What movies did you watch or buy this week? (11-11)

A few days late but I did manage to watch and buy a few movies recently.

Slender Man (2017)
The Dark (2018)
Private School (1983) Blu-ray (not a horror movie)
Nightmare Beach (1987) Blu-ray

And I just ordered Blu-rays of Berserker and Watch Me When I Kill.

Movie Franchises that Shouldn't Exist

For me, the ultimate is "The Amityville Horror' movie series. There is really no reason for this movie to have any sequels and/or spinoffs, let alone close to twenty.
What other movie franchises exist that probably shouldn't?

My top 10 after the horror challenge

I know I didn't officially participate in the October challenge on TE. I organized one for the Dutch speaking horror fans which started earlier (late September) and went on longer (until November 10th) than the usual. It gave more people the opportunity to reach the 31 goal. The winner eventually watched 116 movies. 10 from the 18 participants reached the end goal. I was 4th with 85 viewings I didn't really kept track exactly of the amount of FTV and RW but I guess 90% were FTV.

From the FTV's I derived this top 10 in no particular order:

The Human Centipede (2009)
Don't realy understand the turkey average on imdb. It wasn't that shocking but I found it a well executed 'fresh' idea. I also saw the second movie. Yeah that bad guy was a sleazy one but it had not the tension or the surprises from the first movie. It was paste copy, rinse and repeat just more gory and less interesting in the villain or victim department.

Beaks: The Movie (1987) aka Birds of Prey
You could call it the Mexican version of Hitchcock's The Birds. Beaks has not much character development and looks like a collection of scenes of people attacked by birds (many characters you don't see again after the attack). the acting is rather poor but the many bird attacks and a bit of gore make it a fun ride.

Demon Seed (1977)

At many points people wondered what would happen if computers actually would become so smart that they could make their own decisions and eventually disobey their human creators? I think Demon Seed might answer that question partly. It was a great movie where a computer terrorizes a women. He eventually wants to get her pregnant. Sounds sick yeah it is and it worked well for me. Reminded me also of The Entity which came out years later.

Lady in Cage (1964)
Another movie that is still a hot topic. What if some stranger is really in need. Would you rush to help or ignore it. What if a group of people see someone drowning. Would you jump in the water or look at the others hoping one of them does it? That's what this movie is about. Olivia de havilland as the handicapped woman is stuck in her elevator. Her cries for help only seem to attract low lives and thieves. Of course that leads to internal conflicts between the 'bad' guys as well.

Men behind the Sun (1988)
If you think movies like a Serbian movie or Human Centipede are sick, this Hong Kong flick actually show what it would be like to live in a concentration camp during war and basically being used as a lab rat. The graphic violence is pretty explicit not for the faint hearted.

Trauma (2017)
There is many movies with this title. It's a Chilean rape revenge movie which is pretty brutal. However it does quite a good job of explaining the psyche of the bad guys (why and how did they become so cruel) throughout the movie by means of flashbacks. The 4 female victims also have their fair share of character development and the introduction before the terror begins isn't overly long. So far the best movie I have seen in this genre. Doesn't shy away from female nudity at all (guess the metoo brigade didn't yet arrive there). The clichés are present but minimal.


Scream Bloody Murder (1973)
It has the look of a low budget Troma movie. The acting is average and the story is not good. However the troubled kid with an oedipus complex who really cannot stand a his mother being touched by some othe guy but him, does a great job. he goes crazy whenever he finds a new mother figure and sees a man going physical with her. Not really gory but nevertheless interesting as psychological portrait.

Criminally Insane (1975)
Low budget, no good in acting, sleazy characters. Corpulent Ethel can only think of 1 thing: eating. Everyone who stands in her way trying to prevent from stuffing food in her mouth will be sorry for trying! the kills are rather bloody even if it's so obviously red paint. Fun ride and it's only 1 hour long.

Hospital Massacre (1981) aka X-ray
Another slasher that doesn't offer much in story or in the acting department. However it's one that actually stays true to its title. Just sit back and enjoy.

Happy Birthday to me (1981)
Copy paste from what I wrote on another thread
Despite its length it never gets boring. Yeah it's true that there is quite a bit of red herrings being thrown in but wow what a great dark, twisty, macabre, fucked up ending was that! Throw in giallo elements (the black gloves), some great kills (especially the one with the weights ouch) and some real psycho elements and you have a movie that should have been a classic. Why its average is so low, well apparently some people found it too messy in story, well I guess they found it too complex.One of my favorite slashers now!

So what you think? Do you also have an own top 10 of FTV's

Comfort TV show or Movie

Does anyone have a TV show or movie that they turn on because it gives them comfort? Or is that just me? A show that when you turn on, no matter how many time you have watched it, you are instantly focused, and forgetting the issues going on in your life.

As how that has gotten you through your darkest times, and I guess as one might say, a security banket?

My life has been pretty fucked up recently. No matter how hard I try to pick my self up, I end up knocked down. But I tunred on my favorite show, and I started writing down some of my favorite quotes from it, and it calmed me.

For me that show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This show has seven seasons, and 144 episodes total, and there isn't one episode I would say I hate. I have watched this show so much, I can literally quote it word for word. But it still helps when I am feeling crazy depressed, or so angry I just want to hit someone. The moment I hear the words "Into every generation..." my heart soars a bit. And I know that no matter what I am going through, I can make it through. Its going to be tough, but I can fight like hell, or I can let the anger, or sadness, or frustration consume me. And though sometimes I want the latter, I always end up fighting my way back to happiness, and that is partly because I turn Buffy on, and let myself breathe, and compare my issues, and figure out how to be better.


So lets hear them. Movies or TV shows you watch because they make you laugh, or cry, or they get you engaged every time so you can forget your lives for a moment, and ultimately feel better.

New Skin: Junkipedia

I'm the kind of guy who likes ripping stuff off, because the more you do it, the more random little shit you'll learn about how it works and how you can benefit from it. So I've been working on a wikipedia skin.

It ain't the best thing in the world, but it's somewhat functional and it encompasses a good chunk of this site's database, including: media, people, users, links, pages, and disambiguations.

Example pages:

https://trashepics.com/wiki/Tom_Atkins
https://trashepics.com/wiki/Vincent_Price
https://trashepics.com/wiki/Halloween

All this stuff can be appropriately marked up and expanded, drawing the specifics like actors and runtimes from the database, so the boring parts are already in place and all you have to do is write some epic drivel for the bulk of the pages.

Clearly, I have to come up with a better mobile/desktop differentiation, but for now... just change that 'd' to an 'm' to see the difference. I also have to fix some of the mobile images, but I'm kinda tired of fucking with this for the time being, so there it is. Opinions?

2019 October Challenge Results

I am delighted at the turnout for this years challenge. It was a busy month here at Trashepics this month, with users returning, hopefully we can keep the momentum going. It was a lot of fun! Congratulations to Vince for winning and setting such an impressive standard!

VincentPriceIsRight 177 films - (52 FTVs)
Bambithedeer 84 films - (50 FTVs)
ebossert 77 films - (38 FTVs)
Amon_101 69 films - (59 FTVs)
Znep27 69 films - (51 FTVs)
ZombieCPA 46 films - (23 FTVs)
Ballz 44 films - (31 FTVs)
ConditionedResponse 42 films - (19 FTVs)
Gymnopedie 36 films - (32 FTVs)
Basic_Username 36 films - (19 FTVs)
jimb14red 35 films - (33 FTVs)
Snowy_Owl 34 films - (26 FTVs)
BaseBallZombies 32 films - (17 FTVs)
BloodWank 31 films - (28 FTVs)
NoseOfNicko 31 films - (24 FTVs)
shroudoftheimmortal 31 films - (16 FTVs)
Box_a_Hair 31 films - (16 FTVs)
Triggerhappy6 31 films - (16 FTVs)
PickOfDestiny 21 films - (11 FTVs)
sfpx 10 films - (9 FTVs)
markus-san 8 films - (6 FTVs)
zed 3 films - (3 FTVs)
Der_Tables 3 films - (2 FTVs)
Brett_Lives 2 films - (2 FTVs)
JennySplatter 0 films - (0 FTVs)
iceflamez 0 films - (0 FTVs)
Tommix 0 films - (0 FTVs)
Red_Otter 0 films - (0 FTVs)

How you feel about slashers?

Well I have been on a Slasher Marathon lately. It's rather silly since it's not really a favorite subgenre for me but I tried out usenet for a month half a year ago (I forgot to unsubscribe in time) and I didn't know what I could download at the time so I went for the slashers found in the grindhouse database.

I have been viewing them more or less chronologically. I'm noticing a few things. Contrary to popular belief gore & blood seem to be the exception rather than the rule, many kills not shown on screen or just quick and/or dark. The gratuitous nudity is in most cases rather brief too if there actually is any.

Another thing I noticed and rather bugs me that there is movies with a fantastic first kill shown in detail, really unsettling and makes you hope for more of that only to find out that all the other kills are hardly to be seen or not shown at all. Don't Go in the House (1979) was such a movie, great first kill made me hope for more of that but the rest it played out to be rather lame focusing on psychology and still mananging to keep the killer rather superficial. Pretty much the same with Don't Answer the Phone (1980) also had a reasonably good first murder, the others are poor again superficial psychology and 2 incompetent police men and a psychologist making Chief Wiggum look good.
Is this done deliberately I wonder to make sure you keep watching and hoping for more of this? It almost makes me wonder maybe it's better to watch it in reverse when the best parts are often in the first half hour.

The worst (1 or 2/10):

Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
The Final Terror (1983)
The Single Girls (1974)
Sugar Hill (1974)
Blood Thirst (1971)
Savage Weekend (1979)

Had potential but not a pass (3 to 4/10):

Don't open the Door (1975)
Drive-in Massacre (1976)
Exposé (1976)
Terror Train (1980)
Don't Go in the House (1979)

Don't Answer the Phone (1980)


Pass to almost good (5 to 6/10)

Criminally Insane (1975): my favorite so far, simple lunatic killer
Tower of Evil (1972): insane first good half, utterly bad second half
Don't go in the Woods (1971): low budget but fast paced and kills are pretty graphic, never boring
Prom Night (1980): It's rather slow after a great opening, picks up nicely in the last half hour

80s Challenge! Rules, and Discussion

Hey Guys, I know we are only a week into the awesomeness of the Turkey Challnege, but I wanted to let y'all know about nexts months challenges, and the rules!

To start off, the challnege will begin at midnight on December first, and will end at the stroke of midnight on New Years Day!

Basically the point of this challenge is to watch as many 80s movies as you can, and have fun!

You get 1 point for watching an 80s movie.

1 point if the movie is a sequel made in the 80s to a movie made in the 1980s or earlier

1 point, and only 1 point, if the movie features a Mullet.

1 point, and only 1 point, if the movie features a Mustache.

1 point if the movie is a John Hughes movie.

1 point if it's a Freddy Movie

1 point if it's a Jason Movie

1 point if kids go on an adventure

1 point for FTV

And since it is Christmas, a bonus point for any 80s Christmas movies!

This challenge will also have trifectas:

Actors for sure!

There will also be a Genre Trifectas. Horror, Comedy, and Action/Adventure.

Movies can only count towards 1 trifecta.

Single Trifecta: 3 points

Double Trifecta: 6 points

Triple Trifecta: 9 points


Just have fun this for this challenge, and as we get closer to December I will post a sign up thread, and repost the rules.

Jung Typology

Has anyone ever taken the test to find out about your Jung Typology? I just did, and it was eerily accurate. I used to really be into psychology, so taking the quiz was pretty fun. Usually I don't care about personality tests, but this one seems pretty true!


I am an INFJ. I'm curious to see what other people's types are!


Here is the site.
https://www.humanmetrics.com/personality

Since there's no month long challenge this May, is anyone interested in a week long challenge?

Sucks that the Documentary Challenge didn't happen this month. It's one I'm really looking forward to. Maybe I should've volunteered when @Messiah inquired about a host at the end of last month (I think that happened anyway, can't find it now).

I am however volunteering to host a week long challenge this month, if enough people are interested. I think it'd be best to start on a Sunday, so it'd have to either be this coming Sunday (13th) or the Sunday after that (20th).

To anyone interested, please help decide what that challenge might be. I recall a Shark Week being mentioned before, but that'd be better if it was saved for a summer month, yeah? Here are a few ideas I have:

Western Week

Simply watch movies that fall under the western genre. There are plenty of western movies out there to choose from, both old and new. Enough in fact that it could instead be used for a month long challenge, but I feel like most people here aren't big western fans. Not sure even I could remain interested in them for a month. A week though? That feels doable.

Halloween in May

It's like Christmas in July, but better. Because Halloween's better than Christmas. Also, Halloween is in about six months, just as Christmas is about six months after the start of July, so that sort of works too. This challenge wouldn't be a (complete) rehash of the October Challenge. Instead, the focus would be solely on Halloween-themed movies. Again, a month for this challenge would probably be too much.

Mother's Week

This challenge would only work if it started this coming Sunday, as that's Mother's Day. Movies with some kind of motherly aspect would apply. Psycho, Serial Mom, Mommie Dearest, to name a few. Isn't there even at least one horror movie called Mother's Day? I think the points would need to be something other than minute based for this one or at least the rules narrowed down to what specifically counts as a mother movie.

That's all I've got. Seriously, if you like any of my ideas, let me know, and if any of you have other ideas, pitch them. Your ideas are probably better than the ones I've thrown together. And if you have an idea which you'd prefer to host yourself, we can do that too. I'm just trying to get something together since it feels a little weird around here without an ongoing challenge.