While I dont believe I have seen Waxwork, im curious if you understand what Cabin in the Woods is really about? Most people often dont understand what that movie is about..

Halloween
Creepshow
Candyman
The Conjuring
The Exorcist
American Werewolf in London
Dawn of the Dead
Psycho
The Silence of the Lambs
Cape Fear
Nightmare on Elm Street

You mean the betting scenes?

I 100% endorse this list, and raise you a Night of the Hunter

Just got word that my Halloween, H II AND III 4K Blurays have been delayed to the end of the month. This is after 2 previous delays. Arrrrrrgh!

Just watched Hubie Halloween last night. God I hate Adam Sandler.

Not sure if they are China made but they reported on the news today that there were 76 cargo ships just floating in the pacific for over a week trying to offload at Los Angeles port. Don’t shoot the messenger.

Halloween is the best Halloween movie, everyone knows that. But if JC's Halloween never existed, I'd go with The Exorcist.

Yes, I know what the movie is about. It's a bad copy of Waxwork that takes an hour to get started and ends with a similar monster mash-ending as Waxwork but in one movie the sacrifices are meant to stop evil gods from rising and in another the sacrifices are meant to bring back the evil gods to rule the world. Cabin in the Woods is basically just a rewrite of Waxwork.

I love Maximum Overdrive by the way! I fail to see why it gets so much hate!

Halloween 3 gets lots of grief but its actually about Halloween and good cheezy 80s horror fun.

Plus that silver shamrock song will drive you mental.

Ok, so you really dont understand what the movie is about...

I didnt either after first watching it. But then a lot of forum talks and reading helped to explain it.

I love House of Wax hahah.

Cabin in the Woods is satire. It plays on the tropes of the typical haunted cabin movies and adds an end of the world element. It was original and very entertaining.

Waxwork is 80s cheese. I own it on blu ray along with its sequel. It’s entertaining but pretty forgettable.

House of Wax (remake) is another dumb remake, but fairly entertaining if you turn your brain to its lowest power setting.

Now, if you want to watch a really bad, schlocky and very entertaining shit show, check out Nightmare Sisters. Apparently the movie was made on a dare using some leftover footage from another bad movie. Utterly tasteless with bad 80s humor and worse acting, but somehow absolutely entertaining. And there’s tons of nudity.

Here is an explanation of Cabin in the Woods. Spoilers beware....

https://thenickelscreen.com/2012/04/18/the-cabin-in-the-woods-explained-its-a-giant-metaphor/

LOL house of Wax! Now that's a piece of crap remake. Give me the Vincent Price original any day.

Might sound kinda silly, but I still do like "it's a great pumpkin, Charlie Brown"..as a favorite.

Oh yes they will...as a update here. jfi
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/10/05/great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-returns-tv-channel-date/6011082001/

Charlie Brown holiday specials: Broadcast times, how to watch

“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” is scheduled to air on PBS and PBS Kids at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 24.

“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 21.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec. 19 on PBS and PBS Kids.

Since Amazon screwed me, I drove out to Best Buy, which really tells you how much I wanted that disc..

Anyway, major score!

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this timeless classic:

Frankenhooker

First thing I popped in actually. I have the show on DVD but they had replaced a lot of the music with generic tracks to avoid licensing fees, and it is.. distracting. The bluray fixes all that and in addition the episodes look GREAT.

As far as the finale, yeah. that crushed me as a 13 or 14 year old. About 2 years ago somebody found an additional scene they should have included; not sure why it was cut, or if this is a rehearsal or what, but it’s SO much better than just that black text on a screen:

I am a fan of comedy/horror

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100% They've never explained it fully, I think they were kinda hoping they'd get renewed for a season 6, which is why the half-assed explanation. But yeah basically no fan was happy with that. At least they *got* an ending I suppose. Even so, that clip would totally have worked as an intro to season 6. I saw some fan suggest that Beth could be the new hologram since Dean Stockwell's in bad shape. They could do a couple episodes with Sam as a way to transition to someone younger (e.g. the little girl that's supposed to be his daughter from season 5)

Anyway, watched Phantasm last night. Kinda still cheesy but the ending with the tuning fork where they see the glimpse of the alien planet is SO Great

Midnight Mass on netflix was the most epic vampire tale Ive ever seen. A slow burn yes but excellent acting and writing. 4 out of 5 stars.

That’s on my list, apparently there’s a prequel as well.

I am surprised at how much I enjoyed “Midnight Club” on Netflix. Another Mike Flanagan story, based on books I remember from middle/high school but I never read myself. Stephen King-ish themes with a great wraparound story. Despite the source material, it is NOT for kids (as my 8th grader announced last night)

I just bought Poltergeist on 4K bluray and I am still amazed at how much better 4K really is ON DISC, and miles beyond normal Blurays. Even my Universal Horror films look way better (you can actually see the film grain again!), which I thought was technically impossible.

Just started the new Quantum Leap and so far I am digging it. Will at least watch the 1st season and have a better idea how it feels vs the original.

Looking forward to Halloween Ends…..at this point I may as well see what “may” be the last one.

There are certain classic favorites I have seen way too many times so I look for odd/new stuff…Terrifier 2 just came out and it is actually playing nearby but limited showings and will have to wait and stream it later….I enjoyed the first one. That clown is creepy for sure.

Trick r Treat
Blood Diner
All Hallows Eve (I like it more than Terrifier)
Any Halloween movie - even the Rob Zombie ones

There’s a couple of found footage moves worth checking out - the “Rec” series from Spain are great (the 3rd one is not FF and is a little more silly action-y, but is still fun). …and that might be it.

I watched 2 episodes of the new QL, and… I mean I can tell they are trying to expand the story, they are throwing in a lot of nuggets from the original show. But I feel like the 2 leads have NOOOO chemistry at all, and they’ve changed the relationship between the leaper and the hologram, and I feel like they are just boring. The leaps are so far very lost opportunities. Sam would have been freaking out if he leaped into a getaway vehicle in the middle of a bank robbery, and this guy not only doesn’t freak out, he suddenly learns how to drive stick PERFECTLY after the hologram says “that thing on the left is the clutch”. That really bugged me. They are making a lot of great references to the original show but it seems the are also specifically avoiding things in the name of (my observation) not retreading old ground. For example, basically no Swiss cheese brain. There’s no “devil/Angel on the shoulder” teasing from the Al character, and I just don’t connect with the leads. The supporting characters are pretty interesting, but the leads and the leaps so far have been .. meh.

That said, they may be able to work on this and get the sow retooled. That’s only 2 episodes, and NBC is promoting the hell out of the show, so hopefully they put their backs into it eventually. So far it feels like a carbon copy of the Flash (which I really liked for years)

Ernie Hudson is AWESOME in it, he plays Magic from the Season 3 “Leap Home part 2”.

Watch season 2, it’s much more evenly written

My gf didn’t appreciate the cinematic masterpiece that’s is Ernest Scared Stupid, and my daughter was a little too creeped out by Dont look under your bed. Any other family friendly recommendations beyond the obvious ones? Bonus if it’s streaming.

The remake of Fright Night was actually good. It’s not too campy but definitely worth watching. I agree that most of the shows/movies that are remakes/reboots are awful…as mentioned Point Break was horrible. I also thought the remakes of Footloose and Flat Liners we’re not good either there are just some movies/shows that should be left alone.

Back to Halloween stuff…….don’t want to derail this thread with too much non Halloween/horror talk.

The wife & I are doing a Halloween movie marathon this Thanksgiving weekend. She hasn't really seen them and wanted to run the gauntlet of halloween movies this month.

We finished #6 last night. That one was really horrible lol.

At some point in your life, you stop being scared of anything. And that's unfortunate, because I used to enjoy being scared by movies. Blair Witch had the right idea... capture genuine terror in the actors. Genius.

If you're a Marvel fan (or even if you're not), Werewolf by Night is a really fun homage to old-timey monster movies.

I haven't watched The Midnight Club yet, but I'll definitely be checking it out since I'm a big fan of Flanagan's other Netflix shows.

Yeah. I had planned to stay away from QL because the first few trailers looked REALLY BAD. I’m happy to say it isn’t as bad as I thought, but kind of falls into “why bother?” Territory. The show is 100% a sequel, and not a remake, which I do like. It just doesn’t have any of the charm, goofiness or emotion of the original.

The Fright Night remake it pretty different from the original - I think it’s worth a shot.

Original cut or Producer’s cut? Both are pretty bad LOL! But the producers cut has some more interesting back story on the Thorn cult and changes a bunch of things

100% agree! Werewolf by Night was GREAT! Huge Val Lewton homage.

Midnight Club - we’ve only watched 4 I think, and there is kind of a “teen” angle with most of the episodes (the characters are kids), more spooky than scary (the first episode nails the coffin shut on “jump scares”) - it also has Heather Langenkamp so I am 100% in.

Original. The acting wasn't the best either.

H20 is the next one on the list.