Yes Yes Yes Yes YES!!
Love this time of year! I know I'm somewhat of an anachronism on GAF; I don't like gore horror as a rule, despise torture porn, and seldom watch anything filmed after 1990 (hell, most of my favorite movies predate America's involvement in Vietnam), but I enjoy these threads immensely.
Great idea with the mandatory films! I have a ROAN disc of White Zombie that's very watchable, and it's one of my absolute favorite films from the pre-code age... And Ravenous is excellent and well worth revisiting! I'll watch both with pleasure....
Last year, I did a themed version of the 31 Days of Horror, sticking to werewolf movies throughout. Here's a recap:
BSN6's 31 Days of Horror 2013 Lycanthropy Edition
- Bad Moon (1996)
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
- I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)
- The Beast Must Die (1974)
- Werewolf of London (1935)
- The Wolfman (2010)
- Silver Bullet (1985)
- Fury of the Wolfman (1970)
- Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
- Werewolf Fever (2009)
- The Undying Monster (1942)
- Ginger Snaps (2001)
- Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2004)
- Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
- Moon of the Wolf (1972)
- Skinwalkers (2006)
- The Company of Wolves (1984)
- Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory (1961)
- Wolfen (1981)
- The Werewolf (1956)
- Blood and Chocolate (2007)
- Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Howling (1981)
- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
- Kibakichi (2004)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Wolf (1994)
- Dog Soldiers (2001)
- Trick 'r Treat (2007)
It was a lot of fun to dig around for the required number of werewolf films, and it helped narrow the field somewhat so that I wasn't just drowning in my absurdly large collection... I'll give some thought to what "theme" I'd like to pursue this year, but it's definitely something I'd like to do again.
And here are my lists from the first two years for my own reference if nothing else...
- 2011
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - (Oct. 1)
- Tremors - (Oct. 1)
- Mimic - (Oct. 2)
- Demons (1985) - (Oct. 2)
- Bubbahotep - (Oct. 3)
- The Black Cat (1934) - (Oct. 3)
- The Screwfly Solution (Masters of Horror) - (Oct. 4)
- Shadow of the Vampire - (Oct. 4)
- The Washintonians - (Oct. 5)
- Kiss of the Vampire - (Oct. 5)
- The Frighteners - (Oct 5)
- Night of the Eagle (aka Burn, Witch, Burn) (1962) - (Oct. 6)
- White Zombie (1932) - (Oct. 6)
- King Kong (1933) - Oct. 6
- The Thing (1982) - Oct. 7
- Dracula's Daughter (1936) - Oct. 8
- I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) - Oct. 8
- Dead of Night (1945) - Oct. 9
- Not of this Earth (1957) - Oct. 9
- Mr. Vampire (1985) - Oct. 10
- Bucket of Blood (1959) - Oct. 11
- The Alligator People (1959) - Oct 12
- The Earth Dies Screaming (1964) - Oct. 13
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Oct. 14
- The Return of the Vampire (1944) - Oct. 15
- Young Frankenstein (1974) - Oct. 16
- The Thing (2011) - Oct. 16
- The Thing From Another World (1951) - Oct. 17
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Plague of the Zombies (1966) - Oct. 19
- Cat People (1942) - Oct. 20
- Nomads (1986) - Oct. 22
- Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) - Oct. 22
- The Mummy (1999) - Oct. 25
- Island of Lost Souls (1933) - Oct. 25
- Trick 'r Treat (2007) - Oct. 26
- The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) - Oct. 28
- Underworld (2003) - Oct. 28
- The Mummy (1932) - Oct. 29
- 2012
- Nosferatu (1922) - Oct. 1
- The Wolfman (1941) - Oct. 2
- Sleepaway Camp (1983) - Oct. 3
- The Undying Monster (1942) - Oct. 4
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - Oct. 5
- Fiend Without a Face (1958) - Oct. 6
- The Reptile (1966) - Oct. 7
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) - Oct. 8
- The Raven (1963) - Oct. 9
- Fallen (1998) - Oct. 10
- The Frozen Ghost (1945) - Oct. 11
- Dracula Prince of Darkness (1965) - Oct. 12
- The Fog (1979) - Oct. 13
- The Hunger (1983) - Oct. 14
- Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Oct. 15
- The Exorcist (1973) - Oct. 16
- Count Yorga Vampire (1970) - Oct. 17
- The Old Dark House (1932) - Oct. 18
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - Oct. 19
- Silent Hill (2006) - Oct. 20
- Frankenstein (1931) - Oct. 21
- Dracula (1931) - Oct. 21
- An American Werewolf in London (1981) - Oct. 23
- Quarantine (2008) - Oct. 24
- Altered (2006) - Oct. 25
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) - Oct. 25
- Hotel Transylvania (2012) - Oct. 27
- Godzilla (1954) - Oct. 28
- Halloween (1978) - Oct. 29
- Monsters (2010) - Oct. 30
- Trick 'r Treat (2007) - Oct. 31