October 25 1978 – Halloween released theatrically 1993 – Vincent Price (actor in many horror films) dies (b. 1911) 2000 – Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem released on the Nintendo GameCube in Japan
October 26 1979 – When a Stranger Calls (1979) released theatrically 2001 – Bones released theatrically
October 27 1989 – Shocker released theatrically 1989 – Castlevania: The Adventure released on the Game Boy in Japan 1995 – Vampire in Brooklyn released theatrically 1998 – Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 released theatrically
October 28 1951 – Joe R. Lansdale (winner of six Bram Stoker Awards for horror fiction) born 2005 – Saw II released theatrically 2005 – Masters of Horror premieres on television
October 29 1920 – The Golem: How He Came Into the World released theatrically in Germany 1973 – Return of the Blind Dead released theatrically 1993 – Return of the Living Dead III released on VHS 1993 – Demon Castle Dracula X: Rondo of Blood released on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 in Japan 2004 – Versus released theatrically 2004 – Saw released theatrically
October 30 1938 – The War of the Worlds radio adaptation airs 1981 – Halloween II released theatrically
October 31 - HALLOWEEN 1961 – Peter Jackson (director of Bad Taste and Braindead) born 1974 – Phantom of the Paradise released theatrically 1991 – Castlevania II: Simon's Quest released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan
Tonight's feature is the silent classic Nosferatu (1922), based on the story "Dracula". It was directed by F.W. Marnau and stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok.
Thanks to the Mark H. Harris About.com Guide to Horror and Suspense, we have a recap of all the Saw movies, leading up to Saw VI which opens this weekend. Select theaters around the country will be airing a marathon of all the Saw movies tomorrow, topped off by a midnight screening of Saw VI. Visit fandango.com or movietickets.com for tickets. A list of the theaters can be found here.
If you don't mind some spoilers, here's a recap of the story up 'til now, with the trailers.
Adam and Lawrence are chained in a bathroom, victims of Jigsaw, a serial killer who puts people in deadly traps so they can appreciate life. Lawrence is told he must kill Adam by 6 o'clock; he's given a bullet for a gun held by a dead body in the center of the room, the loser of a previous "game." Lawrence's wife and daughter are held captive in their home by Zep, Lawrence's co-worker, who will kill them if the doc fails. Lawrence's family escapes with help from ex-cop David Tapp, but Zep kills Tapp and goes to the bathroom to kill Lawrence, who has sawed off his leg in order to escape. Adam kills Zep before realizing that he's a pawn; the real killer is John Kramer, the body lying in the room, who shuts Adam in the room to die.
Police find Jigsaw, but he holds them at bay with video of eight people -- including Detective Matthews' son Daniel and Amanda, the only escapee from Jigsaw's games -- trapped in a house filled with a deadly gas. The eight try to find an antidote to the gas that's locked away in a safe, most dying from traps in the process. One of the eight, Xavier, stalks Amanda and Daniel when he realizes that numbers to the safe's combination are printed on the backs of their heads, but they manage to kill him. Matthews forces Jigsaw to take him to the house but ends up chained in the Saw bathroom, discovering that the events on the video had happened way earlier and that Amanda is now Jigsaw's protege. She locks him in the bathroom to die.
Six months later, the games continue, but cops Rigg and Hoffman find that the new traps are uncharacteristically inescapable. A sick and dying John/Jigsaw has two people kidnapped: Jeff and Lynn. Jeff's test is to decide whether to save the lives of three people he blames for the death of his son (he doesn't), while Lynn has to keep John alive until Jeff is done (she does). Amanda, disillusioned by John's plan, shoots Lynn (thus failing John's test of compassion) and reveals that she set up the inescapable traps. Jeff, who turns out to be Lynn's husband, shoots Amanda and then kills John (thus failing his test of forgiveness). As the door to the room shuts, he realizes that John is the only person who knows where Jeff's daughter is hidden.
John and Amanda are dead, but there's a new killer, who kidnaps Hoffman and places him in a trap with Matthews before informing Rigg that his two colleagues will be killed in 90 minutes. However, he warns Rigg to walk away. Rigg's reckless heroism leads him through a series of tests in which he must either help or hurt people trapped in the killer's games. FBI agent Strahm, on Rigg's trail, questions John's ex-wife Jill, who reveals that he was a caring man who became cynical after a robber caused her to miscarry. Strahm tracks Rigg to a factory and encounters Jeff from Saw III, killing him in self-defense. Rigg's arrival triggers Matthews' death, with Rigg shot in the process. Hoffman reveals himself to be the killer as Rigg dies.
Hoffman places Strahm in a trap and rescues Jeff's daughter but is surprised when Strahm is found alive. Hoffman is hailed as a hero, and the police declare the killings over, but Strahm suspects of Hoffman. He discovers that Hoffman killed his sister's murderer and made it look like Jigsaw did it, incurring the wrath of John, who blackmailed him into helping with the games. Hoffman meanwhile plants clues that make Strahm's boss, Erickson, believe that Strahm is Jigsaw's accomplice, while also setting up five new victims in a trap. Strahm tracks Hoffman to a warehouse, where a recording tells him to get into a box, but instead he shoves Hoffman inside, not realizing that the room's walls will close in and crush anyone not inside the box.
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
October 18 1976 – Burnt Offerings released theatrically 1980 – Motel Hell released theatrically 1985 – Re-Animator released theatrically 1996 – The Dentist released theatrically 2002 – The Ring released theatrically 2005 – Day of the Dead 2: Contagium released on DVD
October 19 1990 – Night of the Living Dead (1990) released theatrically 2004 – Zombie Planet released theatrically
October 20 1889 – Bela Lugosi born (d. 1956) 1942 – Night Monster released theatrically
October 21 1988 – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers released theatrically 2003 – Castlevania: Lament of Innocence released on the PlayStation 2 in North America 2005 – Doom released theatrically
October 22 1982 – Halloween III: Season of the Witch released theatrically 1988 – Monsters premieres on television 2004 – The Grudge released theatrically
October 23 1942 – The Mummy's Tomb released theatrically 1959 – Sam Raimi (creator of the Evil Dead series of films) born 1987 – Prince of Darkness released theatrically 1998 – Brimstone premieres on television 2001 – Thir13en Ghosts released theatrically
October 24 1962 – Eyes Without a Face released theatrically in the United States
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