31 Days of Halloween List for 1999 

1). Uncle Sam. I can't remember too much about this movie except it had some pretty cool deaths and Isaac Hayes was in it. Also honorable mention goes to P.J. Soles who had a small role here too. For those of you who don't know who she is, she played Lynda in the best horror film ever, Halloween.   Score: 6

2). Jack Frost. No, I'm not talking about the Michael Keaton movie, although I'm sure that movie's quite horrific in it's own respect. This movie is about a serial killer that gets in a freak accident and becomes a snowman. This was a pretty funny B-movie kind of horror movie.    Score: 7

3). Halloween 3 .  What were John Carpenter and Debra Hill thinking to allow this movie to ever exist. This one has nothing to do with the rest of the series. It's about a man who makes masks for children that have a chip that emits a laser that turns your head into bugs when a jingle is played on Halloween. Oh yes, you know the one: "Six more days till Halloween, Silver Shamrock."    Score: 4    Click here

4). Ravenous.  This movie was sadly overlooked at the box office. A group of military men are stranded in the mountains with a cannibal, marvelously played by Robert Carlysle. How many movies do you get to hear "HE WAS LICKING ME!" from a character?  Score: 8

5). The Fear.  A man confronts his childhood fear of a wooden dummy named "Morty" when Morty comes alive and wrecks havoc. Overall, not too bad.    Score: 7

6).  The Club. This was a weird David Lynch-esque film about students at a dance and weird things start happening to them. Some cool moments, but overall it blew. Score: 5

7). Pumpkinhead 2. Nowhere near in comparison to the original, but I still kinda liked this one. Pumpkinhead returns to avenge the murder of a disfigured boy decades earlier. Are we sure that Soliel Moon Frye had a breast reduction? I'd hate to see those things before her surgery. Those are some huge tits.       Score: 8

8).   Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies.  The Djinn is once again awakened, and more of the same ensues. But this time, the characters are presented stronger, and they turn to God, which is nice to see these days. A little better than the first.   Score: 7

9).  Nightmare on Elm St. 2. Freddy returns to torment Jesse, who now lives in the Kruger house. Not as good as 1, 3, or 4, but better than 5, 6, and 7.  Score: 6

10).  Carnival of Souls (1990's). A woman is tormented by memories of a serial killer. Really lame.   Score: 4     Click here

11).  The Fear 2. Morty returns to wreck more havoc. Not quite as good.   Score: 6

12).  Graveyard Shift (early '80s).  A vampire drives cabs in New York City and falls in love with one of his fares. Average.  Score: 6

13).  Graveyard Shift 2. Even though he died in the first one, the NY cabbie returns, this time as an actor in Hollywood. Not a whole lot of sense here.  Score: 5

14).  The Dark. A monster lurks underground in a graveyard. Some want to catch it, others to kill it. Neve Campbell appears pre-Scream and Party of Five.  Score:  6

15).  Halloween. The one. The only. The Immortal Classic. No introduction needed, this movie was the one that sparked my passion for the genre. Oct. 31, 1989, almost 11 years ago, I saw this masterpiece for the first time. I'll never forget that night.  Score:  10    Click here

16).  Halloween 2. A worthy sequel, Michael stalks Laurie in a hospital.  Score: 7

17).  Halloween 4. Ten years after the original, Michael returns for Laurie's daughter Jamie.  The best of the 3 Non-Laurie Strode sequels. Score: 6

18).  Halloween 5. One year later Michael once again comes after Jamie. Even worse.  Score: 5.

19).  Halloween 6. Don't even get me started. This movie had such great potential, but they blew it big time. It had some of the coolest deaths, I will give it that. I waited 6 years for this moment: the first Halloween movie that I got to see in a theater. I get there at Crossroads UA theater in Kalamazoo, and it's a packed movie. I heard plenty of complaints leaving the movie, especially regarding the terrible ending. Try to get a copy of the Producer's Cut. It's much better.  Score: 5

20).  Bats. I promised Dave I would never speak of this movie again, so I won't. Lou Diamond Phillips sucks. I'll just leave it at that.  Score: 4     Click here

21). Cat's Eye. I searched everywhere in Toledo for this movie and boy was I wasting my time. This movie was not even the least bit frightening. It's three short stories, all of them sucked..  Score: 4     Click here

22).  Hell High. A young girl witnesses a fatal accident that she was partly responsible for. She grows up to be a teacher snaps when some students play pranks on her. It pretty much blew. Score: 4     Click here

23).  The Evil Laugh. Congratulations! You get the prize of being the worst movie of the month.   Score: 2  You have to be absolutely rancid to get lower than a 4.   Click here

24).  Silent Night, Deadly Night. I've seen this movie in video stores since I was a kid, but never rented it. I should have though, cuz it's not too shabby. A boy witnesses the rape and murder of his mother by a man in a Santa suit. Years later he dons a Santa suit and commits his own murder spree.  I haven't seen any of the sequels. Score: 8

25). Jack-O. Dave will disagree, but this is a really great B-movie. An evil Jack-O-Lantern man stalks a small town. "Come Get Me Pumpkin Man. Leave My Mommy and Daddy Alone." utters a small boy, the main character. Unforgettable.   Score: 7

26).  The Blair Witch Project. The most amazing and creative horror film I've ever seen. This is the supposed film footage of three student filmmakers who disappeared making a documentary on witch folklore. I will always think twice before camping.  Score: 10          Click here

27). Halloween H20.  While not quite equal to the original, this is still a perfect film. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode 20 years after the first time she played Laurie, shooting her into fame and stardom. She is still the scream queen. Mr. Akkad, if you read this, PLEASE LET IT END HERE. NO H2K PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    Score: 9   

28).  Frightmare.  A old horror movie star dies, and kids steal his body.  Magic powers bring him back, and  he proceeds to take his revenge. A complete bore.   Score: 4             Click here

29).  The House on Haunted Hill (1999).  A millionaire and his wife will pay a large sum of money to a group of people if they spend one night in a supposed haunted asylum. This movie was fully on its way to a score of 8 or 9, but 1 hour and 17 minutes into the movie, it became absolutely terrible. The last 11 minutes almost completely ruined it.    Score:  6

30).  Phantoms. Based on a Dean Koontz novel about a town where its citizens strangely disappeared. Same as #29, it started out good, but went really mediocre.  Score: 6

31).  Children of the Corn 6. A follow up on the children of the original, now adults. Better than 1, 3, and 5, but not as good as 2 and 4.  Score: 7

1999 Statistics:

# of Movies I hadn't seen before: 20  (Goal met)

# of Movies that get applause: 2

# of Movies that get "Sucks": 7 (Goal met)

Average score: 6.09  (Goal met)

Best Film: Halloween

Worst Film: Evil Laugh

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