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Last year's list

Lemme know if you'll be at El Paso or Austin Film Festivals
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✅31/31

My bonus category of Texas movies:
Phantom of the Paradise
Cementerio del terror
Baghead
Pathogen
The Hem

There must be 31 horror films (editor's note: all but Oz are first-time watches)

6 countries (other than Italy or US): Mexico (5), Spain (3), France (2), Guatemala, Sweden, Russia, Japan

9 decades: 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 00, 10, 20s again

5 Zombie Films:
Pathogen
White Zombie
Tales from the Hood
Dawn of the Dead
Cementerio del terror

3 cult or conspiracy horror films:
Seconds
Häxan
Santa Sangre

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead:
Tales from the Hood

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director:
Cemetery of Terror
La Llorona
The Devil’s Backbone
Tigers Are Not Afraid
The Legend of La Llorona
Santa Sangre
Frankenstein

1 Canadian film:
The Long Walk

1 Russian or former Russian state film:
Hard to Be a God

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..:
Cat People

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films:
Dawn of the Dead
Eraserhead

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot:
ANOES 3: Dream Warriors
The Black Phone 2

1 The animals are pissed at us film:
The Great Alligator

1 Silent film:
Häxan

4 based on Novels:
The Long Walk
White Zombie (The Magic Island)
Seconds
Frankenstein
Hard to Be a God
The Wizard of Oz
Salem's Lot

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen:
The Devil's Backbone
Tigers Are Not Afraid
The Toxic Avenger
Cat People
Eraserhead
Dawn of the Dead
Tales From the Hood

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film:
The Great Alligator

1 film from 1932:
White Zombie

I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39):
The Wizard of Oz

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
Salem's Lot

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Keeping my too-month two early predictions for the memories.
PREDICTIONS (ordered by likeliness):
• 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): Salem's Lot
• 8 Decades: Check
• 6 Countries: Check
• Tony Todd: Candyman
• David Lynch: Eraserhead
• Directed by Women: 3
• Texas: 5*
• Español: 7
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• Sinners: vampires, homecomings or the blues?
• Maybe a romance category, inspired by Heart Eyes, Companion, Together, Your Monster?
• The Monkey could inspire Perkins family, twin characters or monkey (duh)
• There's gotta be a Frankenstein/GDT one, right?
• Arrow or Vinegar Syndrome releases
• Grasping at straws here, buuut Sean Baker('s Dozen) watches a lot of horror.

*Even if there's no Texas criteria this year, I'll still update the Texas Horror Filmography to put Hooptober qualifying movies at the top.