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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 18h

#SCVpsychochallenge 15. GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Feast your eyes on something with little to no dialogue at all.

Hush (2016)

First Time Viewing.
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Movie poster for Hush with the tagline "Silence Can Be Killer"

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 1d

Boo! The TNT high sheriffs got a little scissor-happy with the old lady in the wheelchair. We missed her go flying through the plate-glass window of the bingo parlor!

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 1d

#SCVpsychochallenge 14.“SHUT THE FACE UP”: Watch a TV edit of an R rated movie, you fairy godmother.
MonsterVision presentation of Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice. This was apparently the last episode Joe Bob Briggs hosted.
First Time Viewing.
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Title screen for Children of the Corn: The Final Sacrifice

Drive-in totals: 29 dead bodies. Zombie youth brigade. Throat-ripping. Cornstalk impalement.

Drive-in totals: Exploding face. Old-lady crushing. Wheelchair Lady creamed by a dumptruck & launched through a plate-glass window of a bingo parlor.

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 2d

#SCVpsychochallenge 13. HOLLYWOODLAND BACK: Made by an indigenous filmmaker or has featured indigenous cast members.
Clearcut (1991)
First Time Viewing. RIP Graham Greene.
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 3d

I think that's going to be my pick too. I was seeing it recommended a lot when Graham Greene passed back in September.

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 3d

Myriam Cyr as Claire saying "I said...look into my eyes."

Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, that happens in it. youtu.be/QX6YF7w3VW4?...

Tokyo Gore Police - Blood Jets

YouTube video by juliusqueezer

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 3d

#SCVpsychochallenge 12. MOROSE CODE: Nestle into your favorite dark place to view a Gothic horror piece.
Gothic (1987)
First Time Viewing.
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Movie poster for Gothic (1987) based on Henry Fuseli's 1781 painting The Nightmare.

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 4d

This feels like it was based on a manga but somehow wasn't.

Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 4d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 11: DYSTOPIAN FUTURE: Polite society just ain’t what it used to be.
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
First Time Viewing. Going with the daily pick to keep the 1st time watch streak going.
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 5d

It's good but I may need to watch lighter fare afterwards to even out the night.

Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 5d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 10: ESTIMATION…DECIMATION: Today’s forecast is mushroom cloudy with a 100% chance of radiation.
Testament (1983 )
First Time Viewing. Kinda cool this started as an episode of PBS's American Playhouse but got promoted to a theatrical release.
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Movie poster for Testament with tagline "They never had a chance to their children grow up. To watch each other grow old. To fix up the house, to take that vacation. Because it only took an instant to shatter their dreams."

Family watching an emergency alert appear on their TV screen.

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 6d

This has more senior actors than a season of "Murder, She Wrote." The hallucination scene is hilarious too.

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 6d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 9: MASTER OF DISASTER: Watch any Irwin Allen offering.
The Swarm (1978)
First Time Viewing
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 8d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 7: NOW THAT’S BRASS: Skewer the end of week one with a thrust of metal - be it precious or, better yet, base.
Blades (1988)
First Time Viewing
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 9d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 6: Squeaky Reels - “This one came out in 1925, SHHHHH!
The Unholy Three (1925)
First Time Viewing
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 10d

Update: It did indeed qualify.

Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 11d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 5: SHRIEKS & SQUEALS
Audition (1999) First Time Viewing.
I've heard some people say the sound design in this one still creeps them out so hoping it fills the requirements for today's challenge.
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 11d

#SCVpsychochallenge Day 4: MYTHICAL CREATURES
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 13d

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge!! #SCVpsychochallenge Day 2: FANGS FOR WATCHING Spasms (1983) @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 14d

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Charlize Theron in "Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest" (1995)

YouTube video by Acting Debuts

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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 14d

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge day 1: Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest which appears to be the first movie for Nicholas Brendon, Charlize Theron, and Ivana Milicevic.
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Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 27d

I'm really hoping there is a revival of 3D TV's soon so I can play my discs on something that isn't a projector (not great for an apartment) or a VR Headset (uncomfortable).

Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · 29d

My Sneakers 4K arrived in the mail yesterday. I'm taking that as a sign.

Matt H @matth84.bsky.social · Aug 13

@orbitdvd.bsky.social just posted on their Youtube that they have stock of the Arrow LE The Good, Bad & the Ugly that will go live for order on their site tomorrow at 12pm EST. Good luck! youtu.be/31DfL9C9-cQ?...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!

YouTube video by Orbit DVD

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