Shocktober: is a go?

[Herr der Verboten]

Resubbed to AMC+ for shudder

/lewks at calendar for 1st oct 2025

 

[saor]

In SA we call it Knyptober.

 

[marhsava]

Resubbed to AMC+ for shudder

/lewks at calendar for 1st oct 2025

Which VPN do you use?

 

[supersunbird]

Help a normie out?

Probably something to do with scary movies showing in October, because Halloween... and I think AMC+ is a streaming platform (never heard of it before), given the forum section.

 

[kolaval]

Nah my bank account is enough.

 

[Pegging]

Some of those fat chicks might be scary when you wake up next to them, otherwise it looks meh.

If you want scares go party in Hillbrow on any Friday night.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Help a normie out?

October + metal (or proper rock) = rocktober
October + horror = shocktober

So normally a good time to catch up on missed out horror on shudder and or whatever is new. Initial warmups and others I wanted to watch...

 

[FiestaST]

I would be game:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973366393379913896

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Ranked for worst to better

Monster Island - 2024​ Set in the Pacific, 1942. A Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.​ One monster two men - Overall okay would have been great / better if there was more than one monster on island not a c-movie version of insmouth fish people.

John and the Hole - 2021​ A coming-of-age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.​ Not a horror, not a thriller actually not a move at all - You know this type if you have seen a few in an art gallery where its running showing something weir and sometimes wonderful. In that it was a great cerebral out of body where you are John going the events, whatifs and so on.

Clown in a Cornfield - 2025​ A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge.​ a Cookie cutter teen slasher - Would have been better if The Why wasn't so over explained and the clown(s) was just the clown(s) killing. Otherwise typical teens getting slashed.

Satanic Hispanics - 2022​ When police break into a house in El Paso, they find it filled with dead Latinos and a lone survivor. Known as "El Viajero," he is taken to the police station for questioning.​ This was actually pretty good - If you don't watch it like a moron and think its "five different movies" instead of watching as intended, a single movie being told in events/items.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

These were just abysmal.

The Last House on the Left - 1972​ Mari and Phyllis set off to the big city to attend a concert, but the pair run afoul of a group of crooks who subject the girls to a terrifying ordeal of humiliation, torture and murder..​ Stopped watching at about 20 mins as this clearly wasn't the film I thought it was going to be

Something Wicked This Way Comes - 1983​ In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.​ Could not make it past 50% in - from the synopsis I thought it was going to be amazing, but it was not.

Baskin - 2015​ A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.​ Forgot I was watching a movie as I were forever teases about buckets of blood and hell which just didn't happen. Although the opening scene was promising followed by the restaurant. At that point, hell should have opened and buckets of blood but no.

perewangan - 2024​ A girl named Maya who is terrorized by various unusual things. Ironically, Maya's father died. All this terrible terror occurred after Maya's mother fell ill.​ Started on this and then just stopped. lol. Will try again...

 

[paul5186]

 

[MaxQz]

Each October is a tradition for me for the past 20 years already just watching 'Horrors' and I call it my 'HorrorFest'. It's also a challenge to see how many 'Horrors' you can watch during the month of October, but at minimum to watch 1 'Horror' a day. Some years I can reach 60-100, but lately it's been 1 a day, or maybe 2. Some years I'll go by the alphabet or certain themes. But, still it's fun to decide what to watch each day. Bring it on you bloodsucking demons!

Here is what I've watched so far this October.
Oct. 1st

Be sure to close up any bodily holes for this one.

Oct. 2nd

Be sure not to trust your neighbors.

Oct. 3rd

Beware of the ocean, you never know what might be lurking down there.

Oct. 4th

Beware of ancient Egyptian curses.

Oct. 5th

Don't forget to bring your sunscreen lotion.

Oct. 6th

Beware of scientists who create terror instead.

Oct. 7th

Make sure to never fall asleep.

Oct. 8th

Beware of natives and their voodoo.

Oct. 9th

'Tis the season to get murdered... if you're a woman.

To be continued in next post.

 

[MaxQz]

Oct. 10th

Never play with fire... it might just get you dead.


Never disrespect your salad again... it might just bite back.

Oct. 11th

Never hang out with the wrong crowd... you might become one of them.

Until the next lot...

 

[Moosedrool]

Scary movies do nothing for me anymore.

My friends forced me to play this.

I hate everything about it. The generator, the dumb bunker layout map, the wind up flashlight, the stopwatch and the fact that everything makes noise. **** this game.

 

[MaxQz]

Here's the next lot... it's yummy for my tummy.

Oct. 12th

Beware the hidden torture chamber when you visit family... they might dislike you.


Beware of your professor at the university... he might not seem to be who he really is.

Oct. 13th

Beware of your holiday travels and going off the beaten path... you might become someone's meal.

Oct. 14th

Beware of that children's slime you play with... it might turn out to be a blob from outer space ready to consume you.

Oct. 15th

Beware of puzzle boxes... it might turn you inside out.

Until the next lot...

 

[MaxQz]

Seems I'm the only one doing a 'HorrorFest'... scaredy-cats.

Oct. 16th

Beware the man with the split tongue.


Beware... next time it might be a cockroach.

Oct. 17th

Beware the avenged man from the dead.

Oct. 18th

Beware the piggy-back rider.

Oct. 19th

Beware of your stupidity and where it might lead you...

Oct. 20th

Beware the mountain tops... you never know who's watching you.


Beware the man who casts spells.

Oct. 21st

Beware to not end up a sewer dweller.

Oct. 22nd

Beware the creature who needs a huge dental plan.


Always be nice to your plants... they might just bite back.

Until the final stretch... 'are you lonesome tonight'...

 

[FiestaST]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1982026744543547799

 

[Herr der Verboten]

These were as ok to good, well except hellhouse 3 which kinda ****ed the formula and story - 1 was good, 3 was ****, 2 was good with 4th contiuing on one and two. Then I did some classics The Crimson Cult and House of Wax:

Hell House LLC - 2015​ Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.​ Another spin on The Blair Witch Project 1999 witch we've found dem tapes, Blair Witch was OG and only other flick I did think was good, was one night with the devil. Now hellhouse good in the sense in what tried to do with what they had vs its the same old boring spooks and spirits. As for the story, not bad, for tape angle also not bad at all, The 1st one is the best of the three (3rd one just dont watch it. It literally ****s with story and is basically a redo of the 1st one but now nice ending) - 7/10

Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel - 2018​ Two years after escaping from demonic terror, a young woman is still haunted by unnatural visions.​ Good continuation of the 1st can recommend although bit weaker than 1st - 6.5/10

Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire - 2019​ The Abaddon Hotel will once again be open to the public. Russell Wynn has taken his audience-interactive show, Insomnia, into the abandoned hotel that is rumored to be haunted.​ Dog-**** avoid, its basically The Lost ending for 1 and 2 no one wanted and makes you think disney did it - 0/10

Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor - 2023​ A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered on their footage is even more disturbing than anything found on the Hell House tapes.​ Ok to good continuation of 1st two; not as dog-**** as 3rd but also abit weaker imho than 1 and 2. Not sure I'm liking the clown injection, that is okay guys lets now explain the clown. The clown was great as it was in 1st one and that was it, really no need to over exaplain and (re)work it into the story - 6.5/10

The Crimson Cult - 1968​ Robert Manning visits the remote country house where his brother Peter was last seen. While his host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, Robert detects a feeling of menace in the air.​ Begins with BSDM sex orgy, witch, a goat, a priest and some torture dude with a too small black pantie on. I thought what can go wrong here... wasn't a bad movie per say but in end I was like WTF, Okay, well I guess that is the end / that is the boogy man (and not woman) - 6.5/10

House of Wax - 1953​ An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.​ This was really great can recommend for some oldie 50s horror - 7/10

 

[FiestaST]

List worth a flutter.

 

[FiestaST]

See what matches up:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983684628973285757