Ok, making a real effort to get this right in 2023… I always fail by trawling the depths of my watchlist and end up with too many duds or non-scaries that I lose interest and return to my usual pattern of watching Friday the 13th and Hubie Halloween.

So! This year I tried to source better titles from reliable sources…Slant Magazine lists, people I follow, etc. And I ran each title through a little litmus test of LBXD followers — if my core homies here didn’t approve, it got axed. If one of my super reliable followers panned it, it got disembowels even if it was a supposed 4+ meow burner. I also let a couple repeats in, and bumped the list to 40 titles to give me a little more flexibility. 

So! Let’s rock!

Credit to the creator! 
Cinemonsternsez:
“I will begin as I did the last nine(!) years: I would like to do 31 horror films in October, but that doesn't seem possible at the moment so I will start my 31 on September 15th.

-I WILL REVIEW THEM ALL (I really mean that). Those of you not new to the LB block know that horror is near and dear to my heart.
-I challenge anyone to do the same and use the TAG HoopToberX so we can read each others stuff.
-If you are going to do it, list your link to YOUR list in the comments and i will add it to the intro to help others find your list.”

CATEGORIES:
* 31 films
* 6 countries
* 8 decades
* 2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
* 1 film with Robert Englund
* 1 something is underground film
* 3 Satan/Devil centered films
* 1 Amicus film
* The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access.
* 1 LGBTQ+ connected film
* 5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson.
* 2 Peter Cushing films
* 1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
* 1 film based on a Clive Barker story
* 1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
* 1 Mario Bava film.
* 1 film with an 'x' in the title

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)