The list of films I’ll be checking out for the challenge, starting October 1st. Mostly first-time watches. I ended up watching a ton of movies on the main list as I was putting it together, so this list is some of what’s left after that. I hope everyone participating has an amazing time. I may watch more than one film a day - if so, I’ll update as I go!
Full list of options + instructions here
October 1: Popular contemporary horror actors
Studio 666
Morgan
Barbarian (rewatch)
Drag me to Hell (rewatch)
October 2: Films with the word “night” in the title
The Nightflier
Night School
Dead of Night
The Night Stalker
October 3: Films with a red poster…
The list of films I’ll be checking out for the challenge, starting October 1st. Mostly first-time watches. I ended up watching a ton of movies on the main list as I was putting it together, so this list is some of what’s left after that. I hope everyone participating has an amazing time. I may watch more than one film a day - if so, I’ll update as I go!
Full list of options + instructions here
October 1: Popular contemporary horror actors
Studio 666
Morgan
Barbarian (rewatch)
Drag me to Hell (rewatch)
October 2: Films with the word “night” in the title
The Nightflier
Night School
Dead of Night
The Night Stalker
October 3: Films with a red poster
Margaux (rewatch)
Necronomicon
Castle of Blood
The Devil
October 4: Something cute/funny
Suburban Gothic
Spontaneous
Phantom of the Paradise
Once Bitten (rewatch)
Troll (rewatch)
October 5: Cults and secret societies
The Mephisto Waltz
The Blood on Satan’s Claw
October 6: Time loops/repeating events
The Deaths of Ian Stone
Blood Punch
The Butterfly Effect (rewatch)
October 7: Space age horror
Sphere
Xtro (rewatch)
October 8: Romantic getaways gone wrong
The Iron Rose
Macabre
October 9: Lonely horror
The Shrew’s Nest
October 10: Found footage horror
Rec
Spree
Resurrected (rewatch)
October 11: Invasions and trappings
You’re Next
October 12: Cozy or gothic horror
Krampus
The Hunger
Edward Scissorhands (rewatch)
October 13: Films with less than 25k views on LB
Needful Things
Crimes of Passion
Anguish
October 14: Serial killers
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
October 15: Folk horror
Webcast
October 16: 90’s horror
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (rewatch)
Mirror Mirror
Idle Hands (rewatch)
October 17: Horror about film or television
Thesis
October 18: Slashers
You Might be the Killer
My Bloody Valentine
October 19: The unsettled past
Hour of the Wolf
October 20: Family focused horror
Parents
The Pact
October 21: Lake horror
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Lake Placid
Sleepaway Camp (rewatch)
October 22: Revenge horror
The Loved Ones
The Columnist
The Crow (rewatch)
October 23: Ghosts
The Eye
The Sixth Sense (rewatch)
October 24: Stranger danger
Door
Death Proof
Speak No Evil (remake)
October 25: Choices from Mike Flanagan’s lists of favorites
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Marebito
October 26: Gore
As the Gods Will
Terrifier
October 27: Witches
Bell, Book, and Candle
Hungry Wives
The Curse of the Crimson Alter
October 28: Freaky kids
The Brood
Who Could Kill a Child
October 29: Body horror
Slither
The Fly (rewatch)
October 30: Evil entities
Pumpkinhead
Christine (rewatch)
The Entity
Smile (rewatch)
October 31: Performing arts horror
Climax
CHALLENGE TOP 15 (first time watches, ranked):
— The Fly (technically not a first time watch, but it’s been a few decades so I’m going to include it)
— Marebito
— Thesis
— Death Proof
— Crimes of Passion
— The Hunger
— Spontaneous
— Necronomicon
— Webcast
— Lake Placid
— Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
— Door
— Shrew’s Nest
— The Brood
— Morgan
CHALLENGE BOTTOM 10 (in no particular order):
— Hungry Wives
— The Curse of the Crimson Alter
— Under the Skin
— Terrifier
— Suburban Gothic
— The Iron Rose
— Dead of Night
— You’re Next
— Macabre
— Climax
