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Halloween Horror Month 2022



October 1st, time for another Halloween Horror Month, attempting to watch 31 films in 31 days.

This will be my 11th year doing the challenge (previous years complete film lists are below). It's a lot of fun and in some ways freeing in terms of narrowing down what to watch from the collection.
Like other "seasonal" films, it's really up to you what you think fits with the Halloween and/or Horror theme. My best advice is to just keep it varied, balance the apocalyptic films with some comedy horror or supernatural stories. I'll sometimes set myself other goals, like blu-ray only, or a few years ago I did one film for each of the last 31 years (1989 to 2019).

Personally I always aim for 31 films in 31 days, and while that's doable for some, that's unrealistic for others. The final number doesn't really matter, in the end it's just a good excuse to watch some Horror/Halloween films in the lead up to Halloween.
The 'My Movies' app is also handy for both browsing what you have on BD, DVD etc. in the Horror genre, but also can be set by runtime if you say only have about an hour you could watch something shorter like 'Dracula' which is about 70min.

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'm going to start with the Universal Monsters classic 'The Wolf Man', and I'll update the post below with the films I view throughout the month.




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The 10 previous years film lists;

2012
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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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As I watch films, I'll update this post throughout the month.


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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  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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As I watch films, I'll update this post throughout the month.

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Setting myself a realistic target for October this year (and will be finishing on 1st November with the original Halloween II). I'm hoping for one film per day through October, but it will be tricky.

Got an idea of half a dozen horror films I'm going to watch, in addition to (hopefully) a couple of films at the cinema (the original Poltergeist, and Halloween Ends).
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I’m down for this again think it will be my third year, managed 62 last year but not sure I can manage that volume again.

Time now to go off and pull some movies from the collection and unwatched pile.

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I always try to watch as much as possible in October. In the last couple of years I've done weekend horror series marathons. This year will be 'Paranormal Activity' which admittedly I'm not excited about (picked by my brother), last year was 'Saw' and the previous year was 'Puppet Master'.

This year I'm mostly doing films I haven't seen. Although some stuff will be re-watches like 'Fright Night' (1985) which is my choice of Halloween film.

* denotates a rewatch.

September 30th/October 1st:
1. Storm of the Century (1999) 6.5/10
2. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman (2012) 7/10

October 2nd:
3. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 02: Shivering Ghost (2012) 6.5/10
4. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa (2013) 6.5/10 (I prefer this over File 2)
5. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) 6.5/10

October 3rd:
6. Glorious (2022) 7/10

October 4th:
7. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the toilet (2013) 7/10
8. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Theory, Yotsuya Kaidan, the Curse of Oiwa (2014) 7/10

October 5th:
9. Pumpkinhead (1988) 8/10 *

October 6th:
10. Eye In The Labyrinth (1972) 5.5/10

October 7th:
11. Paranormal Activity (2009) 3/10 *
12. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) 5/10 *
13. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) 5/10 *
14. Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) 4/10
15. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) 6/10

October 8th:
16. Deadstream (2022) 8/10

October 9th:
17. The Dead Pit (1989) 5.5/10

October 12th:
18. Scream (2022) 3/10
19. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) 7/10 *

October 13th:
20. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi: The Most Terrifying Movie in History (2014) 7/10

October 14th:
21. Overlord (2018) 7/10

October 15th:
22. Dark Glasses (2022) 6/10
23. X (2022) 7/10

October 16th:
24. Body Count (1986) 5/10

October 18th:
25. Prince of Darkness (1987) 6.5/10 *

October 19th:
26. Shock (1977) 6.5/10

October 20th:
27. V/H/S 99 (2022) 5.5/10

October 21th:
28. A Bay of Blood (1971) 7.5/10 *

October 22nd:
29. Carrie (2002) 4/10

October 24th:
30. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi: Final Chapter (2015) 5/10

October 25th:
31. Lisa and the Devil (1973) 7.5/10 *
32. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) 7/10

October 26th:
33. Occult (2009) 6.5/10

October 29th:
34. Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) 7.5/10 *

October 31st:
35. Fright Night (1985) 8/10 *

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I'll definitely participate this year as well!

My horror physical collection hasn't grown much since last year, so I'll revisit some old classics from there and I'll try to watch horror films I haven't watched so far through streaming services such as mubi etc.
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Old 10-01-2022, 01:45 PM   #7
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Started off with John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. Like this film a lot, the atmosphere, the tone, Donald Pleasance, the score. That scene with the guy who says, "I have a message for you, and you are not going to like it" haunted my dreams as a wee boy. I just wish it was longer, I feel like there is something, I'm not sure what, but just something missing?
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Old 10-01-2022, 01:56 PM   #8
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Started with Near Dark. A rewatch for me but I was hyped by the stories about Americans being able to watch it on The Criterion Channel and I got tired of waiting for Studio Canal to release a new disc so bought it on iTunes and it looked okay but with room for improvement. Maybe next October, they'll have that new 4K restoration out.
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Old 10-01-2022, 02:56 PM   #9
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Thanks for starting this thread again! I'm game for doing this again, especially since I track my films for Letterboxd anyway.

Saturday, 10/1



Sunday, 10/2



Monday, 10/3



Tuesday, 10/4



Wednesday, 10/5



Thursday, 10/6



Friday, 10/7



Saturday, 10/8



Sunday, 10/9



Monday, 10/10



Tuesday, 10/11



Wednesday, 10/12



Thursday, 10/13



Friday, 10/14



Saturday, 10/15



Sunday, 10/16



Monday, 10/17



Tuesday, 10/18



Wednesday, 10/19



Thursday, 10/20



Friday, 10/21



Saturday, 10/22

(The Mummy)

Sunday, 10/23

(Garfield’s Halloween Adventure)

Monday, 10/24



Tuesday, 10/25



Wednesday, 10/26



Thursday, 10/27


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Old 10-01-2022, 03:08 PM   #10
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Watched in ODEON:



All I remembered from watching as a kid is mice in a train set in a hotel, I think
[Show spoiler]the ending is a bit of a cop out (I remember it being changed from the book) and prefer the existential terror of children trapped as mice for an eternity.
I think Roeg does a good job of combining the more humorous elements (Rowan Atkinson running a hotel but not being able to keep backroom affairs, the kitchen, rats under control, and a cucumber sandwich and raisin munching boy in the mode of Augustus Gloop and Bruce Bogtrotter) with the sheer terror of children being snatched and transformations that frighten both kids and adults with some incredible witchlike prosthetics and effects by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. As a kid, this would have been my first exposure to Roeg, Huston, Zetterling and Blethyn. It’s also refreshing to have a Dahl adaptation that keeps the British setting (though the kid is American), unlike the transposition to the US in the 2020 film and Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox taking place in a UK/US (especially with its soundtrack) which could be the 60s, 70s or 80s or really no time at all, or the UK/US/Germany hybrid of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.



While there’s several obvious antecedents, like Ring and It Follows, Smile is elevated by some genuine scares, exploration of important topics such as mental health and trauma, some truly superb cinematography and one of the best scores of the year.

And made a head start at the end of September with a handful of titles:


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Old 10-01-2022, 08:52 PM   #11
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1. Smile (2022)
2. Poltergeist (1982)
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Old 10-01-2022, 09:01 PM   #12
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1. Poltergeist (1982) - 1st Oct.
2. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) - 2nd Oct.
3. The Shining (1980) - 2nd Oct.
4. The Thing from Another World (1951) - 2nd Oct.
5. Alien (1979) - 3rd Oct.
6. Death Line (1972) - 4th Oct.
7. The Changeling (1980) - 5th Oct.
8. Night of the Demon (1957) - 5th Oct.
9. The Conjuring (2013) - 6th Oct.
10. The Wolf Man (1941) - 6th Oct.
11. Hellraiser (1987) - 7th Oct.
12. Pet Sematary (1989) - 7th Oct.
13. House on Haunted Hill (1959) - 8th Oct.
14. Werewolf by Night (2022) - 8th Oct.
15. Creepshow (1982) - 9th Oct.
16. Eyes Without a Face (1960) - 9th Oct.
17. Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 9th Oct.
18. Wolf (1994) - 9th Oct.
19. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) - 11th Oct.
20. The Exorcist (1973) - 12th Oct.
21. The Sixth Sense (1999) - 12th Oct.
22. Scanners (1981) - 15th Oct.
23. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - 15th Oct.
24. The Invisible Man (1933) - 15th Oct.
25. Prince of Darkness (1987) - 15th Oct.
26. The Haunting (1963) - 15th Oct.
27. Dracula (1931) - 16th Oct.
28. Crimson Peak (2015) - 16th Oct.
29. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) - 16th Oct.
30. Frankenstein (1931) - 19th Oct.
31. Event Horizon (1997) - 22nd Oct.
32. REC (2007) - 22nd Oct.
33. An American Werewolf in London (1981) - 23rd Oct.
34. Train to Busan (2016) - 23rd Oct.
35. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - 23rd Oct.
36. The Thing (1982) - 23rd Oct.
37. Videodrome (1983) - 24th Oct.
38. Creepshow 2 (1987) - 24th Oct.
39. Amsterdamned (1988) - 25th Oct.
40. As Above, So Below (2014) - 26th Oct.
41. The Conjuring 2 (2016) - 26th Oct.
42. Nightmare City (1980) - 27th Oct.
43. Cloverfield (2008) - 27th Oct.
44. Ring (1998) - 28th Oct.
45. Friday the 13th (1980) - 28th Oct.
46. Pulse (2001) - 29th Oct.
47. The Blair Witch Project (1999) - 29th Oct.
48. Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982) - 30th Oct.
49. Zombie/Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) - 30th Oct.
50. The Fog (1980) - 30th Oct.
51. Re-Animator (1985) - 31st Oct.
52. Demons (1985) - 31st Oct.
53. Halloween (1978) - 31st Oct.

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Motel Hell (1980)
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1st October



1. Phantom of the Mall - Eric’s Revenge
2. Flat liners 4K (1990)
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I like this challenge

1. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

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Starting this yrs spooky season off with a masterpiece.

Don't Look Now
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1. Smile (2022)
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3. The Faculty (1998)
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3. The Faculty (1998)
I watched that last night too!
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I watched that last night too!
I forgot how fun it was! Even the wonky late 90s CGI adds to the charm
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Started with the 1932 film Vampyr, big fan of the German expressionism films and this was a similar style film, the first sound film that Carl Th. Dreyer made
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