Halloween's Coming ...

...And like the last three years, I'll be spending it in a movie theater with hundreds of (mostly) smelly people watching 24 hours of horror films. That's 24 straight hours, reel-to-reel, non-stop camp fun. Complete with trailers and cartoons during the 6 a.m. breakfast break.

At this point, I think I spend more time in a movie theater during that period than I do the rest of the year combined. But it's totally worth it to see 12-14 flicks I would never get the chance to see otherwise (though, truth be told, some of them suck hard).

Anyway, here's some highlights of previous years (including films shown by the same group that weren't actually during the 24-hour marathon).

House (1977)
A rarely seen horror movie that was played earlier this year to a sold out crowd.


Raw Force (1982)
Possibly one of the strangest movies I've ever seen. It's got... uh... cannibals and... uh, there were ninjas ... a lot of mustaches... a cruise ship... yeah, I still have no clue what the hell I saw.


Wicked, Wicked (1973)
Presented in "Duovision," this entire movie has two screens playing the same image simulatenously. The preview sucks because they try to convince you they can't show it without special equipment (one of many exaggerations), but here it is:


And here's what it actually looks like (skip to the six minute mark to get an idea of how awesome it is):


Pieces (1982)
All you need to know about this movie is its two taglines: "You don't have to go to Texas to get a chainsaw massacre" and "'Pieces': It's exactly what you think it is"


And here's the crowning scene: