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*10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Halloween (1978)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
They Live (1988)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Child's Play (1988)
Ringu (1998)
*6 countries
Japan: Destroy All Monsters (1968), House (1977), Ringu (1998)
UK: Under the Skin (2013)
Italy: Suspiria (1977)
Ireland: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Netherlands: Human Centipede (2011)
France: Eyes Without a Face (1960)
*6 decades
20s: The Man Who Laughs (1928)
30s: Frankenstein (1931)
40s: Cat People (1942)
50s: Them! (1954), Touch of Evil (1958)
60s: Eyes Without a Face (1960), Destroy All Monsters (1968)
90s:…
Quinten made me do it!
*10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Halloween (1978)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
They Live (1988)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Child's Play (1988)
Ringu (1998)
*6 countries
Japan: Destroy All Monsters (1968), House (1977), Ringu (1998)
UK: Under the Skin (2013)
Italy: Suspiria (1977)
Ireland: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Netherlands: Human Centipede (2011)
France: Eyes Without a Face (1960)
*6 decades
20s: The Man Who Laughs (1928)
30s: Frankenstein (1931)
40s: Cat People (1942)
50s: Them! (1954), Touch of Evil (1958)
60s: Eyes Without a Face (1960), Destroy All Monsters (1968)
90s: Jacob's Ladder (1990)
*6 films from before 1970:
Frankenstein (1931)
Cat People (1940)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
*6 mix n' match: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fisher, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig:
Romero: Monkey Shines (1988)
Romero: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Romero: Silence of the Lambs (1991) - uncredited extra. I goofed, but it shall stay on the list.
Cronenberg: Videodrome (1983)
Martino: Torso (1973)
Terence Fisher: The Horror of Dracula (1958)
*2 flying things that kill you films:
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Earth VS the Flying Saucers (1956)
*1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
The Man Who Laughs (1928).
*1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
Jaws 2 (1978)
*2 women directed films
American Psycho (2001) dir. Mary Harron
Revenge (2017) dir. Coralie Fargeat
*1 Inanimate Object Comes Alive:
Maximum Overdrive (1986), Child's Play (1988)
*1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
You're Next (2013)
*and 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Salem's Lot (1979)
Poltergeist (1982)
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