Halloween Movie Marathon 2019

Event Horizon (1997): Another disappointment, the concept is so cool but the actual movie kinda falls flat, it didn’t really utilize it’s sci-fi setting in place of using traditional haunted house tropes. If this movie utilized it’s sci fi/cosmic horror better and had more of a slow burn to it I would’ve liked it more. I did hear that the director’s cut never saw the light of day though, so maybe that’s why it sucked.
4/10
Would I recommend it?: Not really

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): Legendary low-budget slasher and probably the movie that invented the iconic final girl trope. This movie is creepy, disorientating, and creative. My one complaint is that a lot of this movie can be really hard to see/hear, I only watched it from a dvd I found for 3 dollars in the half-price books bargain bin though, I’ve heard it looks way better on the digitally remastered version though. As a Texan myself, I’d say this movie really hits home with it’s portrayal of typical suburban life here.
7/10
Would I recommend it?: Yes

Fright Night (1985): Another purposefully campy 80s flick, it wasn’t amazing but I loved how over the top it was, and the special effects were really cool. Can’t really think of much else to say.
6/10
Would I recommend it?: Maybe

The Stuff (1985): Oh my god this movie was beautiful. Fun, cheesy, purposefully-campy 80s Blob ripoff that also happens to be a social commentary on the dangers of commercialism. The many commercials were the best part
6/10
Would I recommend it?: Yes

IT Chapter II (2019): I absolutely loved it, way better than the first one. The opening scene with Adrian Mellon was super well done, right out of the book. Although it differentiated a lot from the book, I thought the changes were all well done and I loved the fan service the movie did have, and King’s cameo was great. The cgi was also much better than the first one. Also The Thing reference was super cool. Although I was a little upset that when Pennywise asked if Richie wanted to play Street Fighter they didn’t start duking it out in the arcade, I bet he’s a Blanka main. Out of all the things in this movie the only thing that made me legit jump was when Bill got smacked by the pendulum things in the funhouse lol.
8/10
Would I recommend it?: Definitely

Saw (2004): I like how this one opted to be a more mystery/crime thriller where as the other ones would go on to go overboard with the traps and practically be snuff films, the traps in this one were few, simple, and effective. I thought the editing, while very early 2000’s horror, were interesting and worked well with the movie, the only thing I really didn’t like about it was the constant slow-mo scenes, they were very unnecessary and detracted from the scene. And the twist is iconic. Not amazing, but not bad, and it did its concept well.
7/10
Would I recommend it?: Yes

The Blob (1988): The kills and special effects were cool but nothing else in this movie really did anything for me, some of the humor was okay, but nothing else besides that. I fell asleep near the end of this movie so maybe I missed something good. Poor Meg, first alien jelly and then reverse bear traps.
5/10
Would I recommend it?: Maybe

My list so far (*=new to me):
Killer Klowns from Outer Space* 7/10
A Nightmare on Elm Street* 5/10
Event Horizon* 4/10
Texas Chainsaw Massacre* 7/10
Fright Night* 6/10
The Stuff* 6/10
IT pt. II* 8/10
Saw* 7/10
The Blob (remake)* 5/10

List so far,

1. The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
2. Annabelle Comes Home
3. Mrs. Amworth
4. Friday The 13th
5. Friday The 13th Part 3
6. Under The Shadow ( really good Iranian set supernatural flick)
7. Doom Annihilation (dumb but kinda fun)
8. Horde (French zombie flick)
9. Legend Of The Werewolf (Underrated film starring Peter Cushing, Ron Moody and David Rintoul)
10. Dracula's Daughter
11. Son Of Dracula
12. Visiting Hours (1982, cool slasher/thriller with Michael Ironside)
13. Crawl (re-watched it with my daughter, she got freaked out by it and couldn't watch it all)
14. Psycho II (fine sequel to the original classic, Perkins gives a touching and innocent performance)
15. When Animals Dream (a Danish werewolf flick, pretty good, has a sexual awakening subtext to the whole proceedings)
16. Harbinger Down (Disappointing movie comes across as a mix of Alien and The Thing it's a practical effects movie no CGI at all.)