Revenge of the Ghoul Log has me intrigued. That’s gotta be awesome!

I wonder which Vincent Price movies are included in that collection. I
was planning to catch up on some VP movies anyway.

I'll volunteer for a subset pick.

I vote for Lightning Video.

Finally finished my picks:

1. The Criterion Collection Crossover - Häxan (1922)
2. Werewolves / Were-Creatures On A Full Moon - Wolfen (1981), Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
3. The Big Apple of Death - NYC Based Horror Films - Wolfen (1981)
4.Cheesy 80's - Sleepaway Camp (1983) Surprised this has never been picked
5. The COVID-19 Pandemic Parade - The Crazies (2010), Cabin Fever (2002), Halloween (2007), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)

6. Analog Nightmares - Shot-On-Video Horror Films of the 1980's & 1990's - Blood Cult (1985)
7. "Subjective Camera" Horror - The Invisible Man (2020), Color Out of Space (2019)
8. Deadly Exposure - Photographic Horror - The Omen (1976) another surprise.
9. Folklore, 2 / Urban Legends , 2 / & Fairy Tales - The Burning (1981), The Seventh Sign (1988), Gretel & Hansel (2020), Apostle (2018)
10. The Guillermo del Toro Seal of Approval - Häxan (1922)

11. Slashers, 2, 3 / Giallos, 2, 3, 4 / Serial Killers - Amsterdamned (1988), The Wax Mask (1997), Manhunter (1986), Giallo (2009)
12. They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films - I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
13. Nightmare USA - Blood Rage (1987) I think I was too hard on this film. Blood Shack (1971) To torture everybody. The Boogens (1981)
14. R.I.P. Maestro of the Macabre - A Tribute to Ennio Morricone - The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971), Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
15. R.I.P. John Saxon (1935 - 2020) - Black Christmas (1974) More suprises. Hellmaster (1992)

16. Blood & Snow / Ice Terrors - Shredder (2001), Ghost Keeper (1982), The Lodge (2019), Devil Times Five (1974), The Boogens (1981)
17. Electric Brain Stew - Sadistic / Dogs / Bullying / Scarecrows - Slaughter High (1986), Dogs of Hell (1983), Monster Dog (1984), Doctor Sleep (2019), Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), The Breed (2006)
18. R.I.P. Stuart Gordon (1947 - 2020) - Dagon (2001)
19. It Was a Dark & Stormy Night..., 2 - Gretel & Hansel (2020), Death Becomes Her (1992)
20. Vampires - Salem's Lot (1979)

21. Hammer / Amicus - The Lodge (2019), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), Tales from the Crypt (1972), The Vault of Horror (1973)
22. Zombies, 2 - Death Becomes Her (1992)
23. Adaptations from Hell - Dead Zone (1983), Manhunter (1986), It:Part 2 (2019)
24. The European Passport to Terror - Angst (1983)
25. "The Drive-In Oath" by Joe Bob Briggs Featuring Blood, Breasts, & Beasts - Blood Beat (1983), Midsommar (2019), Doctor Sleep (2019), The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)

26. Chronological Horror Years Faceoff - Species (1995), Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995), Lord of Illusions (1995)
27. Horror Anthologies - Tales from the Crypt (1972), The Vault of Horror (1973), Creepshow 3 (2006)
28. Supernatural, 2, 3 & Quiet/Soft - Superstition (1982), The Thing (2011)
29. Godzilla is a Retiree! The 65th Anniversary Celebration of Gojira & the Kaiju Films it Inspired - Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
30. Demonic Possession / Satanic / Witchcraft / Hell - Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist (2005), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Haxan (1922), The Unholy (1988)

31. All Hallows Eve Horrifically Hideous Hellfest / Samhain: An Evening of Celtic Horror - 3 from Hell (2019), 31 (2016), Halloween II (2009), The Wicker Man (2006)
32. Horror Comedies Crossover - The Witches (1990), The Dead Don't Die (2019)

What sucks this year is the NBA usually ruins the end of the challenge for me. Now the NBA is going to ruin the beginning of the challenge since Finals look like they will end early/middle of October. Either way, I am open to it starting early just because there are sooooooooo many streaming options, working from home I'm sure for most people, and the big thing, it would be nice to just talk with others as this whole Covid thing has really killed being social. I know my local indy theater has been doing drive ins and will be doing Toxic Avenger and Reanimater in September and have hyped a good October. I do feel for those that have kids doing distance learning, though. I know, for me, I might be on hardcore babysitting duty after October 13th or so (basically, I will be watching at least one child 24/7 for about a month) and I know that can ruin a lot of movie time for any parents on here.

Subset Picks [and Film Recommendations]:
Butterfly Kisses (2018) - Folklore (Peeping Tom legend), Supernatural mon mon mon Monsters (2017) - Electric Brain Stew (Bullying), Vampires Shudder
Who's Watching Oliver? (2017) - Photographic, Slasher, Electric Brain Stew (Sadistic)[[url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07CNDN8LS/]Prime]
Little Monsters (2019) - Zombies, Pandemic (Virus) [Hulu]
The Maus (2017) - European, Folklore (Muslim Hamajlija amulet) [[url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80109341]Netflix 4K]
Forest of Lost Souls (2017) - Slasher, Folklore (variation on Aokigahara / suicide forest), [[url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07FXW4KML/]Prime]
The Editor (2014) - Subjective Camera, Slasher, Morricone / Italian Horror Music [No free streaming, Tubi w/ ads]
Lake Bodom (2016) - Slasher [Shudder: [url]https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/lake-bodom/4cc1126e0653ef59]

The winner of the 1980's Video Companies Spotlight...



Lightning Video. Very close contest. Winner by one vote.

Quick update...

Added a new link to Deadly Exposure, which adds 550+ titles over the previous link.

Added Lightning Video, 2 to the Video Companies link.

We're down to 4 subset volunteers needed.

About half of the current volunteers have given picks thus far so please don't hesitate if you haven't yet done so.

It's good to be back! I haven't had much to look forward to this year, so I'm excited to get back into the planning of the challenge. I just caught up on the thread and as far as starting early goes, I'm not a fan of it, but I won't vote against it if that's what other people want to do. I just think that if it does end up happening, it shouldn't count towards anyone's totals.

I'm in for a subset pick and here are my choices...

The Invitation - They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?, Quiet/Soft
Triangle - They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?, European Passport to Terror
Under The Skin - They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?, European Passport to Terror, Quiet/Soft, The Drive-In Oath (Breasts)
Mandy - European Passport to Terror, Subjective Camera, Guillermo Del Toro, Electric Brain Stew (Sadistic)

Theme Nights 2020
Apologies if someone else has already suggested any of these. I haven't looked at anything but the previous subset picks and this chart to make choices. But, I've got one for each category (minus one), so one of these should work:

Jigoku (1960) - (9/30) The Criterion Collection Crossover

Wolf (1994) - Werewolves / Were-Creatures On A Full Moon (Full Hunter's Moon on 10/1)

End of Days (1999) - The Big Apple of Death - NYC Based Horror Films

The Gate (1987) - Cheesy 80's, 2, 3, 4

Cooties (2014) -. The COVID-19 Pandemic Parade - Medical / Masks / Virus / Isolation / Social Bubbles / Vaccine / Hand Washing, 2

I can't honestly choose anything for this one. Never seen any of them or know where to find them - Analog Nightmares - Shot-On-Video Horror Films of the 1980's & 1990's, 2 (The book "Analog Nightmares" was released on this day in 2018)

Gretel & Hansel (2020) -. "Subjective Camera" Horror

Shutter (2004) - Deadly Exposure - Photographic Horror

Darkness Falls (2003) - Folklore, 2 / Urban Legends , 2 / & Fairy Tales

The Night of the Hunter (1955) - The Guillermo del Toro Seal of Approval (Today is Guillermo's birthday)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) - Slashers, 2, 3 / Giallos, 2, 3, 4 / Serial Killers

Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) - They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released on this day in 1974)

Basket Case (1982) - Nightmare USA

The Beyond (1981) - R.I.P. Maestro of the Macabre - A Tribute to Ennio Morricone & the Italian Horror Music He Influenced (Married Maria Travia on this day in 1950)

Black Christmas (1974) - R.I.P. John Saxon (1935 - 2020) (Wes Craven's New Nightmare was released on this day in 1994)

Frozen (2010) - Blood & Snow / Ice Terrors

Doctor Sleep (2019) - Electric Brain Stew - Sadistic / Dogs / Bullying / Scarecrows

Beyond the Gates (2016) - 1980's Video Companies Spotlight: Video Stores + INSERT VIDEO COMPANY HERE (10/17 is International Independent Video Store Day)

Body Snatchers (1993) - R.I.P. Stuart Gordon (1947 - 2020) (Re-Animator was released 35 years ago on this day in 1985)

The Conjuring 2 (2016) - It Was a Dark & Stormy Night..., 2

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) - Vampires (Bela Lugosi's B-day on 10/20)

The Lodge (2019) - Hammer / Amicus

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) - Zombies, 2

The Omen (1976) - Adaptations from Hell

28 Days Later (2002) - The European Passport to Terror - France, 2, 3 / Italy, 2 / Netherlands / Norway /
Sweden / Great Britain / Spain / Russia / Austria / Belgium / Czech Republic /
Denmark / Finland / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Ireland / Luxembourg /
Poland / Portugal / Romania / Turkey / BFI's Euro 100 (Today is United Nations Day)

It Follows (2014) - "The Drive-In Oath" by Joe Bob Briggs Featuring Blood, Breasts, & Beasts (Joe Bob's Halloween Hootenanny was released 1 year ago today.) [10/5 also an option for Scare Package released in 2019]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), House of Dracula (1945), The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Demon Knight (1995) . Chronological Horror Years Faceoff - 1920 (Platinum) Vs. 1945 (Diamond) Vs. 1970 (Gold) Vs. 1995 (Silver)

After Midnight (1988) - Horror Anthologies, 2, 3, 4

Child's Play (1988) - Supernatural, 2, 3 & Quiet/Soft

Godzilla (2014) - Godzilla is a Retiree! The 65th Anniversary Celebration of Gojira & the Kaiju Films it Inspired (Criterion released Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films box set on this day last year)

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) - Demonic Possession / Satanic / Witchcraft / Hell (Devil's Night)

Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) - All Hallows Eve Horrifically Hideous Hellfest / Samhain: An Evening of Celtic Horror (Halloween)

Gremlins (1984) - (11/1) Horror Comedies Crossover, 2

Some nominations:

Shutter (2004) (Deadly Exposure - Photographic Horror, They Shoot Zombies, Don’t They?) https://www.netflix.com/watch/70062814

Verónica (2017) (The European Passport to Terror) https://www.netflix.com/watch/80109295

Cargo (2017) ( Zombies, Pandemic) https://www.netflix.com/watch/80161216

Countess Dracula (1971) (Hammer/Amicus, Vampires, The European Passport to Terror, They Shoot Zombies, Don’t They?)
The Skull (1965) (Hammer/Amicus, Horror Anthologies, They Shoot Zombies, Don’t They?)

Here are my subset suggestions:

The Big Apple of Death - Devil's Express (1976)

Werewolves - The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)

Deadly Exposure - Darkroom (1989)

Folklore - Gretel & Hansel (2020)

Nightmare USA - The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)

Blood and Snow - Blood Beat (1983)

Lightning Video - Neon Maniacs (1986)

Satanic - Satanico Pandemonium (1975)

European Horror - Spider (1992)

Glad I'm an annual subscriber so I can push off the increase but I think it's well worth it anyway. Long live Shudder!

I need to resubscribe. I get it through Apple and my Apple bill is behind right now, due to an expensive car repair.

Subset Suggestions

Criterion Crossover - EraserHead (1977)
Werewolves / Full Moon - Trancers (1984)
Big Apple of Death - Altered States (1980)
Cheesy 80s - Brain Damage (1988)
Covid - X- Ray (1981)
Analog Nightmares - A Night to Dismember (1989)
Subjective Camera - Underwater (2020)
Deadly Exposure - Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Folklore - The Sissors Massacre (2008)
Guillermo Del Toro - Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Slasher/Giallo - The house with the Laughing Windows (1976)
They Shoot Zombies - Coppola's Dracula (1992)
Nightmare USA - The Attic (1980)
Italian Music - Planet of the Vampires (1965)
RIP John Saxon - Blood Beast from Outer Space (1965)
Blood and Snow - The Dead Zone (1983)
Electric Brain Stew - The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
1980's Video Co - Deadly Sunday (1982)
RIP Stuart Gordon - Body Snatchers (1993)
It was a Dark, Stormy Night - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Vampires - SleepWalkers (1992)
Hammer/Amicus - The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Zombies - Ravenous (2017)
Adaptations from Hell - The Other (1972)
Euro Passport - In A Glass Cage (1986)
The Drive in Oath - The Beast with a million Eyes (1955)
Chronological face off - The Golem (1920) The Frozen Ghost (1945) Dorian Grey (1970) The mangler (1995)
Anthologies - Deadtime Stories (1986)
Supernatural - The Hole (2009)
Godzilla - War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Demonic Possession - The Burning Moon (1992)
All Hallows Eve - Patient Seven (2016)
Horror Comedies - Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

My suggestions for Lightning Video: Neon Maniacs (1986), Superstition (1982)

I just resubscribed and beat the increase, but it really is a great deal.

If you subscribe through Shudder and use the promo code SHUDDERGIFT you get 20% Off an Annual Membership. That makes it around $45.

Or use the promo code SERIALKILLERS and get a 30 Day Free Trial.

A few things leaving netflix you might want to watch in the extended challenge if you haven't seen them before:

What’s Leaving Netflix on September 17th

• The Witch

What’s Leaving Netflix on September 18th

• Train to Busan

What’s Leaving Netflix on September 29th

• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

some picks:

1. Werewolf: Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) (iTunes)
3. Covid 19: Host (Shudder)
4. Blood and Snow: Frozen (2010), Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
7. Deadly Exposure: Hereditary (Netflix)
15. Cheezy 80's: Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers, Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland, Jaws 3D
16. Zombie: Blood Quantum
20. Vampires: Twins of Evil (Shudder), Transfiguration (2016)?, Embrase of the Vampire (1995)
21. Hammer: Twins of Evil (Shudder)

So. many. picks. You might even say there's a shit-ton of suggestions on post 9. I'm appreciative of those giving multiple picks, but the indecisive side of me is really feeling the pressure to get it right. That's actually not a bad problem to have.

Only 3 more subset volunteers needed.

Also a reminder over the next few days the main thread, the results of whether or not we start 2 weeks early (still time to vote), and whatever else I'm forgetting are on the way, so hang tight.

I'm not sure if I voted yet. But I vote to start early.

Another possible theme date, if it’s not taken already: 10/21 - National Apple Day for The Big Apple of Death - NYC Based Horror Films

And for the R.I.P. list: Naya Rivera (2). (Also Claudine Auger is listed twice.)

Im sure someone will like this info as much as me.. but a new Tremors movie drops 10/20

I only gave two suggestions last year and I thought that must have been a dick move, because that gave you less wiggle room to work with. So I decided to give more options this year, but yeah, I guess too many can be annoying as well.