Friday, October 2, 2026

2026 Scary Movie Challenge Day 2

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  1. MIDDLE EASTERN-BOUND TERROR DOUBLE FEATURE!

    06: LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY (2026, HBO MAX)


    Egyptian police procedural outshines Albuquerque family drama.

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    I've attended crazier, wilder funerals than grandma's.

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    'Lee Cronin,' Irish translation for 'Ari Aster.'

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    1. 07: Tobe Hooper's DJIIN (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 2013, PLUTO)

      "Rosemary's Baby"-like; state-sanctioned patriarchy dialed way up.

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      More fog than both "Fog" movies combined.

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      Underwhelming, but we still miss Tobe. 😥

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    1. 08: THE SILENT SCREAM (1979, KINO 4K UHD)

      "The People Under/Above/Below The Stairs"

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      Most intrusive, underlining, suspense-killing music score ever!

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      Cameron Mitchell/Avery Brooks, amusing detective partners.

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  4. 09: DEATH VALLEY (1981, PLEX)

    "Kramer vs. Kramer" meets Arizona-bound "The Hitcher[s]."

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    Wilford Brimley's "diabeetus" versus ax. Ax wins.

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    Sweets kill. Just ask Billy's fat babysitter.

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  5. TALES FROM THE CRYPT Episodes 4-6 (1989)

    Lea Thompson took The Substance before Demi.

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  6. Underwater (2020)

    You’ll never guess where this is set.

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  7. BLACKOUT (2023) dir. Larry Fessenden

    Sadly, as scary as Teen Wolf too

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  8. The Lost Boys (1987)

    Considerate guy, always lubes up before sax

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  9. Child's Play (1988, dir. Tom Holland*)

    * Not that Tom Holland. Or that one.

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    1. Yes! Love The Rest is History! 🤣 Listening to their episodes on ghosts and witchcraft right now.

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  10. Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    "It's just you and me now, couch!"

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  11. The Island (1980)

    Caine breeding pirates of the Mosquito Coast.

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  12. Disturbia (2007)

    Milquetoast Rear Window, unforgivably bad fly fishing.

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  13. Satanico pandemonium (1975)

    These Mexico convents just full of nunsense

    School of the holy beast (1974)

    Oh. Wow. Wow. Eek. Yikes. Okay. Wow

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  14. Dead in Tombstone (2013)

    (no) Sympathy for The (mickey rourke) Devil

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  15. Evil Dead Burn (2026)

    Even my Halloween decorations were getting bored

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  16. When a Stranger Calls (1979):

    Durning Hulking through double doors: Pure cinema.

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  17. Backrooms (2026)

    Backrooms Ejiofor is just Temu Shimmer Portman.

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  18. Exit 8 (2025)

    Non-euclidean extra-dimensional subspace is having a moment.

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  19. Alien (1979)

    He’s not John Hurt, he’s John Dead

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  20. SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER (1970)

    What was this movie’s wool coat budget?

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  21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    Immediately going to sleep for Dana Wynter

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