Just found this in mid-September. I'd already watched 70+ horror movies this year (most movie-watching in a long time) so I already had 28 out of 52 down. Original post follows and can be found here.
Progress: 52/52 Complete!
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Greetings, Fright Fans! Welcome back or welcome for the first time as we launch our third viewing challenge from The Podcast Macabre.
This challenge will be a year long challenge with the leisurely pace of one film a week, 52 films for the year. First time viewings are highly encouraged but not required unless the category says so. Make your own list of 52 films based on the criteria below, and please give us the link so we all can…
Just found this in mid-September. I'd already watched 70+ horror movies this year (most movie-watching in a long time) so I already had 28 out of 52 down. Original post follows and can be found here.
Progress: 52/52 Complete!
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Greetings, Fright Fans! Welcome back or welcome for the first time as we launch our third viewing challenge from The Podcast Macabre.
This challenge will be a year long challenge with the leisurely pace of one film a week, 52 films for the year. First time viewings are highly encouraged but not required unless the category says so. Make your own list of 52 films based on the criteria below, and please give us the link so we all can see!
See the 2021 Challenge HERE
See the 2022 Challenge HERE
== RULES ==
- Challenge runs from January 1st through December 31st.
- Write a review with each film you watch. It can be short and sweet or a manifesto. Your choice.
- Tag your reviews and lists with PM2023 for easy searching.
- One film for each category. No double dipping to cover multiple categories with a single film.
- Have fun!!!
1. From Rue Morgue's 200 Alternative Horror Films You Should See list (Link to list here.): Vampyr
2. From the 1920s you have not seen before: Haxan
3. A Brea Grant film: After Midnight
4. 3rd film in a franchise: Fear Street: 1666
5. Written and/or directed by IPOC: Nope
6. From 2013: The Borderlands
7. From the 1930s you have not seen before: The Most Dangerous Game
8. Wes Craven film that's not part of the Scream or A Nightmare on Elm St. franchises: Shocker
9. Film with an Oscar nomination or win (any category): Psycho
10. Highest rated horror film on your watchlist you can access: Cure
11. 10 or less characters with named or speaking roles: Revenge
12. From the 1940s you have not seen before: The Queen of Spades
13. A Graham Skipper film: Downrange
14. Set on a plane: The Carrier
15. From 2003: Fear X
16. From the Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films list you haven't seen. (Link to list here): Kwaidan
17. From the 1950s you have not seen before: First Man into Space
18. Featuring "Twisty" Troy James: Anything for Jackson
19. Set on a train: Train to Busan
20. From 1993: Night Terrors
21. From Edgar Wright's 100 Favorite Horror Films of All Time list (Link to list here.): A Bay of Blood
22. From the 1960s you have not seen before: Viy
23. An A24 production: The Lighthouse
24. A remake or reboot: Funny Games
25. From 1983: Psycho II
26. Film with at least one Oscar winner involved (director, writer, cast, etc.): Dead Ringers
27. From the 1970s you have not seen before: Sisters
28. Featuring Javier Botet: It
29. Classic Universal Horror film (1920-1960): Creature from the Black Lagoon
30. Lowest rated film on your watchlist you can access: Knock Knock
31. A Maika Monroe film: Watcher
32. From the 1980s you have not seen before: Chopping Mall
33. Cults: Hereditary
34. Woodland or forest setting: Creep 2
35. From the year you graduated prep/secondary/high school: In the Mouth of Madness
36. An animated film: Mad God
37. From the 1990s you have not seen before: The Faculty
38. Summer camp setting: Fear Street: 1978
39. From 1973: And Now the Screaming Starts
40. Set in an automobile: Roadgames
41. A Hammer Films production: The Revenge of Frankenstein
42. From the 2000s you have not seen before: The House of the Devil
43. Written and/or directed by a woman: Censor
44. If it's on the internet, it has to be real! (Internet centric horror): We're All Going to the World's Fair
45. A short film (less than 45 minutes): Meshes of the Afternoon
46. Pick a holiday and celebrate it with a film: Terror Train
47. From the 2010s you have not seen before: Summer of 84
48. From 1963: The Birds
49. Set in a funhouse or haunted attraction: Haunt
50. The original version of #24: Funny Games
51. Sports related: All Cheerleaders Die
52. ** We Pick For You From Your Watchlist! **: Bone Tomahawk
(For #52, after you share your list in the comments, we will peek at your watchlist and pick a film for you to complete your list.)