ONTD Watch Party Nights: A Month of Spooky Cinema 🎃 👻 🎟
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Hello, it is the month of October and it is time to break out the chai lattes, the cans of pumpkin puree in the back of your pantry (you didn't know that shit was there until I reminded you, huh?), wrap your yourself in a warm blanket and watch some movies.
Instead of doing Saturday evening, the month of October will featured some Halloween appropriate films and we'll do a double feature - one movie on Friday and the other movie on Saturday. The movies will be from Netflix and Hulu (since that's what I have) We will be using the Google Chrome extension - Teleparty which works with desktop and laptop and each movie will begin around 9:05 US ET. You don't have to join for both movies, just pick and choose what you'd like. Since the range is a bit limited, I tried to make a lil' genre theme for each film and also tried to pick out some films that may not be incredibly popular.
Each movie will have a post as a reminder and links will be sent out in those posts for each film by yours truly!
Friday: JAWS (on US Netflix)
Click to viewWhen a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
Saturday: Children of the Corn
As physician Burt Stanton (Peter Horton) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Linda Hamilton), drive across the Midwest to his new job, their trip comes to a sudden halt when they encounter the body of a murdered boy in the road. In trying to contact the authorities, Burt and Vicky wander into a small town populated only by children, followers of sinister young preacher Isaac Chroner (John Franklin). Soon the couple is fleeing the youthful fanatics, who want to sacrifice them to their demonic deity.
Friday: Let the Right One In
A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boys wish for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. But Elis arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she's a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear.
Saturday:
*Honestly, TBD. I'm still trying to find a good one.
Friday: Pilgrim
Based on a shocking true story: In an attempt to remind her family of their privilege and help them bond, Ms. Anna Barker invites Pilgrim reenactors to stay with them over Thanksgiving. When the “actors” refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.
Saturday: What Keeps You Alive
Jackie and Jules are a couple celebrating their first anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie's family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules' normally loving wife, as Jackie begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side -- all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves in a terrifying fight to survive.
Friday: Attack The Block
From the producers of Shaun of the Dead, ATTACK THE BLOCK is a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen street gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters. It turns a London housing project into a sci-fi battleground, the low-income apartment complex into a fortress under siege. And it turns a crazy mix of tough street kids into a team of kick ass heroes. It's inner city versus outer space and it's going to explode.
Saturday: Secrets in the Hot Spring
Qie Xiaogin and his friends explore his family’s hot springs hotel, which seems to be haunted. His grandparents also seem to be hiding something - will the boys ever discover the truth behind the hotel?
Friday: His House
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Saturday: TBD because turns out lots of horror movies have the premise a family moving to a new place and then oooooh sinister tings happen. Still trying to find something more imaginative.
Tonight, we're screening JAWS. Click HERE for the party! Was too lazy to make a separate post.