12 Years. Jesus Christ, my son was only six when this thing started...
I can't believe this is the 12th time I've participated in Cinemonster's devilishly demonic horror marathon, and I'm just as excited as ever to jump in this new batch of films.
So, no lengthy introduction this time, let's just get into the viscera and set ourselves up for 45 days of blood, guts, and terror. As always, check out his list here while I sharpen the axe for cutting into the films below.
RULES:
31 films watched and reviewed. In addition I will TRY to watch films I haven't yet seen (literally impossible this year, given some of the requirements)...or at least films I haven't yet reviewed…
12 Years. Jesus Christ, my son was only six when this thing started...
I can't believe this is the 12th time I've participated in Cinemonster's devilishly demonic horror marathon, and I'm just as excited as ever to jump in this new batch of films.
So, no lengthy introduction this time, let's just get into the viscera and set ourselves up for 45 days of blood, guts, and terror. As always, check out his list here while I sharpen the axe for cutting into the films below.
RULES:
31 films watched and reviewed. In addition I will TRY to watch films I haven't yet seen (literally impossible this year, given some of the requirements)...or at least films I haven't yet reviewed on Letterboxd. Onto the official requirements:
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
US, Poland, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, UK, France, Finland
9 decades
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
5 Zombie Films
White Zombie, 28 Years Later, Dead Snow, Return of the Living Dead II, The Living Dead Girl
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
The Invitation, Moloch, The City Of The Dead
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
The Blackening
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
The Untamed
1 Canadian film
Die Alone
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
Viy
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
Dead of Night
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
Die Alone, 28 Years Later
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
Before I Wake
1 The animals are pissed at us film
Day of the Animals
1 Silent film
The Man Who Laughs
4 based on Novels
The Black Phone, White Zombie, Clown in a Cornfield, Viy
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen
The Blackening
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
The Possessed
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)
Eggshells
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).