Oh, boy! October is just about here and that means that one of the best times of year is once again upon us. Yep, that’s right, everyone …It’s the Halloween season! Like many of my fellow horror fans out there, I’m going to spend the entire month watching horror films non-stop. Even though I do watch horror films all the time anyway, the Halloween season always puts me into the spirit to watch even more them regardless. When it comes which films I decide to put on my viewing list to watch over the month of October, I always do something a little different when compared to everyone else’s lists. How so you ask? While most horror fans stick to seeing about 31 horror films over the course of the month, I always up the ante by doubling the amount of films I’ll be watching by raising it to 62 instead. Yep, that’s right: 62 horror films. Which means I’ll be checking out two films per day throughout the month of October. If you’ve been following me here on The Super Network over the pass few years, you will already know that this is theme/challenge that I always love to do with my viewing list. However when it comes to mine, I do have some ground rules that I always follow in regards to which 62 films I put on my list:
1: All the horror films have to be ones that I have never seen before.
2: 31 of the films have to be older ones made before the year 2010 while other 31 films must be newer ones released after 2010.
3: Sequels are not allowed to be included, only stand alone films instead.
Having done this theme quite a few times now, i always find it a lot of fun because it gives me more opportunities to check out a lot more horror films, both old and new, that I hadn’t got around to seeing yet. What I do like about my final selections is that it’s a mixture of many different types of horror films: vampires, zombies, giallo, Aussie horror films, supernatural, Hammer Horror films, foreign horror, possession, slashers, found-footage, surreal, psychological, werewolves, horror comedies, Vincent Price films, anthologies, monsters, sci-fi horror, serial killers, occult and so much more. Plus I’ll also be adding a couple of bonus films on certain days that’ll either be rewatches of older horror films that are playing as part as film festival/special event screenings or newly released horror films that have just hit cinemas/streaming services. Now the question remains: will I be able to watch them all? It’s never easy but it’s a challenge I’m willing to accept. So without further ado, here’s my complete final viewing list of every horror film I’ll be seeing in October…
Here’s my list:
Day 1: TRICK OR TREAT and THE BYE BYE MAN
Day 2: SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY and PATCHWORK
Day 3: VAMPIRE’S KISS and THE MOTH DIARIES
Day 4: CATHY’S CURSE and HOUSE ON WILLOW STREET
Day 5: INN OF THE DAMNED and OBSERVANCE
Day 6: THE HAUNTED PALACE and ABATTOIR
Day 7: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME and CARNAGE PARK (Bonus Film: SUSPIRIA (1977))
Day 8: POPCORN and DUDE BRO PARTY MASSACRE III
Day 9: THE QUARTERMASS XPERIMENT and SEQUENCE BREAK
Day 10: NIGHTMARE CITY and THE CURED
Day 11: YOUR VICE IS A LOCK ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY and THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY’S TEARS
Day 12: RAWHEAD REX and VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (Bonus Film: APOSTLE)
Day 13: THE UNHOLY and THE EVIL WITHIN
Day 14: CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE and THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM
Day 15: THE RESURRECTED and HARBINGER DOWN
Day 16: SUICIDE CLUB and MARROWBONE
Day 17: NOROI: THE CURSE and FOUND FOOTAGE
Day 18: THE OLD DARK HOUSE and SUBURBAN GOTHIC (Bonus Films: GHOST STORIES)
Day 19: THE BEAST MUST DIE and WILDLING
Day 20: MAGIC and THE LURE
Day 21: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1973) and PYEWACKET
Day 22: GANJA & HESS and FAMILY BLOOD
Day 23: THE LAST WINTER and COLD SKIN
Day 24: THE MUTILATOR and INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND
Day 25: HOUR OF THE WOLF and THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Bonus Film: SUSPIRIA (2018))
Day 26: TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! and PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH
Day 27: WITCH HUNT and THE SIMILARS
Day 28: GRIZZLY and MOHAWK
Day 29: HELL NIGHT and LAST GIRL STANDING
Day 30: CAT ‘O NINE TAILS and SUMMER OF 84
Day 31: BLACK SABBATH and HOLIDAYS (Bonus Films: HALLOWEEN (2018), GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN)
Well, there you have it. These are the films I’ll be seeing this year for Halloween. Keep a look out for my daily thoughts/mini-reviews for all of these films every day during October at www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn or on the Super Network Facebook page. Also come back early November, which I’ll be doing an article on the 10 best horrors films that I saw from my list.
– Bede Jermyn
The Super Network 