Happy October!

Four days ago, we launched our annual Horrorthon and I am already exhausted.  That said, it’s totally worth it.  It’s the exhaustion that comes from staying up late, writing your heart out, and creating  something in which you can take pride.  I’m thankful to my collaborators here at the TSL Bunker for their hard work and I am thankful to you for reading.  This is going to be a great October.

With the return of Horrorthon comes the return of my full-scale weeks in review.  Believe it or not, Horrorthon is the entire reason why I started posting these reviews.  When a team of writers is posting over 200 times a week, it can sometimes be easy to miss something.  This review is not meant to be just a link of lists.  Instead, it’s your weekly guide to our favorite time of year.

Here’s what I watched, listened to, and read this week.

Films I Watched:

1. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
2. Buried Alive (1989)
3. The Execution of Gary Glitter (2009)
4. Happy Gilmore (1996)
5. The Harbinger (2022)
6. Live and Let Die (1973)
7. Mile High Escorts (2020)
8. The Mutations (1974)
9. The Pearl of Death (1944)
10. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
11. Planet of the Vampires (1965)
12. Raiders of the Living Dead (1986)
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
14. Saved By The Belding (2010)
15. Shin Godzilla (2016)
16. Something (2019)
17. Space Mutiny (1988)
18. Specters (1987)
19. The Swan: Behind The Mirror (2026)
20. Taste of His Own Poison (2025)
21. Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong story (2024)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Bar Rescue
3. Big Brother
4. Cheaters
5. The Curse of Degrassi
6. Doctor Doctor
7. Fear Itself
8. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
9. Saved By The Bell: The New Class
10. SCTV
11. The Steve Wilkos Show
12. Survivor
13. Unsolved Mysteries

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Animotion
3. Barry Adamson
4. Bill Lloyd
5. Caleb Flynn
6. Capyac
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. The Cordettes
9. Concrete Blonde
10. Cornershop
11. Crud
12. Das Mortal
13. De La Soul
14. The Decemberist
15. Dillon Francis
16. Dirty Heads
17. ELO
18. Fatales
19. Felony
20. Goblin
21. J. Geils Band
22. John Carpenter
23. junii
24. Kim Wilde
25. Lance Owg, Gabriel Rohels, and David Cole
26. Madonna
27. Magnet
28. M/A/R/R/S
29. Michelle David and the True-Tones
30. Mike Oldfield
31. No More Kings
32. Piper
33. Radiohead
34. Raspberries
35. SAULT
36. Space
37. Suzanne Vega
38. Taylor Swift

Links From Last Week:

1. Alien! Black Christmas! Carrie! My “A – B – C” Of Shocktober 2026 Begins!
2. Sweeney’s New Year’s Resolutions – Nine Months In…
3. The Year in Box Office: 2012  (I think it’s always interesting to take a look back at these things! — LMB)
4. Dream Journal (10.2.2026)

News From Last Week:

1. Marjoe Gortner, Child Preacher and Starcrash Actor, Dies at 82
2. Dennis Haskins Dies At 75
3. Actress Mary Lou Weller Dies At 80
4. Venom Frontman Conrad “Cronus” Lant Dies At 63
5. Saved By The Bell Cast Remembers Dennis Haskins
6. North Texas Band The Dick Beldings Plan A Tribute To Dennis Haskins
7. American Idol’ alum Caleb Flynn blubbers as he’s convicted on all counts for killing wife to be with young mistress
8. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs living VIP life behind bars with massages, alcohol, nude photos and a cell phone: report
9. David Fincher Ending Netflix Deal After Six Years and Three Movies, Including ‘Cliff Booth’
10. Golden Globes Surprise: ‘Obsession’ Submitted for Musical/Comedy Categories  
11. How Ms. Rachel’s political activism is sparking pushback from parents
12. Tony Romo Is Officially Out From CBS
13. Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Will Be Named Skydance
14. James Gunn, Peter Safran to Stay at DC Studios as Brand Takes Key Position at Skydance
15. Warner Bros’ Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy reportedly set to leave studio
16. ‘Digger,’ Warner Bros.’ Last Release Before Merger, Is a Major Flop

Live Tweets:

1. A Better Tomorrow
2. Mile High Escorts
3. Rambo
4. Space Mutiny
5. Live and Let Die
6. The Harbinger

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Anne Rice
2. Denis Villeneuve
3. October 2nd
4. October 1st
5. Michael Powell
6. Nicolas Winding Refn
7. Horrorthon

Scenes That We Love:

1. The Omega Man
2. Silent Rage
3. The Beyond
4. The Wicker Man
5. Suspiria
6. The Red Shoes
7. Twin Peaks: The Return
8. The Sopranos

Songs of the Day:

1. Lance Owg, Gabriel Rohels, and David Cole
2. The Decemberists
3. Magnet
4. Barry Adamson
5. ELO
6. M/A/R/R/S
7. Adi Ulmansky

Artworks of the Day:

1. Bizarre
2. Dime Detective Magazine
3. Detective Story
4. Have a Seat
5. Weird Tales
6. Weird Tales
7. The Shadow

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Concrete Blonde
2. J. Geils Band
3. Radiohead
4. Space
5. The Bubblemen
6. Animotion
7. Kim Wilde

Horrors On The Lens:

1. Destroy All Planets
2. Drive In Massacre
3. Planet of the Vampires
4. The Phantom of the Opera

Horrors On TV:

1. Fear Itself 1.3
2. Fear Itself 1.2
3. Fear Itself 1.1
4. The Curse of Degrassi

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Ninja Assassin, Hellraiser, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Trick ‘R Treat, A Field In England, The Ritual, and Kill List!
2. Arleigh profiled artist Franck Besancon!  Arleigh took a look at Pinhead!
3. Case reviewed They Have Awakened, The Devil’s Mouth, Warning, Hostile Life Detected On A Planet, and They Awakened An Ancient Being In The Sea!
4. Brad reviewed The Seventh Curse, We’re Going To Eat You, and Macon County Line!
5. Erin profiled artist Gerard C. Delano and shared the covers of Saturn!
6. Erin picked a team to cheer for!  She also shared her thoughts on The Turkey Vulture!  And she welcomed you to October!  And then she gave you an update on the MLB postseason!  Yay Erin!
7. Jeff reviewed Capital Punishment, Judge Dredd, The Ghostmaker, Wonder Woman, Time Walker, Steel, Legion, Hobgoblins, and Man-Thing!
8. Jeff played and reviewed Crush, Crumble, and Chomp!
9. Jeff shared a great moment in television history and a great moment in comic book history!
10. I shared a moment in time.
11. I shared my Oscar predictions for September and my Thoughts On The Culture!  I took a look at the making of Raiders of the Lost Ark!  I shared my hero of the day, John Nada!
12. I reviewed Degrassi, Crime Story, CHiPs, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Pacific Blue, The Love Boat, 1st & Ten, Hunter, Blood Ties, Saved By The Bell, Baywatch, Sledge Hammer, St. Elsewhere, Hunter, and Homicide!
13. I reviewed Kid 90, Bring Him To Me, Go, The Black Connection, Swingers, Sudden Death, Rambo III, Not Without My Daughter, Wild Style, Dance, A Chorus Line, The Music Machine, o.k., AWOL, The Punk Rock Movie, Devil on Campus, Tony Manero, Nightmare PTA Moms, The Mist, The Bells, Forgiven, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Something, Deadly Manor, Beyond The Seventh Door, Dwight Little’s Phantom of the Opera, The Perfect Boss, Lords of Chaos, Dario Argento’s Phantom of the Opera, Castle of Creeping Flesh, They Live, Gramps Goes to College, In Gramps’ Shoes, Trap, Bikini Guillotine, Hollow Gate, Psychomania, Killing All My Sisters, Suitcase Killer, Ogroff, P2, Gamera vs Viras, War of the Satellites, Slashlorette Party, Psycho Scarecrow, Amityville A.I., She Made Them Do It, Surviving the Sleepover, Amityville La Llorona, City of the Vampires, and Sorority House Guillotine!
14. I reviewed Season Finale, The Amulet, The Funhouse, First Blood, and The Fury!
15. I shared weekend watching and weekend reading recommendations!
16. I shared 6 Trailers for October 2nd!  I also shared a blast from the past with Count Floyd!  I told you about six things that I was looking forward to in October!  I shared a clip of Vincent Price reading a classic poem!  And I shared an AMV of the Day!

More From Us:

1. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Devil’s Mouth and Lone Star Shark!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from The Chordettes, Barry Adamson, Mike Oldfield, and Crud!
3. At SyFyDesigns, I shared October 1st and Is Live And Let Die An October Film?
4. At my Dream Journal, I shared Last Night’s Argument With My Dad Dream, Last Night’s Nurse Dream, Last Night’s Cat Dream, and Last Night’s Aunt Dream!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Cookies For October (yum!), Wasp Nest (yikes!), A Tower In Dallas, and They’re Coming To Get You!

Click Here For Last Week!