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Old 09-21-18 | 10:37 PM
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Alright, the group decision has been made on whether or not to drop the decades of 1890, 1900, and 1910 from the checklist, and that was to remove them. However, it was an extremely tight race, so I enacted the jholmes idea of a 'pre-1930' category as a compromise of sorts, which offers 148 titles. Also the requirement of checking 8 has been lowered to 6 since the decade offerings dropped from 13 to 10. I hope that's satisfactory for everyone.
Sounds good to me. Thanks for coordinating everything, Chad.
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Alright, the group decision has been made on whether or not to drop the decades of 1890, 1900, and 1910 from the checklist, and that was to remove them. However, it was an extremely tight race, so I enacted the jholmes idea of a 'pre-1930' category as a compromise of sorts, which offers 148 titles. Also the requirement of checking 8 has been lowered to 6 since the decade offerings dropped from 13 to 10. I hope that's satisfactory for everyone.
Thanks for all the work you put into this event every year!
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Old 09-21-18 | 11:00 PM
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I third the thanks for your hard work, Chad.
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We wouldn't have the challenge without you, Chad, so your good work is much appreciated!
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Inquiring (and OCD) minds wonder if we will get the final checklist tomorrow? :-) It will be Sept 23 and that's when the checklist was final last year. This is only my first year following the planning process, so I don't know how typical that is.
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Inquiring (and OCD) minds wonder if we will get the final checklist tomorrow? :-)
I'm playing catch-up over the weekend after experiencing a few setbacks. But I do plan on having the checklist and theme/subset table up before Monday hits.
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I'm playing catch-up over the weekend after experiencing a few setbacks. But I do plan on having the checklist and theme/subset table up before Monday hits.
Awesome! Thanks, Chad.
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Old 09-22-18 | 05:23 PM
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Prom might make a good checklist item.
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A few checklist suggestions, or subset ideas for next year:

Changing the "Monster/ Creature feature" category to "Crytptids", aka mythical creatures that some people think are real, like modern-day dinosaurs, Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, and so forth.
This is another one that would make a good theme suggestion.

Cryptid Cinema
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Prom might make a good checklist item.
Just added.

And can someone please throw out three more director suggestions?
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Just added.

And can someone please throw out three more director suggestions?
Alexandre Aja
Kim Jee-Woon (김지운)
Hideo Nakata

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Just added.

And can someone please throw out three more director suggestions?

Sergio Martino

Just got Devil Fish a few weeks ago. Been hoarding a few titles including 2019: After the Fall of New York and The Great Alligator.
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Jess Franco.


Just ordered the BR of Vampyros Lesbos. :-)
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Maybe for next year.. but a text message or message box popping on screen for a checklist item.

Its a fairly common occurance in tv a d film it appears. Especially in horror.
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Is the tropes category satisfactory? Or should we go with less common ones?

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 -
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I support those tropes. Support the tropes.

Although I'm honestly unclear on 'death by sex' - is that specifically murder while intimate or anything sex related in general?
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Is the tropes category satisfactory? Or should we go with less common ones?

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 -
Sounds good.
Does flickering lights include lights going out / being cut?
Also wondering about the death by sex definition. Incubus/succubus as well as being killed during sex? (never thought I'd write that sentence)
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I support those tropes. Support the tropes.

Although I'm honestly unclear on 'death by sex' - is that specifically murder while intimate or anything sex related in general?
Specifically killed during sex. Think Friday the 13th Part 2. Or Bay of Blood.

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Sounds good.
Does flickering lights include lights going out / being cut?
Also wondering about the death by sex definition. Incubus/succubus as well as being killed during sex? (never thought I'd write that sentence)
Yes, and as long as it's during the act.
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Alright, I believe it's done and ready to be plugged into a table. Look it over and let me know if anything's missing or vice versa. I tried to get in what suggestions I could, but some will inevitably have to be carried over to next year. And there's a few I couldn't find any decent links for.

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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 -

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: Korea -
--- 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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Very nice, 6.5 more days.

Kudos to Chad for all the heavy lifting with organizing and planning, much appreciated.
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Checklist looks great. It will definitely broaden my choices. Thanks, Chad!
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That checklist looks great Chad. Thanks for all the heavy lifting.

Love the tropes checklist BTW!
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Amazing checklist! I'm excited to get started. It's gonna be a fun month!
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I’m already loving the “Select 30” option from the main list
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