The weekend has arrived, Halloween is just around the corner, and precious scary film imbibing time is quickly passing away. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have barely put a dent in the pile of films I would like to watch for the Peril on the Screen portion of the R.I.P. V Challenge.
The good news?
It is not too late.
On October 1st, Jenn, of Jenn’s Bookshelves, began hosting the Halloween Fright Fest (click on image above to link to the entry post). Over the next 10 days I would like to tag along with her in spending some quality time with celluloid mystery, suspense, and horror. And I would like to invite you along as well.
Simply sign up over on Jenn’s site and whenever you watch something in the spirit of R.I.P. just post about it in the comments section of this post. Share what you thought of what you watched, thoughts on your favorite creepy films, etc. And off and on throughout the next 10 days I will choose a few random winners for a surprise R.I.P. prize pack!
To kick things off in our household, Mary and I have decided to take a much needed day off and we are hosting our own little all-day Friday Fright Fest. Our daughter and her boyfriend are joining us in the evening. I cannot tell you how giddy and excited I am about something as simple as kicking back and spending the day watching movies. I made invitations for Tori and Grant. I bought dark chocolate hot chocolate and whipped cream in a can. I bought some cheap plastic Halloween bowls from Target for popcorn. And I’ve lined up a bunch of movies for us to choose from:
-Sleepy Hollow
-Blood and Chocolate
-The Others
-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Arsenic and Old Lace
-Comedy of Terrors
-The Raven
-Fall of the House of Usher
-Pit and the Pendulum
-Corpse Bride
-Shaun of the Dead
-The Orphanage
-Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb
-Silent Hill
-It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
-Night Gallery
and these are just a few. Obviously there is no way I’ll get through all the movies I want to in the next 10 days, but I am going to revel in the screen peril as well as the reading peril until the close of All Hallow’s Eve.
I hope you’ll join in! Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Oh, and check back in soon, I have a really fun interview with artist Jennifer Gordon which will also include some art prizes and a special shopping deal just for you R.I.P. participants.
I’m totally signing up. I’m amazed by how late pregnancy has impacted my reading (i.e. I’m not doing much of it). Next week I might be on early maternity leave and I’ll spend the time on the couch watching creepy old movies.
My wife and I watched Zombieland a few weeks back so I’ll count that for some RIP viewing.
Have fun tomorrow you crazy kids. I’m jealous of your down time. š
i would love too, only my girls are petrified of scary movies and to be honest so am I. But I do hope to have a bit of Halloween scary reading. Enjoy your day.
I am more then smiling to see Carey Grants movie of Arsenic and old Lace! lol I love that movie!
Is Sleepy Hollow the Johnny Depp version?? I thought he did that really well
Thanks for the shout out! Each week I host a weekly giveaway in which I give away the books I reviewed that previous week. All you need to do is link up your post about a horror book/movie. This week’s Mr. Linky is here: http://www.jennsbookshelves.com/2010/10/17/fright-fest-week-three-begins/. Next week’s Mr. Linky will go up on Sunday. This week I’m giving away Holy Ghosts by Gary Jansen, a Karen Marie Moning prize pack, and The Faithful by Jonathan Weyer.
I am going to order Arsenic and Old Lace from the library right now. I love The Others and Sleepy Hollow too. Our family always watches The Ghost and Mr. Chicken every Halloween. It’s become tradition.
Since i’ve officially completed the reading portion of R.I.P. i’ve just been waiting for it to get closer to Halloween for the Peril on the Screen portion. Hoping to veg out this weekend and get some of my list watched also…FUN!!!
(wish i had your knoshies tho, they sound fabulous!)
We watched part of Bullit while at Bouchercon, but had to leave partway through )before the chase scene) so it doesn’t count. As for “scary” movies, none watched, none planned.
Some good ones there! I think we are going to try to watch Fright Night this weekend. I like the *idea* of scary movies but sometimes I get too scared. Me, who often gets grumpy at books not being scary enough. Ah, irony.
Oh, The Fall of the House of Usher scared me to death on the late night movie channel when I was a kid! Certainly encouraged my reading of Poe. And I’d love to see Arsenic and Old Lace again…a real classic!
Well, I woke up before dawn this morning, sneaked off to Einstein Bagel to get breakfast, then came back and spent three glorious hours alone in the wastelands of Fallout: New Vegas. The game came out Tuesday and I haven’t spent much time with it yet, so this was fun, and full of creepiness too. We then watched The Corpse Bride (love that film) and soon we will make a trip to the library and then to Walmart to pick up Halloween candy, and then back for more movies.
Jenclair: Those old Vincent Price movies, when watched in the dark, particularly alone, still give me the creeps. Which is probably why I’ve purchased so many of them over the years.
Daphne: Well I hope you don’t get too scared with whatever you choose to watch, just scared enough. š
Richard: I have Bullit in my Netflix queue. It is possible that I’ve seen in before, but I have no memory of it at all. No mysteries or suspense films in your viewing future? I weep for you. š
sgist: I wish you a wonderful weekend, filled with fright.
Ariel: I actually cheated and watched Sleepy Hollow over the course of two nights this past week. I put it in my laptop, put on headphones, and crawled in bed while my family slept and watched it in the pitch dark. Deliciously creepy. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a really fun movie, as is Private Eyes, which is also appropriate for this time of year, being a campy horror/mystery farce.
Jenn: Thanks for the prize link. I encourage everyone to take advantage of the chance for free reads!
Deslily: Arsenic and Old Lace is one of our must see movies every year at this time. Even if we don’t get to others, we make sure to watch that. Tori was scared by it as a child and so she is looking forward to watching it again. It will be Grant’s first time. And yes, Sleepy Hollow is the Depp version. He did great in that one. Of course I like him in all of Burton’s films.
Vivienne: Then I would highly recommend Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were Rabbit. Both fun Halloween movies.
Jeff: I’m glad you got Keri to watch Zombieland. I knew she would enjoy it. That is one I want to pick up cheap sometime.
Amanda: I wish you all the best in these last moments of pregnancy and hope all is well. And I hope you can have some “you” time during your maternity leave.
I also love to watch To Kill a Mockingbird at this time of year too, I know it’s not “scary” but I love the Halloween aspect of it, and of course Boo Radley!!
Jennifer: That is so true, hadn’t thought of that. Great choice.
Scary movies are so much fun. I’m getting my list ready for Halloween night!
You guys have a wonderful time getting scared š
am trying to psyche myself into seeing The Orphanage. We have been watching scary movies with a 10 year old –ala Monster House (so the scare factor is a bit low); but the other night we watched Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (the husband and I, not the daughter). while I know the film isn’t technically horror–that creature with the eyes in his hands has me crawling up the back of the couch. so, in my love for Guillermo del Toro’s vision, I am going to desperately try to watch The Orphanage.
and when I finish Dracula today, we are Ford Coppola’s Dracula this weekend…(which I am also somewhat dreading because the book is scaring me but good).
~L
L: The Orphanage is fantastic. Slow-building, moody, full of atmosphere. Pan’s Labyrinth is a great film and definitely has horror elements. I almost grabbed it for a reviewing the other night. Glad to hear you are enjoying reading Dracula.
Iliana: We did, and will. You too!
Weekend update:
After our trip to Walmart and the library, Mary and I watched Blood and Chocolate. While it isn’t a great film, it is one I enjoy. And having watched the film first, I hated the book when I read it. I can easily understand why anyone who loved the book would consider the film a travesty because they completely changed the story.
When Tori came home and Grant came over we watched Arsenic and Old Lace (one of Cary Grant’s most perfect films, in my opinion. The comic timing is glorious) and then watched the old Vincent Price film, The Fall of the House of Usher. Very fun, hadn’t seen that in several years.
Saturday we watched the Bob Hope/Paulette Goddard film, The Ghost Breakers. This is another favorite that we watch every year. Fun comedy in a haunted castle setting. Goddard is feisty and beautiful, Hope is clever and witty. It is a really charming film.
On Sunday we watched the Masterpiece Theatre presentation of a modern Sherlock Holmes. I wasn’t expecting to like it and then actually did. It wasn’t perfect, but it had some really nice moments and I enjoyed the chemistry between Holmes and Watson. Nice to see Martin Freeman in this knowing he will be Bilbo in the new Hobbit film. I think he’ll do a really nice job.
And of course I filled the cracks with more Fallout: New Vegas, which included some Ghoul hunting.
Looking forward to squeezing some more Halloween Fright Fest viewing in this week.
Well, I ended up trying to kill myself with yard work so, didn’t get to have my movie marathon. @_@ but i DID get to watch Sherlock. I have heard such different viewpoints from the Doctor Who blogs (Moffat lovers & haters both) that i wasn’t sure ‘what’ to expect.
Personally, I LOVED IT! Adored Lestrade, really like the actors playing both Watson & Holmes. Looking forward to the next 2 Sundays viewings. Watson attempting to pick-up Mycroft’s assistant has got to be my favorite laugh out loud bit in the first episode. Really hope that they carry on with that little gem in the next stories.
Sgist: I’m certainly a purist when it comes to some fictional characters or works of fiction, but I have never been in regards to Sherlock Holmes, particularly since most of my exposure has not been to the actual works themselves until just recently. I was very pleased with the role that humor played in the show. It didn’t stray into farce at all and was balanced well with the rest of the story.
Oh, and I cannot believe I forgot to add that we also watched The Nightmare Before Christmas on Saturday night. How could I forget to mention one of my favorites? Very happy to have gotten Corpse Bride and NBX in this Halloween season.