Halloween Horror Month 2024

[DaveSimonH]

Halloween Horror Month 2024

*Crypt door opens* Hello there, it's that time again for another Halloween Horror Month, attempting to watch 31 films in 31 days.

If this will be your first year, or if you've joined in before, it's not a competition. There are no winners or losers, it's just a fun excuse to watch some Halloween &/or Horror films over October in the run up to Halloween.
This will personally be my 13th year, unlucky for some, but I'm looking forward to re-watching some favourites as well as some newer titles I've added recently. If you're curious, I've my complete film lists of previous years listed below.

What qualifies is up to you, while I've watched more conventional horror fare like Romero's dead trilogies, I've also watched more family orientated films with witches, ghosts etc (inc 'Casper' or the 'Adams Family' films last year).

All I'd recommend is to keep to varied, if you watch something fairly dark, you may want to follow up with some more horror comedy titles. Also you may want to have personal sub-challenges for yourself, eg. one year I had 1 film per the last 31 years.
Another handy tip would be using the 'My Movies' app sorted by Horror genre, a good way of seeing at a glance what you have, and you can also sort by runtime (useful if you inevitably get a little behind on 1-per-day or your own target).

Being a blu-ray forum, you're likely going to watch a decent amount via disc, but don't feel limited to that if there's something on Netflix etc.
Here are some Horror/Halloween titles currently available on BBC iPlayer:

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47 Meters Down: Uncaged
The Awakening
The Blair Witch Project
Candyman (2021)
Cat People

Coco (until 22nd Oct)
The Curse of the Cat People
Final Cut
Get Out
His House

Horror Express
Host (2020)
Hounded
I Walked with a Zombie
King Kong

Let It Snow
Relic
The Relic
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Shadow in the Cloud

The Thing from Another World
Us

If watching some Horror/Halloween films over this month sounds fun, feel free to join in. The main thing is to just have fun, whether you end up watching 31 films, or only a handful, just pace yourself and enjoy some films or TV. Re-watch some old favourites and maybe try something new.

I'll update the post below with the films I view throughout the month. I'm going to start with 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1956).

"Doctor! Will you tell these fools I am not crazy?! Make them listen to me before it's too late!"


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The 12 previous years film lists;

2012

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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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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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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)

2015

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Halloween Horror Month 2015


The end of my 4th Halloween Horror Month, this years complete list.
I watched The Exorcist & American Psycho earlier today, and I have Event Horizon set up ready to play.

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)

2016

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The finished list of films;

1. Fire in the Sky (1993, DVD)
2. Tremors (1990)
3. Cloverfield (2008, DVD)
4. World War Z (2013)
5. Child's Play (1988)
6. The Others (2001)
7. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
8. Ghost Ship (2002, DVD)
9. Zombieland (2009)
10. Halloween (1978)
11. The Last Days on Mars (2013)
12. The Haunting (1999, DVD)
13. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
14. Dawn of the Dead (1978, disc 2 DVD Extended cut)
15. Day of the Dead (1985)
16. Zombie Town Hall (2012, bonus DVD in this "World War Z" release)
    - 1hr panel with George A. Romero, Steve Schlozman & Max Brooks
17. Jaws (1975)
18. Hollow Man (2000)
19. 28 Days Later (2002)
20. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
21. Splinter (2008, TV Recording)
22. Magic (1978, TV Recording)
23. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
24. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
25. Final Destination (2000)
26. The Thing (2011)
27. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
28. Alien (1979)
29. Aliens (1986)
30. The Omen (1976)
31. The Exorcist (1973)
32. Salem's Lot (1979)
33. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
34. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
35. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
36. Slither (2006)
37. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
38. Mama (2013)
39. Thirst (2009)
40. REC (2007)
41. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
42. Julia's Eyes (2010)
43. Critters (1986, DVD)
44. Critters 2 (1988, DVD)
45. Critters 3 (1991, DVD)
46. Night of the Creeps (1986, TV Recording)
47. The Frighteners (1996, HD-DVD)
48. The Thing (1982, HD-DVD)
49. Videodrome (1983)
50. Event Horizon (1997)
51. 30 Days of Night (2007)

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2017

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Rounding out the month with "American Psycho" and "Pitch Black". As always, it was a lot of fun and glad to see so many people attempting the challenge or just enjoying some horror films over October.
I'll see you next year for Halloween Horror Month 2018.

1. Child's Play (1988)
2. Child's Play 2 (1990)
3. Society (1989)
4. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
5. Faces in a Crowd (2011)
6. Stranded (2013)
7. Flatliners (1990)
8. Pet Sematary (1989)
9. Suck (2009)
10. Maggie (2015)
11. Jaws (1975)
12. Grabbers (2012)
13. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
14. Buffy: Hush (s4e10, 1999) & Once More, With Feeling (s6e7, 2001)
15. Twins of Evil (1971)
16. The Thing (1982)
17. Curse of Chucky (2013)
18. Cult of Chucky (2017)
19. The Walking Dead: Pilot (black & white version, 2010)
20. Stake Land (2010)
21. The Wolf Man (1941)
22. Fire in the Sky (1993)
23. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
24. Dawn of the Dead (Extended cut, 1978)
25. Day of the Dead (1985)
26. Psycho (1960)
27. The Birds (1963)
28. The Shining (1980)
29. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
30. Event Horizon (1997)
31. Interview with the Vampire (1994)
32. From Dusk Till Dawn (1995)
33. American Psycho (2000)
34. Pitch Black (2000)

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2018

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1. Alien (1979, 'Director's cut')
2. Aliens (1986, Director's cut)
3. Daybreakers (2009) + 2hr Making Of
4. The Conjuring (2013)
5. The Crazies (1973)
6. Halloween (1978)
7. Halloween H20 (1998)
8. Night of the Living Deb (2015)
9. The Sixth Sense (1999)
10. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
11. Slither (2006)
12. The Evil Dead (1981)
13. The Edge (1997)
14. Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
15. 30 Days of Night (2007)
16. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
17. The Reaping (2007)
18. Pandorum (2009)
19. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
20. Dawn of the Dead (1978, theatrical cut) + 84m 'Document of the Dead' (1989)
21. Day of the Dead (1985)
22. Hocus Pocus (1993)
23. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
24. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
25. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
26. Carry on Screaming (1966)
27. Near Dark (1987)
28. The Thing (1982)
29. Event Horizon (1997)
30. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
31. Videodrome (1983)
    

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2019

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The complete list of the 40 films I watched is here;

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
2. Hannibal (2001)
3. Red Dragon (2002)
4. A Quiet Place (2018)
5. What Lies Beneath (2000)
6. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
7. The Shape of Water (2017)
8. The Mist (B&W ver, 2007)
9. Train to Busan (2016)
10. The Host (2006)
11. Fire in the Sky (1993)
12. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
13. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
14. Day of the Dead (2008)
15. Santa Sangre (1989)
16. Warm Bodies (2013)
17. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
18. The Crazies (2010)
19. Byzantium (2012)
20. The Craft (1996)
21. The Descent (2005)
22. Life (2017)
23. Ghosts of Mars (2001)
24. The Addiction (1995)
25. The Amityville Horror (1979)
26. Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
27. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
28. Crimson Peak (2015)
29. Event Horizon (1997)
30. I Am Mother (2019)
31. Gothika (2003)
32. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
33. Candyman (1992)
34. The Thing (2011)
35. The Faculty (1998)
36. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
37. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
38. Zombieland (2009)
39. Cloverfield (2008)
40. Jaws (1975)

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But for an alternate version, here's a list of the films viewed, a horror film for each of the last 31 years

• I Am Mother (2019)
• A Quiet Place (2018)
• The Shape of Water + Life (2017)
• Train to Busan (2016)
• Crimson Peak (2015)
  
• What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
• Warm Bodies (2013)
• Byzantium (2012)
• The Thing (2011)
• The Crazies (2010)
  
• Zombieland (2009)
• Day of the Dead + Cloverfield (2008)
• The Mist + 28 Weeks Later (2007)
• The Host (2006)
• The Descent (2005)
  
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• Gothika (2003)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• Hannibal + Ghosts of Mars (2001)
• What Lies Beneath (2000)
  
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• The Faculty (1998)
• Event Horizon (1997)
• The Craft (1996)
• The Addiction (1995)
  
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
• Fire in the Sky (1993)
• Candyman (1992)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Night of the Living Dead (1990)
  
• Santa Sangre (1989)

2020

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1. Slither (2006)
2. Ring (1998)
3. Dead Ringers (1988)
4. Cooties (2014)
5. Annihilation (2018)
   
6. Night of the Creeps (1986)
7. Resident Evil (2002)
8. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
9. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
10. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
    
11. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
12. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
13. Blade (1998)
14. Blade 2 (2002)
15. Jennifer's Body (2009)
    
16. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
17. Pinanha 3D (2010)
18. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
19. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
20. Casper (1995)
    
21. Hereditary (2018)
22. mother! (2017)
23. Species (1995)
24. Attack the Block (2011)
25. It Follows (2014)
    
26. Personal Shopper (2016)
27. The Babadook (2014)
28. The Shining (1980)
29. Doctor Sleep (2019)
30. Lifeforce (1985)
    
31. Tale of Tales (2015)
32. Halloween (1978)
33. Halloween (2018)
34. Dead Set (2008)
35. Troll Hunter (2010)
    
36. It (2017)
37. It: Chapter Two (2019)
38. Event Horizon (1997)
39. The Frighteners (1996)
40. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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2021

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1. Dracula (1931)
2. Let the Right One In (2008)
3. Planet Terror (2007)
4. Constantine (2005)
5. The Thing from Another World (1951)
   
6. Tremors (1989)
7. Alien (1979)
8. Aliens (1986)
9. King Kong (1933)
10. The Birds (1963)
    
11. Fire in the Sky (1993)
12. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
13. Dawn of the Dead (1978, Extended/Cannes cut)
14. Day of the Dead (1985)
15. The Fly (1986)
    
16. Psycho (1960)
17. Doc of the Dead (2014)
18. Cargo (2013, short film)
19. Train to Busan (2016)
20. Candyman (1992)
    
21. Santa Sangre (1989)
22. Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
23. Scream (1996)
24. Beetlejuice (1988)
25. Suck (2009)
    
26. Salem's Lot (1979)
27. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
28. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
29. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
30. Videodrome (1983)
    
31. Jaws (1975)
32. Doctor Sleep (2019, Director's Cut)
33. Event Horizon (1997)

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2022

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1. The Wolf Man (1941)
2. Brightburn (2019)
3. Village of the Damned (1960)
4. The Mummy (2017)
5. The Omega Man (1971)
   
6. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
7. The Lost Boys (1987)
8. Carriers (2009)
9. Piranha (1978)
10. Ghost (1990)
    
11. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
12. Pet Sematary (2019)
13. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
14. Magic (1978)
15. The Mummy (1999)
    
16. The Mummy Returns (2001)
17. The Thing (1982)
18. Doom (2005)
19. The Addams Family (1991)
20. Addams Family Values (1993)
    
21. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
22. Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)
23. Dead Rising: Endgame*(2016)
24. Pandemic (2016)
25. Hellboy (2019)
    
26. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
27. Death Becomes Her (1992)
28. Village of the Damned (1995)
29. The Omen (1976)
30. Final Destination (2000)
    
31. The Exorcist (1973, Extended Cut)
    

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2023

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1. Land of the Dead (2005)
2. Diary of the Dead (2007)
3. Survival of the Dead (2009)
4. Hellraiser (1987)
5. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
   
6. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
7. Night of the Living Deb (2015)
8. Alien vs. Predator (2004, Extended Cut)
9. Aliens vs. Predator Requiem (2007)
10. The Void (2016)
    
11. Dead Snow (2009)
12. Cujo (1983)
13. Alien (1979)
14. Prometheus (2012)
15. Alien: Covenant (2017)
    
16. A Quiet Place (2018)
17. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
18. Dawn of the Dead (1978, Argento/Euro Cut)
19. The Mist (2007, Colour Version)
20. The Lazarus Effect (2015)
    
21. The Wolfman (2010)
22. The Descent (2005)
23. The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
24. Cronos (1993)
25. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
    
26. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
27. Carrie (1976)
28. The Evil Dead (1981)
29. Evil Dead 2 (1987)
30. Army of Darkness (1992)
    
31. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

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