OMM2019 - Night 6: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

 

#OctoberMovieMarathon Day 6

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! (1966) 2/5

It's not that great... :(

 

Larry and I both remembered this movie having a different ending... is there another one where the pumpkin does show up?

 

It gets points for showing us how far animation has come and nostaglia goggles. But honestly, there's not much to say. The Snoopy arc was out of place, the voicr acting is tolerable at best, and man, Lucy is just straight up mean!

 

Also what kind of adults are giving one kid in the group rocks instead of candy? No wonder parents are always asking to check the candy for razor blades...

 

 

OMM2019 - Night 5: Dagon La Secta Del Mar (2001)

 #OctoberMovieMarathon Night 5! Apparently we just went from 0 - 100... cause tonight was

Dagon La Secta del Mar (2001) 4/5

 

This would have been a 5/5 except for the fact that I couldn't watch one particularly gorey scene towards the end. The plot was solid, the pacing was good, and had a good visual plan. Except for the bad CGI effects... but honestly, I only really *noticed* these at the beginning. By the end, though obvious, I was too into the story ti be drawn out too badly.

 

I feel like this year Larry and I are really hammering down what levels of scare, spook, gore, etc we can enjoy or tolerate

 

Good movie. Very scary. And they even handeled the monster well.

 

 

OMM2019 - Night 4: Misery (1990)

 

Night 4 of #OctoberMovieMarathon

Misery (1990) 4/5

Those last movies weren't scary enough? How about a classic from a true king of horror?

 

Very scary, but in the tension sense. Wonderfully acted, tight plot. Though I did duck out for a few scenes because... it went more into uncomfortable territory than "spooky".

 

4/5 because neither Larry or I feel like we would watch it again. A good movie, but rewatchability is low.

 

 

OMM2019 - Night 3: Arachnophobia (1990)

 #OctoberMovieMarathon Night 3:

Arachnophobia (1990)
 

Laura's Review:

Larry and I disagree on this one... he says 3/5. I say 4/5.

It's campy, it's funny, some effects aren't great, but there are a few really cool shots. I quite enjoyed how a lot of tropes I imagine for a creature feature were skipped. There wasn't 1 giant/mutated/evil creature to contend with. No nonsense government thing making the situation worse. No bad guy. Just spiders. The beginning pacing was slow though, and John Goodman is funny- but why is he here again? All in all, I would 100% watch this again. Very fun for me.

 

Larry's Review:

Since Laura didn't write anything, I figured I would let y'all know that we had Night 3 of our #OctoberMovieMarathon

 

Arachnophobia (1990) - 3/5 (Laura gives it 4/5)

 

This is pretty campy for a horror movie. Spiders everywhere, lame effects, great cinematic shots, and a silly but poorly paced plot. Oh yeah, and John Goodman shows up a little bit there, but that's really not important to the story. We're gonna have to watch some legitimate horror movie, because all these goofy spooky movies are going to spoil us.

 

OMM2019 - Night 2: Beetlejuice (1988)

 Night 2 of the #OctoberMovieMarathon: (#Ineedahashtagforthis)

Beetlejuice (1988) - 3/5

The world building was really fun, the art is pretty good (reminds us of Hylix), in fact the movie was excellent until Beetlejuice showed up.

Larry saw this as a kid, I never saw it until this year and some stuff definately belongs to the 80's... It's really too bad the characters and the "ghost story from the ghosts' POV" plot weren't well executed. I think there was too many dressing ideas and not enough plot/character ideas- which prevents it from being good. However, I can totally see how a fandom could GO OFF with this property. 

 

 

OMM2019 - Night 1: What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

 

1st movie: What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

 

5/5 great movie! Funny, lighthearted- fantastic way to get into the Spooky Halloween season. Scary movies are fun but sometimes it's nice to just have a good romp without it delving into really dark material. No nightmares here- just quotes for dayz!

 

 

October Movie Marathon 2019!

 

It's October! And you know what that means... Horror/Spooky movie marathon! Larry and I tried this last year, but we didn't make it the whole month. Will this year be any different? Tune in every night this month to see!

 

Here's our list:

1. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

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