Board 8 > Pre-October 2023 Horror Movie Ratings Topic Discussion

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It is once again that time where I'll be spending all of October watching a bunch of spooky movies and TV and rating them! Popular stuff, indie stuff, absolute garbage! All of it, I spend entirely too much time over the month reviewing! We're 15 days off from it, but I figured I'd get a topic ready and ask for recommendations, along with some things I plan to watch over the month. I'll post my combined ranking in the posts under this one.

But here's what I'll try to watch this month!

The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Series)
It Lives Inside
The Exorcist: Believer
Five Nights At Freddy's
The Changeling (TV Series)
Dark Harvest
Pet Semetary Series + Bloodlines
Rose Red (TV Series)
The Appendage
The Boogeyman
Cobweb
Haunted Mansion
The Mill
Goosebumps (new TV Series)
Totally Killer
The Burning Girls
The Jester

Open for more ideas! Shout them out to me! But try to check out the list I'll post below to see what I've watched. And maybe check out some of those movies for yourself!

My Horror Movie Ratings For October 2020-22!

The Best of the Best:
Aliens - 10/10
American Psycho - 10/10
The Conjuring - 10/10
The Descent - 10/10
Don't Breathe - 10/10
Halloween (1978) - 10/10
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - 10/10
Midnight Mass (TV Series) - 10/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) - 10/10
Poltergeist (1982) - 10/10
Psycho (1960) - 10/10
Scream (1996) - 10/10
Sinister - 10/10
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - 10/10
The Thing (1982) - 10/10
The Wailing - 10/10
What We Do In The Shadows: Seasons 1-3 (TV Series) - 10/10

Must Watch:
The Color of Space - 9.5/10
Drag Me To Hell - 9.5/10
The Haunting of Bly Manor (TV Series) - 9.5/10
Last Night In Soho - 9.5/10
The Medium - 9.5/10
Phantasm - 9.5/10
Psycho Goreman - 9.5/10
Resurrection - 9.5/10
The Ring - 9.5/10
Shining Vale: Season 1 (TV Series) - 9.5/10
Videodrome - 9.5/10
The Woman in Black - 9.5/10
Alien - 9/10
Black Swan - 9/10
The Fly (1986) - 9/10
The Canal - 9/10
Channel Zero: Butcher's Block (TV Series) - 9/10
Chucky: Season 1 (TV Series) - 9/10
Halloween (2018) - 9/10
Hellraiser - 9/10
Insidious - 9/10
The Invisible Man - 9/10
Malignant - 9/10
Martyrs (2008) - 9/10
The Patient (TV Series) - 9/10
Oculus - 9/10
Scream 2 - 9/10
Spiral (2019) - 9/10
Terrifier 2 - 9/10
10 Cloverfield Lane - 8.5/10
The Audition - 8.5/10
Black Christmas (1974) - 8.5/10
Censor - 8.5/10
Child's Play (1988) - 8.5/10
Cloverfield - 8.5/10
Daniel Isn't Real - 8.5/10
Dark Water (2002) - 8.5/10
Dashcam - 8.5/10
From: Season 1 (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Green Room - 8.5/10
Halloween Kills - 8.5/10
Hellraiser (2022) - 8.5/10
Host - 8.5/10
I Know What You Did Last Summer - 8.5/10
Ju-On: The Grudge 2 - 8.5/10
The Lighthouse - 8.5/10
Lovecraft Country (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Mandy - 8.5/10
Mara - 8.5/10
The Mimic - 8.5/10
Midnight Club (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Orphan: First Kill - 8.5/10
Pulse (2001) - 8.5/10
Raw - 8.5/10
Rec - 8.5/10
Rosemary's Baby - 8.5/10
Scream Queens: Season 1 (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Slasher: The Executioner (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Slasher: Guilty Party - 8.5/10
Smile - 8.5/10
Suspiria (1977) - 8.5/10
The Taking of Deborah Logan - 8.5/10
The Terror: Season 1 (TV Series) - 8.5/10
V/H/S 94 - 8.5/10

Great:
The Babysitter: Killer Queen - 8/10
Beach House - 8/10
Brand New Cherry Flavor (TV Series) - 8/10
The Changeling - 8/10
Channel Zero: Candle Cove (TV Series) - 8/10
Come Play - 8/10
The Conjuring 2 - 8/10
Crawl - 8/10
The Empty Man - 8/10
Event Horizon - 8/10
The Hatching - 8/10
Hellraiser II: Hellbound - 8/10
Hocus Pocus - 8/10
The Host (2006) - 8/10
Insidious: Chapter 2 - 8/10
Ju-On: The Grudge - 8/10
Killer Klowns From Outer Space: 8/10
The Midnight Meat Train - 8/10
The Monster - 8/10
The Mist - 8/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - 8/10
The Room - 8/10
Significant Other - 8/10
Spell - 8/10
Still/Born - 8/10
Revenge - 8/10
Terrified - 8/10
Terrifier - 8/10
V/H/S 2 - 8/10
V/H/S 99 - 8/10
Werewolves Within - 8/10
Antlers - 7.5/10
The Belko Experiment - 7.5/10
Blood Red Sky - 7.5/10
Channel Zero: The Dream Door (TV Series) - 7.5/10
Child's Play (2019) - 7.5/10
Child's Play 2 - 7.5/10
Coherence - 7.5/10
Creep - 7.5/10
Creep 2 - 7.5/10
Demonic (2015) - 7.5/10
The Endless - 7.5/10
Friday the 13th: Part III - 7.5/10
Fright Night (1985) - 7.5/10
He's Out There - 7.5/10
His House - 7.5/10
The Hitcher (1986) - 7.5/10
Insidious: Chapter 3 - 7.5/10
Mayhem - 7.5/10
Nightbreed - 7.5/10
The Orphan - 7.5/10
Paranormal Activity (5): The Marked Ones - 7.5/10
Sleepaway Camp - 7.5/10
The Terror: Infamy (TV Series) - 7.5/10
Unfriended - 7.5/10
The Void - 7.5/10
Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 7.5/10
Absentia - 7/10
Aftermath - 7/10
Annabelle: Creation - 7/10
Bad Ben - 7/10
Bad Hair - 7/10
The Blair Witch Project - 7/10
Channel Zero: No-End House (TV Series) - 7/10
A Classic Horror Story - 7/10
Clown - 7/10
Countdown - 7/10
Cult of Chucky - 7/10
Curse of Chucky - 7/10
Devil's Gate - 7/10
The Fly (1958) - 7/10
Haunt - 7/10
The Hitcher (2007) - 7/10
The House of the Devil - 7/10
The Invitation (2016) - 7/10
Lavender - 7/10
Let Me In (2010) - 7/10
Knock Knock - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
My Bloody Valentine - 7/10
Puppet Master - 7/10
The Seventh Day - 7/10
Summer of '84 - 7/10
Trick 'r Treat - 7/10
Under the Skin - 7/10
Underwater - 7/10
V/H/S - 7/10
The Watcher - 7/10

Pretty Good:
47 Meters Down - 6.5/10
Apostle - 6.5/10
Child's Play 3 - 6.5/10
Crimes of the Future - 6.5/10
The Deep House - 6.5/10
Escape Room - 6.5/10
Eyes Without a Face - 6.5/10
Fear of Rain - 6.5/10
Friday the 13th (1980) - 6.5/10
Friday the 13th: Part II - 6.5/10
Fright Night (2011) - 6.5/10
The Grudge (2004) - 6.5/10
Lore (TV Series) - 6.5/10
Malevolent - 6.5/10
Nightbooks - 6.5/10
The Ruins - 6.5/10
Scanners - 6.5/10
Scream: Season 1 (TV Series) - 6.5/10
Them - 6.5/10
There's Someone Inside Your House - 6.5/10
Willy's Wonderland - 6.5/10
Antebellum - 6/10
Bedeviled - 6/10
Bride of Chucky - 6/10
The Bridge Curse - 6/10
Cat People (1984) - 6/10
Children of the Corn - 6/10
Coming Home In The Dark - 6/10
From Within - 6/10
The Grudge 2 - 6/10
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) - 6/10
Hollow Man - 6/10
The Houses October Built - 6/10
Lake Mungo - 6/10
Mom and Dad - 6/10
The Neon Demon - 6/10
Poltergeist II: The Other Side - 6/10
Prom Night - 6/10
Ringu - 6/10
Scream Queens: Season 2 (TV Series) - 6/10
Sissy - 6/10
Slumber Party Massacre (1982) - 6/10
The Unborn (2009) - 6/10
As Above So Below - 5.5/10
Escape the Field - 5.5/10
Flatliners (1990) - 5.5/10
The Girl in the Woods (TV Series) - 5.5/10
House on Haunted Hill (1959) - 5.5/10
May - 5.5/10
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight - 5.5/10
One Missed Call (2004) - 5.5/10
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin - 5.5/10

Below Average:
All Hallow's Eve - 4.5/10
American Horror Story: Red Tide (TV Series) - 5/10
Darkness Falls - 5/10
Eraserhead - 5/10
False Positive - 5/10
The Gallows: Act II - 4.5/10
Halloween Ends - 4/10
Silent Hill - 4.5/10
Halloween Party - 4/10
The Nun - 4/10
Tell Me How I Die - 4/10
Thinner - 4/10
Behind You - 3.5/10
Dark Glasses - 3.5/10
Grimcutty - 3.5/10
Paranormal Activity (6): Ghost Dimension - 3.5/10
Pulse (2006) - 3.5/10
Coyote Lake - 3/10
Annabelle - 3/10
Held - 3/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge - 3/10
Nobody Sleeps In The Woods Tonight 2 - 3/10
Paranormal Activity 4 - 3/10
Rings - 3/10
V/H/S: Viral - 3/10
We Need To Do Something - 3/10

Trash:
The Dinner Party - 2.5/10
The Gallows - 2.5/10
Prom Night (2008) - 2.5/10
Alien 3 - 2/10
The Bye Bye Man - 2/10
Deadstream - 2/10
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - 2/10
Hubie Halloween - 2/10
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer - 2/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master - 2/10
The Ring Two - 2/10
Sinister 2 - 2/10
We're All Going to the World's Fair - 2/10
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story - 1.5/10
American Horror Story: Death Valley (TV Series) - 1.5/10
The Curse of Downer's Grove - 1.5/10
The Final - 1.5/10
The Hole - 1.5/10
The House of the Witch - 1.5/10
The Sandman - 1.5/10
Seed of Chucky - 1.5/10
Slender Man - 1.5/10
Slumber - 1.5/10
Teeth - 1.5/10
Unfriended: Dark Web - 1.5/10
Valentine - 1.5/10
Black Christmas (2006) - 1/10
The Boy - 1/10
Brahms: The Boy II - 1/10
Captivity - 1/10
Deadcon - 1/10
The Doll - 1/10
Aquaslash - 0.5/10
Evil Eye - 1/10
Fantasy Island - 1/10
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer - 1/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child - 1/10
Texas Chainsaw (3D) - 1/10
They/Them - 1/10
Things Heard & Seen - 1/10
The Visit - 1/10
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 0.5/10
Disturbing Behavior 0.5/10
Don't Blink - 0.5/10
The Fourth Kind - 0.5/10
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - 0.5/10
The Houses October Built 2 - 0.5/10
The Lazarus Effect - 0.5/10
Open Graves - 0.5/10
The Other

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Rose Red (TV Series)

oh hell yeah

I used to love Rose Red but haven't watched it in so long

Johnbobb posted...

oh hell yeah

I used to love Rose Red but haven't watched it in so long

Dude, I saw every episode but the last one.

I don't know how it ends to this day. And I never found a way to watch it.

Bless Hulu for allowing me to finish this.

Suggestions:
Servant (TV Series) [I'm currently watching this and digging it so far]
Beau Is Afraid
Infinity Pool
Knock at the Cabin
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (miniseries)
Jujutsu Kaisen (anime)
Parasyte (anime)

Johnbobb posted...

Suggestions:
Servant (TV Series) [I'm currently watching this and digging it so far]
Beau Is Afraid
Infinity Pool
Knock at the Cabin
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (miniseries)
Jujutsu Kaisen (anime)
Parasyte (anime)

I haven't seen Servant yet, but I definitely want to! I'll probably have that on the list now that I have Apple TV now.

Not sure what Behind the Mask is but I'll check it out if it's available on one of my apps.

I haven't seen the animes because I just don't watch anime, but we'll see how I'm feeling.

I've seen the others and quite enjoyed them! I may watch them again!

Behind the Mask is always one of my first recommendations for any big horror fan but I have no idea what streaming service it'd be on

I will also try to watch at least the first Saw movie too.

I don't think I have it in me to watch many other ones.

Yes, love this topic!

I'm planning on doing something a little similar maybe this year, I've got my list here:
https://letterboxd.com/crossbonesgt/list/halloween-2023/

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I will also try to watch at least the first Saw movie too.

I don't think I have it in me to watch many other ones.

Saw 1 and 2 are great (2 being the beat in the series imo) but after that the quality is all over the place

Suggestions:
Get Out
The Babadook
Hereditary
Cabin in the Woods
Candyman (1992)
Scream VI

Seen all those, would love to revisit them for this month though! Been a while since I've seen a lot of them.

Oh I started watching Servant on Apple TV. I imagine the girlfriend and I will finish it come the end of October. But a couple episodes in and I really like it!.

The Changeling also on Apple TV has been outstanding too.

I'm 9 episodes in on Servant right now and still have no idea where it's headed

fear dot com 2
Swimfan 2

wallmasterz posted...

fear dot com 2
Swimfan 2

I know they don't have sequels.

But I needed to double check right now to make sure to make myself feel better.

Edit: Also I forgot to mention there's another VHS movie coming out next month too that I'm going to watch! I really enjoy those movies.

Suitable Flesh starring Heather Graham is going to be on the list too! Debuting on Shudder on October 27.

https://youtu.be/6NDMkJ82esw?si=lxTGJb9bu_WAjMyM

Well. There's a new Hell House LLC movie coming out on Shudder on October 30 that is neither a sequel or a prequel.

I've only ever seen the first one but maybe I'll try to watch the whole series begrudgingly this month.

No way... Hell House Origins.... sooooo exciting

It's Hell House Origins, but it's not an origin of the original trilogy for some reason. lol I watched the first movie and thought it was alright. I don't know it needs a fourth movie though. As far as haunted house attraction movies go, I don't think it's even close to my favorite.

I've seen the first two and yeah I think they're decent, a bit overhyped for sure.

I'll probably start watching Season 2 of Chucky soon to wrap it up by October.

If you aren't watching Chucky, btw, absolutely do so. It's honestly just so much better than I expected it to be.

I'm hearing No One Will Save You on Hulu is excellent. Consider it added to the list!

https://youtu.be/IcA02w6rm44?si=2QyrEGEXiThGN_XX

Just added it myself!

one more recommendation:

Scare Me - horror comedy and the first movie by Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within) starring him and Aya Cash,

I love Scare Me! I'd definitely like to watch it again this month!

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I love Scare Me! I'd definitely like to watch it again this month!

I go back to Scare Me every October since it came out. It's just such a fun and creative movie, one of the best uses of a small budget I've ever seen

Man, I dunno what it is now but I am so excited to start marathoning horror stuff next month. I usually don't feel that way a week prior to it, but I just want to binge it hard.

Of course, after I get through a bunch of mediocre/bad ones I will no doubt have curbed that excitement. But I think I just miss the cozy comfort of just finishing off my nights with a horror movie instead of whatever else I'd get up to. It's just nice to just broaden my scope and watch a bunch of horror stuff I normally wouldn't otherwise carve out time to watch any other time.

It's because October, Halloween & horror are always the best things ever. In a year that has been really crap for me, knowing October is right around the corner has really been lifting my spirits.

I'm hearing Argentine film When Evil Lurks is deeply chilling and outstanding! Looks like it'll be on Shudder October 27. So on the list it goes!

https://youtu.be/QggK9KH2x7k?si=jZpffkloMaQWx2WS

Welp, It Lives Inside is on the most limited viewing one week later so I doubt I'm catching that one.

But maybe I'll end up watching Saw X because it's somehow actually legitimately good?.

Two more days though!!!

Suggestion: Resident Evil Death Island

Dark_Silvergun posted...

Suggestion: Resident Evil Death Island

I actually do like the animated Resident Evil stuff I've seen, so maybe I'll find a way to check that out.

It begins! The topic has been made with two write ups!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80582071