Coming Soon: October Horror Gauntlet

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:

1. Dark Skies
2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
3. House of the Long Shadows
4. Legend of Hell House
5. Magic
6. Evil Dead 2
7. Event Horizon
8. The Conjuring
9. My Amityville Horror
10. Bad Milo
11. Army of darkness
12. Pan's Labyrinth
13. Re-animator
14. Dead Silence
15. Halloween III
16. Pacific Rim
17. House on Haunted Hill
18. Bride of Re-animator
19. An American Haunting
20. Popcorn
21. The Changeling
22. Escape From Tomorrow
23. GhostWatch (BBC TV special)
24. Sleepaway Camp II
25. Stake Land
26. Carnival of Souls
27. 13 Ghosts
28. Three Sovereigns for Sarah
29. The Others
30. Bride of Chucky
31. Monsters Wanted
32. Seed of Chucky
33. The American Scream
34. Poltergeist (on Halloween, with my 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter)