Is anyone doing the October Horror Movie Challenge this year?
For those of you who are not familiar with the challenge, the rules are simple: watch 31 horror movies during the month of October (the definition of "horror" is up to you). 16 of these movies have to be movies you haven't seen before.
I've done this for 2 years now and have been able to pull it off successfully. Although there are always BAD horror movies I haven't see, finding good ones to fill up my 16 unseen slots is getting more difficult.
Anyone have suggestions?
My wife and I did this 2 years ago and we had to stop halfway through because she was having terrible nightmares.
Try "The Gate" from 1987. I loved that one as a kid.
"Ghost Chase" is not scary and it's terrible. Perfect for MST3000.
There are lots of other I grew up with, but they're the obvious ones I'm sure you've already seen.
Does "The Sound of Music" and "Grease" count as horror movies?
Does "The Sound of Music" and "Grease" count as horror movies?
only if you include 'Xanadu'
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Date............. Movie
Thursday, October 1st Cube (1997)
Friday, October 2nd Nightmare Castle (1965)
Saturday, October 3rd Poltergeist (1982)
Sunday, October 4th The Manitou (1978)
Monday, October 5th High Tension (2003)
Tuesday, October 6th The Nanny (1965)
Wednesday, October 7th Vampyr (1932)
Thursday, October 8th Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Friday, October 9th The Signal (2007)
Saturday, October 10th Baby Blues (2008)
Sunday, October 11th Cemetary Man (1994)
Monday, October 12th Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
Tuesday, October 13th Psycho II (1983)
Wednesday, October 14th Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (2007)
Thursday, October 15th Troll 2 (1990)
Friday, October 16th Alligator (1980)
Saturday, October 17th Let the Right One In (2008)
Sunday, October 18th Zombieland (2009)
Monday, October 19th Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968)
Tuesday, October 20th Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Wednesday, October 21st Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Thursday, October 22nd Ravenous (1999)
Friday, October 23rd End of the Line (2007)
Saturday, October 24th Prince of Darkness (1987)
Sunday, October 25th Paranormal Activity (2007)
Monday, October 26th An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Tuesday, October 27th Phantasm II (1988) i
Wednesday, October 28th Final Destination (2000)
Thursday, October 29th Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Friday, October 30th Trick 'r Treat (2008)
Saturday, October 31st Halloween (1978)
This is my list from last year
- Night of the Creeps
- Frozen
- The House of the Devil
- Pig Hunt
- American Zombie
- Lo
- Pandorum
- Below
- Ghost Ship
- Burnt Offerings
- Cool Air
- Dreams of Cthulhu: The Rough Magik Initiative
- Issolation
- The Dunwich Horror (1970)
- Zombies of Mass Destruction
- Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
- Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch House
- 5ive Girls
- Necessary Evil
- The Other Side
- The Devil's Curse (aka Credo)
- Spellbinder
- The Burrowers
- The Morgue
- Paranormal Activity
- Phantasm
- Boy Eats Girl
- Ink
- The Resurrected (aka Shatterbrain)
- Darkness Falls
- Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child
Total first time views: 30
Total movies watched: 31
I may just try this...
This is my list from last year
A good list with a handful I have not seen
Total first time views: 30
Total movies watched: 31
Look for Dead Birds with Henry Thomas from ET
Fire in the Eyes a excellent early 80's colonial ghost story. you will likely need to break out the VHS to watch this unless you are willing to go to the "seedy internet land"
Tangent: What did you think of Lo and Ink?
Tangent: What did you think of Lo and Ink?
I liked Lo, though I could have done without some of the musical numbers. Overall though I found it compelling.
Ink, is one of my favorite films. I think I watched it 5 times last year. I also made all of my friends watch it and have discovered it's a love it or hate it kind of film. I think a lot of people give up on it too soon and mistakenly stop watching after about 20 minutes.
Tangent: What did you think of Lo and Ink?I liked Lo, though I could have done without some of the musical numbers. Overall though I found it compelling.
Ink, is one of my favorite films. I think I watched it 5 times last year. I also made all of my friends watch it and have discovered it's a love it or hate it kind of film. I think a lot of people give up on it too soon and mistakenly stop watching after about 20 minutes.
My wife and I really enjoyed both, although I agree on the musical numbers just seemed a bit too repetitive.
I have been watching a bunch of Dario Argento Films on Netflix Perhaps I will wait till October to start back a bunch of the 70's ones i havent seen.
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This is something I try and do every year (but not with a specific number of new movies).
Started today with Dead Alive, which I had heard a lot about, but not seen before.
So far I've watched
The Cottage
Wicked Little Things
Rammbock: Berlin Undead
Trick R' Treat
Grace
Dream Home
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Night of the Demons (2009)
Night of the Comet
I saw the Devil
Phantasm II
I swore I made some suggestions on some thread about "horror" movies..
The Gingerdead Man
Jack Frost (not the kids movie, or maybe the kids movie, depends what you think it a "horror" movie I guess)
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Gingerdead Man 2
Jack Frost 2
Green Lantern (THAT'S a horror movie)
So far I've watched
The Cottage
Grace
Dream Home
Would you recommend any of those? I keep seeing them on Netflix but haven't put them in my queue yet.
Would you recommend any of those? I keep seeing them on Netflix but haven't put them in my queue yet.So far I've watched
The Cottage
Grace
Dream Home
They were all good films, and I wouldn't have a problem watching them again.
Dream Home is subtitled if that's an issue for you. If it's not, I also highly recommend "I Saw the Devil" which is an excellent Korean film about revenge.
Since my last post I have also seen
Stakeland
Yellow Brick Road
The Unnamable
Diary of the Dead
Survival of the Dead
Outpost
Of those Stakeland, Outpost and Yellow Brick Road (in that order) were the only one's I would recommend. Yellow Brick Road may or may not agree with you, but I liked it up until the end.