Greetings, yes I’m still around/alive. Today I’d like to share a little project I’ve been working on for a little while. I humbly present to you a list I’ve been compiling; “31 films to watch before Halloween”. My plan is to watch one of these movies everyday leading up to Halloween. I’ve done a bunch of research to compile this list; I checked with IMDB and rottentomatoes. Of the 31 movies on the list; you’ll notice that there aren’t any movies that came out within the last year. This list is going to be a living thing; and when a year has passed I’ll add the recent films to the list (should they meet my criteria).
I’ve gone to the liberty of including one wild card entry; which I’ll point out every year. This years wildcard was the cult-classic David Lynch film Eraserhead:
Without further ado; here is my list (in order of the year/day that I’ll be watching it):
| Film | Year | Genre | Director |
| The cabinet of dr. Caligari | 1920 | German silent horror | Robert Wiene |
| Psycho | 1960 | American psychological horror | Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Birds | 1963 | American horror-thriller | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Night of the Living dead | 1968 | American independent horror | George A. Romero |
| Rosemary’s Baby | 1968 | American psychological horror | Roman Polanski |
| The Exorcist | 1973 | American psychological horror | William Friedkin |
| The Tenant | 1976 | psychological horror | Roman Polanski |
| EraserHead | 1977 | American surrealist body horror | David Lynch |
| Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | American independent zombie horror | George A. Romero |
| Halloween | 1978 | American independent slasher | John Carpenter |
| Alien | 1979 | British-American science fiction horror | Ridley Scott |
| Nosferatu the Vampyre | 1979 | West German art house vampire horror | Werner Herzog |
| The Shining | 1980 | British-American psychological horror | Stanley Kubrick |
| An American Werewolf In London | 1981 | British-American horror comedy | John Landis |
| The Evil Dead | 1981 | American supernatural horror | Sam Raimi |
| The Thing | 1982 | American science-fiction horror | John Carpenter |
| A Nightmare on elm street | 1984 | American supernatural slasher | Wes Craven |
| Aliens | 1986 | American science fiction action horror | James Cameron |
| Evil Dead II | 1987 | American comedy horror | Sam Raimi |
| Misery | 1990 | American psychological thriller | Rob Reiner |
| Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | American horror-thriller | Jonathan Demme |
| Dead Alive | 1992 | New Zealand splatstick body horror zombie | Peter Jackson |
| The Sixth Sense | 1999 | American supernatural horror-thriller | M. Night Shyamalan |
| The Devil’s Backbone | 2001 | Spanish-Mexican gothic horror | Guillermo del Toro |
| Shaun of the Dead | 2004 | British horror comedy | Edgar Wright |
| Let the Right One In | 2008 | Swedish romantic horror | Tomas Alfredson |
| Zombieland | 2009 | American zombie comedy | Ruben Fleischer |
| Black Swan | 2010 | American psychological thriller-horror | Darren Aronofsky |
| What We Do In the Shadows | 2014 | New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy | Jemaine Clement |
| The Wailing | 2016 | South Korean horror | Na Hong-jin |
| Train to Busan | 2016 | zombie apocalypse action thriller | Yeon Sang-ho |
Let me know in the comments below if you think I’ve missed any films; I’d be interested to see what you guys think of my list. Btw, if you’re curious; here is a link to my original list