I got a bit off task this week on my "to do" items, both professional and personal. But life happens while you're busy making plans, and it's about the process not the product, and the end of a journey is the shortest part of it, and whatever other hammy phrase I can think of to justify my tangents this week that got in the way of my goal of watching all the films on my Horror Movie list. But, as sidetracks go, this one was worth it. I can put off watching Sleepaway Camp for another week or so. What this week's group of movies taught me is that how you watch a film can be almost as important to your enjoyment as what you watch. The movies in this review are about as objectively bad as you can get (well, maybe not Night of the Demons) yet I still had fun watching them. They also got to me include a new course for the report cards, an omission on the previous reviews that now seems glaring considering I'm reviewing horror movies.
If you ever wondered what it would be like to have a paper shredder cut two different films and a salad spinner splice them together, well, Spookies is for you. It has standard bad horror movie fare such as surly fifties greaser types somehow existing in the 1980s and couples paring off for a fatal flings in wet basements, but it doesn't add up to a lot of fun. Spookies does receive special notice for compelling me to introduce a Monster Mash course on the Report Card. It does some admirable work with the monsters that haunt the spooky mansion, especially the Spider-Lady. It is worth a Virtual Drafthouse watch, and the monsters alone may do it for you, so what the hell...if you're still reading this give it a go. Spookies Report CardGeneral Horror Fans: D Jump Scare Fans: F Creepy Vibe Fans: F Gore Hounds: C+ Monster Mash: A Yours Truly: C-
Aside from its hair-brained (pun intended) premise Uninvited is worth a watch for some laughs, and if you like more gore-oriented horror films. Don't watch this alone! Not because you'll be scared or anything, but because Uninvited is like a bad fart. It's only enjoyable if you get other people to smell it too. No friends? Watch the RiffTrax version. Uninvited Report CardGeneral Horror Fans: C- Jump Scare Fans: D Creepy Vibe Fans: F Gore Hounds: B- Monster Mash: A- (for "originality") Yours Truly: B-
The plot is pretty standard fare. Teenagers go to a spooky house (hey, I almost had another theme!) on Halloween night, conduct a seance, and accidentally summon a demon who possess some and kills others without any clear motivation. It's evil...whatever. Although I'm not as in love with it as other cult classics (I'm looking at you Halloween III) Night of the Demons is a movie where you will see things you never thought you would see in life. If you see it and are still wondering what I mean I got one word for you. Lipstick. Night of the Demons Report CardGeneral Horror Fans: B
Jump Scare Fans: B- Creepy Vibe Fans: C Gore Hounds: A Monster Mash: A- Yours Truly: A-
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