The Impact Factor

October Scare Fest 2017

Perspectives

A long dead blog rises from the cool dirt, rotting flesh sloughing off and forming a neat puddle on the ground below it. October is a time for spooks and scares, so what better time to (briefly) reanimate The Impact Factor!

In all seriousness, the blog is dead. The podcast is ending in two episodes. But darn it I still love horror movies and want a platform to share my enthusiasm. I want to share my month-long list of horror movie watching with review scores.

Check back throughout October for a list of every scary movie I watched for Scare Fest 2017. You can check below for my past 3 years of Scare Fest lists. Let's hope for some 4+'s this year!

October Scare Fest 2017

The Boy: 2/5

Predator 2: 1/5

IT (1990): 2.5/5

IT (2017): 3.5/5

The Conjuring 2: 3/5

It Comes At Night: 2.5/5

Resident Evil: TFC: 1/5

[Resident Evil: 3/5]

Alien Covenant: 2.5/5

Scarecrow: 1.5/5
The Void: 3.5/5
The Devil's Candy: 3.5/5
Little Evil: 2/5
Raw: 2.5/5
Prince of Darkness: 2.5/5
Freddy vs. Jason: 1.5/5
Happy Death Day: 3/5
The Mothman Prophecies: 1/5
Pumpkinhead: 3/5
The Babysitter: 4/5
Cult of Chucky: 3/5
A Dark Song: 3.5/5
The Blackcoat's Daughter: 2/5
47 Meters Down: 2.5/5
Blair Witch ('16): 3/5
Creep 2: 4/5
Ouija - Origin of Evil: 3/5
Tales of Halloween: 3.5/5
Gerald's Game: 4.5/5

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[October Scare Fest 2014]

Hellraiser: 3/5

Grabbers: 2/5

Candyman: 3/5

Honeymoon: 2.5/5

The Town That Dreaded Nightfall: 1/5

[Evil Dead 2]: 5/5

Rosemary’s Baby: 4/5

Re-Animator: 4.5/5

House of the Devil: 3.5/5

The Innkeepers: 3.5/5

The Taking of Deborah Logan: 3/5

The Sacrament: 2/5

Snowtown: 3.5/5

[Scream: 5/5]

[Trick r’ Treat: 5/5]

[October Scare Fest 2015]

The Visit: 3.5/5
[Orphan]: 2.5/5
The Babadook: 4/5
Creep ('14): 3/5

Wrymwood: Road of the Dead: 1/5
Unfriended: 2.5/5
Blue Ruin: 3.5/5
Housebound: 3.5/5
The Guest: 3.5/5
Martyrs: 4/5

The Hills Run Red: 2.5/5
The Nightmare (2015): 4/5
[Halloween]: 4.5/5
[Halloween 2]: 4/5
[Cabin in the Woods]: 5/5
[Trick r' Treat]: 5/5

[October Scare Fest 2016]

We Are Still Here: 3.5/5

We Are What We are: 1.5/5

Southbound: 2.5/5

The VVitch: 4/5

Under the Skin: 3/5
Offspring (09): 1/5
Hush: 4.5/5
The Box ('09): 1.5/5
Enter the Void: 2/5
They Look Like People: 3.5/5
The Invitation: 2.5/5
Baskin: 3/5
Irreversible: 2/5
Goodnight Mommy: 4/5
Goosebumps: 3.5/5
Green Room: 4.5/5
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: 3/5
Hatchet: 2.5/5
The Craft: 2.5/5
Ginger Snaps: 3/5
[Jennifer's Body]: 3.5/5

*Movies in brackets are ones I’ve seen previously. I've underlined films scored 4/5 or higher to emphasize the ones well-worth watching.