October 2013 Horror Movie Challenge
Films I watched for the IMDb Horror Board's challenge.
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- DirectorJoe DanteStarsBradford DillmanHeather Menzies-UrichKevin McCarthyWhen flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.Perfectly entertaining for the type of movie it was, but I do prefer the newer version. 6/10
- DirectorDanny PangStarsShawn YueStephy TangYung Yung YuSuccessful designer Ming lives in Hong Kong with his beloved girlfriend Wai Luk and her younger sister, who loves ghost-story comic books. When Wai is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Ming's life is turned upside-down and he sacrifices his career to spend more time with Wai. He finds a new job in a lower position, and out of the blue he finds that his new boss, Chu Fong, was his old friend in elementary school. When Wai gives up chemotherapy, she decides to treat herself with traditional Chinese medicine, guided by her aunt. When she starts to act strangely at home, her frightened sister insists that she is a ghost. Meanwhile, Ming gets closer to Fong, who is a successful entrepreneur but a woman needy of love. During a trip to Peking, they have a one-night stand. Over the next days, Ming and Fong have a love affair and Ming believes that Wai is a spirit resolving her issues to move to the next level.6/10
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonJonathan FullerA man travels to Italy with his family to live in the castle they have recently inherited. But he soon begins to suspect that they are not the only occupants.Stuart Gordon without the humor, rather a bore. The daughter is the only bright spot. 4/10
- DirectorJean RollinStarsFrançoise PascalHugues QuesterNatalie PerreyA young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.Two go mad in a cemetery. Yawn. 2/10
- DirectorChris ButlerSam FellStarsKodi Smit-McPheeAnna KendrickChristopher Mintz-PlasseA misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.Great family film (meaning both kids and grown-ups can enjoy it.) One of this year's pleasant surprises. 8/10
- DirectorMichele SoaviStarsRupert EverettFrançois Hadji-LazaroAnna FalchiA cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.Not at all what I expected - a stylish zombie film with philosophy and romance. Another pleasant surprise. 7/10
- DirectorBryan GoeresStarsCatherine McCormackJordi MollàSilvia TortosaAfter a long and unsuccessful period trying to have a family, Claire and Adrian finally adopt a girl. The arrival of Isabel is welcomed by almost the whole family, but adjusting an eight-year-old girl with a past of her own to a new life might be something more complicated than they expected. Strange things start to happen from the moment Isabel and "her imaginary friend Stevie" come to live with them. The situation becomes more complicated when Stevie's behavior becomes aggressive. Only Claire and Isabel know that Stevie is more than just a figment of Isabel's imagination. Claire will do everything to find out who Stevie is and what he wants. Perhaps if she succeeds, she will be able to recoup their lives and have the family she had desired for so long.Badly-acted, completely by the numbers ghost story. If you've ever seen any before, you'll be able to predict everything that happens. 2/10
- DirectorChookiat SakveerakulStarsKrissada SukosolAchita SikamanaSarunyu WongkrachangAfter losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, Krissada Sukosol, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100,000,000 Thai Baht upon completion.6/10
- DirectorTae-gyun KimStarsKôji YamamotoAsami MizukawaDai WatanabeHiganjima is an eerie island occupied by vampires, from where none has ever come back alive. When teenager Akira hears that his missing brother has been seen in the island, he decides to investigate with several friends.Lots of action, but boring. 5/10
- DirectorYûdai YamaguchiStarsTak SakaguchiMari HoshinoMiho NinagawaBaseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that his long-lost, younger brother Musashi had also done time there after a murder spree, but had since died mysteriously.I don't know why I keep watching these bizarro things. I guess I enjoyed them at one time, but now I find them annoying and tiresome. Really a comedy rather than horror. 3/10
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsTraci LordsArthur RobertsLenny JulianoAn alien arrives on Earth looking to take human blood in an attempt to preserve his dying planet.3/10
- DirectorAntonio ChavarríasStarsJuan Diego BottoBárbara LennieMágica PérezJulia becomes an orphan and is taken in by Laura and Daniel, one of her father's childhood friends. The child makes Daniel remember the horrifying past he had chosen to bury.The publicity around this is misleading; it's a mystery-drama rather than a horror movie. But it's very good. 7/10
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.What can I say about this? It was a great film for its time and is still perfectly watchable today. The version I watched had a great musical score attached. 7/10
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsJeroen KrabbéLisa EnosTeri Harrison-KeatonBoris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house - blurring the lines of what is real and what is fiction.The director warns us (perhaps tongue-in-cheek) at the beginning about how extreme it's going to be, but I found it tame. 3/10
- DirectorAaron RottinghausStarsOlesya RulinJosh DanzigerBruce McGillLinked by a rare psychological disorder, Noah Greene and Emily Gates must uncover the mystery of a tragic past in order to find hope for the future.6/10
- DirectorJonathan KingStarsOliver DriverNathan MeisterTammy DavisAn experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.Just watch the trailer; that's where all the funny bits are. What a slog. 3/10
- DirectorXavier GensStarsKarina TestaAurélien WiikPatrick LigardesA gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.Well-made, disturbing, but pointless. 6/10
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsJordana BrewsterClea DuVallLaura HarrisWhen Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.This is why people (unfairly) think poorly of 90s horror cinema. 3/10
- DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsStephen MoyerMia KirshnerAllie MacDonaldA man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.4/10
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.This was a re-watch and I don't like it nearly as much as I used to. Just not into slapstick any more. 6/10
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsBarbara MarkhamPatrick BarrRay BrooksAn insane couple take over the operation of an old jail and seek out young women who they believe have escaped justice. A beautiful young French model becomes their latest victim and must attempt escape or face an almost certain death.5/10
- DirectorFranck KhalfounStarsElijah WoodNora ArnezederAmerica OlivoAs he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.Better made than the 1980 film but I found the first-person perspective annoying. The whole thing is kind of pointless. Who thinks of this stuff? 5/10
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsDennis HopperLinda LawsonGavin MuirA young sailor is attracted to a mysterious mermaid performing at a carnival, but soon suspects that the girl is actually a siren who draws men to their watery deaths during the full moon.Weird seeing Hopper playing the nice guy. 5/10
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsHugo StiglitzLaura TrotterMaria Rosaria OmaggioAn airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.The shoddiest zombies this side of Zombie Lake. Poorly made in every aspect, really. 2/10
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsMichael IronsideLee GrantLinda PurlA deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.5/10