Top 20 First Time Viewings of 2013

Top 20 Films I Saw This Year:

1.    Breathless (1960)
2.    Dead Ringers (1988)
3.    Battleship Potemkin (1925)
4.    Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
5.    Lost In Translation (2003)
6.    Fallen Angels (1995)
7.    Seconds (1966)
8.    Kill List (2011)
9.    Bob le flambeur (1956)
10.    Hombre (1967)
11.    The Cabin In The Woods (2012)
12.    The Thin Man (1934)
13.    Cemetery Man (1994)
14.    Upstream Color (2013)
15.    Chasing Amy (1997)
16.    The Man Who Laughs (1928)
17.    Tenebre (1982)
18.    Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
19.    The Lords of Salem (2012)
20.    Martha Marcy May Marlene (2012)

Honorable Mentions: The Doom Generation (1995), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), The Big Heat (1953), [Rec] (2007), Hatchet For The Honeymoon (1970)

Horrorfest 2013 Presents: Kill List (2011, Ben Wheatley)

A strong feeling of harsh gloom lingers, as gray clouds overcast the sky. That feeling that something terrible is about to happen enters your mind like a parasite burrowing its way into your brain. There is no escape, only fear and loathing, misery and slow loss of sanity. Strange men have given you and your partner a job-a “Kill List”-which must be completed at all costs. Regret over agreeing to murder for profit again begins to quietly wash over you, damaging the mind and the body. Only when the two of you encounter the truth do you realize the true horror of the situation. Darkness has taken over and revealed to thyself thy true form. Monster is thee.

Sinister purposes, odd symbols and rituals and the thought that none of this makes sense pervade this tale of murder and gore-crimes committed by well dressed men in tailored suits. Is what happens to Jay and Gal fate? Cosmic karma? Even with the final, haunting frame we the viewer are never quite sure. I have questions and I admire the film as it does not give any easy answers. Jay and Gal embody lies that obscure the truth. They pretend to be gentlemen when they are really professional thugs. Jay carries on the false pretense that he is a family man. Its odd and funny how easily we adopt falsehoods, especially when they serve our own twisted ends. Yet we never question the why. Even when its too late and the bloody answer was starring us right in the face.

Movie Log 2013

January:

1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)-85, Netflix Instant Viewing

2. Lost In Translation (2003)-98, Netflix Instant Viewing

3. Valhalla Rising (2010)-95, Netflix Instant Viewing

4. Night Train To Munich (1940)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing

5. Violent Cop (1989)-92, Netflix DVD

Movie of the Month: Lost In Translation (2003)-98, Netflix Instant Viewing

February:

6. Chasing Amy (1997)-95, Blu Ray

7. Mallrats (1995)-90, Blu Ray

8. Dead Ringers (1988)-100, Netflix DVD

9. Adam and Dog (2011)-93, YouTube

10. Fresh Guacamole (2012)-65, Showtime

11. Head Over Heels (2012)-90, YouTube

12. Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (2012)-85, Online

13. Paperman (2012)-81, YouTube

14. Naked Lunch (1991)-93, Netflix DVD

15. Red (2010)-90, DVD

Movie of the Month: Dead Ringers (1988)-100, Netflix DVD

March:

16. Breathless (1960)-100, Netflix DVD

17. Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1985)-0 (MSTK Commentary-100), YouTube

18. Dredd (2012)-84, Public Library

19. Megamind (2010)-75, FX

20. Crash (1996)-91, Netflix DVD

21. Bob le flambeur (1956)-95, Netflix DVD

Movie of the Month: Breathless (1960)-100, Netflix DVD

April:

22. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)-83, Netflix Instant Viewing

23. As Tears Go By (1988)-88, Netflix Instant Viewing

24. Shame (2011)-92, Netflix DVD

Movie of the Month: Shame (2011)-92, Netflix DVD

May:

25. Killing Them Softly (2012)-92, RedBox DVD

26. Iron Man 3 (2013)-88, Theater

27. The Brides of Dracula (1960)-65, MeTV

28. Zoom (2006)-53, CW

Movie of the Month: Killing Them Softly (2012)-92, RedBox DVD

June:

29. The Last Stand (2013)-87, RedBox

30. Human Trafficking (2005)-35, DVD

31. Miami Connection (1986)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

32. The Doom Generation (1995)-93, Netflix Instant Viewing

33. Hammett (1982)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

34. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)-77, Netflix Instant Viewing

35. Days of Being Wild (1990)-91, Netflix Instant Viewing

Movie of the Month: The Doom Generation (1995)-93, Netflix Instant Viewing

July:

36. Fallen Angels (1995)-97, Netflix Instant Viewing

37. Sleeping Beauty (2011)-79, Netflix Instant Viewing

38. Upstream Color (2013)-95, Netflix Instant Viewing

39. My Name Is Nobody (1973)-85, Netflix Instant Viewing

40. Hombre (1967)-95, Netflix Instant Viewing

41. Juno (2007)-90, DVD

42. Stark Trek Into Darkness (2013)-85, Theater Viewing

43. Battleship Potemkin (1925)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing

44. End of Watch (2012)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

45. Homecoming (2006)-73, Netflix

46. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

47. House of the Devil (2009)-91, Netflix Instant Viewing

Movie of the Month: Battleship Potemkin (1925)-100, Netflix Instant Viewing

August:

48. The Foreigner (1978)-90, TCM

49. This Is The End (2013)-91, Theater Viewing

50. The Innkeepers (2012)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

51. The Prophecy (1995)-84, Netflix Instant Viewing

52. The Man Who Laughs (1928)-95, YouTube

53. John Dies At The End (2013)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

54. Stargate (1994)-81, Netflix Instant Viewing

Movie of the Month: The Man Who Laughs (1928)-95, YouTube

September:

55. The Cabin In The Woods (2012)-95, Netflix Instant Viewing

56. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)-94, Netflix

57. Four Flies On Gray Velvet (1971)-89, Netflix

58. Sgt. Bilko (1996)-77, Netflix Instant Viewing

59. Tenebre (1982)-95, Netflix

60. The Lords of Salem (2012)-95, RedBox

61. The Evil Dead (2013)-76, RedBox

62. The Hamiltons (2006)-69, Netflix Instant Viewing

63. The Prophecy II (1998)-65, Netflix Instant Viewing

64. Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)-95, Netflix

65. Hellraiser (1987)-88, Netflix Instant Viewing

66. Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972)-85, Netflix

Movie of the Month: Tenebre (1982)-95, Netflix

October:

67. Forbidden World (1982)-75, Netflix Instant Viewing

68. V/H/S (2012)-82, Netflix Instant Viewing

69. Stake Land (2011)-87, Netflix Instant Viewing

70. [Rec] (2007)-93, Netflix

71. Kill List (2011)-97, Netflix Instant Viewing

72. Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)-79, Netflix Instant Viewing

73. Ghoulies II (1987)-44, Netflix Instant Viewing

74. Immortality (1998)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

75. Nomads (1986)-52, Netflix Instant Viewing

76. The Bay (2012)-85, Netflix Instant Viewing

77. Resident Evil (2002)-82, Netflix Instant Viewing

78. Killing Season (2013)-51, RedBox

79. Pumpkinhead (1988)-91, Netflix Instant Viewing

80. The People Under The Stairs (1991)-83, Netflix Instant Viewing

81. Mimic (1997)-86, Netflix Instant Viewing

82. Bloody Birthday (1981)-71, Netflix Instant Viewing

83. The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)-73, Netflix Instant Viewing

84. Cemetery Man (1994)-95, Netflix

85. Graveyard Shift (1990)-70, Public Library

86. Sisters (1973)-91, TCM

87. Village of the Damned (1960)-90, TCM

88. Terror Train (1980)-80, Public Library

89. TerrorVision (1986)-76, Public Library

90. The Video Dead (1987)-74, Public Library

91. City of the Living Dead (1980)-81, Netflix

92. Leprechaun 2 (1994)-79, Netflix Instant Viewing

93. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)-93, Netflix Instant Viewing

94. The Funhouse (1981)-91, Public Library

95. 5 Dolls For An August Moon (1970)-81, Netflix Instant Viewing

96. Hatchet For The Honeymoon (1970)-92, Netflix Instant Viewing

97. A Bay of Blood (1971)-88, Netflix Instant Viewing

Movie Of The Month: Kill List (2011)-97, Netflix Instant Viewing

November:

98. The Blob (1988)-83, Netflix

99. The Thin Man (1934)-95, Public Library

100. Only God Forgives (2013)-90, Netflix Instant Viewing

101. X: The Unknown (1956)-74, Netflix

102. The Magic Sword (1962)-40, Public Library

103. Alien From L.A. (1988)-15, Public Library

104. Danger!! Death Ray (1967)-2, Public Library

105. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)-65, Netflix

106. The Mole People (1956)-31, Public Library

107. Seconds (1966)-97, Criterion

Movie of the Month: Seconds (1966)-97, Criterion

December:

108. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)-83, Netflix

109. Bronson (2009)-91, Netflix

110. The Final Sacrifice (1990)-0, Public Library

111. Carnal Knowledge (1971)-94, TCM

112. Robot Holocaust (1986)-0, Public Library

113. OK Connery (1967)-14, Public Library

114. The Big Heat (1953)-93, TCM

115. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)-99, TCM

116. 2 Guns (2013)-80, RedBox

Movie of the Month: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)-99, TCM