31 Days of Halloween (2022)

Caldwin

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I know it's not October yet. But these seems to be the thread for spooky and spoopy.

So one of the things I do at work it "prepping" shows. Basically that's setting in/out points so that the automation knows when to roll local commercials.

Last week I got to prep the movie Daybreakers. Basically that means I watched an edited for television version in fast forward.

I bought the Bluray off Amazon and watched it tonight (couldn't wait for October).

Daybreakers

For those who don't know: Ethan Hawke, William Defoe and Sam Neil. Vampires are the dominant species on earth. Problem is that their primary food (humans) are in short supply, nearly extinct.

I think this just became my new favorite vampire movie. Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it yet.

Okay, I'll try not to post again until October. Current plans are to marathon the Underworld movies. I'm also planning on getting the first Castlevania Netflix series on Bluray, but I can't really promise to wait until October.
 
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Ultra Magnus13

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Caldwin said:
I know it's not October yet. But these seems to be the thread for spooky and spoopy.

So one of the things I do at work it "prepping" shows. Basically that's setting in/out points so that the automation knows when to roll local commercials.

Last week I got to prep the movie Daybreakers. Basically that means I watched an edited for television version in fast forward.

I bought the Bluray off Amazon and watched it tonight (couldn't wait for October).

Daybreakers

For those who don't know: Ethan Hawke, William Defoe and Sam Neil. Vampires are the dominant species on earth. Problem is that their primary food (humans) are in short supply, nearly extinct.

I think this just became my new favorite vampire movie. Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it yet.

Okay, I'll try not to post again until October. Current plans are to marathon the Underworld movies. I'm also planning on getting the first Castlevania Netflix series on Bluray, but I can't really promise to wait until October.
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I remember seeing this in theaters when it came out, decent, but unremarkable imo.
 
Caldwin

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Popular opinion seems to be that the premise is great but they strayed away from it in the last 30-40 minutes. Basically, first half good, second half mediocre.

I can see why people would think that. Still, I enjoyed it.
 
Caldwin

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BYW, just a small note...has anyone seen Sean Whitmore lately? It seems like it's been a while and if memory serves, he didn't post anything last October.
 
Caldwin

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Okay, guys, here's the deal. I really do want to keep this thread going as an October tradtion. It's a lot of fun every October going on a binge of horror movies (or horror adjacent). For this year, I had been planning on doing a marathon of the Underworld series.

BUT!

Last month the Castlevania Dominus Collection came out, which I binged. This led me to buy the Trevor Belmont Castlevania Netflix series on Bluray, which I binged. This also led to watching Van Helsing, getting another read through of Carmilla (which I still haven't finished) as well as watching two different Carmilla movie adaptations. I also discovered the movie Daybreakers.

What I'm trying to say is that I feel like I've already had my month of Halloween and right now I'm just all vampired out. Like hon, if I tried to force an Underworld marathon at this point, I wouldn't have any fun with it.

Still, this is October, so I'm going to at least bump this and hopefully contribute where I can. Inthe mean time, I hope you all have fun and let the Spoopy commence!
 
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It doesn't HAVE to be vampires! Watch some mummies or Frankensteins or ghouls!
 
Badgertron

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Caldwin said:
Okay, guys, here's the deal. I really do want to keep this thread going as an October tradtion. It's a lot of fun every October going on a binge of horror movies (or horror adjacent). For this year, I had been planning on doing a marathon of the Underworld series.

BUT!

Last month the Castlevania Dominus Collection came out, which I binged. This led me to buy the Trevor Belmont Castlevania Netflix series on Bluray, which I binged. This also led to watching Van Helsing, getting another read through of Carmilla (which I still haven't finished) as well as watching two different Carmilla movie adaptations. I also discovered the movie Daybreakers.

What I'm trying to say is that I feel like I've already had my month of Halloween and right now I'm just all vampired out. Like hon, if I tried to force an Underworld marathon at this point, I wouldn't have any fun with it.

Still, this is October, so I'm going to at least bump this and hopefully contribute where I can. Inthe mean time, I hope you all have fun and let the Spoopy commence!
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What, no Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust? It's a classic!
 
Caldwin

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Hmm, now Vampire Hunter D may be an option. There's only two movies, so it's not quite as big of a commitment. I'll consider it.

And Fnu, it counts. Like the old Universal classics, I didn't find any of the old FX or Hays Code sensibilities scary in the least. But they were still fun classic movies to watch.
 
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Dekafox

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There's always the Garo movies. Red Requiem was fairly stand-alone, and you might still b able to find it easily enough. And the others would make a good excuse to (re)watch the series itself.
 
Caldwin

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I'm sure some of you already know, but for those who don't, there are actually two Vampire Hunter D anime: Vampire Hunter D (1985) and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000). Now I have seen both of these before, but it's been a while. In fact, Last time I watched VHD Bloodlust, I don't think I knew who Carmilla was.

Now, as you can see, there's 15 years between each movie. Now it's been a while, so I don't remember much from these. But what I do seem to recall...try to imagine a world where there are two StarWars movies. Both are really good movies. But one is grainy SD using old practical effects and old film stock. Then you have a digital movie with 4K digital effects that have never touched film. Also neither of these films references the other. That's what I sorta recall about these.

But enough lead in...let's watch.

Vampire Hunter D (1985)(DVD)

Oh wow! This isn't just old style animation, this is actually 4:3 aspect ratio! Hang on to your hats, kids. This is gonna be a ride!

So you know how every time period, whether it's American media, Japanese media or whatever, has a distinct flavor? Let me just say that if I didn't already know that this was made in 1985, I would still be able to easily guess the decade. So if you like dark 80's violent animation, Fnu, this is the movie for you.

Sorry to say I fell asleep for just a moment. It was one of those days and 80's animation has that effect on me sometimes. Still, it was a decent movie. It did have some bits that reminded me of Castlevania. Usual violence/nudity warning, but very much worth watching if you can find it


Amazon does have it, but it's kinda pricey. You might do better on eBay.
 

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Caldwin said:
I'm sure some of you already know, but for those who don't, there are actually two Vampire Hunter D anime: Vampire Hunter D (1985) and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000). Now I have seen both of these before, but it's been a while. In fact, Last time I watched VHD Bloodlust, I don't think I knew who Carmilla was.

Now, as you can see, there's 15 years between each movie. Now it's been a while, so I don't remember much from these. But what I do seem to recall...try to imagine a world where there are two StarWars movies. Both are really good movies. But one is grainy SD using old practical effects and old film stock. Then you have a digital movie with 4K digital effects that have never touched film. Also neither of these films references the other. That's what I sorta recall about these.

But enough lead in...let's watch.

Vampire Hunter D (1985)(DVD)

Oh wow! This isn't just old style animation, this is actually 4:3 aspect ratio! Hang on to your hats, kids. This is gonna be a ride!

So you know how every time period, whether it's American media, Japanese media or whatever, has a distinct flavor? Let me just say that if I didn't already know that this was made in 1985, I would still be able to easily guess the decade. So if you like dark 80's violent animation, Fnu, this is the movie for you.

Sorry to say I fell asleep for just a moment. It was one of those days and 80's animation has that effect on me sometimes. Still, it was a decent movie. It did have some bits that reminded me of Castlevania. Usual violence/nudity warning, but very much worth watching if you can find it


Amazon does have it, but it's kinda pricey. You might do better on eBay.
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Looks like a new release next month.

 
Caldwin

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Ultra Magnus:
That's good news. I may consider upgrading in that case since at the moment I just have the DVD. Thanks for the heads up.

Don:
Hail to the king, Baby.
 
Caldwin

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I'm just going to say this right now and be done with it. I was going to say "I hate it when vampire's are good guys." I was going to say that because "vampire's have always been the bad guys in every horror story they've ever been in and late 20th century asshole writers had to ruin it because there's no such thing as evil blah blah blah."

That's what I was going to say right before I actually started to type this. BUT, then I realized...I like Angel in the Buffyverse. I like Underworld. I like Batman Red Rain and its sequels. I liked Jubilee when she was a vampire. I even have a "good" vampire in a story I've been writing off and on for the past couple years now.

So why does it bother me so much here? I honestly don't know. I know it's stupid given the stated examples. But for some reason, it bugs me here. So just know that before I jump into this.

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000)(DVD)

Oh, sweet! This one's in widescreen! 😍

The animation got a serious bump after 15 years. Like seriously, just looking at the establishing shots of a city with a lot of crosses on the roofs and it is gorgeous!

Huh! The good vampire love story actually didn't bother me this time. I guess it's just a matter of expectations.

It also adds a lot now that I've read Carmilla. I like that they included her sleeping in a pool of blood and her philosophy that vampires feed on humans just as humans feed on cattle. It's neither good nor evil. It's all...nature! That actually makes her representation here closer to the source material than it ever was in Castlevania, interestingly enough.

I think I just got a new appreciation for this movie.
 
Caldwin

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I kinda see the ED series like this. Evil dead was a comedy horror leaning more towards horror. Evil Dead 2 was a comedy horror with a pretty even mix between the two. Army of Darkness was a comedy horror leaning more towards comedy.

I think AoD is the only one I watched more than once. I really never felt the need to go back to the first one since the second one spent so much of its runtime basically retelling the first ones story.
 
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