So like nine freakin' months ago, I filmed this moviethon called The Unseenly Moviethon to promote Doomed Moviethon the book's release. Then the book got delayed. Then the editing of this video got delayed! Jeez Louise! Thanks, life! Thanks a lot for nothing. So anyway, back in May of 2019, I watched 16 movies in two and a half days. Fun times were had. For real though. If you know anyone who has ever seen a video, then ask them what it's like.
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Another year has come and gone, which is how many, many great writers -maybe even some that are better than me- have started a sentence. In spite of minor health problems and major procrastinations, I finally finished my new book and released it. That’s right, Doomed Moviethon: the book version has finally been released. I'm planning on dropping some pretty cool promo materials related to it soon. But you can get it over at Amazon right now.
My band GYROJETS played some gigs and we finally released a new song! It's about the movie called Pieces and the song is called "Pieces". My other band Caduceus, the instrumental freak duo, played live for the first time and released an album of old recordings that we kinda forgot about. The podcast is still going strong. We're almost to episode 200! So, the word to sum everything up here is “busy” like I like but it was just kind of a strange 12 months that flew by. I can hear you screaming for me to actually talk about movies now.
Totals
Movies watched: 369
Fist time watches: 146
Somebody on Twitter asked me to start a Letterboxd account to help them track my movie watching. I’ll just post that link right here. Oh wait, you’re looking at it! This is my Duderboxd. Okay, let’s have a look at my favorite first time watches of the year! I’m going to start with films that I saw for the first time that weren’t released this year. Old movies? Ew, bro! I watched a lot of great stuff this year and it was difficult to narrow it all down. But I tried! An important part of the following list is how I badly I want to rewatch a film. So there's that.
The Lucky Fourteen
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - This was a film that took me way too long to get around to. Probably my favorite of the year.
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) - For some reason, I'd seen the weird sequel to this and not the original. Wow. Just wow.
FleshEater (1988) - Here's a secret Halloween film that is also a freakin' riot.
Wishing Stairs (2003) - This is an outstanding film. I can't recommend it highly enough. Masterful.
Night Life (1989) - This is a weird one. A late 80s obscurity that needs to be rescued from VHS/DVD bootleg hell.
Frozen Scream (1975) - An insanely broken patchwork movie that is a good time.
Lurking Fear (1994) - A Lovecraft adaptation/siege film with its heart in the right place.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) - Another contender for my favorite of the year. Instant classic in my house.
Us (2019) - I don't know what to say and I have a lot to say. This will always be a treasured cinema experience for me and an all around banger of a film.
The Vampire Lovers (1970) - I've been searching for this movie since I was a little kid. One scene had haunted me for over 30 years. Wonderful.
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) - In terms of weird, this is second to none.
Witching and Bitching (2013) - A wildly funny satire that is both mind-bending and energetic as hell.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - Finally sat down and finished this truly unique labor of love.
Cam (2018) - A brutal, depressing, and frightening film that I couldn't stop thinking about for weeks afterward.
Honorable Mentions
For every Top Whatever list, you have the losers! But we're all winners here.
Prospect (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Unmasked Part 25 (1988)
Down a Dark Hall (2018)
13 Ghosts (1960)
The Ritual (2017)
Night Moves (1975)
Burying the Ex (2014)
Encounter with the Unknown (1972)
Cold Skin (2017)
Zombie High (1987)
Ghost Stories (2017)
The Vagrant (1992)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Rebecca (1940)
Tragedy Girls (2017)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Mandy (2018)
Frankenhooker (1990)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
Honorable Mentions of 2019
As usual, I didn’t get out to the theaters enough to see frickin' new releases. But here’s a quck list of some stuff I enjoyed.
Knives Out (2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
3 from Hell (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Midsommar (2019)
Missing Link (2019)
Haunt (2019)
Shazam! (2019)
* means a First Time Watch.
Ma (2019)*
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)*
The Irishman (2019)*
The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen (1951)*
Malibu Express (1985)
Elves (1989)
Freaky Farley (2007)
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)
Black Christmas (1974)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Deep Red (1975)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Black Christmas (2006)
Grave Robbers (1989)*
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
Black Christmas (2019)*
Krampus (2015)
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Terrifier (2016)*
Knives Out (2019)*
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Dead End (2003)
P2 (2007)
An American Christmas Carol (1979)*
Christmas Evil (1980)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
White Christmas (1954)
The Ref (1994)
Hardware (1990)
Silent Night (2012)
Prime Evil (1988)
Pottersville (2017)*
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)*
The American Scream (1988)*
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)*
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)*
New Year's Evil (1980)
Terror Train (1980)
Bloody New Year (1987)
* means a first time watch.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
The Midnight Hour (1985)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
The Hunger (1983)
Night Life (1989)*
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Vineyard (1989)*
Iron Man (2008)
Beyond Evil (1980)*
Thor (2011)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
The Avengers (2012)
Doctor Sleep (2019)*
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Iron Man Three (2013)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Missing Link (2019)*
Unmasked Part 25 (1988)*
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Ruins (2008)*
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Music Man (1962)
Blood Rage (1987)
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)*
Blue Velvet (1986)
White Christmas (1954)
Berserker (1987)*
The Holiday (2006)
To All a Goodnight (1980)
* means a first time watch.
The Body Snatcher (1945)*
Hocus Pocus (1993)
WolfCop (2014)
The Uninvited (1944)
13 Ghosts (1960)*
The Tingler (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Blade II (2002)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
The Haunting of Morella (1990)*
Scream of Fear (1961)
Once Bitten (1985)
Pet Sematary (2019)*
The Ritual (2017)*
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
The Halloween Tree (1993)
Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
Cat People (1942)
Halloween (2018)
Bewitched (2005)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Freaky Farley (2007)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween II (1981)
* means a First Time Watch.
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)*
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
The World's End (2013)*
The Vampire Lovers (1970)*
ParaNorman (2012)
Coraline (2009)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Pieces (1982)
Horror on Snape Island (1972)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
3 from Hell (2019)*
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)*
Haunt (2019)*
Greta (2018)*
The Beast Must Die (1974)*
Lurking Fear (1994)*
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)*
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)*
Burying the Ex (2014)*
Rabid (1977)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Fellini - Satyricon (1969)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)*
Veerana (1988)*
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Stripped to Kill (1987)*
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)
Purani Haveli (1989)*
Man-Thing (2005)*
House at the End of the Street (2012)
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
Idle Hands (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Glass (2019)*
Practical Magic (1998)
Super 8 (2011)*
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)*
Down a Dark Hall (2018)*
The Wyvern Mystery (2000)*
Crooked House (2017)*
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Escape from New York (1981)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Halloweentown (1998)
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
Halloween II (2009)
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
The Worst Witch (1986)
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
It's true, the new episode of My Horror Shelfie is finally up! After 10 months and a ridiculous amount of weight gain (thanks, thyroid!), I finally was in the mood to get back into being in front of the camera. The real issue of course is computers. Seriously though, I hate video editing so much. I want to go back to VHS tape to tape editing but mailing you guys a tape every time an episode is finally finished is prohibitively expensive. As a little added bonus, I put all of the background music I've made for the Shelfie series up on Bandcamp. Give it a listen!
Oh and here's episode #8, in case you missed it:
* means a First Time Watch.
Overlord (2018)*
Pieces (1982)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
License to Drive (1988)*
Midsommar (2019)*
Urban Legend (1998)
Scream 2 (1997)
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)*
Wishing Stairs (2003)*
Voice (2005)*
Dark Shadows (2012)
Funny Face (1957)*
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Shazam! (2019)*
Noises Off... (1992)
The Dark Power (1985)*
Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)*
The Addams Family (1991)
Black Christmas (2006)
Christmas Evil (1980)
Absurd (1981)
Hellboy (2019)*
Witching and Bitching (2013)*
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
Little Witches (1996)*
* means a First Time Watch.
Re-Animator (1985)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Halloween (1978)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Johnny Be Good (1988)*
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Angst (1983)*
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Cold Skin (2017)*
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Persuasion (1995)
Grease (1978)
Grease 2 (1982)
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)*
The Girl Who Knew Too Much AKA Evil Eye (1963)
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
Pacific Rim (2013)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)*
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Saint Bernard (2013)*
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)*
The Hobbit (1977)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Tragedy Girls (2017)*
Haunting Inside (2019)*
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)*
Iron Man (2008)
Spirited Away (2001)
Akira (1988)
The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
Graduation Day (1981)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Encounters in the Deep (1979)*
Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot (1976)*
Microwave Massacre (1983)*
Ghostkeeper (1981)*
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)*
Bad Moon (1996)*
Nightmaster (1987)*
Manhunter (1986)
The Being (1983)*
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)*
Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)*
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Death Warmed Up (1984)
Prospect (2018)*
The Carpenter (1988)*
Knights of Badassdom (2013)*
Dredd (2012)
The Dungeonmaster (1984)*
The Brainiac (1962)*
Death by Invitation (1971)*
Nightmare Sisters (1988)*
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)*
Picasso Trigger (1988)*
Disconnected (1984)*
The Velvet Vampire (1971)*
The Super Inframan (1975)*
Blood Song (1982)*
Frankenhooker (1990)*
Dorian Gray (1970)*
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)*
Frozen Scream (1975)*
Cellar Dweller (1988)*
The Attic (1980)*
The Favourite (2018)*
* means a First Time Watch.
April Fool's Day (1986)
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)*
The Black Sleep (1956)*
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
976-Evil II (1991)*
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Heartbeeps (1981)
Assassination Nation (2018)*
House Of Witchcraft (1989)
Spasmo (1974)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)*
The Black Dahlia (2006)
The Guard from Underground AKA Jigoku no keibîn (1992)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Life (2017)*
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Zombie High (1987)*
The Boogey Man (1980)
Phenomena (1985)
Venom (2018)*
Incredibles 2 (2018)*
Serial Mom (1994)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Ghoulies (1984)
Web of the Spider AKA Nella stretta morsa del ragno (1971)*
Maniac (2012)*
Antropophagus (1980)
Absurd (1981)
