Once again time for the most wonderful part of the year. As always this list is a blend of new-to-me and old friends, as well a dash of genre adjacent picks to keep from burnout (we’re genre agnostic around these here parts).

(List subject to change due to selection availability)

As per the master list, there must be at least 31 horror films:

6 countries (other than Italy or US)
The Vourdalak, You Won’t be Alone, The Rover, Limbo, Hotel

9 decades
30s The Old Dark House
40s Rebecca
50s Godzilla
60s Carnival of Souls
70s Someone’s Watching Me!
80s Night Game
90s Audition
00s Retribution
10s The Rover 

4 Zombie Films (Little Monsters, 28 Years, Night of the living dead, The Battery)

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
Kill List
History of the Occult
All the President’s Men

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead (The Bloodettes)

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director (Tigers are not afraid)

1 Canadian film (Beyond the Black Rainbow)

1 Russian or former Russian state film (Viy)

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access (I walked with a zombie)

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films (The Rover, The Last Wave)

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot (dream warriors)

1 The animals are pissed at us film (ghost and the darkness)

1 Silent film (Haxan)

4 based on Novels (Exorcist, Ninth Configuration, Exorcist 3, A Clockwork Orange)

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen (Audition) 

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film (Day of Anger)

1 film from 1932 (The Most Dangerous Game)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) TCSM