It’s that time of year again, Cinemonster has laid down the criteria for spooky season viewing. Last year I nearly wiped myself trying getting to 50 movies instead of sticking to my list. So this I’m gonna try to stick the list and not go too crazy. Let’s rock.

QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 films

6 countries: Brazil (At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul), South Korea (Thirst), Australia (The Tunnel), Hong Kong (Rigor Mortis), Argentina (Terrified), Russia (Sputnik), France (Raw), United Kingdom (She Will), Czechoslovakia (Wolf’s Hole)
8 decades (30s (The Black Cat), 60s (The Haunting), 70s (Sisters), 80s (Alligator), 90s (Candyman), 00s (Thirst), 10s (Raw), 20s (It Lives Inside))
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (Split Second, Take Shelter)
1 film with Robert Englund (The Mangler)
1 something is underground film (The Tunnel)
3 Satan/Devil centered films (The Exorcist: Believer, Angel Heart, The Day of the Beast)
1 Amicus film. (The Skull)
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access. (Dracula 3D)
1 LGBTQ+ connected film (Knife + Heart)
5 Films from De Palma (Sisters), Wes Craven (The People Under The Stairs), Ken Russell (The Lair of the White Worm), Hitchcock (The Birds) and/or Morehead & Benson. (Spring)
2 Peter Cushing films (The Skull and Scream and Scream Again)
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker (Dracula 3D)
1 film based on a Clive Barker story (Candyman)
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 (Candyman)
1 Mario Bava film. (The Whip and The Body)
1 film with an 'x' in the title (XX)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (The Mangler)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Zodiac Killer and 10 Rillington Place. Like last year, there is a third film: Shaky Shivers.