In watch order, then chronological for planned unwatched items. Subject to revision as I go. I live in Ohio, where spooky season celebrations start early—there have been giant skeleton lawn decorations out in the neighborhood since mid-August—so I started watching these early to dilute my household's level of onscreen chills 'n thrills for the sake of my family lol.
Rules:
• There must be 31 horror films ⏳ [30/31]
• 6 countries (other than Italy or US) ✅➕ [12/6: France, Russia, Ukraine, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong]
• 9 decades ✅➕ [11/9: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s]
• 5 zombie films ✅ [5/5: White Zombie, Messiah of Evil, Return…
In watch order, then chronological for planned unwatched items. Subject to revision as I go. I live in Ohio, where spooky season celebrations start early—there have been giant skeleton lawn decorations out in the neighborhood since mid-August—so I started watching these early to dilute my household's level of onscreen chills 'n thrills for the sake of my family lol.
Rules:
• There must be 31 horror films ⏳ [30/31]
• 6 countries (other than Italy or US) ✅➕ [12/6: France, Russia, Ukraine, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong]
• 9 decades ✅➕ [11/9: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s]
• 5 zombie films ✅ [5/5: White Zombie, Messiah of Evil, Return of the Living Dead, I Walked with a Zombie, Land of the Dead; edge cases that I'm not counting as zombie flicks: The Last Man on Earth (technically they're vampires!), Demons (technically they're demons!), The Living Dead Girl (technically she's the living dead girl!), Weapons (technically they're weapons!)]
• 3 cult or conspiracy horror films ✅➕ [5/3: Messiah of Evil, Dark Waters, The Dunwich Horror, Curse of the Demon, Häxan]
• 1 film from a Black director with a Black lead ✅ [1/1: Ganja & Hess]
• 1 film from a Mexican or Central American director ✅ [1/1: Cronos, directed by Guillermo del Toro]
• 1 Canadian film ✅ [1/1: Black Christmas]
• 1 former Soviet state film ✅ [1/1: Dark Waters, Russia/Ukraine/Italy/UK coproduction]
• The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access ✅➕ [first it was Dead of Night but it turned out I Walked with a Zombie is ranked higher]
• 2 post-apocalyptic horror films ✅ [2/2: The Last Man on Earth, Land of the Dead]
• 1 film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot ✅➕ [4/1: Litan, Weapons, Dead of Night, The Substance]
• 1 "the animals are pissed at us" film ✅ [1/1: originally The Birds but I wanted to do this without any rewatches so Evil Cat it is]
• 1 silent film ✅➕ [2/1: Häxan, Sleep Has Her House; Cuadecuc, vampir disqualified by the final shot]
• 4 based on novels ✅➕ [6/4: White Zombie, The Dunwich Horror, The Last Man on Earth, Eyes Without a Face, I Walked with a Zombie, Count Dracula]
• Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen ✅➕ [multiple, so far: Demons, Brain Damage, Black Christmas, Cronos, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, Night of the Demon, Dead of Night, Return of the Living Dead, Ganja & Hess, The Substance]
• 1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film ✅ [1/1: Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key]
• 1 film from 1932 ✅ [1/1: White Zombie]
• WIZARD of OZ ('39) 🛑
• And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) ✅ [1/1: Body Bags]
Running 32 films this year because although "I get it" I don't really consider The Wizard of Oz a horror film, and as such I feel it doesn't count towards satisfying the first rule.
