ThirstyFly
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October is slowly shambling towards us, so it's time again for the 3rd annual 31 Days of Horror Movie Marathon! Remember gremlins and ghoulies, this thread is posted early to allow people time to begin hording movies if they wish to participate - please do not begin your marathon listing until Oct 1st.
What is 31 Days of Horror?
With an idea blatantly ripped off from the Arrow in the Head podcast, 31 Days of Horror is a torturous, self-inflected horror movie marathon in honor of Halloween attempted by only the most depraved of us. The survivors always come back for more (and sometimes the non-survivors too).
The goal of the marathon is to watch and share your thoughts on as many horror or Halloween themed movies as you can throughout the month of October - hopefully (though optional this year) doing a movie a day and reaching a full 31 movies by October 31st.
The MANDATORY Rules
- Beginning October 1st, watch as many full-length horror movies as you can until October 31st. Please only include movies watched or re-watched during this period.
- After each viewing, you must post which movie(s) you've watched and your thoughts on them. Be as brief or as detailed in your review as you'd like. Please number your movies to keep a running tally of your progress.
Example posting:
#1 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) (Oct 1)
Impressions: Fun for the whole family. Reminds me of Sunday dinner at my house.
- Short films may be included - but should be 45 minutes in length or longer.
- Standard, continuous TV series (The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Halloween themed episodes of sitcoms, etc) do not count - please do not include them in your tally.
- TV series consisting of stand alone short films (such as Masters of Horror) are allowed as long as they meet the 45 minutes or longer time requirement.
- No cheating, the Great Pumpkin will know.
The OPTIONAL Challenges
- Do 1 movie every day, so you end up with a full 31 films as your final total. This year the 31 films total is fully optional. Only attempt this if you have a lot of free time and/or are completely insane and self-abusive.
- As the purpose of this is to expose yourself to new horror films, attempt to watch as many movies you haven't seen as possible. This definitely helps keep things fresh and makes going for the full 31 movies a lot more interesting than slogging though the same movies you do every year.
- Adding poster images, screenshots, quotes, trailer links, etc to your opinions are not mandatory, but will help bring attention to your reviews of each film - especially useful if you feel it's a film worth recommending to other participants.
NeoGAF Resources:
Looking for suggestions? Here's a few of NeoGAF's past horror threads. Us usual with NeoGAF's rules, please don't bump old threads, these are listed for reference only.
31 Days of Horror 2 (2012)
31 Days of Horror 1 (2011)
Horror-GAF |OT|
Non-Horror Themed Halloween Movies!
ShabbadooJr's 31 recommendations