this year's rules

first time doing this! hopefully i can manage it in among all the other stuff i have to do

10 'anniversary films' (release years ending in 8, excluding 2018)
- Babysitter Wanted (2008)
- House (2008)
- Ringu (1998)
- The Blob (1988)
- They Live (1988)
- Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- The Fly (1958)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928)

6 countries
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Germany)
- House (1977, Japan)
- Häxan (1922, Denmark/Sweden)
- Funny Games (1997, Austria)
- The Phantom Carriage (1921, Sweden)
- Train to Busan (2016, South Korea)

6 films from before 1970
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Psycho (1960)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Häxan (1922)
- The Phantom Carriage (1921)
- The Bad Seed (1956)

6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fisher, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix and match, 6 total)
- Night of the Living Dead (Romero)
- The Fly (Cronenberg)
- Hellraiser (Barker)
- Dracula (1958; Fisher)
- Island of the Fishmen (Martino)
- Maniac Cop (Lustig)

2 'flying things that kill you' films
- The Swarm (1978)
- Mosquito (1995)

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

1 'aquatic menace' film
- Island of the Fishmen (1979)

2 films directed by women
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014; Ana Lily Amirpour)
- Blood Diner (1987; Jackie Kong)

1 'inanimate object comes alive' film
- Tabloid Vivant (2016)

1 film with Barbara Crampton in it
- From Beyond (1986)

2 Tobe Hooper films
- Poltergeist (1982)
- The Toolbox Murders (2004)