My first year doing Cinemonster's annual challenge. The goal: watch and review 31 horror/thriller/giallo/etc. movies (preferably ones I've never seen) between 9/15 - 10/31/2018, within the categories set forth by the challenge:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018):
{13/10: Maniac Cop; It Lives Again; Monkey Shines; The Man Who Laughs; The Fly; Magic; I Spit On Your Grave; Dracula; Fear(s) Of The Dark; The Machine Girl; Strangeland; A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; The Lair Of The White Worm}
6 countries:
{7/6: France, Japan, Italy, England, Sweden, Belgium, USA}
6 decades:
{7/6: 1920s, 50s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 10s}
6 films from before 1970:
{6/6: The Man Who Laughs; Revenge Of The Creature; The Fly; Dracula, Häxan; Rodan}
6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one):
{7/6: Maniac; Maniac Cop; Maniac Cop 2; Monkey Shines; Dracula; The Crazies; A Man Called Blade}
2 flying things that kill you films
{2/2: The Fly; Rodan}
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place:
{2/1: The Man Who Laughs; Häxan}
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
{1/1: Revenge Of The Creature}
2 women directed films:
{2/2: Revenge; The Bad Batch}
1 inanimate object comes alive film:
{2/1: The Mangler; Magic}
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it:
{1/1: We Are Still Here}
2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
{2/2: Body Bags, The Mangler}
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH TALES FROM THE HOOD AND TALES FROM THE HOOD 2, WHICH DROPS OCT 2.