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

Crossover votes:
arthouse - The Haunting
comedy - Ghostbusters

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

Voting totals so far.. up To Trevor
Arthouse
Burnt offerings 1
Haunting 4
Koreneko 2
road games 7
beyond the black rainbow 1
baby blood 2
inv of the body Snatchers 3

Comedy
Ghostbusters 5
Freaky 5
Slaxx 4
burbs 1
Babysitter 2
ready or not 3

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

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am really excited about seeing the subset films and starting to track them down. The subset films are exciting enough (and there is only one person left to pick their films, woohoo) but once that is done we can start on the Checklist, which means I can start choosing my movies to watch and tracking them down. It is finally starting to get real that the challenge starts three weeks from today (at dusk)!

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

Crossover vote:

Indie - Eraserhead
Comedy - Ready Or Not

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

Crossover Votes:
Kuroneko
Slaxx

I'm also excited to see the final subset and start collecting titles to watch!

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

That sounds like fun! Great idea. I'd join you, but I'm working on They Shoot Zombies 200-400 and 21st Century top 150 this year. There are a number of movies in those lists that I've been avoiding for a long time -- like Hostel, Wolf Creek, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hills Have Eyes remakes. Time to get them watched, I think.

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

Crossover votes:

arthouse - The Haunting
comedy - Slaxx

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

Testing 1,2,3....

Anyone else having issues viewing this thread?


EDIT: Appears to be working now

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

I looked for the subset list, but it's not posted yet? Just checking!

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

In the main thread…

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

Thanks!

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

Feel free to start giving those actor, director, producer, composer, etc. suggestions if you want. I'm currently working on getting the checklist 2021 ready and should have that up before the weekend's over.

As always, the former checklists with what's been previously used are on post #5.

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

Clancy Brown has 10 horror movies to his credit.

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

I'm excited to see the final list.

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.

Absolutely!

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

Potential actresses are Tiffany Shepis, Elissa Dowling and Arielle Brachfield. They all have 10+ movies I think, some more around 20.

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

Including Mortuary Tales which is a subset pick

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

CHECKLIST CONSTRUCTION

Let's build this.

I haven't gotten to everyone's suggestions (previous and current) just yet.

The usual - 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 a new entry or just updated.

I included entries for Name In Title, Trailer Compilations, and Enzo Sciotti Art, which were all theme suggestions I couldn't find links for originally.

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


Select 10 actors:
--- Jenny Agutter -
--- Arielle Brachfield -
--- Clancy Brown -
--- Chuck Connors -
--- Peter Cushing -
--- Brad Dourif -
--- Elissa Dowling -
--- Deborah Foreman -
--- Stephen Geoffreys -
--- Boris Karloff -
--- Udo Kier -
--- Christopher Lee -
--- Bela Legosi -
--- Lynn Lowry -
--- Virginia Madsen -
--- Julian Sands -
--- Scout Taylor-Compton -
--- Tiffany Shepis -
--- P.J. Soles -
--- Tony Todd -
--- Recently Deceased (insert actor) -

Select 5 directors:
--- Freddie Francis -
--- Jesús "Jess" Franco -
--- William Grefé -
--- Amando de Ossorio -
--- Takashi Miike -
--- Steve Miner -
--- Jean Rollin -
--- Pete Walker -
--- James Wan -
--- Watch a Movie Directed By a Female Director, 2, 3 -
--- Recently Deceased (insert director) -

Select 2 film composers:
--- Pino Donaggio -
--- Alan Howarth -
--- Claudio Simonetti -
--- Christopher Young -

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
--- Rick Baker -
--- Joe Blasco -
--- KNB EFX Group -
--- Mathew Mungle -
--- Dick Smith -
--- Recently Deceased (insert makeup effects artist) -

Select 2 producers:
--- Lawrence Bender -
--- Jason Blum -
--- Herman Cohen -
--- Dino De Laurentiis -

Select 2 writers:
--- Christopher Landon -
--- Dardano Sacchetti -
--- Curt Siodmak -
--- Kiyoshi Kurosawa -

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
--- *3-D Film -
--- Anthology Film -
--- Appears on They Shoot Zombies, Don't They - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films -
--- Based on a True Story -
--- Based on a Novel -
--- Candy Cinema, 2 -
--- Cannibalism -
--- Cinema Inspired By: Richard Matheson -
--- Cinematic Titanic / Horror Host / MST3K / RiffTrax -
--- Comedy / Spoof -
--- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film -
--- Cryptid Cinema -
--- Death by: Electrocution
--- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, 2
--- Distributor / Studio: Kino Lorber -
--- Documentary -
--- Dream Horror -
--- Drunk Horror -
--- Euro Horror -
--- Enzo Sciotti Art -
--- Extraterrestrial / Takes Place in Space -
--- Fan Film -
--- Film From Someone Else's 'Best of' List -
--- Film From TCM October 2021 Schedule -
--- Firearms -
--- Flashback -
--- Fog, 2 -
--- Folk Horror -
--- From a Basil Gogos Painting -
--- Found Footage -
--- Frankenstein -
--- Ghost / Haunting -
--- Giallo -
--- J-Horror -
--- Kaiju / Giant Monster -
--- Killer / Evil Animal -
--- Killer / Evil Child -
--- Killer / Evil Doll -
--- Luchador -
--- Made-for-TV Movie -
--- Mad Scientist -
--- Mummy -
--- Musical / Rock ‘n Roll Horror
--- Name In Title -
--- Nation of Origin: Russia, 2
--- Ouija Board -
--- Phobias -
--- Psychological -
--- Quarantine -
--- Rape / Revenge -
--- Shot in Bronson Canyon -
--- Shudder Original / Exclusive -
--- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac -
--- Slow Motion -
--- Split Personality -
--- Suicide -
--- Takes Place in a Crypt -
--- Takes Place in a High School -
--- Takes Place in a Library -
--- Takes Place on a Mountain -
--- Takes Place on a Holiday -
--- Takes Place on or Under the Sea -
--- Three Installments in a Franchise -
--- Title Spoken By Character, 2 -
--- Trailer Compilation -
--- Travelogue -
--- Vampire -
--- Voyeurism -
--- Werewolf -
--- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious -
--- Wilhelm Scream -
--- With Commentary -
--- With Two or More Horror Legends -
--- Zombie -

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff":
--- 1921 (100th) -
--- 1946 (75th) -
--- 1971 (50th) -
--- 1996 (25th) –

Select 1 from the following anniversaries:
--- 40th Anniversary of Elvira's Movie Macabre -
--- 40th Anniversary of Notable Horror Films -
--- 40th Anniversary of MTV, 2 -
--- 50th Anniversary of Monster Cereals, 2, 3 -
--- 100th Anniversary of Overlook Hotel's July 4th Ball, 2-

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes:
--- Killed during sex -
--- New House, New Problems, 2 -
--- No cell phone service -
--- Making dumb decisions -
--- The creepy gas station attendant -
--- The evil doll that comes to life -
--- The mirror scare -
--- The suddenly unpredictable vehicle -

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

​Select 6 decades of film history:
--- Pre-1930 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
--- 1960 -
--- 1970 -
--- 1980 -
--- 1990 -
--- 2000 -
--- 2010 -
--- 2020 -

Watch 1 film with a recently deceased personality:
--- Recently deceased list -

Watch a film shot on 1 of the following:
--- Video ,2 -
--- 8mm (Super 8) -
--- 16mm -

Watch 1 of your OHMC "favorites":
--- Boardinghouse (1982) -
--- Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981) -
--- The Carrier (1988) -
--- Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977) -
--- Frankenhooker (1990) -
--- Hobgoblins (1988) -
--- The House by the Cemetery (1981) -
--- Killer Condom (1996) -
--- The Killer Tongue (1996) -
--- Octaman (1971) -
--- Microwave Massacre (1983) -
--- Shakma (1990) -
--- Spookies (1986) -

Watch a movie and it’s remake back to back on the same day:
--- Original -
--- Remake -

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 2 films with similar plots:
--- Film #1 -
--- Film #2 -

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that:
--- Stars a Julie - Julie Strain / Julie Anne Prescott / Julie Benz / Julie Harris / Julie Adams -
--- Features a character waking up from a nightmare -
--- Was made in the 1990s -
--- Features a LGBT character -
--- Was written by Charles B. Griffith -
--- Features a severed head -
--- Has a scene in a nightclub -
--- Was shot in Mexico -
--- Is listed in Suburban Grindhouse -
--- Takes place at a national park -
--- Features a funeral scene -
--- Title includes Return of / Curse of / Bride of / Son of -

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

--- Listen to a horror movie soundtrack - 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
<BR>

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

David Warbeck (Actor) list
Joe Blasco (SFX) list
Matthew Mungle (SFX) list
Dick Smith (SFX) link
Kevin Yagher (SFX) link
Bud Westmore (SFX) link

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

I would dump the Carradine check because only John has significant horror credits, and most of them suck, and the Clive Barker check because he has only directed/ written a handful of films and we've all seen them.

Some suggestions:

1. Killed by a child
2. Features a nightmare scene
3. Features an LGBT character
4. Features a mask reveal (e.g. Dr Phibes)
5. Features a funeral scene
6. Title includes Bride of / Son of/ Curse of/ Return of
7. A character explodes or is disemboweled.
8. Features a severed head

I don't understand this check
--- Video ,2 -
--- 8mm (Super 8) -
--- 16mm -

All I have is DVD/ Blu-Ray/ and 4K. No 16MM or 8mm.

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

Checklist suggestion stuff:

horror film tropes:
"I'll be right back" (unless that's covered by dumb decisions)
road trip stop at gas station/convenience store "warning"
shocking twist

actors:
Bill Moseley
Brad Dourif
Tony Todd

directors:
Pete Walker
James Wan
Takashi Miike
Umberto Lenzi

film composers:
Pino Donaggio
Tyler Bates
John Carpenter

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

Peter Jackson has 14 horror movies as a director.

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

Horror film trope: Car that won't start

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

Would it possible to get all of the people on the RIP list added under their proper designations on the checklist? For instance, make sure that all of the directors on the RIP list fall under the "Directors" part of the checklist, actors for the "Actor" part, etc. All of the ones that don't neatly fit into a category that we already have (or have shown up on the checklist too recently for regular inclusion) could go into the "Recently deceased" checklist item.

Or maybe we've already been doing this and I haven't noticed.

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

All the Carradine stuff was from last year, just haven't removed it yet. It will be updated. The latter was just poorly worded, it was supposed to say shot on.

We haven't, but I could separate them all into their respective categories.

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

Please vote on this one if you haven't already. We've done so many polls this year it just got overlooked.

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

Optional items -- I'd leave them since they're optional.

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

I concur.

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

AND MY AXE!

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...18c3d5c180.jpg

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

Talk about making a mistake, as a director he only has 3 horror movies. I hope you didn't waste your time looking him up.

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

I said to myself... wow hes under the radar as a horror director....

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

How about a “haven’t I seen this somewhere before?” For the checklist?
Movies with similar plots or have “borrowed” heavily from other movies.

examples:

Night Of The Creeps & Slither
Evil Town & Evils Of The Night
The Shining & Amityville Horror
Amityville Horror & The Conjuring
Shocking Dark & Aliens
Malignant &


Don’t click that last one unless you’ve seen it.

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

Yes, I think the Optional Items should be removed.

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

Leave them in, they are optional anyway.

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

Leave them in. Let each individual person take them off if they want to.

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

Doesn't hurt to leave the optional bits in

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

I'd say why not. Optional is optional.

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

I vote to leave the optional items in. Never know when you'll be bedridden or end up having a whole lot more time in the challenge and it could be a nice distraction.

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

I would just leave it.

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

James Wan in the writer category would be interesting. We've had him in the Director category but I don't believe the writer category. He has at least 10 (confirmed this time) horror movies with a writing credit..

Adding a category for dreams/visions would be good.