Friday, May 21, 2021

Film Friday: Elliptical 100 (14)

 


Six degrees of Jason Voorhees. 




 









Written and directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez.

Released in 1999.

-  $248 million box office on a budget of $750,000.












Based on a play (and written) by Tracy Letts.

Directed by William Friedkin.

Released in 2006.

-  It takes place in Oklahoma, but the Sierra Nevada mountains are visible in certain scenes.












Based on a novel by Stephen King.

Directed by Rob Reiner.

Released in 1990.

-  The only film based on a King novel to win an Oscar - Kathy Bates for Best Actress.












Directed by Wes Craven.

Released in 1996.

-  Includes cameos from Henry Winkler, Linda Blair, and Craven.


If I could save only one:  Scream

Last week's answer:  Misery

This week's question:  I associate horror movies with Halloween, yet none of these were released in October.  Which Christmas movie released in July made the Elliptical 100?


Leaderboard 

Brett Alan - 6

Jon - 4

Fuji - 2 1/2 

 

8 comments:

  1. To my mind, if it was released in July, it's not a Christmas movie! Um...maybe Die Hard?

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    1. I was referring to the content / setting of the movie to which I was referring.

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  2. I liked The Blair Witch when it was released, and still do to some degree today, but it sure did inspire a lot of crap. It's hard to believe that one film could create a genre that's produced so many terrible films.

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    1. Ha. I'm not a big fan of horror movies.

      Porklips Now and Hardware Wars are on YouTube.

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  3. Misery is a great movie. I'd say my favorite horror film would be Children of the Corn or The Shining.

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    1. I still haven't seen all of The Shining, though I've seen bits and pieces. I saw the remake, with Rebecca DeMornay.

      Have you seen the Twilight Zone episode with the kid in control of everything?

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    2. Is it the episode where the kid can read everyone's thoughts and if they upset him... he sends them to the cornfield? If so... yeah, I saw it. I tracked it down after looking into the Twilight Zone movie from the 80's and discovered one of the scenes was based on that episode.

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