October Halloween Marathon 2021
by mykolayeriomin | created - 01 Oct 2021 | updated - 31 Oct 2021 | PublicOctober 2021 was not entirely unexpected, but still kinda caught me off-guard.
Specific themes/clusters this year include:
-Odd, mostly covert superhero movies.
-Gas Station Autumns.
-Polish Cinema Days, because ones are occurring in Ukraine at the time.
-Creatures and types mentioned in a song "What Shall I Be?" from Garfield in Disguise (1985).
-Directorial debuts.
Counted:
-23 feature films (including a live stream and a live event),
-8 Halloween Specials across different mediums,
-2 TV episodes,
-42 webisodes,
-13 short films (including 6 music videos and 1 commercial),
-podcasts,
-1 video games.
Earlier installments: 2014-2017, 2018, Halloween Hangover 2018, 2019, Halloween Hangover 2019, 2020,Halloween Hangover Marathon 2020
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1. Garfield in Disguise (1985 TV Short)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When Garfield and Odie are out trick-or-treating, they end up at a haunted house.
Director: Phil Roman | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, C. Lindsay Workman
Votes: 2,300
1 October: Incredibly wholesome and well-made with a lot of soul in it. Finally got to see it after postponing for years and some special occasion. Why not make this one special, though.
2.
Bookmark (1983–1999)
Episode:
Stanislaw Lem: Science and Fiction
(1990)
75 min | Biography
A multifaceted portrait of science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem.
Director: Adam Ustynowicz | Stars: Stanislaw Lem, Katarzyna Piotrowska-Ornatkiewicz
1 October: XIV Polish Cinema Days in Ukraine organized a few theatrical screenings and I was lucky to catch one. A really good and inspiring documentary on a celebrate sci-fi author Stanislaw Lem, who wrote quite a few spooky enough things for this to be a seasonal treat, too.
3. Pokój (2021)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The year is 2055. The well-known cosmonaut Ijon Tichy is to deliver a speech in the Pan-Slavic Parliament against the introduction of the Polish People's Republic - Extraterrestrial Human Regulations.
Director: Krzysztof Jankowski | Stars: Wojciech Solarz, Kamila Kaminska, Pawel Ciolkosz, Jacek Rózanski
Votes: 10
1 October: Also XIV Polish Cinema Days in Ukraine. Also adapted from Stanislaw Lem. i must admit: concepts of time loops, time paradoxes et cetera terrify me quite a bit so it is also season-appropriate. A good short, although lack of ending, however appropriate, feels like an attempt at financing a feature-length adaptation of the book. Which should be cool, actually.
4.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Spacehunter: Adventures in Forbidden Zone
(2021)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold | Star: Brandon Tenold
3 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011) (an always appropriate comfort food; also a bit of an addiction at this point)
5.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Turkish Batman
(2015)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
3 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
6. Optica 1St: Yaksho ne vpiznayesh lyudey (2021 Video)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
In the night a man approaches a woman on a bus stop with unknown intentions.
4 October: It's nice to just encounter an appropriately seasonal, horror-ish commercial out of the blue and out in the wild. Not much of those these days, so I cherish them.
7.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
2019 After the Fall of New York
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
5 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
8.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Hard Rock Zombies
(2018)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold | Star: Brandon Tenold
5 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011). I kinda feel like I should make a room for a movie this episode reviews this year, too.
9. No Time to Die (2021)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 444,230 | Gross: $160.87M
6 October: I was not sure that a James Bond film will fit in the marathon but a prologue is practically its own mini-slasher flick with surprising homages to Halloween (1978). Plus yeah, it evoked some of the feelings I needed from those covert superhero movies I've mentioned.
10.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Night Train to Terror
(2018)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
7 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
11.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Spaced Out
(2016)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
7 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
12.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Explorinc Crawlspace - The movie where the lead actor declared war in the director
(2021)
Comedy, News
7 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010) is simply amazing.
13.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Razorback - The Best Looking Movie About a Killer Pig
(2020)
Comedy, News
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
7 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010). That settles it: will be trying to fit Razorback (1984) into the marathon because I was looking specifically for hidden gems like that.
14.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Space Girls from Beyond Infinity
(2021)
Comedy, News
Good Bad Flicks enjoys the sexy version of "The Most Dangerous Game" with Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity. Directed by Ken Dixon.
8 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
15.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Other Halves - Jekyll and Hyde meets Microbudget Tech Horror
(2021)
Comedy, News
8 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
16.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
The Food of the Gods
(2018)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
8 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
17.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Food of the Gods
(2020)
Comedy, News
Good Bad Flicks has fun with Food of the Gods. Directed by Bert I Gordon.
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
8 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
18. Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
This survival-horror FPS takes place in 1912, at Transylvania, Romania, with the player controlling the character of James Patterson, who is heading to Castle Malachi to attend the marriage of his sister to a wealthy Romanian Count.
Directors: Stefan Ljungqvist, Marcus Thorell | Stars: Tim Earle, Garry Ferguson, Indy Neidell
Votes: 42
9 October: Well, yeah. After a year or two of considering I finally got to including video games in the Halloween Marathon. This one has some really nice gothic atmosphere and a decent gameplay that was way ahead of its time. It still kind of bored me though which is surprising. Might be the mood of the night and I might return to it. After all, it is set on an October night, it has all the check marks for a great horror experience... Speaking of checkmarks: "I could be a scary vampire! And turn myself into a bat (flap flap)!" (Garfield in Disguise (1985)). Apart from a ton of vampires, it also has a lot of bats as an atmospheric element in the central location.
19.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Don't Open til Christmas: Revisiting the first Good Bad Flick
(2020)
Comedy, News
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
9 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
20.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Don't Open 'Til Christmas
(2010)
Comedy, News
Director: Cecil Trachenburg | Star: Cecil Trachenburg
9 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
21.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Party Line
(2020)
Comedy, News
Good Bad Flicks calls up the Party Line. Directed by William Webb.
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
9 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010). I feel like my binges of the web-series stashes try to tell me marathon should get more exciting, because this episode mentions The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976). Now I need to see this.
22.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Latitude Zero
(2017)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
9 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011). Now this one mentions Halloween decorations! And Paul Lynde, too!
23. Avtoportret (2009)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A motion picture portrait of inexplicably sad teenager.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Mykola Yeriomin, Yelena Krechetova
9 October: Me and my crew continue to dig up skeletons from my own closet. This short is unfinished and partially lost, but partial surviving guarantees we can watch it and makes some notes. "So what shall I be? What could I be? What shall I be?" (Garfield in Disguise (1985)).
24. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Cyboogie (2019 Music Video)
7 min | Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard perform their song "Cyboogie" from the album "Fishing with Fishies" live in studio.
Director: Jason Galea | Stars: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Michael Cavanagh, Cook Craig, Han-Tyumi
9 October: A really cool live-in-studio, shot-on-video, retro-style music video. "I could be handsome or brave, a king or a slave [...], a robot" (Garfield in Disguise (1985)).
25. Barnes & Barnes: Fish Heads (1980 Music Video)
5 min | Comedy, Music
Surreal music video for the song "Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes. A man buys a fish head at the market. A homeless man approaches him. The man shows him the fish head. Absurdist song featuring real fish heads in novelty hats begins.
Directors: Bill Paxton, Rocky Schenck | Stars: Barnes & Barnes, Robert Haimer, Barry Hansen, Bill Mumy
Votes: 364
9 October: A terrific WTF of a music video, I can't believe this was actually on both SNL and MTV back in the day. Moreover, short-form directorial debut by Bill Paxton before watching his equally interesting feature length one.
26. Kazka pro hroshi (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Fantasy
A simple-minded Ukrainian worker Levko inherits his uncle's flourishing mill business. The sudden and unexpected fortune consequently reveals Levko's furious crave for money. He starts with... See full summary »
Director: Olesya Morgunets | Stars: Andrey Isaenko, Anastasiya Karpenko, Aleksandr Kobzar, Konstantin Kostyshin
Votes: 52
9 October: It's okay. It's a cautionary fairy tale with some season-appropriate spooky elements, as well as a pumpkin patch and autumn landscapes thrown in for a good measure.
27. Frailty (2001)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."
Director: Bill Paxton | Stars: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary
Votes: 91,245 | Gross: $13.10M
9-10 October: Simply terrific and especially good considering it's a debut. It was odd to hear that superhero deconstruction is directly mentioned in the dialogue in a passing reference.
28. Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
88 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
Director: Mariusz Wilczynski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Malgorzata Kozuchowska
Votes: 1,114
10 October: A very impressive, unique-looking, grossly beautiful feature directorial debut. A ton of unexpected cameos, equally unexpected Mikhail A. Bulgakov motifs which also constitute for another Garfield quote: "...And go as a big fat Halloween cat" (Garfield in Disguise (1985)).
29.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Strange Invaders - The 50s Sci-Fi that takes place in the 80s
(2021)
Comedy, News
Good Bad Flicks looks into the 50s sci-fi homage Strange Invaders. From director Michael Laughlin.
10 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
30.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Flinch - A Modern Crime Thriller that Channels the Best of the Past
(2021)
Comedy, News
10 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
31.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Nightfall - Very, very loosely based on the Isaac Asimov short story
(2021)
Comedy, News
10 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
32. The Mutations (1974)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist experiments with crossing humans and plants, for which he uses his students.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege
Votes: 2,125
11 October: A really odd and interesting mixture of ideas and stylistic elements. At times reminding me of Universal Monsters, at times of contemporary comic books, at times of far more modern works. Great performances by Tom Baker (practically unrecognizable under all the special make-up) and Donald Pleasence, Michael Dunn and Willie Ingram are also really impressive. Bonus points for some really creative mutant ideas, odd experimental/jazz score and pleasant Autumn vibes.
11 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
34.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
(2020)
Comedy, News
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
11 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
11 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
36.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
My Bloody Valentine
(2021)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold | Star: Brandon Tenold
11 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
37. Spadkoiemtsi Symfonii Nochi: Castlevania Advance Collection (2021 TV Movie)
114 min | Reality-TV, Talk-Show
A live stream of "Castlevania Advance Collection" bundle of Nintendo Switch re-releases and a chat with the audience.
Director: Vladyslav Papidokha | Star: Vladyslav Papidokha
11 October: A live stream, that I think fits nicely thematically.
38.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring The Hidden - New Line's Venture into Sci-Fi Horror
(2020)
Comedy, News
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
13 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010). I think I just found a perfect candidate for "Or an alien creature goin' out on the town!" (Garfield in Disguise (1985)).
39.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
Exploring Man's Best Friend - A Different Kind of Monster Movie
(2020)
Comedy, News
Star: Cecil Trachenburg
13 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
40.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Horror Express
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
14 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
41.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
(2017)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
14 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
42.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Death Machines
(2017)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
14 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
43.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
(2017)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
14 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
44. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan
Votes: 701,567 | Gross: $262.03M
15 October: More of a reminder than an actual rewatch (roommates were binging the dilogy after Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), but it formed a pleasant mood, so what the heck. Also both movies have some horror elements in them.
45. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 537,261 | Gross: $202.85M
15 October: See above.
46. DC FanDome 2021 (2021 TV Special)
223 min | Talk-Show
A global live online event uniting DC Comics creations and adaptations with fans around the globe.
Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, J.J. Abrams, Steve Agee, Asher Angel
Votes: 55
16 October: Unlike most people in a shockingly toxic YouTube chat (what on Earth happened and why there?) I really enjoyed the show for what it is, actually. A plethora of new trailers, a few bittersweet odes to finished and finishing DC-based shows, some cool interviews and behind-the-scenes insights... It were quite pleasant three-and-a-half hours.
47.
Good Bad Flicks (2010– )
Episode:
The Master Episode 2 - Out of Step
(2021)
Comedy, News
Good Bad Flicks continues with the TV series The Master.
17 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
48. Z daleka widok jest piekny (2011)
77 min | Drama
It Looks Pretty From a Distance.
Directors: Anna Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Stars: Marcin Czarnik, Piotr Nowak, Elzbieta Okupska, Jerzy Lapinski
Votes: 140
19 October: On a first glance this arthouse drama doesn't seem like a good fit for a Halloween marathon, but it is a very unsettling and surprising thing. A really uniquely done and interesting movie. Sheer intensity and surrealism of some scenes and a unique and superb sound design reminded me at times of Eraserhead (1977).
19 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
50.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Children of the Corn 2
(2021)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold | Star: Brandon Tenold
20 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
51. After the Break (1998)
13 min | Short
A woman attempting to get over break up struggles to find a balance between forgetting and remembering the feelings.
Director: Annette Kennerley | Stars: Helen Paris, Lucky, Jan Haydn Rowles
20 October: Terrific short. It's not exactly horror, but situation and fear depicted are very relatable and land close to home in my particular case.
52. Ricochet (1991)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 20,355 | Gross: $21.76M
21 October: An exciting wildcard. It merits just enough craziness and gut-wrenching horror (of psychological kind) to merit the inclusion here and yet that is also an action film which has a lot in common with superhero mythos.
53.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Monster X Strikes Back
(2018)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
21 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
54.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
The Last Dragon
(2020)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
21 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
21 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
56. Red Sorghum (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu
Votes: 9,860
21 October: Not a horror movie (again), but this landmark Chinese drama gets really gruesome at times, especially in the last twenty minutes. Very much impressive for a directorial debut.
57.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
City of the Living Dead
(2019)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
22 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
58.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
At the Earth's Core
(2014)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
22 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
59.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
Warlock
(2021)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold | Star: Brandon Tenold
22 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
60. Dollman (1991 Video)
R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, Kamala Lopez, Humberto Ortiz
Votes: 3,703
23 October: A case of inspired casting and directing somehow saving a plot that wouldn't made a modicum of sense if it tried. Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael Halsey, Frank Doubleday and Frank Collison are all terrific character actors who really attempt something in this and so does Albert Pyun, despite there is nowhere near enough budget to make half of the implied things look serviceable. It's not a masterpiece, but it flies by, is greatly edited and highly entertaining. And also has some really impressive special-make-up effects, when we're not talking about Sprug's head.
61. Errors in Geography: Behind (2015 Music Video)
4 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Unfinished music video by Errors in Geography puts the audience in the uncomfortable POV of a stalker, curiously followed by someone himself.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Errors in Geography, Yaroslav Kozak, Mykola Yeriomin
23 October: My very own unfinished music video unearthed for a special screening with a crew. Had some potential, to be honest, but at this point if I will do a video of this song it will be mostly a re-do, especially since most of the cool gruesome things there are in the song are not presented in the video's very loose strung narrative that remains from two unfinished days of shooting.
62. The Night Flight Orchestra: Burn for Me (2021 Music Video)
4 min | Music, Musical
A music video by The Night Flight Orchestra, in which the band enters a life of a blacksmith and a bum and turns it into a spectacular dance number.
Director: René u Valdes | Stars: The Night Flight Orchestra, Carl Johan Sillén, Fredrik Lexfors, Anna-Mia Bonde
23 October: I really like the throwback style of this music video.
63. XTC: Making Plans for Nigel (1979 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Star: XTC
Votes: 15
23 October: Russell Mulcahy was always slightly ahead of his time and a visionary.
64. Brazil (1985)
R | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 211,092 | Gross: $9.93M
23 October: A long overdue watch. At first really seems like overdoing it (at least visually), but leaves a great aftertaste.
65. Razorback (1984)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
Votes: 7,856 | Gross: $0.15M
24 October: As mentioned early: had to cram this one in. Was not disappointed in the slightest. A superb and very impressive directorial debut and one of the more proper movies in the marathon this year.
66.
Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011– )
Episode:
China Strike Force
(2018)
Comedy
Director: Brandon Tenold
25 October: Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews (2011)
25 October: Good Bad Flicks (2010)
68.
Shadow and Bone (2021–2023)
Episode:
A Searing Burst of Light
(2021)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Unwilling to be separated from Mal, Alina hatches a plan to join him on a perilous expedition through the Fold. Kaz chases a lead on a lucrative job.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman
Votes: 4,561
25 October: Mildly impressive and rather pleasing visually.
69. The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976 TV Special)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy
Witchipoo and the Wicked Witch of the West give Paul Lynde three wishes for Halloween. KISS performs three songs. Florence Henderson sings a disco version of "That Old Black Magic."
Director: Sid Smith | Stars: Paul Lynde, Tim Conway, Roz Kelly, Margaret Hamilton
Votes: 434
26 October: Well, after five (!) different out-of-the-blue mentions I've got to see it and... I'm really not sure what to make of it. It's not bad by the standards of this production, but is rather random, slow, aged and tired. An interesting oddity, that's for sure, and of some cultural significance.
70.
The Cinema Snob (2007– )
Episode:
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
(2021)
TV-MA | 19 min | Comedy
The Cinema Snob takes us back to 1976, when legendary comedian Paul Lynde and his friends put on a hilarious Halloween variety show.
Director: Brad Jones | Star: Brad Jones
Votes: 12
26 October: The Cinema Snob (2007)
71. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 849,293 | Gross: $1.48M
27 October: A pleasant rewatch on the 20th anniversary of the movie. Even though I saw it in September, too, it never gets old.
72. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Eddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.
Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris
Votes: 258,625 | Gross: $213.55M
27 October: It was pleasant enough not to get bored, but kind of lacked something. Quite possibly consistency and solid editing.
73.
Eureeka's Castle (1989–1995)
Episode:
It Came from Beneath the Bed
(1991)
TV-Y | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Hugh Martin | Stars: Pam Arciero, Cheryl Blaylock, Lynn Hippen, James J. Kroupa
28 October: A solid, entertaining and wholesome puppet show Halloween Special, albeit the moral of the story is a bit clunky. I'm not sure especially that advice to smile at a grizzly bear is a good one.
74. The Last Halloween (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Four Martians crash-land on Earth in search of candy for their home planet.
Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: Rhea Perlman, William Hanna, Will Estes, Sarah Martineck
Votes: 121
28 October: Mildly wholesome, mildly impressive, mildly odd. Overall, I liked it.
75. Claymation Comedy of Horrors (1991 TV Short)
23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Wilshire Pig and Sheldon Snail discover a map to uncover Doctor Frankenswine's monster. All kinds of mishaps ensue in their quest.
Director: Barry Bruce | Stars: Tim Conner, Brian Cummings, Krisha Fairchild, Michele Mariana
Votes: 219
28 October: Now this one is very odd. In a good way, but still.
76. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Unrated | 64 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor
Votes: 1,964
29 October: A terrific little movie that is very much ahead of its time both genre-wise, reminding me of slasher movies and specifically Saw (2004). Whereas antagonist of latter is at least somewhat sympathetic it is really hard not to start rooting for a villain in this one which is both script's greatest strength and weakness at the same time. On one hand it leaves audience unsure as to what to think about the advancements of medicine and on the other pretty much convinced that stalling does not help either. Like I've said, ahead of its time, not least because eerily fewer things change. Of course, Boris Karloff pretty much carries the movie. He always does.
77. How to Carve Great Faces for Halloween (1990 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
'The Pumpkin Man' of Milwaukee Gordy Falk gives detailed lessons on how to carve your own Jack-o-Lantern.
Stars: Gordy Falk, Lindsay
29 October: Really liked this one. Especially Gordy Falk's knowledge of comic strips.
78.
Best of the Worst (2013– )
Episode:
Halloween Spooktacular 2021
(2021)
TV-MA | 95 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
A normal Best of the Worst episode except it's on a different set. This time, the gang is stuck in an Evil Dead-esque cabin to talk about three almost-movies, including one from the terrifying director of Shark Exorcist.
Stars: Jay Bauman, Josh Davis, Rich Evans, Mike Stoklasa
Votes: 37
30 October: Best of the Worst (2013) is usually a tad more entertaining, but this was kind of fine, too.
79. The Visitor (1979)
R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers and her mother become the prize in a battle between good ETs and evil ETs.
Director: Giulio Paradisi | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, John Huston
Votes: 4,531
30 October: This is a very interesting and oddly haunting movie. The scene where John Huston controls the stars kinda stuck with me.
80. Highway to Hell (1991)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An eloping bride is taken into Hell, and her fiancé must pursue.
Director: Ate de Jong | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Adam Storke, Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson
Votes: 5,418
30 October:
81. Halloween Kills (2021)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney
Votes: 98,214 | Gross: $92.00M
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