31 Days of Horror 2015

[Blu MacReady]

It's October (already ffs!) although it looks like summer out there it's the dark month of horror.
31 days, at least 31 horror or horror themed movies and TV shows.

Hope you all enjoy and update your posts with your watch list.

October
1st. Psycho - BD
2nd. Halloween 6 The Producers Cut - BD
3rd. Hellraiser - DVD and Candyman -DVD
4th. Dawn of the Dead 04 remake - BD
5th. Sleepwalkers - BD

[DaveSimonH]

Decided to start off this year with a classic double bill;

1. Alien (1979, theatrical cut)
2. Aliens (1986, director's cut)
3. World War Z (2013)
4. I Am Legend (2007, alternate cut)
5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
6. Prometheus (2012)
7. The Omen (1976)
8. PontyPool (2008)
9. Halloween (1978)
10. The Thing (1982, HD-DVD)
11. Pitch Black (2000)
12. Dracula (1931)
13. Frankenstein (1931)
14. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
15. The Wolf Man (1941)
16. Priest (2011)
17. The Return (2006)
18. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
19. Jaws (1975)
20. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
21. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
22. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
23. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
24. Birth of the Living Dead - Documentary (2013)
25. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
26. Day of the Dead (1985)
27. Scream 4 (2011)
28. Videodrome (1983)
29. The Fly (1986)
30. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
31. The Exorcist (Director's Cut, 1973)
32. American Psycho (2000)
33. Event Horizon (1997)

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Previous years;

2012

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Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

I had to double up on a few days, but here were the 31 films;

Halloween Horror Month

1. Land of the Dead
2. Interview with a Vampire (DVD)
3. Dead Space: Downfall
4. The Exorcist
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddie's Revenge
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
7. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
8. The Birds (DVD)
9. Halloween H20 (iPlayer)
10. Critters (DVD)
11. Critters 2 (DVD)
12. Critters 3 (DVD)
13. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
15. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
16. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
17. Planet Terror
18. Critters 4 (DVD)
19. The Shining
20. The Eye
21. Triangle
22. Day of the Dead (1985)
23. 30 Days of Night
24. Event Horizon
25. Paranormal Activity
26. The Devil's Backbone
27. American Werewolf in London
28. Alien
29. Let The Right One In
30. A Nightmare on Elm Street
31. Night of the Living Dead

2013

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Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Last day, here's the final list of what I watched and I'm about to watch #31 now.

1. The Thing (HD-DVD) - and 84m "Terror Takes Shape" documentary
2. Dawn of the Dead (2004, director's cut)
3. Jaws
4. Predator
5. Stake Land
6. Alien (theatrical cut)
7. Aliens (director's cut)
8. Drag Me To Hell (director's cut)
9. Scream
10. The Devil's Backbone
11. Zombieland
12. 30 Days of Night
13. The Mummy (1999)
14. Hollow Man
15. Day of the Dead (1985)
16. Land of the Dead
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street
18. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors
19. 28 Days Later
20. The Exorcist
21. World War Z (extended cut)
22. Event Horizon
23. Let The Right One In
24. An American Werewolf in London
25. The Shining
26. Dracula (1931)
27. Frankenstein (1931)
28. The Wolf Man (1941)
29. The Mummy (1932)
30. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
31. Dawn of the Dead (1978, theatrical cut)

2014

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Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Final day, and finished list of;

Halloween Horror Month

1. The Wolf Man (1941)
2. Slither (2006) - DVD
3. Child's Play (1988)
4. Child's Play 2 (1990)
5. Stoker (2013)
6. Species (1995) - DVD
7. Doom (2005) - HD-DVD
8. The Thing (1982) HD-DVD
9. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) - DVD
10. Beetlejuice (1988)
11. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
12. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
13. Day of the Dead (1985)
14. Land of the Dead (2005)
15. Diary of the Dead (2007)
16. Survival of the Dead (2009)
17. The X-files: Fight the Future (1998)
18. Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
19. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
20. I Am Legend (2007)
21. Intruders (2011)
22. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
23. Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
24. Dead Space 2: Aftermath (2011)
25. The Woman (2011)
26. The Fly (1986)
27. Perfect Creature (2006) - iPlayer
28. Monsters (2010)
29. Curse of Chucky (2013)
30. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
31. Event Horizon (1997)
32. Alien (1979)

[stigdu]

October 1st - The Editor (rubbish)
2nd - Clown (really enjoyed)
3rd - Human Centipede 3 (ridiculous, sexist, racist, offensive and utterly hilarious)
4th - Pernicious (1/2-way through, good to see Bressack's work improving)

[TomN245]

I'll keep updating this post

01/10/2015- Black Sunday (1960)-Mario Bava-7.2/10
02/10/2015- Lust of the Vampire (1957)-Mario Bava-5.2/10
03/10/2015- Doppelganger (2003)-Kiyoshi Kurosawa-7.3/10
04/10/2015- Tenebrae (1982)-Dario Argento 8.3/10
05/10/2015- Maniac Cop (1988)- William Lustig 6.7/10
06/10/2015- Martyrs (2008)- Pascal Laugier 7.2/10
07/10/2015- Insidious Chapter 2 (2013)- James Wan 6.3/10
08/10/2015- The Hillside Strangler (2004)- Chuck Parello 4.1/10
09/10/2015- 17 Again (2009)- Burr Steers 7.2/10
10/10/2015- Histoire(s) du Cinema (1998 mostly)- Jean Luc Godard 5.5/10
11/11/2015- Snake of June (2002)- Shinya Tsukamoto 7.9/10
12/11/2015- The Black Cat (1981)- Lucio Fulci 5.4/10
13/11/2015- Dogra Magra (1988)- Toshio Matsumoto 8.2/10
14/11/2015- What We Do in the Shadows (2014)- Jemaine Clement 7.8/10
15/11/2015- Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I have the Key (1972)- Sergio Martino 6.6/10
16/11/2015- What We Do in the Shadows REWATCH (2014)- Jemaine Clement 8.1/10
17/11/2015- Contamination (1980)- Lewis Coates 6.1/10
18/11/2015- The Beyond (1981)- Lucio Fulci 7.2/10
19/11/2015- Dark Water (2002)- Hideo Nakata 7.3/10
20/11/2015- City of the Living Dead (1980)- Lucio Fulci 7.1/10
21/11/2015- The Haunted Palace (1963)- Roger Corman 6.8/10

I'm running far behind :P... and yes, I did just put 17 again on the list.

EDIT: Finished with 21 films seen. Oh well :/ Still I enjoyed it

[Filmbloke]

1st: Girlhouse. Surprisingly good fun!
2nd: Christine
3rd: Friday The 13th Part 2
4th: Friday The 13th Part 3
5th: Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
6th: The Houses of Halloween (Rubbish)
7th: Nail Gun Massacre (Awful. Just awful).
8th: 28 Days Later
9th: Spring
10: Insidious: Chapter 3
11: Ginger Snaps
12: The Voices
13: The Black Cat
14: Jurassic World (does this count?!)
15: Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
16: VHS: Viral
17: Splatter University
18: It Follows
19: A Nightmare On Elm Street
20: The Babadook
21: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
22: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
23: The Devil Rides Out
24: The Exorcist (dir. cut)
25: Ringu
26: Housebound
27: Eaten Alive
28: Faust (Murnau)
29: What We Do In The Shadows
30: The Raven
31: Bay Of Blood

I'm adding all horror films watched in October, as it's a struggle to watch one a day... Will easily have completed 31 horror films by the end of the month! Doing my Daniel Craig Bond's before Spectre on Monday, and even though all the horror films on my LoveFilm list are 'high priority', they keep sending me non-horror titles!

I too shall keep updating this post!

[Harwin123]

1st: Evil Dead
2nd: The Purge
3rd: Drag Me To Hell.
4th: Dreams Of A Life (Not really a out and our Horror but i find the concept behind the documentary so frightening)
5th: The Shining
6th:A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
7th:Nosferatu
8th: The Wicker Man (Nic Cage version…. Terrifying)
9th: Hellraiser
10th: Trick R' Treat
11th: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
12th: It Follows
13th: You're Next
14th: The Omen
15th:The Frightners
16th: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
17th: The Babadook
18th: The Omen Part II
19th: The Guest
20th: Scream
21st: Paranormal Activity
22nd: Poltergeist
23rd: Friday The 13th
24th: Ouija
25th: Paranormal Activity 3
26th: Crimson Peak
27th: Critters
28th: Let The Right One In
29th: Scary Movie 3
30th: The Purge Anarchy
31st: The Exorcist
I'll Keep updating this post.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

It's October (already ffs!) although it looks like summer out there it's the dark month of horror.
31 days, at least 31 horror or horror themed movies and TV shows.

Hope you all enjoy and update your posts with your watch list.

Can't seem to edit post????

October
1st. Psycho - BD
2nd. Halloween 6 The Producers Cut - BD
3rd. Hellraiser - DVD and Candyman -DVD
4th. Dawn of the Dead 04 remake - BD
5th. Sleepwalkers - BD
6th. Lost Souls - DVD & Stephen Kings IT - DVD
7th. Firestarter - BD & Shocker - BD
8th. Hellraiser II: Hellbound - DVD & Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth - DVD & Contamination- BD
(Week off, hence the amount)
9th. Dark Angel (I come in peace) - BD
10th. Christine - BD
11th. Day of the Dead - BD
12th. Land of the Dead - BD
13th. The Blob (88) - BD & The Birds - BD
14th. The Eye - BD
15th. Tower Block - BD
16th. Shark Night - BD
17th. Deadly Eyes - BD
18th. Slither - DVD
19th. Killer Klowns From Outer Space - BD
20th. Rabid - BD
21st. A Nightmare on Elm St. (Original) - BD & A Nightmare on Elm St 2 - BD
22nd. Prison - DVD (Have Lane Smith & R. Lee Emery ever been seen in the same room at the same time?)
23rd. The Fog (80) - DVD
24th. Wishmaster - DVD
25th. Gremlins - BD & Ghoulies - DVD
26th. Wrong Turn - BD
27th. Wrong Turn 4 - BD
28th. Sorority Row - BD
29th. The Lost Boys - BD & Jurrasic World - BD
30th. Jaws - BD & Child's Play - BD
31st. The Exorcist III - BD & Zombie Flesh Eaters - BD

Great October horrorfest. 10 first time views amongst this. Roll on October 16

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

I have to get on posting everything up to now. Last night was the Grudge which i haven't seen in about 10 years. Definitely has its creepy moments and having Buffy sure helped. It is a solid 3/5.

[DaveSimonH]

Just updated the post above, up to film 22 on day 19. A few films ahead of the 1 per day target, but its easy enough to fall behind. All blu-rays so far, apart from "The Thing" HD-DVD. Could easily go 31+ blu-ray, but I'm not above including DVDs in the list and will be keeping my eye on the iPlayer as Halloween approaches.

[Blu MacReady]

Need to update this. I'm almost horror'd out lol. I stuck on Blame it on Rio today to break things up

[sukraj]

I will try and watch as many horror movies this month but it's hard because I'm busy doing other stuff but I'd like to watch at least 10 movies in October if possible.

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Need to update this. I'm almost horror'd out lol. I stuck on Blame it on Rio today to break things up

I do tend to find fatigue starts to happen, especially in the middle of the month. I try to keep it varied, you can always watch a couple of comedy/horror films to take the edge off, the likes of; Beetlejuice, Critters, Gremlins, Return of the Living Dead, Young Frankenstein etc.

But being a couple of films ahead, I'll maybe watch "Raiders of the Lost Ark" tonight as I got the Indy boxset in the post this morning.

[sukraj]

I think I'm gunna watch The Thing 1982 tonight

[ChainMachete]

Here's my list so far in watched order. Mostly weekday viewing, so I'm not going to make the full 31.

Zombie Holocaust
Don't Look Now
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1959)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Island Of Death
Werewolf Shadow (DVD)
The Vampire Lovers
Audition
Dead & Buried
Puppetmaster
Psycho
The Wicker Man
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Two Evil Eyes (DVD)
Shakma
Don't Answer The Phone
The Whip And The Body
Zombie Creeping Flesh

Can't decide if I want to end things off with Hellraiser 1-3 (if the new boxset arrives in time) or Halloween 1-3.

[Blu MacReady]

That's a tough call. I've watched the Hellraiser 1-3 DVDs this October, so I have fresh recall and they're great plus you'll have just got the set.

On the other hand Halloween 1-3 are a must during this period even if seen many times before.

Best thing is either choice ends in a great result

[RazorwireRyan]

Trying to do all first watches this year, and actually watch 31 films for the first time. Scream, Videodrome and Misery I'd seen most of before, but needed a full start to finish watch of.

1. 01/10/15 - Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
2. 02/10/15 - Island of Lost Souls (1932)
3. 04/10/15 - The Invisible Man (1933)
4. 04/10/15 - Unfriended (2015)
5. 06/10/15 - Videodrome (1983)
6. 08/10/15 - The Others (2001)
7. 10/10/15 - Maggie (2015)
8. 11/10/15 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
9. 11/10/15 - Scream (1996)
10. 12/10/15 - Scream 2 (1997)
11. 13/10/15 - Scream 3 (2000)
12. 15/10/15 - Scream 4 (2011)
13. 16/10/15 - The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
14. 16/10/15 - The Horror of Dracula (1958)
15. 16/10/15 - Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
16. 17/10/15 - Frankenstein (1931)
17. 17/10/15 - Let the right one in (2008)
18. 20/10/15 - Misery (1990)
19. 21/10/15 - The Mummy (1932)
20. 23/10/15 - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

[Buddy Ackerman]

Here's mine - a nice excuse to get through my Universal Monsters and Elm Street boxsets. Italics are a rewatch.

1.Dracula (1931) - BD
2.Frankenstein (1931) - BD
3.The Mummy (1932) - BD
4.The Invisible Man (1933) - BD
5.Phantom of the Opera (1943) - BD
6.Devil (2010) - Prime
7.A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) - BD
8.Damien: Omen II (1978) - BD
9.The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015) - Netflix
10.Red Eye (2005) - Prime
11.Curse of Chucky (2013) - Netflix
12.Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - BD
13.A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - BD
14.We Are What We Are (2013) - Prime
15.The Purge (2013) - Netflix
16.Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) - Netflix
17.A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) - BD
18.Housebound (2014) - Netflix
19.A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) - BD
20.Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) - BD
21.Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012) - Netflix
22.Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) - BD
23.In Fear (2013) - Prime
24.Jack Frost (1997) - Prime
25. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) - BD
26.Diary of the Dead (2007) - DVD
27.You’re Next (2011) - BD
28.Under the Skin (2014) - BD
29. Survival of the Dead (2009) - Prime

Tomorrow it'll be a cinema double bill of Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimensions 3D and the original Nightmare on Elm Street to finish it off.

[gap]

Not sure if this is cheating:

Time in the evenings is very limited so I've watched one episode of The Strain (seasons 1 and 2) per day for a total of 26.

Movie-wise:
27: Bram Stoker's Dracula
28: They Live
29: John Carpenter's Christine
30: The Cabin in the Woods

So one to watch before tomorrow evening...

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by gap

Not sure if this is cheating:

Time in the evenings is very limited so I've watched one episode of The Strain (seasons 1 and 2) per day for a total of 26.

Movie-wise:
27: Bram Stoker's Dracula
28: They Live

So three to watch before tomorrow evening...

Just started Strain yesterday thanks to skyHD on demand. Wasn't going to go to a second episode. Not sure on the shape/evil nor the 'have you got my milk'

Worth sticking with?

The Walking Dead got me in five minutes but maybe cause I've always loved zombie films?

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Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Just started Strain yesterday thanks to skyHD on demand. Wasn't going to go to a second episode. Not sure on the shape/evil nor the 'have you got my milk'



Worth sticking with?



The Walking Dead got me in five minutes but maybe cause I've always loved zombie films?

I enjoyed it. Yes, there are elements that are shit but on the whole I found it a bit of craic - silly, funny, OTT. It's a bit of a mix of Hellboy, Mimic and Blade 2 - diverting but not classic.

The cast are good (bar one or two exceptions) and it moves at a cracking pace. It did lose its way a little in the middle of season 2 but it came together again strongly by the end.

For me it never reached the nadir that was The Walking Dead Season 2 so I'd definitely give it a few more episodes (the flashback ones are very good) before you give up.