Targets premiered in Sweden on October 15, 1969.

Maxxxine was directed by Ti West who was born on October 5th 1980.
Don't Deliver Us from Evil was shown at lik!! Horror Film Festival in Finland on October 23rd 2009.

^Got 'em. Thanks!

And that reminds me I forgot to ask if anyone wants to help me with assigning the dates as I build the theme/subset table. The current progress is here. We're about halfway there.

I'm keeping the remaining Friday spots (4th, 11th) open for the not-yet-announced Joe Bob Halloween special announcement. There's already two spots filled, so one might have to be reshuffled. I may also move the Textploitation theme to a weekend spot since it has multiple films.

Oh, and I tacked on the "Mass Marathon of the Damned" to the Up All Night/Troma Saturday Schlock-Fest. I can't say if someone's done an actual marathon ever in that time, or if it's been a running gag since 2010, but it's there's if you want it.

In case anyone missed it “Darcy” confirmed The Last Drive-In will be doing AMCFearFest again this year, on Wednesday 10/09 with Friday the 13th 1 & 2. (And also confirmed that it doesn’t count as their Halloween special, so I assume that will still be later in the month.)

Some suggestions:

Title contains name of a location

Takes place in a Bowling Alley
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?k...&genres=horror

Features a Freeze Frame Ending
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/...h-freeze-frame

Key fumble / key breaks
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...th%20situation.

Features a Music Box
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?k...&genres=horror

Takes place in a Boiler Room
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?k...&genres=horror

Stars a:
Tilly sister - Jennifer (11) / Meg (5)
Farmiga sister - Vera (9) / Taissa (5)

Only one week left until the challenge starts. I can't wait to get started! One hundred movies, here I come.

It's a long shot, but could move GirlHouse to the 16th where it was released in Canada on 10/16/14 at the Ottawa International Film Festival and insert The Greasy Strangler on the 7th where it was released in the United States on 10/7/16 (and is it just me, or is that one of the sleazier titles we've had).

Also, getting very creative Predator 2, the sequel to Predator, was released in Switzerland (the German speaking region) on October 25, 1991.

If the past is any indication, the main special should be airing on the 25th. For the previous 6 specials it's always been on the 20th or after with the exception of 2021 when it was 10/9, but we know that's already taken. I'm also hoping they air the 2022 Memphis Drive-In Jamboree with Halloween III since they showed the 2021 Jamboree last year.

Well, last year we had The Ebola Syndrome, but it'll certainly be up there.

If I remember correctly Girl House is not nearly as sleazy as it premise suggests; and quite better than I expected. I'm glad it made the cut (even if I didnt have the guts to suggest it).

My local theater is showing Halloween III this October -- with the soundtrack being performed live by composer Alan Howarth! I'll have to play hooky from another engagement if I want to attend, but seems worth it...

Currently the 'Road' theme that The Hitcher is a subset film for is set for 10/8 (to coincide with a Mexico release of 10/8, with a UK disc release Sept 30).
It was recently announced that US will get a UHD release of The Hitcher on 10/22.
Maybe it would make sense to move that subset film until 10/22 or later (but at the moment I can't find a clever anniversary or date of merit to tie into).

Source on UHD for The Hitcher in US:
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/m...ts/092424-1200

A couple of checklist suggestions - Larry Cohen - never been used for a writer and M. Night Shyamalan has never been used for a director.

With the same transfer as the upcoming Second Sight release and with original cover art.

Alright, I think I have this right...

Road Terrors / The Hitcher was moved to 10/22 for the aforementioned release. It didn't work out putting it later, but remember subsets don't have to be watched on the day of.

Tropes / Beyond Terror moved to 10/8 (The Hitcher's old spot).

Just became aware MaXXXine will be streaming on MAX 10/18, so Random Mashup / MaXXXine moves to that day.

Textploitation 3-fer takes the old 10/5 (from 10/15), which moves it to a Saturday.

The Ring / Two-Word (formerly occupying the 10/18 spot) was moved to 10/15, which is its UHD release date.

Updated the physical/streaming guide and subset thread with all the info.

With that all dates have been assigned as far as I know.

Suggestion for the checklist - Nation of Origin: Great Britain

Two more suggestions for the checklist:

Shot on Big Bear Lake
Featured in the Horror Films of the 1970's by John Kenneth Muir (there is a tremendous letterboxd list of these movies)

We're almost there, folks. That also goes for the theme/subset table.

In addition to the above suggestions, I just added Tony Gardner (another first-timer) to visual effects artists and "buried alive" as the final trope. There also looks to be a few suggestions I've overlooked so I'll comb over those to see what else can be added. I even tried adding a random title generator to the TSZDT list, but apparently it can't take that many titles at once since they're contained within the actual URL, so I'll try and divide them into sections to see if that works.

rumor is its the 25th

If you haven't found some suggestions for directors, here are two more

Riccardo Freda - last used in 2011
Paco Plaza - last used in 2012

Thanks, as always, for all your work on this, Chad!

Selfishly I want "unused themes day" (but really for the "no wild card day" part of it) to fall on a weekend, but the best I could come up with is: All My Friends Are Dead features exploding breast implants --> October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month --> several cities are having BCA walks on Oct 27. Sliiiight stretch , plus I couldn't figure out how to make the filming locations theme fit on Oct 2. Oh well.

And I already posted this in the main thread, but for maximum coverage: As usual, I am hosting all the subset movies on my google drive. PM or email me (PM preferred) and I will send you the link. It's not quite there yet, but I'll send it out before dusk on 9/30, of course.

Happy to continue sending out the link throughout the challenge -- I just might not be as quick to respond when I'm busy cramming in as many movies as I can around work and life.

I know I saw some subset picks at some point but I can’t seem to find them now, would anyone be able to drop me a link. I am trying to do some last minute challenges homework on mobile and it’s not as streamlined as when I can use my laptop.

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/6...l#post14468982

Is there a list of theme nights by day, with subset picks? I can't seem to find the final list.

^Hang tight! It'll be up today. I'm in the process of making the finishing touches.

Thanks! Not to nag, just getting excited to plan the week.