I watch movies and TV shows because I enjoy it. I use the challenge to help me organize what I watch, not to win a prize (thanks Chad and sponsors for the prize that I'm getting this year). It wouldn't surprise me if some of the past lists with hundreds of titles were largely made up, but even if they weren't, I doubt that the viewer got much enjoyment from it. I'm guessing that some "legitimate" lists included movies that were playing as the viewer dozed, showered, talked on the phone, etc. Without reviewing past challenge threads, I assume that many of the people who complained about being bored or disliking just about everything that they watched had lists with "impressive" numbers. I like my October viewing to get me into the Halloween mood, and for me that means horror and a spooky atmosphere, not bored and sleepy.

Basically, I'm in favor of quality, not quantity.

I tend to dislike most of what I watch whether I'm watching 1 film a week or 10 films a day The year I watched 300 was definitely the best year quality-wise that I had; I found tons of new favourites and had a lot of fun. This year I watched half as many and there was so much mediocre crap that I didn't even bother trying to watch as many as I could.

Liking what I'm reading. I watched about half of what I normally would during this challenge, but enjoyed it twice as much. Guaranteed myself one film per day and more on days off or when I was really into it. It also allowed me time to read more reviews and write more of my own.

I think we need to make some changes though, even just to refresh things a bit. I'm not too worried about prizes. I didn't get either of my wins from last year, which as I recall was the result of a SNAFU with the titles. And, it's not why I do this challenge. I'm all about discovering new horror. I think that I have found it a bit less of community vibe. I know of IRCs and possible setups where people can share thoughts on movies while watching them. I think we should try to implement that next year. Does Google have a way to do this? Hangouts on line, or something.

I'm hoping to get more tech savvy in the coming year and I think what we're missing is a more interactive possibility. Even if and hour each day were devoted to some kind of live discussion of watches...something. We need a new gimmick to be thrown into the mix.

I know next year I plan to set a lower goal, maybe 50, or 31, as I enjoyed taking things at a slower pace on my way to make 100. Taking breaks now and then to watch what I normally like to watch helped keep the enjoyment of the challenge.

I agree enjoying the challenge is paramount but feel that even watching a large amount of movies can be amazingly fun over a limited time. With more frequent viewings there's a wider variety of films I've enjoyed but might otherwise not devote time too. There's some really crappy looking movies out there that end up being amazing and if I weren't going for the gusto it'd be easy to bypass them. It's especially interesting to watch an entire franchise, like Friday the 13th, in mostly one day.

Yeah, though I normally save films that I'm not particularly interested in for the horror challenge to 'force' me to watch them - which may contribute to the fact that I end up not liking a lot of them - but better to give them a shot than to always wonder

The only franchise I've watched completely in a day was the Hellraiser series which I watched earlier this year on my birthday (had nothing else to do lol). I think I would've preferred watching the Friday the 13th series.

My goal is always 31 but I usually end the month somewhere in the 50s.
I easily made 100+ a couple of years ago when I was between jobs and at home all October. Now I work shifts, impossible for me to do 3.2 movies per work day.

I had all these horror movie posters that I was never going to hang at my house, so I started taking them to work and putting them in the break room (HR has not called me in yet).



And why did I post this here you ask, because the Poultygeist poster on the end was part of a prize I won from the challenge a few years back! Yes there is a Lloyd Kauffman signed poster in my employees break room.

You used thumbtacks?

Days of Future Past is a horror movie?

Cool idea!

I have no intention on taking them with me when I leave.

Just wondering if I am the only one who gets on horror kicks out of the blue on other parts of the year. I just turned on Doc of the Dead on Netflix, because all of a sudden I want to watch a lot of horror. Could it be because I'm ill? And it makes me feel better?

I read somewhere that the fear in a safe situation that horror movies deliver can cause your brain to release dopamine and some people can get more of a kick out of it than others and this could explain why some people enjoy horror and some don't

My urge to watch horror movies comes and goes but it is usually strongest September thru October, but I watch horror movies all year long mixed with other genres. Probably about 10-25 percent horror per month excluding September and October. September being about 50 percent and October coming close to 100 percent of what I watch. Occasionally though I want to watch only horror for a couple of days straight.

This month I have only watched one horror movie so far. The Midnight Game (2013) It was pretty good but not great.

BTW: At least one Friday the 13th movie is mandatory viewing on any Friday the 13th

No, you are most definitely not. I do on occasion and the co-worker I dragged into the Horror Challenge just commented a couple of days ago that she wished it were Horror Challenge Month as she's itching to watch some horror. I just looked at her and asked why she's letting a simple thing like that stop her?

So true, if you want to watch horror, go right ahead, right?

While I probably only average about a movie or two a month the past few years (except for Octobers), I find it hard to watch anything outside of the Challenge-of-the-month genre. My OCD compels me. However, most horror films can be made to fit at least one other Challenge; so if I'm in the mood for horror it's usually pretty easy to watch something and fit the current Challenge.

I've gotten less OCD about my challenge watching, and while I do the challenges, I also watch what I want. Though when I was just now watching an episode of The Haunted on Animal Planet, I couldn't help thinking that this would have been great for last month. It was an interesting episode, but sad at the same time. An evil ghost killed a family's two rabbits, and the owner of the house vowed revenge. He was like, "Ok you mess with my family, now I'm going to mess with you."

Bonus day today?

If you like 70s horror, try to track down a copy of the 50 Movie Pack Suspense Classics or the Action Classics 100 Movie Pack. The latter contains the former. Amazon doesn't have either right now but they might also be merged together with an even larger set.

Someone did a list of the 50 pack.
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls000853057/

Guess I was a bit late on that suggestion but we have another Friday the 13th next month too!

If anyone remembers, I had started working on making a 'canonical top 1000 horror films' list last year. I released the first official edition a couple of months ago and will hopefully update it every April/May with all the new lists which pop up in that time. As of the current edition, 1231 lists were gathered. I finished the website which can be found here: http://theyshootzombies.com/ and the list on iCM https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/t.../mightysparks/ will also be made official in October.

I've already seen all the films on the list, so it might not be useful for everyone but eh it's fun I also created a list for 1001-2000 https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/t.../mightysparks/ but there are many 1-vote films on there so it's not as meaningful. Anyway, just dropping this off here in case it helps anyone's watchlist for the challenge...

That's incredible, mightysparks! I've only just scanned through a bit, but can't believe you also found a critical comment for each one! I'll definitely be going through this before October in preparation. Thanks for the hard work!

Thanks! I'll definitely be using these lists not only during the Challenge, but throughout the year as there as still many canonical horror movies that I haven't gotten around to seeing.

So.... the challenge is a little over 2 months away. Can we start finalizing the lists?