I watched 44 movies in the month of October. Thirty-four of them could be considered horror movies. Twenty-three of them were made before I was born. Only five of them had been previously viewed by me.
Obviously, this was spooky season for me. I do love a good horror movie. I even love a bad horror movie once in a while. Although, ever October I start out watching horror with a fevered passion by by the end of the month, by the time actual Halloween rolls around, I’m kind of tired of them. I’m always ready for Noirvember when it comes.
As you can see from the links I reviewed quite a few of the films I watched. I’m pretty proud of that. Although, as you can tell, I got worse at that as the month wore on. I received a couple of big boxed sets of Shaw Brothers kung fu films a week ago and I’ve been plowing my way through them. Expect a review over at Cinema Sentries soon.
Surprisingly, my wife who doesn’t like horror movies watched a lot of them with me this year. I intentionally watched a lot of Pre-Code horror and Hammer horror just for her.
Unusual for me I watched three films that actually came out in 2023. Two were silly streaming horror films but I did manage to catch Killers of the Flower Moon in the Theater. Of course I did, I’ve been looking forward to seeing that film for a few years now. It is excellent by the way.
Vincent Price jumped all the way to number one on my actors most watched this year list. I’ve watched eight of his films this year. That makes sense as he’s in a lot of horror movies. Brad Dourif also moved into the second-place spot. He’s one of my favorites, and he played in both the Rob Zombie Halloween movies which gave him the bump.
The director’s list stayed the same except for Chang Cheh, who entered the list tied for third with four films watched. He directed a lot of those Shaw Brothers films I was talking about.
Anyways, here’s the list
Halloween II (2009)
Dragon Swamp (1969)
Halloween (2007)
The Flying Dagger (1969)
The Jade Raksha (1968)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
The Thundering Sword (1967)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Golden Swallow (1968)
The Assassin (1967)
Saw (2004)
Constantine (2005)
Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)
The Hitcher (1986)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
The Mummy’s Shroud (1967)
House of Wax (1953)
Lorna, the Exorcist (1974)
Waxwork (1988)
The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)
Haunted Mansion (2023)
Count Dracula (1970)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Castle of Blood (1964)
Nothing Underneath (1985)
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)
Marebito (2004)
Retribution (2006)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Black Christmas (2006)
Thirteen Women (1932)
The Final Girls (2015)
The Invasion (2007)
Totally Killer (2023)
Body Snatchers (1993)
The Night Stalker (1972)
Talk to Me (2022)
Doctor X (1932)
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
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