amazon) and Avianca Airlines. Not so nice was the butchering of live animals just for a flick, even for grindhouse cinema. Anyways, cool little flick and even gets some extra credit for being filmed in the homeland. Might have to rewatch Cannibal Holocaust to see how it stacks up against this one.
6. The Battery (2012)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
The personalities of two former baseball players clash as they traverse the rural back roads of a post-plague New England teeming with the undead.
Director: Jeremy Gardner | Stars: Jeremy Gardner, Adam Cronheim, Niels Bolle, Alana O'Brien
Votes: 10,378
Damn good zed movie. Also, one that finally addresses the "I know she's trying to eat me but still... that zombie's got some tig ol' bitties" concern.
7. Land of the Dead (2005)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 100,835 | Gross: $20.70M
Still does the job.
8. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.
Director: Kevin Yagher | Stars: Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Charlotte Chatton
Votes: 24,604 | Gross: $16.68M
Appreciated what they tried to do here, but now that I think of it, this came out the same time everyone else and their petrified mama was doing "insert 80's monster/slasher franchise here" into space. Still worht a watch for Hellraiser fans.
9. The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
PG-13 | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly | Stars: Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Spencer Treat Clark, David Jensen
Votes: 16,986 | Gross: $15.18M
Loved the first one and would have to agree we did not need a sequel. At least not this sequel.
10. Avenged (2013)
R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.
Director: Michael S. Ojeda | Stars: Amanda Adrienne Smith, Marc Anthony Samuel, Rodney Rowland, Tom Ardavany
Votes: 4,407
Flick looked great and the acting was actually very good all around.
11. Insidious (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
Votes: 339,217 | Gross: $54.01M
Oh hell yeah. Third time and it still works. Eve more fun because I got to watch it with my two girls this time. They loved it. Scared the crap out of them but they loved it.
12. Shrunken Heads (1994)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
When three N.Y. kids are murdered, the local Hatiian voodoo priest re-animates their shrunken heads to exact revenge. Complications arise between one of the heads and his former girlfriend.
Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Julius Harris, Meg Foster, Aeryk Egan, Rebecca Herbst
Votes: 1,596
Oh man. It was original, I'll give it that. Not sure if watching the Elvira RIFF version helped me get through it though.
13. The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.
Director: Adam Robitel | Stars: Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang, Brett Gentile
Votes: 40,217
Solid, creepy posession flick. Would rewatch.
14. Bereavement (2010)
R | 103 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
The horrific account of 6 year old Martin Bristol, abducted from his backyard swing and forced to witness the brutal crimes of a deranged madman.
Director: Stevan Mena | Stars: Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario, Brett Rickaby, Nolan Gerard Funk
Votes: 8,049
Damn Daddario! Actually a very decent sequel. Very nasty and no f's given. Also good to see the Beihn in this one.
15. V/H/S Viral (2014)
R | 81 min | Adventure, Crime, Horror
A Los Angeles police chase sends a fame-obsessed man on a wild ride to save his girlfriend from a cybernetic terror.
Directors: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Patrick Lawrie, Emilia Ares, Celia K. Milius, Steve Berens
Votes: 19,232 | Gross: $0.00M
Not bad. Was expecting more with the ice cream truck finally.
16. Room 237 (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan
Votes: 23,119 | Gross: $0.26M
Blah blah blah. Seriously though, it has it's moments. The Calumet baking powder reference was great and the Apollo 11 theory was mind blowingly awesome.
17. Curse of Chucky (2013)
R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
Director: Don Mancini | Stars: Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Jordan Gavaris, Danielle Bisutti
Votes: 43,616 | Gross: $3.80M
The Chuck made it back and kicked some ass. Very good sequel. Totally made the good guy doll creepy again. I watched this one with my kids. Big fans of the original.
18. Maggie (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.
Director: Henry Hobson | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette
Votes: 46,734 | Gross: $0.19M
Great but untraditional zombie movie. Bleak AF! Arnold and Abi gave two solid performances. This is the other side of the zombie infected coin. Generally we just get to see the zombie horde run down with giving a crap but here the movie captures that time just before the turn, where one of your most beloved dies and reanimates into a shambling atrocity where the only thing on it's decaying mind is to feast on your flesh. Also watched this one with my girls. Yes, there were tears.
19. Grizzly (1976)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall
Votes: 5,958
Hasn't aged all that well. The Neal Adams poster is timeless though.
20. The Thaw (2009)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A research expedition to the Arctic discovers that a melting polar ice cap has released a deadly prehistoric parasite.
Director: Mark A. Lewis | Stars: Val Kilmer, Martha MacIsaac, Aaron Ashmore, Kyle Schmid
Votes: 12,880
Great gross out scenes. Cool seeing Kilmer again.
21. Life After Beth (2014)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon
Votes: 23,851 | Gross: $0.08M
Another slightly unbalanced RomZomCom. Aubrey Plaza does a great job though in her role as the girl who didn't stay dead. Worth checking out.
22. Spring (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
A young man in a personal tailspin flees from US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti, Nick Nevern
Votes: 31,416 | Gross: $0.05M
Great flick, great actors and one great concept. The romance angle was believable. Didn't hurt any that it took place in such a beautiful location.
23. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
R | 97 min | Horror, Romance
Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,455 | Gross: $0.00M
Been a long time since I caught this classic on VHS after renting it from the Video Nook, and it still kicks ass. It has all you are looking for in an old school horror movie based on one of Poe's best short stories. Of course they were a bit loose with the adaptation but it's all good. Gruesome torture scenes, some unintentional humor, Lance Henriksen having a blast as the Nutty Inquisitor, a hot chic lead and hungry rats o'plenty.
24. Demons (1985)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento
Votes: 26,585
Still kicks ass. After rewatching this month I see what REC, another flick that also teases end of the world catastrophy through demon possessed zombies, could have been outside the apartment building but never delivered. Apparently Demons never followed through either because after watching Demons 2 they go back to square one. Anyways, great movie, great demon transformations, god awful acting in most cases but it works. It will always be a favorite, thanks to an old buddy of mine, I.C., who introduced me to this gem.
25. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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Director: Kieran Parker | Stars: Bryan Larkin, Iván Kamarás, Velibor Topic, Laurentiu Possa
Votes: 2,492
Holy crap, way better than I expected. The prequel route totally worked for this story, introducing all the shenanigans the crazy nazi scientists were up to in the zombie lab. Action was great. Good times. Also, I think Spetsnaz is one the coolest words ever created.
26. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
R | 97 min | Horror
An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.
Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Kevin Bernhardt, Lawrence Mortorff
Votes: 35,069 | Gross: $12.53M
Better than what I remembered. Still can't compare to 1 and my all time favorite 2.
27. Hayride (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A college student returning home for Halloween is forced to face his childhood fears when an escaped killer takes refuge in his family's "Haunted Hayride".
Director: Terron R. Parsons | Stars: Richard Tyson, Sherri Eakin, Jeremy Ivy, Jeremy Sande
Votes: 827
I dug the whole rural haunted hayride vibe, being that I currently live out in the sticks, it's a great tradition and just messing with that by throwing in a killer was a great idea. Very low budget but still manages to pull it off. Mostly. Hopeful that the sequel is a bit more polished.
28. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A journalist and his son travel to Nebraska to investigate the mysterious town of Gatlin where, unbeknownst to them, a murderous cult of children are still waiting in the corn fields.
Director: David Price | Stars: Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman, Christie Clark
Votes: 9,533 | Gross: $6.98M
Oh man what a stinker. So bad it's good to watch for a few laughs. Most of the laughs came by way of the children always villageofthedamning it at every turn. C'mon kids, spread out a bit. I can totally see where TreeHouse of Horror got most of its inspiration for the horro movies that featured killer kids. Oddly recommended.
29. Halloween (2007)
R | 109 min | Horror
After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif
Votes: 130,626 | Gross: $58.27M
Still a bit clunky in parts but I ended up enjoying it more this time around. Zombie's part 2, though definitely is slick as *beep* and is one of my favs.
30. Phantasm (1979)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester
Votes: 41,290 | Gross: $11.99M
After my 3rd viewing and while it's not perfect it's original enough to be a fav. The sequel though kicks ass. Wan't to add it to this Halloween marathon too.
31. The Omen (1976)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner
Votes: 132,706 | Gross: $4.27M
After all these years and it's still a classic. Watching it with my kids was a plus. I remember the idea of an anti-christ being scarier in the 80's because of the threat of WWIII looming over us constantly.
32. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,844 | Gross: $25.75M
Still a lot of fun. This one hits all the right notes.
33. The Houses October Built (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Five friends are stalked by a group of mysterious and disturbed individuals while on a road trip looking for the ultimate haunted house attraction.
Director: Bobby Roe | Stars: Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe
Votes: 10,576
Very original concept and great to watch during the pumpkin season. Not perfect but still manages a few unsettling scenes. Porcelain girl and the Bloody Bunny were creepy AF!
34. New Nightmare (1994)
R | 112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Jf Davis, Miko Hughes
Votes: 64,233 | Gross: $18.09M
Uuuf, I had heard good things about this but man. It kinda sucked.
35. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews
Votes: 68,954 | Gross: $14.24M
One of my all time favs. This movie had always creeped the hell out of me as a kid, not really finding the great humor until much later. I mean, it seriously made an impression on me and my love/hate relationship with zombies.
36. City of the Living Dead (1980)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Votes: 19,371
Creepy Fulci zombies. Kinda non-sensical but still fun.
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