You are
invited to join me. Apparently October horror movie challenges are a thing this
time of year. Who knew? A gaming friend of mine – Pun Issac, decided to create
his own challenge. And me being not of a normal person’s right mind
decided “Why not?”. And so, here we are. I spent HOURS yesterday coming up with
the schedule below.
There are
some caveats. I don’t watch a lot of horror, although there seem to be more
movies and television seeping into my viewing nowadays. I was a teenager in the
80s, at the height of the slasher movies, where directors and producers kept pushing
the limits of just how much fake blood they could toss around. Even action
movies got into the game, upping both the blood and the body count. And I loved
action movies, until it just got to be too over the top. As for horror, give me
a good Hitchcock or similar movie any day. So you won’t really find any of
those sorts of movies on my schedule. I also don’t do torture porn. Totally not
my thing.
Also, 31
movies in 31 days is a lot to clear one’s schedule for. So, some movies will
need to become part of a double feather either the day before or the day after.
I’ve gaming commitments twice a week. Some movies, depending on length, I can
watch after gaming on Wednesday nights, but our Monday group goes to 11 pm. And
I’ve a podcast review livestream every other Sunday, but can probably still fit
in a movie after.
All of these
movies will be watched at home, except for Five Nights at Freddy's, which I
hope to catch opening night. (I had to change New Movie and Found Footage to
make that happen. Not a big deal. Most of the movies can be found on streaming
services, although there are several I already have on DVD. I bought The Thing
on Amazon last year, and will probably buy two others for this horror movie
challenge.
I hope to
provide quick reviews as we go, but that will probably depend on just how busy
October gets. Anyway, I hope you watch along, leave your own comments, and
generally enjoy the spooky fall weather and atmosphere of October. It’s one of
my favorite months.
The original
challenge can be found at Halls of the Nephilim, so you can see the various categories I needed to use. (And for the most part, I did!) And an easier to read/print version of my schedule can be found here.
