31 Days of Halloween 2014

By Jody

My annual ritual of watching at least (but not limited to) one horror/holiday-themed movie for every day of the month. The original rules are to watch at least 16 films I have never seen each year and to keep the average score above 6 (forces me to not watch only garbage titles). This year I am adding three new challenges to keep it fresh and exciting: countries, genres, and decades.

There are 25 sub-genres that I must watch one from each, represent at least 10 countries, and one movie from every decade, starting with the 1920's..

1. Stitches (2012) - 6/10
2. Taxidermia (2006) - 3/10
3. House of the Devil (2009) - 9/10
4. Annabelle (2014) - 4/10
5. House (1977) - 8/10
6. Vampyr (1932) - 10/10
7. May (2002) - 8/10
8. Death Tunnel (2005) - 2/10
9. The Conjuring (2013) - 9/10
10. Planet Terror (2007) - 8/10
11. Alien 3 (1992) - 8/10
12. The Brood (1979) - 7/10
13. Vampire Academy (2014) - 4/10
14. Under the Skin (2014) - 8/10
15. The Vanishing (1988) - 8/10
16. The Sacrament (2014) - 6/10
17. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - 9/10
18. Cockneys vs. Zombies (2011) - 6/10
19. I, Frankenstein (2014) - 3/10
20. Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) - 7/10
21. Cronos (1992) - 8/10
22. A Haunted House 2 (2014) - 2/10
23. The Visitor (1980) - 5/10
24. Stage Fright (2014) - 5/10
25. The Bad Seed (1956) - 7/10
26. Dracula Untold (2014) - 6/10
27. Raw Meat (1972) - 5/10
28. Dead and Buried (1981) - 7/10
29. Wolf Creek (2005) - 4/10
30. Dolly Dearest (1991) - 5/10
31. Mimic (1997) - 6/10
32. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) - 7/10
33. Would You Rather (2012) - 7/10
34. Village of the Damned (1960) - 8/10 
35. Children of the Damned (1964) - 5/10
36. Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2012) - 4/10
37. Devil's Due (2014) - 5/10
38. Life After Beth (2014) - 6/10
39. The Purge (2013) - 6/10
40. The Purge: Anarchy (2014) - 7/10
41. Jack's Back (1988) - 7/10
42. Repentance (2014) - 3/10
43. Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012) - 5/10
44. Dressed to Kill (1980) - 8/10
45. Wolf Creek 2 (2014) - 5/10
46. Daughters of Darkness (1971) - 4/10
47. Knights of Badassdom (2014) - 6/10
48. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 7/10
49. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) - 6/10
50. Halloween (1978) - 10/10
51. Halloween 2 (1981) - 7/10
52. Halloween H20 (1998) - 8/10
53. Husk (2011) - 7/10
54. Rifftrax Live: Anaconda (2014/1997) - 7/10
55. Book of Life (2014) - 8/10
56. The Invisible Ghost (1941) - 4/10
57. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982) - 7/10
Final Statistics: 
Total Films Watched: 57 (success)
New Films Watched: 42 (success)
Average Score: 6.25 (success)

Best New Movie: Vampyr
Worst New Movie: Death Tunnel
Best Movie Overall: Halloween (1978)
Worst Movie Overall: Death Tunnel

Sub-Genre Checklist:

[X] Aliens
[X] Animal Attacks
[X] Animated Horror
[X] Anthology
[X] Cannibals
[X] Creature Features
[X] Creepy Children
[X] Exploitation
[X] Found Footage
[X] Horror Comedy
[X] Horror Musical
[X] J-Horror
[X] Killer Clowns
[X] Killer Toys
[X] Magic/Witches/Voodoo/Cults
[X] Paranormal/Ghosts
[X] Psycho Killers
[X] Scarecrows
[X] Slasher
[X] Supernatural/Demons
[X] Torture Porn
[X] Vampires
[X] Weird Crap
[X] Werewolves
[X] Zombies

Decades Checklist:

[X] 1920's
[X] 1930's
[X] 1940's
[X] 1950's
[X] 1960's
[X] 1970's
[X] 1980's
[X] 1990's
[X] 2000's
[X] 2010's

Countries Checklist:

[X] USA
[X] Ireland
[X] Hungary
[X] Japan
[X] Germany
[X] Canada
[X] Scotland
[X] The Netherlands
[X] England
[X] Mexico
[X] Australia
[X] Belgium

Shocktober 2014 by Greg

As the temperature begins to drop and the leaves change color, the time has come to dust off the disc covers, check the listings in the queue and hit play.
Adopting the new title of "Shocktober," it's going to be a great month of horror film viewing.
Same rules as last year. 10 countries, 25 subgenre, 60% of the film's being new to me and a cumulative rating of 6.
Grab some popcorn, favorite candy, beverage of choice, get comfortable and...
let the fun begin.

1. Trick r Treat (2007) 9/10
2. Night of the Creeps (1986) 8/10
3. Tusk (2014) 5/10
4. The Brood (1979) 8/10
5. Annabelle (2014) 5/10
6. Odd Thomas (2013) 6/10
7. Sometimes They Come Back (1991) 6/10
8. Smiley (2012) 2/10
9. Monster House (2006) 8/10
10. Nurse 3-D (2014) 4/10
11. Carrie (2013) 8/10
12. The Sacrament (2014) 6/10
13. Vamp (1986) 4/10
14. Grabbers (2012) 6/10
15. Cursed (2005) 4/10
16. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) 6/10
17. Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009) 5/10
18. Woman in a Black Dress (2012) 7/10
19. Peeping Tom (1960) 8/10
20. Blacula (1972) 6/10
21. The Visitor (1980) 4/10
22. Stage Fright (2014) 5/10
23. Faust (1926) 9/10
24. Mimic (1997) 6/10
25. Man Bites Dog (1991) 8/10
26. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) 6/10
27. Needful Things (1993) 5/10
28. Inside (2007) 8/10
29. Killjoy (2000) 1/10
30. Puppetmaster (1989) 6/10
31. ABC' s of Death 2 (2014) 6/10
32. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) 6/10
33. Tremors (1990) 7/10
34. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) 7/10
35. Igor (2008) 4/10
36. Hocus Pocus (1993) 7/10
37. Parents (1989) 4/10
38. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) 8/10
39. Jack's Back (1988) 6/10
40. Life After Beth (2014) 7/10
41. Mars Attacks! (1996) 7/10
42. Leprechaun Origins (2014) 1/10
43. A Night of the Living Dead (2014) 2/10
44. Night of the Lepus (1972) 4/10
45. Frankenweenie (2012) 8/10
46. House (1977) 8/10
47. The Uninvited (1944) 8/10
48. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) 7/10
49. Fun Size (2012) 6/10
50. The Mummy (1959) 7/10
51. The Purge: Anarchy (2014) 6/10
52. Dead Snow (2009) 5/10
53. Rifftrax Live: Anaconda (1997, 2014) 7/10
54. The Clairvoyant (1934) 6/10
55. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 6/10

Sub-Genre Checklist:

[X] Aliens

[X] Animal Attacks

[X] Animated Horror

[X] Anthology

[X] Cannibals

[X] Creature Features

[X] Creepy Children

[X] Exploitation

[X] Found Footage

[X] Horror Comedy

[X] Horror Musical

[X] J-Horror

[X] Killer Clowns

[X] Killer Toys

[X] Magic/Witches/Voodoo/Cults

[X] Paranormal/Ghosts

[X] Psycho Killers

[X] Scarecrows

[X] Slasher

[X] Supernatural/Demons

[X] Torture Porn

[X] Vampires

[X] Weird Crap

[X] Werewolves

[X] Zombies

Decades Checklist:

[X] 1920's

[X] 1930's

[X] 1940's

[X] 1950's

[X] 1960's

[X] 1970's

[X] 1980's

[X] 1990's

[X] 2000's

[X] 2010's

Countries Checklist:
USA
Ireland
Canada
UK
Australia
Italy
France
Spain
Japan
Norway