Dear Everyone Else in the Entire World Other Netflix Subscribers,
I need your help. It’s nearly Halloween, and I just started my annual Halloween movie marathon.
Oops…. My bad.
Last year I watched the Scream series, the year before was Friday the 13th (which was insane because there were 12 movies), and the year before it was Halloween.
This year I’m watching Final Destination. That’s 5 movies. I think I can watch 5 movies in the two remaining weeks. Except I’m traveling for 7 of those days.
Craaaaaaaap.
So no one else should rent those movies from Netflix. I can’t have “Short Wait,” “Long Wait,” or “Very Long Wait” popping up in my queue.
Seriously. Whoever has Final Destination 3…send it back ASAP. Did you put it in the mail? You did? Thanks! There’s a red envelope with a shiny (ooooo, shiny!) foil Pop-Tart package coming your way.
Just in case that’s not enough, here’s a quick Movies Teach Us post about the first Final Destination:
- Never rip an old flight ticket off your luggage.
- The Candyman also works as a mortician. (::shudder::)
- Never go to Paris.
Sincerely,
Thoughtsy
October 18th, 2012 at 10:02 am
I don’t have Netflix, and I’ve never eaten a pop tart…. Is the whole world passing me by??
October 18th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Never fly on a plane covers most of that, right?
Now I’m imagining a Final Destination about a Netflix DVD – “Thoughtsy was supposed to have Final Destination 2! Everyone else who had it before her now has to die to course correct!”
October 18th, 2012 at 10:17 am
That movie was freaky. I never saw any of the sequels. I’m ok with that decision.
And wait . . . I can’t fly to Paris? What if I fly to Amsterdam and THEN take a train to Paris. Am I good then? Cuz that’s how I did it the last time and I survived. So, probably ok, right? Phew. Close one.
October 18th, 2012 at 11:11 am
Alas I am still a no body without Netflix. Maybe one day I will join the rest of the world and get this life sucking television device.
October 18th, 2012 at 11:53 am
No imagination, whatsoever! That’s what’s wrong with the youth of today. MY Halloween marathon is going to be a run of Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon Beach Party pictures. But you’re probably too young to fully appreciate the true horror of these films. Or what consummate actors Frankie and Annette were.
October 18th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
I reeeeally hate that you can’t just stream seasonal movies on Netflix. I abandoned my dvd queue when they wanted to charge twice the price for the same service, so if I need to get my Halloween fix on, I have to go to the… wait for it……… video store. Talk about scary.
October 18th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
I think Netfix should know you well enough by now to reserve all horror for you
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
October 18th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Gees! I thought i could take a plane as long as no one with a recording contract was on it!? So much to learn…..
October 18th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Another lesson…stop renting DVDs and stream the flix…you can always go to Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein while you wait….
October 18th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Im not familiar with this series. But all of your past recommendations have been most excellent. I shall add this to my Netflix queue….after Halloween.
October 18th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
When all else fails, I watch Sleepy Hollow because Johnny Depp says he played the character pretending he was Angela Lansbury in Murder She Wrote as a schoolgirl, and of course Nightmare Before Christmas (which is TECHNICALLY a Christmas movie, but it makes the store decoration transitions easier.
October 19th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Those are like my FAVORITE movies. They make me laugh, scream, and gag. SO PERFECT! I think I saw five recently, and I must say….be careful on those uneven parallel bars…even if you are an amazing gymnast. Whoops.
October 22nd, 2012 at 7:01 am
That’s why I choose the series. When the fifth one came out, I never got to see it. I’ve only seen the first two.
October 19th, 2012 at 1:06 am
And while you’re in the Halloween mood, may I recommend Abbott and Costello’s “Hold That Ghost” and “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”? If you’ve never seen these comedy classics, you’re in for a treat!
October 19th, 2012 at 9:32 am
I say the only proper movie to watch on Halloween is the orignial “Halloween,” aka, the Father of the Modern Slasher pic. I like to put that on and wrap up in a blanket as tight as Jamie Lee’s high-waisted hip hugger jeans.
Wait, where was I?
October 22nd, 2012 at 6:59 am
I did a Halloween marathon a few years ago. I have so many more movies to watch!
October 19th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Just stream the movies from Netflix on your laptop. Then you can watch in the hotel every night.
Don’t worry, I WON’T be watching any of those movies.
October 19th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Yeah, never go to Paris! The last time I went there my wallet went missing, with one of the very few photos of my step mum I owned in it. I never got it back. Paris is evil!
October 22nd, 2012 at 6:57 am
I remember you posting about that. If only you’d seen Final Destination before you went.
October 20th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Good Luck and enjoy!
October 21st, 2012 at 6:56 pm
thanks for the advice about Paris.
October 21st, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Uh-oh. I always rip old tags off my luggage.
November 26th, 2012 at 8:41 am
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