The Setup
For Halloween, I have decided to watch 31 Halloween/Horror in 31 days. Not “a movie a day”. Listen, I can’t commit to a movie every night, I have things to do. I fully intend on blocking off a Saturday or 2 and watching 4 or 5 in a movie marathon event. Popcorn, blanket fort, and everything. The rest will be watched on random nights.
Look, I know I’m not going to be watching “true” horror movies. There won’t be a Saw or Hostel to be seen on my list. I don’t enjoy those, so I don’t want to watch them. The judge of what counts as horror is going to be Shane, because I need an outside perspective.
The Rules
- If it’s set at Halloween, it counts.
- Yes, this means Halloweentown does count for this challenge.
- If it’s gothic and spooky, it counts.
- It doesn’t need to be “gothic horror” necessarily as long as there’s a spooky atmosphere. Spookier than Jane Eyre, though.
- No Zombies.
- Look, I love zombies, and that’s why I watch zombie movies year-round. I’m looking for things I might not watch without a “challenge” to prompt me or very seasonal things.
- Miniseries count.
- Let’s say less than 6 episodes (preferably 4) and never intended to be a continuing tv show.
- So Archive 81, while excellent, doesn’t count. The Stand wouldn’t count either, since it’s 9 episodes.
- A total of 5 rentals.
- I want to source as many of these movies on Amazon Prime, Britbox, Disney+, Peacock, and Netflix so that I don’t pay a fortune on rental fees. Which unfortunately knocks the Friday the 13th franchise out of the running.
- I get 3 re-watches from the last few years.
- If I haven’t seen it since college, it doesn’t count as a “re-watch” from the last few years.
- This is mainly so I can count Hush, which terrifies me but is also an amazing movie.
I’ll update with rankings and a list sometime in the next couple of weeks. I already have a good idea of a lot of the movies I’m going to watch, but I don’t want to commit to anything just yet.
-S
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