[what I ended up watching (1-19), and what I'd still like to see (20-34)]
I love the idea of horror marathons, but my constitution never lasts. The blood and guts and terror end up infecting my reality, and that's when I need to turn away. That said, last year's challenge introduced me to Tourneur & Romero, and I watched A Page of Madness for the first time. And with classes and grad school applications, maybe all these B-movies will be exactly what I need.
As usual, the rules and list will change depending on whim and availability.
The reviews, as I watched them:
Dead Ringers
eXistenZ
Dracula
Final Destination
Dawn of the Dead
Near Dark
The Boxer's Omen
Silent Hill
Diabolique…
[what I ended up watching (1-19), and what I'd still like to see (20-34)]
I love the idea of horror marathons, but my constitution never lasts. The blood and guts and terror end up infecting my reality, and that's when I need to turn away. That said, last year's challenge introduced me to Tourneur & Romero, and I watched A Page of Madness for the first time. And with classes and grad school applications, maybe all these B-movies will be exactly what I need.
As usual, the rules and list will change depending on whim and availability.
The reviews, as I watched them:
Dead Ringers
eXistenZ
Dracula
Final Destination
Dawn of the Dead
Near Dark
The Boxer's Omen
Silent Hill
Diabolique
Alice
Phantasm
Night of the Demon
Twixt
The Haunting of Hill House
The Curse of the Cat People
Spontaneous Combustion
Young Frankenstein
Halloween II
The rules:
- 10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018): Dracula, Corridors of Blood, The Cremator, The Devil Rides Out, Dawn of the Dead, Empire of Passion, Dead Ringers, Alice, A Quiet Place in the Country, Snake Woman's Curse
- 6 countries: England, Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, France, US
- 6 decades: 10s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s
- 6 films from before 1970: The Avenging Conscience, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Corridors of Blood, The Cremator, The Devil Rides Out
- 6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one): Dead Ringers, eXistenZ, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dracula, The Devil Rides Out
- 2 flying things that kill you films: Phantasm, Final Destination
- 1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place: The Avenging Conscience
- 1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg: The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- 2 women directed films: Near Dark, Sorority House Massacre
- 1 inanimate object comes alive film: Christine
- 1 film with Barbara Crampton in it: Re-Animator
And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): Lifeforce, Spontaneous Combustion