I really was not going to do this scavenger hunt again. But then I saw people's lists pop up in my weekly wrap-up e-mail, and I thought I'd take a look just for fun. But some of the requirements? Animated films? I'm kind of tapped out of the big ones left to watch. Christopher Lee movies? He's one of my most watched actors-- I've already seen nearly 40 of his horror films.
But then I remembered how the poster for Fantastic Planet used to freak me out when I was very small and saw that wide-eyed alien figure hanging imposingly over the lobby of the Oriental Theatre. And it turns out there's an inexhaustible supply of Christopher Lee horrors to…
I really was not going to do this scavenger hunt again. But then I saw people's lists pop up in my weekly wrap-up e-mail, and I thought I'd take a look just for fun. But some of the requirements? Animated films? I'm kind of tapped out of the big ones left to watch. Christopher Lee movies? He's one of my most watched actors-- I've already seen nearly 40 of his horror films.
But then I remembered how the poster for Fantastic Planet used to freak me out when I was very small and saw that wide-eyed alien figure hanging imposingly over the lobby of the Oriental Theatre. And it turns out there's an inexhaustible supply of Christopher Lee horrors to watch. So I guess I'm in.
31 films: Whoops, I lost count and made it 33. Still, trying not to burn myself out this year unlike some previous years when I was doing twice that.
6 countries: Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, USA, USSR (OK, that's more than 6)
8 decades: Twenties, Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, Aughts, 2010s, 2020s
2 insect centered films: Ants, Naked Lunch
1 horror film set in space or the future: Event Horizon
2 animated films: Fantastic Planet, The Masters of Time
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
2 1970s regional US films: The Giant Spider Invasion, I Eat Your Skin
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access: Howling New Moon Rising
1 German Silent: Nosferatu
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.: Naked Lunch, The Giant Spider Invasion, The Legend of Boggy Creek, Mako: The Jaws of Death, Creature from Black Lake
2 Christopher Lee films: Crypt of the Vampire, Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band): Rock ’n’ Roll Nightmare
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around: Carrie
1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR): He Who Gets Slapped
1 Tobe Hooper film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
