Cinemonster, an all-around groovy dude who created this challenge ten years ago (that math can't possibly add up...but I'm getting to the age where I feel that way about most things) has unleashed another gauntlet of cinematic pains and delights (indivisible from one another) onto us with an all new set of criteria to fulfill. It's the only Letterboxd challenge that I usually bother with, and it's drawn me to some wonderful films that I probably wouldn't have sought out otherwise over the years.

I can't wait to see what kind of sick shit I discover this year.

And so, without further ado, the categories:

QUICK EASY RULES:

There must be 31 films
6 countries (Canada- Prom Night, Britain- The Mummy, etc., Hong Kong- Encounter of the Spooky Kind, Italy- Bay of Blood, France- Eyes Without a Face, New Zealand- The Frighteners)
8 decades
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (Crawl, Day of the Dead)
1 film with Robert Englund (Urban Legend)
1 something is underground film (Tremors)
3 Satan/Devil centered films (To the Devil a Daughter, The Devil Rides Out, End of Days)
1 Amicus film. (The House that Dripped Blood)
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access. (Dracula 3D)
1 LGBTQ+ connected film (Dressed to Kill)
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Morehead & Benson. (Dressed to Kill, Psycho, Synchronic, Scream 3, The Fury)
2 Peter Cushing films (The House that Dripped Blood, The Mummy)
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker (Dracula 3D)
1 film based on a Clive Barker story (Lord of Illusions)
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 (Friday the 13th Part 7)
1 Mario Bava film (A Bay of Blood)
1 film with an 'x' in the title (Doctor X)

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