HALLOWEEN HORROR MOVIE MARATHON MADNESS: BAD BABY EDITION:
Here We Go!!!!
Active particpants on Facebook:
Freddie Young
Jeff Richards
Jenny Sherman Rushing Alme
Kelsey Zukowski
Rebecca Comstock Sherman
Shaun Berkey aka The King of the Loophole
On Myspace:
Anthony T
The Critic Wannabe
I you haven't friended these people, now is a good time.
It is not manditory but I would recommend tagging me when you post your notes for the week. That means I will get them for sure. MAKE SURE YOU FIRST POST SAYS "BAD BABY WEEK ONE" NEXT SUNDAY.
I have already seen three films. Two got bonus points. I am going to make a new note for each week so progress can be tracked. HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!!
Don't forget TRICK 'R TREAT & the IT'S ALIVE Remake come out on DVD on Tuesday. They are both worth BAD BABY BONUS Points.
ZOMBIELAND counts if you see it in the theaters this weekend. Are us going to see ZOMBIELAND? I know I am! I am counting Zombieland even if you saw it yesterday or Today. And Abigal Bresiln is 13 and is Eligible for the BAD BABY BONUS Points.
HALLOWEEN HORROR MOVIE MARATHON MADNESS: BAD BABY EDITION
Fall is my favorite season. Every year, for the month of October, I watch all genre, horror and Halloween related films. It has been a tradition of mine for quite some time. So I am asking folks to join me in this fun tradition of my family. You can play the game below with me, or not, as long as you enjoy yourself. If you want to actively participate let me know and place a comment below.
Despite my pending baby issues (Due Date October 26th), I am going to try and get as many genre films in as I can next month. Id I suddenly dissapear keep posting I will get to the final results in November. Duckboy is not a horror fan and he will only tolerate these films this time of year. As a matter a fact, the rules of this game developed because of Duckboy’s occasional issues with my film content. I let him decide what is “eligible” or not. It gives him a sense of control. This is a game of Quantity game not quality because unfortunately finding excellence in genre pictures can be pretty difficult (The more films I watch, the better chance of finding a gem. And this “contest” also give a format to other so they add film of interest to their “to watch” lists. I also has the extra pleasure of blowing my husband’s brain up once a year. I LOVE bad films.
THE GAME
Starting Sunday October 4th and ending Saturday October 31st, I will be watching nothing but horror, genre or Halloween related films. Now, it is pretty liberal on what can be considered. Accepted are most horror directors, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, horror genre themed TV shows and anthologies. Also accept are other films not directly related to horror/Halloween but may have elements. For Example, Stardust could be accepted because a witch is a main character.
THE RULES
1.First Week Starts on SUNDAY OCTOBER 4TH.
2.Last Week ends SATURDAY OCTOBER 31ST.
3.You must post your results once a week on Either your MySpace Blog of FB Notes.
4.Your Blog/Notes should say BAD BABY week xxxx!
5.You must post by every Sunday for the films for that week to count.
6.If you have written a review for a horror film that was posted in the week on another site, you can use it as long as you count it in your Sunday post.
7.Your Blog/Notes should have the film names for the week with a rating (stars, grade, thumbs up etc)
8.A film week is Sunday to Saturday.
9.I will announce a weekly “winner”, but the “grand winner' will go to the cumulative winner for the whole month. Slow and steady viewers get a better chance to “win” that way.
10.Points are counted by the hours watched. For Example a feature film (Over 1 Hour) is worth 2 points unless it is over two hours, then you get more. Hour TV shows are 1 point, ½ hour TV Shows are worth .5
11.Films do not have to be first watched, but can be only counted once.
ELIGIBLE EXAMPLES
Anime Horror
Foreign Horror
Ghost Stories
Horror
B-Movie Horror
Creature Features
Horror-Comedy
Cult Horror
Frankenstein
Horror Classics
Monsters Movies
Satanic Stories (Duckboy says: Any film where the Devil is a character, is accepted.)
Slashers and Serial Killers
Films about the Apocalypse (In honor of the up coming film THE ROAD)
Supernatural
Teen Horror
Vampires
Werewolves
Zombies
Fantasy (grade A to Z)
Sci-Fi Horror (Not pure Sci-Fi, Think Aliens over Star Trek.)
Children’s Horror
Fairy Tales, Grimm or otherwise.
Torture (Duckboy says: YES, Passion of the Christ counts).
Film Noir (If there is a freakish murderer. Think Freaks or M over Double Indemnity/Maltese Falcon)
Pagan and Wiccan films
Any TV Horror Anthology:
Fear Itself
Masters of Horror
Twilight Zone
Outer Limits
Night Gallery
Tales from the Crypt
The Hitchhiker
Freddy's Nightmares
Tales from the Darkside
Other (surprise me)
Horror Television Series:
Fringe
True Blood
Vampire Diaries
Pushing Daisies
Reaper
Buffy and Angel
Friday the 13th the series
Dark Shadows (Both versions)
Supernatural
Dexter
The Ghost Whisperer
X-Files
The Munsters
The Addams Family
WILD CARDS
Any Films directed, distributed or produced by …(Does not have to be horror):
Anchor Bay
Dan Coscarelli
William Friedkin
Bruce Campbell
Takashi Miike
Stuart Gordon
Troma (Lloyd Kaufman)
David Cronenberg
Wes Craven
Roger Corman
Charlie Band
Hammer Films
Jan Svankmajer
John Sayles (written too)
....
WILD CARDS YOU MAY HAVE TO JUSTIFY
Examples of other types of film that MAY be eligible. You will have to have a reason:
Children/fantasy films with Horror or Halloween elements:
Snow White (a lot of Disney qualifies)
POTC 1 2 and 3
All Harry Potter films,
Scooby-Doo,
(Duckboy says: I will not accept Goonies.)
Films with Gothic/Noir art direction:
The Third Man
Seven
Dark City
Highlander
(Duckboy says: If you can argue for Citizen Kane, I may accept it.)
BAD BABY BONUS POINTS!!!
You Get DOUBLE POINTS if you watch a Horror film or Horror TV Series with…
Or an EXTRA POINT For genre TV Show (Does not have to be horror but HAS to be genre) that either one of these elements:
A person is impregnated by or made to impregnate a non-human:
Demon Seed
Alien
Species
Breeders
Humanoids of the Deep
A Pregnant Woman is Endangered:
Inside
Frontiere(s)
Helter Skelter
Curse of Frankenstein
The Crazies
A Child Under the age of 14 is the Main Antagonist:
The Bad Seed
Village of the Damned (original or remake)
The Pit
The Godsend
Orphan
Joshua
The Good Son
Children of the Corn
Damien: Omen 2
Pet Semetary
A Child Under the age of 14 is Endangered by an Evil Force or Person:
The Hills Have Eyes
The Gate
The Shinning
Aliens
Night of the Hunter
The Innocents
The Birds
Monster Squad
Baby Blues
You get TRIPLE POINTS IF the Antagonist of the film is a child under the age of one. That’s a BAD BABY!!
It's Alive (original or Remake)
Grace
SPECIAL NOTE: You Must Tell Me Why you should get the bonus points. The above film are just examples, there are others I left off the list on purpose. See if you can surprise me.
You get an EXTRA POINT if you watch:
The Omen (Original or Remake)
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist
SPECIAL NOTE: The reason you only get an Extra Point is that you these three choices are too obvious.