Spooktober 2022 - are you In!?

[Katoosie]

Who would have thunk that going to work could be so spooky...

 

[Marko 1]

It'll be low 60s, wife goes to work soon after it starts,

so I'll probably just bring a laptop and sit on the front porch to hand out candy.

 

[Lostgallifreyan]

Running at nights on open ground, owls and vixens duking it out like dead rocknrollas wanting to be back on some weird stage. A chill of wind after endless humidity and a claggy summer that doesn't know it should be dead. I like this time of year, and spring. Basically, the equinoxes.

I'll be content watching some movies this year though, Beetlejuice last night, Frighteners tonight. R Lee Ermey sounding off to skeletons various and giving them hell. Can't wait.

 

[Marko 1]

It'll be low 60s, wife goes to work soon after it starts,

so I'll probably just bring a laptop and sit on the front porch to hand out candy.

Well, I'm on the front porch with some candy, 5-7 are the hours, it's a bit chilly but I'll live.

If I run out of candy I'll start handing out ciggs.

 

[monsterthompson]

New album downloaded and blasting while I’m at the gym for Leg-O-Ween.

 

[Lostgallifreyan]

Some good picks for me. Never seen the ghoulies or had the stomach for SAW.

I saw colour out of space in the cinema. There were 4 people in the theater total when we went to see this - that includes me and my SO. It's one of the good movies with Cage, imho. Same with Mandy - it ticks all my weird little boxes. Gore. Cults. Love. Murder. Bizzare visuals.
Willys Wonderland... Really bad. Wouldn't recommend it unless you're specifically looking for a bad, bad and campy Cage movie.

Always gotta sh-it on the satanists, too. Ugh

Also try The Void if you haven't seen it. Very Lovecraftian, practical effects. People stuck in a location. Good stuff.

I had to come back to asnwer this, I saw it earlier, and I'd continued watching a few spookys because I started too late in October this year...

I just watched The Ring, and it's about the third time, maybe fourth, and while the original Japanese one is still the most interesting, the US one stands up well. Uses a few cliches like opening sequence of Shining, and soundtrack like Suspiria at times, but it works, it's well made. It stands up to repeating, which is a good sign.

The other reason I came back, is you are in Sweden, according to detail by your avatar, and the US version has things that look very like the Swedish scenery in the Swedish miniseries The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (also excellent), at one point looking like the same place where the main action happens, near a lake. Not spooky, but it's one of the best things I've seen. A friend of mine likes Rooney Mara best as Lizbet Salander, but not me, I like Noomi Rapace far better, much more interesting character, looks good to. I know that Noomi Rapace doesn't want to revisit the intensity of Salander, but if she ever changed her mind, and did make the next three of those stories, that would be a special thing to see.

I think Let The Right One In is also Swedish, but I never liked that one, too unsettling.

About Saw, I hated the sequels, all that horrible gratification of the desire people had for the 'jigsaw killer' to be real. The original was extremely disturbing, I rarely watch it, but I did keep a copy, because for me the strongest thing is the ambiguity, the guy in the hospital bed, we never really know if all the horror is like a vision or hallucination seen while he's in an intensive care bed or something, and is all internalised, hence he never escapes it. Once the psychological ambiguity is gone, the rest is just an sick joke so I got rid of all sequels. Likewise, sequels of Cube. Waste of time... The original is clever, and ends on a kind of open-ended cliffhanger, I like that lack of obvious resolution.

BTW, I never saw Cage's movies, except for two, The Rock (which I like most) and Face Off, which I have mixed feelings about. If there are any others that good I want to see them, he can be extremely funny...

 

[Katoosie]

I had to come back to asnwer this, I saw it earlier, and I'd continued watching a few spookys because I started too late in October this year...

I just watched The Ring, and it's about the third time, maybe fourth, and while the original Japanese one is still the most interesting, the US one stands up well. Uses a few cliches like opening sequence of Shining, and soundtrack like Suspiria at times, but it works, it's well made. It stands up to repeating, which is a good sign.

The other reason I came back, is you are in Sweden, according to detail by your avatar, and the US version has things that look very like the Swedish scenery in the Swedish miniseries The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (also excellent), at one point looking like the same place where the main action happens, near a lake. Not spooky, but it's one of the best things I've seen. A friend of mine likes Rooney Mara best as Lizbet Salander, but not me, I like Noomi Rapace far better, much more interesting character, looks good to. I know that Noomi Rapace doesn't want to revisit the intensity of Salander, but if she ever changed her mind, and did make the next three of those stories, that would be a special thing to see.

I think Let The Right One In is also Swedish, but I never liked that one, too unsettling.

About Saw, I hated the sequels, all that horrible gratification of the desire people had for the 'jigsaw killer' to be real. The original was extremely disturbing, I rarely watch it, but I did keep a copy, because for me the strongest thing is the ambiguity, the guy in the hospital bed, we never really know if all the horror is like a vision or hallucination seen while he's in an intensive care bed or something, and is all internalised, hence he never escapes it. Once the psychological ambiguity is gone, the rest is just an sick joke so I got rid of all sequels. Likewise, sequels of Cube. Waste of time... The original is clever, and ends on a kind of open-ended cliffhanger, I like that lack of obvious resolution.

BTW, I never saw Cage's movies, except for two, The Rock (which I like most) and Face Off, which I have mixed feelings about. If there are any others that good I want to see them, he can be extremely funny...

I think I saw The Ring, the American one not too long ago. It was pretty okay from what I remember, not the scariest thing I have seen though.

I love the girl with the dragon tattoo. It's right up my alley and it's super fun to see the streets you've walked and seen be in a dark and moody movie. I also tend to like Rooney Mara as I think she did an outstanding job as Salander, really gripping imho. My favourite scene from the movies is definitely the confrontation with the social worker. That scene was intense as all hell, to me. I haven't seen the one with the other actress yet and I am not too sure if I will see it - maybe it is good but I have read a little bit and seen that it's supposedly not as great as the original ones. If I end up watching it, I'll form my own opinion on it.

Let the right one in is so so so so good. Loved every bit of it. I lived 5 minutes of walking distance away from where the movie took place and I was blown away on how good of a movie it was and how down to earth it seemed despite being about a freaking vampire. So good. Innocent but also grimy and dark.

I need to watch the first Saw again, its been a while. Thank you for reminding me of that

Oh God - Cube. The first one is fantastic, the rest and especially the hypercube is just all wrong. The ambiguity and psychological drama is what makes it along with the strong cast. I think Cube is very underrated.

Well...

Spooktober is over.
On the 31st I thought there wouldn't be many kids coming over, but I was wrong. I had about 10 groups of kids come over and everyone got a bunch of chocolate from our house. I hope they do come back next year, I plan to spoil them even more My favourite was a kid who came over in a huge, wobbly dinosaur costume.

I absolutely burst our laughing when I saw him and when he started to wiggle away, I just couldn't stop laughing. It was the cutest, most innocent thing ever. That guy deserved all the candy.

 

[Lostgallifreyan]

Thanks, I like long replies with plenty to think about.

I think I saw The Ring, the American one not too long ago. It was pretty okay from what I remember, not the scariest thing I have seen though.

True, sort of gratifying shock more than scare, but scare is like scoville units, kind of hard to quantify, and very one-dimensional. I can't think what scared me most in a movie, but weirdly, I can say what did not, and was probably supposed to. Zombies. They make me laugh, or they bore me..

I love the girl with the dragon tattoo. It's right up my alley and it's super fun to see the streets you've walked and seen be in a dark and moody movie. I also tend to like Rooney Mara as I think she did an outstanding job as Salander, really gripping imho. My favourite scene from the movies is definitely the confrontation with the social worker. That scene was intense as all hell, to me. I haven't seen the one with the other actress yet and I am not too sure if I will see it - maybe it is good but I have read a little bit and seen that it's supposedly not as great as the original ones. If I end up watching it, I'll form my own opinion on it.

I bet that really helps, seeing familiar ground. I got that kind of feeling in a rarity, the last film by Edward Woodward, called A Congregation Of Ghosts. As a kid I lived in that part of Cornwall, and the opening scene of the car drive approaching the Tor, just south of Bodmin Moor, was so strong emotionally for me it was literally part ecstasy, part intense pain, I very rarely get that just from watching anything. Everything about that movie, the stark beauty of the place, and the time, is in it. The place never seems to age, it already seems as old as age can get, but always new too. Really timeless.

Those reviews... I thought that Noomi Rapace, in the Swedish miniseries, was the original (but only by two years). My neighbour likes Rooney Mara better, but the one exception in that movie was a scene with a dead cat. We both agreed that was probably uncalled for (and it's not in the original series).

Let the right one in is so so so so good. Loved every bit of it. I lived 5 minutes of walking distance away from where the movie took place and I was blown away on how good of a movie it was and how down to earth it seemed despite being about a freaking vampire. So good. Innocent but also grimy and dark.

You have convinced me to try it again. I kept putting it off, but I'll watch that soon.

I need to watch the first Saw again, its been a while. Thank you for reminding me of that

You're welcome. Though it is a bit of a wrench to watch, and I'd not wish that horror on anyone. I heard that intensive care can cause horrible hallucinations and dreams, I often wonder if this is what inspired that film. I kind of hope not, just in case I ever need intensive care.

Oh God - Cube. The first one is fantastic, the rest and especially the hypercube is just all wrong. The ambiguity and psychological drama is what makes it along with the strong cast. I think Cube is very underrated.

Me too, it's a keeper for sure. It isn't really a victim of its own success, it stands even with what followed it, I just decided to delete the rest so as not to dilute any memory of the original.

Well...

Spooktober is over.
On the 31st I thought there wouldn't be many kids coming over, but I was wrong. I had about 10 groups of kids come over and everyone got a bunch of chocolate from our house. I hope they do come back next year, I plan to spoil them even more My favourite was a kid who came over in a huge, wobbly dinosaur costume.

I absolutely burst our laughing when I saw him and when he started to wiggle away, I just couldn't stop laughing. It was the cutest, most innocent thing ever. That guy deserved all the candy.

Nice. And, there is always time for spooks... As a kid brought up in a very old house, I like how a place, in itself, can be the strongest character of most events in it. I keep remembering it, vividly, and if life is as weird as I sometimes think it is, then someone living there might experience me as a spook... But is a spook with a bass guitar scary? Probably not.

 

[monsterthompson]

Let the right one in is so so so so good.

Loved that film. I need to watch it again.

Now that the holidays have shifted are you going to watch Rare Exports?

 

[Katoosie]

Loved that film. I need to watch it again.

Now that the holidays have shifted are you going to watch Rare Exports?

I saw army of darkness yesterday, so no.
More skeletons and spooks for me, please!

 

[MonetBass]

My wife and I watched "The Exorcist" for the 2nd or 3rd time. Still great. We had "A Nightmare Before Christmas" going while we were handing out candy.

 

[Lostgallifreyan]

My wife and I watched "The Exorcist" for the 2nd or 3rd time. Still great. We had "A Nightmare Before Christmas" going while we were handing out candy.

I remember a girl who said 'any and all Exorcist', and I agree, except for the 2nd one with the electronic widgets. I chucked that out and substituted The Ninth Configuration in its place. All's right with the world...

Not spooky, but if we're recommending films I have to put in a word for Dogma. Gets better every time I see it.

 

[Lostgallifreyan]

Let the right one in is so so so so good. Loved every bit of it. I lived 5 minutes of walking distance away from where the movie took place and I was blown away on how good of a movie it was and how down to earth it seemed despite being about a freaking vampire. So good. Innocent but also grimy and dark.

Hi, I think it was good that I kept it, I just watched it again. It's as weird as weird gets, but I did like it. Mind you, while searching through threads I'd posted in to find this, I found one titled SHOW ME YOUR NECK! Under the circumstances, that was a mite unsettling.