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.
