Or: how many horror films that I've been meaning to see can I see before I get sick of all the violence and misery?
My first Hooptober, although I've wanted to participate since joining letterboxd a couple of years ago. I'm going to be a bit loose with the rules since classes are about to return, and I'm interested in adding/swapping for more movies from outside the US and directed by women. Although as is, I'm very excited for all of these spooky films.
Reviews may end up here:
Halloween
A Page of Madness
Rosemary's Baby
The Visit
In the Mouth of Madness
I Walked with a Zombie
Cronos
The Devil's Backbone
It
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Night of…
Or: how many horror films that I've been meaning to see can I see before I get sick of all the violence and misery?
My first Hooptober, although I've wanted to participate since joining letterboxd a couple of years ago. I'm going to be a bit loose with the rules since classes are about to return, and I'm interested in adding/swapping for more movies from outside the US and directed by women. Although as is, I'm very excited for all of these spooky films.
Reviews may end up here:
Halloween
A Page of Madness
Rosemary's Baby
The Visit
In the Mouth of Madness
I Walked with a Zombie
Cronos
The Devil's Backbone
It
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Night of the Living Dead
Freaks
Tenebre
The Slumber Party Massacre
The rules, for now:
- 6 sequels (mix-and-match. 6 total) (I'm counting re-makes too): Halloween, Halloween 2, Bride of Frankenstein, Scream 4, Tetsuo 2, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, Nosferatu the Vampyre
- 6 countries: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, Sweden, [Mexico, Spain]
- 6 decades: 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s
- 6 films from before 1970: Rosemary's Baby, Peeping Tom, Eyes Without a Face, Vampyr, A Page of Madness, Cat People, Bride of Frankenstein, Freaks, Night of the Living Dead, Horror of Dracula, Faust, Hour of the Wolf, I Walked with a Zombie
- 6 films from the following: Carpenter, Raimi, Whale, Browning, Craven, Tom Holland (mix-and-match, or all one): In the Mouth of Madness & The Prince of Darkness (Carpenter), Bride of Frankenstein (Whale), Freaks (Browning), The People Under the Stairs & Scream 4 [& A Nightmare on Elm Street] (Craven)
- 3 people eating people (non-zombie): Um, I'm sure something that I've chosen has to include people eating people, right? [Rosemary's Baby]
- 1 Hammer Film: Horror of Dracula
- 1 Romero Dead film: Night of the Living Dead
- 1 terrible oversight (use the following link, filter out the films you've seen and picked the highest rated film from the list that you can get ahold of) letterboxd.com/films/genre/horror/by/rating/size/small/: Rosemary's Baby
- And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): The Mangler & Salem's Lot