EMN2 Programming Guide – Horror

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10 Cloverfield Lane
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2016
Synopsis: After getting into a car accident, a young woman wakes up in a bunker with two others in the middle of an apocalypse.
EMN Notes: This film is not just my favorite from its respective series, but one of the best horror-mystery films I have ever seen. The incredible performances of Goodman and Winstead constantly have you questioning their characters and what the right decision is until the end. For what is a simple set-up, it constantly keeps you on your toes, and delivers at times with some of the most chilling dialog ever delivered in horror.


A Nightmare On Elm Street
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1984
Synopsis: The children of Elm Street are being murdered in real life by a supernatural killer who executes them in their dreams.
EMN Notes: The first of its kind in the iconic 80’s horror franchise from horror genius Wes Craven. While it may have started the cliches of the slasher genre, it still holds up by keeping a serious tone and by having an incredible protagonist and villain in Nancy Thompson and the infamous Freddy Krueger, respectively. It’s a true classic of horror that deserves a watch from even the most hardcore critics of the genre.


A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1985
Synopsis: Five years after the dream-stalking Freddy Krueger was defeated, a teen boy moves on to Elm Street and can feel Freddy try and break back into reality using his body as a host.
EMN Notes: Between having a very unique premise compared to the original film (and light homophobia), this movie was considered divisive when it came out, but it’s also one of the most interesting to watch entries from the Nightmare series for those reasons. It’s genuinely scary and heartbreaking to see its main character lose everything and turn into something he isn’t, and to see his constant guilt. Both academically and as entertainment, it’s a film that only gets better with time.


A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1987
Synopsis: After being admitted to a psychiatric hospital for having nightmares about Freddy Krueger, Kristen’s patient group become his new target.
EMN Notes: Just as the Nightmare films were my gateway horror, this one really made Erin fall in love with the genre. It’s the Nightmare films at their most creative, with some of its most iconic, disturbing moments. This is the winning formula, as every entry afterwards tried to copy this, but you can see why. Between the return of Nancy, and a fully realized Freddy, it is the perfect Elm Street film.


A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1988
Synopsis: Freddy returns once more to finish the job by getting the Elm Street children, but a new girl stands in his way, one with dream powers of her own.
EMN Notes: This Nightmare film has some unfortunate creative decisions, but in turn it gives you an entertaining, if somewhat shallow, fantasy-horror, with comedic elements. The main reason to watch is for the dream sequences, for giving the franchise some of its funniest and most terrifying moments.


A Quiet Place
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2018
Synopsis: A family struggles to survive in a world taken over by blind, animalistic aliens with an acute sense of hearing.
EMN Notes: It’s a physically gorgeous and ambitious film, one that looks to speak more with actions than words in spite of being a big budget horror film. I only wish the film felt as smart as its creative premise. There are parts I like about it, both unironically and ironically, so it is worth giving it a shot, but it’s just not for me.


Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1948
Synopsis: A duo of hotel bag handlers get wrapped up a meeting between Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and The Wolf Man.
EMN Notes: An absolutely hilarious film starring the late, great comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. What’s incredible about this film is that Universal never needs to dumb down its most iconic trio of monsters to work in this film, hiring previous actors who portrayed the monsters, and the comedy comes more from seeing the goofy antics of the two comedians trapped in a serious Universal horror film.


Abbot & Costello Meet The Invisible Man
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1949
Synopsis: A man on the run asks two private detectives to help clear his name of a murder charge. To help go into hiding, he uses the infamous invisibility serum.
EMN Notes: We are adding this one because Abbott & Costello was a great addition to the channel, and it would be nice to have more with the same feeling. I’ve heard just as great if not better things about this one.


Alien
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1979
Synopsis: A group of astronauts are trapped in an orbiting spacecraft with a hostile alien.
EMN Notes: A true classic of 70’s horror and 70’s sci-fi. The prop and set design plus the titular alien, designed by H.R. Giger, really bring to life one of the most transformative horror movies ever made, even to this day. The visual flair to the film can only be experienced to be believed. It’s just one big quiet, tense thrill ride directed by the brilliant Ridley Scott.


American Psycho
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2000
Synopsis: A young professional banker, insecure in his everyday life, idealizes himself as an infamous serial killer.
EMN Notes: With a heaping helping of dark humor, American Psycho pulls off being an artistic slasher film with class. It’s planted itself firmly into pop culture for its deadpan satire and the amazing performance of Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, the film’s narrator and “protagonist” killer. The Hip to Be Square scene is probably its most iconic scene, but them comparing their business cards gets me every time.


An American Werewolf in London
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1981
Synopsis: While backpacking in the North York Moors, two Americans are attacked by a beast. The lone survivor finds he is slowly turning into a werewolf.
EMN Notes: One of the top three werewolf films of all time, possibly the best. I absolutely love this film. It’s a great introduction film into horror by famous comedy director John Landis, who brings a healthy dose of both genres in this. It’s not without its flaws, but the music, the effects, the character of his ghost best friend, and especially the jokes always make this a must watch for every Halloween for me.


Army of Darkness
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1992
Synopsis: In this finale to the Evil Dead trilogy, Ash Williams winds up back in the middle ages, and has to help defeat an army of monsters in order to get back to the present day.
EMN Notes: I used to quote this movie so much it was embarrassing. Ash will always only be tied with Herbert West as the horror genre’s favorite problematic protagonist, and all credit is due to Bruce Campell being perfect in the role and to Sam Raimi for making the best horror-comedy trilogy of all time. This one leans more towards comedy, but in turn, it caps off the series nicely and gives some of the funniest moments in the whole franchise.


Attack the Block
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2011
Synopsis: A gang of teens in South London defend themselves from feral, beast-like alien invaders on Guy Fawkes Night.
EMN Notes: John Boyega stars in this England-made sci-fi/comedy/horror in his breakout role. In spite of its independent film status, it is a visually gorgeous film with an ensemble cast, including Nick Frost and Jodie Whittaker, not to mention one of the most memorable and inventive monster designs in over a decade. In a renaissance decade for horror, it still stands as one of the best horror films of the 2010s.


Beetlejuice
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1988
Synopsis: A ghost couple tries to scare the family moving into their old house. In order to do that, they seek help from a ‘bio-exorcist’.
EMN Notes: As someone who had only seen the TV show, I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I watched the movie. I still don’t really know what I expected, but it is definitely not a traditional movie. It’s not even a regular non-traditional movie. How this dark comedy became the success it did, I have no clue, but it feels like the deepest expression of Tim Burton’s soul. I kind of respect it. I don’t know how else to describe this.


Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2006
Synopsis: A journalist and her crew interview and document a serial-killer-in-training who is hoping to follow in the footsteps of other popular slasher villains in a world where they are all real.
EMN Notes: This was one I watched last year on my own, and it’s only grown on me the more I’ve sat on it. I just want to share it with Erin and anyone who watches the channel. I actually even bought the DVD for this one recently because I enjoyed it so much.


Beyond the Black Rainbow
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2010
Synopsis: A girl is kept alone in captivity at a research facility, only ever visited once by her psychopathic captor. While there, she begins to develop psychic powers.
EMN Notes: I’ve wanted to watch this film for ages now ever since seeing a YouTuber talk about it briefly and looking up a trailer. It’s a gorgeous looking film, and knowing it’s by the same director as Mandy is all the initiative we needed to add it.


Blood Diner
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1987
Synopsis: Two brothers set up a restaurant to hide their woman-killing sacrifices to bring forth the goddess, Sheetar.
EMN Notes: Simply put, this was one that we learned about on ‘In Search of Darkness Part 2’ that interested both of us. I mean, with a synopsis like that, how could we not?


Birdemic: Shock & Terror
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2010
Synopsis: The people of Silicon Valley are causing global warming, and boy are birds are PISSED.
EMN Notes: The most infamous film of 2010, and an absolute gem. I will happily still watch this film and call it a masterpiece in 2021. The writing is bad, the acting is bad, the effects are bad, the message of the film, while it has good intentions, is misdirected. That is if you can hear what they are saying anyways, because audio mixing is bad, too. Nothing in this film works, but everyone I know who loves film loves the film for that exact reason. That is just the energy that Birdemic has.


Bride of Re-Animator
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1990
Synopsis: After returning to Arkham from serving as doctors during a Peruvian civil war, Herbert and Dan look to build a person from pieces stolen from the morgue.
EMN Notes: Both Erin and I avoided watching this movie because the first one was a blast and we were worried a seemingly unnecessary sequel would cheapen it, but after watching it on an episode of The Last Drive-In we were impressed not only by how good it was, but also how gay it is. It’s being added to revisit for years to come.


Bubba Ho-Tep
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2002
Synopsis: Years after switching lives with an imitator, Elvis Presley winds up in a retirement home that is being terrorized by a mummy who is killing the residents.
EMN Notes: Probably one of the strangest horror films we have on the channel, but a fun horror-comedy romp where you get what you expect. It has Evil Dead’s Bruce Campell as Elvis in a perfect casting decision, and the great horror-fantasy director Don Coscarelli directing it. Compared to Coscarelli’s other projects (mostly Phantasm), it’s actually pretty tame, all things considered. The fact he can ground that premise and give purpose to it is what makes it something special.


Candyman
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1992
Synopsis: While doing a thesis on folklore, a college student finds that the urban legend of a hook-handed killer that comes out of your mirror is real.
EMN Notes: One of the two major franchises based on works by my all time favorite horror writer, Clive Barker. Tony Todd as Candyman is one of the greatest horror villains that ever lived. He nails everything that comes out of his mouth, and he manages to be both an intriguing personality and horrifying. He’s a true modern day Dracula. Beyond him, however, there are a ton of great, truly nightmarish moments and a fantastic setting in the city of Chicago.


Candyman
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2021
Synopsis: An artist’s emotional attachment to the story of a local legend begins to alienate him from his friends and loved ones.
EMN Notes: I looked forward to the Jordan Peele-written and Nia DaCosta-directed Candyman since they announced it. I can’t name a match more made in heaven for me than my favorite horror director in the modern day and my all time favorite horror writer for the source material, although this is an original story meant to follow up the first movie. I had high expectations since I saw the initial trailer revealing the paper cut-out way they tell Candyman’s backstory, and I’m happy to say it lived up to it. We loved it enough to want to watch it on here weeks after renting it. There’s one scene near the end that took me out of it a little, but what preceded and followed it up was so strong it more than makes up for it. I can really only hope Nia continues to make films in the world of horror, she does such an amazing job creating a haunting atmosphere and beautiful shots.


Carrie
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1976
Synopsis: A teenager bullied at her school and home begins to develop telekinetic powers.
EMN Notes: A classic of 70’s horror directed by Brian De Palma, based on the breakout novel by the king of Horror novels, Stephen King. This one is my (and probably most people’s) favorite adaptation of the story, and my personal favorite King adaptation in general. The performances of Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie are incredible, and effects still hold up even 45 years later.


Child’s Play
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1988
Synopsis: When a single mom gifts her son a ‘Good Guy’ doll, she slowly begins to realize it’s possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
EMN Notes: Erin wanted to watch at least one movie from every playable series in Terrordrome, so she asked me for what to add. I’ve seen the series, and I like it a lot. Now that we have more space, and she was more familiar with the genre, this to me was a guaranteed add. It is the first in the series, and one of the best.


Chopping Mall
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1986
Synopsis: Several couples are locked after hours in a mall being hunted by killer security robots.
EMN Notes: It’s gimmicky, it’s goofy, it’s a film that could have only existed as it did in the 80’s. and it’s a blast. It’s a film that could have only come out of Roger Corman’s production studio, although his wife, Julie Corman, was the producer for this one. Even the cheesy title of the film feels weirdly mislabeled, as the robots main methods of killing are electrocution, lasers, and explosions.


Coraline
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A girl who is upset with her parents finds a seemingly perfect parallel world through a small door in her new house.
EMN Notes: Out of all the animated Halloween films from last year, this one felt like the biggest ommission. I’ve only ever caught the movie when it was already a little bit in, so I’ve never seen the start, and Erin never watched the movie, but we both know it’s great.


Corpse Bride
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2005
Synopsis: While practicing his wedding vows, a groom-to-be accidentally proposes to an undead bride.
EMN Notes: I was pleasantly surprised by this when I saw it last year. It stands in the shadow of The Nightmare Before Christmas, but it is a solid claymation film in its own right that is stylistically beautiful and technically incredible. TNBC’s remarkably unique style is recreated with a more human cast. I think as a musical, the songs are only good, not great, but the ending touched my heart. It more than deserves to stand right next to it when talking about gothic animated films.


Creature From The Black Lagoon
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1954
Synopsis: During a geology expedition, a group of scientists are attacked by a new species that looks like a mix between a fish and a man.
EMN Notes: The last of the classic Universal Horror monsters, and one of our few black and white horror films on the channel. We mostly added these for variety, although I love Gill-Man. I would love to see how this film was supposed to work in 3D like it was initially created for.


Creepshow
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1982
Synopsis: A horror anthology that tell stories from a fictional horror comic, loosely based on the EC Comics horror brand.
EMN Notes: Creepshow dedicating its cinematography to keep a Tales From the Crypt-esque comic book look takes a solid group of shorts and makes it one of the most memorable films of the 80s. The dream duo of George A. Romero and Stephen King lived up to the hype on this one in provided horrifying concepts and moments, but knew to keep it cheeky and not take it too seriously. Happy Father’s Day!


Crimson Peak
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2015
Synopsis: Set in Victorian England, an author, her new husband, and her sister look to uncover the truth about the ghostly visions behind her new gothic mansion.
EMN Notes: I’ve seen people online say great things about this, and knowing it’s Guillermo del Toro directed, written, and produced, I have faith it is going to be at the very least an interesting film.


Critters
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1986
Synopsis: A small, furry alien race made up of rambunctious carnivores escape space prison and land in the countryside.
EMN Notes: I actually remember this one from my days looking at horror movies VHS covers at the rental store, and I finally watched it as soon as someone reminded me it existed. I honestly expected it to be stupid, but it’s a shockingly fun and funny film. Weirdly, even Siskel and Ebert agree. It’s just one big cat and mouse comedy between two very stupid groups of aliens, and the humans in the middle of it.


Curse of Chucky
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2013
Synopsis: A paraplegic woman who lives with her mother receives a mysterious doll named ‘Chucky’ in the mail.
EMN Notes: I feel like Cult of Chucky and Curse of Chucky are inseparable as films. This one is my personal favorite. I love it, critics love it, and you get a perfect send up that pays tribute to the original trilogy, and the two films with him and Tiffany.


Cult of Chucky
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2017
Synopsis: While staying at a psychiatric hospital, a survivor of one of Chucky the Killer Doll’s attacks grows fearful of her doctor’s Good Guy therapy doll.
EMN Notes: This and Curse are honestly fantastic films to watch back to back. The premise and horror itself are excellent. They’re honestly my personal favorites in the series, and I think it’s criminal these were overlooked as direct-to-video movies, as though they’re the quality of the cheap Hellraiser sequels.


Cursed
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2004
Synopsis: A haunted convenience store causes trouble for any and all who visit it.
EMN Notes: I was blessed to finally watch this one this year, and it was one of the best new surprises. It’s ultra low budget, but it doesn’t let it hold it down. Its budget may be low, but directing, editing and inventiveness are all extremely tight. If it can’t fully realize an idea, it will let your mind fill in the gaps. Beyond that, I would call this the horror version of a pulp fiction story. It’s a lot of stories interlocking with one another. There’s some death, there’s some gore, but the full focus is on tension and atmosphere, and it does it better than films twenty times its budget around the same time frame.


Dawn of the Dead
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1978
Synopsis: As the zombie epidemic begins to take hold of the world, a small group takes refuge at the local mall.
EMN Notes: I feel like this one really cemented zombies into pop culture, and it’s influential for basically every zombie film (and so many different Italian horror films) that came after it. It’s a fan favorite of the zombie genre, and usually people’s favorite of the Romero Dead films. It’s got a lot of fun moments in it, but with the subject matter, they also know when to keep it dark and depressing, which I love.


Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 1972
Synopsis: After getting his revenge on the doctors who couldn’t save his wife, Dr. Phibes goes to Egypt to become immortal.
EMN Notes: There is honestly not enough Vincent Price horror films in the world for what he contributed to the genre, but he always gave 100%, even in sequels. Dr. Phibes’ sequel is no The Abominable Dr. Phibes, but it is more Vincent Price playing an incredible character, arguably his best, for 88 minutes, and sometimes, that’s all you need.


Dracula
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1931
Synopsis: A man goes missing while visiting a Transylvanian count that recently relocated to the English countryside. Expect to see this synopsis again.
EMN Notes: This is the most classic Universal adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel. It is one of the most gorgeous black-and-white films I have ever seen. Between this film and Kamen Rider, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake theme still haunts me to this day. Everything from the acting to the set design really puts you in this chilling, dream-like daze.


Dracula’s Daughter
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1936
Synopsis: After her father’s death, the daughter of Count Dracula looks to be free of his influence on her.
EMN Notes: We wanted more old and classic horror. Something interesting about this film is that it’s based on Carmilla. It piqued our interest.


Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1988
Synopsis: After her great aunt’s passing, the horror hostess Elvira inherits a house surrounded by a community full of prudes.
EMN Notes: Queen. Love the horror queen. This is an Elvira household, and even in this more intense year, we wanted to add this one because we both hadn’t seen it and we love her. Having seen it now, I can safely say it is just 90 minutes of the show’s raunchy, juvenile, stupid humor with a Footloose-meets-90’s SNL Comedy feel. It’s fun for the whole family, provided your whole family aren’t offended by Elvira’s spinning nipple tassles and repeated uses of the words ‘boobs’ and ‘fuck’.


Ernest Scared Stupid
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1991
Synopsis: fter a well-intentioned idiot accidentally summons an troll on Halloween, he teams up with a group of kids to save the day.
EMN Notes: I saw this one before EMN because some of my favorite creators love this film (Cinemassacre, Roger Barr, etc.), but EMN gave me a new appreciation for Ernest. Despite being a kid’s horror film, the slapstick and dumb humor always makes me laugh, and it’s got some moments more frightening than the average Goosebumps episode. Call this one my most real guilty pleasure film for the channel.


Evil Dead II
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1987
Synopsis: While on a vacation retreat in a cabin the woods, a couple plays audio recording of an evil book that unleashes an army of demons.
EMN Notes: Sam Raimi’s best film, and probably the greatest horror-comedy ever made. Bruce Campell as Ash Williams feels fully realized in this one as a dumb macho sleaze who is constantly having a bad day, and he is absolutely hilarious. It’s a wonderful, almost experimental horror film with incredible directing work and shots you’ll only see in a Raimi film. It is one of my favorite horror films, and one of my favorite films in general, and I know Erin loves it just as much as I do.


Evil Dead
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2013
Synopsis: After reading an incantation from a strange book in a cabin, five people are attacked by supernatural entities in the woods.
EMN Notes: We both love the original Evil Dead series, and haven’t seen this one. This is another case where a film came out with kind of bad marketing that was actually solid. I should have really trusted Sam Raimi, Bruce Campell, and Diablo Cody’s involvement on this one.


Frankenstein
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1931
Synopsis: A scientist’s new experiment involves stitching together human remains and looking to create life.
EMN Notes: Universal’s very loose adaptation of the Mary Shelley original novel, and Universal’s most famous horror film. In spite of its detachment from the source material, Boris Karloff and Colin Clive as the Monster, and Dr. Frankenstein, respectively, is so absolutely iconic, it set the standard for everything Frankenstein to this day. The real star, for me, is James Whale, a theater director turned hollywood director who was strongly influenced by German Expressionist films. I think part of this movie’s success, much like Burton films of now, can be owed to his vision.


Freaky
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2020
Synopsis: A teen girl switches bodies with a middle-aged serial killer who’s an urban legend around their town.
EMN Notes: This is made by the people who made Happy Death Day, and produced by the very strong Blumhouse Productions, which is great enough, but it also has great reviews. We already have it on the Plex, but this will probably be the first time we actually watch it. That said, I will forever be miffed they changed the title from ‘Freaky Friday the 13th’.


Freddy vs. Jason
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2003
Synopsis: Having lost his powers, Freddy Kruger resurrects Jason to manipulate him into killing the residents of Springwood so that he can get get his dream-killing powers back.
EMN Notes: I’ve seen it, but I could watch it again. It’s another great entry into the Nightmare and Friday movies, and a it give us more from the 2000s era of horror, which is a decade where we don’t have nearly enough films.


Friday the 13th
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A man scours the woods around Crystal Lake searching for his missing sister in the woods where Jason Voorhees kills anyone who encounters him.
EMN Notes: As a lover of the Friday the 13th movies, I would fully admit that they are pretty low brow. From the second one onwards, the franchise is about what if a really beefy zombie went on a rampage. It’s not a greater point franchise, it’s a popcorn, aesthetic franchise. This was a remake they truly couldn’t mess up outside of making it boring, and thankfully it isn’t. It has some identity issues, but you get to see what the Friday the 13th experience would be as a modern day horror film, and it still works in the modern day. A lot more than most horror remakes at the time, at least. Also, congratulations to the Supernatural brother in this for starring in a much better horror remake in 2009 than the other brother.


Friday the 13th
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1980
Synopsis: A group of teen camp counselors are picked off by a mysterious killer.
EMN Notes: The first movie in a very repetitive slasher franchise that I adore wholeheartedly. It’s honestly a lot more par for the course than normal entries, and reminds me of other Halloween knock-offs, but its greatest gift is just creating one of the most iconic slasher franchises. It has one of the most iconic endings in the series, and for what it’s worth, I really like the role of Pamela Voorhees in this, as small as it is. She is so well portrayed by the late, great Betsy Palmer, she is honestly just as great of a character to me as Jason.


Friday the 13th Part 3
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1982
Synopsis: While a group of friends are on vacation at Crystal Lake, they become the targeted by the deformed serial killer, Jason Voorhees.
EMN Notes: It’s only three films in and already at this point, the Friday the 13th franchise knows why they are here. You watch to see the big man angry man kill people in unique ways. There’s not an attempt at a plot with Part 3, although what it does have is great kills, Jason getting his hockey mask for the first time, and because it was initally shot in 3D, you get jarring unintentionally hilarious shots that take you out of it. It’s just an overall great time.


Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1984
Synopsis: A brother and sister are targeted by the recently undead Jason Voorhees.
EMN Notes: It’s more of Jason doing his thing…but, it is the most solid Friday the 13th movie as an actual film. I know that’s not saying much, but it gets across why I love the series. Not only are all the kills fun, but there’s little filler and its characters receive at least a little bit more characterization beyond accidental characterization, and what filler you do get, like the dancing scene, is fun.


Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1986
Synopsis: While attempting to destroy Jason’s body, Tommy Jarvis accidentally brings him back to life. Way to go, buddy.
EMN Notes: This movie is incredible. For a Friday the 13th film, I mean, but I know my niche and why I like this series. With this one, I feel like we have the two most acclaimed Friday the 13th films on the channel, and this is the one that the song “He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)” is from.


Fright Night
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1985
Synopsis: When no one will believe a horror-obsessed fan that his new neighbor is a vampire, he reaches out to a horror host and former actor who played a vampire slayer for help.
EMN Notes: The 80s had far too many amazing vampire films to count, and the fact that this film is a contender for the best speaks to how great Fright Night is. For a directorial debut for the man who went on to make Child’s Play, it is one hell of a way to start out. It has great characters and jokes, despite not being a comedy, and also amazingly gruesome and frightening special effects. If you love vampire films, especially Hammer Dracula, you owe this film a watch. It has an amazing balance and some completely hypnotic scenes.


Fright Night
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2011
Synopsis: After a teen finds out the new neighbor in his Las Vegas suburb is a vampire, he recruits a magician who claims to be an occult expert for help.
EMN Notes: I look forward to actually watching this one this year. The fun thing for me about us having both versions is that Erin only saw the remake, and I’ve only seen the original. Erin grew to love the original, but the remake was never on when I could watch it. All I really know is that it has gotten great reviews, Colin Ferrell and David Tennant are in it and do an amazing job, and Peter Vincent was changed from a Peter Cushing-like actor to a magician.


From Dusk Till Dawn
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 1996
Synopsis: Two outlaw brothers holding a group of hostages walk into a bar, and the bartender is a vampire. So are the majority of the people there, except for a man who wears a gun codpiece named ‘Sex Machine’.
EMN Notes: This is a film best watched with zero expectations, but what you need to know is that it is a Tarantino and Rodriguez film. It’s not going to be for everyone, and if a lot of their movie quirks turn you off, this is probably not going to be for you, but if you want a weird, action-packed thrill ride horror, this one delivers in spades.


Get Out
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2017
Synopsis: A photographer goes to meet his new girlfriend’s family. Although they are hospitable to him, the family seems to be hiding something.
EMN Notes: This is the first horror movie that I saw more than once in the theaters. I saw it three times, which is also the amount of times Dean Armitage would have voted for Obama if he could. In all seriousness, this was one of my favorite films of that year. Jordan Peele really just went ahead and made an a pure classic scary and tense film with great dark humor and commentary. This is the first film that jumps to mind that I would use to convince a non-horror fan to watch horror, with no hesitation.


Ghostbusters
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1984
Synopsis: After being fired from their teaching position, a group of scientists start a ghost-catching extermination business.
EMN Notes: To be completely honest, I don’t have as strong of opinions as some people do about the film or franchise. This is a film that would always play on TV when I was a kid, and it’s a good, light film for the channel that was added for more variety. How I do feel is that it does have an strong lineup of comedy stars with huge names like Bill Murray and Rick Moranis, it has impressive creature effects, and it’s a fun, supernatural comedy. Dan Ackroyd also seems like a really cool guy, and this franchise is really just his baby, so I will appreciate it for that.


Ghostwatch
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1992
Synopsis: A BBC1 reality documentary on an allegedly haunted house slowly begins to go awry.
EMN Notes: We had only just heard of this months ago through a YouTube documentary on the subject. The story about it is honestly even more interesting than the special, and I say that as someone who loves this special. Anyone who watches it can tell they commit to the reality aspect with this story. Similar to another pre-Blair Witch found footage horror, the McPherson Tape, they give you a minor acknowledgement that what you’re watching is fake and let the rest speak for itself. It created a War of the Worlds-style panic, but nearly thirty years later, it stands out as a beautiful oddity in the world of Halloween specials. To see something do what ARGs do now, committing to a making everything as mundane and normal as possible so that they can turn it on its head is simple, but it brings me joy.


Goosebumps
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2015
Synopsis: When the monsters from his horror book series escape into the real world, author R.L. Stine teams up his teenage neighbor to capture them again.
EMN Notes: I don’t know how this movie got made. It’s a very fun movie, basically horror Pokemon starring Jack Black, who plays a fictionalized version of Stine, the real author of Goosebumps. The pitch that would have greenlit this film must have been amazing. It’s such an oddball kids film, but at the very least it knows its audience and it’s especially nice if you fondly remember the books, or at least looking at the covers as a kid.


Green Room
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2015
Synopsis: A punk band is held hostage by neo-nazis after the band sees the group commit murder.
EMN Notes: This was a first time watch for me last year, and probably one of the most intense films we have on the channel. This was still before neo-nazis came back in the mainstream, so they probably aren’t depicted as you would expect, but what you do get is a gorgeous, well-acted hostage horror-thriller starring Sir Patrick Stewart and the late Anton Yelchin. It can all be summed up by the song played by Yelchin’s band in the film: “Nazi Punks Fuck Off”.


Gremlins
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 1984
Synopsis: When a father gifts his young adult son a cute, strange creature he picked up, it spawns multiple duplicates that become destructive monsters when fed after midnight.
EMN Notes: An absolute classic of the 80’s, that I remember fondly watching at an after school program. I was way too young for it, probably, but even though the transformed mogwais murder a bunch of people in it, I have to be honest, it never bothered me. It was very cartoony, and I think that’s how Joe Dante made it work as a family film. It’s basically a Looney Tunes horror movie, just live action with some gruesome effects. I like it.


Grindhouse
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2007
Synopsis: It’s a double feature of madness! See the living dead walk in rural Texas! And then, a group of girls look to escape a killer stunt driver!
EMN Notes: I think as a 70’s style hyper-violent horror double feature, it is greater than either films on their own. It’s a loving tribute to the films Rodriguez and Tarantino love so much, and look to emulate its style. It even purposely copies the less than good parts of the experience for comedic effects, like grainy film quality and the projection screwing up. I wouldn’t call it a ‘must watch experience’, but it succeeds in emulating the fun of watching a popcorn B-movie.


Halloween
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1978
Synopsis: A babysitter is pursued by a killer wearing a mask on Halloween night.
EMN Notes: This film ages like fine wine. I know it’s directed by a legendary film maker in John Carpenter, it created its own genre, and it has always been critically acclaimed, but it is amazing how you can get people to sit down and pay attention to it. It stands out from other slasher movies that came after it, as well as its rip-offs, by earning every kill and never looking for a cheap scare. I can definitively call it one of the greatest horror films of all time.


Halloween
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Forty years after surviving his killing spree, Laurie Strode, her daughter, and granddaughter have to survive Michael Myers once more.
EMN Notes: While I don’t know how to feel about retconning everything after the original, this is the best Myers-Halloween film you can get after the original film. I’m very happy they got Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle to reprise their roles, and what they did to both characters makes them so interesting. Laurie, especially, is the reason to watch. Her relationship with her family would be interesting even if the masked killer wasn’t walking around.


Halloween II
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 1981
Synopsis: As Laurie Strode is treated for her injuries after surviving Myers, Michael returns to kill her in the hospital.
EMN Notes: This film isn’t without its fair share of flaws, but it does good to be a companion piece to the first one and try and shine light on Myers. I think this is also the issue with most Halloween films is they try too hard to explain Michael at times, but this one works well enough by making it more breadcrumbs to a possible explanation. The ending is solid and wraps things up pretty nicely from the original, so I think while the first is amazing standalone, together they work well as a duo.


Halloween III – Season of the Witch
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1982
Synopsis: After one of his patients is murdered, a doctor looks into a business that makes Halloween masks that he believes is behind a conspiracy.
EMN Notes: The love-it-or-hate-it cult classic of the Halloween franchise. I think there’s a lot of stupid things in this if you think about it really hard, but I love it. I’m a sucker for Tom Atkins, supernatural sci-fi, and gross out movies. If nothing else, I’d say it’s memorable. Personally, I believe that if you can cope with the fact it has no Michael Myers and you’re not done with the movie by about the point robots start showing up, you’ll at least be here for the long run.


Happy Death Day
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2017
Synopsis: A college student gets stuck in a time loop, infinitely repeating her birthday whenever she is murdered by a killer in a baby mask.
EMN Notes: Erin and I had an amazing time watching this. Erin even moreso, I think, so I fully expect her to add her own take to this, but this is a genuinely a hilarious little slasher. The premise, the execution and characters are fantastic. If it comes off a little gimmicky, it is, but that’s not a bad thing. It’s got a sort of Scream franchise-like self awareness to that and the gore, so you can just roll with it and have fun. And since I was asked to add my take, I just want to say that this is one of my favorite horror films because it’s light, stylish, funny, and genuinely exciting as a mystery with a great killer and tons of twists and turns. I fell in love with it as it aired and it was one of the films that helped convert me into a true horror fan.


Happy Death Day 2U
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2019
Synopsis: Tree is back to infinitely looping the same day again, although everything is different, and there’s a new babyface killer on the loose.
EMN Notes: This may seem like overkill since we have Freaky on already, but I’m at least interested in seeing how they continue the story and Erin loved the original, so I don’t see any harm in checking out both.


Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2020
Synopsis: With the help of Bill Nye and Elvira, Scooby Doo and the gang look to stop an army of evil, mutant pumpkins.
EMN Notes: We love Scooby, and we probably would have watched it, but they literally dropped a Halloween Scooby Doo film mid-October last year with zero warning. What’s more, it feels like they let the writers and director just make whatever they wanted after Return to Zombie Island tried removed the supernatural elements from the first movie, and Scoob! was well liked in spite of not really being standard formula at all, so I kind of have faith in this one.


Hellraiser
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1987
Synopsis: After solving a puzzle box, the beings inside of it rip the man who solved it to shreds. One year later, the man rises from the floorboards of his former house and seeks the aid of his sister-in-law to fully come back to life.
EMN Notes: If you’ve never seen Hellraiser, you have no idea what to expect. It’s one of my all-time favorite horror series, made by my all-time favorite horror writer. I love that the group of leather clad otherworldly creatures who kill you if you summon their puzzle box is ultimately just another detail in a much more personal, scary plot. This movie has so many layers to it. It’s definitely not for the squeamish, but it pulls off its bloodbath by being both sophisticated AND depraved.


Hellraiser II: Hellbound
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1988
Synopsis: Now in a psychiatric hospital, Kirsty begins to hear her father call for her from hell. She finds the doorway there when her new doctor takes interest in her story.
EMN Notes: Also known as Hellbound: Hellraiser II. This one gets under my skin pretty bad at times, but it is an incredible fantasy horror, and a perfect sequel. Once you’re past the set up, it really gets incredible. The design of Hell in this is breathtaking, very artsy and fairy tale-esque. It also only improves on every character back from the original, with the exception of maybe the cenobites, but their role in this is fantastic, just somewhat minor. I love it almost as much as the first.


Horror of Dracula
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1958
Synopsis: A man goes missing while visiting a Transylvanian count that recently relocated to the English countryside. Expect to see this synopsis again.
EMN Notes: Another retelling of Dracula, although this is the first of the famous Lee and Cushing Dracula series from Hammer Film Productions. Although the series has too many rights issues to count in America, it is loved by so many filmmakers, historians, and horror fans. Rightfully so, as with Hammer you get classy classic horror films and shlocky grindhouse films all rolled into one. It has a mood that is highly influential, but unlike any other.


Hotel Transylvania
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2012
Synopsis: A human accidentally visits an all monster hotel run by Dracula.
EMN Notes: I’m assuming everyone who is reading this knows what these films are, but they’re those kid’s movies starring Adam Sandler and his buddies that came out when Adam Sandler was absolutely hated for making bad films with his buddies. This one is good, not great, but you get a cute film that is well animated and plays off the lore of the Universal Monsters. It’s directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, famous for creating a bunch of Cartoon Network shows, and it definitely feels like that. It’s good for a cool down film.


Hotel Transylvania 2
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2015
Synopsis: After Dracula’s daughter gets married and has a son, Dracula tries to teach his new grandchild to become a vampire.
EMN Notes: An improvement over the first film and another 90 minute cartoon. It’s more of the same. They introduce Mel Brooks in this one as Dracula’s Nosferatu-looking father named ‘Vlad’. It has a good message in it about not forcing your desires for what you hope your kids or grandkids become, and letting them become who they want to be, too.


Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Dracula and his friends take a break from running the hotel to board an all monsters cruise line, one lead by a vampire hunter.
EMN Notes: I couldn’t tell you how they managed to make three good movies in this franchise. It feels like it’s pushing it, but I guess Sony Animation is just good at what they do. This one in particular is probably the best in the series, but it’s what you expect. It’s the same monsters, but they are on a cruise, and someone is trying desperately hard to kill Dracula. You can tell Genndy loves cartoons, because it’s that style of each scene is one gag after another.


House
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1977
Synopsis: A group of schoolgirls visit one of their aunt’s country home. Slowly, all of them begin to disappear one-by-one.
EMN Notes: An off the wall, psychadelic, teenage girl power trip horror film from 70’s Japan. Somehow, it wound up as one of our few foreign language films we featured on the channel, but it’s a great cult horror hit. People will laugh at how weird it is, but it has some actually scary visuals, wonderful writing, and a fantastic ending. This film is one of the few to really make you feel like you’re in a nightmare, where it will make sense to you, although it doesn’t really make sense.


House
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1985
Synopsis: An author still recovering from the Vietnam war decides to take residence in his aunt’s home after she commits suicide, only to realize her house is haunted.
EMN Notes: I’ve been interested in this film since learning about it. It has a whole bunch of horror legends involved in it, and also the guy who directed Elf Man, which isn’t a horror movie. After seeing In Search of Darkness talk about it, I really want us to see it for ourselves, honestly. It seems like a love-it-or-hate-it cult film.


House of 1000 Corpses
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2003
Synopsis: A group of teenagers are kidnapped and tortured on Halloween.
EMN Notes: So, this one would have been a hard sell last year, but I think I’ve won Erin over with Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects. I’m not always a fan of the torture genre, but I appreciate Rob Zombie and this film.


House of Wax
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1953
Synopsis: After a fire burns down a sculptor’s life work in an art museum, he takes to murdering people and making them his wax figures.
EMN Notes: Not to be confused with its remake, which blends this film and the movie ‘Tourist Trap’, this one is another classic horror starring Vincent Price. This one is funny, because the director hated 3D films because he was blind in one eye, but was forced to put 3D scenes in here so he could keep funding. It has a pretty campy premise, but Vincent does an amazing job here in his first major role as the antagonist in a horror film. Aside from that, it’s a good, suspenseful horror with cool effects for the time.


In Search of Darkness
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2019
Synopsis: This documentary explores 80’s horror films and their greater impact.
EMN Notes: This is basically a four-hour-long horror-themed VH1 I Love the 80’s special. It has a bunch of interviews from some people who worked on the films, and some people who are fans of the films in question. It has some amazing gets for major names in the horror industry, and modern YouTube celebrities who talk a lot about horror. It’s good as a sort of a collective round table of all of the major horror films from the 1980’s. You can imagine it like a card that everyone gets to sign with a whole bunch of nice comments.


In Search of Darkness Part II
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2020
Synopsis: Continuing where the first one left off, Part II talks more about underrated 80’s films and the culture at the time, with even more people who were there.
EMN Notes: We are actually in the ending credits of this one, because we backed it to get the Cinemassacre edition! Not using that as any sort of bias, I like this one a lot more than the first one. In exchange for the first one’s lineup of films that everyone gushes about in the 80’s, you get a lot of amazing films you may or may not have heard of and films that are loved by horror fans, but not as much the general public. Though honestly, who gives a fuck about the general public when you got HOLLYOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS?


It Follows
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2014
Synopsis: A student gets a sexually transmitted curse where she is followed by an entity that pretends to be human that will kill her if it ever catches her.
EMN Notes: I love how experimental and wonderfully-shot this film is. It has some genuinely creepy moments…I just wish I liked this film more. I don’t think it delivers for me the dreamlike film experience it’s aiming for. I’m hoping my opinion changes over time, but for now I think it’s good, not great, but I’m happy such a unique film is one of the biggest horror films in the past ten years.


It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1966
Synopsis: While the rest of the kids go trick or treating, Linus hangs out in a pumpkin patch on Halloween, believing an entity will bring him toys.
EMN Notes: I remember having this on VHS as a kid. I felt a little bad for Linus at the time, but he is just kind of a weird conspiracy theorist who is super attached to his supernatural toy giving person, while being rude to people who believe in Santa. Anyways, I think this is a staple of great fall/Halloween specials. I don’t watch it every year, but I’ll remember it fondly, at least.


Jason X
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2001
Synopsis: Jason Voorhees is detained in cryogenic stasis by the United States government for his regenerative cell abilities to be used as a tool, only to be thawed out over 400 years into the future.
EMN Notes: This movie is ridiculous, and hated by horror fans and non-horror fans alike, but it’s fun and campy bullshit. As a fan of the Friday the 13th movies, this is one of the worst but also BIG MAN SMASH.


Jaws
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1975
Synopsis: A bloodthirsty shark terrorizes the beaches during tourist season.
EMN Notes: I have kind of mixed feelings on Spielberg, but this movie’s great. There’s a reason this film spawned so many B-movie rip-offs that we eventually got the idea of sharks being carried by tornadoes. Of all When Nature Attacksfilms, I would put this at the top, way above even other classics like The Birds. It has thrills, great characters with great chemistry, and the indestructible shark menace is fantastic. I like him here the most, though. I think the sequels making him supernatural is hilarious, but not technically ‘good’ writing.


Jennifer’s Body
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2009
Synopsis: When two best friends separate for the night after a concert, one of them shows up again having turned into a man-eating succubus.
EMN Notes: The fact this film was passed up in 2009 is honestly criminal, but I’m glad it got cult status in the past few years. It honestly reminds me of an Edgar Wright project in terms of its humor and the way it’s shot. It’s a little like Scott Pilgrim, just a lot more gory. I would have loved this film in High School, honestly. It captures my High School years like nothing else could. It’s hilarious, it’s smart, it’s bloody, it’s very midwest in feel, and best of all, it’s gay. Five stars.


Ju-on: The Grudge
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2002
Synopsis: A family moves into a house where a man once murdered his his wife, his son, and their pet, in an event that turned them into vengeful ghosts.
EMN Notes: I’ve never seen this film or Ring, at least not their Japanese versions. I haven’t even seen the American Grudge movie, so I am walking into this one with zero expectations besides that it’s famous.


Laid to Rest
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2009
Synopsis: A woman with amnesia wakes up in a casket, and has to defend herself against a serial killer in a suit wearing a metal skull.
EMN Notes: I ended up watching this and its sequel a little earlier this year after the series’ director unfortunately passed away this year. They’re unusual slashers, but they really grow on you. I’m not a CG “hater”, but the benefit of having a special effects guy as artist is that he knows how to make better practical effects than anything else that was being shown at the time. The digital camera look makes it feel cheap, and then it brings you into reality and then makes you face realistic looking gore, like you’re watching a snuff film. It really reminds me of My Bloody Valentine in its shock value as a horror. It has its faults, but just like that one, the villain and the kills steal the show so much you’ll be hooked regardless. It’s flawed, and there’s a moment near the end I don’t care for, but I really think it’s good fun.


Let The Right One In
Years in the Lineup: 2020
Year: 2008
Synopsis: A young kid from Stockholm befriends a vampire girl around his age.
EMN Notes: Another one of our few foreign films. We picked this one because Roger Ebert called it one of the greatest modern vampire films. This film is so darn pretty. If you love goth aesthetics but also winter, this is absolutely your film. In terms of the story, it’s thankfully very wholesome, even if it deals with a lot of really dark subject matter. It’s definitely worth looking at the content warnings before watching this. Still, it’s a very serious yet bloody horror movie, but it manages to be somber and calm as well. It’s deserving of its praise.


Malignant
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2021
Synopsis: A woman finds herself suspected of murder when she’s able to see an unusually-moving serial killer’s actions in her dreams.
EMN Notes: There’s a slow build with this one, but I’m glad I trusted James Wan enough to put this one on here. You’ll be left wondering where it’s going at the start, and absolutely convinced that there’s no way it can pull this off, but without revealing anything, I’d say it does in a cheesy, stupid but fun way. This is a far cry from James Wan’s more cerebral horror, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t well thought out. It knows what it is and delivers a perfect final act. Someone described this one on twitter like the lost entry to an FMV horror game franchise, and that’s about the best description I’ve seen for what kind of a vibe to expect. It’s a tribute to 80’s and 90’s slasher films with a story could only have been made around that time, and modern effects. Just turn off your brain at the door and enjoy the ride.


Mandy
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2018
Synopsis: A couple who live out in the mountains are captured by a hippie cult looking to indoctrinate the wife.
EMN Notes: This is one of the most beautiful art films I have ever seen in my entire life. After seeing this a month ago, it is now one of my honest to god favorites right now, and I would love to watch it again.


Maniac
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 2012
Synopsis: A look through the eyes of a traumatized serial killer who dresses his victims up as mannequins to stare over him as he sleeps.
EMN Notes: I really like the original film, as well as the stories of how they filmed it. I’ve been interested in this remake because I hear Elijah Wood did an amazing job, and I’m fascinated in how they try and pull off what I know are many, many different first-person shots. I think it is a brilliant decision if they can nail it down, given that seeing a day through his life was what fascinated and haunted me about the original Maniac.


Maniac Cop
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1988
Synopsis: A massive and terrifying killer cop is slaughtering civilians in New York City. Only a group of detectives can get to the bottom of who the cop is.
EMN Notes: A fun 80’s slasher with a fantastic villain. This one was one I knew for sure we needed to add after I saw it for the first time last year.


Maniac Cop 2
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1990
Synopsis: “The Maniac Cop” Matt Cordell is back on the streets, where he finds and befriends another criminal who sees potential in Matt as his backup.
EMN Notes: This one has a worse protagonist, but a great new character and plenty more Cordell. Overall, we’re adding it because it’s a solid sequel to Maniac Cop 1, arguably better in some areas and worse in others.


Monster Squad
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 1987
Synopsis: A group of horror-loving kids team up to stop a legendary group of monsters lead by Count Dracula.
EMN Notes: This is basically a Goonies meets Universal Horror monsters movie. It’s not the greatest, but it’s an enjoyable sort of 80’s time capsule. It’s goofy and corny, but a fun ride. My one gripe is that you get a lot of passive homophobia among other stuff with the characters. I’m guessing is mostly for authenticity given the majority the characters are pre-teens, but it’s about the one thing I sigh and roll my eyes at.


Murder Party
Years in the Lineup: 2020, 2021
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A lonely man accepts an invitation for a Halloween costume party, only to be held hostage by art students making a snuff film.
EMN Notes: The reason this low budget indie horror works is because it’s both very funny and has a strong cast of mostly unlikable characters, and the one loser meter maid who just wanted to do something social in his mostly mundane life. It takes a lot of smart writing to pull that off, so credits to them for that. As for its addition to the channel, all credit goes to our friend Silas for the recommendation last year. I loved it when i saw it, but it’s really grown on me the more I think on it.


My Bloody Valentine
Years in the Lineup: 2021
Year: 1981
Synopsis: A murderous miner returns after twenty years when the town reinstates the Valentine’s Day dance that lead to him being trapped in a mine and resorting to cannibalism.
EMN Notes: We saw the remake on Valentine’s Day 2020 as a goof, but I love the original, and I would love to share that one. Harry is one of my favorite horror villains in terms of looks.