i have a terrible track record when it comes to these lol, but last year i got the closest i've ever gotten with 23/31 films watched. if i wasn't going to japan for two weeks in october i'm confident this would be the year i finally get over the hump. nonetheless, gonna try and watch as many of these as i can 🤞
all first-time watches.
QUICK, EASY RULES:
6 countries: Australia (Wolf Creek), France (High Tension), Italy (Blood and Black Lace), Japan (The Vampire Doll), Mexico (The Scapular), Norway (Lake of the Dead)
8 decades: 1930s (White Zombie), 1950s (Lake of the Dead), 1960s (Peeping Tom), 1970s (Deep Red), 1980s (Communion), 1990s (The Day of the Beast), 2000s (Martyrs),…
i have a terrible track record when it comes to these lol, but last year i got the closest i've ever gotten with 23/31 films watched. if i wasn't going to japan for two weeks in october i'm confident this would be the year i finally get over the hump. nonetheless, gonna try and watch as many of these as i can 🤞
all first-time watches.
QUICK, EASY RULES:
6 countries: Australia (Wolf Creek), France (High Tension), Italy (Blood and Black Lace), Japan (The Vampire Doll), Mexico (The Scapular), Norway (Lake of the Dead)
8 decades: 1930s (White Zombie), 1950s (Lake of the Dead), 1960s (Peeping Tom), 1970s (Deep Red), 1980s (Communion), 1990s (The Day of the Beast), 2000s (Martyrs), 2010s (Resolution)
2 post-apocalyptic or natural disaster-related films: The Last Man on Earth, The Crazies
1 film with Robert Englund: New Nightmare
1 "something is underground" film: C.H.U.D.
3 Satan/Devil-centered films: Satanic Pandemonium, The Visitor, The Day of the Beast
1 Amicus film: Asylum
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access: Dracula 3D
1 LGBTQ+ connected film: The Vampire Lovers
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock, and/or Moorhead & Benson: Deadly Blessing, The Lair of the White Worm, New Nightmare, Resolution, The Endless
2 Peter Cushing films: The Vampire Lovers, Asylum
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker: The Lair of the White Worm
1 film based on a Clive Barker story: Hellraiser
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10: Orphan
1 Mario Bava film: Blood and Black Lace
1 film with an 'x' in the title X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2