31 in 31 - A New Dimension in Terror...

"Dammit, Shelly, why do you always have to be such an asshole?

- "Sorry. And I'm not an asshole, I'm an actor."

"Same thing."



Day 13 - Friday the 13th Part 3 - in 3D! - 1982

1982 has to be one of the best years ever right? The first Friday film I saw on late night TV. It's not the best, but I will always love it since it was my first. Jason gets his mask, and then gets an axe:

31 in 31 - "You're all doomed."

"I don't wanna scare anyone, but I'm gonna give it to you straight about Jason. His body was never recovered from the lake after he drowned. And if you listen to the old-timers in town, they'll tell you he's still out there, some sort of demented creature, surviving in the wilderness, full grown by now... stalking... stealing what he needs, living off wild animals and vegetation. Some folks claim they've even seen him, right in this area. The girl that survived that night at Camp Blood, that... Friday The 13th? She claimed she saw him. She disappeared two months later... vanished. Blood was everywhere. No one knows what happened to her. Legend has it that Jason saw his mother beheaded that night. Then, he took his revenge, a revenge he continued to seek if anyone ever enters his wilderness again. And, by now, I guess you all know we're the first to return here. Five years... five long years he's been dorment. And he's hungry. Jason's out there... watching... always on the prowl for intruders... ready to kill... ready to devour... thirsty for young blood."



Day 12 - Friday the 13th Part 2 - (1981)

Ol' Sackhead Jason attacks! Gruesome sequel - Amy Steel is a badass final girl. Great 80s horror!

31 in 31 - "Silver Shamrock!"

"I do love a good joke and this is the best ever: a joke on the children."



Day 11 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Poorly received back in the day, but I love its weird nature. Tom Atkins and Dan O'Herlihy (yes the old man from RoboCop) chew up the scenery in this.

Tun it OFF! STOP IT!!! TURN IT OFF!

31 in 31 - "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."

"The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly... The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield."



Day 10 - Dracula (1931)

A classic. Every horror fan needs to see it once. Not very long but has immense atmosphere and photography. Bela Lugosi is simply fantastic in this. He helped to create an icon - and is never shown with fangs.

31 in 31 - "They're not Swedish, Mac. They're Norwegian."

"I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!"



Day 9 - The Thing (1982)

John Carpenter's 1982 masterwork. Kurt Russell kicks ass. Special Effects still hold up today. An October favorite. Pour a cold one and enjoy:

31 in 31 - "Welcome to Prime Time, Bitch!"

"His name is Freddy Krueger. He was a child murderer before he died, and after he died... well, he became something worse."



Day 8 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Freddy's back, Nancy's back, John Saxon is back. One of my favorite horror sequels EVER. And also the scariest puppet on film:

31 in 31 - "Get a job in a sideshow."

"I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know and what would a note say, Dan? "Cat dead, details later"? "



Day 7 - Re-Animator (1985)

One of my favorite horror movies ever. Jeffrey Combs is a master. So funny and dark. I'll never forget the first time I saw it on late night TV.

Wake up, Dr. Hill...

31 in 31 - "More human than human is our motto."

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."



Day 6 - Blade Runner . 1982

Sci-Fi Classic. Moody and full of great actors. Rutger Hauer for the win. And Harrison Ford eats noodles.

31 in 31 - 'T'Kuvma The Unforgettable'

'Here it Comes.'



Day 5 - Double bill of Star Trek Discovery premiere episodes. Not horror but very dark. And I do what I want.

1x01 - The Vulcan Hello

1x02 - Battle at the Binary Stars



Basically a Star Trek movie on television. A+.

31 in 31 - "Space..."

"Go. Away."



Day 4 - Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4x17 - 'Night Terrors'

The crew can't dream and all begin to lose their collective sh*t. Some gnarly visions occur and ghostly happenings invade the Enterprise - like bodies in a morgue sitting up around Dr. Crusher. CREEPY!

Bonus points for repurposing a Reliant model as the ill-fated USS Brittain.

31 in 31 - "She's ALIIVE!"

"You think I'm mad. Perhaps I am. But listen, Henry Frankenstein. While you were digging in your graves, piecing together dead tissues, I, my dear pupil, went for my material to the source of life. I grew my creatures, like cultures, grew them as nature does, from seed."



DAY 3 - The Bride of Frankenstein - 1935.

Funny that in 1935 all they had to put on the poster was Karloff. No full name needed here. My favorite scene is when the injured monster breaks bread with the blind hermit. Elsa Lanchester was a fox! A classic.

31 in 31 - "12:00, the 21st of April."

"I don't know what happened to Antonio Bay tonight. Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us. In one moment, it vanished. But if this has been anything but a nightmare, and if we don't wake up to find ourselves safe in our beds, it could come again. To the ships at sea who can hear my voice, look across the water, into the darkness. Look for the fog."



Day 2 - THE FOG - 1980.

Creepy minimal horror from the master Carpenter.

31 in 31 - "Some day this war's gonna end..."

"Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that."



DAY 1 - Apocalypse Now - 1979.

Technically not a horror film, but it is full of horrible things. And of course -- Robert Duvall.