Last year introduced me to so many wild movies, I'm hoping this year proves the same. I'm overachieving in some respects (11 decades, 14 countries, 2+ underrepresented directors) in order to cheat in one (my worst sequel is from 2011). I filled in the remaining slots with mostly folk horror and a couple movies that I filed away expressly for this purpose last year. These are all first watches. And this year I'm starting on time, too!
QUICK EASY RULES:
Progress: 30/31
There must be 31 films
● 14/6 countries (USA, Japan, Czech, UK, Germany, Austria, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, Chile, France, Denmark, Iran, Spain)
● 10/8 decades (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 10s, 20s)
● 3/2 insect…
Last year introduced me to so many wild movies, I'm hoping this year proves the same. I'm overachieving in some respects (11 decades, 14 countries, 2+ underrepresented directors) in order to cheat in one (my worst sequel is from 2011). I filled in the remaining slots with mostly folk horror and a couple movies that I filed away expressly for this purpose last year. These are all first watches. And this year I'm starting on time, too!
QUICK EASY RULES:
Progress: 30/31
There must be 31 films
● 14/6 countries (USA, Japan, Czech, UK, Germany, Austria, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, Chile, France, Denmark, Iran, Spain)
● 10/8 decades (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 10s, 20s)
● 3/2 insect centered films (The Fly times two, Phase IV)
● 2/1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released) (Crimes of the Future, eXistenZ)
● 2 animated films (The Last Unicorn, The Wolf House)
● 3/1 bloodthirsty old person/people film (X, La Llorona, Homebodies)
● 2 1970s regional US films (Homebodies, Let's Scare Jessica to Death)
○ The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access. (breaking this rule to make it The Wicker Tree, from 2011, which looks awful)
● 1 German Silent
● 5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr. (X, The Fly, Crimes of the Future, Videodrome, eXistenZ)
⊙ 2 Christopher Lee films (The Last Unicorn)
● 2/1 film with a musician or band in it (Body Bags, Videodrome)
● 1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
● 1 Lon Chaney film (He Who Gets Slapped)
● And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (Body Bags)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Last Circus and Silent Madness.
My additions, for underrepresented directors working in English:
● 4/1+ female director (Goodnight Mommy, Huesera, Carrie, Attachment)
● 1+ Black director (His House)
