Octoblur 2017: R.I.P.!

Octoblur 2017 ended Halloween night with a double feature pushing the month's total horror-ish watchlist to 45 movies. While the stand-out favorites of the month were revisits of some long-loved favorites (two of which I was lucky to catch on the big screen), the overall quality was very high, with the entire slate of movies averaging a 59% on my Flickchart. Even when the quality wasn't actually high, there was usually still some enthusiastic gore or other weirdness to keep the worst ones fun.

How Octoblur 2017's Watchlist Ranked

1. TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)
   DIR: TOBE HOOPER
2. THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
   DIR: SAM RAIMI
3. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
   DIR: RUPERT JULIAN
4. SHURA (1971)
   DIR: TOSHIO MATSUMOTO
5. ABSENTIA (2011)
   DIR: MIKE FLANAGAN
6. PHENOMENA (1985)
   DIR: DARIO ARGENTO
7. OCULUS (2013)
   DIR: MIKE FLANAGAN
8. GREATFUL DEAD (2013)
   DIR: EIJI UCHIDA
9. MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (1961)
   DIR: JERZY KAWALEROWICZ
10. THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944)
    DIR: GUNTHER VON FRITSCH & ROBERT WISE
11. BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)
    DIR: CHRIS PECKOVER
12. GERALD'S GAME (2017)
    DIR: MIKE FLANAGAN
13. THE HOUR OF THE WOLF (1968)
    DIR: INGMAR BERGMAN
14. DETENTION (2011)
    DIR: JOSEPH KAHN
15. THE BODY SNATCHER (1945)
    DIR: ROBERT WISE
16. ANGST (1983)
    DIR: GERALD KARGL
17. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933)
    DIR: ERLE C. KENTON
18. IT COMES AT NIGHT (2017)
    DIR: TREY EDWARD SHULTS
19. STRANGE CIRCUS (2005)
    DIR: SION SONO
20. AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (1964)
    DIR: JOSE MOJICA MARINS
21. BEFORE I WAKE (2016)
    DIR: MIKE FLANAGAN
22. THE DEVILS (1971)
    DIR: KEN RUSSELL
23. A CURE FOR WELLNESS (2017)
    DIR: GORE VERBINSKI
24. THE WOLF MAN (1941)
    DIR: GEORGE WAGGNER
25. THE MANITOU (1978)
    DIR: WILLIAM GIRDLER
26. THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016)
    DIR: ANDRÉ ØVREDAL
27. KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988)
    DIR: STEPHEN CHIODO
28. JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981)
    DIR: JEFF LIEBERMAN
29. GOZU (2003)
    DIR: TAKASHI MIIKE
30. MANIAC (1980)
    DIR: WILLIAM LUSTIG
31. THE GRUDGE (2004)
    DIR: TAKASHI SHIMIZU
32. CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980)
    DIR: LUCIO FULCI
33. RAW (2016)
    DIR: JULIA DUCOURNAU
34. HEX (1980)
    DIR: CHIH-HUNG KUEI
35. THE ISLE (2000)
    DIR: KIM KI-DUK
36. EYES OF MY MOTHER (2016)
    DIR: NICOLAS PESCE
37. KILL, BABY... KILL! (1966)
    DIR: MARIO BAVA
38. NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CATS (1972)
    DIR: RENÉ CARDONA JR.
39. MANIAC COP (1988)
    DIR: WILLIAM LUSTIG
40. CENTIPEDE HORROR (1982)
    DIR: KEITH LI
41. HAPPY DEATH DAY (2017)
    DIR: CHRISTOPHER LANDON
42. WILCZYCA (1983)
    DIR: MAREK PIESTRAK
43. CEMENTERIO DEL TERROR (1985)
    DIR: RUBÉN GALINDO JR.
44. MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935)
    DIR: TOD BROWNING
45. CHRISTINE (1983)
    DIR: JOHN CARPENTER