
Coming Soon: October Horror Gauntlet
Written by dorrk | 21 September 2014 |
In 2013 I had the dumb idea of watching at least one horror/monster movie per day during the month of October. Not for any public purpose, but just as a deranged test of discipline. I wound up watching 34, if you count a couple of non-traditional horror-related documentaries, an old mini-series about the Salem witch trials, and a famed BBC TV special. (You can find the list of movies below.)
I'm gearing up to do the same this year, with another mix of obscure and/or new-to-me titles, plus a couple of old favorites that I haven't seen in a long time. While I might have a handful in mind in advance, for the most part I let my current whim decide. I certainly have plenty to choose from in my personal media queue. Check back next month to see what gets watched. I'll try to tweet and post about it as I go.
Here's what it looked like in October 2013. Movies I hadn't seen before in italics:
- Dark Skies
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- House of the Long Shadows
- Legend of Hell House
- Magic
- Evil Dead 2
- Event Horizon
- The Conjuring
- My Amityville Horror
- Bad Milo
- Army of darkness
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Re-animator
- Dead Silence
- Halloween III
- Pacific Rim
- House on Haunted Hill
- Bride of Re-animator
- An American Haunting
- Popcorn
- The Changeling
- Escape From Tomorrow
- GhostWatch (BBC TV special)
- Sleepaway Camp II
- Stake Land
- Carnival of Souls
- 13 Ghosts
- Three Sovereigns for Sarah
- The Others
- Bride of Chucky
- Monsters Wanted
- Seed of Chucky
- The American Scream
- Poltergeist (on Halloween, with my 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter)

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