#Amityville III

[videoreligion]

Amityville 3-D (1983)

[goryhorroor]

horror symbols: crucifixes

In horror movies, crosses are often used as protective charms or magical weapons against supernatural enemies, but in horror movies critiquing catholicism, it could relate to a character a tramua of theirs and what is being used to scare them.

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Renato Casaro.

[thrashunderpressure]

Amityville 3-D (1983)

[schlock-luster-video]

Remembering film icon and scream queen Margot Kidder on the anniversary of her death.

R.I.P. (1948 - 2018)

[horrororman]

Notable films that were released on July 16th...

#TheFly (1958).

#scifi #horror

#NightmareCastle (1965)(Italy).

#TheDevils (1971).

#AmityvilleItsAboutTime (1992).

#HocusPocus (1993).

#comedy

#TheBlairWitchProject (1999)(Los Angeles).

#LakePlacid (1999).

#JurassicParkIII (2001)(premiere).

#adventure

#IRobot (2004).

#thriller #action

[batmonkfish80]

Police Academy: Mission To Moscow

Superman III

Robin Hood (2018)

Journey To The centre Of The Earth (2008)

Raffles (1939)

Robocop 3

The Amityville Horror (1979)

The Man With Golden Gun

The Exorcist: Believer

North West Frontier

[mossgloam]

here lies my autumn reading recommendations 🍂🪦📕

I. slewfoot by brom

II. hex by thomas olde heuvelt

III. of ghosts and goblins by lafcadio hearn

IV. the first three of the vampire chronicles (interview with the vampire, the vampire lestat, and queen of the damned) by anne rice

V. the witching hour by anne rice

VI. the vampyre by john william polidori

VII. carmilla by sheridan le fanu

VIII. the legend of sleepy hollow by washington irving

IX. raising the horseman by serena valentino

X. young goodman brown by nathaniel hawthorne

other favs not pictured that you may enjoy this season:

-rosemary’s baby by ira levin

-american psycho by brett easton ellis

-the monkey’s paw by w.w. jacobs

-the amityville horror by jay anson

-long live the pumpkin queen by shea ernshaw

-you by caroline kepnis (i’ve not yet read the follow-ups to this series but intend to)

-frankenstein by mary shelley

-the silence of the lambs by thomas harris (my personal opinion is that you should read all four of the hannibal series in chronological order of their published release dates as it promotes interest in his backstory)

- the wolf gift by anne rice (i’d honestly suggest most of her other work if you find yourself intrigued by vampires, witches, werewolves, mummies, and/or the occasional ghost)

- the string of pearls: sweeney todd, the demon barber of fleet street by james malcolm rhymer (or thomas peckett prest, depending on who you ask)

- the shining & pet sematary by stephen king (many good ones by king but those two are my favs for the record)

- my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix

- the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

- darkly dreaming dexter by jeff lindsay (read them all if you like the first, and rest assured, they differ greatly from the show, beginning with the conclusion of the first book)

- dracula by bram stoker

- the cask of amontillado by edgar allan poe (there are countless more but there’s something really unnerving about this one)

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feel free to send me your horror or horror-adjacent favorites and I’ll look into them. 🕯️

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 1301-1400

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

964 Pinocchio (1991) had the most votes with 925 votes. Screamplay (1984) had the least votes with 269 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) was the most watched film with 66% of voters out of 844 saying they had seen it. Discopathe (2013) had the least "Yes" votes with 0,3% of voters out of 352.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Pet Sematary II (1992) was the least watched film with 70.7% of voters out of 491 saying they hadn’t seen it. Bondage Ecstasy (1989) had the least "No" votes with 5,1% of voters out of 490.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) was the best known film, 3,1% of voters out of 844 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Bondage Ecstasy (1989) was the least known film, 94% of voters out of 470 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

Needful Things (1993) The Ninth Gate (1999) Last Radio Call (2022) Mind Body Spirit (2023) Digging Up the Marrow (2014) Howard's Mill (2021) Cold Ground (2017) Wekufe (2016) They're Watching (2016) Archivo 253 (2015)

The Thin Man (2015) Bramayugam (2024) Exhibit A (2007) Z (2019) The City of the Dead (1960) Night of the Eagle (1962) Psycho Gothic Lolita (2010) Incident at Loch Ness (2004) Cannibal Holocaust (1980) The Ninth Configuration (1980)

Home Movie (2008) The Reflecting Skin (1990) Hatchet II (2010) Hatchet III (2013) Victor Crowley (2017) Door in the Woods (2019) The Evil Within (2017) In the Cold of the Night (1990) Alien: Covenant (2017) Dust Devil (1992)

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) 964 Pinocchio (1991) The Witches Mountain (1973) Screamplay (1984) Terror Eyes (1989) Maximum Overdrive (1986) Colossus: The Forbin Project Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) Bats (1999) Mirrors (2008)

Old People (2022) Sea Fever (2019) Interview with the Vampire (1994) Gothika (2003) Helter Skelter (2012) One Missed Call (2008) Truth or Dare (2018) The Unholy (2021) Children of the Corn (1984) Feral (2017)

Sweetheart (2019) The Invasion (2007) A.M.I. (2019) Look Away (2018) Fatal Frame (2014) It Lives Inside (2023) The Voices (2014) We Are the Night (2010) The Unborn (2009) Cold Prey (2006)

Cold Prey 2 (2008) Cold Prey III (2010) Death Spa (1988) Cat's Eye (1985) Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) The Omen (1976) Mondo Weirdo (1990) Bondage Ecstasy (1989) Pet Sematary II (1992)

Amityville 1992: It's About Time Freddy vs. Jason (2003) You'll Never Find Me (2023) The Ranger (2018) Virus (1999) Eternal Blood (2002) Hannibal (2001) Hannibal Rising (2007) God Told Me To (1976) Meet the Applegates (1990)

Discopathe (2013) Evil Ed (1995) Rasen (1998) The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) Saturday the 14th (1981) Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996) Anaconda (1997) Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid (2004) The Video Dead (1987) Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985)

Destroy All Neighbors (2024) Lady Frankenstein (1971) AM1200 (2008) Stigma (1980) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Shutter (2008) The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) Gaia (2021) Lurking Fear (1994) Them! (1954)

3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)

[namesisfortombstones]

HALLOWEEN-A-THON 2024

New viewings with an asterisk. 1. Dead of Night (1977)* 2. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (theatrical version) 3. An American Werewolf in London (theatrically) 4. The Wolf Man (1941) 5. The Curse of Frankenstein 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 7. The Legend of Hell House 8. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child 9. Son of Frankenstein 10. Snowbeast (1977) 11. Inferno (1980) 12. The Beyond 13. The Terror (1963) 14. Phantasm: RaVager (The For Rory Edition) 15. Halloween: Resurrection 16. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein 17. Fright Night (1985) 18. Friday the 13th (1980) 19. Friday the 13th, Part 2 20. Hellraiser (1987) 21. Poltergeist (1982) 22. The Haunting (1963) 23. Spirits of the Dead 24. The House That Dripped Blood 25. The Predator 26. Silver Bullet 27. The Face of Fu Manchu 28. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 29. Phantasm: OblIVion 30. Sleepaway Camp 31. Wes Craven's New Nightmare 32. Witch Hunt* 33. Evil Eye* 34. Ninja Dragon Sword Legend OVA* 35. Halloween Kills (The This Is How Halloween Ends Edition) 36. White Zombie 37. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II 38. The Reptile 39. The Plague of the Zombies 40. The Wicker Man (1973) 41. The Lair of the White Worm 42. The Shining (1980) 43. The Gorgon 44. Dracula's Daughter 45. Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein* 46. The Monster Squad 47. Halloween (2018; The Back in Shape Edition) 48. Son of Dracula 49. Amityville: The Awakening* 50. Gremlins 2: The New Batch 51. Hellraiser: Inferno* 52. Mr. Sardonicus 53. Dracula, Prince of Darkness 54. Creepshow (104-minute TV edition) 55. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 56. Halloween III: Season of the Witch 57. Prince of Darkness (theatrical version) 58. Prince of Darkness (TV Version) 59. The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas 60. Fangs of the Living Dead 61. They Live 62. Jason Lives: Friday the 13th, Part VI 63. Late Night with the Devil* 64. Bram Stoker's Count Dracula (1970) 65. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave 66. The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman 67. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell 68. The City of the Dead 69. House of Frankenstein (1944) 70. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 71. Black Sunday (1960) 72. The Devil Rides Out 73. The Keep 74. Beetlejuice 75. Hellraiser: Hellseeker 76. Trap* 77. Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning (TV Version) 78. Phantasm 79. Freddy vs. Jason 80. Halloween II (1981; TV Version) 81. Horror of Dracula (uncut version) 82. The Seventh Victim 83. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (Producer's Cut) 84. The Mummy (1959) 85. Bride of Frankenstein 86. Taste the Blood of Dracula 87. Halloween (1978) 88. Halloween II (1981; theatrical version) 89. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

[videoreligion]

Amityville 3-D (1983)

[popculturebuffet]

James Earl Jones Memorial Halloween Special: Treehouse of Horror I Review! (Comission by WeirdKev27)

Happy Halloween all you happy people! I"m amped not just because I love spooky season: the decoratoins, the candy, the excuse to inject horror into my veins but that we get to talk about one of my faviorite shows. Despite the many, MANY simpsons refrences that grace this fair blog, largely thanks to the site frinkiac for making it easy to meme any simpsons refrence that ops into my dome, I don't cover the show itself often. A lot of it is simple: I just forget to and what retrospectives me or kev have had ideas for have never materialized. Still Kevin, my producer and frequent comissioner, found a perfect episode to cover for the perfect reason: last month legendary actor, voice actor and voice in general James Earl Jones sadly passed and while trying to think of something, Kev brought up how James is present in all three seconds of the first treehouse of horror.

It was a great prospect both to honor james, as he has a sizeable role in the second segment and is essentailly the star of the third as the narrator, and to explore an episode of simpsons I don't really watch. I didn't watch season 2 much to begin wtih as a kid, and don't really now, and didn't like the middle segment. Petty I know, it's the same reason I don't watch Treehouse of Horror IV as much as I should when I can just.. skip the middle segment and enjoy devil flanders and dracula burns. So it was a chance to explore a treehouse I really didnt' know that well and to honor a man who was a part of my childhood and adulthood and general seemed like a kind, resonable person. So in honor of james and to give this episode a fair shake, join me under the cut for some halloween fun with everyone's faviorite family.

We open with Marge warning everybody, a fun idea that works well and would get played with in later specials. The insperation for this one according to writer Al Jean was EC Comics, doing that sort of horror anthology thing tales of the crypt used to do in comics and would again.

The wraparound is a fun and simple one. I also miss them doing these as while I get why it stopped, to give the segments more times, they were a lot of fun, paticuarlly III's halloween party. This one has Bart telling scary stories to lisa in the treehouse, a fun little premise. Homer is listening in because he just finished trick or treating, none of which is suprising but is still entertaining. We'll come back to this at the end for now let's dive into the meat of this special

Soooo hot take.. this was my faviorite of the three segments. I love the raven and will gush about it later, but this was a very nice suprise, having a more rapid fire pace from the seasons to come compared to the rest of season 2 or even it's fellow segments.

This wasn't a huge shock when I found out who wrote it: John Swartzwelder, a singularly weird simpsons writer who smokes and who did all his writing in a diner booth and continued to even after smoking bands by purchasing one, who tends to shy away from the public, to the point they called him on a commentary track just to prove that yes, he exists.

Swartzwelder has written 59 episodes with heighlights including Bart the General, Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish, Homer at the Bat, Whacking Day, Krusty Gets Kanclled, Homer the Vigilante, Itchy and Scratchyland, Homer the Great, Homer's Enemy, Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores, Homer Vs the Eighteenth Amendment, and Homer's enemy among many others. While he did loose a bit of his sheen as he went on, it can't be denied his peak stuff is some of the series best and this is no exception.

The premise is simple: the simpsons take on the amityville horror, the film based on the book that used a real tragedy to make money. The Simpsons move into a spooky house, nearly murder each other and escape alive. Which isn't a guarantee with Treehouse of Horror NOW but seemed to be a requirement early on as the simpsons don't impliclity die till Treehouse of Horror V and don't die on screne till Treenhouse of Horror X.

It's mainly an excuse to just pack the things with joke after joke, all hitting: the moving man, played by james earl jones mutters under his breath he's glad the house will kill them. There's a random vortex in the kitchen that theyt hrow an orange into.. that throws back a piece of paper asking them to stop throwing garbage in that dimension. The walls bleeding barely bothers marge and Bart getting choked by a lamp has Homer asking how he'll explain his way out. It's just joke after great joke, with Harry Shearer doing a great job as the house which frequently bellows GET OUT. My second faviorite joke of this segment is when Marge decides indeed to get out, and the house puts the kids coats on them for them. Just a simple hilarous gag. I also like homer being bounced into the celing and trying to act like it's fine.

He does get them to stay overnight which leads to the creepiest part of the specail as a whole and a great bit of horror: the house convinces the rest of the family minus marge to kill each other. The expressions here are truly disturbing, and i'ts unsettling to see the simpsons all in a trance ready to murder each other.

Thankfully the humor right after not only deflates it, but is great: Marge is seen grabbing a knife like the rest of her family.. but is making a sandwitch, easily lectures them out of it then plans to leave spouting the awesome quote I choose to use as the image. I'ts just such a marge thing to brush off something this horrid like it's some new conflict in the family.

The simpsons soon find the old racist trope of the house being built on a native burial ground.. which is a thorny concepts for sure, but this is an old enough episode to get away with it and I like homer angrily calling his realtor only to find out the guy mentioned it 5 or 6 times. The house tries to give a meancing speech.. only for marge to angrily tell it off, a bit I love, from Julie Kavner's delivery to how it works. She demands it either leave them alone or live with them in peace.... it chooses to collapse on itself after shooing them outside instead. Aw well can'jt please everyone. Just several minutes of great jokes with some great horror sprinkled in.

Not a fan of this one. It IS better than I remembered as it packs in some good jokes. That's courtsey of writers Jay Kogan and Wally Woodarsky, who while having a slow start, finished their run on the show with classics Bart's Friend Falls in Love, Treehouse of Horror III and Last Exit to Sprinfield

The premise is a riff on the Twilight Zone Classic , To Serve Man. For those of you who don't know what the Twilight Zone is, you just made me feel very old, but it was a classic Science Fiction anthology series, running the gamut of genres and often falling into horror. The simpsons would go to the twilight zone a LOT for Treehouse of Horror: They'd riff on at least one episode a year for the first four treehouses and would still return to the well on occasions. The simpsons has parodied A Good Life (Bart's Nightmare), Living Doll (Clown Without Pity), Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Terror at 5 1/2 Feet) , Little Girl Lost (Homer^3), and finally A Kind of Stopwatch (Stop the World I Want to Goof Off). As the show went on they drifted into parodying horror films more as Twilgiht Zone faded, but I miss it and hope they do one again some day or as a special since their now doing Treehouse of Horror Presents.

At any rate it's a pretty basic parody: Kang and Kodos in their first apperance kidnap the simpsons along with Sorak the Preparer, played by JEJ, and have them eat a lot, making vauge hints they'll eat the simpsons and droolling a lot. There's a gag or two I love: the ufo they abduct the simpsons in having to put out an extra beam to pick up homer, tilting to the side otherwise, the aliens admitting to having thousands of channels except hbo "That costs extra", and the aliens defensifiness when how primitive pong is is brought upop "Raise your hand if your capable of intergalactic travel". I love bart sticking up his hand and homer slapping it down. Good stuff.

Most of it though.. is eh. The twist is that. .they aren't trying ot eat them and are hurt Lisa assumes it with the book being how to cook FOR humans. Then how to cook FORTY humans, then how to cook for FORTY humans. I love Sorek's hurt feelings and what not, but it's a pretty bland parody compared to Bad Dream House, which nailed it. It feels like a bland middle to two pretty dope piece sof bread. It has some good jokes nad gave us Kang and Kodos, so it's not without merit, but it's easily the weakest segment in an otherwise good episode.

For our finale Lisa reads Edgar Allen Poe's classic Poem the Raven. In the second best refrence to it the shows ever done

It's the breakout of the segments and while I prefer Bad Dream House and stand by that, The Raven is very close and a very creative flex. Matt Groening was nervous it'd come off too pretentious, but instead we get a great break from formula. The first two segments, while fun breaks from teh simpsons mostly grounded reality, at this point anyway, do feel lik ea standard episode that just happens to be about a murder house. The Raven.. is something entirley diffrent.

It's a mostly straight adaptation of the poem: James Earl Jones does an impressive and haunting reading of Poe's narrations, while Dan Castlenatea does an awesome job as homer, injecting some humor into it but reading moments like the main character lashing out at the raven and his sorrow with such convection. While we'd see plenty of range from homer as the show went on, this was an early indicatior of just what dan was capable of with the character.

The show also nicely breaks tension in places: Homer is literally reading a book of forgotten lore, Bart chimes in with his commentary, and there's some good physical gags. But the heart of it, a tale of greving, loss and ultimate death, as the narrator gets haunted by a raven (Played by bart naturally, with Lenore played in a painting by marge (with the nice gag of her hair extending into another painting and Lisa and Maggie playing Serapphim), i'ts a wonderful segment that is hilarous.. yet also heartwrenching and haunting. I haven't read the poem, but this segment makes me feel it, a haunting wonderful piece. James Earl Jones kills it with the utmost conviction in his reading, upping the intsnesity was we go and really getting into it. He did a marvelous job and apparently went the extra mile for his performance in the second segment by eating a cookie while recording to get the drool right. What a man

So we end the specail with the kids fine but homer scared and Marge refusin gto help him because.. I dunno she's a dick tonight. A great end to a fantastic start to a wonderful tradition. Thanks for reading.. and james wherever you are up there... thank you.

[karmaphone]

Liz's Incomplete, Non-Comprehensive Horror Movie Rec List

I'm still actively watching horror movies, especially classics.

Some movies belong in multiple categories. I put them in the category I consider them First in (ie I consider Nightmare on Elm Street a funny film before a supernatural or classic film.)

*Movie Titles With Asterisks* indicate a personal favorite.

Originally made for @draculagerard for funsies, but anyone is welcome to pick over my recs and tell me what you think!

Supernatural

*Insidious (2010)*

*Insidious II (2013)*

Insidious III (2015)

*Insidious IV (2018)*

Insidious V (out in theaters)

*The Conjuring (2013)*

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

1922 (2017)

*Mama (2013)*

*The Ring (2002)*

The Lazarus Effect (2015)

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (2016) <- this one wasn't scary at all to me and in fact only had one loud or potentially jumpscare-esque scene (some think it's boring)

*The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)* <- this one is actually a series but I couldn't not include it

*Silent Hill (2006)*

Silent Hill II (2012) <- not as cool as the first, unfortunately. a little bit of a let down ngl

Thriller

Bird Box (2018)

The Boy (2016)

Hush (2016)

M3gan (2022)

*Nope (2022)*

Orphan (2009)

Circle (2015)

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

*The Cell (2000)* <- one of my all-time favorite movies. it was brilliant imo

Before I Wake (2016)

The Babadook (2014)

The Aniara (2018) <- this one was rlly depressing pls make sure ur in a good place before watching

Apollo 18 (2011)

Funny

*Hellraiser (1987)*

Hellraiser II (1988)

The Cell II (2009) <- terrible terrible sequel to one of my favorite films ever they did them so dirty you can even see a bent rubber axe blade they forgot to edit out

The Cube (1997)

The Cube II (2002)

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

*Errementari (2017)* <- this is the only movie I've ever seen in Basque!

Classic Horror <- I personally didn't think any of these were Especially Great except maybe the exorcist

Children of the Corn (1984)

Friday the 13th (1980)

The Exorcist (1973)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Movies I Haven't Seen But My Wife Insists Be On The List

The Thing (1982) <- I really gotta watch that one huh

The Blob (1958)

Train to Busan (2016)

Jaws (1975)

[monstermonstre]

since last one was such a success, i am here to ask you to once again vote for

I can't make this poll last for only a few hours but know that I'll consider the results final in about 6 hours from now

[peachz-reviews]

Prime Video Canada: What’s new for October 2024?

Prime Video Canada October 2024: Challengers, The Bikeriders, lots of sports and Halloween content, and more. October 1st Challengers (Exclusive Content) The Silence of The Lambs Hannibal Gorky Park Jeeper Creepers Jeeper Creepers 2 The Addams Family (2019) The Amityville (1979) The Amityville Horror (2005) Poltergeist II: The Other Side Poltergeist III Carrie (1976) The Rage:…