I love how this movie-watching challenge has become such an anticipatory event; it’s a signal of the first wave of autumn, the time when horror movies play best, just as the first falling leaves appear, and the ever so slow chill creeps into the air. Bring on the season! Thanks to Cinemonster and Slappy McGee, as always. Looking forward to much discourse.
There must be 31 films:
6 countries
(His House, 2000 - Sudanese; REC, 2007 - Spanish; 1408, 2007 - United States; The Dyatlov Pass Incident, 2013 - Russian; The House That Dripped Blood, 1971 - British; Talk To Me, 2022 - Australian)
8 decades
(Night of the Demon, 1957; Rosemary’s Baby, 1968; Horror Express, 1972; Silver Bullet, 1985;…
I love how this movie-watching challenge has become such an anticipatory event; it’s a signal of the first wave of autumn, the time when horror movies play best, just as the first falling leaves appear, and the ever so slow chill creeps into the air. Bring on the season! Thanks to Cinemonster and Slappy McGee, as always. Looking forward to much discourse.
There must be 31 films:
6 countries
(His House, 2000 - Sudanese; REC, 2007 - Spanish; 1408, 2007 - United States; The Dyatlov Pass Incident, 2013 - Russian; The House That Dripped Blood, 1971 - British; Talk To Me, 2022 - Australian)
8 decades
(Night of the Demon, 1957; Rosemary’s Baby, 1968; Horror Express, 1972; Silver Bullet, 1985; Ghostwatch, 1992; The Others, 2001; The Autopsy of Jane Doe, 2016; The Boogeyman, 2023)
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
(Everest, 2015; The Green Inferno, 2013)
1 film with Robert Englund
(Wishmaster, 1997)
1 something is underground film
(Prince of Darkness, 1987)
3 Satan/Devil centered films
(Prince of Darkness, 1987; Devil, 2010; Kill List, 2011).
1 Amicus film.
(The House That Dripped Blood, 1971)
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access.
(Dracula 2000, 2000)
1 LGBTQ+ connected film
(Bad Things, 2023)
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Morehead & Benson.
(Cursed, 2005; The Serpent and the Rainbow, 1988; Dressed to Kill, 1980; Lair of the White Worm, 1988; Psycho, 1960)
2 Peter Cushing films
(The House That Dripped Blood, 1971; Horror Express, 1972)
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
(The Last Voyage of the Demeter, 2023)
1 film based on a Clive Barker story
(Valerie On the Stairs, 2006)
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 (The Ambulance, 1990)
1 Mario Bava film.
(Lisa and the Devil, 1973)
1 film with an 'x' in the title
(The Exorcist: Believer, 2023)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
(Eaten Alive, 1976)
EXTRAS:
What Lies Beneath, 2000
The Exorcist, 1974
Exorcist: The Beginning, 2004
Ghost Story, 1981
The Crow, 1994
Host, 2020
Get Out, 2017
