"It is less than 100 days until Halloween ..."
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On her blog Monstrumology, Louise writes about "How I Watch 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days": "This challenge was created by Spooky Sarah Says and you can find the full guidelines for the challenge on her blog, but the basic idea is this: watch 100 horror movies that you've never seen before in 92 days, starting on August 1 and ending on October 31. Sounds easy, right? Well, yes, in theory." The challenge guidelines also link to resources like a welcoming Discord and lists of gateway / family-friendly and not-tagged-as-horror films that count for the challenge.
Many participants in the challenge will participate in the overlapping Hooptober challenge, a bingo / scavenger-hunt kind of event taking place in October. "Hooptober X: Hooptober, Hooptober Let Satan Come Over" describes last year's Hooptober categories, and more info about the event is available in interviews with the organizer.
Some film suggestions are are available at the British Film Institute, MoPOP, r/Horror, Rolling Stone, Empire, IMDb, Paste, Slant, Rotten Tomatoes, and so on. Meanwhile, at Autostraddle, Drew Burnett Gregory and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya point out "Autostraddle's 30 Scariest Queer Horror Movie Moments," and at CrimeReads, Desiree S. Evans suggests why "We Need Black Horror Now More than Ever."
The many lists tagged 100horrormoviesin92days at Letterboxd by challenge participants and shared on Discord too offer insights into what horror marathoners are watching throughout the event. Over on Fanfare, recent films and films tagged horror suggest some of what's popular here, and over on AskMe, users have asked in the past year or so for horror movies that are trippy, wholesome, good before a walk in the woods, similar to Final Destination, and available on Shudder.
In her blog post, Louise offers suggestions especially for UK viewers on where to find films to watch. In addition, libraries and universities in several countries may offer access to films via Kanopy or Hoopla, perhaps including Night of the Living Dead (1968), Suspiria (1977), The Grapes of Death (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and Titane (2021), or Under the Shadow (2016), Host (2020), Saloum (2021), PG: Psycho Goreman (2021), Deadstream (2022), Slash/Back (2022), Talk To Me, and the anti-neonazi revenge flicks Becky (2020) and The Wrath of Becky (2023).
Viewers with US IP addresses also have free/ad-supported options like Tubi or Freevee, probably including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Haunting (1963), Viy (1967), Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1972), The Wicker Man (1973), The Changeling (1980), Housebound (2014; also at Hoopla), Ginger Snaps (2000), Train to Busan (2016), and the trippy homage to 1970s Euro-horror Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes (2021) or the recent psychological thriller / action / horror reimagining of The Invisible Man (2020) starring Elisabeth Moss.
Films on Youtube, e.g. A Page of Madness (1926; a silent film without intertitles but nonetheless a screenplay by Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata), or on the Internet Archive, e.g. The Mummies of Guanajuato (1972; featuring the wrestler El Santo vs. a macabre museum, incidentally also featured in a Ray Bradbury story dramatized on BBC Radio 4), illustrate other options tucked in various corners of the internet that may or may not be widely reachable.
These specific examples would cover about 1/4 of the goal for the challenge.
Many participants in the challenge will participate in the overlapping Hooptober challenge, a bingo / scavenger-hunt kind of event taking place in October. "Hooptober X: Hooptober, Hooptober Let Satan Come Over" describes last year's Hooptober categories, and more info about the event is available in interviews with the organizer.
Some film suggestions are are available at the British Film Institute, MoPOP, r/Horror, Rolling Stone, Empire, IMDb, Paste, Slant, Rotten Tomatoes, and so on. Meanwhile, at Autostraddle, Drew Burnett Gregory and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya point out "Autostraddle's 30 Scariest Queer Horror Movie Moments," and at CrimeReads, Desiree S. Evans suggests why "We Need Black Horror Now More than Ever."
The many lists tagged 100horrormoviesin92days at Letterboxd by challenge participants and shared on Discord too offer insights into what horror marathoners are watching throughout the event. Over on Fanfare, recent films and films tagged horror suggest some of what's popular here, and over on AskMe, users have asked in the past year or so for horror movies that are trippy, wholesome, good before a walk in the woods, similar to Final Destination, and available on Shudder.
In her blog post, Louise offers suggestions especially for UK viewers on where to find films to watch. In addition, libraries and universities in several countries may offer access to films via Kanopy or Hoopla, perhaps including Night of the Living Dead (1968), Suspiria (1977), The Grapes of Death (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and Titane (2021), or Under the Shadow (2016), Host (2020), Saloum (2021), PG: Psycho Goreman (2021), Deadstream (2022), Slash/Back (2022), Talk To Me, and the anti-neonazi revenge flicks Becky (2020) and The Wrath of Becky (2023).
Viewers with US IP addresses also have free/ad-supported options like Tubi or Freevee, probably including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Haunting (1963), Viy (1967), Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1972), The Wicker Man (1973), The Changeling (1980), Housebound (2014; also at Hoopla), Ginger Snaps (2000), Train to Busan (2016), and the trippy homage to 1970s Euro-horror Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes (2021) or the recent psychological thriller / action / horror reimagining of The Invisible Man (2020) starring Elisabeth Moss.
Films on Youtube, e.g. A Page of Madness (1926; a silent film without intertitles but nonetheless a screenplay by Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata), or on the Internet Archive, e.g. The Mummies of Guanajuato (1972; featuring the wrestler El Santo vs. a macabre museum, incidentally also featured in a Ray Bradbury story dramatized on BBC Radio 4), illustrate other options tucked in various corners of the internet that may or may not be widely reachable.
These specific examples would cover about 1/4 of the goal for the challenge.
Can I just alternate between Ready Or Not and Abigail for three months?
posted by krisjohn at 5:59 PM on July 27 [8 favorites]
posted by krisjohn at 5:59 PM on July 27 [8 favorites]
I watch 100 in the 100 days leading up to Halloween and am currently at 4.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:50 PM on July 27 [8 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:50 PM on July 27 [8 favorites]
I used to think I hated horror. And I still hate some horror. I'm not really into gore. I tend to like more moody and weird things (and also, oddly, I'm pretty cool with a lot of weird body horror). I have lines I don't want to cross and oh I read spoilers.
But I went from "I will never watch Halloween" (the original, of course) to "This now one of my favorite movies" so quickly I didn't really understand it, except a good movie is good. (As I said, if people had sold it to me as more of a Hitchcock thriller than a slasher, I probably would've watched it sooner.)
Horror is such a huge genre. There is a horror movie for everyone, for everything you may like! It's its own thing. (I am also a weirdo that thinks horror doesn't really need to be "scary" in the usual sense. It can be a sense of dread. You don't need jump scares!).
I have own list of spooky season movies and I'll probably keep adding to it.
It's not really a horror movie, exactly, so much as it's just weird and bloody, but I watched Lady Snowblood for a project and I actually ended up loving it. I don't know how much I need to watch it but it was weirdly gorgeous. I know my own mind so I'm careful at not seeing things I can't unsee but I'm also more open to seeing things that may expand my mind.
(But I haven't finished Hausu because while it's gorgeous, it just felt like too many bad dreams I had and it made me uncomfortable. I hope to get through it at some point because I think I'd really like it.)
posted by edencosmic at 7:10 PM on July 27 [11 favorites]
But I went from "I will never watch Halloween" (the original, of course) to "This now one of my favorite movies" so quickly I didn't really understand it, except a good movie is good. (As I said, if people had sold it to me as more of a Hitchcock thriller than a slasher, I probably would've watched it sooner.)
Horror is such a huge genre. There is a horror movie for everyone, for everything you may like! It's its own thing. (I am also a weirdo that thinks horror doesn't really need to be "scary" in the usual sense. It can be a sense of dread. You don't need jump scares!).
I have own list of spooky season movies and I'll probably keep adding to it.
It's not really a horror movie, exactly, so much as it's just weird and bloody, but I watched Lady Snowblood for a project and I actually ended up loving it. I don't know how much I need to watch it but it was weirdly gorgeous. I know my own mind so I'm careful at not seeing things I can't unsee but I'm also more open to seeing things that may expand my mind.
(But I haven't finished Hausu because while it's gorgeous, it just felt like too many bad dreams I had and it made me uncomfortable. I hope to get through it at some point because I think I'd really like it.)
posted by edencosmic at 7:10 PM on July 27 [11 favorites]
Coincidentally (or was it, muahaha!), there was a recent AskMeFi thread on "trippy" horror movies recommendations, with the caveat they had to:
- Be weird or trippy
- Be "the kind of movie Tool would make if they were making a horror movie"
- Have no doggies be hurt in the movie
Here it is, plus two additional recommendations: New Religion (2022) and He's Watching (2022)
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 8:15 PM on July 27 [4 favorites]
- Be weird or trippy
- Be "the kind of movie Tool would make if they were making a horror movie"
- Have no doggies be hurt in the movie
Here it is, plus two additional recommendations: New Religion (2022) and He's Watching (2022)
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 8:15 PM on July 27 [4 favorites]
I've made 494 posts tagged "horror" on FF, I have every major streaming service, and I love giving recommendations, AMA.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:21 PM on July 27 [8 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:21 PM on July 27 [8 favorites]
Halloween 1 and 3
let's scare Jessica to death
The Omen 3
Chitty Chitty bang bang
100 days til Halloween
silver 🍀
posted by clavdivs at 8:22 PM on July 27 [3 favorites]
let's scare Jessica to death
The Omen 3
Chitty Chitty bang bang
100 days til Halloween
silver 🍀
posted by clavdivs at 8:22 PM on July 27 [3 favorites]
Hey, Mefi kids, as you count down to Halloween and watch your 100 movies, please make sure to wear your special pumpkin mask and don't miss this very special TV commercial.....
(From Halloween III- Season of the Witch (1982))
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 8:48 PM on July 27 [10 favorites]
(From Halloween III- Season of the Witch (1982))
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 8:48 PM on July 27 [10 favorites]
The way Halloween 3 has been kind of reevaluated over the last decade or so from "ugh, what were they thinking? why isn't this a sequel?" to "oh you actually can do folk horror in the US and it's really fun" pleases me.
posted by Pope Guilty at 8:58 PM on July 27 [10 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 8:58 PM on July 27 [10 favorites]
"It is less than 100 days until Halloween ..."
This is assault
posted by Going To Maine at 9:05 PM on July 27 [4 favorites]
This is assault
posted by Going To Maine at 9:05 PM on July 27 [4 favorites]
I saw it in a movie theater, and when the mask began to do its thing, there was a collective gasp as the crowd realized the filmmakers were really going there.
On the other hand, no one said anything about the problematic age difference between the main characters. It was a long time ago (and as some people are finally starting to say, "we're not going back!")
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 9:22 PM on July 27
On the other hand, no one said anything about the problematic age difference between the main characters. It was a long time ago (and as some people are finally starting to say, "we're not going back!")
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 9:22 PM on July 27
We now return to the main topic of this thread:
The Nightmare (2015) - scary semifictional documentary on sleep paralysis nightmares
He's Watching (2022) - Two kids are passing time making videos during a pandemic and realize the video is watching back
New Religion (2022) - Post-punk horror meditation on grief, ghosts and moths
Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes (2021) - In a castle, ghosts watch a film being shot - or is it? Postmodern hommage to gothic horror
Come True (2020) - A canadian sleep study unleashes horrors in a liminal space - beautiful, trippy yet flawed movie with great visual and soundtrack
Resolution (2012) and The Endless (2017) - A shared horror universe where the monster might be the film itself (say no more)
Messiah of Evil (1974) - Visually stunning, atmospheric horrors in a California seaside town by the writers of American Graffiti and Indiana Jones. The movie theater scene is unmissable.
Suspiria (1977) - Absolute must, from Jessica Harper's eyebrows to the amazing cinematography and sound design. Avoid standing by windows at night, especially if you live in a dance academy....
Videodrome (1982) - Another must, even if it's a bit sci-fi, but the horror is in the depravity. Prophetic in a pre-internet way. James Woods before he went gaga for maga. Long live the new flesh. Good double bill with Infinity Pool (2023)
The Dunwich Horror (1970) - Dean Stockwell calls Yog Sothoth
The Night of the Hunted - La nuit des traquées - (1980) - Jean Rollin's surreal film about women who gradually lose their memory as they are pursued in a "futuristic" (circa 1980) housing development. If Alzheimer became contagious in 80's Paris. So compelling you will forgive the acting.
100, 99, 98......
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 9:59 PM on July 27 [7 favorites]
The Nightmare (2015) - scary semifictional documentary on sleep paralysis nightmares
He's Watching (2022) - Two kids are passing time making videos during a pandemic and realize the video is watching back
New Religion (2022) - Post-punk horror meditation on grief, ghosts and moths
Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes (2021) - In a castle, ghosts watch a film being shot - or is it? Postmodern hommage to gothic horror
Come True (2020) - A canadian sleep study unleashes horrors in a liminal space - beautiful, trippy yet flawed movie with great visual and soundtrack
Resolution (2012) and The Endless (2017) - A shared horror universe where the monster might be the film itself (say no more)
Messiah of Evil (1974) - Visually stunning, atmospheric horrors in a California seaside town by the writers of American Graffiti and Indiana Jones. The movie theater scene is unmissable.
Suspiria (1977) - Absolute must, from Jessica Harper's eyebrows to the amazing cinematography and sound design. Avoid standing by windows at night, especially if you live in a dance academy....
Videodrome (1982) - Another must, even if it's a bit sci-fi, but the horror is in the depravity. Prophetic in a pre-internet way. James Woods before he went gaga for maga. Long live the new flesh. Good double bill with Infinity Pool (2023)
The Dunwich Horror (1970) - Dean Stockwell calls Yog Sothoth
The Night of the Hunted - La nuit des traquées - (1980) - Jean Rollin's surreal film about women who gradually lose their memory as they are pursued in a "futuristic" (circa 1980) housing development. If Alzheimer became contagious in 80's Paris. So compelling you will forgive the acting.
100, 99, 98......
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 9:59 PM on July 27 [7 favorites]
I still maintain that 3 is secretly the best of the Halloweens, though partly that's just because I find slashers kind of boring.
I heartily endorse B.T!T!B!A...'s list above, at least for the movies I've seen on it, and I have some recommendations for under-the-radar horror movies that usually don't make it into best-of listicles for whatever reason (maybe because some of them sort of hang out at the edges of the genre):
Angel Dust (1994), Japanese cyberpunk director Gakuryu Ishii's direct antecedent to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's rightly-lauded 1997 film Cure
Parents (1989), Bob Ballaban directs Randy Quaid in a psychosexual 50's period piece which is sub rosa about arms manufacturing
One Cut of the Dead (2017), a delightful ode to cinema and horror movies which you absolutely must not give up on until at least the first 45 minutes or so
Images (1972), Robert Altman's most direct mind-fuck of a movie, in many ways an unpleasant watch, but with an undeniable feel
Day of the Beast (1995), a Spanish "satanic black comedy" about a priest naively trying to sin as much as possible to save the world
The Reflecting Skin (1990), in some ways more of a Southern Gothic Bildungsroman than direct horror, featuring an early Viggo Mortensen appearance
Seconds (1966), Rock Hudson in an early combination Man in the Grey Flannel Suit / WTF are these hippies doing movie, arguably more Twilight-Zone-style sci-fi than horror if it weren't for the bleak existential ennui at its heart
Butterfly Kisses (2018), a movie I discovered through FanFare which is a so-so found footage movie but with extra helpings of meta-analytical themes
Demon (2015), an incredibly affecting movie which is secretly not a horror genre film at all but rather a look at the economics and history of post-war Poland
When Evil Lurks (2023), probably my favorite genre film of the past year or so, set in a demonic alternate-reality Argentina, note that there is strong violence for those who don't enjoy that
(Spoiler-phobes, beware that some of those wikipedia links have spoilers pretty high up on the page.)
DirtyOldTown, you have watched a lot of horror movies. Do you have some that you feel don't get the attention they deserve?
posted by whir at 11:00 PM on July 27 [5 favorites]
I heartily endorse B.T!T!B!A...'s list above, at least for the movies I've seen on it, and I have some recommendations for under-the-radar horror movies that usually don't make it into best-of listicles for whatever reason (maybe because some of them sort of hang out at the edges of the genre):
Angel Dust (1994), Japanese cyberpunk director Gakuryu Ishii's direct antecedent to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's rightly-lauded 1997 film Cure
Parents (1989), Bob Ballaban directs Randy Quaid in a psychosexual 50's period piece which is sub rosa about arms manufacturing
One Cut of the Dead (2017), a delightful ode to cinema and horror movies which you absolutely must not give up on until at least the first 45 minutes or so
Images (1972), Robert Altman's most direct mind-fuck of a movie, in many ways an unpleasant watch, but with an undeniable feel
Day of the Beast (1995), a Spanish "satanic black comedy" about a priest naively trying to sin as much as possible to save the world
The Reflecting Skin (1990), in some ways more of a Southern Gothic Bildungsroman than direct horror, featuring an early Viggo Mortensen appearance
Seconds (1966), Rock Hudson in an early combination Man in the Grey Flannel Suit / WTF are these hippies doing movie, arguably more Twilight-Zone-style sci-fi than horror if it weren't for the bleak existential ennui at its heart
Butterfly Kisses (2018), a movie I discovered through FanFare which is a so-so found footage movie but with extra helpings of meta-analytical themes
Demon (2015), an incredibly affecting movie which is secretly not a horror genre film at all but rather a look at the economics and history of post-war Poland
When Evil Lurks (2023), probably my favorite genre film of the past year or so, set in a demonic alternate-reality Argentina, note that there is strong violence for those who don't enjoy that
(Spoiler-phobes, beware that some of those wikipedia links have spoilers pretty high up on the page.)
DirtyOldTown, you have watched a lot of horror movies. Do you have some that you feel don't get the attention they deserve?
posted by whir at 11:00 PM on July 27 [5 favorites]
I enjoy them, but thanks!
posted by whir at 11:05 PM on July 27 [1 favorite]
posted by whir at 11:05 PM on July 27 [1 favorite]
it puts the lotion in the basket
posted by clavdivs at 11:51 PM on July 27 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 11:51 PM on July 27 [1 favorite]
Mod note: One removed. As always, if you are not interested in a topic, please just skip the thread.
posted by taz (staff) at 12:33 AM on July 28 [8 favorites]
posted by taz (staff) at 12:33 AM on July 28 [8 favorites]
I admire someone with the patience and endurance. Having just recently buttoned up my Shudder account, I've come to realize that horror is about as mainstream a genre can get, and as such, it's impossible to generalize about the horror movie admirer or genre itself. I find myself not only very discriminating, but easily able to be very discriminating, and still have no shortage of movies to watch.
Even so 100 movies in 92 days would start to feel like a slog to me in pretty short order, in any genre.
posted by 2N2222 at 1:04 AM on July 28 [1 favorite]
Even so 100 movies in 92 days would start to feel like a slog to me in pretty short order, in any genre.
posted by 2N2222 at 1:04 AM on July 28 [1 favorite]
It's mentioned briefly above, but just to really drive it home:
Discuss movies on FanFare!
Discuss movies on FanFare!
Discuss movies on FanFare!
DirtyOldTown and miss-lapin are in particular doing heroes' work over there posting and talking about horror films, and I'd personally love it if we had more voices and more opinions. The threads stay open a real long time (forever?) so even if you're catching up on movies that came out a while ago, you can still share your thoughts.
posted by Shepherd at 4:33 AM on July 28 [11 favorites]
Discuss movies on FanFare!
Discuss movies on FanFare!
Discuss movies on FanFare!
DirtyOldTown and miss-lapin are in particular doing heroes' work over there posting and talking about horror films, and I'd personally love it if we had more voices and more opinions. The threads stay open a real long time (forever?) so even if you're catching up on movies that came out a while ago, you can still share your thoughts.
posted by Shepherd at 4:33 AM on July 28 [11 favorites]
Horror? It's less than 45,000 days until every last one of us alive today is dead...
posted by fairmettle at 5:05 AM on July 28 [3 favorites]
posted by fairmettle at 5:05 AM on July 28 [3 favorites]
Glancing back over my last year or so of letterboxd, the two films not mentioned thus far that I think are really worth checking out are Creep and Creep 2, generic-looking Netflix entries that are very easy to scroll past without a second thought. But wait! These films are themselves deceptively bland-looking, found-footage stuff that may almost at first seem reassuring in its familiarity, but don't get too comfortable. They're short. Just watch the first, and if you like, watch the second. If you don't like the first one, skip it.
I would also second When Evil Lurks, also my favorite horror from last year. What unsettled me about it is that most religious horror, however gruesome and apocalyptic, is ultimately life-affirming, because an awesome cosmic evil implies, if not an awesome cosmic good, at least a cosmic order and meaningfulness to life. This film does not do that.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:55 AM on July 28 [4 favorites]
I would also second When Evil Lurks, also my favorite horror from last year. What unsettled me about it is that most religious horror, however gruesome and apocalyptic, is ultimately life-affirming, because an awesome cosmic evil implies, if not an awesome cosmic good, at least a cosmic order and meaningfulness to life. This film does not do that.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:55 AM on July 28 [4 favorites]
Threads doesn't have a horror tag?!?!?
posted by tiny frying pan at 6:54 AM on July 28 [6 favorites]
posted by tiny frying pan at 6:54 AM on July 28 [6 favorites]
After not watching horror movies for a very long time, I now watch mostly horror movies: They get the job done in less than two hours and I can engage with them as much or as little as my brain will allow. These are probably old hat to most folks, but if you're looking to add to your list:
Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told
Eyes of Fire (1983)
Butterfly Kisses
Mandy
Hellraiser
Hellraiser 2
Let's Scare Jessica To Death
Driller Killer
The VVitch
Pontypool
The Cremator
Mad Love (1935)
A Gun For Jennifer
Death Game
Spirit of Fear
Most of my picks are from the podcasts Tear Them Apart and Bat & Spider. Also on the podcast end, the folks who've done Let's Make a Sci-Fi & Let's Make a Rom-Com did Let's Make a Horror this year and produced Close And Lock The Patio Door, a 12 minute horror short.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:13 AM on July 28 [3 favorites]
Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told
Eyes of Fire (1983)
Butterfly Kisses
Mandy
Hellraiser
Hellraiser 2
Let's Scare Jessica To Death
Driller Killer
The VVitch
Pontypool
The Cremator
Mad Love (1935)
A Gun For Jennifer
Death Game
Spirit of Fear
Most of my picks are from the podcasts Tear Them Apart and Bat & Spider. Also on the podcast end, the folks who've done Let's Make a Sci-Fi & Let's Make a Rom-Com did Let's Make a Horror this year and produced Close And Lock The Patio Door, a 12 minute horror short.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:13 AM on July 28 [3 favorites]
The way Halloween 3 has been kind of reevaluated over the last decade or so from "ugh, what were they thinking? why isn't this a sequel?" to "oh you actually can do folk horror in the US and it's really fun" pleases me.
Nope sorry your Guiltiness but the public has spoken and goddammit what they want to see is Michael making like a slasher jazzbo and ringing endless changes on the same scenario again and again and again forever and ever amen
posted by non canadian guy at 1:53 PM on July 28 [2 favorites]
Nope sorry your Guiltiness but the public has spoken and goddammit what they want to see is Michael making like a slasher jazzbo and ringing endless changes on the same scenario again and again and again forever and ever amen
posted by non canadian guy at 1:53 PM on July 28 [2 favorites]
I'm gonna post a longer thing tomorrow, probably. But for now, go see Oddity in the theater, or at the least, prioritize it when it hits Shudder. It's awesome.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:50 PM on July 28 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:50 PM on July 28 [1 favorite]
anatomy of a scene.
imo, nothing tops that for cardiac fright.
posted by clavdivs at 7:54 PM on July 28 [2 favorites]
imo, nothing tops that for cardiac fright.
posted by clavdivs at 7:54 PM on July 28 [2 favorites]
As someone who splits the year into three trimesters of pre-Halloween, Halloween, and post-Halloween, I appreciate this post.
I've done 31 horror movies in October a few times, but time (and a partner who has gone off horror movies) makes it a bit of a challenge these days and 100 is pretty daunting, especially if I can't pop on a few comfort viewings of movies I've seen dozens of times.
posted by slimepuppy at 5:56 AM on July 29 [2 favorites]
I've done 31 horror movies in October a few times, but time (and a partner who has gone off horror movies) makes it a bit of a challenge these days and 100 is pretty daunting, especially if I can't pop on a few comfort viewings of movies I've seen dozens of times.
posted by slimepuppy at 5:56 AM on July 29 [2 favorites]
I'm going to watch 100 (and have before, at least once) but I do include movies I rewatch. Halloween is too golden a time of year not to enjoy any old favorites.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:17 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:17 PM on July 29 [1 favorite]
Here's a giant guide to recs across a huge list of streaming services.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 4:27 PM on July 29 [3 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 4:27 PM on July 29 [3 favorites]
100 in 92 days seems pretty reasonable to me, but I guess I'm outside the norm. I'm headed into my 16th year of participating in a "watch 100 horror movies in 31 days" challenge*, and that can be a bit much. I'll usually jot down titles I want to revisit outside of October, because especially by the end of the month, a lot of stuff tends to pass by in a bit of a blur.
* (I don't always hit 100, and you don't have to actually be aiming for 100 to participate. They also don't need to be new watches, though I personally usually average somewhere around 70% new, 30% re-watches.)
posted by alyxstarr at 1:59 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
* (I don't always hit 100, and you don't have to actually be aiming for 100 to participate. They also don't need to be new watches, though I personally usually average somewhere around 70% new, 30% re-watches.)
posted by alyxstarr at 1:59 PM on July 30 [1 favorite]
Hooptober 11 has been announced. It's a much easier 31-film bingo challenge, and even the person organizing it will start on Sept. 15--so it's less than one movie per day, and there's plenty of time now to hunt around and find some fun options to meet all the criteria.
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