thanks to Cinemonster for hosting this!
i couldn't finish last year, but i hope i can make it work this time. since watching 31 films in ocotober seems nearly impossible because of prior commitments, i will spend september and october getting through my list.
[marking the films i finished watching with italics]
My picks:
~6 countries
1. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (South Korea)
2. [REC] (Spain)
3. Relic (Australia)
4. Suspiria (Italy)
5. Under the Shadow (Iran)
6. Speak No Evil (Denmark)
~8 decades
1. 1950s - Dracula (1958)
2. 1960s - Brides of Dracula (1960)
3. 1970s - The Exorcist (1973)
4. 1980s - Child's Play (1988)
5. 1990s - The Faculty (1998)
6. 2000s - Cry_Wolf (2005)
7. 2010s…
thanks to Cinemonster for hosting this!
i couldn't finish last year, but i hope i can make it work this time. since watching 31 films in ocotober seems nearly impossible because of prior commitments, i will spend september and october getting through my list.
[marking the films i finished watching with italics]
My picks:
~6 countries
1. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (South Korea)
2. [REC] (Spain)
3. Relic (Australia)
4. Suspiria (Italy)
5. Under the Shadow (Iran)
6. Speak No Evil (Denmark)
~8 decades
1. 1950s - Dracula (1958)
2. 1960s - Brides of Dracula (1960)
3. 1970s - The Exorcist (1973)
4. 1980s - Child's Play (1988)
5. 1990s - The Faculty (1998)
6. 2000s - Cry_Wolf (2005)
7. 2010s - Terrifier (2016)
8. 2020s - Cobweb (2023)
*2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
1. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
2. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
*1 film with Robert Englund - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
*1 something is underground film - It Chapter Two (2019)
*3 Satan/Devil centered films
1. Suspiria (2018)
2. The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
3. The House of the Devil (2009)
*1 Amicus film - The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
*The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access - Bram Stroker's Dracula (1992)
*1 LGBTQ+ connected film - Jennifer's Body (2009)
*5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson
1. Carrie (1976) | De Palma
2. Cursed (2005) | Wes Craven
3. Vertigo (1958) | Hitchcock
4. V/H/S: Viral (2014) | Moorehead & Benson
5. New Nightmare (1994) | Wes Craven
*2 Peter Cushing films
1. Dracula (1958)
2. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
*1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker - Dracula (1958) / Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
*1 film based on a Clive Barker story - Candyman (2021)
*1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 - Halloween (2007)
*1 Mario Bava film - Black Sunday (1960)
*1 film with an 'x' in the title - The Exorcist (1973)
*1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
