It's Day 278 of the year and my project. That means it's Day 4 of the 31 Days of Hallowe'en challenges. First up, is my own 31 Days of Hallowe'en which I talked about back in August. My theme today is Haunted House. I decided to go with Elvira's Haunted Hills.
Elvira the Mistress of the Dark and her servant, are traveling across Europe in the 1800's. On their way to Paris so that Elvira can perform. They stop at the side of the road and are given a ride to the nearest castle to stay the night. While there, they meet the family who happen to have a curse upon each of them, which leaves them all insane. Can Elvira and her servant survive the night or will the family's curse destroy them too?
This is a riff on pretty much every old 1950's/1960's Vincent Price -Edgar Allen Poe story ever done with just enough Abbot and Costello tossed in to give it some balance. The baseline beyond that, is the same as it was in Elvira's first movie, Elvira Mistress of the Dark. She's stuck totally broke trying to get to the big city to perform.
And for the 31 Days of Horror Challenge being hosted by Nightmare on Film Street. The mini challenge today is Down In The Underground. I picked Blood Trap aka Bite.
A group of thieves are hired to break into a mansion and steal millions from the vaults. Little do they know, they've just stumbled on the home of a drug addict. They decide to kidnap her, and hold her for ransom. But the tables turn as she ends being a female vampire.
This is a 2015-2016 film, and it's apparently the original version of 2024's Abigail. A lower budget European vampire movie that actually has a really solid story and great horror actors in it. I see why the story was used as a baseline for the newer remake. As for the "down in the underground" part, the last half of the movie takes place in both a basement and a sewer.
I'm also doing the #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge as well. You can follow along with all four of my 2024 movie challenges on my Letterboxd.
I'll be back tomorrow with the next round of picks. Come back and see what's on the slab.
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