Man, what a contest this year! I am SO glad we imposed a deadline, otherwise I'd be living with guilty pressure for months to come, and maybe the whole year. Looking at the month I'm embarrassed to note that of my 26 movies I only posted 7 reviews during actual October. And then that crazy 15 review weekend... sorry about that. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read such a dense text bomb.
I was only able to finish because I did NOT write my reviews in the order in which I saw them, something I've rigidly stuck to since I've been a 'thonner for no reason I can think of now. It was way more fun to write the review I was thinking about, instead of grinding through the next one no matter what. Then I even posted them out of order and the world didn't explode, so I'm blowing that system off for good. It just slowed me down.
And, for I hope the last time this year, I have caught up on comments again, going back to 50P's Trollhunter review.
Now, the brass tacks:
All-Around Favorite Movie: Monsters, with Trollhunter coming in as a close second.
Best Hidden Gem Movie: An honorable mention to Homebodies, but the winner is Gorgo for the sneaky trick of being one of the best of its genre.
Worst Movie: Blood Beach, hands down. I'd say they just tied a camera and microphone around a dog's neck and called it a movie, but that would be unfair to dogs.
Best So Bad It's Good Movie: Saturn 3, which was just relentlessly unintentionally silly.
Most Disturbing Movie: Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman because that ghost was just so damn random and mean. Honorable mention to Let's Scare Jessica to Death for its offputting weirdness.
Goriest Movie: Piranha 3D, with a respectful nod to Zombie
Scariest Movie: Black Sabbath, thanks to the Gritted Teeth Lady. Aaaah! She's here!
Best Looking Monster: I thought about the humongous Jotnar troll from Trollhunter and the brain critters from Fiend Without a Face, but the winner is Gorgo, for being everything you could want in a rampaging monster and still looking somewhat original.
Most Memorable Death: The chick whose hair gets tangled in the boat propeller in Piranha, because it culminates with all the skin from her upper lip to the top of her face being ripped off. It's not even clear that she dies, but having one's face skinned is... yuck.
Most Avoidable Death: This is a tie. There's the person in Zombieland who pranks somebody by pretending to be a zombie and the idiot in Jeepers Creepers 2 who plays with the unconscious Creeper's wing that's sticking through the roof of the bus.
Hottest Hottie: How come nobody's picking hottest hotties? Honorable mention to Samantha from Monsters (actress Whitney Able, top), but the win goes to 50s cutie-pie Kim Parker, whose short film career graced Fiend Without a Face.
Thanks for another great year, folks! I'll do a post shortly about voting for some favorites.
One more thing: I watched seven movies this year as a direct result of being recommended by other 'thonners:
JSP: Zombie and Homebodies
Cat: Black Sabbath and Idle Hands
DCD: Let's Scare Jessica to Death
JPX: Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman and Trollhunter
They were ALL winners. We're going to do a pregame recommendation powwow every year.
Gorgo demands it!
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