SHOCKtober: 676-649

I don't know about you, but my list of "aw man I gotta check that out" movies is growing day by day thanks to some of y'allses faves. When the month is all said and done, I'll make the entire list available for download in a handy PDF or something. And then who among you will watch one of the listed films every day for the next 2+ years? 

Well, that is then. Now is all about the following movies, which received one vote each.

676. Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- 1991, James Cameron

675. Tenderness of the Wolves -- 1973, Ulli Lommel

674. Teeth -- 2007, Mitchell Lichtenstein

673. Tarantula -- 1955, Jack Arnold

672. Tales from the Crypt -- 1972, Freddie Francis

671. Symptoms -- 1974, José Ramón Larraz

670. Sweeney Todd -- 2007, Tim Burton

669. Summer of Fear -- 1978, Wes Craven

668. Summer of 84 -- 2018, François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell

667. Stoker -- 2013, Park Chan-wook

666. Stigmata -- 1999, Rupert Wainwright

665. Stay Alive -- 2006, William Brent Bell

664. Starry Eyes -- 2014, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer

663. Spookies -- 1986, Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, and Brendan Faulkner

662. Spontaneous -- 2020, Brian Duffield

661. Splinter -- 2008, Toby Wilkins

660. Spider Baby -- 1967, Jack Hill

659. Speak No Evil -- 2022, Christian Tafdrup

658. Sorry to Bother You -- 2018, Boots Riley

657. Sorority House Massacre 3 (aka Hard to Die) -- 1990, Jim Wynorski

656. Something Wicked This Way Comes -- 1983, Jack Clayton

655. Solaris -- 1972, Andrei Tarkovsky

654. Slaughter High -- 1986, George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, and Peter Mackenzie Litten

653. Slash/Back -- 2022, Nyla Innuksuk

652. Sissy -- 2022, Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes 

651. The Silent Scream -- 1979, Denny Harris

650. Silent Madness -- 1984, Simon Nuchtern

649. Silent Hill -- 2006, Christophe Gans

• I'm sorry, did I write that Stay Alive is a movie that got one vote? I meant to write that it is the number one movie! I will someday release a 600-page tome about how it is the best; If you do not feel like waiting for that day, you can read that back issue of Rue Morgue where I wrote about it. I will never stop loving it!
• Am I the only person in the world who didn't know that Wentworth Miller wrote Stoker?
• Stigmata ranked #666 is unintended perfection.
• A reader on Speak No Evil: "From the moment the car pulls into the driveway of Patrick and Karin, with the accompanying musical sting, I was hooked. This story ratchets up so quickly and while you might be screaming at the screen at Bjorn and Louise’s sometimes inexplicable choices, anyone who has ever felt bound by social constraints of being polite, of being nice despite their own discomfort, will understand this film. An instant classic for me."
• How have I never even heard of Silent Madness? (I mean, I guess the madness is silent, so...) 1984? The Devil's Daughter's Belinda Montgomery? Viveca Lindfors?? I need to get out from under this rock!
• Slash/Back is terrific, a kind of Kidz Bop The Thing centered on a severely underrepresented location and demographic. It's for everyone, but it's especially recommended if you've got horror kids who need something to watch. 
• I am going to make it a point to finally watch Symptoms some time this month. And to rewatch Tales from the Crypt; Just thinking about the Joan Collins segment and corpse Peter Cushing's corn teeth really sends me. And Summer of Fear, too. I really can't believe I've never seen it. See? The "aw man I gotta check that out" just won't stop growing.