I support this idea 100% - in fact, I've been throwing around a very similar idea.

I've been a part of stuff like this on other sites and it's an absolute blast. Can't wait to get into one here!

That's funny, you PM'd me just a few days ago about something like this. I'm willing and ready, and if anybody wants I can set up an IRC channel for realtime chat. I can also help people get on IRC who don't know how.


How are the movies decided? I suggest we get a list of four or five together with dates to allow people time to rent (brick and mortar or Netflix) instead of picking one at a time.

They should be movies that most of us are already familiar with...it would suck watching a movie for the first time like this. Also, it'd be best to avoid really serious movies...just more fun that way.

I think Dead-Alive would be a super fun way to start this thing off. That, or one of the Evil Dead flicks - when I did this on another forum we watched Army of Darkness, and it was perfect.


Some other suggestions: maybe Halloween, The Thing (any Carpenter movie would suit this, actually), Nightmare on Elm Street, Day of the Dead, any of the old Universal classics...

Frighteners is a good choice,i love that one:)

I think a separate thread should be started for the actual viewings...if we kept it all to this one, things could get pretty glarbled.

I say we use this as the home base, shall we say, for deciding when/what/who/ect., and then start separate threads on the actual night of the viewing, like:

"HDC Modern Horror Theatre Presents: Dead-Alive"

That would just make it a little neater...plus easier to catalog them, too.

If I had to narrow my list to 3, I'd go for:

Dead-Alive
The Frighteners
The Thing

...in that order.

As for times...I'm free most every evening, as long as I have some notice. So I love your idea of having a set calendar of dates/times. That'd be awesome, as opposed to trying to get organized a couple days in advance.

Pumped to see this happen. Going to be fucking awesome!

I agree with this whole heartedly. I don't know when we would do it though. People are usually busy on weekends, but also have to work and stuff on weekdays.

I will participate when I can. Like Return said, I think we'll get a better turn out if we post a reminder like morning of the scheduled day in the General Forum. People can bump it throughout the day.

IRC is a must because it will be hard to keep refreshing the forum while trying to enjoy the movie.

I also think part way through the movie we whould have a time when everyone pauses for "Intermission" Snacks and bathroom break. We can even link some youtube vids of those intermission cartoons for the meantime, and once everyones back on chat all hit play.

Two words:

Fuck. IRC.

I don't mind refreshing but if it's on IRC I can always log the convo for everybody and post it later. I like your choices Return and I'm up for (and own) just about everything. The best nights for me would be Thursday and Friday nights, there are usually a couple others but they change regularly.

Ooooo. I have two out of three of those films.

Afternoons or late afternoons are not good for me... Friday nights however... Well, I don't really have a life... :o

I haven't used it at length either, but in my experience IRC is messy, clunky and just all-around unpleasant.

Refreshing really isn't that hard, and most browsers can be set to auto-refresh anyway - problem solved. Besides, if we keep it on the forum, more people will look at it after the fact, which will lead to more people getting involved down the road.

I'll participate either way, of course, but I'd far rather see it stay at HDC.

If I had to pick an ideal night, I'd probably say Thursday...but I'm good just about every evening, like I said. I work 10-6 shifts, so it works out well for stuff like this - home at a decent hour, and don't have to get up too early in the morning. Whenever works for you guys woks for me!