Watched: 25/25

The members of the Oscars Death Race Discord server have come together with prompts for the 2nd Annual Winter Holiday Death Race! This challenge will run from America’s Thanksgiving to New Years Eve (November 23rd to December 31st)!

This is going to be the host list for the challenge! If you decide to join, please comment with a link to your list so I can include it here! Tag your lists and reviews with the same as those below!

Also, if you’re looking to join the server, here’s a link!

Prompts:
1. Watch a Winter holiday film from a European country. (Makflaj)
2. Watch a Christmas documentary. (A list of some can be found here). (nico ng)
3. Watch a period piece film that takes place around a Winter holiday. (Julia)
4. Watch a Christmas musical that has a rating of PG-13 or higher. (ShaniRebekah)
5. Watch a Winter holiday film that our friend Dakota (ContraZoomPod) has worked on. (That list can be found here). (Ninjaboi)
6. Watch an adaptation of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol. (Some of those adaptations can be found here). (Keith Moser)
7. Watch a Winter holiday film revolving around a gift or heavily featuring gifting. (Whitney Joe)
8. Watch a Christmas film whose title is a play on words or a pun. (Zoey Rose)
9. Watch a sequel connected to a Winter holiday where the original film doesn't relate to a Winter holiday. (RedCarpetRosters)
10. Watch a Winter holiday-centric sequel. (Robin)
11. Watch a film from Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2023. (Those films can be found here). (cassanne55)
12. Watch a Winter holiday special from a franchise/established world. (Logan Harrington)
13. Watch an LGBTQ+ Winter holiday film. (Kara)
14. Watch a remake or adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). (Elysia Brenner)
15. Watch a black and white Christmas film. (Dakota Arsenault)
16. Rewatch a children’s Christmas film that you haven’t seen since you were a child. (bananabeanie)
17. Watch a Winter holiday film with an average Letterboxd rating of 2.5 or lower. (Atticus)
18. Watch a Christmas horror film. (Chloe Jewell)
19. Watch a Winter holiday romantic comedy. (Jack)
20. Watch a film featuring music from Mariah Carey. (A partial list can be found here). (Jeff)
21. Watch a film that features Christmas, but some would argue isn’t really a Christmas film. (Annual Prompt #1)
22. Watch any non-Christmas Winter holiday film. (Annual Prompt #2)
23. Watch a foreign language Winter holiday film. (Annual Prompt #3)
24. Watch a Christmas film directed by a woman. (Annual Prompt #4)
25. Watch an animated feature length Winter holiday film. (Annual Prompt #5)

Participants:
spector | Atticus | Elysia Brenner | Zoey Rose | Jack | Louane Latour | Kara | k swizzle | Keith Moser | Nick Atkins | Doemsdagding | Julia | Jeff | bananabeanie | Robin | Barbieque | Andrew 🎥 

*Films subject to change based on availability at time of watching*

Rewatches:
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Shrek the Halls (2007)

First Watches:
Top 5:
1. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
2. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
3. Violent Night (2022)
4. Carol (2015)
5. The Snowman (1982)
Bottom 3:
23. A Maple Valley Christmas (2022)
24. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
25. The Christmas Tapes (2022)