Favorite of the Month: Rope (1948)

In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!

1. Pit and the Pendulum (1961), C+
2. Superman (1978), A+
3. Superman II (1980), B+
4. Superman III (1983), C
5. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987), D
6. Arachnia (2003), D; RiffTrax Riff, B
7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), A
8. Blazing Saddles (1974), A
9. Maggie (2015), B+
10. Sex in the Comix (2012), B
11. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), A
12. Contracted (2013), B-
13. Contracted: Phase II (2015), C
14. Coherence (2013), B+
15. Sabotage (1936), B
16. Trumbo (2015), B
17. Deathgasm (2015), D
18. The Phantom Carriage (1921), B+
19. Black Swan (2010), A-
20. Burying the Ex (2014), B
21. Ex Machina (2015), A
22. Lilo and Stitch (2002), B
23. Psycho (1960), A+
24. Psycho II (1983), D; RiffTrax Riff, B+
25. DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016), B
26. Hitchcock (2012), B+
27. Horror of Dracula (1958), B
28. Riding the Bullet (2004), C
29. Ruby (1977), D; RiffTrax Riff, B
30. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015), B+
31. The Fly (1986), B+
32. Ghostheads (2016), B
33. Holidays (2016), B-
34. Monster House (2006), B
35. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006), B+
36. Wayne’s World (1992), A-
37. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966), F; RiffTrax Live Riff, B+
38. The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009), C
39. Murder Party (2007), B
40. Rope (1948), A
41. Dreamcatcher (2003), C
42. Trollhunter (2010), B