SPOOPY 2K19 THE SPOOPENING - Halloween Season!

[Commander X]

An obscure oddity of Italian horror film, 1988's Spider Labyrinth

Some giallo trimmings, gothic horror atmospherics, creature-feature and occult conspiracy narratives are woven together in a surprisingly effective movie. A professor of languages who is with a project translating ancient tablets from a pre-Christian religion travels to Budapest to find a colleague who had stopped communicating with him and collect the man's research. Soon after he arrives, his paranoid and ailing colleague Professor Roth is found dead. He discovers more than a few hints that a cult wants to put a stop to the project because they don't want their secrets revealed. It starts out pretty low key and then revs up into a delirious horror fest.

 

[Vampirella]

I don't know why, but I always love older horror movies this time of year. Universal, William Castle movies (The Old Dark House and Night Walker are personal favorites), some nice silent films.

Here's one, to put you in the Halloween spirit.

 

[Idiotron]

Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
I don't remember how I came across this movie but this is a great horror spoof (a good old school one, not like those Scary Movies) that in the last 20 minutes turns into a genuine horror movie.

It features the horror legend Vincent Price giving a great comedic performance:

 

[XYZpdq]

What are the perimeters of this thread, incidentally? I have some stuff I'd like to recommend but I'm not certain it would fit in this thread.

Anyway here's some spooky so-bad-it's-good anime for you - anime Dracula, based off the Marvel comic:

And anime Frankenstein, which features one of the most melodramatic endings I've ever seen in a movie:

just started watching that Dracula and holy fuck that Robotech narrator

Edit after finishing- I wasn't aware of how goofy that got, but with the heads up that it was based on the old Marvel comics so when it went full capeshit I wasn't too shocked. I get the impression that was the content of a lot of stories?

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

just started watching that Dracula and holy fuck that Robotech narrator

Edit after finishing- I wasn't aware of how goofy that got, but with the heads up that it was based on the old Marvel comics so when it went full capeshit I wasn't too shocked. I get the impression that was the content of a lot of stories?

They condensed the entire run of Tomb of Dracula down to its barest essence, and that's why some of the best-known parts of the comic, like Blade, aren't in the film. Take a look at the Frankenstein film too. There was a Marvel Frankenstein comic but it isn't based on that. The ending is intensely melodramatic.

Now that I'm here, however, here's some weird old international horror films you can watch on YouTube:

First up is Tod Slaughter playing Sweeney Todd in the classic 1936 film. Forget the wimpy Stephen Sondheim crap. This is how you play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street properly.

Next is Viy, one of the very few horror films made in the Soviet Union - this was actually the very first as well. You have to watch it with subtitles but it's still pretty damn good.

And finally Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters, a Mexican film dubbed by K. Gordon Murray. I'm not going to say anything, but watch this. Watch it all. It is gloriously insane.

 

[XYZpdq]

Cat in the Brain!
Italian gore maven Lucio Fulci brings you a movie about Lucio Fulci starring Lucio Fulci as Lucio Fulci, written and directed by Lucio Fulci, features lots of gore, titties, eurobush, Lucio Fucli, and more. Meta shit slightly before it was done to death.

a couple of 70s softcore devil movies

They condensed the entire run of Tomb of Dracula down to its barest essence, and that's why some of the best-known parts of the comic, like Blade, aren't in the film. Take a look at the Frankenstein film too. There was a Marvel Frankenstein comic but it isn't based on that. The ending is intensely melodramatic.

Now that I'm here, however, here's some weird old international horror films you can watch on YouTube:

First up is Tod Slaughter playing Sweeney Todd in the classic 1936 film. Forget the wimpy Stephen Sondheim crap. This is how you play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street properly.

Next is Viy, one of the very few horror films made in the Soviet Union - this was actually the very first as well. You have to watch it with subtitles but it's still pretty damn good.

And finally Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters, a Mexican film dubbed by K. Gordon Murray. I'm not going to say anything, but watch this. Watch it all. It is gloriously insane.

Yeah I'm definitely gonna check out that Frank one. As hypercompressed and batshit as it was Dracula was pretty fun, especially playing "spot the Harmony Gold regulars". Probably gonna check the rest too, thanks!
interestingly tangential to that I was digging up (heh) mummy movies for my next batch, and found this one from everybody's favorite real estate / media company

Dawn Of The Mummy ( 1981) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of...

archive.org

 

[Niggernerd]

Goosebumps and Are you afraid of the dark for the comfy spoopy nights experience.

 

[XYZpdq]

Goosebumps and Are you afraid of the dark for the comfy spoopy nights experience.

Are You Afraid Of The Dark was dank shit. I liked that one where they started seeing shadow people before shadow people were really trendy around the 00s.

 

[Niggernerd]

Are You Afraid Of The Dark was dank shit. I liked that one where they started seeing shadow people before shadow people were really trendy around the 00s.

I like the episode where theres some ghost kid who was murdered and he tries to take some kids eyes or something like that. It's been a long time since I've seen them.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Cat in the Brain!
Italian gore maven Lucio Fulci brings you a movie about Lucio Fulci starring Lucio Fulci as Lucio Fulci, written and directed by Lucio Fulci, features lots of gore, titties, eurobush, Lucio Fucli, and more. Meta shit slightly before it was done to death.

a couple of 70s softcore devil movies

Yeah I'm definitely gonna check out that Frank one. As hypercompressed and batshit as it was Dracula was pretty fun, especially playing "spot the Harmony Gold regulars". Probably gonna check the rest too, thanks!
interestingly tangential to that I was digging up (heh) mummy movies for my next batch, and found this one from everybody's favorite real estate / media company

Dawn Of The Mummy ( 1981) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of...

archive.org

Fun fact - the soundtrack was by Shuki Levy, who was the partner of the other big name in anime dubbing.

Try to find Queen Kong, Frank Agrama's extremely dumb parody of, well, you know, as well. (The poster's tagline is "SHE'S IN ONE OF HER MOODS AGAIN!")

 

[XYZpdq]

Fun fact - the soundtrack was by Shuki Levy, who was the partner of the other big name in anime dubbing.

Try to find Queen Kong, Frank Agrama's extremely dumb parody of, well, you know, as well. (The poster's tagline is "SHE'S IN ONE OF HER MOODS AGAIN!")

I wonder what the background is between HG and Saban's crew.

The Mummy (1932) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Mummy (1932)

archive.org

The Mummy (1932)
the Universal classic, mostly just Boris Karloff looking creepy and saying stuff in a spooky voice, but that's plenty to base a movie around so it works fine

svsazmum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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archive.org

Santo and the Vengeance of the Mummy!
A reboot for the Aztec Mummy franchise as Mexico's movie monster menace takes on The Silver Masked Man, El Santo!

svsblb : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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archive.org

Santo vs The Killers From Space!
Normally when Santo has to fight the supernatural it's still roughly in his wheelhouse, be it Martians, Wolfmans, Draculas, or whatever they still have four limbs and a torso and all to apply wrestling to. But this time criminal masterminds have control of a blob from space! Can the powers of lucha libre stand against something with no shoulders to pin?

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I wonder what the background is between HG and Saban's crew.

The Mummy (1932) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Mummy (1932)

archive.org

The Mummy (1932)
the Universal classic, mostly just Boris Karloff looking creepy and saying stuff in a spooky voice, but that's plenty to base a movie around so it works fine

svsazmum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

a

archive.org

Santo and the Vengeance of the Mummy!
A reboot for the Aztec Mummy franchise as Mexico's movie monster menace takes on The Silver Masked Man, El Santo!

svsblb : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

a

archive.org

Santo vs The Killers From Space!
Normally when Santo has to fight the supernatural it's still roughly in his wheelhouse, be it Martians, Wolfmans, Draculas, or whatever they still have four limbs and a torso and all to apply wrestling to. But this time criminal masterminds have control of a blob from space! Can the powers of lucha libre stand against something with no shoulders to pin?

Other than using the same voices in their dubs, not much. Shuki Levy did the music for a few Harmony Gold things very early on but that's it.

Where's Santo and the Vampire Women?

 

[XYZpdq]

Other than using the same voices in their dubs, not much. Shuki Levy did the music for a few Harmony Gold things very early on but that's it.

Where's Santo and the Vampire Women?

I'm pretty sure there's a sub copy on archive.org
The MST3k episode is on youtube usually too.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Watched an old classic tonight that doesn't seem to get talked about much anymore, The Sentinel. Not especially scary, but it's one of those slow burn horror flicks that does a great job building up atmosphere. Burgess Meredith is also always great to watch when he's playing a villain.

 

[knightlautrec]

This is a good choice. If you like 1920's Hammer Horror, I'd recommend The Devil Rides Out as well:

I always thought it would make the basis for a good TV series.

And while it's not explicitly Hammer Horror, this next movie stars Hammer staples Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing:

Imagine "The Thing" if it were set on a train in Siberia in the early 1900s. Some of the science fiction gets goofy in this one, but it's nice to see Cushing and Lee having a good time teaming up against a body-jumping alien.

Watched the train one last night with friends and it was super good. My friends and I are also Lovecraft junkies and this actually felt pretty Agatha Christie meets Call of Cthulhu. Thanks for the recommend.

I'll recommend an semi obscure film as well:

80s sci fi that's actually fairly engaging and creepy. It's probably trying to invoke Alien a bit to cash in on its success but it does diverge toward the end to make it a bit different.

 

[BrunoMattei]

 

[XYZpdq]

Watched an old classic tonight that doesn't seem to get talked about much anymore, The Sentinel. Not especially scary, but it's one of those slow burn horror flicks that does a great job building up atmosphere. Burgess Meredith is also always great to watch when he's playing a villain.

I have a buddy who had read the book of that before seeing the movie. From what I understand it did a pretty decent job adapting the book. But yeah it's a pretty solid 70s catholic horror / creepy building movie.

Tales From The Crypt!
1972 UK movie based on some of the old EC comics. Nice enough job adapting the stories, Crypt Keeper sorta looks like the comics one, but he's no fun at all.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I have a buddy who had read the book of that before seeing the movie. From what I understand it did a pretty decent job adapting the book. But yeah it's a pretty solid 70s catholic horror / creepy building movie.

Tales From The Crypt!
1972 UK movie based on some of the old EC comics. Nice enough job adapting the stories, Crypt Keeper sorta looks like the comics one, but he's no fun at all.

Better than the TV show or not?

 

[XYZpdq]

Better than the TV show or not?

About the same quality as far as the stories go.
iirc they're pretty faithful retellings of the stories, but their Crypt Keeper doesn't have much to do with the comics' guy.

 

[Vampirella]

I have a buddy who had read the book of that before seeing the movie. From what I understand it did a pretty decent job adapting the book. But yeah it's a pretty solid 70s catholic horror / creepy building movie.

Tales From The Crypt!
1972 UK movie based on some of the old EC comics. Nice enough job adapting the stories, Crypt Keeper sorta looks like the comics one, but he's no fun at all.

That have one for the Vault of Horror too.

I think they did a good job of adapting the comic stories. It just didn't have the wonderful cheesy puns of the comics.