Final tally: 35 movies watched, 26 were first time views. Not bad, that is about my average.
While I did great in the challenge, I failed in making these "game related". I have a few things I am going to post this week that might make up for it.
The Movie of the Month was, of course, The Witch. So good I watched it twice.
The surprise hits, for me, were Eyes of Fire (1983) and Haunter (2013).
I also promised to talk about what my favorite horror movies of all time are. That is much harder since there are so many. I am going to give it more thought.
If you are curious I have set up a Pinterest Board with all the posters of the movies I have watched over the last 7 years of doing this. 228 pins total.
For next year I am thinking of doing something very different.
First, yes, I want to make as many game stats for the movies I watch as possible. I have to stay true to my first and most loyal audience.
Also, I have all the these VHS tapes that I copied in the 80s and early 90s, about 16 total. Each one is 6 or 8 hours long with anywhere from 3 to 5 movies per tape, but usually 4. Rough estimates I put it at 45 movies, give or take. What I want to do is go through all of those and review all those movies before tossing out the tape. I would also check to see if there are Blu-Ray or DVD options for the movies. Now I am totally expecting these tapes to be in complete crap condition. Some I know have not seen the light of day in 20 years. But I think it would be fun. Since they are all movies I have seen before, game stats will come quicker to me.
 |
| The bottom row are horror tapes. If this works I'll tackle the row above which is all MST3k. |
That is also the problem. 45 movies, all of them are ones I have seen before, So no first-time views. I hold out that there might be one or two on there I have never seen. It is possible. I used to work nights, so I'd go to the library, check out some tapes, take them home and cue them up to copy to watch while I was in college.
While this pleases my OCD and my need to declutter I am hoping that the tapes are still in good enough shape. The other issue is I have only one working VHS player in the house (i think) so I am locked to watching these in one room. I am very, very spoiled with all my on-demand streaming options.
We will see how it goes.
I've enjoyed reading your posts. There are definitely a few movies on your list that I haven't seen and want to check out.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to go back and see what films you watched.
ReplyDeleteWe purchased a VHS to DVD recorder, and the tapes that have a decent recording were transferred. A few others we just purchased the DVD. Amazing how much space those tapes take up.
I got in 35 watches this year myself, all of them new to me, and The Witch was definitely the best of them... which might not be saying much considering some of the crap I watched, but I really did enjoy it and can definitely see it influencing my games of Lamentations of the Flame Princess. Mostly for amping up the religious fervor/paranoia of various NPCs, but it also pushed some very creepy witches at me.
ReplyDelete