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Thanks for tallying everyone up, Michael! That's a lot of work, and it's most appreciated. One thing though - from your list above it looks to me like BobO'Link is tied with YOU. Do you not count? Regardless, congrats to you both! Those are impressive totals. I stand in the shadows of greatness! :)

OCTOBER 31: 33) Doctor Sleep Director's Cut (2019) (iTunes 4K Streaming) 4/5 stars - I followed up my viewing of The Shining by making Doctor Sleep my final film in the challenge. A worthy sequel to its predecessor, I find the Director's Cut to be superior to the theatrical by a large margin...

OCTOBER 29 (Vampire Day!): 29) Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) (Blu-ray Disc) 4/5 stars - An outlier Hammer film that I've always loved, it offers an interesting twist on traditional vampire lore. War veteran, expert swordsman, and vampire killer Captain Kronos and his assistant Professor...

I feel ya. I'm really dragging my feet on the Challenge this year and have been having a difficult time getting up the motivation to do anything about it. My plan is to try and find satisfaction in what I do end up watching. Quality, not quantity, is my, <cough>excuse<cough>, mantra for 2023.

OCTOBER 26: 26) THEM! (1954) (Blu-ray Disc) 5/5 stars - My favorite "radiation-mutated giant insect" film of all time, THEM! remains a complete classic in my mind and never gets old. After a series of mysterious deaths in the desert, local law enforcement and an FBI agent find out that giant...

OCTOBER 21: 22) Videodrome (1983) (4K UHD Disc) 4/5 stars - Director David Cronenberg blurs the line between reality and delusion in this film about the media, mind control, violence, and perversion. James Woods is Max Renn, president of CIVIC-TV, a trashy TV station that broadcasts all sorts of...

OCTOBER 20: 21) Beetlejuice (1988) (4K UHD Disc) 5/5 stars - "Come on! Just say it, ONE more time!" Arguably Tim Burton's most fun film, it never gets old. After a tragic car accident on their way home from the hardware store one sunny day, Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena...

OCTOBER 20: 19) Deep Blue Sea (1999) (iTunes HD Streaming) 3/5 stars - Researchers working on a cure for Alzheimer's disease develop sharks with increased brain size so they can harvest a certain protein from them to use in their new drug. Of course, the sharks become super-intelligent and go on...

OCTOBER 19: 18) Renfield* (2023) (Amazon 4K Streaming) 3/5 stars - I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! The premise is amusing, Nic Cage is actually quite good as Dracula, and Nicholas Hoult is solid as Renfield. However, it's Awkwafina who makes the movie much better than it should be...

Ah, Captain Kronos! One of my favorite Hammers. Thanks for reminding me that I need to spin it up this month! :cheers:

OCTOBER 17: 17) Coraline (2009) (4K UHD Disc) 4/5 stars - Based on the book by Neil Gaiman, Henry Selick's (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) Coraline is a master class in production design, cinematography, and above all stop-motion animation. Produced by Tim Burton and...

And let's not forget Shadow of the Vampire. I may have to rewatch that one since it's been quite some time since I've seen it.

He's a bit similar to Wes Anderson I think, having a very distinctive style to his films, and in both cases they're not everyone's cup of tea.

I didn't care for The Northman at all, which means you'll probably love it! ;) The Lighthouse, on the other hand, I found to be another great effort, and I'm looking forward to his take on Nosferatu, which is actually still in production for a 2024 release. The cast is pretty impressive (Bill...

That's too bad. I think it's one of the best horror films of the last decade. Different strokes and all. :)

OCTOBER 13: 13) The Dunwich Horror* (1970) (Blu-ray Disc) 2/5 stars - Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's story. Remove the few instances of nudity and suggestive imagery and this could have easily been a TV movie of the week back in the day. Dean Stockwell, Sandra Dee, Ed Begley, and Donna...

For anyone who may have missed this the first time around:

OCTOBER 12: 12) The Curse of the Crying Woman* (La Maldicion de la Llarona) (1963) (Blu-ray Disc) 3.5/5 stars - The fourth and final film in Indicator's excellent Mexico Macabre Blu-ray set, The Curse of the Crying Woman is part gothic horror, part vampire tale, and part folklore. A cursed house...

OCTOBER 11: 11) Constantine (2005) (iTunes HD Streaming) 3.5/5 stars - Rather loosely based on the Hellblazer graphic novels featuring John Constantine, exorcist and con man. The character was created by Alan Moore and Stephen R. Bissette, and is played here by Keanu Reeves. It's not one of his...

OCTOBER 9: 8) The Brainiac (El Baron del Terror)* (1962) (Blu-ray Disc) 2/5 stars - Film number three in the four-film Mexican Macabre Indicator set, it was, er, interesting. In 1661, a prominent aristocrat (Baron Vitelius of Astara, played by the movie's producer Abel Salazar) is tried and...

OCTOBER 8: 6) It Came From Outer Space (1953) (4K UHD Disc) 4/5 stars - An above-average "monsters from space" entry in the pantheon of fifties monsters from space films, It Came From Outer Space has a unique message for its time. Richard Carlson plays John Putnam, an amateur astronomer who...

Damn, I'm *already* falling behind! OCTOBER 5: 4) 65* (2023) (4K iTunes Streaming) 2.5/5 stars - The premise is interesting, but that's about as far as it goes for me. A spaceship pilot (Adam Driver) crash-lands his vessel, loaded with hypersleeping passengers, on a strange planet after...

Keri Russell is just great in this film. Another good horror movie that she's outstanding in is Dark Skies. If you haven't seen it, you should.

OCTOBER 2: 3) Antlers* (2021) (4K iTunes Streaming) 3.5/5 stars - Produced by Guillermo del Toro and David S. Goyer, and directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles), we enjoyed the very creepy vibe of this film even though it moved a bit slowly. In a small Oregon town, Keri Russell is a...

I picked up the "Mexico Macabre" limited edition box set produced by Indicator a few months back, in anticipation of viewing the four films during the Challenge. I watched the first two last night and thoroughly enjoyed them! They're all new to me: OCTOBER 1: 1) Black Pit of Dr. M (Misterios de...

In like Flint! My wife is groaning in the next room. :rolling-smiley: ------------ * next to film title = new to me OCTOBER 1: 1) Black Pit of Dr. M (Misterios de Ultratumba)* (1959) (Blu-ray) 3.5/5 stars 2) The Witch's Mirror* (El Espejo de la Bruja) (1962) (Blu-ray) 4/5 stars OCTOBER 2...