About a week late to this party, but still in before October. The only yearly challenge I still do and don't miss. Usual story, quick rules are below with the films that match each included in brackets, 3 bonus films added outside the other rules, remaining films are from my watchlist. Everything subject to change.
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US) [South Korea, Canada, Russia, Japan, Mexico, UK, Germany, Sweden included]
9 decades [1930s, 2010s, 2020s,1970s, 1940s, 1980s, 1960s, 1990s and 1920s included]
5 Zombie Films [White Zombie, Mummies of Guanajuato, Seoul Station, We Are Zombies, Army of the Dead, 28 Days Later]
3 cult or conspiracy horror films [The…
About a week late to this party, but still in before October. The only yearly challenge I still do and don't miss. Usual story, quick rules are below with the films that match each included in brackets, 3 bonus films added outside the other rules, remaining films are from my watchlist. Everything subject to change.
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US) [South Korea, Canada, Russia, Japan, Mexico, UK, Germany, Sweden included]
9 decades [1930s, 2010s, 2020s,1970s, 1940s, 1980s, 1960s, 1990s and 1920s included]
5 Zombie Films [White Zombie, Mummies of Guanajuato, Seoul Station, We Are Zombies, Army of the Dead, 28 Days Later]
3 cult or conspiracy horror films [The Transgressor, The Devils, Salems Lot]
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead [Nope]
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director [The Mummies of Guanajuato]
1 Canadian film [We Are Zombies]
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) [November]
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, Bird Box]
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot [Nightmare On Elm Street 2; Freddy's Revenge]
1 The animals are pissed at us film [The Birds]
1 Silent film [The Phantom Carriage]
4 based on Novels [The Phantom Carriage, Bird Box, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Misery]
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen. [The Conjuring]
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film [The Whip and the Body]
1 film from 1932 [White Zombie]
I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) [Salems Lot]
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986). [all included in addition]
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
Now let's do that voodoo that we do so well.
