I also don't care for American Horror Story. I thought the first season was fine, although it didn't scare me personally, but it had some nice atmosphere and mystery. Season 2 was promising but there was just so much going on and there were too many scenes of mental/physical torment, it was just too much for me. Interesting that a group of people who binge horror for an entire month can't seem to stomach a show specifically trying to cater to horror fans. Watching some of the more difficult/violent films in previous challenges, such as Inside, were fine for me because they were well executed and it's only 90 minutes or two hours long. AHS felt like 10 hour long episodes of misery.

Though I admit I am intrigued at a season dedicated to the 80s slasher style.

You people are falling for their trap. Watch some actual 80s slashers instead.
As much as I love 80s horror when modern shows/films start getting that transparent with homages it's usually a sign of the end times and creative bankruptcy. Make a modern slasher instead of some awkward nostalgia raping "throwback." I cannot think of a lot of stuff that's successfully executed flashback slasher vibes, other than maybe Summer of 1984 (which I haven't seen but is on the pile in 34 day).

Not trying to pile on, but I just quit half way through the second season. I felt like a quitter, and was going to go back to the well, but I think most of the recent talk has me investing my time in something else.

Now, Summer of 1984 was pretty nice!

Summer of '84 was excellent. It was more like Stranger Things combined with The 'Burbs. In fact, I kind of want to watch that now.

I probably won't watch it as I've skipped the past five seasons... but as a slasher fan.. maybe this year it will be good.

Watching television episodically is 'so' 1990s. American Horror Story needs to get with the times if that's what their problem is, but I suspect there's more to the shows' problems than that.

Subset update!

This is one of those rare years I've been able to fill all spots up to this point without asking for more picks. That means we can jettison the next round and go right to the final phase.

In other words...

• There's 10 empty spots left.
  
• 4 current volunteers that haven't given picks.
  
• 6 current empty spots without volunteers. (Please volunteer if you haven't!)

The final 10 will pick one of the unused themes (or I can assign you one, whatever you prefer) and give subset picks for it. It's really that easy.

I just need to quadruple check the current list and should have the final round up tomorrow. Hopefully we can knock this out and get right to the checklist ASAP.

They currently have Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer tagged as a horror movie. I think it's safe to say that imdb horror tags jumped the shark a while back. I think stuff like you suggested fit the "Halloween spirit" better than some of the stuff they have tagged as horror movies.

Building of the 31 Film Subset: The Final Phase


We need the following volunteers...

• mrcellophane
• Trevor
• alyxstarr
• Shack
• orlmac
• ororama
• Bladz
• Gobear
• jacob_b
• coyoteblue

To pick one of these unused themes and offer subset suggestions...

• All Hallows Eve Horrifically Hideous Hellfest / Samhain: An Evening of Celtic Horror
• Horror Parties
• Anthologies
• Horror Movies in Horror Movies
• Family-Friendly Horror
• Fog-Infested Horror Films
• Australia / New Zealand
• R.I.P. Larry Cohen
• Zombies
• The Return of Joe Bob Briggs

Theme Nights list.

This year's subset suggestions.

Previously used subsets.

I would suggest Gremlins for Family Friendly Horror. Available on Netflix.

If some feel that Gremlins doesn't fit this please let me know. I have no kids at home now but as I remember Gremlins it seems to fit very well.

To give a choice, Vault of Horror for Anthologies is on Shudder.

Gremlins is horror enough in my opinion. The swimming pool scene is a thing of beauty and the Gremlins can be nasty. I re-watched it was my kids one of the challenges and remember being surprised how much things have changed because a lot of what Gremlins has in it would not fly in today's PG rating; apparently this was before PG13 was a thing and it shows - but I'd rather have kids traumatized by seeing Gremlins than kids who have never seen Gremlins.

Thanks, I felt the same way when my kids used to watch with me.

Chad, can we see the movies that have made the cut so far so we can start looking for them?

Gremlins would be a fitting choice considering it's the 35th anniversary of the PG-13 rating, and that's one of the films that was responsible for its creation.

Sorry, but I can't reveal the list until complete. The reason being is nothing is truly finalized until I post it. I just want people to pick what they truly want and not be influenced by other choices. That said, feel free to use other suggestions from post 9. Of course, if you do so, it's always a good idea to give more than one subset pick for the theme you choose in case it's already on the list.

And that brings us down to 5 subset volunteers needed.

Here are some subset options from me:

Horror Movies in Horror Movies

• Child's Play (2019) [features Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2] - digital out 9/10, dvd/blu out 9/24, so should be readily available to rent/buy in October
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002) [features Them! and Earth vs the Spider] - netflix
• The Faculty (1998) [features It Came from Beneath the Sea and Scream 2] - vudu
• The 'Burbs (1989) [features The Exorcist, Race with the Devil, The Devil's Rain, and TCM 2] - prime
• Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) [features Black Sabbath] - kanopy, fandor

(Tried to hit a bunch of decades there. The 'Burbs is not listed as horror on IMDb but I've always considered it such. YMMV.)

Australia / New Zealand

• I Am Mother (2019) [AU] - netflix
• Bad Taste (1987) [NZ] - prime, hoopla, tubi
• Strange Behavior (aka Dead Kids) (1981) [joint AU/NZ/US production] - shudder, prime, tubi, fandor

Chad - will PM you a suggested subset list. I am checking for streaming availability first.

Got it, thanks.

Looks like it's sometime this month if the Fango streaming list is accurate. Shudder has "surprise film 1" and "surprise film 2" on theirs, and I'm guessing it's one of them.

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While we're waiting on the final suggestions, let's get this done.


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