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31 Days of Halloween, Days 28-31
It’s been a busy weekend, and I haven’t had time to post (or watch many horror movies, for that matter…). But I did do many things to celebrate Halloween so here they are! On Saturday morning I ran in the Costume Dash 5K, which was my only costumed event of this year. My friend dressed…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 27: The Fog (2005)
A rewatch for inspiring my upcoming Nanowrimo novel, which will involve mist and fog… This movie is surprising less about fog and more about people catching on fire and turning into mummies and ice? Apparently the fog is so cold it freezes people? The fog kinda reminds me of the sandstorm in The Mummy movies,…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 26: Dawn of the Dead (2004)
After mentioning this in my recommendations a few days ago, I realized it was high time to give this one a re-watch. This is still one of my favorite “the beginning of the apocalypse” scenes ever. And then when they finally get to the mall and the Muzak version of “Don’t Worry Be Happy” is…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 25 – The Purge: Election Year
Somehow, this wasn’t as frightening as the real-life election year we’ve got going on. I had a hard time paying attention to the politicians debating Purge Night on something like the 20th year of its occurrence, until a car blasting Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA” rolled down the middle of an empty street and…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 24: The Walking Dead
Daaaaaammmmmnnnn. Obviously, I am speaking about the season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead. This series has always had the ability to shock me, and this episode was no different. I had suspected who was killed at the end of last season, and for about 20 minutes I thought I was safe. Then, WRONG. Super…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 23 – The Shining
No matter how much Stephen King hates this adaptation of his book, I love it. I also love the book form of The Shining, but they certainly are different animals. Right from the ominous music that plays as an otherwise innocent-looking Volkswagen drives through beautiful mountain landscapes, we know something is not right. Something is…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 22: It’s Alive
Whew, where to begin with this one! Firstly, this is one of those horror movies trying to tell you a message, and the message is, “Birth control pills are bad!” Lenore is pregnant with her second child after years of taking contraceptives, but something is different this time! The baby is a monster! After the…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 21: Re-Animator
I was promised H.P. Lovecraft! What I got were a few references and zero Cthulhu. Well, I guess I haven’t actually read the Lovecraft novella this was based on (“Herbert West: Reanimator”). My own fault. I guess for me what was missing was a Lovecraftian “feel.” This was straight out of the 80s. There are,…
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31 Days of Halloween, Days 19 & 20: Killer Mermaid and the Presidential Debate
Yesterday I had planned to finish watching Killer Mermaid after work, but instead chose to watch something more horrifying… the Presidential Debate. Without going too much into politics, I will say that I feel like any outcome from this election will result in something awful. Part of what influenced my decision was the fact that…
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31 Days of Halloween, Day 17: Blair Witch
I was one of those people who bought into The Blair Witch Project hook, line, and sinker. I totally thought it was real documentary footage. I watch the mockumentary aired on TV about the Blair Witch. And the whole thing freaked me out. I felt betrayed when I discovered that it was all a marketing…
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