This year I’ll be participating in Horrorhound’s “October Horror Movie Challenge!” I recommend it, and if you really want to beef up the difficulty, try and watch movies you haven’t seen before! That’s what I’ll be doing!
October 1: Watch something from the year you were born.
October 2: Watch an anthology.
October 3: It’s Neve Campbell’s birthday. Watch a Scream movie!
October 4: RIP: Watch a movie directed by Tobe Hooper.
October 5: Watch something Japanese.
October 6: Watch a horror film featuring a killer car (man-driven or supernaturally).
October 7: Watch a horror comedy.
October 8: RIP: Watch a horror film featuring Bill Paxton.
October 9: Let someone else pick the horror film you watch today!
October 10: Watch a ghostly horror film.
October 11: Watch a film that takes place on Halloween.
October 12: It’s Lin Shaye’s birthday. Watch a horror film featuring her!
October 13: Watch a Friday the 13th film.
October 14: Watch a movie based on the works of Dean Koontz.
October 15: Watch a Hammer Horror film.
October 16: Watch a horror film that takes place in an asylum (open or condemned).
October 17: RIP: Watch a movie directed by George A. Romero.
October 18: Watch a horror film featuring a “scream queen.”
October 19: It’s John Lithgow’s birthday. Watch a horror film featuring him!
October 20: Watch something you have NEVER seen before.
October 21: Watch something French.
October 22: Watch a horror film that features a clown.
October 23: RIP: Watch a horror film featuring Martin Landau.
October 24: Watch a black and white horror film.
October 25: Watch a horror film that features Kaiju.
October 26: Watch a film that has been remade (but watch the original!).
October 27: Watch a horror film that stars kids.
October 28: Watch a horror film that features a heavy metal soundtrack.
October 29: Give a movie (you didn’t enjoy much) a second try!
October 30: Watch a vampire movie from the 1980s.
October 31: Just watch Trick r Treat … Happy Halloween!
Demonic possession movies and movies that use rituals, traditions, believes or “lore” of a different culture without their perspective about it, they’re still perpetuating the colonialism ideals of that everything that’s different is “evil” or “demoniac”.