Greetings, Fright Fans!! Welcome back or welcome for the first time as we launch our fifth viewing challenge from The Podcast Macabre.
This will be a year long challenge with the leisurely pace of one film a week, 52 films for the year. First time watches are always strongly encouraged but not required. Make your own list of 52 films based on the criteria below, watch at your own pace and any order, and please give us the link for your list so we all can see!
See the 2021 Challenge HERE
See the 2022 Challenge HERE
See the 2023 Challenge HERE
See the 2024 Challenge HERE
== RULES ==
- Challenge runs from January 1st through December 31st.
-…
Greetings, Fright Fans!! Welcome back or welcome for the first time as we launch our fifth viewing challenge from The Podcast Macabre.
This will be a year long challenge with the leisurely pace of one film a week, 52 films for the year. First time watches are always strongly encouraged but not required. Make your own list of 52 films based on the criteria below, watch at your own pace and any order, and please give us the link for your list so we all can see!
See the 2021 Challenge HERE
See the 2022 Challenge HERE
See the 2023 Challenge HERE
See the 2024 Challenge HERE
== 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!!
1. From 2025 - The Monkey
2. From the 1920s you have not seen - A Page of Madness
3. Jeffrey Combs - Frightmare
4. 5th in a franchise - Insidious 5: The Red Door
5. Written/directed by BIPOC - Sweetheart
6. From 2015 - Freaks of Nature
7. From 1930s not seen - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
8. Animated Scooby-Doo movie - Scooby-Doo and the Legend of The Vampire
9. Tony Todd - Candyman: Day of the Dead
10. Highest rated on watchlist - Perfect Blue
11. A Troma film - Cannibal! The Musical
12. 1940s not seen - Dead of Night
13. Starring a musician - Studio 666
14. Japanese - Noroi: The Curse
15. From 2005 - Wolf Creek
16. Letterboxd Top 250 unseen - Cure
17. 1950s not seen - Tarantula
18. A.J. Bowen - I Trapped the Devil
19. Dystopian future - Dead End Drive-In
20. From 1995 - The Fear
21. Dee Wallace - Critters Attack!
22. 1960s not seen - Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
23. Southeast Asia - Shutter
24. Remake/reboot - Sisters (2006)
25. From 1985 - Underworld/Transmutations
26. Oscar nom/winner involved - Final Cut - directed by Michel Hazanavicius
27. 1970s not seen - The Tenant
28. Italian - Short Night of Glass Dolls
29. Classic Universal Horror film (1920-1960) - The Black Cat (1934)
30. Lowest rated watchlist - Slender Man
31. Debra Hill - The Dead Zone
32. 1980s not seen - The Boogens
33. Video Nasty - Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
34. From 1975 - Race with the Devil
35. Year you turned 13 - Mirror Mirror
36. Irish - All You Need Is Death
37. 1990s not seen - Steel and Lace
38. French - Knife+Heart
39. From 1965 - Bunny Lake Is Missing
40. Set in a school - Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
41. Hammer films unseen - Kiss of the Vampire
42. 2000s not seen - Amusement
43. Written/directed by a woman - The Lodge
44. Spanish language - The Coffee Table
45. Short film (under 45) - Mr. Crocket
46. Films from the "Bleeding Skull" books (pick from 1980s or from 1990s) - Diabolical Inheritance
47. 2010 not seen - Followed
48. From 1955 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
49. Set in NYC - The Sentinel
50. Original version of #24 - Sisters
51. Starring a Pro Wrestler - Army of the Dead
52. We pick from your watchlist - Underwater (2020)
**BONUS FILMS: We each picked a gem we wanted to recommend**
Demons (1971)
Milk & Serial (2024)
Triangle (2009)
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