TODAY I WATCHED... (Movies, TV) 2018

Schlock-tober Entry #11:
"Trick or Treats" (1982)

A bimbo babysitter is hired by a wealthy family to watch over their spoiled brat child on Halloween night. If that didn't suck enough,  a maniac has escaped from the local insane asylum and he's dropping by for a visit. Yup, that's the enitre plot.
...a slow moving, dull as dirt "Halloween" knock-off that can't seem to decide if it wants to be a legit slasher flick or a tongue-in-cheek spoof. After a while the only reason I was still watching this steaming pile was cuz the leading lady was hot and she was wearing a skimpy nightgown.
AVOID.

Over the past week I have watched the following:

Halloween ( 1978)
Halloween II ( 1981)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

and began Daredevil: Season 3 and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer season 2

The Simpsons
Bob's Burgers
The Walking Dead

The Man In The High Castle season 3, episodes 1-3

The newest episode of Family Guy; really funny stuff.

Paranormal Activity 3(2011)-Third installment in the series about a family that is being terrorized by a malevolent entity in their home as they document the haunting on video.  This one is a prequel that is set in the late 80's and takes a look at the origins of the hauntings and the explanation to why it started.   I've enjoyed all the PA movies up to this point and really dug the creepy atmosphere these films offer.  This one I found enjoyable as well and it even made me jump a couple of times.  The only thing I wished they had done differently was the ending as I thought it fell a little flat compared to the rest of the movie.  Overall, I still liked the film quite a bit.  I give it 3 out of 5 chainsaws.

The Goldbergs
American Housewife
Modern Family

Schlock-tober entry #12:
A "Werewolf Wednesday" double-feature!

"Bad Moon" (1996)

A woman welcomes her estranged brother, who's fallen on hard times, into her family's home. Their German Shepherd soon discovers why the guy hasn't been around much: he's a werewolf. Can the faithful pooch protect his brood when the Moon comes out again?
I wasn't expecting much from this mostly forgotten 90s horror flick but it turned out to be a pleasant surprise. The werewolf effects are pretty crap, but there's some decent gore and you'll actually find yourself rooting for the heroic dog as he defends his family from the monster! haha.

"Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf" (1985)

After his sister is killed by a werewolf, a man and his girlfriend accompany an occult expert and creature hunter (Christopher Lee) to Transylvania (?) to destroy the Werewolf Queen (Sybil Danning) and end the curse.
This is widely considered to be one of the worst horror sequels ever, and it's easy to see why. The plot makes no sense, the acting is hammy, and the effects suck. if it weren't for Sybil Danning getting her boobs out on a regular basis this flick would have put me to sleep.
AVOID.

Man In The High Castle season 3 episodes 4 & 5

My copies of two widely praised and apparently related indie horror/sci fi flicks came today, "Resolution" and its apparent "companion piece" "The Endless". No telling when I'll get to them because I'm still working my through the "Gotham" TV series from the beginning in preparation for the apparent final 13 episodes that will start in January. But I've read good things about both these flicks.

Daredevil season 3

Schlock-tober entry #13:
"Mausoleum" (1983)

A housewife is slowly possessed by the demonic spirit that killed her mother twenty years ago, leading to mucho murder and mayhem.
This 80s video store perennial is poorly acted & edited, and loaded with cheap FX and WTF moments, but the leading lady was cute and she was frequently topless, so at least I wasn't bored. Strangely enough, very little of the story takes place in a mausoleum, in spite of the film's title. Go figure...

Fat Freddy wrote:

Schlock-tober entry #13:
"Mausoleum" (1983)

A housewife is slowly possessed by the demonic spirit that killed her mother twenty years ago, leading to mucho murder and mayhem.
This 80s video store perennial is poorly acted & edited, and loaded with cheap FX and WTF moments, but the leading lady was cute and she was frequently topless, so at least I wasn't bored. Strangely enough, very little of the story takes place in a mausoleum, in spite of the film's title. Go figure...

I used to see this one in "Ma & Pa" video stores all the time "back in the day"; I used to look at it all the time but I don't think I ever watched it. Sounds like I wasn't missing much...

Schlock-tober entry #14:

A "Halloween tradition" double feature (i.e. stuff I watch every October):

"Trick r' Treat" (2007)

Michael "Krampus" Dougherty's cool "Creepshow" style horror anthology features a bunch of stories all set in the same town on Halloween night, featuring characters which cross in and out of each others' paths. Lots of cool, creepy fun; one of the best Halloween-themed flicks I've seen in a long time. This has become an October perennial for me.

"Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (1982)

A small town doctor uncovers a Druid plot to murder millions of children on Halloween with booby trapped masks set off by a sinister TV signal.
"III" has always been the red headed step kid of the "Halloween" series but in my book it doesn't really deserve all the hate it gets  - Michael Myers had been killed at the end of the last film, so "III" was supposed to steer the franchise into a series of annual,  stand-alone horror films. Obviously that didn't work, but this entertainingly weird mix of horror and sci-fi is still a pretty decent spook show in its own right, and is just about the only "Halloween" film I'm not terminally sick of at this point.

I agree about Halloween III.

If it had just been called "Season Of The Witch" I bet it wouldn't get half as much flak as it does; people were pissed that it had absolutely nothing to do with Michael Myers but I agree with you, it's a pretty decent mix of horror and sci-fi and you never really know where it's going (basically because the plot is so "out there" that you can't possibly predict what will happen next).

Watched this today before the WS game 5. I liked it, had a couple really gruesome kills in it. Just took a chance on it from my netflix stream. Not bad at all, but noting really new either.

The Walking Dead

Channel Zero: The Dream Door

Gotham - Season 2; Episode 2

I think this was my favorite year of the show. So many weird plot turns. Like an army of "Penguins" descending on the inauguration gala of the newly elected crooked mayor who had killed Penguin's mother. WTF???? That's part of what hooked me on this show; villain characters like Penguin and The Riddler can actually be characters you sympathize with sometimes; until they kill someone in some ghoulish fashion again.

Schlock-tober entry #15:
"Boogeyman" (2005)

Fifteen years after his father's mysterious death, a young man (Barry Watson of TV's "7th Heaven") returns to his childhood home to finally face the supernatural entity that has haunted him ever since..
Pretty standard teen-horror stuff, it didn't suck but six months from now I probably won't even remember I saw this.

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Schlock-tober entry #15:
"Boogeyman" (2005)

Fifteen years after his father's mysterious death, a young man (Barry Watson of TV's "7th Heaven") returns to his childhood home to finally face the supernatural entity that has haunted him ever since..
Pretty standard teen-horror stuff, it didn't suck but six months from now I probably won't even remember I saw this.

Is that a remake of the 80s flick where The Boogeyman comes out of a mirror? I thought that 80s flick was creepy as hell but I haven't seen it in years.

Tonight I watched a South Park Halloween marathon while answering the door during Trick Or Treat time. The only episode I really got to "watch" was one featuring homeless people as zombies but instead of wondering around saying "Brains..." they walked around saying "Change...". Funny as hell. I also caught bits and pieces of an episode about Satan holding a Halloween Party featuring Korn and another one where Kyle's father buys a Blockbuster Video store and rapidly turns into Jack Nicholson a la "The Shining". Funny stuff; much better spoofing than the last "Treehouse Of Horrors" episodes I've seen; I just wish I could have paid more attention but I had to keep answering the door.

Trick Or Treat

The Goldbergs
American Housewife
Modern Family