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2007′s Best Halloween Candy, Part I.

There seems to have been a small debate as to whether I was going to make the deadline for tonight's entry. Guys, guys, guys! You know I usually wait until we're at least two weeks into these little projects before I start letting people down. No, I made it. I've got five of this year's greatest Halloween candies, right here.

God, I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow. Why do I always get inspired to do the best "doing nothing" things when I have no time to do them? I really want to degenerate into a pool of couch slime and watch Dream Warriors or something right now, but there's no time. Now, tomorrow night, I might have some time...but will I do it? There's a moral in here if you peel away enough words. Don't waste the time you have to do nothing doing something. Gon' run that shit on a tee shirt with mah domain name underneath it, yes sir I am.

Survey: Weird one. Name a horror movie you've always wanted to see, but somehow never have, and count on everyone else to tell you if you're missing out or not. I realize that this is a bit of a convoluted survey, but that's okay, I have faith in us. If horror movies are too far from your point of interest, I guess we can open the doors to other types of films, too.

Posted by Matt on 09/24/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 211 comments

Man, you’ve got to review Blue Moon’s Harvest Moon Ale. It’s pumpkin flavored. PUMPKIN FUCKIN’ FLAVORED. I know your aversion to pumpkin…but this is fuckin’ PUMPKIN FLAVORED ALE! I’m doing a review of it and going to give you a shout-out.. Yeah…I said shout-out.

Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 09/25/2007 7:36 AM


Wow, I don’t know if it is sad but I think I have seen all the horror movies people have listed above.

Rayne: The Exorcism of Emily Rose is worth watching. I don’t know why people trashed it when it came out. I thought it was a smart horror movie that really had some creepy parts.

I always wanted to see Devil’s Backbone. It’s a Spanish horror flick but it looks very disturbing. I am saving it for our Halloween party.

You guys should keep an eye out for Bravo channels 100 Scariest films. It’s a quick review and countdown of all the horror movies you wanted to see but never got a chance to.
Or pop by TheFleshFarm dot com. He does a good job with clips and trailers. Some of it is NSFW so be careful.

Matt- Awesome article. After my dentist appointment this week, game on!

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/25/2007 7:55 AM


Joe: Rollllll Tide!

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/25/2007 7:59 AM


The Exorcism of Emily Rose was bad. Just really, really bad. At the end I was going, “Wait… I’m confused, but I don’t want to watch it again to figure it out. Oh, well,” and then tossed it over my shoulder into the trash.

Aww. :( Well, if I remember, I’ll give it a try on my vacation next week, anyhow.

I’m wrapping up Sense & Sensibility then heading to bed. First time I’ve ever seen this and I love it. Kate Winslet should’ve totally went for Alan Rickman to begin with. *sigh* I know I would’ve! Yeah I know, I know… I’ll take my chick flick somewhere else. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/25/2007 8:04 AM


Rayne: The Exorcism of Emily Rose is worth watching. I don’t know why people trashed it when it came out. I thought it was a smart horror movie that really had some creepy parts.

Oh, well yay for a thumbs up. :D That makes me have more confidence in it. The fact that it was somewhat based on a true story was what got me wanting to see it in the first place, so, I have faith it can’t be too bad.

Sorry I got sucked into the movie halfway through my post. I shoulda refreshed. :oops:

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/25/2007 8:12 AM


How great is The Monsters HD channel on IO digital cable (I believe Directv carries it as well)? The old, classic horror movies look terrific.

Chestnuts roasted by KJX @ 09/25/2007 8:18 AM


I liked Sense and Sensibility and even read the book first before seeing the movie, so don’t feel bad. I don’t consider it a chick flick. ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/25/2007 8:21 AM


Where I’m from, Dead Alive is known as Brain Dead and it is absolutely one of my favourite movies ever, so everyone who mentioned it earlier: definately definately a must see, killing zombies with lawn mowers is the coolest. After watching the dinner scene my college friends wouldn’t touch any custard for weeks!!

I used to love watching Class of Nuke’m High, so I hired out the sequel. Don’t. Just don’t.

Umm…I’m not sure what I’m itching to watch at the moment. I saw something called Zombie Honeymoon when I was last at the rental place, so has anyone seen it?

Chestnuts roasted by Jasmine @ 09/25/2007 8:24 AM


KJX – I only wish I had such a channel. :( I am still in the archaic times of regular cable. No digital for me. I do have quite the collection of old B&W horror flicks on DVD though.

Bill – You even read the book? :o You’re my Favorite Male of the Day! I was just sitting here thinking, “Gee, I should get this book…” I’ll have to put it on my list. ;)

Ok, time for bed!

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/25/2007 8:30 AM


Damn, if you had asked me yesterday morning I would have said “Hellraiser”; I’ve always heard how cool it was, but never got around to seeing it. Until yesterday afternoon when I picked up the first two DVDs on sale, and watched them back-to-back last night! Horrah for Pinhead!

Other than that, the whole “… Of The Dead” series has escaped me, I’m not a huge zombie fan, so I’ve never spent the time to watch. Am I really missing out on much???

I liked Exorcism of Emily Rose, it was just very subtle. Unlike, say Nightmare 1, and the Johnny Depp Blood Fountain. :)

I got all tingly reading that other people here had seen the Sleepaway Camp series (I picked up the box set, that has some of the film that was supposed to become #4), but was really surprised that anyone on here saw “Return to Horror High”. I can’t recommend it enough, even though it doesn’t make sense at points, and it does seem like it was two movies spliced together…

Chestnuts roasted by Dr Sketch @ 09/25/2007 8:53 AM


Sorry for the double post. Jasmine, take your hands off of Zombie Honeymoon. Turn around, walk away, and try never to think of it again. I bought it on sale ($3.50) and STILL think it was a waste of money. Whatever you’re envisioning in your head is way better than the actual movie.

Another one to warn you all about is Zombies Gone Wild. I’d like to find the people responsible for this and punish them for a long, long time.

Chestnuts roasted by Dr Sketch @ 09/25/2007 8:56 AM


Ragetreb, go and rent all of those movies now! or watch all three on halloween and prepare yourself for the three greatest horror flics ever.

Same for you manimal. I love all the Saws.

slightly off topic- has anyone seen the Tales from the Crypt where Tim Curry plays three seperate characters including 2 women? Highly reccomended off the season 5 box set.

Chestnuts roasted by DrWorm @ 09/25/2007 9:06 AM


Ahh, okay. I will avoid it then. Why do movies with “zombie” in the title tend to suck, and not in a good way? I hired out Zombie High once, and the ending was okay but everything before it was so bad.

Zombies Gone Wild sounds terrible…I’m imagining zombies getting their boobs out and doing beer bongs…

Chestnuts roasted by Jasmine @ 09/25/2007 9:06 AM


How about horror movies you never wanted to see but were forced to watch because you were 13 and all of your friends were watching it at a sleepover? I have a nice long list of those…beginning with Pet Cemetary!

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 09/25/2007 9:16 AM


For some reason I’ve never seen the original Shining all the way through, but I’ve seen the end on TV… =( I still plan on watching it though, hopefully soon. Other than that, I think I’ve seen most of the Big ones. Like I said last night, that “Behind the Mask” movie is great for people who like Slashers.

Byrdo- I haven’t seen the remake, but the original Wickerman is a joke. Really, my friends and I rented it once and laughed all the way through. We were scratching our heads as to what the fuss was about.

Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 09/25/2007 9:18 AM


I feel that I’m a lame-ass loser for never having seen ‘Psycho’.

Chestnuts roasted by Brilliantpants @ 09/25/2007 9:22 AM


Never seen Psycho Either. Behind the mask also high on my list. I also need to rent beyond reanimator, day of the dead, and savini’s night of the living dead remake.

Chestnuts roasted by DrWorm @ 09/25/2007 9:27 AM


Excellent article Matt, will have to keep an eye out for some of those Peeps!

As for movies I cant Recommend the original Halloween enough, it is the Grand-daddy of Slasher flix..still holds up today.

Im a pretty big horror fan, the only newer movie Ive been meaning to watch but haven’t gotten around to is the Black Xmas remake..Im sure it totally sux!

Chestnuts roasted by Gregor! @ 09/25/2007 9:47 AM


The original Trilogy of Terror- I’ve always wanted to see the original evil Tiki Doll story because I’ve heard it’s scary. I’ve seen the sequel.

Amityville Horror
Exorcist
Hellraiser
Pumpkinhead
Leprechaun
They Live
The Fog
Hitcher
Silent Night, Deadly Night
The Universal Monster movies
The only Hitchcock movie I’ve seen is The Birds.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/25/2007 10:03 AM


I love this site. Don’t post much, but I love it. Love the Countdown, love the extras on the blog and love reading the surveys.

Here’s mine: Blair Witch. No, I have never seen it. I saw the sequel on cable one night, but I doubt that counts.

Chestnuts roasted by John @ 09/25/2007 10:04 AM


Last House on the Left. Definitely and for sure. I tried looking it up on alluc.org yesterday but no dice…

I was a sad kitten

Chestnuts roasted by Mandi @ 09/25/2007 10:10 AM


Here’s some more.

Ghoulies (I’ve seen the three sequels, though)
Critters
Phantasm
Pet Semetary
The original King Kong
Cujo
Carrie
I’ve only seen two Vincent Price movies (Edward Scissorhands and the DR. Phibes)
Dr. Giggles
When a Stranger Calls
Never seen an ED Wood movie. But I’ve seen the awesome Johnny Depp biopic.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/25/2007 10:16 AM


Everyone needs to purchase the Alfred Hitchcock -The Masterpiece Collection dvds. Even if you prefer gorier horror movies, you can’t call yourself a horror movie aficionado and not own most of the movies in this set.

Chestnuts roasted by KJX @ 09/25/2007 10:17 AM


Blair Witch and Psycho are both similar in that they’re frankly kind of slow and it’s not necessarily easy to see what all the fuss is about. I’d say you should see Psycho just for historical value but to be honest if you’re not into older movies it’s skippable. Heretic, I know.
I’ve never seen Saw, or Hostel, or any of the torture porn ones but I’ve never had any interest either. Though my distaste for Eli Roth has decreased with each viewing of Death Proof so I’d like to check out Cabin Fever at least.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/25/2007 10:44 AM


Far far too many, even limiting the genre to horror.

– All of the “Saw” installments
– Boogeyman
– Dark Water
– Ringu (saw “Ring” 1 and 2 though)
– Hostel
– House of a Thousand Corpses
– Ghoulies
– Gremlins
– Exorcist
– Hellraiser
– Leprechaun
– The Reanimator (which is too bad cause I love H.P. Lovecraft)

None of my friends want to see them with me ’cause they’re wimps. And I’m too much of a wimp to see them myself.

Chestnuts roasted by Poseid @ 09/25/2007 11:06 AM


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