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09-14-25, 09:19 PM
100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
11-04-25 | 09:49 PM
#976
Challenge Guru & Comic Nerd
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Didn’t we have a weekly horror club once? Years and years ago iirc. Maybe even sponsored by dvdtalk?
11-04-25 | 09:50 PM
#977
DVD Talk Legend
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Is the deadline for finalizing your list still the 7th? I binged so much in the last couple of days, I'm struggling to catch my reviews up.
11-05-25 | 08:19 AM
#978
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Unrelated question about this site overall. On those few occasions when I look at the front page, the listings are ~4 years old. Often I'll come to check on a review for even an old disc and find nothing listed.
Are the forums the only place with activity anymore? I've wondered this for a while so thought I'd ask.
Thanks again to everyone for making the Challenge the best place to be in October. See you next year for #22.
Are the forums the only place with activity anymore? I've wondered this for a while so thought I'd ask.
Thanks again to everyone for making the Challenge the best place to be in October. See you next year for #22.
11-05-25 | 09:47 AM
#979
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
DVDTalk was blacklisted by studios so they haven't done any reviews in a couple of years. Back in 2009 when Big Lots had the $3 Warner DVD bonanza and there were multi-page threads about DeepDiscount 20% sales, this site was hopping, but those days are long gone. DVDTalk is dead; the only activity here are the movie challenges.
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11-05-25 | 10:05 AM
#980
DVD Talk Gold Edition
11-05-25 | 11:57 AM
#981
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Yeah, sadly the decline of DVDTalk has been steady for several years now. Losing the reviews and having a name from a media format 2 technological generations ago doesn't help. But I notice many dedicated online forums are struggling with the same thing. It's all Facebook/Instagram/TikTok social media now. Reddit seems to still be going strong, but it's so big I feel lost there. While I have an account I just lurk there but I may have to bite the bullet and get involved if I want discussion. I hate that it doesn't let you rename yourself (you have to create a brand new account) since I just have the auto-generated name.
Anyway, back to the challenge
My list is done, with reviews all updated. From my last day of viewing, here's a classic horror trivia question: what's the only movie to have Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi AND Peter Lorre? There were many with Karloff and Lugosi and Lorre did a few with Karloff (I don't remember if he did any with Lugosi). But only 1 had all three, and someone it was a horror movie I never saw until now.
Anyway, back to the challenge
My list is done, with reviews all updated. From my last day of viewing, here's a classic horror trivia question: what's the only movie to have Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi AND Peter Lorre? There were many with Karloff and Lugosi and Lorre did a few with Karloff (I don't remember if he did any with Lugosi). But only 1 had all three, and someone it was a horror movie I never saw until now.Spoiler:
Though in the 30s and 40s that was probably more a selling point than a problem.
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11-05-25 | 12:52 PM
#982
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Many thanks to Chad for hosting, GoldenWheels (along with Toddarino & GoBears) for prizes, Alyxstarr for subset films, and everyone for the discussion and good times.
I'm planning to spend some time combing through lists in the next day or so to see what else I missed.
243 Total Films over 373 Hour, 14 minutes watched | ★★★★★✰✰✰✰✰ 4.95 average rating | 172 First Time Viewings | 141 Theme Night Aligned Watches [100% Theme Night Completion] | 52 Subset Films [100%]
By Decade - 1920s: 1 | 1930s: 2 | 1940s: 1 | 1950s: 4 | 1960s: 4 | 1970s: 26 | 1980s: 37 | 1990s: 35 | 2000s: 22 | 2010s: 30 | 2020s: 82
By Format - Blu-ray: 9 | UHD Disc: 10 | Theatrical: 25 | DVD: 1 | Digital: 199 (29 in 4K Digital)
Ideas for next year I jotted down: Recreational Vehicles, Police, Danela Giordano actress, Hidden Passages, Riccardo Freda director, Chris Lamartina producer, Janet Tracey Keijser actress, Nightclubs, Kevin Yagher special effects, Child Welfare, The Closet, Characters Over Reacting
I'm planning to spend some time combing through lists in the next day or so to see what else I missed.
243 Total Films over 373 Hour, 14 minutes watched | ★★★★★✰✰✰✰✰ 4.95 average rating | 172 First Time Viewings | 141 Theme Night Aligned Watches [100% Theme Night Completion] | 52 Subset Films [100%]
By Decade - 1920s: 1 | 1930s: 2 | 1940s: 1 | 1950s: 4 | 1960s: 4 | 1970s: 26 | 1980s: 37 | 1990s: 35 | 2000s: 22 | 2010s: 30 | 2020s: 82
By Format - Blu-ray: 9 | UHD Disc: 10 | Theatrical: 25 | DVD: 1 | Digital: 199 (29 in 4K Digital)
- Most Fun: The Last Video Store, Dead Heat, Thamma, Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Gnarliest Fiends: Chinese Ghost Story II, Sumala, The Void, The Black Scorpion, The Killgrin, Killer Tongue, The Halfway House
- Memorable Kills: Murder By Phone (1982) explosion by telephone, Amsterdamned hanging body jump scare
- Best Effects: Tetsuo, How to Kill Monsters, Masking Threshold (in that it’s a more auditory unusual type)
- Don’t Tell My Wife Sleaze Award: Ballad in Blood, Requiem For a Vampire, Massacre at Central High, Curious Dr Humpp, Inquisition
- ‘Smoke & Blue Light’ Atmosphere Minded Moodiness Wins: Vampirus, Dead Earth, House By the River, In Flames
- Oversalted Pretzel Plot Twists: Murder Obsession, Deadly Messages, Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains
- Meta Head Explosion: Give Me Pity!, There’s a Zombie Outside, Cult of Nightmares
- Scariest: Retribution (2006), Beezel
- Seizure Inducing Weirdness: Uzumaki, The Cat, Lost Highway, Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf
- Indie Flair: Day of the Reaper (1984), Call Girl of Cthulhu, Frogman
- Best in Cutting People – Slasher Horror: Invader, Night of the Reaper
- Cheesy Good: Black Roses, Return of the Exorcist
- Favorite Trends: Animated Horror (Perfect Blue, Felidae), Made For TV Horror of the 70s-90s, Vogue/Dance Horror
- Surprise Made for TV Highlights: The Uninvited, Haunts of the Very Rich, The Haunted
- Meanest Feel Bad Cinema (Hit But Wrong): Pandemonium, Calvarie, Born for Hell
- ‘Go Home You’re Drunk’ Does What It Wants & Doesn’t Care Awards: Spirit Riser, Bikini Bloodbath, Born of Fire, Immaculate
- Highest Body Count: Battle Royale, Vash Level 2
- Goriest / Most Unsettling: Cannibal Mukbang, Father’s Day
Ideas for next year I jotted down: Recreational Vehicles, Police, Danela Giordano actress, Hidden Passages, Riccardo Freda director, Chris Lamartina producer, Janet Tracey Keijser actress, Nightclubs, Kevin Yagher special effects, Child Welfare, The Closet, Characters Over Reacting
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11-05-25 | 08:22 PM
#983
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
DVDTalk was blacklisted by studios so they haven't done any reviews in a couple of years. Back in 2009 when Big Lots had the $3 Warner DVD bonanza and there were multi-page threads about DeepDiscount 20% sales, this site was hopping, but those days are long gone. DVDTalk is dead; the only activity here are the movie challenges.
11-05-25 | 09:20 PM
#984
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
My list is complete. Big thanks to Chad for running another splendid Challenge. Also a big shout out to GoldenWheels and Hamiltonbooks for their ever gracious reward packs. Already looking forward to next year. Here's some stats:
Spoiler:
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11-05-25 | 10:33 PM
#985
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
List complete
This was a year marked by period pieces and micro-budget miracles. I mostly didn't drink this year which may have had a slight detrimental effect to overall enjoyment.
This is the second year in a row with 100% first time views and I think I may loosen up on that goal going forward as I turned down a few items my daughter wanted to watch this year in an effort to hit this metric. This was my 16th year of participation and my 16th year hitting the coveted 100+ mark.
The 101 entries watched were in 9 languages, hit every theme night & spanned 92 years of cinematic efforts with titles from 1933 up to 2025.
Number of 1st time views:
101 out of 101 - 100% vs. (2024 – 100%)
Number of drinks:
3 vs (2024 – 24)
Number of titles viewed with wife or daughter:
17 out of 101 – 16.83% vs. (2024 - 21%)
Most watched Sub-Genre / Type
1). Slasher / Psycho / Homicadal Maniac - 26 out of 101 - (25.7%)
2). Comedy / Spoof - 24 out of 101 - (23.8%)
3). Ghost / Haunting – 23 out of 101 - (22.8%)
Highest Rated First Time Views
(4.5 out of 5 or better)
Commentary For Killer Barbys - (5 out of 5)
Talk To Me - (5 out of 5)
Day Of The Animal - (5 out of 5)
Shiver - (4.5 out of 5)
Nosferatu - (4.5 out of 5)
IT: Welcome To Derry S01E01 - (4.5 out of 5)
Final Destination: Bloodlines - (4.5 out of 5)
My Daughter's Highest Rated:
The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It - (4 out of 5)
Borderline – (5 out of 5)
Megan 2.0 – (5 out of 5)
The Conjuring: Last Rites – (4.5 out of 5)
Scariest House In America S02E06 - (4 out of 5)
My Lowest Rated Titles Of The Challenge
(1.5 out of 5 or lower (1 being the lowest possible score))
The Other Side Of The Underneath - (1.5 out of 5)
Bonehill Road - (1.5 out of 5)
Selected ChatGPT Musings on My List:
Awards
Movie I Wish I Watched Sloshed:
Fried Barry
Why Aren't You Leaving?!?
Every Family in Beezel
Runner Up
Film Crew in Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin
Manliest Man
Leslie Neilson from Day Of The Animals
Most Pettable Lead
Indy From Good Boy
Sex With Corpses (Acceptable (but still really weird))
Lisa Frankenstein
Sex With Corpses (Unacceptable)
Miss Zombie
Most Shocking Momment
Real Autopsy in Swamp Of The Ravens
Best Decor
Literally every room in Shivers
Sponsored By Shasta Cola
The Eleventh Commandment
Most Wholesome Killers
Kids from Woodchipper Massacre
Bad Idea I Couldn't Resist
Taking a turn with the hand in Talk To Me
Runner Up
Snorting Unicorn horn from Death Of A Unicorn
This was a year marked by period pieces and micro-budget miracles. I mostly didn't drink this year which may have had a slight detrimental effect to overall enjoyment.
This is the second year in a row with 100% first time views and I think I may loosen up on that goal going forward as I turned down a few items my daughter wanted to watch this year in an effort to hit this metric. This was my 16th year of participation and my 16th year hitting the coveted 100+ mark.
The 101 entries watched were in 9 languages, hit every theme night & spanned 92 years of cinematic efforts with titles from 1933 up to 2025.
Number of 1st time views:
101 out of 101 - 100% vs. (2024 – 100%)
Number of drinks:
3 vs (2024 – 24)
Number of titles viewed with wife or daughter:
17 out of 101 – 16.83% vs. (2024 - 21%)
Most watched Sub-Genre / Type
1). Slasher / Psycho / Homicadal Maniac - 26 out of 101 - (25.7%)
2). Comedy / Spoof - 24 out of 101 - (23.8%)
3). Ghost / Haunting – 23 out of 101 - (22.8%)
Highest Rated First Time Views
(4.5 out of 5 or better)
Commentary For Killer Barbys - (5 out of 5)
Talk To Me - (5 out of 5)
Day Of The Animal - (5 out of 5)
Shiver - (4.5 out of 5)
Nosferatu - (4.5 out of 5)
IT: Welcome To Derry S01E01 - (4.5 out of 5)
Final Destination: Bloodlines - (4.5 out of 5)
My Daughter's Highest Rated:
The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It - (4 out of 5)
Borderline – (5 out of 5)
Megan 2.0 – (5 out of 5)
The Conjuring: Last Rites – (4.5 out of 5)
Scariest House In America S02E06 - (4 out of 5)
My Lowest Rated Titles Of The Challenge
(1.5 out of 5 or lower (1 being the lowest possible score))
The Other Side Of The Underneath - (1.5 out of 5)
Bonehill Road - (1.5 out of 5)
Selected ChatGPT Musings on My List:
Awards
Movie I Wish I Watched Sloshed:
Fried Barry
Why Aren't You Leaving?!?
Every Family in Beezel
Runner Up
Film Crew in Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin
Manliest Man
Leslie Neilson from Day Of The Animals
Most Pettable Lead
Indy From Good Boy
Sex With Corpses (Acceptable (but still really weird))
Lisa Frankenstein
Sex With Corpses (Unacceptable)
Miss Zombie
Most Shocking Momment
Real Autopsy in Swamp Of The Ravens
Best Decor
Literally every room in Shivers
Sponsored By Shasta Cola
The Eleventh Commandment
Most Wholesome Killers
Kids from Woodchipper Massacre
Bad Idea I Couldn't Resist
Taking a turn with the hand in Talk To Me
Runner Up
Snorting Unicorn horn from Death Of A Unicorn
Last edited by SterlingBen; 11-05-25 at 10:45 PM.
11-06-25 | 08:14 PM
#986
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
My list is finalized!
October is work heavy for me, but I did better than recent years.
Total watches: 19
First time: 17
Series: 2 (full season of Monster, and first two episodes of It: Welcome to Derry)
Commentaries: 1
October is work heavy for me, but I did better than recent years.
Total watches: 19
First time: 17
Series: 2 (full season of Monster, and first two episodes of It: Welcome to Derry)
Commentaries: 1
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11-06-25 | 10:33 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
The winner of The Sunday Night Trivia Question #4...
Darkgod
Congratulations! You're now the winner of the Toddarino Prize Pack:
The winner of The Sunday Night Trivia Question #5...
BobO'Link
Congratulations! You're now the winner of the Gobear Prize Pack:
Courtesy of... Toddarino and Gobear
Don't forget to vote for 'Best List', BTW!
Darkgod
Congratulations! You're now the winner of the Toddarino Prize Pack:
Spoiler:
The winner of The Sunday Night Trivia Question #5...
BobO'Link
Congratulations! You're now the winner of the Gobear Prize Pack:
Spoiler:
Courtesy of... Toddarino and Gobear
Code:
The Top 3 Answers Given 1. John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) - Drew Struzan 2. Army of Darkness (1992) - Michael Hussar 3. John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) - Barry Jackson
Don't forget to vote for 'Best List', BTW!
11-07-25 | 07:07 AM
#989
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Congratulations to the winners. And thank you Chad as well as all of the people who provided prize packs.
11-07-25 | 07:47 AM
#990
DVD Talk Legend
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Since I'm not sure when the deadline is, I'm going to announce my list as finalized. I might go back and edit in a few more reviews, but it now has the full list of films I watched (81) and the challenges I completed (Themes and Subset).
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11-07-25 | 08:47 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Thank you Toddarino. Thats amazing.
For those asking, or looking for a horror challenge through out the year. A bunch of us are on letterboxd, and I have a challenge I run over there. I believe I lined up the month of October to more or less line up with next year's challenge.
https://boxd.it/PeXZ6
For those asking, or looking for a horror challenge through out the year. A bunch of us are on letterboxd, and I have a challenge I run over there. I believe I lined up the month of October to more or less line up with next year's challenge.
https://boxd.it/PeXZ6
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11-07-25 | 10:27 AM
#992
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Super cool! Special THANK YOU to Gobear for contributing the package! I'll be sharing the love with my friend lrend.
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11-07-25 | 11:16 AM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Final count for October is 44 first-time watches, with an additional 31 horror/thrillers in September.
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11-07-25 | 01:52 PM
#994
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
11-10-25 | 09:47 AM
#995
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
WillieMLF bringing up the rear....
Just finalized the list, and didn't even look at the checklist this year. Ended up with 106 for the month, and it went rather smoothly for watching almost 3.3 movies a day for 32 days. Surprisingly, I'm not really phased by that, and I'm continuing into November. My wife has decided to give up Disney/Hulu by the end of November, so I'm binging The Bear as a last hurrah.
Peace out everyone! Until next year hopefully!
Just finalized the list, and didn't even look at the checklist this year. Ended up with 106 for the month, and it went rather smoothly for watching almost 3.3 movies a day for 32 days. Surprisingly, I'm not really phased by that, and I'm continuing into November. My wife has decided to give up Disney/Hulu by the end of November, so I'm binging The Bear as a last hurrah.
Peace out everyone! Until next year hopefully!
11-10-25 | 10:36 PM
#996
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Episode 3 of Welcome To Derry might have gone a little too much Ghostbusters 2…
11-13-25 | 04:46 PM
#997
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
My prize package just arrived! Thanks again to Gobear for such a generous selection of titles!
11-13-25 | 10:35 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
I had an impromptu kayaking excursion that kept me from doing the wrap up earlier, but, as it turns out, 11/13 was the same day I did it last year, so...
Congratulations to Surfinhank for winning the ‘Best List’ award for the ??????? time!
Just wanted to give one final thanks to *everyone* for participating in our 21st event!
A special thanks to our official prize provider/distributor - Rich Hamilton (GoldenWheels) of Hamilton Book, and on 16 challenges of pure excellence! Support Hamiltonbook.com!
Additionally, a huge thanks to alyxstarr as well as everyone who helped in the pre-challenge preparation! That especially holds true this year.
And finally, a big thanks to both Toddarino and Gobear for the additional prize giveaways!
The OHMC 2026 planning thread is now up for your feedback-related needs:
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/6...l#post14670195
Remember, the plan is for the subset volunteer signup sheet to go up sometime in June and the pre-challenge thread in July.
Until then, here's looking forward to OHMC XXII as it creeps up unexpectedly on us!
Just wanted to give one final thanks to *everyone* for participating in our 21st event!
A special thanks to our official prize provider/distributor - Rich Hamilton (GoldenWheels) of Hamilton Book, and on 16 challenges of pure excellence! Support Hamiltonbook.com!
Additionally, a huge thanks to alyxstarr as well as everyone who helped in the pre-challenge preparation! That especially holds true this year.
And finally, a big thanks to both Toddarino and Gobear for the additional prize giveaways!
The OHMC 2026 planning thread is now up for your feedback-related needs:
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/6...l#post14670195
Remember, the plan is for the subset volunteer signup sheet to go up sometime in June and the pre-challenge thread in July.
Until then, here's looking forward to OHMC XXII as it creeps up unexpectedly on us!
12-07-25 | 01:17 PM
#999
DVD Talk Legend
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 21st Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
Bumping this up in both threads in case one gets overlooked.
Legacy Of Horror 2026 Discussion Thread @ DVD Talk
Please check it out and join us!
Legacy of Horror 2026, a list of films by Darkgod • Letterboxd
Legacy Of Horror 2026 Discussion Thread @ DVD Talk
Please check it out and join us!
Legacy of Horror 2026, a list of films by Darkgod • Letterboxd
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