this year's rules!

6 countries
- House (1977, Japan)
- Häxan (1922, Denmark/Sweden)
- Funny Games (1997, Austria)
- Blood and Black Lace (1964, Italy)
- Thirst (2019, Iceland)
- Sheitan (2006, France)

8 decades
- Eerie Tales (1910s)
- Au secours! (1920s)
- The Devil-Doll (1930s)
- Cat People (1940s)
- The White Reindeer (1950s)
- Torture Garden (1960s)
- Theatre of Blood (1970s)
- Madhouse (1980s)

2 insect-centered films
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
- Phenomena (1985)

one film set in space/the future (relative to release)
- It Came from Outer Space (1953)

2 animated films
- Vampire Hunter D (1985)
- Extraordinary Tales (2013)

one film about bloodthirsty old people
- The Amusement Park (1975)

2 1970s regional films
- Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
- Don't Hang Up (1974)

the worst 90s sequel you haven't seen and can access
- Xtro II (1990)

one German silent
- The Man Who Laughs (1928)

5 films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B Pierce, William Grefe, and/or Joy N Houck, Jr
- The Fly (1986)
- X (2022)
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
- The House of the Devil (2009)
- The Sacrament (2013)

2 Christopher Lee films
- The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
- The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll/Jekyll's Inferno (1960)

one film with a musician or band in it
- Little Monsters (2019)

one Stephen King adaptation
- Needful Things (1993)

one Lon Chaney film
- Phantom of the Opera (1925)

one Tobe Hooper film
- Lifeforce (1985)

extra credit!
- The Last Circus (2010)
- Silent Madness (1984)
- Pennywise: The Story of It (2022)