My first time doing this and I'm very excited! I'll be watching all these films during October but can't guarantee one per day. There may be a few on one day and none another. All of these will be first time viewings for me, no rewatches. Here's the breakdown of the rules and how the films I picked fit:
(COMPLETED 10/28/23: 33/33)
Favorites:
1. Diabolique
2. The Birds
3. The Lighthouse
4. The Wailing
5. Christine
6 countries - I have USA, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Austria, and South Korea represented.
8 decades - every decade is covered from the 50's to the 2020s, plus the 1920’s.
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films -…
My first time doing this and I'm very excited! I'll be watching all these films during October but can't guarantee one per day. There may be a few on one day and none another. All of these will be first time viewings for me, no rewatches. Here's the breakdown of the rules and how the films I picked fit:
(COMPLETED 10/28/23: 33/33)
Favorites:
1. Diabolique
2. The Birds
3. The Lighthouse
4. The Wailing
5. Christine
6 countries - I have USA, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Austria, and South Korea represented.
8 decades - every decade is covered from the 50's to the 2020s, plus the 1920’s.
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films - A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II
1 film with Robert Englund - Hatchet
1 something is underground film - The Descent
3 Satan/Devil centered films - Angel Heart, The Wailing, Häxan
1 Amicus film. - The House That Dripped Blood
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access. - Dracula 2000
1 LGBTQ+ connected film - Diabolique (if anyone disagrees with this fit please let me know. I read from the synopsis that homosexuality is implied but not shown.)
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson. - Sisters, The Last House on the Left, The Birds, Swamp Thing, The Endless
2 Peter Cushing films - The Hound of the Baskervilles, The House That Dripped Blood
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker - Bram Stoker's Dracula
1 film based on a Clive Barker story - Nightbreed
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 - Hatchet
1 Mario Bava film. - Blood and Black Lace
1 film with an 'x' in the title - XX
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) - Salem's Lot
All the other films I chose were just horror films I've been meaning to see. I also opted into two of the bonus challenge movies (#32 and #33).
