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Re: The 5th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31) ***LISTS GO HERE!*

First page! I plan to pretty things up in the coming week or two, but here is my rough list. Nah, I think I'll stay simple this year. Red numbers equal a first time viewing.

Thursday, October 1st
Bahamas vacation, no movie watching.
Friday, October 2nd
Bahamas vacation, no movie watching.
Saturday, October 3rd
Bahamas vacation, no movie watching.
Sunday, October 4th
01 - The Manitou (1978)
02 - Nightmare Castle (1965)
03 - Cube (1997) (with filmmaker commentary)
Monday, October 5th
04 - Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)
05 - Jigoku (1960)
Tuesday, October 6th
06 - Poltergeist (1982) - blu-ray -
07 - Wildcard #1 (length) -The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
08 - Wildcard #2 (length) -Le chaudron infernal (1903)
09 - Wildcard #3 (length) -Frankenstein (1910)
10 - Blood for Dracula (1974)
11 - His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009)
12 - Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
13 - Poltergeist III (1988)
Wednesday, October 7th
14 - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
15 - The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
16 - House of the Dead (2003)
17 - The Descent (2005)
18 - The Nanny (1965)
Thursday, October 8th
19 - Haute Tension (2003)
20 - Ghost Ship (1943)
21 - The Leopard Man (1943)
22 - Alien (1979)
23 - P2 (2007)
24 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
25 - Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932)
26 - Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Friday, October 9th
27 - Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
28 - Revenge of the Living Dead Girls (1987)
29 - Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
30 - Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child (2006)
31 - Tales From the Crypt (1972)
32 - Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
33 - Child's Play 2 (1990)
34 - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Saturday, October 10th
35 - Night of the Living Dead (1968) (with Rifftrax commentary)
36 - Scream and Scream Again (1970)
37 - Prom Night (1980)
38 - Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
39 - Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Sunday, October 11th
40 - Baby Blues (2008)
41 - The Signal (2007)
42 - Bats (1999)
43 - Wildcard #4 (length) -Le spectre rouge (1907)
Monday, October 12th
44 - Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
Tuesday, October 13th
45 - Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
46 - Psycho II (1983)
47 - Believers (2007)
48 - Naked Fear (2007) - Only watched this because it was expiring from Netflix instant availability next week.
49 - The Stink of Flesh (2005) - Only watched this because it was expiring from Netflix instant availability next week.
50 - Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) - Only watched this because it was expiring from Netflix instant availability next week.
51 - The Dead Next Door (1989) - Only watched this because it was expiring from Netflix instant availability next week.
Wednesday, October 14th
52 - Malevolence (2004)
53 - The Lost
54 - Dr. Giggles (1992)
55 - Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
56 - Deadly Friend (1986)
57 - Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
58 - The Girl Next Door (2007)
Thursday, October 15th
59 - Troll (1986)
60 - Troll 2 (1990)
Friday, October 16th
61 - Blame (2006)
62 - Spectre (2006)
63 - A Real Friend (2006)
64 - The Christmas Tale (2005)
65 - The Baby's Room (2006)
66 - To Let (2006)
67 - From Beyond the Grave (1973)
68 - Alligator (1980)
Saturday, October 17th
69 - Nutcracker: An American Nightmare (2001)
70 - Off the Beaten Path (2004)
71 - The Crate (2007)
72 - Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
73 - Let the Right One In (2008)
Sunday, October 18th
74 - Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness (2005)
75 - Purvos (2006)
76 - Human Behavior (2006)
77 - The Beast Within (1982)
78 - The Hand (1981)
Monday, October 19th
79 - The Bat People (1974)
80 - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
81 - The Beast With a Million Eyes (1955)
82 - Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968)
Tuesday, October 20th
83 - The Blair Witch Project (1999)
84 - Fiend Without a Face (1958)
85 - Seeds (1968)
86 - The Ghastly Ones (1968)
87 - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
88 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Wednesday, October 21st
89 - The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
90 - An American Werewolf in London (1981)
short - Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre! (2007)
91 - Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Thursday, October 22nd
short - Attackazoids, Deploy!! (2009)
short - Allure (2009)
short - Mamá (2008)
short - Tinglewood (2009)
92 - Evil Angel (2009)
Friday, October 23rd
93 - 100 Feet (2008)
94 - Ravenous (1999)
95 - End of the Line (2007)
96 - Dawn of the Dead (2004) - blu-ray -
short - Zombies & Cigarettes (2009)
short - Lazarus Taxon (2008)
short - Rising Up: The Story of the Zombie Rights Movement (2009)
97 - George's Intervention (2009)
98 - Doctor S Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie (2008)
Saturday, October 24th
99 - Saw VI (2009) - It was free and I had time to kill, otherwise I never would have seen it.
100 - Paranormal Activity (2007) - Better than I expected, but didn't live up to the hype of course.
101 - Day of the Dead (1985) - blu-ray -
102 - Prince of Darkness (1987)
short - More Control (2008) -
short - Altar (2008)
short - The Nightmare (2009)
short - Becoming Roman (2009)
short - Awareness (2009)
short - Phenomena: Probing the Paranormal (2009)
short - Mamá (2008) - A repeat showing of this fantastic short. Creepy!
103 - Audie & the Wolf (2008)
104 - Finale (2009)
Sunday, October 25th
105 - Wildcard #5 (television) - "Psych" Let's Get Hairy (2009)
short - The Legend of Farmer Jenkins (2006)
short - Frankenstein vs. the Wolfman in 3-D (2008)
short - Scourge of the Vampire (2007) - Couldn't find it on IMDB, but that should be the link to the actual video, can't test it due to media being blocked at work.
short - The Snow Princess (2008)
short - Back to Life (2008)
short - House of Harrington (2008)
short - Death in Charge (2009)
short - Thorns (2008)
short - Orla's Song (2009) - Couldn't find it on IMDB, but that should be the link to the actual video, can't test it due to media being blocked at work.
short - Elder Sign (2009)
106 - The Death of Alice Blue (2009)
short - The Savannah Story (2009)
short - Initiation (2008) - Couldn't find it on IMDB, but that should be the link to the actual video, can't test it due to media being blocked at work.
short - The Ugly File (2009)
short - Shrove Tuesday (2009)
107 - Must Love Death (2009)
short - X-Mess Detritus (2008)
short - À mère et marées (2008)
short - Hunger (2009)
short - Dead Creek (2008)
108 - Morgue Story: Sangue, Baiacu e Quadrinhos (2009)
short - Seance (2009)
short - Langliena (2008)
short - Side Effect (2008)
short - Hunger (2009) - Trivial fact: there are at least 7 films named Hunger made in 2009 alone.
109 - Murder Loves Killers Too (2009)
Monday, October 26th
Work and Monday Night Football was all I did. Wait, watching the Redskins counts as a horror I think....
Tuesday, October 27th
110 - Carnage for the Destroyer (2006) - The worst piece of crap ever put on film. Supposed to be a comedy, but absolutely none of it was funny.
111 - Masters of Horror: The Damned Thing (2006)
112 - Masters of Horror: Family (2006)
113 - Masters of Horror: The V Word (2006)
114 - Masters of Horror: Sounds Like (2006)
115 - Masters of Horror: Pro-Life (2006)
116 - Masters of Horror: Pelts (2006)
117 - Masters of Horror: The Screwfly Solution (2006)
118 - Masters of Horror: Valerie on the Stairs (2006)
119 - Masters of Horror: Right to Die (2007)
120 - Masters of Horror: We All Scream for Ice Cream (2007)
121 - Masters of Horror: The Black Cat (2007)
Wednesday, October 28th
122 - Masters of Horror: The Washingtonians (2007)
123 - Masters of Horror: Dream Cruise (2007)
124 - The Stepfather (2009)
125 - Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
126 - Zombieland (2009)
127 - Wildcard #6 (television) - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
128 - Final Destination (2000)
129 - Laid to Rest (2009)
Thursday, October 29th
130 - Revenge of the Creature (1955)
131 - The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
132 - Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (2000)
Friday, October 30th
133 - Dracula (1931)
134 - Drácula (1931)
135 - Dracula's Daughter (1936)
136 - Masters of Horror: Incident on and Off a Mountain Road (2005)
137 - Masters of Horror: Dance of the Dead (2005)
138 - Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up (2006)
139 - Masters of Horror: Jenifer (2005)
140 - Masters of Horror: Sick Girl (2006)
141 - Masters of Horror: Deer Woman (2005)
142 - Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (2005)
143 - Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch-House (2005)
Saturday, October 31st
144 - Son of Dracula (1943)
145 - House of Dracula (1945)
146 - Shaun of the Dead (2004)
147 - Halloween (1978)
148 - The Black Cat (1934)
149 - Man Made Monster (1941)
150 - Horror Island (1941)
151 - Night Monster (1942)
152 - Captive Wild Woman (1943)
153 - Phantasm (1979)
154 - Phantasm II (1988)
155 - Trick 'r Treat (2008)


Spoiler:

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
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