Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Vote to separate Giallo. Always seemed like almost an entire different genre to me. As stated previously, as long as it is kept at the end of the list, I don’t see the harm of keeping the optional items. After all, they are optional.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I noticed that Shudder has been sponsoring a lot of YouTube videos lately. Maybe they'd be willing to sponsor the horror challenge.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I'll be happy to give it a shot.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Looks like we've covered that in 2012 with Killer Robots / Evil Technology, so can't go on the new suggestions list, but it can always come back as a returning theme. The latter link's a dead one and working on finding something there, BTW.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Another off the comments thread. In the past I compiled a list of Shudder originals that never made it onto the suggestions list for whatever reason. Good thing I screwed that up as this one's much better and the list has practically doubled since...

Streaming Originals & Exclusives:
Shudder Originals & Exclusives - https://letterboxd.com/henry_parker/...usives/detail/ (138 titles)
Shudder Originals Only - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming (49 titles included in the above)
Netflix Originals - https://letterboxd.com/randommr411/l.../genre/horror/ (27 titles)
Amazon Originals - https://letterboxd.com/raggedyryan/l.../genre/horror/ (9 titles)
HBO Max Originals - https://letterboxd.com/twenty8se7en/.../genre/horror/ (1 title) (175 total titles)

For Shudder I included both the originals and exclusives. If you'd prefer to keep the list "pure" with originals only let me know. Just be aware that would omit 89 off the list and titles such as One Cut of the Dead would not be included.

Any other services to add?

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

You might also want to try Arrow. They've been very active on social media promoting their streaming service.

https://www.arrow-player.com/

https://letterboxd.com/arrowplayer/
https://twitter.com/ARROW_Player

Maybe an Arrow or Shudder theme day, and they can do the subset pick. In return, maybe they can give us a shout out on their social media and a free month promo code. Or something like that.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Regarding the idea of malevolent machines, I saw this morning while browsing Tubi, that Saturn 3 is available to watch on there.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Shameless plug. Im at the Mahoning Drive in for Joe Bobs Jamboree. Drinking my lone star.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdgQGUeM/

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Scratch that. Looking back I'm not 100% certain the latter link covered machines specifically, so I'll put it on the new suggestions list and probably pair up it up with killer robots, that is, if it doesn't provide enough on its own. If I can't find a link that isn't heavy on the internet-related horror we'll just have to continue compiling it ourselves. IMDB keywords are no help, but did contribute I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle and Galaxy of Horrors (2017).

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

IMDB keyword search sort of came through with this one but there's definitely more...

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/...&genres=Horror (71 titles)

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Have we ever had a Female Killer theme night?

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls031962008/

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Either way I dig that suggestion.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

No, the closest we've had is a female directed theme in 2017.

Here's a couple links courtesy of Letterboxd and IMDB, and I'm sure there's quite a few duplicates between the two:

https://letterboxd.com/kjtenorman/list/heres-to-the-ladies-who-kill-female-killer/detail/genre/horror/ (138 titles)
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/...&genres=Horror (130 titles)

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Time to dust off American Psycho 2?

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I like this but maybe needlessly worry about spoilers; I guess 'female' isn't too big of a clue or too modern a twist.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I also like the idea of Continuous Sequels as a theme (where a followup picks up right where a previous film ended); but cannot find a great source on that.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Some more theme suggestions...

Karate Horror Films (maybe combine with Bollywood or Asian horror if too thin)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...s_horror_films

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003146633/

https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comm...ng_fu_martial/



Explosions

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?t...ords=explosion



Extreme Extremities (thinking long fingers but that’s limited so may include severed hands and also feet so like also strange/creepy walking as well as big foot and cryptids)

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...epyLongFingers

https://www.horror.land/12-creepy-se...nds-in-cinema/

https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/h...ie-spider-walk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bigfoot_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...about_cryptids



Ecological Horror (includes animal attack subgenre +; not sure if/when done before)

https://beside.media/atelier/a-guide...horror-movies/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eco-horror_films

https://thesciencesurvey.com/arts-en...ange-concerns/



Arthouse / Experimental / Psychedelic Horror Films (probably done before)

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls047233174/

https://www.allhorror.com/style/arthouse

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Needs the RiffTrax treatment. Psycho II got one but not this.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I think they're called 'immediate sequels', at least that's what some of the trope sites call them.

Army of Darkness
Phantasm II
Aliens
Halloween II...

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Martial arts is on the suggestions list but will tack on that IMDB link to it. Eco was covered as 'Natural Horror Films', and it's due for a comeback as a returning theme as it's only been covered once back in 2010. Same for arthouse in 2012. And 'Bigfoots, Yetis & Tiny Terrors' in 2015. Some of these are under so many different names it's hard to tell what we have/haven't done.

Added explosions to post 6.

For 'Extreme Extremities' here's the long fingers list from the tvtropes.org list since there's no way to link the examples section...
Black Swan
Frankenstein (1910)
The Babadook
Nosferatu
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Subspecies
Dracula
Alien
John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)
The Witches (1990)
Pan's Labyrinth
The Howling
Fright Night
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shadow of the Vampire
Blade II
Bram Stoker's Dracula
A Nightmare on Elm Street
30 Days of Night
Daybreakers
Van Helsing
They
Vampire's Kiss
Subspecies
House of the Wolf Man
Dracula Untold
What We Do in the Shadows
From Dusk Till Dawn
Blood Of Dracula
Blood Red Sky


And just because ...'finger cut off'...
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/...&genres=Horror (78 titles)

Long Fingernails...
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/...&genres=Horror (12 titles)
Of course Coffin Joe is there.

Will keep this one in maintenance mode for awhile. :up:

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I’m in for a subset pick.

Gialli - separate
Optional - keep

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I'm in for a subset pick if someone can remind me what that is. Is it where you pick a specific movie that fits the day's theme?

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Yep, that's it!

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Oh snap it is that time of year again, almost. Man do I have some great stuff saved up to watch.

My office shelf is groaning with potential prize titles. ;)

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Hey Chad, I'll pick a subset

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Should gialli be separated from slashers in the 'Slashers / Gialli / Serial Killers' theme and made into its own?

a) Yes.
b) No.
c) Other.


I vote yes on this.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Theme Suggestion: Hooded & Cloaked Figures
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/...=hooded-figure

If not a theme; also a checklist idea.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Back after a brief hiatus that was extended after a 36 hour internet outage...

16 subset spots down, 15 to go.

Hooded & Cloaked Figures is on post 6 and still working on that last batch of suggestions. I'll be posting all the 'new for 2021' suggestions up to this point in here soon as well as a theme voting date.

We're also a little short on anniversaries with just the two so far. Christopher Lee's 100th isn't until next year. Yeah, I got nothing. Please share if you have something because we'll also be using them as checklist entries.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Here is this year's R.I.P. list so far. I'm hoping Joe Bob posts another 'in memoriam' video, which is always helpful. The most up-to-date version can always be found on post 10 until I post the official list in the main thread. I'll post them in order of titles once that one goes up. As always let me know if I missed anyone.


Daria Nicolodi (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (17 titles)

David Giler (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (11 titles)

David Prowse (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

Hugh Keays-Byrne (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)

Thomas "Tiny" Lister (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (17 titles)

Dawn Wells (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (4 titles)

Barbara Shelley (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (10 titles)

Tanya Roberts (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (3 titles)

Marion Ramsey (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (3 titles)

Carmine Capobianco (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (19 titles)

Julie Strain (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (42 titles)

Peter Mark Richman (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

Gary Klar (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (3 titles)

Alberto Grimaldi (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

Cloris Leachman (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (8 titles)

Larry King (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (3 titles)

Bruce Kirby (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Robert Dryer (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (4 titles)

Michael Apted (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)

Hal Holbrook (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

Christopher Plummer (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (12 titles)

John "Bud" Cardos:
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (16 titles)

Enzo Sciotti (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)

Joan Weldon (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Fernando Arribas (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (9 titles)

Norman J. Warren (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (8 titles)

Yaphet Kotto (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

George Segal (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Jessica Walters (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (4 titles)

Cleve Hall (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (27 titles)

William "Biff" McGuire (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Walter Olkewicz (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

DMX (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)

Giannetto De Rossi (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (12 titles)

Richard Rush (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Monte Hellman (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (10 titles)

Tempest Storm (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Olympia Dukakis (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)

Frank McRae (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Tawny Kitaen (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Jean-Claude Romer (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (4 titles)

Norman Lloyd (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (4 titles)

Neil Connery (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

René Cardona III (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (14 titles)

Charles Grodin (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)

Paul Mooney (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror ( 1 title)

Robert Green Hall (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (56 titles)

Clarence Williams III (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

Ned Beatty (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (5 titles)

Frank Bonner (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Milton Moses Ginsberg (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (1 title)

Richard Donner (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (9 titles)

William Smith (R.I.P.)
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (25 titles)

Charles Robinson (R.I.P.):
https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?ex...&genres=Horror (2 titles)
<BR>

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

So I don't usually start beer shopping for the challenge this early but I ran across this and it looked perfect:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...47b06144b3.jpg

Alas I didn't read the box close enough and:


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...bd878d16a7.jpg

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Time to get inspired!

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Looks like an opportune time to post this already hyperlinked suggestion that just went up on post 6...

SterlingBen's Fermentation of Fear - Bars / Drunks / Beer / Drinking / Pubs / Ale (1,302 total titles)

Bar - 432 titles
Drunkeness - 348 titles
Drinking - 207 titles
Pub - 96 titles
Ale - 4 titles

Might be a few more alterations coming.

BTW, let me know if you don't want me using your username, just seemed appropriate. ;)

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Me now:


I would be honored.

Edit: (This might have been a drunk reply)

2nd Edit: Rejected personal banner item



Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

A couple of announcements...

Theme Voting starts Wednesday (July 28).
Gotta keep moving. We're already at last year's new suggestion number of 25, and that's not even including the few that haven't been posted yet. Those will go up soon. Continue sharing if you have any more. Don't forget reminders are always in the wiki.

Gialli and Slashers are now officially separated!
It was unanimous.

Also added Streaming Originals & Exclusives and Extreme Extremities to post 6. With the former it's hard to add 'originals' from Arrow and other labels without turning it into a boutique label theme, and we'll have the crossover theme anyway. The latter (and others) that have lists compiled will have better links if they make the cut.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I'll do a subset again.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Just a suggestion here for the RIP list. I would disregard anyone that only has 1-3 horror movies to their name. Kind of makes it difficult to 1) find that movie and 2) rent that movie if everyone is trying to rent it But like I said, it's just a suggestion.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

That's the rough cut version. I'll eventually post them in order, and the cutoff is usually at 2 and over. But yeah, I can exclude those that are under 4, just need some more feedback from people.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

I was going to suggest the idea, but I found that it was already done in 2015... I'd love School's Out... Forever to make a return.

Also maybe Deadly Tumbleweeds (Desert Horror) could be a fun one. Or Deadly Tropics

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

Added Deadly Tumbleweeds to post 6. The latter I'll have to get back to you. It sounds very familiar, but I could be wrong.

Re: Pre-Horror Challenge 17: Building of the Optional Lists (Themes, Subset, & Checklist)
 

The closest I found was deserted islands (which isn’t quite the same), but I may have missed something.