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Same here. Some really good movies I've been wanting to watch and a few others that I've watched before but wouldn't mind watching again just to discuss like Repo.

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:lol: Yeah, it's one of my favorites. I think if people go in with reasonable expectations and a fondness for schlocky B horror, they will enjoy this one. I think it's one of the most iconic posters ever...so you need to see the movie attached to that eventually.

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This is a great list, Chad! Thanks for putting it together!

I don't think I had suggested Cujo... I've never seen it before but have always had it in my "To Watch" list. This is the perfect excuse to ensure that I don't pass up on it again!

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Tempted to just watch some of these subset films now, is that cheating? It s almost dusk on September 31 so close enough. "Hey everyone, Undeadcow has already started his list on September 12!" Joking here but I will be at the starting line at 7:51:01pm CST on September 31.

Thanks again to Chad for all the hosting.

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Thanks, Hanna Barbera Starland Vocal Band!

;)
 

I think we get a September birthday wildcard day; so if your birthday is today, like mine, you can start counting!

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Happy Birthday!
Like you need a early wildcard day... Trevor's viewing quantity is my hero.

Re: ;)
 

Happy birthday! But yes, you can use it in September considering you share one with Brian De Palma, but not until the last day of the month ... at dusk. ;)

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Mystery solved! I knew something was off on the list but just couldn't place it. After reading this post I came to the realization that I a) mistakenly left orlmac off the list, b) gave you the wrong pick (orlmac's), and c) put Dick Laurent on the list after there was already 31 volunteers. So apologies to all three of you.

It's a simple fix though, and won't require any changing of titles.

I just need one more thing -- cwileyy - Would you mind giving some picks for Halloween like last year?

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Lifeforce and Cujo will both be off the on demand service when the challenge starts. Atleast on Fios they will

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Why is UNdeadcow at 0 films... because he is still waiting for that September 31st start time... lol.

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Happy Death Day - Cinemax on Demand
Down - Flix on Demand

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Nice try, but that's not quite it! :D

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CHECKLIST CONSTRUCTION

I'm going to go ahead and post this, despite the fact I don't have all the new suggestions plugged in just yet. As always, we can add and remove content as necessary.

Every entry from actors to writers is new with the exception of the permanent rotating actors (Karloff, Lee, Legosi, & Cushing). Anything beyond that point that's in red is new.

Current progress can be found in the wiki link, which directs to this post.

All the previous checklists from post #3.



Select 10 actors:
--- Lauren Ashley Carter -
--- Brian Cox -
--- Jamie Lee Curtis -
--- Peter Cushing -
--- Bruce Davison -
--- Boris Karloff -
--- Christopher Lee -
--- Helga Liné -
--- Bela Lugosi -
--- Elina Madison -
--- Burgess Meredith -
--- Sam Neill -
--- Michael J. Pollard -
--- William Shatner -
--- Oliver Reed -
--- Anita Strindberg -
--- Dee Wallace -
--- Naomi Watts -
--- Caroline Williams -
--- Ray Wise -

Select 5 recently deceased
--- Umberto Lenzi -
--- Ulli Lommel -
--- Peter Wyngarde -
--- Jack Ketchum (Dallas Mayr) -
--- Alf Humphreys -
--- Dorothy Malone -
--- John Gavin -
--- Ren Osugi -
--- Lewis Gilbert -
--- Debbie Lee Carrington -
--- R. Lee Ermey -
--- Verne Troyer -
--- Michael Anderson -
--- Janine Reynaud -
--- Jerry Maren -
--- Derrick O'Connor -
--- Tab Hunter -
--- Shinobu Hashimoto -
--- Margot Kidder -
--- Robert Dix -
--- Jacqueline Pearce -
--- Donnelly Rhodes -
--- Fenella Fielding -
--- Pasquale Buba -
--- Al Matthews -
--- Gary Kurtz -

Select 2 film composers:
--- Philip Glass -
--- Joseph LoDuca -
--- Paul Ratajczak -
--- John Williams -

Select 5 directors:
--- Alexandre Aja -
--- Mario Bava -
--- Larry Cohen -
--- Jesús "Jess" Franco -
--- Lucio Fulci -
--- William Malone -
--- Sergio Martino -
--- Hideo Nakata -
--- Roman Polanski -
--- Jee-woon Kim -

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
--- Nigel Booth -
--- Screaming Mad George -
--- Steve Johnson -
--- Stan Winston -


Select 2 producers:
--- Larry Cohen -
--- Bryan Foy -
--- Michael Hertz -
--- Jeanette Volturno -

Select 2 writers:
--- Dan O'Bannon -
--- David Cronenberg -
--- Dennis Paoli -
--- R.J. Robertson -

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
--- *3-D Film -
--- Agoraphobia -
--- Anthology Film -
--- Appears on The 50 Best Horror Movies You’ve Never Seen -
--- Based on a True Story -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_based_on_horror_novels -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cannibal_films -
--- Cinema Inspired By: H.P. Lovecraft -
--- Cinematic Titanic / Horror Host / MST3K / RiffTrax -
--- Classic Hammer Films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comedy_horror_films -
--- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film -
--- Cryptid Cinema -
--- Death by: Explosion, 2 -
--- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, 2
--- Distributor / Studio: Code Red -
--- Documentary -
--- Drunk Horror -
--- Extraterrestrial / Takes Place in Space -
--- Film From Someone Else's List You've Never Seen -
--- Film From TCM's October Schedule -
--- Film Title Drop -
--- Flashback Horror -
--- From a Basis Gogos Painting -
--- Found Footage -
--- Frankenstein -
--- Ghost / Haunting -
--- Giallo -
--- Ouija Board -
--- K-Horror -
--- Killer / Evil Animal -
--- Killer / Evil Child -
--- Killer / Evil Doll -
--- Made-for-TV Movie -
--- Mummy -
--- Musical / Rock ‘n Roll Horror
--- Nation of Origin: Thailand -
--- Nazi -
--- Prom -
--- Psychological -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rape_and_revenge_films -
--- Scarecrows -
--- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac -
--- Takes Place in a Hospital -
--- Takes Place on a College Campus or High School -
--- Takes Place on a Holiday -
--- Television -
--- Three Installments in a Franchise -
--- Vampire -
--- Werewolf -
--- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious -
--- Wilhelm Scream -
--- With Commentary -
--- With Two or More Horror Legends -
--- Zombie -

Watch 1 w/commentary from the "Masters of Commentary":
--- Joe Bob Briggs -
--- John Carpenter -
--- Larry Cohen -
--- Joe Dante -
--- Herschell Gordon Lewis -
--- Tim Lucas -
--- George A. Romero -
--- Guillermo del Toro -
--- David del Valle -

Watch films in at least three formats:
--- First format, (insert format), (insert title).
--- Second format, (insert format), (insert title).
--- Third format, (insert format), (insert title).

Watch films in at least three languages:
--- First language, (insert language), (insert title).
--- Second language, (insert language), (insert title).
--- Third language, (insert language), (insert title).

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that:
--- Stars an Arquette (Rosanna, David, Patricia, Richmond, Alexis) -
--- Features music by a rock band -
--- Was made in the 1960s -
--- Features an investigation by Ed and Lorraine Warren -
--- Was written by Stephen King -
--- Features snow -
--- Has the words "Don't" in the title -
--- Was directed by David DeCoteau -
--- Stars Brinke Stevens -
--- Takes place at a strip club, 2 -
--- Features a nun or priest -

Select 6 decades of film history:
--- Pre-1930 -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1930s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1940s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1950s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1960s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1970s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1980s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1990s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2000s_horror_films -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2010s_horror_films -

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes:
--- Jump Scare -
--- No Cell Coverage -
--- The Abandoned Place -
--- The Vengeful Spirit -
--- Death By Sex -
--- The Final Girl -
--- Flickering Lights -

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff":
--- 1943 (75th) -
--- 1968 (50th) -
--- 1993 (25th) –

Select 1 from the following anniversaries:
--- 25th Anniversary of Vincent Price's Death -
--- 50th Anniversary of Night of the Living Dead -
--- 100th Birthday of Evelyn Ankers -
--- 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 2 -


Select 4 ratings:
--- G -
--- PG -
--- PG-13 -
--- R -
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
--- Unrated -
--- M -
--- GP -


Attend a live event (convention, play, haunted house, ghost tour, etc.):
--- (insert event). OPTIONAL

Venture Into the Literary World:
--- Read a Horror Novel or Novella (insert title). OPTIONAL
--- Read a Horror Comic Book or Graphic Novel (insert title). OPTIONAL
--- Read a Horror Magazine (insert title). OPTIONAL

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Writers:
Dennis Paoli
Dan O'Bannon

Makeup Effects:
Stan Winston

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Chad,

So is everything from "Select 30 of the following sub-genres" on down set already and you are looking for suggestions for the blank dashes above that?

These two:
--- Takes Place on a Holiday -
--- Takes Place on or Under the Sea -
Are from last year I think? I had posted earlier suggesting Takes Place in a hospital and you can add Takes Place on a college campus or high school

Also add to my suggestions:

Producer -- Larry Cohen

Directors - Roman Polanski, Jess Franco, Mario Bava, Ron Howard

Speaking of Nazis, one of the TCM movies, The Frozen Dead, sounds hilarious. A scientist freezes the heads of Nazis and puts them on other bodies trying to revive the Third Reich.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060434/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

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Some possible ideas...

Composer:

Joseph LoDuca - 27
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...6173&count=250

Cast:

Ray Wise - 28
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...6403&count=250

Naomi Watts - 8
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...5208&count=250

Gabriel Byrne - 7
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...0321&count=250

Kiefer Sutherland - 7
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...0662&count=250

Michael Caine - 6
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...0323&count=250

Nancy Allen - 5
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...0262&count=250

Dee Wallace - 47 (last done in 2013)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ti...8914&count=250

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Makeup Effect Suggestions
Steve Johnson (Brainscan, The Fog, Videodrome, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist 2, N.o.t. Demons 2, Fright Night, etc)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_...effects_artist)
Screaming Mad George (Society, NOES 3-4, Re-Animator 2-3, Children of Corn 3, Tales from the Hood)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Mad_George
Nigel Booth (Species, P&P v Zombies, Blade 2, The Witches, Aliens)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0095775
Scott Eddo (Predator 1-2, Walking Dead, Saw 1, Idle Hands)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0248860

Composers / Sound Checklist Suggestions
Paul Ratajczak (Phantasm(s), The Prophecy, Hitcher 2, Bubba Ho-Tep, etc)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0711574
Phillip Glass (Candyman 1-2, Suspiria, Thelma, The Church, Stranger Things, etc)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0001275
John Williams (Jaws 1-4, Trick R Treat, Dracula '79, etc)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0002354

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No, nothing is set in stone. I'll take suggestions for updated entries, new entries, or even completely new categories. And yes, the blanks need updated names.

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Producer Checklist Suggestions:

Jeanette Volturno (Happy Death Day, Insidious 1-4, Ouija 1-2, Purge 1-4, Paranormal Activity 1-3)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0901822

Michael Herz (Troma Studios)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0381230

Milton Subotsky (Maximum Overdrive, Asylum, Vault of Horror, House Dripped Blood, etc)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?ge...role=nm0836988

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A few other thoughts for the genre list...

* A title that's a question (I mentioned this before). Or, to make it broader, a title that has a ! or ? in it. (Repo!, Mother!, Ants!, Who can Kill a Child?, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? etc)

* A film where the writer or director has an on screen role or cameo appearance (Stephen King often does this, Hitchcock, Tarantino, others)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...heir_own_films
http://mentalfloss.com/article/56564...original-books

* Features a teen idol
I just watched Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker with Jimmy McNichol and it was AWESOME. This could include a number of actors including Johnny Depp, Michael Biehn, Lance Kerwin, David Soul, Travolta, Henry Winkler, Rob Lowe, Michael J Fox, Kevin Bacon, etc.
Teen idol lists:
https://reelrundown.com/celebrities/70s_Male_teen_idols
http://www.alloy.com/entertainment/80s-teen-idols/1/

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Actors:
Michael J. Pollard
Elina Madison

Director:
William Malone

Producer:
Bryan Foy

Writer:
R.J. Robertson

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Makeup:
David LeRoy Anderson

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No problem! And I think I have one that I can't believe we haven't used before - Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999)

I think this would fit perfectly, and while it doesn't explicitly say that it takes place on Halloween, there are a bunch of jack-o-lanterns and the autumn setting sure makes it seem like it has to be Halloween. However, if anyone disagrees, that's totally cool and I'll think of something else.

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^Im fine with that! Picked up the Blu for that a while back at Wally World (With the cool slipcover-art)