Once again it's time to tackle Cinemonster's annual horror challenge.
So many movies, so little time.
Once again I'm adding my own "no rewatches" rule for an extra challenge and to just widen my scope in general.
*Criteria:*
-10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018):
Bad Dreams (1988), Children of the Corn V (1998), Evil Dead Trap (1988), Inquisition (1978), Jennifer (1978), Primal Rage (1988), Rasen (1998), The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968), Terrorgram (1988), Witchery (1988).
-6 Countries:
USA, UK, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, France, Serbia, Mexico, Spain, Sweden. Bases are more than covered here.
-6 decades:
1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s.
-6 films from before 1970:
The Brides…
Once again it's time to tackle Cinemonster's annual horror challenge.
So many movies, so little time.
Once again I'm adding my own "no rewatches" rule for an extra challenge and to just widen my scope in general.
*Criteria:*
-10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018):
Bad Dreams (1988), Children of the Corn V (1998), Evil Dead Trap (1988), Inquisition (1978), Jennifer (1978), Primal Rage (1988), Rasen (1998), The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968), Terrorgram (1988), Witchery (1988).
-6 Countries:
USA, UK, Japan, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, France, Serbia, Mexico, Spain, Sweden. Bases are more than covered here.
-6 decades:
1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s.
-6 films from before 1970:
The Brides of Dracula (1960), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Gorgon (1964), The Phantom Carriage (1921), The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968).
-6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one):
Clive Barker: Lord of Illusions (1995).
Terence Fisher: The Brides of Dracula (1960), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Gorgon (1964).
Sergio Martino: The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971).
William Lustig: Maniac Cop 2 (1990).
-2 "flying things that kill you" films:
Birds of Prey (1987) aka Beaks, Chosen Survivors (1974).
-1 silent film as a tribute to "A Quiet Place":
The Phantom Carriage (1921).
-1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to The Meg:
Crocodile (2000).
-2 films directed by women:
A Night to Dismember (1983), Raw (2016).
-1 inanimate object comes alive film:
The Wig (2005).
-1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
Dead Night (2017).
-2 Tobe Hooper:
Crocodile (2000) and Mortuary (2005). There's really no more Tobe Hooper horror movies left unwatched after this, so next year we'll have to revisit TCM or something.
-Extra Credit: Tales from the Hood 1 & 2 - Sure, I've seen the first one (and not that long ago) but I enjoyed it, and why not give the sequel a try?
-Review them all - ehh.... probably not.
Big thanks to Cinemonster for organizing this every year. Looking forward to seeing everyone's lists and hopefully discovering some hidden horror gems.
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COMPLETED
In the interest of finishing on time, I had to swap out some of my original picks with other horror movies that I watched in the month of October. All the Hoop-Tober requirements were already fulfilled; the replaced picks were essentially filler. Still plan to watch each of them at some point however.
Replacements:
The Hunger (1983) was replaced with Halloween (2018).
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) was replaced with Pyewacket (2017).
Theatre of Blood (1973) was replaced with Rocktober Blood (1984).
