Oct 12, 2024

SHOCKtober: 508-481


Soon...soon we will be in the land of the films that received more than one vote. But today we've got more films that received one vote each! Incredible.

508. From Dusk Till Dawn -- 1996, Robert Rodriguez
507. Frogs -- 1972, George McCowan
506. Frightmare -- 1974, Pete Walker
505. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan -- 1989, Rob Hedden
504. Freaky -- 2020, Christopher Landon
503. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed -- 1969, Terence Fisher 
502. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell -- 1974, Terence Fisher
501. Frankenhooker -- 1990, Frank Henenlotter
500. Footprints on the Moon -- 1975, Luigi Bazzoni and Mario Fanelli
499. FleshEater -- 1988, S. William Hinzman 
498. Flatliners -- 1990, Joel Schumacher
497. Fish & Cat -- 2013, Shahram Mokri
496. Final Destination 3 -- 2006, James Wong
495. Fever Dream -- 2021, Claudia Llosa
494. Feast -- 2005, John Gulager
493. Fear Street (trilogy) -- yes someone put this as one of their 20 and technically I guess it's cheating but what can you do and also who cares
492. Fatal Frame -- 2014, Mari Asato
491. Exorcist II: The Heretic -- 1977, John Boorman
490. Exhuma -- 2024, Jang Jae-hyun
489. Exhibit A -- 2007, Dom Rotheroe
488. Excision -- 2012, Richard Bates, Jr
487. Ex Machina -- 2014, Alex Garland
486. Evolution -- 2015, Lucile Hadzihalilovic
485. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark -- 1988, James Signorelli
484. Eko Eko Arazak: Wizard of Darkness -- 1995, Shimako Sato
483. Eight Legged Freaks -- 2002, Ellory Elkayem
482. Eden Lake -- 2008, James Watkins 
481. Earwig -- 2021, Lucile Hadzihalilovic

  • Frogs, baby, Frogs! It is just the best. I'm still undecided if I'll be posting my list this year, but if I do...spoiler alert, Frogs'll be on it.
  • I watched FleshEater for the first time last year thanks to its appearance on an earlier SHOCKtober list and I will forever be grateful for it.
  • Two films from Lucile Hadzihalilovic in this chunk, and they weren't submitted by the same person. Obviously I need to get with it and check out her work.
  • A reader on Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell: "Hammer's last Frankenstein movie feels like a cramped and weary performance of a dead ritual for the ritual's sake. I think it's more horrifying and more poignant than anything else the studio produced."
  • *pushes up glasses* Shouldn't Eight Legged Freaks be Eight-Legged Freaks as it's about spiders and not eight freaks with legs? 
  • The synopsis for Footprints on the Moon makes it sound cool and maybe somewhere on the Messiah of Evil vibe spectrum...that could prove wrong in the end but I want to give it a go.
  • Exhibit A is a pretty good (and oft overlooked) found footage film. Loved the performances and the surprise wee bit of...YOU KNOW.


2 comments:

  1. I remember that FATAL FRAME movie to be quite excellent, even if it did come a good decade after the peak of J-Horror.

    I also recall it has nothing to do with the video game. But definitely worth a watch, if you can find it.

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    1. It is excellent indeed, I love it. It was on my 20 faves list in 2020!

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