cinemonster’s original list
rules and housekeeping:
there must be 31 horror films across 6 countries not including usa and italy and 9 decades. check notes :)
the start day is supposed to be september 15 but i’m going to give myself some extra time and do the challenge from september 1 until october 31. i’m also going to let myself add frankenstein in november because i wanted to see it in theaters but didn’t have the time to go in october.
the last rule is to review every movie watched for the challenge. i don’t usually review everything i watch but i will make a conscious effort to share my thoughts on these films.
i originally had the films in…
cinemonster’s original list
rules and housekeeping:
there must be 31 horror films across 6 countries not including usa and italy and 9 decades. check notes :)
the start day is supposed to be september 15 but i’m going to give myself some extra time and do the challenge from september 1 until october 31. i’m also going to let myself add frankenstein in november because i wanted to see it in theaters but didn’t have the time to go in october.
the last rule is to review every movie watched for the challenge. i don’t usually review everything i watch but i will make a conscious effort to share my thoughts on these films.
i originally had the films in order of the watchlist requirements but reordered them to fit how i watched them chronologically.
watch:
- 5 zombie films (3/5)
- 📸 3 cult or conspiracy horror films (3/3)
- 📸 1 film from a black director with a black lead
- 📸 1 film from a mexican or central american director
- 📸 1 canadian film
- 📸 1 former soviet state film
- a popular film from the 1940s
- 📸 2 post-apocalyptic horror films (2/2)
- 📸 1 film with dreams as part of the plot
- 📸 1 the animals are pissed at us film
- 📸 1 silent film
- 📸 4 based on novels (4/4)
- 📸 any film from cinemonster’s favorite horror movies list
- 1 ernesto gastaldi written film
- 📸 1 film from 1932
- the wizard of oz ('39)
- 1 tobe hooper film
extra credit films:
- 📸 burn witch burn
- german chainsaw massacre
- trick or treat
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rewatches: zombieland, jennifer’s body, the wizard of oz
film count progress: 23/31
country progress: 4/6
decade progress: 9/9
top 8:
1. the shining (1980)
2. night of the living dead (1968)
3. jaws (1975)
4. from dusk till dawn (1996)
5. halloween ii (1981)
6. halloween (1978)
7. halloween h20: 20 years later (1998)
8. jennifer’s body (2009)
bottom 5:
19. zombieland (2009)
20. insidious (2010), canada
21. halloween: the curse of michael myers (1995)
22. halloween kills
23. frankenstein (2025), canada
most surprising: night of the living dead
most disappointing: frankenstein and halloween kills (which i couldn’t even bring myself to finish)
funniest: from dusk till dawn
saddest: halloween 4 or 5 just bc the main girl is literally 7 years old
scariest: night of the living dead (1968) or the shining
strangest: murders in the rue morgue
which films gave me nightmares?
- night of the living dead (1968) (twice ☹️)
- insidious
- halloween 5: revenge of michael myers
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films that i wanted to watch but didn’t have time to get to:
24. shaun of the dead (zombie)
25. zombieland: double tap (zombie)
26. dead of night (popular film from 1940’s)
27. the strange vice of mrs wardh (written by ernesto gastaldi)
28. the wizard of oz (the wizard of oz)
29. texas chainsaw massacre (for the second year in a row 🤨)
30. german chainsaw massacre (extra credit)
31. trick or treat (extra credit)
