Cinefessions is running a fun horror movie challenge this month. Essentially, you watch as many horrors as you can and keep an updated list going on your own blog. Each feature is worth 1 pt and each hour of horror television is collectively worth a point. Bonuses abound. I'm throwing my hat in the ring because I watch a lot of horror anyway and the scoring system interests me.
The List
Week One: Sci-Fi/Horror Bonus (1-3 June) Week Two: Slasher Films (4-10 June) Week Three: Alien Invasion Films (11-17 June) Week Four: Creature Features (18-24 June) Week Five: Pandemic Films (25-30 June)
- Hellevator: The Bottled Fools (2004) IMDB
- The Screen at Kamchanod (2007) IMDB
- Flatliners (1990) IMDB
- The Invisible Man (1933) IMDB
- Prometheus (2012) IMDB
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) IMDB
- Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) IMDB
- Trollhunter (2011) IMDB
- Dolls (1987) IMDB
- Hisss (2010) IMDB
- Monkey Shines (1988) IMDB
- The Golem (1920) IMDB
- Mad Monster Party (1967) IMDB
- Pontypool (2008) IMDB
- The Evil Dead (1981) IMDB
- Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) IMDB
- 2012: Zombie Apocalypse (2011) IMDB
- The Stuff (1985) IMDB
- Bowery at Midnight (1942) IMDB
- Creepshow (1982) (for the segments "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and "They're Creeping Up On You") IMDB
- Zombie Girl: The Movie (2009) IMDB
- The Masque of Red Death (1964) IMDb
- Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008) IMDB
- The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) IMDB
- Night of the Comet (1984) IMDB
- Zenith (2010) (Though not a deadly epidemic, Zenith hinges on the conceit that altering human genetics to eliminate any sensation of pain is a nightmare worse than death) IMDB
- Dead & Buried (1981) IMDB
- White Dog (1982) IMDB
- Night of the Living Dead (1968) IMDB
- Night of the Living Dead (1990) IMDB
The Checklist
Watch a sci-fi or horror film from each specific sub-genre: X Comedic Horror (Night of the Comet, 1984) X Comedic Sci-Fi (The Invisible Man, 1933) X Cyberpunk Film (Hellevator: The Bottled Fools, 2004) X Dystopian Film (2012: Zombie Apocalypse, 2011) X Giallo Film (The Black Belly of the Tarantula, 1971) X Psychological Horror (Pontypool, 2008) X Space Opera (Prometheus, 2012) X Splatter Film/Gore Film/Torture Porn (Otto; or, Up with Dead People, 2008) X Supernatural Horror/Ghost Film (The Screen at Kamchanod, 2007) X Time Travel Film (Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012)
Watch a sci-fi or horror film that falls into each of the following years: X 1900 – 1939 (The Golem, 1920) X 1940 – 1959 (Bowery at Midnight, 1942) X 1960 – 1979 (The Masque of Red Death, 1964) X 1980 – 1999 (The Stuff, 1985) X 2000 – 2012 (Zenith, 2010)
Watch a sci-fi or horror film that fits into the following categories: X Watch a Documentary (Zombie Girl: The Movie, 2009) X Watch a Film Based on a Novel (We Need to Talk About Kevin, 2011) X Watch a Film Based on a Video Game (Resident Evil: Degeneration, 2008) X Watch a Film that Appears on the Video Nasties List (Dead & Buried, 1981) X Watch a Film that Contains an Evil Animal (Monkey Shines, 1988) X Watch a Film that Contains an Evil Child (Night of the Living Dead, 1968) X Watch a Film that Contains an Evil Doll/Puppet (Dolls, 1987) X Watch a Film that is Currently in the Criterion Collection (White Dog, 1982) X Watch a Film that is “Not Rated” or “Unrated” (Hisss, 2010) X Watch a Film that is Rated “X” or “NC-17” (The Evil Dead, 1981) X Watch a Film that was Nominated for an Academy Award (Flatliners, 1990) X Watch a Foreign Film with Subtitles (Trollhunter, 2011) X Watch an Animated Film (Mad Monster Party, 1967) X Watch an Anthology Film (Creepshow, 1982) X Watch a Remake or a Reboot (Night of the Living Dead, 1990)
Viewing Points: 52
The Checklist: 30
Total Points: 82