X-static to be back for the 10th year (and my 3rd) of the Unhinged Binge, the Monster Marathon, the Grand Ghoul Gauntlet, aka Letterboxd’s most exhilarating event of excess and distress.

Watching with Emily, Jon, Dyl, Brian, Jes, and fellow Hoopers. As always, all regular picks are first-time watches, subject to change based on who I’m watching with or better recs. Gonna probably rewatch a few as bonus picks though.

Shoutout to the head honcho Cinemonster, Slappy McGee, and this wonderful community for making this haunted house a haunted home every Fall.

Powered by Bebop Forever, MovieAss™, Wilhelm Scream dreams, The Independent Picture House in Charlotte NC, Liquid Death, rage, and peanut M&Ms.

Wanna join? Pick and watch 31 horror movies based on the below criteria between 9/15 and 10/31. Though viewing *officially* starts on 9/15, I’m starting early to make sure I finish on-time. Here’s how it all began. Happy Hoopin’!

Status: 31/31 watched
* = watched
^ = rewatch

2023 RULES
6 countries
Onibaba (1964, Japan)*
Deep Red (1975, Italy)*
Thelma (2017, Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden)*
Reanimator (1985, US)*
Mother (2009, South Korea)*
Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017, Ireland)*

8 decades
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)*
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)*
The Birds (1963)*
Deep Red (1975)*
The Thing (1982)*
Cemetery Man (1994)*
The Descent (2005)*
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)*

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
Dawn of the Dead (1978)*
28 Days Later (2002)*

1 film with Robert Englund
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)*

1 something is underground film
Mimic (1997)*

3 Satan/Devil centered films
The Devils (1971)*
The Omen (1976)*
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)*

1 Amicus film
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)*

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
Dracula 3000 (2004)*

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Sleepaway Camp (1983)*

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Morehead & Benson
Rear Window (1954, Hitchcock)*
Vertigo (1958, Hitchcock)*
The Last House on the Left (1974, Craven)*
Vampire In Brooklyn (1995, Craven)*
Nightmare On Elm Street (1984, Craven)*

2 Peter Cushing films
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)*
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)*

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
Nosferatu The Vampire (1979)*

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Hellraiser (1987)*

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
28 Days Later (2002)*

1 Mario Bava film
Blood and Black Lace (1964)*

1 film with an 'x' in the title
Jason X (2001)*

1 Tobe Hooper Film
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)*

EXTRA CREDIT
The Zodiac Killer*
10 Rillington Place*
Shaky Shivers*

BONUS WATCHES
Ghoulies*
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster*
Red Eye*
A Haunting In Venice*
Spookies*
The Blob (1988)*
Harry and the Hendersons*
It Follows^*
Saw X*
Signs*
The Fall of The House of Usher*
Hubie Halloween^*
Casper^*
Phantom of the Paradise*
Gerald’s Game*
Trick R’ Treat*