SHOCKtober: 620-593

Ah, dippin' into the 500s today...still so many movies to go. The first time I did this I thought there'd be, like, 125 movies on the list. The lesson here is, I'm a moron. But we all knew that, so let's just get to today's films, each of which received one vote.

620. Prometheus -- 2012, Ridley Scott

619. Possum -- 2018, Matthew Holness

618. Poison for the Fairies -- 1986, Carlos Enrique Taboada

617. Piranha -- 1978, Joe Dante

616. Parents -- 1989, Bob Balaban

615. ParaNorman -- 2012, Chris Butler and Sam Fell

614. Panic Room -- 2002, David Fincher

613. Pan's Labyrinth -- 2006, Guillermo de Toro

612. Open Water -- 2003, Chris Kentis

611. Only Lovers Left Alive -- 2013, Jim Jarmusch

610. Occult Bolshevism -- 2018, Hiroshi Takahashi

609. Obsession: A Taste for Fear -- 1987, Piccio Raffanini

608. November -- 2017, Rainer Sarnet

607. Nothing Bad Can Happen -- 2013, Katrin Gebbe

606. Noriko's Dinner Table -- 2005, Sion Sono

605. Nightmare Sisters -- 1988, David DeCoteau

604. Nightbreed -- 1990, Clive Barker

603. Next of Kin -- 1982, Tony Williams

602. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To -- 2020, Jonathan Cuartas

601. Mister Frost -- 1990, Philippe Setbon

600. Mr. Boogedy -- 1986, Oz Scott

599. Moontrap -- 1988, Robert Dyke

598. Midnight Offerings -- 1981, Rod Holcomb

597. Memories of Murder -- 2003, Bong Joon Ho

596. Medusa -- 2021, Anita Rocha da Silveira

595. MaXXXine -- 2024, Ti West

594. Mausoleum -- 1983, Michael Dugan

593. Mary Reilly -- 1996, Stephen Frears

• PIRANHA RULES, THE END
• You know what, Prometheus gets a bad rap but that one reader and I don't care! I went to see it in the theatre with my parents (which I had not done since I was a child, literally) and it was fun and I live for those spacesuits. So sue me!
• Mausoleum, hooo, now we're talking. A nonsensical good time featuring not only corn teeth but also my man Marjoe. Has any movie ever given us more?
• A reader on Mary Reilly:

  There are a whole series of movies that came out when I was 15/16 between 1996-1997 that were so weird and I was so obsessed. I'm sure they have turned me into the strange person I am now. I was going through a John Malkovich phase and he stomped a child. What joy. There is also a scene where they skin an eel. I've never recovered and just googled if it was real or not.

  First of all, I love that they leave us hanging about the eel. Also, this anecdote sums up rather well why it's so much more interesting for y'all to submit your favorites instead of whatever you think is "best," even if there is sometimes overlap.

• I could have sworn that I wrote some kind of review or something about Next of Kin, because I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and I loved it loved it loved it. But I am coming up blank! Oh well, I'm sure it was just way too many words to say "I love Next of Kin, you should check it out." 
• Not sure how it is that I was so excited when the MaXXXine stinger happened after the credits of Pearl and I was so excited and couldn't wait to see it, and yet here I am now, still not having seen it? Hmm, I contain multitudes I guess.