Yes, all the terrifying, disturbing, gross, wicked, misanthropic, ghoulish mayhem of a horror movie marathon counts more as welcome escapism than ever this year, for obvious reasons. However my cursed selection of film titles stacks up this year, I'm happy just to be participating in this again with all the other enthusiastic fans here on Letterboxd. Good to have at least one special tradition in 2020 that can't be delayed, postponed, restricted, pared down, or ruined forever by what's going on out there. To Halloween, to Cinemonster, to the night!

The boss list.

6 Countries
- The Oblong Box (1969) (England)
- Dark Waters (1993) (Italy)
- The Uncanny (1977) (Canada)
- School in the Crosshairs (1981) (Japan)
- Angst (1983) (Austria)
- Next of Kin (1982) (Australia)

6 Decades
- Fog Island (1945)
- The Monolith Monsters (1957)
- The Equinox (1967)
- And Soon the Darkness (1970)
- Trick or Treat (1986)
- Sleepwalkers (1992)
- Hair High (2004)

7 2nd Films of Franchises
- Food of the Gods II (1989)
- The Curse II: The Bite (1989)
- Basket Case 2 (1990)
- Nekromantik 2 (1991)
- Scanners 2: The New Order (1991)
- Night of the Demons 2 (1994)

4 Body Horror Films
- Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2008)
- The Wax Mask (1996)
- Xtro (1982)
- Starry Eyes (2014)

2 Films from This Year
- Yummy
- Open 24 Hours

3 Disease Based Films
- Wyrmwood (2014)
- Warning Sign (1985)
- Carriers (2009)

The Highest Rated Horror Film from the '50s That You Can Access
- El Vampiro (1957)

1 Film That is Set Entirely Inside One Location
- Bloody New Year (1987) (an island, if that counts)

1 Invisible Person Film
- The Invisible Maniac (1990)

1 Non-Dracula Hammer Film
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), continuing my annual Hooptober tradition of chronologically watching each of their Frankenstein films

2 Films with a Black Director or Predominantly Black Cast/Lead
- Def by Temptation (1990)
- Kuso (2017)

1 Film with a Movie Theater in it
- Anguish (1987)

...and 1 Tobe Hooper Film (Always)
- Night Terrors (1993)

Extra Credit (seen both, but why not give 'em another go)
- The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
- Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)

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Post-Game Stats
10/16/20: good season! Here's how it ranks out:

1. Angst (B+)
2. Hair High (B+)
3. Carriers (B+)
4. And Soon the Darkness (B)
5. Dark Waters (B)
6. Trail of the Screaming Forehead (B)
7. Starry Eyes (B)
8. Sleepwalkers (B)
9. Basket Case 2 (B)
10. Warning Sign (B)
11. Xtro (B)
12. Kuso (B)
13 Scanners II: The New Order (B-)
14. Trick or Treat (B-)
15. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (B-)
16. Next of Kin (C+)
17. The Equinox (C+)
18. Gnaw: Food of the Gods II (C+)
19. Night of the Demons 2 (C+)
20. Yummy (C+)
21. Nekromantik 2 (C+)
22. School in the Crosshairs (C+)
23. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (C)
24. The Uncanny (C)
25. El Vampiro (C)
26. Anguish (C)
27. The Oblong Box (C)
28. Bloody New Year (C-)
29. Open 24 Hours (C-)
30. The Monolith Monsters (C-)
31. Wax Mask (C-)
32. Fog Island (C-)
33. Def by Temptation (D+)
34. Curse II: The Bite (D+)
35. Night Terrors (D+)
36. The Invisible Maniac (D-)