CHUD Challenge List: July 2019
This is a list of movies I've had lying around for ages and never got around to watching, so I am participating in the CHUD Challenge. A member of the CHUD Buddies community will be picking four of these movies for me to watch during July, and post reviews of same.
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Absolution (1978) dir. Anthony Page
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948) dir. Lew Landers
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935) dir. Ford Beebe
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) dir. Mark Atkins
All-Star Superman (2011) dir. Sam Liu
The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Bernard Vorhaus
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Angel and the Badman (1947) dir. James Edward Grant
Anna Karenina (1948) dir. Julien Duvivier
The Ape (1940) dir. William Nigh
Apocalypse (1997) dir. Hubert de la Bouillerie
The Armour of God (1986) dir. Jackie Chan
Assassin of Youth (1938) dir. Elmer Clifton
Atom Age Vampire (1960) dir. Anton Giuilo Majano
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Attack of the Moon Zombies (2011) dir. Christopher R. Mihm
The Avenging Eagle (1978) dir. Chung Sun
Azumi 2 (2005) dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Bangkok Haunted (2001) dir. Oxide Chun Pang
The Bat (1926) dir. Roland West
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) dir. Monte Hellman
Beauty and the Beast (1991) dir. Gary Trousdale
The Big Boss (1971) dir. Wei Lo
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) dir. John Carpenter
Black Jack: The Movie (1996) dir. Osamu Dezaki
The Black Room (1935) dir. Roy William Neill
Blood Brothers (?) dir. Chang Cheh
The Brain that Wouldn't Die (1962) dir. Joseph Green
Braveheart (1995) dir. Mel Gibson
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) dir. James P. Hogan
Captain Kidd (1945) dir. Rowland V. Lee
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) dir. Jesus Franco
Celtic Thunder: It's Entertainment (2010) dir. Michael Watt
Chained for Life (1951) dir. Harry L. Fraser
Champagne (1928) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) dir. Phil Rosen
Child Bride (1938) dir. Harry Revier
Chocolate (2008) dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Creature (1985) dir. William Malone
Crypt of the Vampire (1964) dir. Camillo Mastrocinque
Dead-Alive (1992) dir. Peter Jackson
The Dead Matter (2010) dir. Edward Douglas
Death Wish (1974) dir. Michael Winner
Devil Girl from Mars (1954) dir. David MacDonald
Doctor Strange (2007) dir. Patrick Archibald
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) dir. Mitsuo Hashimoto
Drunken Monkey (2003) dir. Chia-Liang Liu
Earthquake (1974) dir. Mark Robson
Easy Virtue (1926) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Egg and I (1947) Chester Erskine
Electric Dragon 80,000 V (2001) dir. Gakuryu Ishii (4)
Excalibur (1981) dir. John Boorman (3)
Existenz (1999) dir. David Cronenburg
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi
Fist of Fury (1972) dir. Wei Lo
Five Deadly Venoms (1978) dir. Cheh Chang
Flash Gordon: Rocketship (1936) dir. Ford Beebe
The Fly (1958) dir. Kurt Neumann
The Flying Deuces (1939) dir. A. Edward Sutherland
The Flying Scotsman (1929) dir. Castleton Knight
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) dir. Dick Randall
Gaslight (1940) dir. Thorold Dickinson
The General (1936) dir. Clyde Bruckman
The Giant of Marathon (1959) dir. Jacques Tourneur
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) dir. Mamoru Hosoda
Great American West (1973) dir. Denis Sanders
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) dir. Chris Columbus
The Hasty Heart (1949) dir. Vincent Sherman
Hollywood Safari (1997) dir. Henri Charr
Horror Hotel (1960) dir. John Llewellyn Moxey
House on Haunted Hill (1959) dir. William Castle
The Incredibles (2004) dir. Brad Bird
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) dir. Toshiya Shinohara
The Jade Mask (1945) dir. Phil Rosen
Jodhaa Akbar (2008) dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
Juggernaut (1936) dir. Henry Edwards
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) dir. Sam Liu
Justice League Doom (2012) dir. Lauren Montgomery
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) dir. Wes Gleason
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) dir. Michael Curtiz
Key Largo (1948) dir. John Huston
Kitaro (2007) dir. Katsuhide Motoki
Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord (2002) dir. Tanit Jitnukul
The Land that Time Forgot (2009) dir. C. Thomas Howell
The Last Tycoon (2012) dir. Jing Wong
Law of the Wild (1934) dir. B. Reeves Eason
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) dir. Kinji Fukasaku
Legend of the Red Dragon (1994) dir. Jing Wong
Let the Right One In (2008) dir. Tomas Alfredson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) dir. Charles Lamont
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) dir. Jim Monaco
Mamma Mia! The Movie (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) dir. Nick Grinde
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) dir. RZA
Martial Angels (2001) dir. Clarence Ford
Maze (1996) dir. Atsushi Aono
Meera (1992) dir. P.C. Sreeram
Meeting at Midnight (1944) dir. Phil Rosen
Metropolis (1927) dir. Fritz Lang
Metropolis (2001) dir. Rintaro
Militant Eagle (1978) dir. Chia Chih Li
The Milky Way (1936) dir. Leo McCarey
Monster from Green Hell (1957) dir. Kenneth G. Crane
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) dir. Terry Gilliam
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) dir. Tensai Okamura
Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) dir. Toshiyuki Tsuru
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) dir. Marlon Brando
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) dir. Prachya Pinkaew
The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) dir. Jean Yarbrough
Paradise Canyon (1935) dir. Carl Pierson
The Plague of the Zombies (1966) dir. John Gilling
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000) dir. Matsamitsu Hidaka
Ponyo (2008) dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Princess Mononoke (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1)
Prodigal Boxer (?) dir. Unknown, stars Fei Meng
Project A (1983) dir. Jackie Chan
Rage at Dawn (1955) dir. Tim Whelan
Return of the Evil Fox (1991) dir. George Leung
The Return of the Five Deadly Venoms (1978) dir. Cheh Chang
Return of the Fly (1959) dir. Edward Bernds
Samurai Princess (2009) dir. Kengo Kaji
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) dir. Allan Dwan
The Scarlet Clue (1945) dir. Phil Rosen
Secret of the Andes (1998) dir. Alejandro Azzano
Serenity (2005) dir. Joss Whedon
The Seven Samurai (1954) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) dir. Michael Herz
The Shanghai Cobra (1945) dir. Phil Karlson
The Shooting (1966) dir. Monte Hellman
Snake Girl and the Silver Haired Witch (1968) dir. Noriaki Yuasa
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) dir. Henry King
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) dir. William Cottrell
Spy Smasher (1942) dir. William Witney
Summer Wars (2009) dir. Mamoru Hosoda
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) dir. Terence Fisher
Tales from the East (unknown) dir. Manfred Wong
Tales of Terror (1962) dir. Roger Corman
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) dir. Charles F. Haas
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
Tulsa (1949) dir. Stuart Heisler
Twice-Told Tales (1963) dir. Sidney Salkow (2)
Volcano High (2001) dir. Tae-gyun Kim
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) dir. Peter Bogdanovich
The War of the Worlds (1953) dir. Byron Haskin
Weird Woman (1944) dir. Reginald Le Borg
When Worlds Collide (1951) dir. Rudolph Mate
White Comanche (1967) dir. Gilbert Kay
White Zombie (1932) dir. Victor Halperin
Wildfire (1945) dir. Robert Emmett Tansey
Winds of the Wasteland (1936) dir. Mack Wright
Wonder Woman (2009) dir. Lauren Montgomery
Zebraman (2009) dir. Takashi Miike
Why, yes, most of these are from discount bins, why do you ask?
Previous Challenge movies:
Blackmail (1929) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Carnival of Souls (1962) dir. Herk Harvey
Chamber of Horrors (1940) dir. Norman Lee
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) dir. Russell Mulcahy
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) dir. Robert Wise
The Last Man on Earth (1960) dir. Sidney Saikow
Operation Condor (1991) dir. Jackie Chan
Star Trek (2009) dir. J.J. Abrams
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) dir. Isao Takahata
Tales from Earthsea (2006) dir. Goro Miyazaki
Tarzan the Fearless (1933) dir. Robert F. Hill
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) dir. Hideo Gosha
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Absolution (1978) dir. Anthony Page
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948) dir. Lew Landers
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935) dir. Ford Beebe
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) dir. Mark Atkins
All-Star Superman (2011) dir. Sam Liu
The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Bernard Vorhaus
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Angel and the Badman (1947) dir. James Edward Grant
Anna Karenina (1948) dir. Julien Duvivier
The Ape (1940) dir. William Nigh
Apocalypse (1997) dir. Hubert de la Bouillerie
The Armour of God (1986) dir. Jackie Chan
Assassin of Youth (1938) dir. Elmer Clifton
Atom Age Vampire (1960) dir. Anton Giuilo Majano
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Attack of the Moon Zombies (2011) dir. Christopher R. Mihm
The Avenging Eagle (1978) dir. Chung Sun
Azumi 2 (2005) dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Bangkok Haunted (2001) dir. Oxide Chun Pang
The Bat (1926) dir. Roland West
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) dir. Monte Hellman
Beauty and the Beast (1991) dir. Gary Trousdale
The Big Boss (1971) dir. Wei Lo
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) dir. John Carpenter
Black Jack: The Movie (1996) dir. Osamu Dezaki
The Black Room (1935) dir. Roy William Neill
Blood Brothers (?) dir. Chang Cheh
The Brain that Wouldn't Die (1962) dir. Joseph Green
Braveheart (1995) dir. Mel Gibson
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) dir. James P. Hogan
Captain Kidd (1945) dir. Rowland V. Lee
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) dir. Jesus Franco
Celtic Thunder: It's Entertainment (2010) dir. Michael Watt
Chained for Life (1951) dir. Harry L. Fraser
Champagne (1928) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) dir. Phil Rosen
Child Bride (1938) dir. Harry Revier
Chocolate (2008) dir. Prachya Pinkaew
Creature (1985) dir. William Malone
Crypt of the Vampire (1964) dir. Camillo Mastrocinque
Dead-Alive (1992) dir. Peter Jackson
The Dead Matter (2010) dir. Edward Douglas
Death Wish (1974) dir. Michael Winner
Devil Girl from Mars (1954) dir. David MacDonald
Doctor Strange (2007) dir. Patrick Archibald
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) dir. Mitsuo Hashimoto
Drunken Monkey (2003) dir. Chia-Liang Liu
Earthquake (1974) dir. Mark Robson
Easy Virtue (1926) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Egg and I (1947) Chester Erskine
Electric Dragon 80,000 V (2001) dir. Gakuryu Ishii (4)
Excalibur (1981) dir. John Boorman (3)
Existenz (1999) dir. David Cronenburg
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi
Fist of Fury (1972) dir. Wei Lo
Five Deadly Venoms (1978) dir. Cheh Chang
Flash Gordon: Rocketship (1936) dir. Ford Beebe
The Fly (1958) dir. Kurt Neumann
The Flying Deuces (1939) dir. A. Edward Sutherland
The Flying Scotsman (1929) dir. Castleton Knight
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974) dir. Dick Randall
Gaslight (1940) dir. Thorold Dickinson
The General (1936) dir. Clyde Bruckman
The Giant of Marathon (1959) dir. Jacques Tourneur
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) dir. Mamoru Hosoda
Great American West (1973) dir. Denis Sanders
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) dir. Chris Columbus
The Hasty Heart (1949) dir. Vincent Sherman
Hollywood Safari (1997) dir. Henri Charr
Horror Hotel (1960) dir. John Llewellyn Moxey
House on Haunted Hill (1959) dir. William Castle
The Incredibles (2004) dir. Brad Bird
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) dir. Toshiya Shinohara
The Jade Mask (1945) dir. Phil Rosen
Jodhaa Akbar (2008) dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
Juggernaut (1936) dir. Henry Edwards
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) dir. Sam Liu
Justice League Doom (2012) dir. Lauren Montgomery
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) dir. Wes Gleason
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) dir. Michael Curtiz
Key Largo (1948) dir. John Huston
Kitaro (2007) dir. Katsuhide Motoki
Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord (2002) dir. Tanit Jitnukul
The Land that Time Forgot (2009) dir. C. Thomas Howell
The Last Tycoon (2012) dir. Jing Wong
Law of the Wild (1934) dir. B. Reeves Eason
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) dir. Kinji Fukasaku
Legend of the Red Dragon (1994) dir. Jing Wong
Let the Right One In (2008) dir. Tomas Alfredson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) dir. Charles Lamont
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) dir. Jim Monaco
Mamma Mia! The Movie (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) dir. Nick Grinde
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) dir. RZA
Martial Angels (2001) dir. Clarence Ford
Maze (1996) dir. Atsushi Aono
Meera (1992) dir. P.C. Sreeram
Meeting at Midnight (1944) dir. Phil Rosen
Metropolis (1927) dir. Fritz Lang
Metropolis (2001) dir. Rintaro
Militant Eagle (1978) dir. Chia Chih Li
The Milky Way (1936) dir. Leo McCarey
Monster from Green Hell (1957) dir. Kenneth G. Crane
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) dir. Terry Gilliam
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) dir. Tensai Okamura
Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) dir. Toshiyuki Tsuru
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) dir. Marlon Brando
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) dir. Prachya Pinkaew
The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) dir. Jean Yarbrough
Paradise Canyon (1935) dir. Carl Pierson
The Plague of the Zombies (1966) dir. John Gilling
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000) dir. Matsamitsu Hidaka
Ponyo (2008) dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Princess Mononoke (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1)
Prodigal Boxer (?) dir. Unknown, stars Fei Meng
Project A (1983) dir. Jackie Chan
Rage at Dawn (1955) dir. Tim Whelan
Return of the Evil Fox (1991) dir. George Leung
The Return of the Five Deadly Venoms (1978) dir. Cheh Chang
Return of the Fly (1959) dir. Edward Bernds
Samurai Princess (2009) dir. Kengo Kaji
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) dir. Allan Dwan
The Scarlet Clue (1945) dir. Phil Rosen
Secret of the Andes (1998) dir. Alejandro Azzano
Serenity (2005) dir. Joss Whedon
The Seven Samurai (1954) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) dir. Michael Herz
The Shanghai Cobra (1945) dir. Phil Karlson
The Shooting (1966) dir. Monte Hellman
Snake Girl and the Silver Haired Witch (1968) dir. Noriaki Yuasa
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) dir. Henry King
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) dir. William Cottrell
Spy Smasher (1942) dir. William Witney
Summer Wars (2009) dir. Mamoru Hosoda
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) dir. Terence Fisher
Tales from the East (unknown) dir. Manfred Wong
Tales of Terror (1962) dir. Roger Corman
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) dir. Charles F. Haas
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
Tulsa (1949) dir. Stuart Heisler
Twice-Told Tales (1963) dir. Sidney Salkow (2)
Volcano High (2001) dir. Tae-gyun Kim
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) dir. Peter Bogdanovich
The War of the Worlds (1953) dir. Byron Haskin
Weird Woman (1944) dir. Reginald Le Borg
When Worlds Collide (1951) dir. Rudolph Mate
White Comanche (1967) dir. Gilbert Kay
White Zombie (1932) dir. Victor Halperin
Wildfire (1945) dir. Robert Emmett Tansey
Winds of the Wasteland (1936) dir. Mack Wright
Wonder Woman (2009) dir. Lauren Montgomery
Zebraman (2009) dir. Takashi Miike
Why, yes, most of these are from discount bins, why do you ask?
Previous Challenge movies:
Blackmail (1929) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Carnival of Souls (1962) dir. Herk Harvey
Chamber of Horrors (1940) dir. Norman Lee
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) dir. Russell Mulcahy
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) dir. Robert Wise
The Last Man on Earth (1960) dir. Sidney Saikow
Operation Condor (1991) dir. Jackie Chan
Star Trek (2009) dir. J.J. Abrams
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) dir. Isao Takahata
Tales from Earthsea (2006) dir. Goro Miyazaki
Tarzan the Fearless (1933) dir. Robert F. Hill
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) dir. Hideo Gosha