There is a monthly challenge running on Instagram at the moment called Month of Macabre. Instead of doing it on my instagram I decided it would be a great weekly post for the month of October on this blog. If you are interested in doing it yourself head over to @monthofmacabre on instagram. Tag your posts #monthofmacabre and you're good to go!

Here is the challenge/list:

25. Do The Thriller Dance: 

How about I just link to the song and you can listen to it while reading the rest of this blog? :P I'm boring like that.

26. Favourite Killer Robot: 

T-1000

27. Scariest Monster: 

There is no monsters really that scares me now as an adult but as a kid I remember being afraid of most horror films. I'm going to go with one I haven't mentioned yet. I remember watching it in a friends house and being terrified after.

Critters! Look at those freaky ass guys. No wonder I was so afraid. A good few years ago I remember watching some of it again and realising that it's actually quite funny. Amazing how scary things seem as a kid but once you've gotten a little older you can see the humour in it.

I haven't seen it in years but need to watch it again. Remember this guy?!

Ug! I was googling for some images and I remembered him! That's some hair.

28. Spookiest Haunted House:

I'm sorry, but there was no better image to include! Haha! :D But seriously The Woman in Black remake is actually quite good. It's a simple ghost story and builds the tension. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it. We actually have the original as one of our Halloween movies to watch so I hope it's just as good!

29. Weirdest Horror Movie

As you can see I changed the question because I do not like torture porn one bit. So the weirdest horror movie I've ever seen goes too...

Hausu

And yes. Those are actual scenes from the movie.

30. Cutest Demon/Possession: 

I don't really know about "cutest" but my favourite possession movie is The Evil Dead.

31. Best Halloween Party Scene: 

Trick R' Treat

Party Scene

Please excuse the "hottest scene ever" title of this video. Obviously uploaded by some teenager in his basement and it was the only full video I could find but anyhow this scene is really great. If you haven't seen the film I would highly recommend watching it first before viewing this party scene as it will spoil it a lot. That's also why I'm linking it and not showing it. I can't even really say anything other than that!

So that's it guys! My Month of Macabre is all finished. To see all previous posts you can click here!

I hope you guys enjoyed and will there be any films mentioned here you'll be watching for Halloween tonight?!

There is a monthly challenge running on Instagram at the moment called Month of Macabre. Instead of doing it on my instagram I decided it would be a great weekly post for the month of October on this blog. If you are interested in doing it yourself head over to @monthofmacabre on instagram. Tag your posts #monthofmacabre and you're good to go!

Here is the challenge/list:

18. Best Popular Song in a Movie:

G Tom Mac (Gerard McMahon) - Cry Little Sister
The Lost Boys

19. Favourite Halloween Special: 

All of the Community Halloween specials.

20. Most Badass Final Girl:

Ripley

21. Favourite Director: 

Guillermo Del Toro

22. Your Horror Collection:

My horror collection is very small but Steve's is very big and excellent! I unfortunately can't take a photo at the moment because we have most of our DVD's stored away. But I do have an old photo from last year.

You can't see them all but you get the idea.

23. Most Awesome One-Liner:

Night of the Creeps

24. Favourite Cursed Object: 

Christine

Tremors (1990) on DVD, Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996) on VHS, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection on VHS (2003), Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) on DVD.

My love for Tremors all started when I was at a friend's house who used to live just down the road from me. I was about 8-9. I couldn't have been much older than that and my friend was even younger. We watched it on VHS of course and it was recorded from off the tv. I remember heading home that night and being so terrified that I ran the whole way back being very careful not to run on the grass or any soft ground.

For anyone that doesn't know, Tremors is a B-movie that takes place in an isolated dusty old town called Perfection in Nevada where two handymen named Val (Kevin Bacon) and Earl (Fred Ward) meet a seismologist who has detected strange "Tremors" around the area. Soon after people start getting killed and trapped by the underground creatures that they name "Graboids".

A few years later when I watched it again I realised how silly I was for being so afraid of it. The same thing happened with Critters. I was so terrified of that film but years later watching it I realised it's actually rather funny! It's strange how as a kid you don't pick up on those things. But then there is quite a lot of gore and tension scenes in both those films so viewing that as a kid is bound to leave an impression!

A photo of my copy of the DVD Tremors because I can't find the VHS recording.

I had a tv recording of Tremors for years. I recorded it from the english tv station BBC1 which had no adverts. I had the tape for a long time but couldn't find it for this post. It may have even been taped over. If I do find it in future I will post a photo here though. It wasn't until one night I saw that it was on Network 2 (an Irish channel with lots of adverts) that I realised the BBC version had actually cut some bits of the film! It wasn't super important bits but that's still very annoying. So I'm pretty sure I then recorded it off of Network 2 (stopping it when the ads came on).

It wasn't until some time after I found out it had a sequel! I couldn't believe it and was super excited to watch it! I can't actually remember how I came across it. I'm pretty sure I saw it in the RTE Guide (Irish tv guide) and then I recorded it off the tv like the first one and eventually asked my mammy to get it for me when she'd go shopping to Dublin. I had a nice long list of films I wanted her to get me, haha!

My VHS of Tremors II: Aftershocks

My VHS of Tremors II: Aftershocks

Tremors II: Aftershocks sees the return of Earl (Fred Ward) who goes to help an oil company in Mexico with its Graboid infestation. With the help of Grady Hoover and Burt Gummer (who also returns) they battle not only Graboids but a new terror, Shriekers.

The second Tremors, in my opinion, is just as good as the first. To be honest I love them all equally. They each have something great about them. I have them watched to death and even still remember most of the lines.

My VHS of Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.

My VHS of Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.

Now we move along to Tremors 3 which I also have on VHS. Another video I'm pretty sure my mammy got me. She knew I was a fan! Tremors 3: Back to Perfection pretty much says it all in the title. This time we return with Burt Gummer (who is in every Tremors film) fighting off not only Graboids and Shriekers but another stage of Graboid evolution. They're brilliantly named "Ass-Blasters". I will say this one is way more lighthearted and fun but still great! There are many scenes I could go on about but I don't want to spoil it anymore than I have.

My DVD of Tremors 4: The Legend Begins.

Again it was my mammy who bought me, this time, the DVD of Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. The prequel set in 1889. Once again starring Michael Gross who plays Burt Gummer in all the rest of the films but this time he plays Hirman Gummer, Burt Gummer's ancestor who arrives at Rejection, Nevada to investigate why work has stopped at his mine and of course Graboids are the main problem. I will say this one isn't the best of the bunch but it's still fun and stars Billy Drago who is seriously creepy.

I don't know how it was that I ended up with the 1st and 4th ones on DVD but the 2nd and 3rd on VHS. I guess at the time they were pretty hard to come by. Now though you can get them on Blu-Ray which I will have to get soon.

I should also mention that there was a Tremors tv series which didn't last very long. At the time it was incredibly hard to find it and I don't even know how I managed to see 2 episodes. And I also just realised Dean Norris is in it! Most people will know him as Hank in Breaking Bad. You can buy the series here but it's a US import so you can't play it over here without a region free DVD player. I'm sure you could find it to download though, which is what I'll be doing.

Latest news about Tremors is they're making a 5th one! It's going to be set in Africa and yet again sees the return of Burt. I'm extremely excited and can't wait to see it!

This was for Halloween but I'd dress like that all the time if I could to be honest.

And lasty, FrightRags do some amazing horror related t-shirts and as soon as I saw they were doing a Tremors one I had to have it.

I mean, just look at it! I love it very much. Unfortunately I don't think it's available anymore but keep an eye out as they do sometimes bring things back from the graveyard.

Any Tremors fans out there right now reading this? Comment and let me know cos I'd love to hear from you! I don't know many Tremors fans.

And even if you're not a fan, let me know if you're going to check them out cos you really should!

Thanks for reading guys!
Lots more posts like this to come so keep watching!

This is a roundup of some Halloween movies Steve and I have watched since around the beginning of October! We decided to watch a horror or Halloween related movie every day until All Hollows' Eve when we will then be having our Halloween Horror Movie Marathon Massacre made up of films about Haunted Houses!

I meant to have this post up on the 7th of this month but we got off to a slow start because I was feeling unwell and super tired around the beginning of October so we didn't get much watched. I will however put the next post up on the 14th so I can continue to post them weekly! Now onto the films...

Super 8 

To start things off we watched Super 8. I'm not too sure why Steve picked this because I think it's more of a summer movie but he wanted to watch it and I wasn't going to complain as it's one of my favourites! It ended up being a nice transition into Autumn because the weather here in Ireland has been amazing over the summer and just ended and we're finally getting Autumn weather. Anyhow back to the film, this is one of my favourites because J.J. Abrams made it in homage to Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg is one of my all time favourite directors, I have seen so many films by him and love them all. I really think J.J. made this a perfect homage to him. I remember when the trailer came out and just from that I could tell already it had that amazing Spielberg feel to it. It's about a group of kids in 1979 who are making a movie over the summer but after witnessing a train crash and with weird goings on in their town they start to investigate! 10/10 from me!

Julia's Eyes

Now onto a film that fits the Halloween theme. Julia is losing her sight just like her sister who went completely blind and killed herself. Julia does not believe her sister would do something like that so she begins to investigate and as she goes blind herself she starts to feel a presence. Now doesn't that sound interesting? Well I had high hopes for this film but it ended up being terrible. There were way way too many twists and very predictable as well. Had they just kept it simple and introduced more of a supernatural element, this would have turned out a hell of a lot better. Very disappointing. 3/10

Sinister

A true crime writer moves into a new house with his family and discovers some old tapes belonging to a serial killer. This also sounds interesting and while it isn't as terrible as Julia's Eyes, it's still not great. Ethan Hawke plays the true crime writer and oddly he's quite good. I usually find him to be quite annoying. But overall I think this film would have actually been better without the supernatural element unlike Julia's Eyes. It was very interesting when he found and was researching the films but after that it wasn't great. Also the jump scares were so predictable and all they did was turn up the music SO LOUD that there was no way you couldn't jump. I HATE things like that. I want to be scared of what's on screen, I want it to be tense, I do not want loud music that is purposely turned up to give me a fright. So better than Julia's Eyes but not as good as say Insidious and The Conjuring. Go watch them instead. 4/10

You're Next

This was definitely one of the better films we watched this week. While meeting up for a family reunion, one by one, the family all start getting killed off by mysterious masked killers but one member ain't gonna put up with that shit. Remember Cassie from Home and Away? Well she's in this and she's excellent. For anyone sick of women being treated like shit in horror movies (well movies in general) this is one to watch! Note that there is some nudity (very little) but no sexual abuse so for anyone looking for a non-triggering horror movie, this is a good one! While obviously it's not perfect and has some things you could complain about, overall I was really surprised how much I ended up liking it. 8/10

Big Ass Spider

As you can probably tell by the title, the film is about a Big Ass Spider. Greg Grunberg (Remember him from Heroes? And the pilot in LOST?) plays the exterminator who's after the spider. Ray Wise is also in this playing a Major. He is in everything. Well what can I say? Yes this movie is terrible but no you shouldn't not see it because it is quite fun... but terrible... but fun. 3/10


That's all for this week! I don't know what films I'm going to be reviewing next because Steve has each film numbered, I then pick a number and then we watch whatever film it is! But make sure and follow me on Bloglovin or here on Blogger because some of the films coming up are good ones!


Any films mentioned you think you'll be watching this weekend or for Halloween?!


Thanks for reading!