My fourth year of this Horror. I started the day Cinemonster released the criteria as I had three movies set to expire on August 31st, which I dearly wanted to include. One of my own rules: all films I have not (to my knowledge) previously viewed; however, ironically I am not a Tobe Hooper fan so my one repeat viewing will be Hooper's music video for "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol for the fledgling MTV. Oh, and I'm not good at following rules. And I reserve the right to keep adding as many additional films as I damn well please. So let's begin:
6 COUNTRIES (okay...20 countries):
Belgium - RAW
Canada - THE TALL MAN
China & Korea & Japan -…
My fourth year of this Horror. I started the day Cinemonster released the criteria as I had three movies set to expire on August 31st, which I dearly wanted to include. One of my own rules: all films I have not (to my knowledge) previously viewed; however, ironically I am not a Tobe Hooper fan so my one repeat viewing will be Hooper's music video for "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol for the fledgling MTV. Oh, and I'm not good at following rules. And I reserve the right to keep adding as many additional films as I damn well please. So let's begin:
6 COUNTRIES (okay...20 countries):
Belgium - RAW
Canada - THE TALL MAN
China & Korea & Japan - THREE EXTREMES
Egypt - 122
France - LA MAINE DE DIABLE
Germany - BLOOD RED SKY
Italy - A CLASSIC HORROR STORY
Mexico - CRONOS
Netherlands - DEADLY VIRTUES: LOVE. HONOR. OBEY
Nigeria - THE FIGURINE
Norway - THE CADAVER
Russia - Viy
Singapore - 23:59
Spain (& Italy) - CANNIBALS
Sweden - HOUR OF THE WOLF
Taiwan - SECRETS IN THE HOT SPRING
Thailand - THE PROMISE
United Kingdom - THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
Vietnam - THE HOUSEMAID
8 DECADES (okay, okay...10 decades):
1930s - WHITE ZOMBIE
1940s - LA MAINE DE DIABLE
1950s - DEMENTIA
1960s - HOUR OF THE WOLF
1970s - VAMPYRES
1980s - THE NESTING
1990s - CRONOS
2000s - THE FIGURINE
2010s - THE PROMISE
2020s - BLOOD RED SKY
2 FOLK HORROR:
THE FIGURINE
WAKE WOOD
4 FILMS FROM 1981:
INSEMINOID
THE NESTING
GALAXY OF TERROR
THE MUNSTERS' REVENGE
2 FILMS FROM MY BIRTH YEAR (Yes...I'm really old)
A WARNING FROM SPACE
THE GAMMA PEOPLE
2 HAUNTED HOUSE FILMS
THE PROMISE (actually a haunted unfinished luxury high rise)
THE HOUSEMAID
GHOSTS OF WAR
THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
THE NESTING
THE WORST PART 2 I HAVEN'T SEEN (Let me be the judge of that):
THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
1 FILM SET IN THE WOODS:
THE HOUSEMAID
A CLASSIC HORROR STORY
WAKE WOOD
THE TALL MAN
1 KAIJU OR KONG:
A WARNING FROM SPACE (okay...really large starfish...from Japan)
2 HAMMER FILMS:
THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
WAKE WOOD
3 FILMS WITH A NON-ASIAN PERSON OF COLOR AS DIRECTOR OR LEAD:
THE FIGURINE
122
ANTEBELLUM
3 ASIAN HORROR FILMS (that's easy):
THE PROMISE (Thailand)
THE HOUSEMAID (Vietnam)
A WARNING FROM SPACE (Japan)
23:59 (Singapore)
THREE EXTREMES (China, Japan & Korea)
TAG (Japan)
SECRETS IN THE HOT SPRING (Taiwan)
BEDEVILLED (Korea)
THE ROOMMATE (Japan)
Update - 9/3 - Just added "Jaws" for no other reason than my son was watching it for film class and I figured, what the heck.