Select 10 actors: (9/10)
--- Asia Argento -
--- Peter Cushing -
-X- Keith David - The Thing (1982)
--- Bruce Davison - Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
--- Patty Duke -
-X- James Hong - Wendell & Wild (2022)
-X- Boris Karloff - The Raven (1963)
--- John Karlsen -
--- Cameron Mitchell -
--- Radha Mitchell -
--- Hideo Murota -
--- Daria Nicolodi - Deep Red (1975)
-X- Christopher Lee - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
-X- Bela Lugosi - The Raven (1935)
-X- Vincent Price - The Fly (1958)
--- Santo -
-X- Michele Soavi - Demons (1985)
--- Marianne Stone -
--- David Warbeck -
-X- Chase Williamson - Scare Package (2019)
-X- Recently Deceased (David Warner) - Body Bags (1993)

Select 5 directors: (3/5)
--- Byeong-ki Ahn -
-X- David Bruckner - Hellraiser (2022)
-X- Jaume Collet-Serra - Orphan (2009)
--- Reginald Le Borg - The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
--- Antonio Margheriti -
--- Fred Olen Ray -
--- Peter Sasday -
--- Takashi Shimizu -
--- Yudai Yamaguchi -
--- Brian Yuzna - Society (1989)
-X- Watch a Movie Directed By a Female Director, 2, 3 - Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022)

Select 2 film composers: (2/2)
-X- Tyler Bates - X (2022)
-X- Mark Korven - The Black Phone (2021)

Select 2 makeup effects artists: (2/2)
-X- Jack Pierce - The Raven (1935)
-X- Brian Wade - The Thing (1982)

Select 2 producers: (2/2)
-X- Roger Corman - The Brood (1979)
-X- Aaron B. Koontz - Scare Package (2019)

Select 2 writers: (0/2)
--- Everett de Roche -
--- Mary Shelley - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
--- Kôji Shiraishi - Noroi (2005)
--- Ernesto Gastaldi -

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types: (30/30)
-X- Appears on Edgar Wright's 1,000 Favorite Movies List - The Thing (1982)
-X- Appears on They Shoot Zombies, Don't They - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films - Ginger Snaps (2000)
-X- Comedy / Spoof - Tragedy Girls (2017)
-X- Coming-of-Age - Ginger Snaps (2000)
-X- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film - The Blob (1958)
-X- Death by: Throat-Slitting - Let the Wrong One In (2021)
-X- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, 2 - Frenzy (1972)
-X- Drunk Horror - The Thing (1982)
-X- Firearms - The Blob (1958)
-X- Fog, 2 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
-X- Ghost / Haunting - The InnKeepers (2011)
-X- Hagsploitation - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
-X- Hypnosis - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
-X- Mad Scientist - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
-X- Name In Title - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
-X- Phobias - The Fly (1958)
-X- Quarantine - The Thing (1982)
-X- Shot in Los Angeles - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
-X- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac - X (2022)
-X- Slow Motion - X (2022)
-X- Suicide - The Thing (1982)
-X- Takes Place in a Basement - The Black Phone (2021)
-X- Takes Place in a Junkyard - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
-X- Three Installments in a Franchise - A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 2 3
-X- Title Spoken By Character, 2 - X (2022)
-X- Vampire - Let the Wrong One In (2021)
-X- Voyeurism - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
-X- Werewolf - Ginger Snaps (2000)
-X- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious - The House of the Devil (2009)
-X- Wilhelm Scream - The House of the Devil (2009)

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff": (1/1)
-X- 1972 (50th) - Frenzy (1972)

Select 1 from the following anniversaries: (1/1)
-X- 100th Birthday of Sir Christopher Lee - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes, 2: (2/3)
-X- Lullabies and rhymes that forewarn the terror - Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
--- Characters ignoring all the red flags - The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
--- Morticians eating on the job, 2 -
--- Toilet-based scares, 2 -
--- The harbinger of doom - The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
--- Heart ripped out while beating -
-X- Ghost towns / Abandoned mines - Zombieland (2009)
--- Ancient Indian burial ground -

Select 4 ratings: (4/4)
-X- G - The Raven (1963)
-X- PG-13 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch
-X- R - The Black Phone (2021)
-X- Unrated - Ginger Snaps (2000)

​Select 6 decades of film history: (6/6)
-X- 1950 - The Fly (1958)
-X- 1980 - The Thing (1982)
-X- 1990 - Body Bags (1993)
-X- 2000 - Ginger Snaps (2000)
-X- 2010 - Tragedy Girls (2017)
-X- 2020 - The Black Phone (2021)

Watch 1 film with a recently deceased personality: (1/1)
-X- Recently deceased list - (David Warner) - Body Bags (1993)

Watch a film shot on 1 of the following: (1/1
-X- 16mm - The House of the Devil (2009)

Watch 1 title from the OHMC "Favorites" list or the bad movie generator: (0/1)
--- Jack Frost (1997)

Watch a movie and its remake or two adaptations of the same source material back to back on the same day (2/2)
-X- Original - Firestarter (1984)
-X- Remake - Firestarter (2022)

Watch 1 film from any Amityville, 2 or Bad Shark, 2 movie: (0/1)
--- Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Watch films in at least three formats: (3/3)
-X- First format, streaming, The Black Phone (2021).
-X- Second format, dvd, Frenzy (1972).
-X- Third format, blu-ray, Zombieland (2009).

Watch films in at least three languages: (3/3)
-X- First language, Japanese, Audition (1999)
-X- Second language, Icelandic, Lamb (2021)
-X- Third language, Spanish, The Orphanage (2007)

Watch 2 films with similar plots: (1/2)
--- Film #1 - Burying the Ex
-X- Film #2 - Life After Beth

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that: (3/3)
-X- Features a character repeating someone else's dialogue - Firestarter (2022)
-X- Was made in the 2000s - The House of the Devil (2009)
-X- Features a flashlight - X (2022)

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

Select 10 actors:
--- Asia Argento -
-X- Peter Cushing -Fright Night (1985)
--- Keith David -
--- Bruce Davison -
--- Patty Duke -
--- James Hong -
--- Boris Karloff -
--- John Karlsen -
--- Cameron Mitchell -
--- Radha Mitchell -
--- Hideo Murota -
--- Daria Nicolodi -
--- Christopher Lee -
--- Bela Lugosi -
-X- Vincent Price - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
--- Santo -
--- Michele Soavi -
--- Marianne Stone -
--- David Warbeck -
--- Chase Williamson -
-X- Recently Deceased (Henry Silva) - Alligator (1980)

Select 5 directors:
--- Byeong-ki Ahn -
--- David Bruckner -
--- Jaume Collet-Serra -
--- Reginald Le Borg -
--- Antonio Margheriti -
--- Fred Olen Ray -
--- Peter Sasday -
--- Takashi Shimizu -
--- Yudai Yamaguchi -
--- Brian Yuzna -
-X- Watch a Movie Directed By a Female Director, Anne Fletcher - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) 2, Mary Lambert - Pet Sematary (1989) 3 -
--- Recently Deceased (insert director) -

Select 2 film composers:
--- Tyler Bates -
--- Les Baxter -
--- Mark Korven -
--- Paul Zaza -

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
--- Franco Di Girolamo -
--- Robert Hall -
--- Yoshihiro Nishimura -
--- Jack Pierce -
-X- Brian Wade - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
--- Recently Deceased (insert makeup effects artist) -

Select 2 producers:
--- Roger Corman -
--- James Fler -
--- Aaron B. Koontz -
--- Travis Stevens -

Select 2 writers:
--- Everett de Roche -
--- Mary Shelley -
--- Kôji Shiraishi -
--- Ernesto Gastaldi -

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
--- *3-D Film -
--- Anthology Film -
-X- Appears on Edgar Wright's 1,000 Favorite Movies List: Psycho (1960)
-X- Appears on They Shoot Zombies, Don't They - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films - Fright Night (1985)
--- Based on a True Story -
-X- Based on a Novel - Pet Sematary (1989)
-X- Candy Cinema, 2 - Carrie (1976)
--- Cannibalism -
--- Cinema Inspired By: Edgar Allan Poe -
--- Cinematic Titanic / Horror Host / MST3K / RiffTrax -
--- Comedy / Spoof -
--- Coming-of-Age -
--- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film -
--- Cryptid Cinema -
-X- Death by: Throat-Slitting - Pet Sematary (1989)
-X- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, Stephen King - Pet Sematary (1989) 2, Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho (1960)
--- Distributor / Studio: Severin Films -
--- Documentary -
-X- Dream Horror - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
-X- Drunk Horror - Pet Sematary (1989)
--- Euro Horror -
--- Enzo Sciotti Art -
--- Extraterrestrial / Takes Place in Space -
--- Fan Film -
--- Film From Someone Else's 'Best of' List -
--- Film From Shudder's 61 Days of Halloween, 2 -
--- Film From TCM October 2022 Schedule -
--- Firearms -
--- Fog, 2 -
--- Folk Horror -
--- From a Basil Gogos Painting -
--- Found Footage -
--- Frankenstein -
--- Ghost / Haunting -
--- Giallo -
--- Hagsploitation -
-X- Hypnosis - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
--- J-Horror -
--- Kaiju / Giant Monster -
-X- Killer / Evil Animal - Pet Sematary (1989)
-X- Killer / Evil Child - Bloody Birthday (1981)
-X- Killer / Evil Doll - Child's Play 2 (1990)
--- Luchador -
--- Made-for-TV Movie -
--- Mad Scientist -
--- Mummy -
--- Musical / Rock ‘n Roll Horror
-X- Name In Title - Carrie (1976)
--- Nation of Origin: Australia
--- Nonlinear Timeline -
--- Ouija Board -
--- Phobias -
--- Prison Horror -
--- Psychological -
--- Quarantine -
--- Random Horror Film -
--- Rape / Revenge -
--- Shot in Los Angeles -
-X- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
--- Slow Motion -
--- Split Personality -
-X- Suicide - Pet Sematary (1989)
--- Takes Place in a Basement -
--- Takes Place in a Junkyard -
--- Takes Place in a Forest -
--- Takes Place on a Beach -
--- Takes Place on a Boat -
--- Takes Place on a Military Base -
-X- Three Installments in a Franchise - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) & A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
-X- Title Spoken By Character, I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 2, Pet Sematary (1989)
--- Trailer Compilation -
--- Travelogue -
-X- Vampire - Fright Night (1985)
--- Voice-Over Narration -
--- Voyeurism -
--- Werewolf -
-X- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
--- Wilhelm Scream -
--- With Commentary -
--- With Two or More Horror Legends -
--- Zombie -

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff":
--- 1922 (100th) -
--- 1947 (75th) -
--- 1972 (50th) -
-X- 1997 (25th) – I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Select 1 from the following anniversaries:
-X- 10th Anniversary of Scream Factory - Pet Sematary (1989)
--- 10th Anniversary of Vinegar Syndrome, 2 -
-X- 15th Belated Anniversary of TCM Underground - Bloody Birthday (1981)
--- 20th Anniversary of Blue Underground -
--- 25th Anniversary of The Asylum -
--- 25th Anniversary of DVD -
--- 25th Anniversary of Netflix -
--- 40th Anniversary of Joe Bob Briggs -
--- 100th Birthday of Bert I. Gordon -
--- 100th Birthday of Sir Christopher Lee -

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes, 2:
-X- Lullabies and rhymes that forewarn the terror - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
--- Characters ignoring all the red flags -
--- Morticians eating on the job, 2 -
-X- Toilet-based scares, 2 - Psycho (1960)
--- The harbinger of doom -
--- Heart ripped out while beating -
-X- Ghost towns / Abandoned mines - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- Ancient Indian burial ground - Pet Sematary (1989)

Select 4 ratings:
--- G -
-X- PG - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
-X- PG-13 - Happy Death Day (2016)
-X- R - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
--- Unrated -
--- M -
--- GP -

​Select 6 decades of film history:
--- Pre-1930 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
-X- 1960 - Psycho (1960)
-X- 1970 - Carrie (1976)
-X- 1980 - Fright Night (1985)
-X- 1990 - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
-X- 2000 - Seed of Chucky (2004)
-X- 2010 - Happy Death Day (2016)
-X- 2020 - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

Watch 1 film with a recently deceased personality:
-X- Recently deceased list - Anne Heche - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

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

Watch 1 title from the OHMC "Favorites" list or the bad movie generator:
--- (insert title).

Watch a movie and its remake or two adaptations of the same source material back to back on the same day
-X- Original - Carrie (1976)
-X- Remake - Carrie (2013)

Watch 1 film from any Amityville, 2 or Bad Shark, 2 movie:
--- (insert title).

Watch films in at least three formats:
-X- First format, Disney + - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
-X- Second format, 4K Blu-ray - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
-X- Third format, Blu-ray - Fright Night (1985)

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 Karen - Karen Black / Karen Strassman / Karen Lorre / Karen Cliche / Karen Gilan / Karen Allen -
-X- Features a character repeating someone else's dialogue - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
-X- Was made in the 2000s - Seed of Chucky (2004)
--- Features a flashlight -
--- Was written by Dean R. Koontz -
-X- Features a foot chase - Scream 2 (1997)
--- Has a scene in an abandoned building -
--- Was shot in Argentina -
--- Is listed in Heavy Metal Movies -
--- Takes place at / around a nuclear power plant -
--- Features an impalement -
-X- Title includes the word blood, Bloody Birthday (1981) 2 -

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

Select 10 actors:
--- Asia Argento -
-X- Peter Cushing - Shock Waves (1977)
-X- Keith David - The Puppet Masters (1994)
--- Bruce Davison -
--- Patty Duke -
--- James Hong -
-X- Boris Karloff - The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
--- John Karlsen -
-X- Cameron Mitchell - Jack-O (1995)
-X- Radha Mitchell - Sacrifice (2016)
--- Hideo Murota -
--- Daria Nicolodi -
-X- Christopher Lee - Horror Castle (1963)
--- Bela Lugosi -
-X- Vincent Price - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
--- Santo -
--- Michele Soavi -
--- Marianne Stone -
-X- David Warbeck - The Black Cat (1981)
-X- Chase Williamson - All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
-X- Recently Deceased (David Warner) - Black Death (2010)

Select 5 directors:
--- Byeong-ki Ahn -
-X- David Bruckner - The Night House (2020)
-X- Jaume Collet-Serra - Orphan: First Kill (2022)
--- Reginald Le Borg -
-X- Antonio Margheriti - Horror Castle (1963)
--- Fred Olen Ray -
--- Peter Sasday -
--- Takashi Shimizu -
--- Yudai Yamaguchi -
--- Brian Yuzna -
-X- Watch a Movie Directed By a Female Director, 2, 3 - Fresh (2022)
-X- Recently Deceased (Declan O'Brien) - Sharktopus (2010)

Select 2 film composers:
-X- Tyler Bates - X (2022)
--- Les Baxter -
-X- Mark Korven - Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)
--- Paul Zaza -

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
-X- Franco Di Girolamo - Horror Castle (1963)
-X- Robert Hall - House of the Dead 2 (2005)
--- Yoshihiro Nishimura -
--- Jack Pierce -
--- Brian Wade -
--- Recently Deceased (insert makeup effects artist) -

Select 2 producers:
-X- Roger Corman - Sharktopus (2010)
-X- James Fler - Dead Shack (2017)
--- Aaron B. Koontz -
--- Travis Stevens -

Select 2 writers:
-X- Everett de Roche - Road Games (1981)
--- Mary Shelley -
--- Kôji Shiraishi -
-X- Ernesto Gastaldi - Horror Castle (1963)

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
--- *3-D Film -
-X- Anthology Film - All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
-X- Appears on Edgar Wright's 1,000 Favorite Movies List - Mandy (2018)
--- Appears on They Shoot Zombies, Don't They - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films -
--- Based on a True Story -
-X- Based on a Novel - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- Candy Cinema, 2 - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-X- Cannibalism - Fresh (2022)
-X- Cinema Inspired By: Edgar Allan Poe - The Black Cat (1981)
-X- Cinematic Titanic / Horror Host / MST3K / RiffTrax - Jack-O (1995)
-X- Comedy / Spoof - Fresh (2022)
-X- Coming-of-Age - Dead Shack (2017)
--- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film -
--- Cryptid Cinema -
--- Death by: Throat-Slitting
-X- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, 2 - Boardinghouse (1982)
--- Distributor / Studio: Severin Films -
--- Documentary -
-X- Dream Horror - Mandy (2018)
--- Drunk Horror -
--- Euro Horror -
--- Enzo Sciotti Art -
-X- Extraterrestrial / Takes Place in Space - The Fourth Kind (2009)
--- Fan Film -
-X- Film From Someone Else's 'Best of' List - Fresh (2022) Esquire's 33 Funniest Scary Movies Ever Made
-X- Film From Shudder's 61 Days of Halloween, 2 - Haunt (2019)
-X- Film From TCM October 2022 Schedule - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- Firearms - Assassination Nation (2018)
-X- Fog, 2 - Mandy (2018)
--- Folk Horror -
--- From a Basil Gogos Painting -
-X- Found Footage - Deadstream (2022)
-X- Frankenstein - The Munsters (2022)
-X- Ghost / Haunting - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-X- Giallo - The Black Cat (1981)
--- Hagsploitation -
-X- Hypnosis - The Fourth Kind (2009)
--- J-Horror -
-X- Kaiju / Giant Monster - Black Friday (2021)
-X- Killer / Evil Animal - Sharktopus (2010)
-X- Killer / Evil Child - Orphan: First Kill (2022)
--- Killer / Evil Doll -
--- Luchador -
-X- Made-for-TV Movie - Sharktopus (2010)
-X- Mad Scientist - Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)
--- Mummy -
-X- Musical / Rock ‘n Roll Horror - Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
-X- Name In Title - Mandy (2018)
-X- Nation of Origin: Australia - Road Games (1981)
-X- Nonlinear Timeline - Assassination Nation (2018)
--- Ouija Board -
--- Phobias -
--- Prison Horror -
--- Psychological -
-X- Quarantine - Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)
-X- Random Horror Film - Orphan: First Kill (2022)
--- Rape / Revenge -
--- Shot in Los Angeles -
-X- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac - X (2022)
-X- Slow Motion - X (2022)
-X- Split Personality - Orphan: First Kill (2022)
-X- Suicide - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-X- Takes Place in a Basement - Fresh (2022)
--- Takes Place in a Junkyard -
-X- Takes Place in a Forest - Mandy (2018)
-X- Takes Place on a Beach - Sharktopus (2010)
-X- Takes Place on a Boat - The Night House (2020)
--- Takes Place on a Military Base -
--- Three Installments in a Franchise -
-X- Title Spoken By Character, 2 - X (2022)
--- Trailer Compilation -
--- Travelogue -
-X- Vampire - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- Voice-Over Narration - Assassination Nation (2018)
-X- Voyeurism - The Good Neighbor (2016)
-X- Werewolf - The Munsters (2022)
-X- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
-X- Wilhelm Scream - Sharktopus (2010)
--- With Commentary -
-X- With Two or More Horror Legends - The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
-X- Zombie - Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff":
--- 1922 (100th) -
--- 1947 (75th) -
--- 1972 (50th) -
-X- 1997 (25th) - The Night Flier (1997)

Select 1 from the following anniversaries:
--- 10th Anniversary of Scream Factory -
--- 10th Anniversary of Vinegar Syndrome, 2 -
--- 15th Belated Anniversary of TCM Underground -
--- 20th Anniversary of Blue Underground -
--- 25th Anniversary of The Asylum -
--- 25th Anniversary of DVD -
-X- 25th Anniversary of Netflix - Nightbooks (2021)
--- 40th Anniversary of Joe Bob Briggs -
--- 100th Birthday of Bert I. Gordon -
-X- 100th Birthday of Sir Christopher Lee - Horror Castle (1963)

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes, 2:
--- Lullabies and rhymes that forewarn the terror -
--- Characters ignoring all the red flags -
--- Morticians eating on the job, 2 -
-X- Toilet-based scares, 2 - Glorious (2022)
--- The harbinger of doom -
-X- Heart ripped out while beating - Glorious (2022)
-X- Ghost towns / Abandoned mines - Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)
--- Ancient Indian burial ground -

Select 4 ratings:
--- G -
-X- PG - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
-X- PG-13 - The Invitation (2022)
-X- R - Haunt (2019)
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
-X- Unrated - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
--- M -
--- GP -

​Select 6 decades of film history:
--- Pre-1930 -
--- 1930 -
--- 1940 -
--- 1950 -
-X- 1960 - The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- 1970 - Shock Waves (1977)
-X- 1980 - Road Games (1981)
-X- 1990 - The Puppet Masters (1994)
-X- 2000 - The Fourth Kind (2009)
-X- 2010 - Haunt (2019)
-X- 2020 - Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)

Watch 1 film with a recently deceased personality:
-x- Recently deceased list - Black Death (2010)

Watch a film shot on 1 of the following:
--- Video ,2 -
--- 8mm (Super 8) -
-X- 16mm - The Deadly Spawn (1983)

Watch 1 title from the OHMC "Favorites" list or the bad movie generator:
-X- Boardinghouse (1982)

Watch a movie and its remake or two adaptations of the same source material back to back on the same day
-X- Original - The Witches (1990)
-X- Remake - The Witches (2020)

Watch 1 film from any Amityville, 2 or Bad Shark, 2 movie:
-X- Sharktopus (2010)

Watch films in at least three formats:
-X- VOD, The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- Subscription Streaming, Haunt (2019)
-X- Free Streaming, Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City (2021)

Watch films in at least three languages:
-X- English, The Last Man on Earth (1964)
-X- Italian, Horror Castle (1963)
-X- Korean, Train to Busan (2016)

Watch 2 films with similar plots:
-X- Film #1 - Evils of the Night (1985)
-X- Film #2 - Evil Town (1987)

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that:
--- Stars a Karen - Karen Black / Karen Strassman / Karen Lorre / Karen Cliche / Karen Gilan / Karen Allen -
-X- Features a character repeating someone else's dialogue - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-X- Was made in the 2000s - The Fourth Kind (2009)
-X- Features a flashlight - X (2022)
--- Was written by Dean R. Koontz -
-X- Features a foot chase - Fresh (2022)
-X- Has a scene in an abandoned building - Deadstream (2022)
--- Was shot in Argentina -
-X- Is listed in Heavy Metal Movies - Black Death (2010)
--- Takes place at / around a nuclear power plant -
-X- Features an impalement - Mandy (2018)
--- Title includes the word blood, 2 -

The 9th Precinct
ABCs of Death 2
Alone in the Dark
Beyond the Gates
Bring It On: Cheer or Die
Color Out of Space
Double Vision
Drag Me to Hell
Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
The Goonies
RZ Halloween II
Happy Birthday to Me
The Host
The Howling
In Search of Darkness
Leprechaun 3 & 4
Mon Mon Mon Monsters
Near Dark
Out There Halloween Megatape
Perfect Blue
The Sadness
Scooby Doo on Zombie Island
Scream Queen Hot Tub Party
Slashdance
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Stripped to Kill 1 & 2
Tales fro mthe Darkside
What We Do in the Shadows
The Monster Club

Select 10 actors:
-x- Asia Argento - Trauma (1993)
-x- Peter Cushing - Twins of Evil (1971)
-x- Keith David - Black as Night (2021)
--- Bruce Davison -
-x- Patty Duke - Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989)
--- James Hong -
--- Boris Karloff -
-x- John Karlsen - The Church (1989)
-x- Cameron Mitchell - Night Train to Terror (1985)
-x- Radha Mitchell - Rogue (2007)
--- Hideo Murota -
-x Daria Nicolodi - Inferno (1980)
-x- Christopher Lee - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- Bela Lugosi - Scared to Death (1947)
-x- Vincent Price - House of Usher (1960)
--- Santo -
-x- Michele Soavi - The Church (1989)
--- Marianne Stone -
-x- David Warbeck - Panic (1982)
--- Chase Williamson -
-x- Recently Deceased Anne Heche - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Select 5 directors:
-x- Byeong-ki Ahn - Phone (2002)
-x- David Bruckner - Hellraiser (2022)
-x- Jaume Collet-Serra - Orphan (2009)
--- Reginald Le Borg -
-x- Antonio Margheriti - Horror Castle (1963)
--- Fred Olen Ray -
--- Peter Sasday -
-x- Takashi Shimizu - Flight 7500 (2014)
--- Yudai Yamaguchi -
--- Brian Yuzna -
-x- Watch a Movie Directed By a Female Director, 2, 3 - Maritte Lee Go - Black as Night (2021)

Select 2 film composers:
-x- Tyler Bates - Flight 7500 (2014)
-x- Les Baxter - House of Usher (1960)
--- Mark Korven -
--- Paul Zaza -

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
-x- Franco Di Girolamo - Horror Castle (1963)
--- Robert Hall -
-x- Yoshihiro Nishimura - Tag (2015)
--- Jack Pierce -
--- Brian Wade -

Select 2 producers:
-x- Roger Corman - House of Usher (1960)
-x- James Fler - Psycho Goreman (2020)
--- Aaron B. Koontz -
--- Travis Stevens -

Select 2 writers:
--- Everett de Roche -
--- Mary Shelley -
-x- Kôji Shiraishi - Noroi (2005)
-x- Ernesto Gastaldi - The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
--- *3-D Film -
-x- Anthology Film - All Hallows' Eve (2013)
-x- Appears on Edgar Wright's 1,000 Favorite Movies List - Mandy (2018)
-x- Appears on They Shoot Zombies, Don't They - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films - The Haunting (1963)
-x- Based on a True Story - Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974)
-x- Based on a Novel - The Haunting (1963)
-x- Candy Cinema, 2 - The Munsters (2022)
-x- Cannibalism - Terrifier 2 (2022)
-x- Cinema Inspired By: Edgar Allan Poe - House of Usher (1960)
--- Cinematic Titanic / Horror Host / MST3K / RiffTrax -
-x- Comedy / Spoof - The 'Burbs (1989)
--- Coming-of-Age -
-x- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film - Repulsion (1965)
--- Cryptid Cinema -
-x- Death by: Throat-Slitting - Incident in a Ghostland (2018)
-x- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, 2 - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- Distributor / Studio: Severin Films - Tilbury (1987)
--- Documentary -
-x- Dream Horror - Last Night in Soho (2021)
--- Drunk Horror -
-x- Euro Horror - The Day of the Beast (1995)
--- Enzo Sciotti Art -
-x- Extraterrestrial / Takes Place in Space - Dark Breed (1996)
--- Fan Film -
--- Film From Someone Else's 'Best of' List -
-x- Film From Shudder's 61 Days of Halloween, 2 - Cemetery of Terror (1985)
-x- Film From TCM October 2022 Schedule - The Hunger (1983)
-x- Firearms - Terrifier (2016)
-x- Fog, 2 - Mandy (2018)
-x- Folk Horror - Tilbury (1987)
--- From a Basil Gogos Painting -
-x- Found Footage - The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
--- Frankenstein -
-x- Ghost / Haunting - Don't Look at the Demon (2022)
-x- Giallo - The Evil Eye (1963)
--- Hagsploitation -
-x- Hypnosis - Black as Night (2021)
-x- J-Horror - Tag (2015)
--- Kaiju / Giant Monster -
-x- Killer / Evil Animal - Rogue (2007)
-x- Killer / Evil Child - Shock (1977)
-x- Killer / Evil Doll - May (2002)
--- Luchador -
-x- Made-for-TV Movie - Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989)
-x- Mad Scientist - Island of Lost Souls (1932)
--- Mummy -
--- Musical / Rock ‘n Roll Horror
-x- Name In Title - May (2002)
-x- Nation of Origin: Australia - Rogue (2007)
-x- Nonlinear Timeline - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-x- Ouija Board - Deadstream (2022)
--- Phobias -
--- Prison Horror -
-x- Psychological - Beast (2017)
-x- Quarantine - Panic (1982)
-x- Random Horror Film - Sightless (2020)
--- Rape / Revenge -
-x- Shot in Los Angeles - Day Shift (2022)
--- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac -
--- Slow Motion -
--- Split Personality -
-x- Suicide - Noroi (2005)
--- Takes Place in a Basement -
-x- Takes Place in a Junkyard - Brain Damage (1988)
-x- Takes Place in a Forest - Eyes of Fire (1983)
-x- Takes Place on a Beach - Beast (2017)
-x- Takes Place on a Boat - Deep Rising (1998)
-x- Takes Place on a Military Base - Body Snatchers (1993)
--- Three Installments in a Franchise -
-x- Title Spoken By Character, 2 - Tilbury (1987)
--- Trailer Compilation -
--- Travelogue -
-x- Vampire - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- Voice-Over Narration - Black as Night (2021)
-x- Voyeurism - The Rental (2020)
-x- Werewolf - The Cursed (2021)
-x- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious - Cemetery of Terror (1985)
--- Wilhelm Scream -
--- With Commentary -
--- With Two or More Horror Legends -
-x- Zombie - Cemetery of Terror (1985)

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff":
--- 1922 (100th) -
-x- 1947 (75th) - Scared to Death (1947)
--- 1972 (50th) -
-x- 1997 (25th) – I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Select 1 from the following anniversaries:
-x- 10th Anniversary of Scream Factory - I, Madman (1989)
-x- 10th Anniversary of Vinegar Syndrome, 2 - Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989)
-x- 15th Belated Anniversary of TCM Underground - Night Train to Terror (1985)
-x- 20th Anniversary of Blue Underground - Inferno (1980)
--- 25th Anniversary of The Asylum -
-x- 25th Anniversary of DVD - Malignant (2021)
-x- 25th Anniversary of Netflix - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
-x- 40th Anniversary of Joe Bob Briggs - Mandy (2018)
--- 100th Birthday of Bert I. Gordon -
-x- 100th Birthday of Sir Christopher Lee - Horror Castle (1963)

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes, 2:
-x- Lullabies and rhymes that forewarn the terror - Terrifier 2 (2022)
--- Characters ignoring all the red flags -
--- Morticians eating on the job, 2 -
-x- Toilet-based scares, 2 - Glorious (2022)
-x- The harbinger of doom - The Haunting (1963)
-x- Heart ripped out while beating - Terrifier 2 (2022)
-x- Ghost towns / Abandoned mines - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
--- Ancient Indian burial ground -

Select 4 ratings:
-x- G - The Haunting (1963)
-x- PG - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- PG-13 - Flight 7500 (2014)
-x- R - The Rental (2020)
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
-x- Unrated - Terrifier (2016)
--- M -
--- GP -

​Select 6 decades of film history:
--- Pre-1930 -
-x- 1930 - Mark of the Vampire (1935)
-x- 1940 - Scared to Death (1947)
-x- 1950 - The Bat (1959)
-x- 1960 - The Haunting (1963)
-x- 1970 - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- 1980 - Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989)
-x- 1990 - Sleepwalkers (1992)
-x- 2000 - May (2002)
-x- 2010 - Terrifier (2016)
-x- 2020 - Last Night in Soho (2021)

Watch 1 film with a recently deceased personality:
-x- Recently deceased list - Philip Baker Hall - Lost Souls (2000)

Watch a film shot on 1 of the following:
--- Video ,2 -
-x- 8mm (Super 8) - Winterbeast (1992)
-x- 16mm - Tilbury (1987)

Watch 1 title from the OHMC "Favorites" list or the bad movie generator:
-x- Shakma (1990)

Watch a movie and its remake or two adaptations of the same source material back to back on the same day
-x- Original - When a Stranger Calls (1979)
-x- Remake - When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Watch 1 film from any Amityville, 2 or Bad Shark, 2 movie:
-x- Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)

Watch films in at least three formats:
-x- First format, (insert format), (insert title). Streaming - Beast (2017)
-x- Second format, (insert format), (insert title). Blu-ray - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-x- Third format, (insert format), (insert title). Theater - Terrifier 2 (2022)

Watch films in at least three languages:
-x- First language, (insert language), (insert title). Spanish - Cemetery of Terror (1985)
-x- Second language, (insert language), (insert title). Icelandic - Tilbury (1987)
-x- Third language, (insert language), (insert title). Mandarin - The Sadness (2021)

Watch 2 films with similar plots:
-x- Film #1 - Monkey Shines (1988)
-x- Film #2 - Shakma (1990)

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that:
-x- Stars a Karen - Karen Black / Karen Strassman / Karen Lorre / Karen Cliche / Karen Gilan / Karen Allen - Popcorn (1991)
-x- Features a character repeating someone else's dialogue - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-x- Was made in the 2000s - May (2002)
-x- Features a flashlight - Don't Look at the Demon (2022)
-x- Was written by Dean R. Koontz - Odd Thomas (2013)
-x- Features a foot chase - The Sadness (2021)
-x- Has a scene in an abandoned building - Cemetery of Terror (1985)
--- Was shot in Argentina -
-x- Is listed in Heavy Metal Movies - May (2002)
--- Takes place at / around a nuclear power plant -
-x- Features an impalement - Hell High (1989)
--- Title includes the word blood, 2 -

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

-x- 09/30: Indie/Art House Crossover - The Haunting (1963)
-x- 10/01: Celebrating 100 Years of the Master of the Macabre - The Sir Christopher Lee Centennial - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- 10/02: A Flash from the Past Leads to Aghast from a Slash - Flashback Horror - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-x- 10/03: Freudian Fragments -&- Monster Mindfucks - Psychological Horror - Beast (2017)
-x- 10/04: The Woodlands are Dark. The Days are Bewitched. Defiance of Lord Summerisle Seals Your Fate in a Twitch. - The Folk Horror Compendium - Tilbury (1987)
-x- 10/05: Do You Read Sutter Cane? - Writers / Screenwriters - I, Madman (1989)
-x- 10/06: Electronically Produced via Keyboard from the Bowels of Hell...
This Retro Futuristic Music from Beyond is the Proverbial Death Knell - The Synth of Fear: Electronic Music in Fright Cinema - Mandy (2018)
-x- 10/07: Footage Found. Death Abounds. - The Found Footage Phenomenon - The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
-x- 10/08: Viruses! Plagues! Outbreaks! Cloths that Smell of Death!
Call in the Military, And Someone Tell Michael--Lay Off the Meth! - Zombies - The Sadness (2021)
-x- 10/09: Straitjackets Unhinged! Crazies On the Fringe! - Werewolves / Were-Creatures on a Full Moon - The Cursed (2021)
-x- 10/10: Oozing like a Pus-Filled Cyst with Celebratory Delights...
These Holiday-Themed Horrors will Amp Up the Frights! - The OHMC Guide to Holiday Horrors - The Day of the Beast (1995)
-x- 10/11: A Reality Star's Mysterious Fall from a High Rise 2 Days After Failing to Avoid the Noid at Yellowstone. Story at 11. - Streaming Originals & Exclusives: Horror Edition - Random Maniacal Mashup of Insane Indecisiveness: Chapter 3 - Pizza Delivery Dilemmas / Reality Show Terrors / National Park Nightmares / High Rise Horrors - The 'Burbs (1989)
-x- 10/12: Beware the Locals! All of Them.- Regional Horror Films from Hell - Winterbeast (1992)
-x- 10/13: Blood-Stained Black Gloves of Yellow - All the Colors of Giallo - Censor (2021)
-x- 10/14: Too Dangerous to Know. Too Sexy to Ignore. She'll Love You to Death. - The Sleazoid Express: Volume III - "X" Edition -Hardcore Transition: Porn Director Directed / Group Sex / Erotic & Pornographic Horror Films / Porn Stars in Horror Films - Trouble Every Day (2001)
-x- 10/15: R.I.P. VCR: You're Officially Retired. Your Kick-Ass VHS Video Cover Art Will Always Be Admired! - 1980's Video Companies Spotlight - Wizard Video + Video Stores - Mutant Hunt (1987)
-x- 10/16: She Walks In Terror, Stilled with Fright. A Trail of Fear, to Fill the Night! - The Frightfest Guide - Monster Movies / Ghost Movies / Exploitation Movies - The Whip and the Body (1963)
-x- 10/17: Chronological Horror Years Faceoff: Tin Edition - 1922 (Platinum) Vs. 1947 (Diamond) Vs. 1972 (Gold) Vs. 1997 (Silver) - Scared to Death (1947)
-x- 10/18: Ectoplasmic Entities Materializing at Night. Strong Yet Suspenseful Emotional Frights. Summoning the Dead by Candlelight. - Supernatural / Quiet/Soft / Seances - Night Train to Terror (1985)
-x- 10/19: A Stranger is Calling. It's Coming from Inside the House! - Telephone Terrors! - Close Calls (2017)
-x- 10/20: Bela's Bloodsucking Bloodbath Birthday Bash Bonanza Full Moon Extravaganza! - Vampires & Werewolves / Were-Creatures On A Full Moon - Mark of the Vampire (1935)
-x- 10/21: Bubba Rodriguez Lives! The 40th Anniversary of Joe Bob Briggs - The Definitive List / Drive-In Theater / MonsterVision / The Last Drive-In - Hell High (1989)
-x- 10/22: It Slices. It Dices. It Circumcises. - Mass Marathon of the Damned XIII Presents - Slashers / Serial Killers - Peeping Tom (1960)
-x- 10/23: Live Long and Prosper. Die Shortly and Painfully. Your Choice. - Trek or Treat - Dark Breed (1996)
-x- 10/24: Itinerary of Hostel Intent. Railway of Unnerving Descent. Airport Security of Hellish Torment. - The OHMC Passport to Terror - Global Edition - Noroi (2005)
-x- 10/25: Your Demise ...Sponsored by J&B! - The Horrors of J&B Product Placement & Other Marketing Nightmares -J&B in the Movies / Other Shameless Shilling - Shock (1977)
-x- 10/26: Rabid Mutations and Parasitic Metamorphoses - Body Horror - Thinner (1996)
-x- 10/27: Clever Microorganisms Defy Gods - Cosmic Horror / Lovecraftian - Deep Rising (1998)
-x- 10/28: Once, Twice, Three Times the Lacerations - Horror Anthologies - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
-x- 10/29: WARNING. May Cause Anxiety, Fear, Paranoia, Desperation, Suspicion and Death. - House of Psychotic Women - Footprints on the Moon (1975)
-x- 10/30: Evil Witches Cast Their Spell, Runaway or Discover the Demon-Infested Layers of Hell! - Devil's Night Debauchery: Demonic Possession / Satanic / Witchcraft / Hell - A Dark Song (2016)
-x- 10/31: Halloween Evokes the Spirits of the Dead, Tread Lightly or Experience a Decapitated Head! - All Hallows Eve Horrifically Hideous Hellfest / Samhain: An Evening of Celtic Horror - WNUF Halloween Special (2013)

-x- 09/30: group vote - The Haunting (1963)
--- 11/01: group vote - Werewolves Within (2021)
-x- xx/xx: wildcard - any horror theatrical showing (2022) - Terrifier 2 (2022)
-x- 10/01: Travis McClain - Count Dracula (1970)
-x- 10/02: tarfrimmer - Last Night in Soho (2021)
-x- 10/03: Undeadcow - Beast (2017)
-x- 10/04: clckworang - Tilbury (1987)
-x- 10/05: ororama - I, Madman (1989)
-x- 10/06: Bladz - Mandy (2018)
-x- 10/07: tarfrimmer - The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
-x- 10/08: Gobear - The Sadness (2021)
-x- 10/09: numbercrunch - The Cursed (2021)
-x- 10/10: clckworang - The Day of the Beast (1995)
-x- 10/11: WillieMLF - The 'Burbs (1989)
-x- 10/12: SterlingBen - Winterbeast (1992)
-x- 10/13: clckworang - Censor (2021)
-x- 10/14: Shack - Trouble Every Day (2001)
--- 10/15: jholmes - I Spit On Your Grave (Day of the Woman) (1978)
--- 10/15: Toddarino - Video Violence 2 (1987)
--- 10/16: indiephantom - Microwave Massacre (1983)
--- 10/16: clckworang - Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
-x- 10/16: Darkgod - The Whip and the Body (1963)
--- 10/17: alyxstarr - Salomé (1922)
-x- 10/17: Darkgod - Scared to Death (1947)
--- 10/17: Chad - Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
--- 10/17: shellebelle - Mimic (1997)
-x- 10/18: Toddarino - Night Train to Terror (1985)
-x- 10/19: Undeadcow - Close Calls (2017)
-x- 10/20: mallratcal - Mark of the Vampire (1935)
-x- 10/21: Darkgod - Hell High (1989)
--- 10/22: hbsvb - X (2022)
--- 10/23: Fist of Doom Jr - Lord of Illusions (1995)
--- 10/24: Chad - Hiruko the Gobline (1991)
--- 10/25: Darth Maher - Child's Play (1988)
--- 10/26: Chad - Crimes of the Future (2022)
-x- 10/27: T-bone22 - Deep Rising (1998)
-x- 10/28: shadokitty - Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
-x- 10/29: alyxstarr - Footprints on the Moon (1975)
-x- 10/30: Trevor - A Dark Song (2016)
-x- 10/31: Darkgod - WNUF Halloween Special (2013)
-x- 10/31: group vote - Halloween Ends (2022)

September 30th (Dusk)
1. ☼ X (2022): Nice to see Ti West back in the horror genre (hard to believe that Sacrament was 9 years ago). I like his style and aesthetic, and I'm also a fan of 70s horror and old-school slashers ... so this was right up my alley. In retrospect I feel silly for not realizing right away that Mia Goth was playing a double role. Although Pearl's older photos (which were Mia Goth) and the fact that the old-age make-up was so grotesque should've been a clue. I'm certainly interested in the prequel Pearl. ****

2. ☼ The Beta Test (2021): Not much of a horror movie (the closest it got was the opening few minutes) ... more of a social-media/techno twist on Eyes Wide Shut. And it's a pretty interesting idea for a movie. However ... I think I'm done with Jim Cummings movies. He seems to play the same persona: an unbearably obnoxious asshole who I go through the entire movie seeing someone want to beat his ass (despite him being the protagonist). **1/2

3. ☼ The Feast (2021): A nice little low-key entry in the folk horror genre (in Welsh, no less). A slow-builder for sure, but the foreign setting and language made it interesting to me. And like the best movies of this style do, even when not much appears to be happening there are little clues and a gradual ramping up of tension and unease. My one quibble is that it feels like there's a key scene missing (where we actually hear about the supernatural mythology which is central to the story). ***1/2

October 1st
4. ☼ We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021): A fair title could also be ASMR: The Motion Picture. You know something's up when Rotten Tomatoes has this kind of difference between the critics and the audience:

It's the kind of movie that's arty, indie, and has its heart in the right place (looking at how lonely and unstable people can spiral out of control on the internet) ... so I don't think professional critics want to look bad and pan it. But for an audience, it's awfully dull. **

5. ☼ Sissy (2022): This was a nice pick-me-up from the previous movie: a fun, funny very modern-take on the slasher story. Not since Tucker and Dale vs Evil have I seen anyone pile up so high of an accidental body count. ****

6. ☼ Mad God (2021): Amazingly took 33 years of production to complete Literally a nightmare in movie form. I'm sure people could complain about the thin plot, but I think that's missing the point. And I like the little Easter eggs of Ray Harryhausen monsters scattered about. ****1/2

October 3rd
7. ☼ Tilbury (1987): While I don't think I'd call this movie "good", it was certainly something ... different. Never heard of it before, and I probably wouldn't have watched it if I wasn't a pick here (and I'm glad I did see it). I do have questions though. So the "Tilbury" is conjured ... and just shows up and gets to be a high ranking officer? Is this some kind of mind control magic? What's the endgame for the girl? A creature that steals milk sounds good in the middle ages. In 1940? Not so much. I guess she can start a chocolate business. But it can't be good for business if eating the chocolate makes you drool green and pass out. Maybe it was worth it to the girl to have a kick-ass dance partner? ***

October 5th
8. ☼ What We Do in the Shadows (2022): Season 4, eps 1-4

October 6th
9. ☼ Crimes of the Future (2022): I really wanted to like this. I'm a huge fan of Cronenberg, especially his "body horror" prime (Shivers through The Fly). But despite the grotesque imagery and the interesting ideas, this mostly bored me. **

10. ☼ Men (2022): Easily the least of Alex Garland's movies (the others being Ex Machina and Annihilation), but it has some things going for it. It looks great, and the leads do a really good job (and I feel silly that I didn't realize until the credits that Rory Kinnear played all the male characters in the village). It touches on folk horror/fantasy, straddles the line between what is real is what is imagined, has message beyond just the horror ... and the ending is just bonkers. ***

October 7th
11. ☼ Nope (2022): I think I enjoyed this the least of Peele's horror movies, but still certainly good and worthwhile. Interesting "monster" design, and Peele is certainly channeling his inner Spielberg (Close Encounters and Jaws especially). I think it pushed it's 135 minute running time, though there were striking scenes and images that will be sticking with me for a while. ***1/2

12. ☼ The Black Phone (2021): I was a little worried when I saw it was based on a short story (sometimes those movies just don't have enough story to justify the running time) and that it was mostly a couple of characters in a single room. But I thought this was a really effective and tense movie (and most "open" than I thought it would be). ****

13. ☼ Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022): A fun little movie, despite almost all of the characters being massively unlikable to me (though I think that was the point). I'm guessing they CGI'ed out Pete Davidson's tattoos (I wonder how much expense that ads to the budget, especially for a low-budget movie like this one). The end reveal with Pete Davidson's character made me ***1/2

October 8th
14. ☼ The Sadness (2021): Yeah, this was as unpleasant as I thought it would be. Though I think having the gore be so over-the-top makes it easier to watch than if it was done more realistically. Well made and attention-keeping though. ***

15. ☼ Werewolf by Night (2022): I needed a palate-cleanser after that, and this did just perfectly. I love the old-school Universal horror look, and it was surprisingly violent for something on Disney+. A rare movie where I wished it was a lot longer. ****

16. ☼ The Cursed (2021): I love Victorian-England gothic horror movies, like the sort Hammer used to do a lot of. This reminder me of those, and it did enough of a variation of the familiar werewolf story to keep it interesting. ****

October 9th
17. ☼ Morbius (2022): One day later (as I'm writing this) and already I'm finding this movie leaving my mind. Not outright awful ... there are some good actors here (Leto, Smith, Harris). But this is about as bad as CGI-fest action gets. And while I'm not one of those who thinks all movies need to be a hard R ... in order to be good, this one really needed it. When the whole point of the movie is blood and the movie goes to extremes not to show it, it just feels awkward and lame. **

18. ☼ The Munsters (2022): This was more enjoyable than I was expecting. I guess your mileage depends on your tolerance for corny jokes, garish visuals ... and if you have any affection for the original series. And Zombie clearly loves the 60s tv show ... this is essentially a prequel "origin" story that is right in line with the show and leads right into it. ***

October 10th
19. ☼ Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021): I liked the setting (90s at the very beginning of the internet), and the vibe reminded me of Videodrome (minus the ick). I just wish it went somewhere. **1/2

20. ☼ Saloum (2021): I don't think I've seen a movie from Senegal before. While obviously low budget, it was pretty cool: interesting cast of characters, beautiful African locale, and it delved into African mysticism in a way that felt fresh. Oddly, the horror aspects of the movie were the weakest and underdeveloped. I think this would've been a better movie without that: just a straight action-thriller-drama about a band of mercenaries staying in a vacation/commune camp, with the leader of the mercenaries having an old score to settle with the commune leader. ***1/2

21. ☼ My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020): Sad but very well done. But while the names evade me at the moment, I'm pretty sure I've seen at least a couple of movies with this same general concept and style: an arthouse indie drama about a family trying to get by when one of them has a vampire-like illness. ***1/2

October 12th
22. ☼ Winterbeast (1992): This is the kind of movie I really could’ve used the company of wisecracking robots to get through. I see that this is the only movie in the filmography of most of the cast and crew. I’m shocked … shocked I tell you! Some unintentionally funny parts, but pretty boring in a lot of others. *1/2

October 13th
23. ☼ The Velvet Vampire (1971): Probably not a good idea to watch this when tired, since it had a languid pace, dreamy atmosphere, and mellow musical score. Not as good as the many European erotic female vampire movies that came out around this time. But there were still some good points. The desert setting is different for a vampire movie. The two women are hot and get naked frequently. And it had a memorably weird ending. **1/2

24. ☼ Watcher (2022): Solid giallo-like thriller that was unfortunately somewhat ruined for me by a crappy Shudder experience (it just crashed the middle of the movie, I tried everything I could think of and the app never worked, and I had to give up and watch the rest on a computer screen ). I've seen a lot of movies shot in Romania but they pretend it's somewhere else. But not sure many modern-setting movies I've seen actually take place in Romania. I could sympathize with all of those scenes where Julia and her husband are speaking to people ... and even though they can all speak English and know Julia's Romanian is very poor, they just keep yakking it up and having a great time in Romanian. Really rude and I've had it done to me. ***1/2

October 14th
25. ☼ Halloween Ends (2022): Thank god it's over! Maybe this wouldn't have been a bad story in the middle of the franchise run (or better yet, something not tied into the Halloween series at all), trying to give it new juice. But for what it supposed to be the final movie in the series ... just can't have Michael Myers be a bit player (and kind of a pathetic one at that). **

26. ☼ Hellraiser (2022): It ran too long, and didn't bring that much new to the franchise ... although the idea of what you're trying to solve with the puzzle box, taking it through different configurations to get a "wish" from the Cenobites, was something I don't remember seeing before. Still, probably the 3rd best in the series (after the first two). ***

27. ☼ Dark Glasses (2022): If not a return to form, it's a return to Argento's movies not sucking. A decent-enough thriller though it felt really cheap, and lacking much of the style you associate with Argento's best. The relationship between the main character call girl and the Chinese orphan was cute, and gave the movie a nice emotional heart. **1/2

October 15th
28. ☼ Glorious (2022): Without a doubt, the best cosmic horror movie about a god in a rest stop bathroom glory hole I have ever seen! Did even recognize True Blood's Ryan Kwanten in this (or realize JK Simmons was the voice of "god", even though his voice is pretty distinctive). Normally these "small number of characters in a single room" movies bore me, but this kept my interest throughout. ****

29. ☼ Speak No Evil (2022): Well made, but I really need to stop watching these bleak depressing horror-dramas since they just make me feel like shit (and I'm at a point in my life where I just don't need that from my "entertainment"). I saw the twist coming a mile away ... although how much of a twist can it be when you know this is turning into a horror movie. **1/2

30. ☼ Offseason (2021): I've seen a few of director/writer Mickey Keating's movies, and he's certainly someone to keep an eye on (especially given how young he still is). This has a cool Lovecraftian vibe (and also seems to take inspiration from Messiah of Evil). While it didn't offer any surprises, it was a fun spooky little ride. ***

October 17th
31. ☼ What We Do in the Shadows (2022): Season 4, eps 5-7

32. Village of the Damned (1960): The pacing of some of these older movies is crazy. Just a shade over 75 minutes long, and has you wishing there was more (and leaves the origin of the "children" vague, though it's not hard to guess what was going on). Still some of the creepiest horror movie children of all-time. ****

October 18th
33. Children of the Damned (1964): Not really a sequel, even though it features super-powered children with glowing eyes. And not nearly as interesting or frightening as the earlier movie. **1/2

October 19th
34. The Hunger (1983): A style-over-substance movie to be sure ... but what great style. Tony Scott may not have gotten the acclaim that his brother did, but he made some slick and fun movies. Something that still creeps me out about this movie is the fate of Miriam's lovers ... which has got to be one of the most horrible things that can happen to a person (aging to a withered husk, but not dying and spending eternity like that). ***1/2

October 20th
35. ☼ What We Do in the Shadows (2022): Season 4, eps 8-10

36. Child's Play (1988): Still a fun taut little thriller. Slashers were on the downturn in the late 80s, but this breathed a little life back into the genre. ****

37. Child's Play 2 (1990): More of the same, but still fun and interesting. You can see who they really start laying into the comedy more. Loved the big showdown in the toy factory, which made it feel like a real finale. ***1/2

October 21st
38. ☼ Child's Play 3 (1991): I don't remember seeing this before. Word of mouth was pretty bad and the military setting didn't look like it fit with the series. And this was a pretty lackluster movie, and it's easy to see why there was such a long gap to the next one (Bride of Chucky). Cool finale in the carnival ... though the haunted house ride made no sense (like the Tardis, the inside of the ride looked bigger than the entire carnival). **1/2

39. ☼ Orphan: First Kill (2022): The premise didn't sound particularly interesting, since the first movie set up that Esther kills everyone in the first family. But there's a twist that makes Esther almost an anti-hero. And she's a fun character, and it was interesting see how they made the actress (now an adult) look like she did in the first one (especially without any CGI). ***

40. ☼ Resurrection (2022): I'm not sure if I liked this or not Rebecca Hall really gives a tour-de-force performance. And it's rare that I have no idea where a movie is going right up until the end. ***1/2

October 22nd
41. ☼ Deadstream (2022): By no means a new concept ... I think I saw a couple of "social media streaming in a haunted house" movies just last year. But it was fun and energetic, and brought more of an Evil Dead 2 vibe than those movies (and really leaned into the comedy). ***1/2

42. ☼ V/H/S/99 (2022): Like all of the V/H/S compilations, a mixed bad (and I'll probably have forgotten most of it in a week). But the stories go by so fast ... and I noticed the last segment (featuring a literal trip to hell) was by the director of Deadstream. ***

October 26th
43. ☼ Barbarian (2022): I hadn't been following release news, so a nice surprise to log into HBO Max and see this at the top. Fortunately I was able to be kept in the dark about this. And the movie has fun with toss out red herrings about where the horror is going to come from. ****

October 27th
44. Lord of Illusions (1995): It's been ages since I've seen this ... probably not since it was a new release in Blockbuster Video in the 90s. That probably wasn't the director's cut, which sounds like it strengthened the movie. Like much of his work, Barker has imagination and ambition in bounds. Though it can be a struggle showing in movie form convincingly what he can write in a story. I liked Bakula and Janssen as the leads. I didn't find O'Connor convincing as this supposedly charismatic master illusionist. And Nix just looked so schlubby to be threatening in the beginning (although him in "monster" make-up at the end was good). Hard to believe this was the last movie Barker directed. ***1/2

45. ☼ Terrifier (2016): I didn't bother with this when it was new (and never saw All Hallow's Eve). But all the buzz about Terrifier 2 had me wanting to check it out. I don't know ... Art the Clown is certainly a fantastic monster villain. Not just the look, but all the little mannerisms the actor brings to the character (and it's not surprise to hear he has a background in mime). And the practical effects are convincing, especially for what must have been a micro-budget. But the movie itself is ugly and mean-spirited, and felt repetitive even in it's brief 85 minute running time. I'm not sure how I could handle 2 and a half hours of this in a sequel (though by all accounts it's a better movie in every way). **

October 28th
46. ☼ Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960): More of a crime/black comedy than a horror movie (in fact, I wouldn't even consider it a horror movie at all). I was surprised how subversive it was, considering the year and country. Dr. Morales is one of the most sympathetic murderers I've seen in a movie. ***1/2

47. ☼ You Won't Be Alone (2022): A beautiful and moving movie that is mis-characterized as a horror movie. Sure, there are witches, shape-shifters, and gory killings. But it's really a philosophical art-house drama. And I don't think I've seen a movie in the Macedonian language before. ****

48. ☼ Terrifier 2 (2022): Thankfully what I heard was true ... better in every aspect than the first movie (though this still should've been edited down at least to under 2 hours). Building up the main heroine, the giving the audience some catharsis over the sadistic killer, makes a huge difference. Also, this has more of a sense of fun than the first movie (and evokes more of an 80s slasher vibe instead of the grimy torture-porn vibe from the first movie). Though I can still do without the extended mean-spirited torture killings (and if you've seen this, you know what scene is the main offender). ***

October 29th
49. Alligator (1980): Just a fun popcorn monster movie, with an interesting cast of character actors, and a funny script (by John Sayles). ***1/2

50. It's Alive (1974): Despite the ridiculous premise, the movie plays it very straight. And unlike the previous movie I watched, has a grim and glum tone. I'm surprised how quickly the police and media get on board with the fact that a mutant baby is running (crawling?) around killing people. ***

51. ☼ Scream (2022): Well made and easy to watch. But just feels like the same movie we've seen before in earlier Scream installments. ***

52. ☼ Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022): "Lot 36" and "Graveyard Rats"

53. ☼ Hellbender (2021): One of the more watchable micro-budget horror movies I've seen, and the home-computer level effects kind of work in giving it a trippy feel. It's cool that this was literally a family project of doing something during the COVID shut-down (with pretty much everything in front of and behind the camera being the work of a married couple and their two daughters). ***1/2

October 30th
54. It! (1967): Another movie I remember fondly from childhood tv (when monster movies were the thing on Saturday afternoons and weekend late-night). And this is pretty solid ... Hammer-style Norman Bates controls The Golem is a great concept, and Roddy McDowell is fun. It does do a bit too much "telling, not showing" (including inexcusably having a scene where McDowell and his monster attacks and kidnaps his love interest not even being shown). Another movie where the authorities are quick to believe that there's a supernatural monster on the loose ... and they have the most extreme plan to deal with it that I've ever seen. ***

55. ☼ Pearl (2022): Great looking ... I've seen lots of 70s and 80s throwback styles for horror movies, but don't remember one that evokes the technicolor Golden Age of Hollywood. Though it (probably unavoidably) suffers from knowing exactly where the movie is going. ***1/2

Halloween
56. ☼ Two on a Guillotine (1965): Sucks to end on a movie I didn't particularly enjoy, but thems the breaks. I was surprised I somehow missed an interesting-sounding major studio horror movie from the 60s, though it sounds like it was "missing" for a long time after the theatrical run. As it turns out, it wasn't much of a horror movie ... more like 90% romantic comedy. I'm sure on that level it was a perfectly fine movie, but when you're given something massively different than what you were expecting it can hard not to feel let down. Good score by Max Steiner though (one of his last). **1/2

Select 10 actors:
-X- Peter Cushing - The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973)
-X- Keith David - Coraline (2009)
-X- Boris Karloff - The Body Snatcher (1945)
-X- John Karlsen - Spirits Of The Dead (1968)
-X- Christopher Lee - Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966)
-X- Bela Lugosi - Dracula (1931)
-X- Vincent Price - The Haunting Of Hill House (1959)
-X- Michele Soavi - Demons (1985)
-X- Marianne Stone - Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
-X- Recently Deceased Veronica Carlson - Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)

Select 5 directors:
-X- David Bruckner - Hellraiser (2022)
-X- Peter Sasday - Taste The Blood Of Dracula (1970)
-X- Takashi Shimizu - The Grudge (2004)
-X- Watch a Movie Directed By a Female Director - The Babadook (2014) D: Jennifer Kent
-X- Recently Deceased (insert director) - Communion (Alice, Sweet Alice) (1976) D: Alfred Sole

Select 2 film composers:
--- Tyler Bates -
--- Les Baxter -
--- Mark Korven -
-X- Paul Zaza - Popcorn (1991)

Select 2 makeup effects artists:
-X- Jack Pierce - Frankenstein (1931)
-X- Brian Wade - Galaxy Of Terror (1981)

Select 2 producers:
-X- Roger Corman - The Masque Of The Red Death (1964)
-X- James Fler - Psycho Goreman (2021)

Select 2 writers:
-X- Everett de Roche - Roadgames (1981)
-X- Mary Shelley - Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Select 30 of the following sub-genres / types:
-X- Anthology Film - Dead of Night (1945)
-X- They Shoot Zombies, Don't They - The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films - Cat People (1982)
-X- Based on a Novel - The Midnight Club S1 (2022)
-X- Candy Cinema, 2 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
-X- Cannibalism - The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
-X- Comedy / Spoof - The Munsters (2022)
-X- Coming-of-Age - Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)
-X- Criterion / Masters of Cinema Version Film - Night Of The Hunter (1955)
-X- Death by: Throat-Slitting Smile (2022)
-X- Director or Writer Cameo in Own Film / Film Adaptation, - Psycho (1960)
-X- Euro Horror - Demons (1985)
-X- Film From TCM October 2022 Schedule - Goké, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)
-X- Fog, 2 - The Fog (1980)
-X- Ghost / Haunting - The Beast With Five Fingers (1946)
-X- Hagsploitation - Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
-X- Hypnosis - The Haunting (1963)
-X- Killer / Evil Child - It Lives Again (1978)
-X- Killer / Evil Doll - Puppet Master (1989)
-X- Made-for-TV Movie - Bingo Hell (2021)
-X- Mad Scientist - The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
-X- Nation of Origin: Australia - The Plumber (1979)
-X- Slasher / Psycho / Homicidal Maniac - Halloween Kills (2021)
-X- Takes Place in a Forest - Twin Peaks S1 (1990)
-X- Title Spoken By Character, 2 - What's The Matter With Helen? (1971)
-X- Trailer Compilation - The Official Eddie Spuhghetti Halloween Companion Vol 3 (2022)
-X- Vampire - House Of Dark Shadows (1970)
-X- Werewolf - The Wolf Of Snow Hollow (2020)
-X- Witchcraft / Satanic / Religious - The Kingdom Of Var (2019)
-X- With Commentary - Creepshow (1982)
-X- Zombie - Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

Select 1 from the "Chronological Horror Years Faceoff":
--- 1922 (100th) -
--- 1947 (75th) -
--- 1972 (50th) -
--- 1997 (25th) –

Select 1 from the following anniversaries:
-X- 15th Belated Anniversary of TCM Underground - The Short Films Of David Lynch (1967 - 1995)

Select 3 from the following horror film tropes, 2:
-X- Lullabies and rhymes that forewarn the terror - A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 5: The Dream Child (1989)
-X- Characters ignoring all the red flags - He Knows You're Alone (1980)
-X- The harbinger of doom - Hellraiser

Select 4 ratings:
--- G -
--- PG -
--- PG-13 -
-X-R - The Empty Man (2020)
--- NC-17 -
--- X -
--- Unrated -
--- M -
-X- GP - Night Of Dark Shadows (1971)

​Select 6 decades of film history:
-X- 1930 - Freaks (1932)
-X- 1940 - Cat People (1942)
-X- 1970 - Full Circle (The Haunting Of Julia) (1977)
-X- 1980 - The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
-X- 2010 - WNUF Halloween Special (2013)
-X- 2020 - Halloween Ends (2022)

Watch 1 film with a recently deceased personality:
-X- Recently deceased list - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) - Lenny Von Dohlen

Watch a film shot on 1 of the following:
-X- 16mm - The Evil Dead (1981)

Watch a movie and its remake or two adaptations of the same source material back to back on the same day
-X- Original - King Kong (1933)
-X- Remake - King Kong (1976)

Watch films in at least three languages:
-X- First language, (Persian), A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
-X- Second language, (Japanese), House (1977)
-X- Third language, (Spanish), El vampiro negro (1953).

Watch 2 films with similar plots:
-X- Film #1 - Alligator (1980)
-X- Film #2 - Alligator II: The Mutation (1990)

Watch 3 films that you've never seen before that:
-X- Stars a Karen - Burnt Offering (1976) Karen Black
-X- Has a scene in an abandoned building - Halloween (1978)
-X- Features an impalement - Toys Of Terror (2020)