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spooky summer 2023

Try watching one film from these thirty categories! Love them too much? Watch as many as you can! 1) Film with a SKULL on the poster!It’s simple. Skulls are spooky! Find a great-looking poster with a skull on it, and hope the film is also good. [1-5] 2) Film with someone screaming on the poster! Edvard Munch may have brought The Scream to the forefront of visual art, but these posters take it to the next level! Watch a film with at least one person SCREAMING on the poster. [6-10] 3) Hammer Horror! A cornerstone of the horror genre are the films that came out of Britain in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Hammer Horror had their own spin on the classic Universal monsters as well as some of their own spine-tinglingly spooky ideas! So much Christopher Lee! You can’t go wrong. [11-15] 4) Shaw Brothers studio horror film! The legendary Shaw Brothers made some of the wildest horror films to come out of Hong Kong! Check out some weirdo horror from a moviemaking empire at the top of their game. [16-20] 5) A movie produced by Full Moon Entertainment! Ah Charles Band, the Roger Corman of his day! Charlie B loved to produce cheap and cheerful schlock, and I love to watch it! Watch Evil Bong at your own risk. [21-25] 6) Poverty Row horror! We all know about the classic Universal monsters and that era of American horror filmmaking, but 'Poverty Row’ refers to smaller, independent studios that were producing horror and genre cinema at the same time. Unearth more gems! [26-30] 7) A horror film by Lucio Fulci! Dario Argento’s sleazier, grittier brother. Fulci has a thing for gruesome eye gouges and devilishly sinister 90-minute masterpieces. [31-35] 8) Horror Stars! - A film starring at least 2 of [Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee] These titans of horror are fantastic on their own, but put a few of them together and you get something magnificent. [36-40] 9) Ozploitation horror! From the stark Australian outback, come gnarly and gritty horror movies you’re bound to remember. [41-45] 10) Japanese horror! Japan has a rich history of horror classics, you’re bound to find something you adore. [46-50] 11) Indonesian Horror! From local ghost stories and folklore to guts, gore, and blood, Indonesia has it all! [51-55] 12) Canadian Horror! Terror from the tundra! Get ready, it’s time for a dose of Canuxploitation. [56-60] 13) Indian Horror! This is a bit of a blind spot for me, and I’m excited to dig further. From goofy visuals to straight-up terrifying plots, we need to look deeper into horror movies from India! [61-65] 14) Regional Horror! A regional horror film is one that was 1) produced independently; 2) was filmed outside of the immediate vicinity of Los Angeles; and 3) was made with a cast and crew consisting primarily of residents of the state in which the film was shot. Find something homegrown, weird, and fun! [66-70] 15) European Gothic Cinema! European Gothic is a genre that places strong emphasis on intense emotion, pairing terror with pleasure, death with romance. [71-75] 16) Folk Horror! Folk Horror thrives in liminal spaces, the gaps between worlds, and landscapes of rough earth and gnarled, old trees with humming pylons stretching overhead. In the half-imagined things glimpsed in wooded shadows out of the corners of eyes making hiking visitors quicken their step. In the feeling that no matter how alone one feels sitting by a lake or on a moor, one can’t shake the feeling of being watched, of being followed. [76-80] 17) Benevolent Horror! It's not all scary! Watch something that has a spooky charm to it, but is more about having fun with the seasonal atmosphere than it is about traumatising yourself. [81-85] 18) Knock Off of Popular Horror! Sweet, cheap, rip-offs! Why let the big wigs in Hollywood have all the fun? Check out a cheap knockoff of a popular horror film. [86-90] 19) Into the woods! If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surpriseIf you go down in the woods today, you'd better go in disguise. Watch a movie that features cabins, camping, or the general forest/woodland! [91-95] 20) In the city! The only thing scarier than rent prices in the big city is all the slashings, murders, monsters, and madness that goes on in the streets! Grab a cab and head to the city of lights to find your fame and fortune! [96-100] 21) Horror in spaaaace! In space, no one can hear you scream. Get your ass to mars! [101-105] 22) Animals gone wild! Insects, bears, cats, slugs, anything! As long as they’re terrorising humans in spooky ways. [106-110] 23) Killer Kids! We all know children can be mean, but these kids are REALLY MEAN. [111-115] 24) Yeti/Bigfoot/Sasquatch movie! This one is pretty straightforward. I WANT YOU TO FIND CINEMATIC BIGFOOT. Bigfeet? Sasquatches! Yetis! Abominable beings! [116-120] 25) 50s Sci Fi Horror! Science-fiction movies in the 1950s were preoccupied with two main concepts: aliens and radioactive monsters. Bonus points for watching a 50s movie with both. [121-125] 26) New voice from the New Decade! None of this ‘horror is a dying genre’ nonsense, check out what today's horror directors are making, try a horror film from the 2020s! [126-130] 27) Animated Horror! There are truly no boundaries within animation, let’s see some gnarly colourful horror! [131-135] 28) A horror sequel! How do you one-up that first horror film in a franchise/series? It’s time to dive deep into sequel territory to find something great. Check out a part 2, check out the 6th film in a franchise. Go wild! [136-140] 29) A film with under 5K views on Letterboxd! Let’s unearth some gems! Go out there and bring me back an undiscovered nugget of gold. [141-145] 30) A horror anthology! What is better than one director telling one scary story? LOTS OF DIRECTORS TELLING LOTS OF SCARY STORIES! [146-150]

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82 films · Updated August 2, 2023

82 films