It's time to get spooky!
A challenge where you watch 31 horror films (or more...) starting from September 15th till Halloween!
If you want to join and read the rules for yourself, you can look here.
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Checklist:
🌍 Countries in the list (12 total – other than Italy or US) 🌍
Australia - Lake Mungo (2008)
Canada - Black Christmas (1974)
France - Vampyr (1932)
Germany - The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Japan - One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Mexico - Cronos (1992)
Poland - Inland Empire (2001)
Russia / USSR - Viy (1967)
South Africa - Leprechaun Returns (2018)
South Korea - A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Spain - The Others (2001)
United Kingdom - Shaun of…
It's time to get spooky!
A challenge where you watch 31 horror films (or more...) starting from September 15th till Halloween!
If you want to join and read the rules for yourself, you can look here.
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Checklist:
🌍 Countries in the list (12 total – other than Italy or US) 🌍
Australia - Lake Mungo (2008)
Canada - Black Christmas (1974)
France - Vampyr (1932)
Germany - The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Japan - One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Mexico - Cronos (1992)
Poland - Inland Empire (2001)
Russia / USSR - Viy (1967)
South Africa - Leprechaun Returns (2018)
South Korea - A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Spain - The Others (2001)
United Kingdom - Shaun of the Dead (2004)
📅 Decades in the list (11 total) 📅
1920s - Nosferatu (1922)
1930s - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1940s - Cat People (1942)
1950s - The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1960s - Rosemary's Baby (1968)
1970s - Carrie (1976)
1980s - Halloween II (1981)
1990s - Body Snatchers (1993)
2000s - The Cell (2000)
2010s - A Quiet Place (2017)
2020s - Weapons (2025)
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My picks for each category:
🧟 Zombie Films 🧟
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - ✓
28 Days Later (2002) - ✓
Shaun of the Dead (2004) - ✓
One Cut of the Dead (2017) - ✓
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) - ✓
🌀 Cult or Conspiracy Horror Films 🌀
Jacob's Ladder (1990) - ✓
Suspiria (2018) - ✓
Body Snatchers (1993) - ✓
🎬 Black Director & Black Leading Actor 🎬
Nanny (2022)
🎭 A Mexican or Central American Director 🎭
Cronos (1992)
🍁 O Canada... 🍁
Black Christmas (1974) - ✓
🪆 A Russian or Former Soviet State Film 🪆
Viy (1967) - ✓
🕰️ A 1940s Pick 🕰️
Cat People (1942) - ✓
☄️ Post-Apocalyptic Horror Films ☄️
A Quiet Place (2018) - ✓
Cloverfield (2008) - ✓
💤 Dreams in the Plot 💤
The Cell (2000)
🐕 Pissed Off Animals in Horror 🐕
Cujo (1983) - ✓
🤫 A Silent Film 🤫
Nosferatu (1922) - ✓
📚 Films Based on Novels 📚
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - ✓
The Night of the Hunter (1955) - ✓
Dracula (1931) - ✓
Carrie (1976) - ✓
🎲 A Wildcard Pick 🎲
Bay of Blood (1971) - ✓
✍️ Written by Ernesto Gastaldi ✍️
All the Colors of the Dark (1972) - ✓
🎩 Released in 1932 🎩
Vampyr (1932) - ✓
⭐ "We're not in Kansas anymore..." ⭐
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - ✓
👻 A Tobe Hooper Film 👻
Poltergeist (1982) - ✓
✨ Bonus Picks (If possible...) ✨
Night of the Eagle [Burn Witch Burn] (1962) - ✓
The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Trick or Treat (1986) - ✓
Halloween II (1981)
Lake Mungo (2008) - ✓
Suicide Club (2001)
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
Leprechaun Returns (2018)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Weapons (2025)
The Others (2001) - ✓
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Inland Empire (2001)
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Final Thoughts
- Definitely went overboard with my bonus picks, sorry! But hey, the more the scarier!
- I haven't seen many horror films, so I tried to pick popular and underrated films on Letterboxd that seemed interesting or I wanted to watch for a long time.
- I was tempted to add Mean Girls in the list for some reason? I think because of the Halloween party sequence...
- The format of the categories and checklist I took was from rachaelogilvie's Hooptober list.
- I'm going to rank the films from my favorite to least favorite later on in the future.
- Update (8/29/25): I forgot to add Cronos... Whoops... So, I had to remove one of my bonus picks because I just wanted 40 films, exactly. So I picked After Midnight at the end...
- Thank you for reading the list at the end!