Weekend Update

I had meant to start posting my 31 Days of Horror Movies on the blog along with FaceBook and Instragram....but I forgot about the blog part!

So I'll do an update here, and try to remember to that one daily.

Every October I do a 31 Days of Horror Movies, basically I try to watch one a day but sometimes I do have to double up.  This year I started George Romero style with the movie that gave me the love for the zombie genre:  Night of the Living Dead (1968) .  There's been a lot of zombie type movies since then, but this movie is what started it all!  The opening scene at the cemetery still terrifies me to this day.  CC and I visited Evans City Cemetery where this scene was filmed and you really couldn't help looking around hoping not to see something stumbling towards you 😟!  This movie over the years has been colorized and even had a remake; but only the original black & white version is the best...the black & white just adds some more creepiness to it!

The next evening I did the second Romero film Dawn of the Dead (1978).  This one is a fan favorite and considered Romero's best (though I think Night is much better).  Another one of his movies that has been remade; but the original still holds the test of time.  The mall seems like a pretty good set up for the zombie apocolypse and having also visited Monroeville Mall, where this was filmed, it was fun to rewatch.

Last night I moved onto Day of the Dead (1985).  There's been a few remakes of this one most having nothing to do with the original other than the name.  This one is a little more fun than the previous two and by the ending you're kind of rooting for the zombies, especially zombie Bub!  No, I've never been anywhere near where anything was filmed (to my knowledge) BUT, I did have the opportunity to watch the film at a breakfast with some of the cast members!!  That was a lot of fun!  Also - look for a very young Greg Nicotero in this one.

My plan was to continue on with Land of the Dead followed by  Diary of the Dead then Survival of the Dead but I can only find Land if I pay for it!  I pay way too much for streaming as it is, not paying anymore.  So I ended the Dead series with Day.

So now that we're caught up so far on the Horror Movies.....

I'm still moving along with Kickstart.  I did, against my better judgement, get on a regular scale and realized I had lost nothing - only maintained....what a downer.  I am moving forward, however, and not backwards!