We’re back for yet another October horror film festival. Similar to last year, I’ve decided to embark upon another October chalk full of horror films. Last year, I was able to get through all 31 films on my list. I made some amendments to that list that I failed to mention in my post; specifically the trilogy of Roman Polanski films which needed spots on the list. This year, I removed a few films and added some (including films from 2017). I used the same criteria as last year except I removed the films that I felt didn’t hold up. That said let’s talk about what’s new for 2018.
Removed:
- The Birds (1963) – Doesn’t hold up; don’t @ me.
- Eraserhead (1977) – Although I enjoyed it, it didn’t meet the initial criteria and was removed in order to make room for a new wild card film.
- Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) – Slow, hella boring; Next!
- Dead Alive (1992) – It’s possible I didn’t understand this one; but I wasn’t a fan at all.
Added:
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – my wild card entry for 2018.
- An American Werewolf in London (1981) – I go through and ensure that I have the latest up to date ratings on these films, this year this film made the cut.
- Under the Shadow (2016) – I somehow missed this in 2017; I added it this year.
- Get Out (2017) – An obvious addition to the list from 2017.
So again, here are the films I’ll be watching every day in October in the order I’ll be watching them:
| Film | Year | Genre | Director |
| The cabinet of dr. Caligari | 1920 | German silent horror | Robert Wiene |
| Psycho | 1960 | American psychological horror | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Repulsion | 1965 | British Psychological Horror | Roman Polanski |
| 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 Texas Chainsaw Massacre | 1974 | American Horror | Tobe Hooper |
| The Tenant | 1976 | Psychological horror | Roman Polanski |
| 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 |
| The Shining | 1980 | British-American psychological horror | Stanley Kubrick |
| The Evil Dead | 1981 | American supernatural horror | Sam Raimi |
| An American Werewolf In London | 1981 | British-American horror comedy | John Landis |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Train to Busan | 2016 | zombie apocalypse action thriller | Yeon Sang-ho |
| The Wailing | 2016 | South Korean horror | Na Hong-jin |
| Under the Shadow | 2016 | Internationally co-Produced Horror | Babak Anvari |
| Get Out | 2017 | American Horror | Jordan Peele |