With December coming to a close it’s time to prepare to jump into the fifth year of The Podcast Macabre 52 Films in 52 Weeks Challenge!!! If you would like to join in the fun, please visit Chris Duck’s List for the full info on the challenge, links to prior years, links to movie lists needed for some of the criteria choices, and to leave a link to your list in his comment section. Now that I’ve typed “link”, “links”, “list”, or “lists” a million times in a few sentences, here’s the quick and dirty version of the challenge rules and criteria:
== RULES ==
- Challenge runs from January 1st through December 31st.
- Write a review with each film you watch. It…
With December coming to a close it’s time to prepare to jump into the fifth year of The Podcast Macabre 52 Films in 52 Weeks Challenge!!! If you would like to join in the fun, please visit Chris Duck’s List for the full info on the challenge, links to prior years, links to movie lists needed for some of the criteria choices, and to leave a link to your list in his comment section. Now that I’ve typed “link”, “links”, “list”, or “lists” a million times in a few sentences, here’s the quick and dirty version of the challenge rules and criteria:
== RULES ==
- Challenge runs from January 1st through December 31st.
- Write a review with each film you watch. It can be short and sweet or a manifesto. Your choice.
- Tag your reviews and lists with PM2025 for easy searching.
- One film for each category. No double dipping to cover multiple categories with a single film.
- Have fun!!
As it stands, at my initial publication of this list, 48 of these films will be first time watches. However, there’s always changes as films fall off various streaming platforms, or as I find something that I’s rather use for the criteria.
1. From 2025
Wolf Man
2. From the 1920s you have not seen
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
3. Jeffrey Combs
Frightmare
4. 5th in a franchise
Seed of Chucky
5. Written/directed by BIPOC
Tales From the Hood 3
6. From 2015
We Are Still Here
7. From 1930s not seen
Vampyr
8. Animated Scooby-Doo movie
Scooby-Doo! and The Witch’s Ghost
9. Tony Todd
Stoker Hills
10. Highest rated on watchlist
Inland Empire
11. A Troma film
Nightbeast
12. 1940s not seen
The Body Snatcher
13. Starring a musician
Studio 666
14. Japanese
Creepy
15. From 2005
Wolf Creek
16. Letterboxd Top 250 unseen
Noroi: The Curse
17. 1950s not seen
Macabre
18. A.J. Bowen
Among Friends
19. Dystopian future
The Platform 2
20. From 1995
Species
21. Dee Wallace
The Stepford Wives
22. 1960s not seen
Nightmare Castle
23. Southeast Asia
Roh
24. Remake/reboot
The Mummy (2017)
25. From 1985
Phenomena
26. Oscar nom/winner involved
Presence
27. 1970s not seen
The Driller Killer
28. Italian
Island of the Fishmen
29. Classic Universal Horror film (1920-1960)
Dracula (Spanish Language Version)
30. Lowest rated watchlist
Snow Falls
31. Debra Hill
Halloween
32. 1980s not seen
Anthropophagus
33. Video Nasty
Don’t Go In The House
34. From 1975
Blacker Than The Night
35. Year you turned 13
The Brain
36. Irish
All You Need is Death
37. 1990s not seen
Spiral
38. French
Revenge
39. From 1965
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors
40. Set in a school
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
41. Hammer films unseen
Taste of Fear
42. 2000s not seen
Daybreakers
43. Written/directed by a woman
Blood Diner
44. Spanish language
Poison for the Fairies
45. Short film (under 45 minutes)
Lily
46. Films from the "Bleeding Skull" books
Lone Wolf
47. 2010s not seen
The Awakening
48. From 1955
Day the World Ended
49. Set in NYC
Wolfen
50. Original version of #24
The Mummy (1932)
51. Starring a Pro Wrestler
See No Evil
52. We pick from your watchlist
Candy Land
**BONUS FILMS: We each picked a gem we wanted to recommend**
Demons (1971)
Milk & Serial (2024)
Triangle (2009)
