I know I am putting this post up a few days early... but I figured I may as well get it up and ready.

With Halloween being my all-time favorite holiday... I like to celebrate it all month long. So every year at this time I have a month long horror / Halloween marathon. Every year I try to beat my record of most horror movies,  horror or Halloween episode TV Series and now Other (Shorts/Documentaries). The best I ever done was last year when I watched 103 Movies, 55 TV Show Episodes & 5 Other. Will I be able to beat my best record... I am almost positive I won't. I already know that I will not have the time to put to it this year like I did last. But that is ok... as I plan to give it my all whether it is a win, loose or a draw! And no matter what happens I am going to have a great time!

Goal:
Movies: 104
TV Eps: 56
Other: 9


“Hi, I’m Chucky, wanna play?”

Recent Horror Additions: (within the Last few months)
- 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
- Boy Eats Girl
- Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
- Craving
- Creep
- Creepshow III
- Death Tunnel
- Drive Thru
- Feeding Grounds
- Heebie Jeebies
- Hell's Highway
- Holloween II (Remake)
- Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
- Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep
- The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
- Lost Boys: The Thirst
- Midnight Mass
- Mirrors 2
- Night Shadow
- Paranormal Activity 2
- Prey
- Psychosis
- Puppet Master
- Puppet Master 2
- Puppet Master 3
- The Rage
- Raging Sharks
- Resident Evil: Afterlife
- Severed: Forest of the Dead
- Shallow Ground
- Shelter
- Survival of the Dead
- A Tale of Two Sisters
- Tamara
- The Thaw
- The Zombie Diaries

Anything I got lately that I should be looking forward to?

I don't post here much anymore, but always like to swing by when Pete starts his annual Halloween Marathon!  

From your list, I'd definitely recommend The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue and A Tale of Two Sisters; both are an acquired taste, but are firm favourites of mine.

However, I thought Creep was abysmal.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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Thanks for the recommendations 

bizarre_eye....
Looking forward to starting again. But don't get your hopes up too high on my getting as much stuff watched as usual. I already know I won't have the time to put into it this year as I did the past few years.

Eh. Irrelevant of the volume of titles you manage to get through, I always enjoy the ride! 

Yup... two days and counting. I been having the urge to watch some vampire stuff lately... so will probably watch a bit of that the first day.

I would just go ahead and toss Tamara in the trash, just saying it sucks and sucked! I liked some other ones on your list though, albiet in the minority.
Death Tunnel
Creepshow 3
Lost Boys 3
Mirrors 2

I can't recall if I liked or hated Kraken, think it was closer to hate.

Quoting bigdaddyhorse:

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I would just go ahead and toss Tamara in the trash, just saying it sucks and sucked! I liked some other ones on your list though, albiet in the minority.
Death Tunnel
Creepshow 3
Lost Boys 3
Mirrors 2

I can't recall if I liked or hated Kraken, think it was closer to hate.

I can't throw Tamara in the trash! it is on a DVD with 3 other movies!   

Besides... there has been many movies that I liked... but seemed like I was the only one in the world that liked it. 

Title: Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Year: 2009
Director: Paul Weitz
Rating: PG-13
Length: 109 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish


Stars:
John C. Reilly
Josh Hutcherson
Chris Massoglia
Jessica Carlson
Michael Cerveris
Ray Stevenson

Plot:
Welcome to the Cirque du Freak, a traveling sideshow filled with magical creatures, misunderstood freaks, and the mysterious vampire, Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly). Drawn to the dark, unpredictable world of the Cirque, 16-year-old Darren (Chris Massoglia) decides to trade in his ordinary life for a chance to become an immortal vampire. As Darren explores his newfound powers and faces unexpected enemies, he'll find that his existence as a memeber of the undead is filled with more challenges, suspense and fun than he ever thought possible. Based on the best-selling book series and co-starring Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson, Ken Watanabe, and Willem Dafoe, it's a fast-paced, suspenseful journey critics call, "Imaginative!" (Peter Hall, Cinematical.com)

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes

My Thoughts:
This is one I never seen before. But with my love for all things vampires...I been wanting to check this one out since the first time I saw the trailer. It turned out to be a bit different then I was expecting. Not really a bad different.. but not really as good as I was expecting either. The movie plays with the vampire legend a bit... but that seems to be true about most vampire movies. I think the vampire legend gets changed to the story-teller's needs more so then any other. I did like the idea of the 2 different clans of vampires going to war. I also enjoyed all the different freaks that was in the movie. While I realize they didn't have time to really get into it... I would have liked to see some more on them. Maybe a bit of background info on at least some of them.

From what I understand this is from a series of books. So while it did complete the storyline in this movie... it also left itself wide open for sequels. Which I hope will see eventually come out... because over-all while I was expecting a bit better... I still enjoyed the movie.

My Rating: 4/5


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