Help me choose a spoopy movie a day for October

[Johnny Unusual]

I'm terrible at making decisions. So I went to my 5 non-Crunchyroll streaming services and found 1 movie each on it, chosen only based on "have I seen it?" (and even then, there are probably going to be a few rewatches here, if I feel like it.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (remake) - I've heard it's not great but maybe I should give it a chance.
Leviathan - Not the arthouse documentary (though scary in it's own way) the 1989 film that I think is kind of like The Thing meets The Abyss? I might be confusing it with Deepstar Six, though. Probably the b-gradiest thing on the list but not in a bad way... I don't think
28 Weeks Later - I heard though not as good as the original, not bad
After Blue (Dirty Paradise) - Don't know anything about it except it's a weird French sci-fi film on Shudder about a planet only women can survive on and a "punitive expedition". The title makes me think it is more pervy but the image Shudder uses has a woman with a her faced replaced by a very large hole.
The Addiction - An Abel Ferrera movie. That's mostly all I know. Maybe some vampirism or something? Part of criterion's 90s horror collection.

 

[Torzelbaum]

28 Weeks Later - I heard though not as good as the original, not bad

This is the only movie out of those 5 that I've seen. I think what you heard is more or less spot on. It provides a good continuation and escalation of the overall story of Days but doesn't contain any of the protagonists from the first movie. (Which really isn't all that unusual for horror movie sequels.) I enjoyed it when I saw it but it's not high on my list of movies to rewatch.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

I should point out I'm also canvassing from other sources. So far, it's:
Two low key recommends for 28 Weeks
Two similarly tempered recommends for Leviathan
One recommend for The Addiction
And one "maybe try it" and one "No, it's pretty boring" for the Nightmare remake.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Next:

Renfield - The Nic Cage Dracula movie that people seem to agree should have been better because it was a Nic Cage Dracula movie
Final Destination - I've heard a few sources saying these movies aren't bad, actually.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - A film clearly made entirely on the novelty factor of the title.
Antichrist - The arthouse horror on my list. As I understand it, it's a discomforting look at man's terror at the natural world and also we get to see Willem Dafoe's massive dork.
Anna and the Apocalypse - Should I watch this now or on Christmas?

 

[Torzelbaum]

Final Destination - I've heard a few sources saying these movies aren't bad, actually.

How much do you know about the series? I do find the movies enjoyable as dumb fun. (The 3rd movie was #15 on my list of top horror movies for Drac's Top 50). There is some continuity between all of the movies in the series but the amount varies from movie to movie - the first two have the most continuity between them. You can still watch them in any order but I guess you will get the most out of the series if you watch them in order.

 

[Olli]

Renfield's alright if you go in with low expectations; treat Nic Cage Dracula as a bonus instead of the main course.

 

[Octopus Prime]

Nic Cage as Dracula is the only reason to watch Renfield, though…

I’m making Final Destination my next pic, personally

 

[Purple]

Final Destination 2 was significantly more fun than the original, but either way you have the implied but never actually evoked implication that the ghost of Rube Goldberg was drafted as a grim reaper or something.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

So far I'm hearing a lot of "Final Destination is a good choice", "Renfield has one good thing going for it but only one."

 

[YangusKhan]

I didn't like Antichrist, but I also haven't liked any other Lars von Trier movie I've tried to watch either.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

I've gotten a surprising groundswell for Antichrist, which I appreciate because I want a very varied spoopy diet but Final D is leading the pack.

 

[Daikaiju]

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

 

[Johnny Unusual]

That... is not on my list.

 

[Falselogic]

Is Suspiria? If it is you should watch it.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Is Suspiria? If it is you should watch it.

First, watched both, love both, own the original.

Second, I'm giving you a chance to choose one of the five I'm presenting.

As it stands now, Final Destination was the lead but a guy on another Discord channel ruined it for me by calling it great, then getting really pissy when people didn't like it as much and started calling them cowards and dipshits.

So... I'm less in the mood for that one, now.

 

[Purple]

Cowards? It's... not like it's an intellectually challenging film.

Anyway, I've been told Renfield is much better than the formulaic twee thing trailers made it out as at least?

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Cowards? It's... not like it's an intellectually challenging film.

I think he thinks he's being funny. I think he's just being an asshole.

 

[Issun]

If you want to watch something really scary you should turn on CSPAN and watch a session of congress! BOOM!

(This is my audition to host the Tonight Show)

 

[Johnny Unusual]

 

[Neo Skimbleshanks]

Final Destination 2 is my favorite of the franchise, and also I like it. (not always the case with those movies....)

I thought the NoES remake was bad. Humorless, and not frightening, but is kind of reprehensible. Cool final kill but the thing is: the best NoES endings don't have final kills, they have beautiful moments of catharsis and sick Sinead O'Connor songs. As a person of taste, I recognized almost all the cast from their various like CW television projects but had no idea who Rooney Mara was.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Well, I considered strongly Antichrist, trying something harder to watch... only to realize Criterion Channel doesn't carry that in Canada (there are a few movies on their "all movies" list unavailable in Canada. So I think I'll watch Renfield tonight. Sorry, FD fans. Maybe next year (or a sequel, since I'm given to understand they are all continuity light).

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Renfield was.... fine. Not bad. Mostly watchable action comedy. Really it feels like a lower tier Marvel movie. The big issue is I really don't like the narration, which is both unnecessary and, a word I don't often bust out, hackneyed. Like, they even begin with "Wait, let's back up" and "that's me!" It's a film that really should have trusted it's visuals more because I don't really need to be told things I'm already gathering from the context of the rest of the film. Also it's written by Robert Kirkman. I think that's why it is just fine and not much higher.

M3gan - People put this high on their list of best spookem of the year. And it's PG-13 even!
Dark Shadows - I mean, no one seems to like it but I'm giving you the power to make me watch something no one likes.
Alien3 - I remember this one coming out with an action figure line and such. Weird times.
Celia - M3gan is the frontrunner but this is exciting. I know little about it but it's a late 80s Australian horror thriller. I'm getting a vibe that tells me... this is a good one.
Blood Vessel - It's got a vampire on a boat. That's clever. Nazis are also involved but I don't know if it's vampire Nazis or Nazis eaten by vampires.

 

[YangusKhan]

A lot of those are interesting choices. My vote is for Celia because I've never heard of this before now and its description sounds like it has potential.

 

[Issun]

I agree with Jeremy Parish on Alien 3 in that its opening is proof that David Fincher hates joy.

M3gan is the one of those five I most want to watch this month, if that means anything.

 

[Daikaiju]

That... is not on my list.

Not enough Snoopy?

 

[Purple]

I haven't seen M3gan but it looks like it's probably a lot of fun. I HAVE seen Dark Shadows. It's uh... Tim Burton in Mars Attacks mode, as applied to a vampire soap opera very few people remember?

 

[Olli]

I hear a lot of good noise about M3gan, so I'd pick that one, yes.

 

[Octopus Prime]

I haven't seen M3gan but it looks like it's probably a lot of fun. I HAVE seen Dark Shadows. It's uh... Tim Burton in Mars Attacks mode, as applied to a vampire soap opera very few people remember?

Man, I wish it was Mara Attacks level.

M3GAN is the only one of those I saw, and I didn’t much care for it, mainly because I was hoping it would be like the Child’s Play remake, and it was not.

Luckily, the Child’s Play remake is precisely like the Child’s Play remake, so I pivot my vote to that.

 

[Octopus Prime]

I think he thinks he's being funny. I think he's just being an asshole.

As someone who witnessed that whole debacle I think you’re correct

 

[Neo Skimbleshanks]

I enjoyed M3gan. More than a meme movie to me! Alien3 is also good. They just wouldn’t make a blockbuster like that these days… I haven’t heard anything about Celia but I’ll give it my vote. Seems cool…