Always a party. Always a joyful burden. My eighth go-round. Let's get to it. First a warning. I have little time to watch movies more than once. There are too many movies out there left to watch. I enjoy the challenge of meeting the criteria each year, but I'm not going to watch a movie again unless it's really worth it. I grew up in the 60s watching "The Wizard of Oz" faithfully every year when it came on. This was before video. This was before DVDs. This was before cable or streaming. You did not stop a movie. You did not choose a movie. A movie was programmed and you watched it or not. Once a year we could…
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Twelfth of Hooptober: Temple of Doom
Always a party. Always a joyful burden. My eighth go-round. Let's get to it. First a warning. I have little time to watch movies more than once. There are too many movies out there left to watch. I enjoy the challenge of meeting the criteria each year, but I'm not going to watch a movie again unless it's really worth it. I grew up in the 60s watching "The Wizard of Oz" faithfully every year when it came on. This was before video. This was before DVDs. This was before cable or streaming. You did not stop a movie. You did not choose a movie. A movie was programmed and you watched it or not. Once a year we could see "A Wizard of Oz." How many times have I seen it? Can't say. I didn't start keeping my list of films until 1966 when I was 9 going on 10. This is all to say, notwithstanding Cinemonster's unusual request to watch a particular film, I am respectfully declining to re-watch "The Wizard of Oz." I do highly recommend viewing the documentary "Lynch/Oz" (2022), especially in light of the passing of David Lynch. But let's get on to the list.
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
Russia - Dau.Natasha
Germany - " "
Ukraine - " "
U.K. - " "
Japan - Lust of the Dead 3
France - L'Assassin Habite au 21
Hong Kong - Beauty Evil Rose
Canada - Crimes of the Century (2022)
Greece - "
Mexico - Alucarda
Spain - Valley of the Dead
Belgium - The Sadist of Notre Dame
Argentina - El Satario
10 decades
1900s: El Satario
1920s: A Page of Madness
1930s: The Old Dark House
1940s: L'Assassin habite au 21
1950s: Violated
1960s: Orgy of the Dead
1970s: Love Me Deadly
1980s: Spontaneous Combustion
1990s: Beauty Evil Rose
2010s: Lust of the Dead 3
2020s: DAU. Natasha
5 Zombie Films
Lust of the Dead 3
Zombeavers
Cell
Valley of the Dead
Orgy of the Dead
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
Love Me Deadly
L'Assassin Habite au 21
Spontaneous Combustion
Crimes of the Future
Beauty Evil Rose
Chaos: The Manson Murders
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
Sinners
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
Alucarda
1 Canadian film
Crimes of the Future (2022)
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
DAU. Natasha (Russia and Ukraine)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
L'Assassin habite au 21
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
Lust of the Dead 3
Cell
Cafe Flesh
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
A Page of Madness (1926)
Daydream (1981)
Nightdreams (1981)
1 The animals are pissed at us film
Zombeavers
1 Silent film
A Page of Madness
4 based on Novels
The Old Dark House
Cell
Valley of the Dead
L'Assassin habite au 21
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
The Old Dark House
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I have the Key
1 film from 1932
The Old Dark House
1 Tobe Hooper movie
Spontaneous Combustion
As we know, one film may qualify for more than one criterion. Accordingly, I shall finish up with the criteria after 16 films (save for the aforementioned Oz film) and then...I can just have some fun. Good luck everyone! Remember to have fun! Let's get it on!
