The Month of Horror PART IV: dsheinem vs. noiseredux

[GSZX1337]

I know this isn't quite the theme of this topic, but I just saw a videoabout how some bitch Mom won't give candy to fat Trick or Treaters. Instead, she gives them a letter. She better get her house egged.

[Ack]

Ack, did you also watch the Mexican Dracula? It is sometimes a bonus feature on Bela Lugosi's Dracula DVDs. The Mexican actors filmed on the same set at night to make a Spanish version of the film. It is enjoyable to watch their interpretation.

I didn't, though the version I rented came with a second disc I didn't explore that apparently also contained Son of Dracula and House of Dracula along with a couple of others. I'll have to rent it and check it out later.

[Luke]

Norman the Mormon Doorman:

[BoneSnapDeez]

If I saw Norman the Mormon Doorman approaching I might throw myself under a car too.

[J T]

Norman the Mormon Doorman:

Awesome, but do you have on the magic underwear?

[BoneSnapDeez]

Hope you all had a great holiday. I had no kids come to my house.

I did watch The 'Burbs on VHS, which is always a Halloween tradition of mine. Great film.

[noiseredux]

our new house is in a spot where we expected about 200 kids. But it rained so we got more like 60. I hate candy, so all the leftovers are a waste.

We watched Halloween 4, and the SNL Halloween special. My sister, and her BF and her friends stopped by.

I played some Limbo.

Much more low-key night than expected.

[Michi]

Also, if you enjoyed Horror Castle (even a little bit), I highly recommend Castle of Blood (1964). It is easily my favorite Italian "haunted castle" movie. (As a bonus...it is in the public domain and features the beautiful Barbara Steele!)

I'll be sure to do that. Thanks


And I too, love Jennifer's Body. I think that movie got way more flack than it deserved.


Oh, and by the way, this poster:

I owns it.











The Intruder Within


The Intruder Within is a made for TV movie from 1981. The story follows the workers of an oilrig stationed somewhere out in the Antarctic. Drilling at depths “never reached before” they pull up some round, egg-like objects as well as some creature that looks like a cross between a piranha and an eel.


Or, as observed in this still, a lump of clay.

It bites one of the workers before being shot off the rig, but the bitten employee dies in a matter of minutes. The resident “geologist” on board takes the “eggs” to his room, hoping they’ll grow. Of course, he doesn’t tell anyone else about this and the creatures inside hatch, inevitably causing havoc and mayhem on the isolated rig. (Which doesn’t always look so isolated when you can see city lights in the damn background *facepalm*)

The Intruder Within, while I wouldn’t go so far to call it a rip-off, was definitely trying to cash in on the popularity of Alien. You’ve got the isolated location, the unknown, super strong creature, the creature popping out of someone's body and even some of the characters are seem familiar.

Because it was made for TV the creature designs are very…cheap. It’s obvious they tried, but with a TV budget I’m sure they didn’t have much to work with. For instance, they designs look nice, but the way they animated them? Not so much. The poor eel creature very much looks like a piece of rubber and clay being wiggled around on a stick. They must have realized this, because you don’t see them in motion all that much, but that also means you don’t really see them at all during the film, which takes away half the fun of watching something like this.

The full-grown creature fares marginally better, but the noise it utters makes me think of a constipated Fonzie with a head cold.


Ayyyy!

The movie does have good atmosphere. The isolation of the rig and the confining space inside, highlighted by some of the camera work, gives you an uncomfortable, cramped feeling the entire time you watch it, but other than the creature designs that’s pretty much all it’s got going for it.



So it was an interesting take on the Alien formula, but it’s TV limitations hold back what little promise it has. The best part about it is seeing the full-grown creature at the end, but it takes so long to get to that point that it’s almost not worth it.

Moral of the story: Never trust any curly haired scientist some large corporation suddenly decides to send with you to some remote area. Those bastards have ulterior motives.



Now I've got to figure out what I'm going to watch tonight. Decisions, decisions...








Oh, I almost forgot. I carved my pumpkin tonight. We got two a couple weeks ago and I told my Mom she had to carve one. She tried to get out of it by saying that if she did she'd just carve a peace sign.

I was like, "I can work with that."



Groovy.

I think I love my Hippie Zombie.



Collaborated efforts.

[TSTR]

Hope you all had a great holiday. I had no kids come to my house.

our new house is in a spot where we expected about 200 kids. But it rained so we got more like 60. I hate candy, so all the leftovers are a waste.
...
Much more low-key night than expected.

I was expecting way more trick-or-treater action than we got, being in a decently-sized neighborhood with a fair amount of kids. I even made a spooky sign for the door and hooked up the boombox with appropriately horrific music playing outside. Got a total of 6 kids.

Is Halloween still a thing?

Oh, I almost forgot. I carved my pumpkin tonight. We got two a couple weeks ago and I told my Mom she had to carve one. She tried to get out of it by saying that if she did she'd just carve a peace sign.

I was like, "I can work with that."



Groovy.

I think I love my Hippie Zombie.



Collaborated efforts.

Lollipop Chainsaw! Love the pumpkins.

Anyway, hope you all had an awesome All Hallow's Eve, no matter what you were doing.

[Luke]

Nice carving Michi.

We ran out of candy at around 8:30pm. Twas a flood of mostly lying snot nose punks. "My brother couldn't make it", "I have a baby at home", and one kid even asked "Really? Just a Hershey bar?". I'd say 90% of the trick or treaters were not from our neighborhood, but at least the large majority dressed up. No memorable costumes, but definitely some cute kids.

There was one kid who was not dressed up and when I asked him who he was dressed up, he shrugged his shoulders. Then my wife shouts "He looks like Steve Urkel", and he did, so I couldn't stop laughing for quite some time.

After we turned off the porch lights, blew out the jack o lantern candles, and brought in the dummy we had friends stop by for cocktails and movies. THE MONSTER SQUAD and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN won the popular vote. Good times.