Like most horror movie sequels, my second year attempting this challenge was an utter disaster (mind you I had just gotten a new job and was going through some life changes, but still). So, this year is the year I finally complete this great challenge!! I'm manifesting it!
Like my lists usually tend to be, there's a lot extra, mainly because I'm not 100% decided on which film I wanna watch for a specific criteria, and I wanna have options in case a film I want to watch is no longer streaming (seeing as how we don't officially start until September 15th). And while the Stephen King criteria needs to be a remake, I've basically seen all his remakes, so…
Like most horror movie sequels, my second year attempting this challenge was an utter disaster (mind you I had just gotten a new job and was going through some life changes, but still). So, this year is the year I finally complete this great challenge!! I'm manifesting it!
Like my lists usually tend to be, there's a lot extra, mainly because I'm not 100% decided on which film I wanna watch for a specific criteria, and I wanna have options in case a film I want to watch is no longer streaming (seeing as how we don't officially start until September 15th). And while the Stephen King criteria needs to be a remake, I've basically seen all his remakes, so I decided to add a couple of first films of his I haven't seen.
Once again, the way I organize my list is by category, but necessarily the order I'll watch them in, and it's organized as such:
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 films
6 countries:
- Ichi the Killer (Japan)
- Raw (France)
- I Saw the Devil (South Korea)
- Hantu Kak Limah (Malaysia)
- The Doll (Mongolia)
- The Guardian (Vietnam)
8 decades:
- The Mummy (1930s)
- Dracula (1950s)
- Planet of the Vampires (1960s)
- House (1970s)
- Monster Dog (1980s)
- The Exorcist III (1990s)
- Triangle (2000s)
- The Deep House (2020s)
2 insect centered films:
- Mimic
- The Swarm
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released):
- Dead Space: Downfall
2 animated films:
- Dead Space: Downfall
- Dead Space: Aftermath
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film:
- The Taking of Deborah Logan
2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young):
- The Town that Dreaded Sundown
- Don't Look in the Basement
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work):
- Howling VII: New Moon Rising
1 German Silent:
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
5 Films from Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.:
- The Brood/Shivers (Cronenberg)
- Pearl/The House of the Devil (West)
- Death Curse of Tartu (Grefe)
- The Giant Spider Invasion (Rebane)
- Night of Bloody Horror (Houck Jr.)
2 Christopher Lee films:
- Dracula
- The Wicker Tree
1 film with a musician or band in it:
- Monster Dog (Alice Cooper)
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around:
- Carrie (2013)
1 Lon Chaney film:
- The Phantom of the Opera
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
- Eaten Alive
Extra Work:
- The Last Circus
- Silent Madness
- Pennywise: The Story of It
****This years surprise: The IT doc is on Screambox. Screambox peeps gave us Hooptober folks a code for a free trial. Everyone can watch the doc, if they want to.
The code is HOOPTOBER and you can sign up HERE
There is a lot of cool stuff on Screambox (including Terrifier 2), so enjoy. 🤡
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
