I am not the biggest fan of horror films so expectations are a little low but thought I’d give this challenge a try. 

watched: 3 / 34

current top 5 rankings
1.  us
2. dracula
3.
4.
5. dawn of the dead

There must be 31 horror films:
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
ju-on: the grudge (japan)
terrified (argentina)
the eye (china)
shutter (thailand)
the lift (netherlands)
martyrs (france)

9 decades
sinners (2020s)
world war z (2010s)
28 days later (2000s)
scream (1990s)
a nightmare on elm street (1980s)
the texas chainsaw massacre (1970s)
night of the living dead (1960s)
dracula (1950s)
the wolf man (1940s)

5 Zombie Films
train to busan
night of the living dead
28 days later
dawn of the dead
pontypool

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
hereditary
society
the girl with all the gifts

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
us

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
we are what we are

1 Canadian film
black christmas

1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
scary mother

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
the wolf man

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
28 days later
night of the living dead

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
a nightmare on elm street

1 The animals are pissed at us film
jaws

1 Silent film
nosferatu

4 based on Novels
the shining
dracula
world war z
the girl with all the gifts

Any film from cinemonster’s list that you haven't seen.
dracula

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
the whip and the body

1 film from 1932
vampyr

1 WIZARD of OZ ('39)
wizard of oz

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
the texas chainsaw massacre

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).