Here at last, the literal best part of the year! Upon going through this year's criteria, taking a close look ay my selections and reflecting back on life over the past 18 months, one thing was abundantly clear: whether we stay inside or push ourselves to leave our homes, we're pretty fucked in the end. Here's to a month of doom and gloom! Below is my finalized list as per this year's rules:
- (At least) 6 countries: USA, UK, Sweden, Canada, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, South Africa, Australia
- 8 decades: 1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
- 2 folk horror films: His House, Häxan
- 4 films from 1981: Dead & Buried, Hell Night, Scanners, Madman
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Here at last, the literal best part of the year! Upon going through this year's criteria, taking a close look ay my selections and reflecting back on life over the past 18 months, one thing was abundantly clear: whether we stay inside or push ourselves to leave our homes, we're pretty fucked in the end. Here's to a month of doom and gloom! Below is my finalized list as per this year's rules:
- (At least) 6 countries: USA, UK, Sweden, Canada, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, South Africa, Australia
- 8 decades: 1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
- 2 folk horror films: His House, Häxan
- 4 films from 1981: Dead & Buried, Hell Night, Scanners, Madman
- 2 films from your birth year: The Exorcist III; Mirror, Mirror
- (At least) 2 haunted house films: 1408, Stir of Echoes, The Banishing, The Skeleton Key, Relic
- The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access: Piranha II: The Spawning
- (At least) 1 film set in the woods: Wrong Turn 2, In the Earth, Gaia
- 1 Kaiju or Kong film: Deep Rising
- 2 Hammer films: Taste of Fear, Paranoiac
- 3 films with a person of color as director or lead: His House, The First Purge, Candyman
- 3 Asian horror films: May the Devil Take You, The Medium, Bedevilled
- 1 Tobe Hooper Film: Eaten Alive
