Movie Marathon Ideas (Or, Nathan's Crazy and Actually Thinks About These Things)

Grab a cup of coffee and ponder these ideas for gatherings with friends, family, and maybe even enemies. I'd love, love, love to hear all your ideas, too, and I'm sure a ton more will come to me after I post this!!!! I LOVE thinking about this kind of stuff, how things gel together, how we can all bond and have "experiences" together through film and TV.....Wow....What does this say about me?

Dove Hugs,
N

p.s. This post is dedicated to Jennifer, who did stuff like this at Hampshire all the time, where it was a raging success! Thanks, Nif, I owe you one.
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Movie Marathon Ideas

The Society-a-Thon
American Beauty
Lawn Dogs
The Village

Society-a-Thon: The Sequel
The Ice Storm
The Upside of Anger
The Gift
(alternative: Imaginary Heroes)

Decaying Suburbs (Or, What’s Under the Surface)
Poltergeist
Halloween
A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Dreamy Triple Feature
Dreamscape
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Halloween Marathon
Halloween
Halloween II
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
(This excludes Halloween III: Season of the Witch, which doesn’t follow the Michael Myers/Shape mythology, and excludes Halloween: H20 and Halloween: Resurrection, which give an alternate history [and a much more lame one] to this same mythology.)

Gore Galore
House of Wax (Remake)
Silent Hill (Unrated Version)
The Descent (Unrated Version)

Time to Neck
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Interview with the Vampire
The Lost Boys
(Alternative: Bram Stoker's Dracula)

Graphic Violence
Unbreakable
Sin City
(alternatives: The X-Men trilogy or the Spiderman films or a TV's Heroes marathon)

The War Zone Via Magic
Constantine
Underworld (Extended Version)
Underworld: Evolution

Connect the Dots
Short Cuts
Grand Canyon
Crash

Possession, Voodoo, and Other Horrifying Real Things
The Believers
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Angel Heart (Unrated Version)

How to Destroy the World in 10 Days
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Signs
War of the Worlds

Seeing is Believing
The Sixth Sense
Flatliners
The Exorcist
(extremely healthy alternative: Mannequin)

Get Closer (and closer)
Bodies, Rest, & Motion
Dancing About Architecture (or, Playing By Heart)
Fearless
(extremely healthy alternatives or additions: As Good As It Gets and/or St. Elmo's Fire)

Pins & Needles (the Kirsty Edition)
Hellraiser
Hellraiser II: Hellbound (Unrated Version)
Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker

Bonfires, Blood, & S’more
Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland
OR
Friday the 13th Parts I through X. (Feel free to skip Part 9, Jason Goes to Hell, and Jason X [a.k.a. Jason in Space]. Even Part 8 [Jason Takes Manhattan] is iffy, but it’s worth a viewing at least once.)
OR
Sleepaway Camp
Friday the 13th
The Blair Witch Project
Book of Shadows – Blair Witch 2

Postmodern Slashers 101
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3

Our Childhood Nightmares (Or, Clowns and Dolls!)
Poltergeist
Child’s Play
Child’s Play 2

Zombies!
Night of the Living Dead (Original)
Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
28 Days Later

Essence
The Last Unicorn
The Neverending Story
The Dark Crystal

Essence: The Sequel
Labyrinth
The Princess Bride
Legend

Confronting Your Childhood Fears
Return to Oz
Donnie Darko
Poltergeist
Flatliners
(highly recommend alternative: Paperhouse)

Existentialism & Philosophy
The United States of Leland
The Wisdom of Crocodiles (released in the states as – Immortal)
The Rapture

A Melancholy Nostalgia
Stand By Me
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Brick

How to Watch Twin Peaks (This breaks the viewing of the entire series and the movie into four days/events. I’ve split this up into a seasonal, thematic, and structural “square.” Discuss.)
Day/Event #1: Pilot plus Episodes 1-7 (or, the entire first season)
Day/Event #2: Season 2, Episodes 1-9
Day/Event #3: Season 2, Episodes 10-16
Day/Event #4: Season 2, Episodes 17-22 plus Fire Walk with Me (the prequel, but it MUST be watched last!)
*I recommend trying to kick things off with Day/Event #1 on the last/near last weekend in February, preferably a Saturday where you can drink lots of coffee, have some beer, eat tons of donuts and cherry pie, and maybe smoke a little. Laura Palmer died on February 23rd, and we need to honor her with style, sensitivity, and a touch of gluttony.
*MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE you watch the original pilot, not the European version, which has an alternative ending and isn't cohesive with the rest of the series. The European version should only be watched once you are a diehard fan and have already followed my orders for the above viewing sequence....
*If you need an extra little dessert, or something to defuse after viewing, you might consider watching Industrial Symphony No. 1, which has a satanic reindeer, Julee Cruise as a glittery angel, and a small man with a saw. There's also a naked woman climbing over metallic structures, and plenty of trippy, magical goings-on.

Thanks for the Ride, Lady
Breakdown
The Hitcher (Original)
Creepshow 2

Need a Lift?
Herbie -- Fully Loaded
Christine
Cujo

I'm Lost, Can You Help Me?
Duel
Deliverance
The Hills Have Eyes (either version -- if you pick the new one, make sure it's the unrated version)
(alternative: Joyride, although the only thing good about this movie is the ass shot of Paul Walker. Still, it's a great ass, so totally worth considering. Another alternative -- Wrong Turn, which is actually kinda scary-gross AND has Eliza Dushku, from Buffy & Angel fame.)

War Is Hello, Get a Grip
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket and/or Platoon
Jacob's Ladder

Nuclear Wasteland
The Hills Have Eyes (Original)
Mad Max Trilogy (Mad Max, The Road Warrior, and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome)
*You MUST watch the whole trilogy in order to experience Tina Turner's hair and her theme song, "We Don't Need Another Hero." Goose bumps every time.

I Wish Things Were Really Like That
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
Krull
Conan the Barbarian
Beastmaster

Homoerotic Adolesence
School Ties
White Squall
Lord of the Flies

Whoa -- Am I Dead or Just Trippin'?
Ghost
Soul Survivors
Jacob's Ladder

Angels
It's a Wonderful Life
City of Angels
Constantine

Santa Claus is Real!
A Miracle on 34th Street
Tales from the Crypt (the killer Santa episode)
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Black Christmas

You Inspire Me
Sister Act
Dead Poet's Society
Good Will Hunting
(alternative: The History Boys)

There's Something Tickling My Toe....
Lady in the Water
Jaws
Pirahna
(healthy alternative: She-Creature)

Mermaids
The Little Mermaid (Disney)
Splash
Lady in the Water
(healthy alternative: She-Creature)

Crybabies
Ordinary People
Beaches
Terms of Endearment

Western Epics
The Man from Snowy River
Young Guns
Legends of the Fall
Brokeback Mountain
(Additions/alternatives: Shane, Silverado, Lonesome Dove, Desperado, and/or Pale Rider)

Man's Worst Friend
White Dog
Cujo
The Pack
(You can also make things more hilarious by adding Lassie and/or Old Yeller to the mix.)

Wow: We Evolved from THAT?
Link
Monkey Shines
Altered States
(Alternative: 28 Days Later)

Fucked-Up Religious Musings by Way of Horror
The Lair of the White Worm
Altered States
The Unholy

Grimm Angst
Meridian
The Company of Wolves
Gothic
Nightbreed
Brotherhood of the Wolf

Sherilyn Fenn ('Nuff Said)
Meridian
Two Moon Junction
Boxing Helena
The United States of Leland

Threesomes
Threesome
Wild Things
Basic Instinct (Unrated Director's Cut)
(excellent alternative: Twin Falls Idaho)

I Care About Your Character (Even Though I Don't Want To)
The Woodsman
Little Children
The Silence of the Lambs

Friday
Freaky Friday (Remake)
Friday
Friday the 13th
(alternative: Saturday the 14th, for the Inner Spoof Child in us all)

Witch Way from Here?
Practical Magic
The Witches of Eastwick
The Craft
(Alternatives: Escape to Witch Mountain & Return from Witch Mountain)

Where are the Wolves?
The Company of Wolves
The Howling
Wolfen and/or Wolf

Kids Movies Not for Kids (and which have scarred you for life)
Gremlins
Return to Oz
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Watcher in the Woods
(highly recommended alternative: Paperhouse)

I Wish This Kid Were My Friend So S/He Could Kick the Bully at School's Ass
The Good Son
The Ring
Pet Semetary
The Changeling
(You may also pick anything [anyone!] from the Prom Dates or Don't Fuck with Me categories below)

That's So Gay
Billy Elliot
Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink)
My Own Private Idaho
The Object of My Affection
(alternative: Gone with the Wind and/or The Sound of Music)
OR
Rainbow Brite and the Star-Stealer
My Little Pony - The Movie
The Last Unicorn
OR
Marathon Viewings of She-Ra: Princess of Power and/or JEM

Prom Dates (Or, It’s That Time of Month)
Prom Night
Carrie
May

Bad-Ass 80's
Rad
Breakin'
Tuff Turf

High School Blows
The Breakfast Club
Lucas
Heathers
Donnie Darko
Carrie

Nobody Puts Movies in a Corner
Dirty Dancing
Footloose
Flashdance

Stalk Me, You Crazy Woman, You
The Crush
Misery
Fatal Attraction
(alternatives: Single White Female, Play Misty for Me, and/or Basic Instinct, the Unrated Director's Cut)

Don’t Fuck with Me
The Craft
Firestarter
Carrie
(alternative: Edward Scissorhands and/or Powder)
(bonus for the educated: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood)

Cooped Up
The Others
Cabin Fever
The Shining

Haunted Houses
House and/or House 2: The Second Story
The Watcher in the Woods
The Others and/or The Changeling
The Amityville Horror (Remake)
House of Wax (remake)

My Tummy Hurts
Gremlins
Alien
Predator
(bonus for the educated: Ghoulies)

Lost in Space
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3 (or, Alien Cubed)
Alien: Resurrection

Space Cadets
Starman
Contact
Alien
(healthy alternatives: The Last Starfighter and/or Flight of the Navigator)

Play with Me
Troll
Ghoulies
Critters
Gremlins

I Love You, Mommy
Mommy Dearest
The Deep End
Psycho (Original)

Bunny Slippers & Painted Nails
Slumber Party Massacre
Slumber Party Massacre II
Slumber Party Massacre III

Dead High School Girls
The River's Edge
Brick
Halloween
OR
Twin Peaks marathon
OR
Veronica Mars marathon

Have You Checked the Children?
Adventures in Babysitting
Halloween
When a Stranger Calls (Original)
When a Stranger Calls Back

Are You There, God? It's Me, Movie Watcher
Contact
Flatliners
The Seventh Sign
Priest
The Rapture
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There are many more possibilities, but I think that's good for now:) I'm sure I'll do a "sequel" to this list at some point! And I can't wait to hear all your ideas! Just know I'm totally here--whether you are loved one or stranger, and in that case you're still a loved one--if you'd like me to go into detail about why I chose certain marathons....Some are obvious, some are Nathan-Specific, and some are Universe-Specific.

Love y'all!