Saturday, October 1, 2016

Shocktober 2016 by Greg


Ahhh... it's the best time of the year again. Shocktober. Horror films. Crisp air. Good seasonal food. More horror films. Last year was impeccable, hope this year is the same or better. Enjoy.

1. Scream (1996) 10/10
2. The 'Burbs (1989) 8/10
3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 9/10
4. Unearthed (2007) 5/10
5. Night of the Demons (1988) 6/10
6. Let Us Prey (2015) 7/10
7. Into the Grizzly Maze (2015) 6/10
8. Tremors (1990) 9/10
9. Shark Night (2011) 3/10
10. Silver Bullet (1985) 7/10
11. Don't Look in the Basement (1973) 6/10
12. Jessabelle (2014) 4/10
13. Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) 7/10
14. When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001) 5/10
15. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) 8/10
16. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
17. Gnome Alone (2015) 2/10
18. Halloween (1978) 10/10
19. The Box (2009) 6/10
20. Phantasm (1979) 8/10
21. The Greasy Strangler (2016) 6/10
22. The Neon Demon (2016) 7/10
23. Demon (2016) 6/10 [Poland]
24. Range 15 (2016) 2/10
25. Victor Frankenstein (2015) 6/10
26. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) 6/10
27. Creature Feature (2016) 3/10
28. Donkey Punch (2009) 5/10
29. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1997) 1/10
30. Monster House (2006) 9/10
31. The Reaping (2007) 5/10
32. Voice (2009) 7/10 [Japan]

Sub-Genre Checklist:

[X] Aliens
[X] Animal Attacks
[X] Animated Horror
[X] Anthology
[] Cannibals
[X] Creature Features
[X] Creepy Children
[X] Horror Documentary
[] Exploitation
[X] Found Footage
[X] Horror Comedy
[] Horror Musical
[] Killer Clowns
[] Killer Toys
[X] Magic/Witches/Voodoo/Cults
[X] Paranormal/Ghosts
[X] Psycho Killers
[X] Scarecrows
[X] Slasher
[X] Supernatural/Demons
[] Torture Porn
[] Vampires
[X] Weird Crap
[X] Werewolves
[X] Whodunit Slasher
[X] Zombies

Decades Checklist:

[] 1920's
[X] 1930's
[X] 1940's
[X] 1950's
[X] 1960's
[X] 1970's
[X] 1980's
[X] 1990's
[X] 2000's
[X] 2010's

Countries Checklist:
  1. USA
  2. Ireland
  3. Poland
  4. Japan
  5. Finland

  6. Germany


Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Top 10 Best Underwatched Movies of 2015


















2015 Horror Film Ranking

By Jody

Total Films Watched: 80
Average Score: 5.76/10

Unreviewed Films: The Exorcism of Molly Hartley, Sharknado 3, Tremors 5, and Victor Frankenstein







5 Stars:

1 It Follows

4.5 Stars:


2 Final Girls, The

4 Stars:

3 What We Do In the Shadows
4 Turbo Kid
5 Bone Tomahawk
6 Crimson Peak
7 Gift, The
8 Nightmare, The
9 Goodnight Mommy
10 Cooties
11 Creep
12 Spring

3.5 Stars:


13 Goosebumps
14 Visit, The
15 Krampus
16 Landmine Goes Click
17 We Are Still Here
18 Stranger, The
19 Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
20 Insidious: Chapter 3
21 Hotel Transylvania 2
22 Unfriended
23 Into the Grizzly Maze
24 Re-Kill
25 Bloodsucking Bastards
26 Tales of Halloween
27 Maggie
28 Backcountry

3 Stars:


29 Preservation
30 Wicked Within, The
31 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
32 Digging Up The Marrow
33 Vatican Tapes, The
34 Zombeavers
35 Christmas Horror Story
36 Boy, The
37 Stung
38 Hidden
39 Diabolical, The
40 Unnatural
41 Extraordinary Tales
42 Sisterhood of Night
43 Murder in the Dark
44 Galows, The
45 Green Inferno, The
46 Gravy
47 Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
48 Hellions
49 REC 4: Apocalypse

2.5 Stars:

50 Howl
51 Burying the Ex
52 Lazarus Effect, The
53 Dude Bro Party Massacre III
54 Bastard
55 Hayride 2, The
56 Freaks of Nature
57 Knock Knock
58 Wind Walkers
59 Some Kind of Hate
60 Poltergeist
61 Suspension
62 Attack on Titan: Part 1

2 Stars:


63 Last Witch Hunter, The
64 Sinister 2
65 Slashening, The
66 Monsters: Dark Continent
67 Attack on Titan: Part 2
68 Hallow, The
69 Pay the Ghost
70 Treehouse
71 Pod

1.5 Stars:


72 Kill Game
73 Lost After Dark
74 Dark Summer
75 Woman in Black 2
76 Old 37
77 Area 51
78 Gore Orphanage

1 Star:


79 Muck

No Stars:


80 Lumberjack Man

2015 Film Ranking

By Jody

Films Watched: 196
Average Score: 6.39/10







1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2 Mad Max: Fury Road
3 It Follows
4 Inside Out
5 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
6 Jurassic World
7 Big Short, The
8 Revenant, The
9 Hateful Eight, The
10 Ex Machina
11 Room
12 Spotlight
13 Final Girls, The
14 Spy
15 Steve Jobs
16 Martian, The
17 Diary of a Teenage Girl, The
18 Trumbo
19 Anomalisa
20 Black Mass
21 Sicario
22 Bridge of Spies
23 Avengers: Age of Ultron
24 Furious 7
25 Spectre
26 Creed
27 Straight Outta Compton
28 Stanford Prison Experiment, The
29 Walk, The
30 What We Do In the Shadows
31 Ant-Man
32 Turbo Kid
33 Shaun the Sheep Movie
34 Brooklyn
35 Bone Tomahawk
36 99 Homes
37 Everest
38 Crimson Peak
39 Batkid Begins
40 The Gift
41 Carol
42 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
43 Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The
44 End of the Tour, The
45 Love & Mercy
46 Nightmare, The
47 Goodnight Mommy
48 Cop Car
49 Lego Brickumentary, A
50 Cooties
51 Nintendo Quest
52 Predestination
53 Creep
54 Spring
55 Goosebumps
56 Pawn Sacrifice
57 Ricki and The Flash
58 Trainwreck
59 Visit, The
60 Kingsman: The Secret Service
61 Night Before, The
62 Krampus
63 Infinitely Polar Bear
64 Landmine Goes Click
65 Danish Girl, The
66 We Are Still Here
67 Duff, The
68 Wolfpack, The
69 Daddy's Home
70 Stranger, The
71 Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
72 Terminator: Genesys
73 American Ultra
74 True Story
75 100 Year-Old Man, The
76 Welcome to Me
77 Hunger Games, The: Mockingjay - Part 2
78 Insidious: Chapter 3
79 Entourage
80 Hotel Transylvania 2
81 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
82 When Marnie Was There
83 Amy
84 Run All Night
85 Unfriended
86 Joy
87 Into the Grizzly Maze
88 Re-Kill
89 San Andreas
90 Beasts of No Nation
91 Bloodsucking Bastards
92 Cinderella
93 Paddington
94 Tales of Halloween
95 Wedding Ringer, The
96 Maggie
97 Backcountry
98 Black or White
99 Mr. Holmes
100 What Happened, Miss Simone?
101 Winter on Fire
102 Get Hard
103 Sisters
104 Good Dinosaur, The
105 Aloha
106 No Escape
107 Spongebob Movie, The: Fish Out of Water
108 Preservation
109 Tangerine
110 Wicked Within, The
111 Minions
112 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
113 Paper Towns
114 Heaven Knows What
115 Digging Up The Marrow
116 Vatican Tapes, The
117 Dark Places
118 Project Almanac
119 Zombeavers
120 45 Years
121 Transporter: Refueled, The
122 Christmas Horror Story
123 Self/Less
124 Queen of Earth
125 Boy, The
126 Chappie
127 Irrational Man
128 Secret in Their Eyes, The
129 Stung
130 Hidden
131 Boy & The World
132 Diabolical, The
133 Unnatural
134 Extraordinary Tales
135 Sisterhood of Night
136 Murder in the Dark
137 Mortdecai
138 Gallows, The
139 Man From U.N.C.L.E., The
140 Spare Parts
141 Little Accidents
142 Home
143 Green Inferno, The
144 Gravy
145 Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
146 Insurgent
147 Hellions
148 REC 4: Apocalypse
149 Howl
150 Burying the Ex
151 Vacation
152 Lost River
153 Lazarus Effect, The
154 We Are Your Friends
155 Dude Bro Party Massacre III
156 Bastard
157 Pixels
158 Hayride 2, The
159 Ted 2
160 Freaks of Nature
161 Knock Knock
162 Wind Walkers
163 Some Kind of Hate
164 Poltergeist
165 Suspension
166 Blackhat
167 Tomorrowland
168 Attack on Titan: Part 1
169 Loft, The
170 Last Witch Hunter, The
171 Hot Pursuit
172 D Train, The
173 Sinister 2
174 Taken 3
175 Fantastic Four
176 Slashening, The
177 Unfinished Business
178 Monsters: Dark Continent
179 Attack on Titan: Part 2
180 Hallow, The
181 Pay the Ghost
182 Treehouse
183 Pod
184 Kill Game
185 Lost After Dark
186 Dark Summer
187 Hot Tub Time Machine 2
188 Boy Next Door, The
189 Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
190 Old 37
191 Area 51
192 Pan
193 Gore Orphanage
194 Fifty Shades of Grey
195 Muck
196 Lumberjack Man

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Monday, January 11, 2016

The X-Files Season 5 Summary

Score: 7.5/10

Number of episodes: 20
Mythology episodes*: 9
Monster-Of-The-Week episodes: 11

*Mythology episodes refers to episodes that either deal directly with the overall series arc of the search for proof of extraterrestrial life, or with important plot points directly affecting the primary characters Mulder and Scully. 

Season 5 hits some highs with some fantastic stand-alone episodes while delivering solid mythology episodes to get ready for the feature film.


Best Episode: 512 - Bad Blood
Worst Episode: 511 - Kill Switch

Bare Minimum Episodes to Be Able To Get Through The Series Quickly - 8 Episodes (Score: 7.4/10):

501 - Redux
502 - Redux II
503 - Unusual Suspects
506 - Christmas Carol
507 - Emily

513 - Patient X
514 - The Red and the Black

520 - The End

The "Best X-Files Experience" - 15 Episodes (Score: 8.0/10):

501 - Redux
502 - Redux II
503 - Unusual Suspects

505 - The Post-Modern Prometheus
506 - Christmas Carol
507 - Emily

508 - Kitsunegari
510 - Chinga
512 - Bad Blood
513 - Patient X
514 - The Red and the Black

516 - Mind's Eye
517 - All Souls
519 - Folie a Deux
520 - The End

Top Five Monster-Of-The-Week Episodes To Pop In Anytime:

1. 512 - Bad Blood
2. 505 - The Post-Modern Prometheus
3. 516 - Mind's Eye
4. 519 - Folie a Deux
5. 510 - Chinga

Honorable Mention: 508 - Kitsunegari (sequel to "Pusher")

The X-Files Season 5 Episode Guide

501 - "Redux"
Score: 7/10
Original Airdate: 11/2/97

Episode Type: Mythology
Skippable: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner, Spender, The Lone Gunmen, First Elder
Notable Guess Stars: None

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502 - "Redux II"
Score: 8/10
Original Airdate: 11/9/97


Episode Type: Mythology
Skippable: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner, Spender, The Lone Gunmen, First Elder 
Notable Guess Stars: None

Synopsis: 

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503 - "Unusual Suspects"
Score: 9/10
Original Airdate: 11/16/97


Episode Type: Mythology
Skippable: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: The Lone Gunmen, Mr. X 
Notable Guess Stars: Richard Belzer

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504 - "Detour"
Score: 7/10
Original Airdate: 11/23/97

Episode Type: Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: YesShould You Skip It: Either Way

Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: Anthony Rapp

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505 - "The Post-Modern Prometheus"Score: 10/10
Original Airdate: 11/30/97

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: Jerry Springer

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506 - "Christmas Carol"
Score: 6/10
Original Airdate: 12/7/97

Episode Type: 
Mythology
Skippable: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: None

Synopsis: 

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507 - "Emily"
Score: 7/10
Original Airdate: 12/14/97

Episode Type: 
Mythology
Skippable: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: Frohike
Notable Guess Stars: None

Synopsis: 

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508 - "Kitsunegari"
Score: 8/10
Original Airdate: 1/4/98


Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner
Notable Guess Stars: None

Synopsis: 

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509 - "Schizogeny"
Score: 5/10
Original Airdate: 1/11/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: Probably

Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: Katherine Isabelle

Synopsis: 

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510 - "Chinga"
Score: 8/10
Original Airdate: 2/8/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: No

Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: None

Synopsis: 

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511 - "Kill Switch"
Score: 5/10
Original Airdate: 2/15/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: Probably

Recurring Secondary Characters: The Lone Gunmen
Notable Guess Stars: None

Synopsis: 

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512 - "Bad Blood"
Score: 10/10
Original Airdate: 2/22/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: Definitely Not

Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner
Notable Guess Stars: Luke Wilson and Patrick Renna

Synopsis: 

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513 - "Patient X"
Score: 7/10
Original Airdate: 3/1/98

Episode Type: 
Mythology
Skippable: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: Krycek, Marita Covarrubias, Alien Bounty Hunter. Well-Manicuired Man, First Elder, Jeffrey Spender
Notable Guess Stars: Veronica Cartwright

Synopsis: 

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514 - "The Red and the Black"
Score: 7/10
Original Airdate: 3/8/98

Episode Type: 
Mythology
Skippable: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner, Krycek, Marita Covarrubias, Alien Bounty Hunter. Well-Manicuired Man, First Elder, Jeffrey Spender, CGB Spender (Cigarette-Smoking Man)
Notable Guess Stars: Veronica Cartwright

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515 - "Travelers"
Score: 6/10
Original Airdate: 3/29/98

Episode Type: 
Mythology (in that we get some Bill Mulder backstory)
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: Either Way


Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: Darren McGavin and Garret Dillahunt

Synopsis: 

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516 - "Mind's Eye"
Score: 9/10
Original Airdate: 4/19/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: Lily Taylor

Synopsis: 

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517 - "All Souls"
Score: 7/10
Original Airdate: 4/26/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: None
Notable Guess Stars: Emily Perkins

Synopsis: 

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518 - "The Pine Bluff Variant"
Score: 6/10
Original Airdate: 5/3/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: Either Way


Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner
Notable Guess Stars: Daniel von Bargen

Synopsis: 

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519 - "Folie a Deux"
Score: 9/10
Original Airdate: 5/10/98

Episode Type: 
Monster-Of-The-Week
Skippable: Yes

Should You Skip It: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner
Notable Guess Stars:None

Synopsis: 

Thoughts: 

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520 - "The End"
Score: 8/10
Original Airdate: 5/17/98

Episode Type: 
Mythology
Skippable: No


Recurring Secondary Characters: Skinner, Krycek, CGB Spender, The Lone Gunmen, Well-Manicuired Man, First Elder, Jeffrey Spender, Gibson Praise, Diana Fowley
Notable Guess Stars: Mimi Rogers

Synopsis: 

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