I'm making this list a LITTLE late and this is my first attempt at the challenge so let's see what happens! My goal is to watch atleast 25 of this list before October ends. All are first watches!

10 'Anniversary' Films
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Dracula (1958)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Deep Rising (1998)
Let the Right One In (2008)

10/6 Countries
Canada: Dead Ringers, Videodrome
Japan: House
South Korea: Train to Busan
Iran: Under the Shadow
UK: Dracula
Poland: The Lure, Possession
Russia: Viy
Sweden: Let the Right One In
France: Raw
USA: A bunch of 'em

9/6 Decades
1920's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's,

8/6 films from before 1970
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Dracula (1958)
Viy (1967)
The Haunting (1963)
The 7th Victim (1943)
The Mummy (1959)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)

8/6 films from following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fisher, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
Dawn of the Dead, Dracula, Monkey Shines, Dead Ringers, The Mummy, Videodrome, Maniac Cop, The Devil Rides Out

2 flying things that kill you films
Phantasm
Night of the Comet

1 inanimate object comes alive film
Christine

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
The Man Who Laughs

1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
The Lure
Deep Rising

2 women directed films
The Lure by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Raw by Julia Ducournau

1 films with Barbara Crampton
From Beyond

And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Salem's Lot
The Dark

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