It’s officially my favourite time of year, the temperature has started to drop, the nights are drawing in and it’s socially acceptable to sit in a dark room binging horror movies until your eyes go square.
I’ve no idea how many of these I will get through and I failed miserably last year, only watching a fraction of my list but I always enjoy making the list and checking out everyone else’s. It’s a great way of discovering unheralded horror movies and watching stuff you might not normally check out. I’ve tried to keep it to mostly first time watches but there’s a few on here that I’ve seen before although I’ve not watched them in a long time and…
It’s officially my favourite time of year, the temperature has started to drop, the nights are drawing in and it’s socially acceptable to sit in a dark room binging horror movies until your eyes go square.
I’ve no idea how many of these I will get through and I failed miserably last year, only watching a fraction of my list but I always enjoy making the list and checking out everyone else’s. It’s a great way of discovering unheralded horror movies and watching stuff you might not normally check out. I’ve tried to keep it to mostly first time watches but there’s a few on here that I’ve seen before although I’ve not watched them in a long time and I’ve never logged them on here.
As always a massive thanks to the legend that is Cinemonster for keeping the show on the road year after year. Here is a link to his master list boxd.it/EsPD6 if anyone wants to join in the fun.
The rules for this year’s challenge;
There must be 31 horror films,
6 countries (other than Italy or US).
9 decades.
5 Zombie Films.
3 cult or conspiracy horror films.
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead.
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
1 Canadian film.
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan).
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access.
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films.
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot.
1 The animals are pissed at us film.
1 Silent film.
4 based on Novels.
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film.
1 film from 1932.
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).
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH
Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).
Review them all.
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
