Day 12 - "Oh, I am a ghost."
I will admit right here in front of the tens of you reading this that I have seen woefully few Robert Altman films. I will go on to admit that of the few I have seen, they haven't all thrilled me. I found Quintet (1979) to be a
Day 11 - "I am telling you that strange things happen here."
Not to pop my collar too hard or anything, but man, spending this SHOCKtober with the movies you all called favorites back in 2020 is really paying off for me. So far, I've watched things I'd been meaning to see forever, or movies chosen from the
Day 10 - "It was good, efficient butchery."
As a bonafide, certified, deep-fried fan of Lucio Fulci, I've long been a woman torn over whether or not I should check out his 1982 sleazsterpiece The New York Ripper. Every once in a while my curiosity would get me on the brink of diving into it, only
Day 9 - "We're not supposed to be down here. No one is."
In this overly complicated workaday world of ours, I appreciate the simplicity of William Eubank's 2020 monster flick Underwater. Underwater has no lofty goals. It's only here to show you a good time. Thank you, Underwater! And thank you to the one person who voted it
Day 8 - "Just because I drive a truck does not make me a truck driver."
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later: I'm afraid today brings us my first "That's a no for me, dawg" of the month. Infinite apologies to the lone reader who cited Road Games (1981) as a favorite! Going in, Road Games seemed
Day 7 - "She was born under an unlucky star."
I'll just say what one voter already knew, right up front: The Vampire Doll (1970) rules. I'd long wanted to indulge in director Michio Yamamoto'sBloodthirsty Trilogy, and thanks to the blessings of SHOCKtober I finally cracked open the simply gore-geous Blu-ray from Arrow Video
Day 6 - "I hate talking to ghosts with plaque on my teeth."
Reader, let me tell you a little bit about the journey my brain went on before hunkering down to indulge in a little something called Witchboard (1986), which earned three votes and entered the 2020 list of your favorite horror movies at number 246. I knew that I hadn'
Day 5 - "This sounds weird, but...I think there's something here!"
Today's movie, The Evil (1978, dir. Gus Trikonis), is another one vote favorite. Spoiler alert, there are going to be a lot of one vote faves featured this month. It's kind of the really compelling end of the list, isn't it? The underseen stuff,
Day 4 - "She's a person, not just a dead body!"
Look, yes, something something judging DVDs by their covers and all that--but how can we not let our expectations fly when we settle down to watch a movie released in 2007 (prime dude bro era) with a title like Sick Nurses ("Whoa, sick nurses, bro!") and cover art
Day 3 - "I have reached the dimension of remorse."
I don't know about you, but I have certainly reached the dimension of remorse plenty of times in my life. Self-induced haircuts, drinking champagne, of all things, all night at a friend's birthday celebration, all those innocent people I murdered, my "I look cool in
Day 2 - "Frankly, I think we've entered a new age of madness."
Not to be too solipsistic or to have too much of a parasocial relationship with media...but sometimes it feels like certain movies were made expressly for me (or, in the case of today's movie, the one person who voted it a favorite). How else to explain the
Day 1 - "You, too, can feel the joy and happiness of hating!"
Well would you look at that, it’s time for the SHOCKtober shenanigans to begin. This is always a weird time of year, isn’t it? Here in dotty old New England, at least, it’s like being caught in a liminal space between hot and spooky seasons (although some