Previous years:
2005 - unaware of Challenges
2006 -
3
2007 -
162
2008 -
139
Watch one film from every decade of film history.
-X- 1890 - The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
-X- 1900 - Le chaudron infernal (1903)
-X- 1910 - Frankenstein (1910)
-X- 1920 - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- 1930 - Vampyr (1932)
-X- 1940 - Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
-X- 1950 - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
-X- 1960 - Nightmare Castle (1965)
-X- 1970 - The Manitou (1978)
-X- 1980 - Poltergeist III (1988)
-X- 1990 - Cube (1997)
-X- 2000 - Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)
Watch a film for each rating:
-X- Unrated (pre-MPAA) - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- G - Creature from the Black Lagoon
-X- PG - Poltergeist
-X- PG-13 - Poltergeist III
-X- R - House of the Dead
-X- NC-17 - High Tension
-X- X (not porn; several horror films were rated X) - Blood for Dracula
-X- Unrated (post-MPAA) - Dead Space: Downfall
Watch films in at least three formats (DVD, BD, HD DVD, Laserdisc, TV, online, UMD, theater, iPod, etc).
-X- First format, blu-ray, Poltergeist.
-X- Second format, DVD, Cemetary Man.
-X- Third format, streaming, The Signal.
Watch a film starring:
-X- Bela Lugosi - Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
-X- Lon Chaney Sr. - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
-X- Boris Karloff - Mad Monster Party?
-X- Lon Chaney Jr. - Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
-X- Vincent Price - Scream and Scream Again
-X- Peter Cushing - Scream and Scream Again
-X- Christopher Lee - Scream and Scream Again
-X- Robert Englund - Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
-X- Bruce Campbell - Man with the Screaming Brain
-X- Jamie Lee Curtis - Prom Night
Watch films in at least three languages.
-X- First language, English,
Cube.
-X- Second language, German,
Vampyr.
-X- Third language, Japanese,
Jigoku.
-X- Fourth language, French,
À mère et marées.
-X- Fifth language, music,
The Phantom of the Opera (1925).
-X- Sixth language, Spanish, (insert title).
-X- Seventh language, Czech, Seance.
Watch a film in each of the following subgenres/types:
-X- Vampire -
Blood for Dracula
-X- Frankenstein -
Frankenstein
-X- Werewolf -
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
-X- Mummy -
Mad Monster Party?
-X- Invisible Man -
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
-X- Ghost/haunting -
Poltergeist
-X- Witchcraft/satanic/religious -
Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child
-X- Zombie -
Night of the Living Dead
-X- Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac -
P2
-X- Monster/creature feature/Godzilla -
Alien
-X- Documentary -
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
-X- Musical -
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
-X- Spoof/comedy -
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
-X- Revenge -
Nightmare Castle
-X- Killer/evil doll -
Child's Play 2
-X- Killer/evil animal -
Bats
-X- Killer/evil child -
Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child
-X- Giallo -
Do You Like Hitchcock?
-X- J horror -
Jigoku
-X- MST3K/rifftrax/CT -
Night of the Living Dead
-X- film and its remake -
The Phantom of the Opera
-X- based on a video game -
Dead Space: Downfall
-X- based on a novel -
Frankenstein
-X- directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis or Uwe Boll or Ulli Lommel -
House of the Dead
-X- won an Academy Award -- any category -
Alien
-X- silent film -
The Phantom of the Opera
-X- Criterion version film -
Vampyr
-X- with commentary -
Cube
-X- film and at least two of its sequels -
Poltergeist I-III
-X- anthology film -
Tales From the Crypt
-X- takes place on a holiday -
P2
-X- takes place in space -
Alien
-X- takes place on or under the sea -
Ghost Ship
-X- animated film -
Dead Space: Downfall
-X- called "Night of ..." -
Night of the Living Dead
-X- called "Return of ..." -
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
-X- called "Revenge of ..." -
Revenge of the Living Dead Girls
-X- called "Attack of ..." -
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
-X- with the words "Living Dead" in the title -
Night of the Living Dead