AHHHHHHH!!!IT'S HORRORTHOOOON!!!
TONIIIIIGHT!!!
I've pretty much been winging these contests the past ten days. I thought of the HHD one, like, at 11 pm Tuesday night. I was worried I might have to do a "think of a contest" contest, or just start recycling all the Best Of categories.
However, I've known for days what today's was gonna be. Scream.
Scream, I said!
OH MY GOD IT'S EATING MY LEGS!!!
Anyway, bit of business #1
A big welcome to this year's new members Abduscias and Crystal Math! Always good to see new blood. Thanks for joining us.
H-Town also joined our ranks this year, I think because she won a HHD contest by proxy. I'm not actually sure if she's tuned in. You tuned in there, H? Get in here, woman!
I've also sent an invite out to Cal of Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool, a pretty happening blog that Jordan discovered a while ago. He had a hilarious personal experience with the movie Killdozer, which he shared when I posted my extremely late review of it last week. I'm hoping we hear from him too.
Bit of business #2
Haiku contest winners!
Here are my favorites:
Johnny Sweatpants
Weird guy wants me dead
Well of all the rotten luck
Stupid car won’t start
I love how clueless the narrator is. "Weird guy." "Well of all the rotten luck." Dude just doesn't get that he's in a horror movie.
DCD
Don't go in there? Why?
It's just an abandoned shed
with sharpened farm tools.
Abandoned, yet the farm tools are sharpened. Such a subtle choice of cliché.
Catfreek
Girl causes bad thing
all friends die protecting her
girl lives makes sequel
Ah, yes. This bit of devilish math often irks me. "Hoy! Michael Myers's niece! Just jump onto that knife and save several dozen people lives already, you selfish bitch!" I mean, wouldn't she be suicidal anyway?
But the winner is AC for the following little gem. Every line of this is gold, especially the middle one.
aw, it's just a cat
can't believe i was so scared
now i can relax
Woo hoo AC! Way to win the only Countdown to Horrorthon Contest that was actually a contest!
Other bit of business #3
It's almost midnight on Thursday but I'm planning on posting a few more things. I'm going to stick them below this post, so please scroll down. September 30th is often a busy day in general, since we like to keep October a review-only space. There may be a bunch of new posts. So let's hear some chatter.
Other bit of business #4
What else... what else... Oh yeah! Screaming!
IT'S FUCKING HORRORTHON TONIIIIIGHT!!! AT GODDAMN MIDNIGHT!!!. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo...ooo.
Seriously, how cool is that, starting at midnight on a Friday night? What a great weekend to come! (Actually, I'll be working Saturday, but I can't ever watch horror flicks in the daytime, anyway. And hey, money.
And I'm gonna stay up late anyway. Like I've been doing for this whole countdown. Man I love Horrorthon.)
Last thing: I want to say thanks to all of you for getting ready with me these past ten days. The response has been very gratifying, and, well, let's face it: we're a fun group. This is going to be good.
So that's it. Go into the comments and scream your head off. If you can think of a horror movie quote that's also a scream, all the better.
OH MY GOD IT'S A GIANT AAAAANT!!! OOAARRGGH! ERK! GLK!
10 comments:
Kudos, Octo, for making the past 10 days on the blog so much fun! It was a real treat to turn on my computer each day and see what you were up to while I slumbered. I’m afraid that you are going to have to do this annually (you’re a victim of your own success). If anything your posts whipped up horror fervor and I for one can’t wait to dig into some scary stuff. My sense from reading all the comments is that you inspired others as well. Great job! Midnight can't come soon enough!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, HORRORTHON!
I agree HOORAY FOR OCTOPUNK!!!!
I've been so excited that I spent yesterday watching horror films I've already reviewed.
Don't know if you can contact spiderkev, but he's also been showing up here and there and may want to join in the antics.
IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! HORRORTHON!!!!!!
Yes, Bravo indeed, Octo! This week has been so much fun and I think it's great that we all got so into it. I promise to get my Best Of's out today - you can bump it below this post when it goes up, (I don't mind.)
THIS IS NO DREAM! THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING! HOOOOOOORRORTHON!
(CACKLING WITCH SCREAM)
WELCOME NEWBIES!
GREAT JOB FIRING US UP OCTOPUNK!
thanks for the horror cliche haiku win.
HORRRRORTHOOOON!!
OH MY GOD THAT CAT FREAKED ME OOOOOUT!!
You're welcome.
My god I want to watch a horror movie RIGHT NOW.
What really sucks is I won't be able to get a movie in until Sunday night! Wah-waaaaaahhhhh.
Seriously, family commitments and working just sucks. Well, maybe not family commitments, that's kind of mean since TNC is up from FL and all.
DURING OCTOBER (and sometimes at other times) BEING AN ADULT SUCKS BECAUSE (among other reasons) IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM MOVIE WATCHING! AND REVIEW READING! AND COMMENTING!
FAMILY! JOB! RELATIONSHIPS! CHORES!ARRRGGHHH!!!!
all this yelling is making my throat hurt, AAAGGGHHH!!!
Yep, Octo's 10 day hypemachine has me pumped. Even got a call the other night to make sure I was aboard. Hell yes!
On that note, I wanted to throw out a question to you guys: Anyone come up with a cool thematic approach to their viewing this year? I know Whirly has done Italian horror before. I did film noir one year, and Hitchcock last year.
This year, I'm thinking about trying to use Sweatpants' awesome master list as my guiding light: Try to watch as many of the 4.5 and/or 5 star flicks as I can, especially ones I've never seen. I might try particularly to do ones that scream out in need of a 2nd review. So that's my gameplan, what's yours?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'LL GET YOU MY PRETTY, AND YOUR LITTLE DOG TOO!!!!
Now don't you all feel better, it's good to scream.
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