And that was it! It was a good month.
These are the rules dictated by Cinemonster this year:
There must be 31 films (check) DONE
6 countries (check, has 22: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia) DONE
8 decades (check, has 11) DONE
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (Virus, Threads) DONE
1 film with Robert Englund (Dead and Buried) DONE
1 something is underground film (Tremors) DONE
3 Satan/Devil centered films (Diabel, Seven Footprints to Satan, Lisa and the Devil) DONE
1 Amicus film (The House That Dripped Blood) DONE
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd…
And that was it! It was a good month.
These are the rules dictated by Cinemonster this year:
There must be 31 films (check) DONE
6 countries (check, has 22: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia) DONE
8 decades (check, has 11) DONE
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (Virus, Threads) DONE
1 film with Robert Englund (Dead and Buried) DONE
1 something is underground film (Tremors) DONE
3 Satan/Devil centered films (Diabel, Seven Footprints to Satan, Lisa and the Devil) DONE
1 Amicus film (The House That Dripped Blood) DONE
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access (Dracula Untold) DONE
1 LGBTQ+ connected film (Nightbreed, May, Tomie) DONE
5 Films from De Palma (Carrie, Sisters), Wes Craven (The Last House on the Left, The People Under the Stairs), Ken Russell (Gothic), Hitchcock (no) and/or Moorhead & Benson (fuck no) DONE
2 Peter Cushing films (The House That Dripped Blood, Corruption) DONE
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker (Dracula Untold) DONE
1 film based on a Clive Barker story (Nightbreed) DONE
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 (The Quiet Family and Tomie) DONE
1 Mario Bava film (Lisa and the Devil) DONE
1 film with an 'x' in the title (X) DONE
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (Spontaneous Combustion) DONE
The films are in the order I watched them.
Ranked:
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales *****
Love Massacre ****½
Rapture ****½
Carrie ****½
Sukkubus ****½
Perfect Blue ****½
Threads ****½
Red Spirit Lake ****½
Cemetery Man ****
Robin Redbreast ****
Strangler vs Strangler ****
Pure Blood ****
The Love Witch ****
Return of the Demon **** (rewatch)
The Black Tower ****
Mister Designer ***½
Nightbreed ***½
The Quiet Family ***½
We're All Going to the World's Fair ***½
Bluebeard ***½
Sisters ***½
The Witch's Mirror ***
Supernatural ***
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies ***
The Devil ***
Corruption ***
Hard Labor ***
Tremors ***
Spider ***
Skinamarink ***
Seven Footprints to Satan ***
The White Reindeer ***
The People Under the Stairs ***
Tomie ***
Spontaneous Combustion ***
Manichitrathazhu ***
Violence Voyager ***
Ura Horror **½
The Whisperer in Darkness **½
Virus **½
Lisa and the Devil **½
May **½
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne **½
Gothic **½
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy **
The House That Dripped Blood **
The Cursed Palace **
The Last House on the Left **
X *½
Tartarus *½
Tears of God *½
Bodom ½
Dracula Untold ½
