Move over (in Heaven), Del Rubio triplets, we've got to make room for more SHOCKtober triplets! (But don't move over too far, we will need your services when Winter arrives because honestly the SHOCKtober triplets aren't much for caroling.) Each of the following films received three votes!
256. Them! -- 1954, Gordon Douglas255. The Watcher in the Woods -- 1980, John Hough and Vincent McEveety
254. The Sixth Sense -- 1999, M. Night Shyamalan
253. The Seventh Victim -- 1943, Mark Robson
252. The Old Dark House -- 1932, James Whale
251. The Night Stalker -- 1972, John Llewellyn Moxey
250. The Night House -- 2020, David Bruckner
249. The Mist -- 2007, Frank Darabont
248. The Menu -- 2022, Mark Mylod
247. The Innkeepers -- 2011, Ti West
246. The Host -- 2006, Bong Joon Ho
245. The Funhouse -- 1981, Tobe Hooper
244. The Empty Man -- 2020, David Prior
243. The Devils -- 1971, Ken Russell
242. The Amityville Horror -- 1979, Stuart Rosenberg
241. Society -- 1989, Brian Yuzna
240. Slumber Party Massacre II -- 1987, Deborah Brock
239. Skinamarink -- 2022, Kyle Edward Ball
238. Rebecca -- 1940 Alfred Hitchcock
237. Ravenous -- 1999, Antonia Bird
236. Peeping Tom -- 1960, Michael Powell
235. Orphan -- 2009, Jaume Collet-Serra
234. Nosferatu the Vampyre -- 1979, Werner Herzog
233. Motel Hell -- 1980, Kevin Connor
232. Men -- 2022, Alex Garland
231. Martin -- 1977, George A. Romero
230. Malignant -- 2021, James Wan
229. Little Shop of Horrors -- 1986, Frank Oz
- A reader on Nosferatu the Vampyre: "It’s not all that good, actually, but Kinski is the best Dracula—terrifying, revolting, and pathetic all at once." (A bold stance! One that gives me an idea...)
- Skinamarink is one of the more divisive horror movies in...uh, ever. I've read many a comment about how it is so evocative for some viewers, incredibly unsettling if not downright terrifying. But if it doesn't tap into that part of your nervous system for whatever reason, you are like me--that is, currently on the lam after angrily burning down the movie theatre you saw Skinamarink in. (I hope the police aren't reading this!) I really wished it worked for me. Maybe I'll try again in a few years.
- Why oh why is The Watcher in the Woods so very unavailable? Is it in the Disney vault or some shit...? You would think that a movie featuring Bette Davis and Kyle Richards would be showing on a 24-hour loop everyday forever. I haven't seen it in a hot...couple of decades and I'm all steamed up that it's nowhere to be found.
- The Night House is so good and has some really scary bits, but the real reason you should watch is because Rebecca Hall is such an incredible actress. She does this monologue in a bar and...just watch The Night House!
- I love to see so many goldie oldies listed throughout SHOCKtober. The Old Dark House is creeping up on 100 and it's still so much damn fun. The Seventh Victim is a wee bit younger and it's still so damn bleak. Rebecca is their middle sibling and it's still so damn perfect.
- Margot Kidder and James Brolin in The Amityville Horror: one of horror's most babealicious couples of all time. Of course there are other things to love in that film, including but not limited to the giant, purple, demonic pig and the completely over-the-top sound effects of the screeching tires/puking nun combo, which I will never ever grow tired of, even if I live to 1,000,000:
A couple thoughts here:
ReplyDeleteSkinamarink also DID NOT work for me at all and every time someone tells me they love it or it's so scary I have a Mugatu "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills" moment
The Night House had a little too much going on for me to keep the tone consistent but Rebecca Hall is so so so good in everything
Loving Shocktober so far!
Thrupin it up!
ReplyDeleteSeveral days I've seen titles that I'm sure I had on my list this year but after checking, no, they were on a previous year's list (i.e., Martin on my 2017 list), or a short list (i.e., The Old Dark House), but there was no room for them this year even with the generous 20 slots (in the case of Martin I already had two Romeros on my list, and in the case of ODH I already had 3 films from the 1930s on my list).
ReplyDeleteI didn't put Ravenous on my list this year, but wow, what a wakadoo homoerotic movie that I absolutely love, glad it's still getting love
ReplyDeleteCan’t believe I forgot about Malignant! Now I have to wait until next Shocktober to fix my list. I mean I already have to make room for The Substance on there, but in my defense there I hadn’t seen it yet when I submitted my initial 20. Malignant however, wowee what a wild ride!
ReplyDeleteI bet The Substance will get a lot more votes next time around...just a case of bad release timing
DeleteAs one of the most aggressive of the Skinamarinkers, I apologize. I said in my review about 1000 times that it wouldn't work for everybody! I didn't know it would lead to arson!
ReplyDeleteHonestly the arson probably would have happened eventually regardless. I just love setting buildings on fire!
DeleteAgree that Rebecca Hall is a great actress, with the one-two punch of Night House & Resurrection to prove it. What can I say She KO'd me!
ReplyDeleteShout outs to my 2 secret lovers out there who also voted for Sixth Sense, the only horror movie out there that still makes me tear up (you know the scene). Haley Joel & Toni Collette 4-evah!
If you haven't seen Hall in Christine, give it a shot some time (when you are ready to be pulled into the pits of sadness). She's one of my favorite current actors, no matter the material I know she's gonna bring it.
DeleteJason Adams, apologize for nothing. I am firmly in the pro Skinamarink camp. It's a bone-chilling nightmare. What I mean to say its that It chilled *my* bones at any rate!
ReplyDeleteI am willing to be pulled into the pits of sadness if Rebecca Hall leads me there.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to shout out to all my fellow lovers of Men!
ReplyDeleteI didn't put The Night House on my list but I'm glad to see it here. I'm convinced it's a stealth Alan Wake movie.
ReplyDeleteHello, fellow Little Shop voters!
One of the reasons I think Skinamarink is so divisive is probably because it doesn't really qualify as a film per se. Especially seeing it in a public context, like going to a movie with your friends most would reasonably expect a very different experience than what we actual get from the advertising.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky and saw Skinamarink as it was always intended: in my jimjams, under a comfy blanket at 2am while drifting in and out of sleep after the first twenty minutes.
I have Watcher in the Woods on DVD!
ReplyDeleteI also have Watcher in the Woods on DVD! It's out there!
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