The last horror, thriller or suspense film you watched

I liked The Beguiled a lot when I saw it years ago. Have you seen the Sofia Coppola remake? I have not, but I probavky will now that it's on HBO. I wonder how they'd compare.

Don't Open the Door (1974), a.k.a. Don't Hang Up, which would have been a better title since the lead character spends half the movie on the phone with a heavy breather/pervert/killer, and kinda getting off on it too! The ending was the best part, but a bit of a rough slog to get to.

TCM is where I recorded it from, just got to it last night! Such an odd movie to find on that network. I kinda liked it, but it could have been so much more.

Over the weekend, Man Made Monster, an exceedingly well made B from 1941 featuring a young Lon Chaney, Jr. in his first starring role in a horror, and he served the material well.

Fine work from the supporting cast, especially Lionel Atwill as a mad doctor, Samuel S. Hinds as a sane one. Modest budget, it delivers the goods all the same. For those who like old black and white movies, and who have a fondness for Noir and horror, I highly recommend this one.

The only downside I can think of is its unrelenting sadness. As would become customary for Chaney, his monster character is more victim than perp. It's like a dry run for The Wolf Man, moves at a faster pace, features more action, far less local color.

I'm watching right now on the Svengoolie Show on MeTV
( IMPO ) this most memorable William Castle  film .

The Night Walker from 1964

Dementia 13 (1963) -  This early Coppola effort with Patrick Magee and pretty Luana Anders was worth a rewatch. It's a good murder mystery, though a tad slow and confusing at times, and most prints of this public domain film are kinda crappy looking. "6.5/10"

The Broken (2008) - Good Invasion of the Body Snatchers style thriller. Instead of 'pod people', we get mirror people - doppelgangers that break through people's mirrors and replace them. A French-British film. "7/10"

Rope (1948) - Hitchcock classic. "9/10"

It (2017) - A pleasant surprise: I actually enjoyed this adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel. I wasn't expecting much from this film. All the hype surrounding It turned me off so I stayed away from the film when it was first released. And while it lacks the character development of the boring miniseries, there's a lot more action in the form of jump scares and well-done special effects (the CGI doesn't bother me in this film..in fact, it works rather well). The filmmakers knew what to keep from the novel (the main characters and theme) and what to exclude and they decided to primarily focus on the horror aspects of the story, leaving aside the character development and relationship stuff, resulting in a thrill-a-minute style horror film. A worthy effort. "7.5/10"

A double feature last night of Jeepers Creepers 3 and Elvira hosted I Eat Your Skin (1964).

From everything I read - I was expecting far worse from Jeepers Creepers 3, but while beyond ordinary it had a couple decent moments as it acted as a bridging film between the first two films. Some dodgy aspects aside (acting, dialogues etc), it was stylishly shot and fast moving. Odd use of extra slow-mo, but strangely I liked those scenes. Weak compared to the first two films with lesser of a production, but I’ve seen much worse for it not to be diverting enough.

As for I Eat Your Skin, talk about a chore of a drive-in fare. Dumb writing, and terribly acted voodoo horror with few amusing crusty faced zombies and a head decapitation. No skin eating though. Gladly Elvira’s quips made it bearable to sit through.

Queen of the Damned - 2/10