1 Week Till...Hail Horror Year 3!

If the wind's just right, you can smell it.  Faint, a touch of smoke edged with ice...just enough to bite the insides of your throat and nose. It's trapped in the minutes between sunsets, a thousand leaves that catch the light just so, and with that light captured, burn into an eternal night...

Or, more simply put, October's coming, baby!  Which means that once again I will endeavor to fulfill the promise made to my ancestors by watching as many horror films as I possibly can, and stunningly fail to review even half of them! And that's okay, because I've made my peace with that.  The limited window I have to actually watch horror films (only when the Missus and the Boy are not within earshot) coupled with the time it takes to screen capture all the shots I want to talk about and write the actual review has to balance out against everything else I have to do in the month (be a father, husband, employee...you know "life stuff") and still be enjoyable in the process. 

And that's the real kicker: I LOVE HORROR MOVIES.  But the deadlines and hurdles/goals I set for myself made doing the reviews more of a chore and less of a joy.  Once I knew I wasn't going to meet my goal, things became much more free and fun.

But all that's just Dust in the October Wind, my friends.  What I REALLY want to say is that I cannot wait for this batch of movies!  I've been collecting and stashing films I want to cover left and right, so there's going to be a real cross-section of films to talk about.  We'll be looking at old classics, new classics, Italian giallo, slashers and supernatural spectres.  We'll compare a revered silent classic to a masterful remake.  And I guarantee there'll be a couple duds in the mix to boot.

And if you have any requests, let me know!  I'm always on the lookout for things people recommend.  Like last year, two guidelines:

1. It can't be a movie I've already reviewed on the site
2. It has to be readily available - either at the local theater, rental house, or on Netflix.  I'm not afraid to spend a few bucks to see, rent, or purchase a film, but I'm not going to shell out $39.99 for some Danish import with no subtitles.

Here's where we left off after the first two years (click the title to read my review):

PHANTASM  /  [REC]  /  THE WOODS  /  DIARY OF THE DEAD  /  THE MONSTER SQUAD  /  FROM BEYOND  /   PLANET TERROR  /  THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)  /  MAD LOVE  /  28 WEEKS LATER  /  SUBLIME  /  DEATH PROOF  /  NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)  /  DEAD SILENCE  /  SEVERANCE  /  RESIDENT EVIL 3: EXTINCTION  /  THE DESCENT  /  GRINDHOUSE  /  THE EVIL DEAD  /  BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD  /  THE MASK OF FU MANCHU  /  RINGU  /  FEAST  /  HALLOWEEN (1978)  /  HELLRAISER  /  A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET  /  DEAD AND BREAKFAST  /  FRIDAY THE 13TH  /  THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2005)  /  DAY OF THE DEAD  /  CAT PEOPLE (1942)  /  HOUSE OF WAX