Original Challenge
Not the resounding (barely) success that the last two were. I was unable to fit a few films in mainly because I never found myself in the mood for them. I justified Wizard of Oz to myself easily enough: it's a film I definitely want to watch it at some point, but not really for Halloween. Italian horror has thus far not been my cup of tea, so it was easy enough to push the Ernesto Gastaldi written film aside, though I do wish I had got around to The Iron Rose for the French entry, as I very much enjoyed Rollin's Grapes of Death.
These are now ranked.
There must be (at least) 31 horror films:
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Original Challenge
Not the resounding (barely) success that the last two were. I was unable to fit a few films in mainly because I never found myself in the mood for them. I justified Wizard of Oz to myself easily enough: it's a film I definitely want to watch it at some point, but not really for Halloween. Italian horror has thus far not been my cup of tea, so it was easy enough to push the Ernesto Gastaldi written film aside, though I do wish I had got around to The Iron Rose for the French entry, as I very much enjoyed Rollin's Grapes of Death.
These are now ranked.
There must be (at least) 31 horror films:
6 countries:
France: N/A
Hong Kong: The Boxer's Omen
Japan: Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Netherlands: The Vanishing
Norway: The Ugly Stepsister
UK: Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
9 decades:
1940s: Dead of Night
1950s: Dracula
1960s: Eyes Without a Face
1970s: The Night Stalker
1980s: Cyclops
1990s: Encounters of the Spooky Kind II
2000s: Jennifer's Body
2010s: A Record of Sweet Murder
2020s: Together
5 Zombie Films:
Army of the Dead
The Grapes of Death
I Walked with a Zombie
Resident Evil: Degeneration
The Video Dead
3 cult or conspiracy horror films:
Kill List
Society
Starry Eyes
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead:
Tales from the Hood 2
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director:
Cronos
1 Canadian film:
End of the Line
1 Russian or former Russian state film:
Viy
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access:
The Wolf Man
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films:
Priest
Prisoners of the Ghostland
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot:
The Cell
1 The animals are pissed at us film:
Anaconda
1 Silent film:
The Phantom of the Opera
4 based on Novels:
Count Dracula
Creepy
The Long Walk
Samurai Reincarnation
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen:
Tales from the Hood
1 film from 1932:
The Old Dark House
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
I’m Dangerous Tonight