Another huge year! Let’s watch some spooky movies 👻
Most of these are new watches for me except for my beloved The Fly (1986) bc I want to double feature it with the 50s version, Bride of Reanimator which I’ll be showing my beloved @batsnskulls, and Dawn of the Dead (2004) which scared the shit out of 16yo me and needs to be rewatched for anthropological reasons
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films ☑️
6 countries (other than Italy or US) ☑️ (8: Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, France, Canada)
9 decades ☑️ (14: every decade from 1800s to 2020s)
5 Zombie Films ☑️ (Sugar Hill, Day of the Dead, Night Eats the World, Braindead,…
Another huge year! Let’s watch some spooky movies 👻
Most of these are new watches for me except for my beloved The Fly (1986) bc I want to double feature it with the 50s version, Bride of Reanimator which I’ll be showing my beloved @batsnskulls, and Dawn of the Dead (2004) which scared the shit out of 16yo me and needs to be rewatched for anthropological reasons
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films ☑️
6 countries (other than Italy or US) ☑️ (8: Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, France, Canada)
9 decades ☑️ (14: every decade from 1800s to 2020s)
5 Zombie Films ☑️ (Sugar Hill, Day of the Dead, Night Eats the World, Braindead, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Rabid, Dawn of the Dead)
3 cult or conspiracy horror films (The Wicker Man, Green Room, Lokis)
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead ☑️ (Get Out)
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director ☑️ (Cronos)
1 Canadian film ☑️ (Cube)
1 former Soviet state film ☑️ (Lokis (Lithuania))
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access ☑️ (I Walked With a Zombie (hoping for a Rob Zombie sample in this one))
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films ☑️ (the zombie movies took care of this one!)
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot ☑️ (All the Colors of the Dark)
1 The animals are pissed at us film ☑️ (Cujo)
1 Silent film ☑️ (Frankenstein, Temptation of St Anthony)
4 based on Novels ☑️ (Cujo, Picnic at Hanging Rock The Fly, Fall of the House of Usher (short stories count 🤫))
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film ☑️ (All the Colors of the Dark)
1 film from 1932 ☑️ (Island of Lost Souls)
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) ☑️ (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Also a special self-assigned Trash rule: there has to be at least one Australian film (Picnic at Hanging Rock, technically a rewatch but it’s been so long I only remember the swans)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
Link to the master post HERE