Did you know Tobe Hooper is an anagram of The Oboe Pro? And nearly an anagram of Poo Brother? Makes you think.
I'm starting a month early this year because October's looking kind of busy and I'm not going to fit all 31 films in otherwise. I'll try and make up for it by watching a few extra.
Rules of the game:
All first time watches
6 countries (aiming for more but not sure how many yet)
8 decades (going to aim for 12 - 1910s to 2020s)
2 folk horror
4 films from 1981
2 films from your birth year
2 haunted house films
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access
1 film set in…
Did you know Tobe Hooper is an anagram of The Oboe Pro? And nearly an anagram of Poo Brother? Makes you think.
I'm starting a month early this year because October's looking kind of busy and I'm not going to fit all 31 films in otherwise. I'll try and make up for it by watching a few extra.
Rules of the game:
All first time watches
6 countries (aiming for more but not sure how many yet)
8 decades (going to aim for 12 - 1910s to 2020s)
2 folk horror
4 films from 1981
2 films from your birth year
2 haunted house films
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access
1 film set in the woods
1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
2 Hammer films
3 films with a person of colour as director or lead (excluding Asian)
3 Asian horror films (from different countries because Japan is a gimme)
1 Tobe Hooper film
So far:
Countries: 12
- UK: The City of the Dead
- USA: Tales from the Hood
- Yugoslavia: A Holy Place
- Thailand: Phobia 2
- Japan: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- South Korea: Peninsula
- Denmark: Blind Justice
- Guatemala: La Llorona
- Hong Kong: A Chinese Ghost Story
- Germany: Warning Shadows
- Vietnam: The Housemaid
- India: Duvidha
Decades: 12
- 1910s: Blind Justice
- 1920s: Warning Shadows
- 1930s: Dracula
- 1940s: Hold that Ghost
- 1950s: The Abominable Snowman
- 1960s: The City of the Dead
- 1970s: Miss Leslie's Dolls
- 1980s: Galaxy of Terror
- 1990s: A Holy Place
- 2000s: Phobia 2
- 2010s: The Conjuring
- 2020s: Peninsula
2 folk horror: The City of the Dead, A Holy Place
4 films from 1981: Galaxy of Terror, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Hospital Massacre, The Burning
2 films from your birth year: Horrors of Malformed Men, Eye of the Cat
2 haunted house films: Hold That Ghost, The Conjuring
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access: Tales from the Hood 2
1 film set in the woods: Gretel & Hansel
1 Kaiju or Kong: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
2 Hammer films: The Abominable Snowman, The Shadow of the Cat, The Curse of Frankenstein
3 films with POC director/lead: Tales from the Hood, Duvidha, Tales from the Hood 2
3 Asian horror films: Phobia 2, Peninsula, A Chinese Ghost Story
1 Tobe Hooper film: Body Bags
Extra credit: The Scooby-Doo Project, The Skull