01 Aug-31 Oct Horror Film Challenge
I’m a bit late with this post, but I’m doing the #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge again this year because it’s so much fun, and I’ve been saving up films to watch this time! This was started by @/SpookySarahSays on Letterboxd, and there’s a Discord server and everything. The tag on socials is #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days if you want to join in and check out what others are watching.
The challenge is to watch 100 films (or as many as you can) from 01st August to Halloween (31st Oct), but they have to be new to you, and classed as Horror on IMDB or Letterboxd.
If they are not classed as Horror they can be counted if you can make a good argument as to why they should be. For example, David Cronenberg’s Crash is not listed as Horror but last year I counted it, as I can definitely make some good arguments as to why it should be counted. I’m actually just doing this for me, not trying to convince anyone else, so if it’s good enough for me… it’s good enough for me.
This year my goal is to watch as many new-to-me horror films from around the world as I can.
I already have a Padlet where I’ve tried to keep track of horror films I’ve watched up to now, which is not at all complete, but I’ve tried to make sure all the countries are represented by at least one film that I’ve seen from there. With the USA, I’ve tried to put films against States they’re set in. I was going to do that with Canada and Australia as well but I haven’t got around to that yet. Click on the little pointers and you’ll see all the ones I’ve got so far. For some countries I’m missing, I’ve watched a few films from there but none are horror so I’ll be on the lookout for anything I can get my hands on that fit the bill, and trying to find some more franchises that aren’t USA-made.
I’ll be adding more as I watch them this time, and they’ll have their own Letterboxd list.
2022 is here
2023 is here
2024 is here
2025 is here
I’ll do a round up of my watches here, as in previous years, and a thread/series of posts with the tag on BlueSky and Threads. We’ll see how many I get through, as I have a busy August! I’m trying to do as many international films as I can, so I’ll do a post by country like I did last year.
Kicking off with:
纸新娘 / Paper Bride (2023) dirs. Chen Siming, Jack Ye
Horror-thriller from China, featuring a ghost bride, a curse, and a creepy old house. Very excited for this ghost marriage film!
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Happy watching!
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