Every year Cinemonster concocts this challenge, and it's been a ton of fun every year I've done it. I don't ordinarily do these challenges (I have 3 kids and a full-time job so it can get hairy) but this is the exception and, to be honest, I look forward to it all year.
Here are the rules that Cinemonster laid down and how I will be fulfilling them:
QUICK EASY RULES:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)- Piranha, The Man Who Laughs, Rope (yeah, kind of a cheat), Halloween, Monkey Shines, Night of the Living Dead, Let the Right One In, Child's Play, Kuroneko, Pet Sematary
6 countries- Italy (Your Vice is a Locked Room...),…
Every year Cinemonster concocts this challenge, and it's been a ton of fun every year I've done it. I don't ordinarily do these challenges (I have 3 kids and a full-time job so it can get hairy) but this is the exception and, to be honest, I look forward to it all year.
Here are the rules that Cinemonster laid down and how I will be fulfilling them:
QUICK EASY RULES:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)- Piranha, The Man Who Laughs, Rope (yeah, kind of a cheat), Halloween, Monkey Shines, Night of the Living Dead, Let the Right One In, Child's Play, Kuroneko, Pet Sematary
6 countries- Italy (Your Vice is a Locked Room...), Poland (The Lure), Japan (Kuroneko), Sweden (Let the Right One In), Canada (Videodrome), USA (most of the list)
6 decades- Done
6 films from before 1970- Mystery of the Wax Museum, Kuroneko, The Man Who Laughs, Night of the Living Dead, Rope, Phantom of the Opera
6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)- Creepshow, Night of the Living Dead, Your Vice is a Locked Room..., Videodrome, The Great Alligator, The Curse of Frankenstein, Monkey Shines
2 flying things that kill you films- Piranha 2: The Spawning, Phantasm
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place- The Man Who Laughs, Phantom of the Opera
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg- Piranha 1 and 2, The Great Alligator
2 women directed films- The Lure, Pet Sematary
1 inanimate object comes alive film- Child's Play
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.- You're Next
And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)- Eaten Alive and Invaders from Mars
Also, I acquired all of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films on DVD at a thrift shop last year and have been looking for an excuse to watch them, so that's happening too. (I've only previously seen the first one and 3)* And I've made it a tradition over the past four years to watch "Halloween" on Halloween so I'm gonna keep that rolling too.
Follow along and join the fun! Cinemonster says we can start as early as September 15th, so I'll probably start rolling through these then.
*Looks like the "Nightmare" marathon isn't going to happen. Maybe next year.
