Horror Challenge (Official, October 2020)

[maxwelldeux]

The Official 2020 Horror Challenge!



Goal.
Watch as many movies as you can that fit into the horror genre. Maybe engage in a little resilience training during COVID-19 season. If you are in doubt whether a movie counts or not, just ask.

Rules.
- A feature film (Anything over 40 minutes) counts as one entry
- A total of 60 minutes of short films count as one entry
- For Mini-Series/TV series, the standard 40/60 rule applies.
- Rewatches allowed.

Challenge runs from DUSK 30 September 2020 - SUNRISE 1 November 2020.

iCM Lists.
They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?
Top 500 Horror Movies
IMDb Top 50 Horror
BFI's 100 European Horror Films

Other Lists.
iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films
TSZDT 1001-2000
TSZDT - Hidden Horrors
Holiday Horror List
CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror
Slant's The 50 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century
1SO's List of Top Horror
iCM Forum's Highest Rated Horror Movies
Official Non-TSZDT Horror Films
21st Century’s Most Acclaimed Horror Films

Triples (please verify):
https://trakt.tv/search/movies/?genres= ... =1990-1999

I'm open to more suggestions for lists.

Bonus challenges!
We have four bonus challenges again this year. The first two are passive - everyone will be playing as I'm collecting the data myself. For the other two, I’ll be tracking things manually, so if you want to play, please use the appropriate hashtags to indicate which bonus challenge your film counts for. When posting screenshots, please put them in a spoiler tag to make the thread a bit more readable. Also, a film may count for multiple bonus challenges, but not for multiple entries within that bonus challenge.

Bonus Challenge #1: Kill the Zombies!
This is a group challenge for survival. We must slay as many zombies as we can! To kill a zombie, all you have to do is watch a film from the They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? official list. The more we kill, the more likely we are to make it to November.

588 Zombies Slain Link to table

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Bonus challenges #2: Decades of Death
Can you make it through a hundred years of horror? Watch a film from each decade, 1920s-2020s. Complete that list? Do it again! What else are you going to do - go outside?

Decades of Death

Name	Rounds Complete	Count of Decades
1SO	0	10
72aicm	0	10
AB537	0	10
adwest	2	11
allisoncm	0	8
AssonFire	1	11
blocho	0	6
blueboybob	0	7
ChrisReynolds	0	5
cinephage	0	10
clemmetarey	0	10
connordenney	0	3
Daviddoes	5	11
drayton_cross	1	11
DudeLanez	3	11
explorer95	0	3
filmbantha	0	6
flavo5000	2	11
frbrown	1	11
Good_Will_Harding	1	11
greenhorg	0	8
GruesomeTwosome	0	6
Harco	0	7
hurluberlu	0	4
India Istanbul	0	6
jdidaco	0	9
kingink	0	7
klaus78	0	9
Knaldskalle	0	4
Kublai Khan	1	11
Leopardi	0	9
Lonewolf2003	0	8
maxwelldeux	0	8
Melvelet	0	4
mightysparks	1	11
morrison-dylan-fan	0	5
OldAle1	3	11
Onderhond	0	4
ororama	2	11
outdoorcats	0	5
peeptoad	1	11
psychotronicbeatnik	2	11
RogerTheMovieManiac88	0	8
sebby	0	8
sennaho	0	2
SeVKiTT	0	1
shugs	0	4
sol	1	11
VincentPrice	0	8
vortexsurfer	0	9
weirdboy	0	8
zzzorf	2	11

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Bonus challenges #3: The Deathlist
With oodles of deaths a staple of the horror genre, we should delve deeply into the ways our on-screen actors and actresses may die. Watch films where people die in 13 unique ways. Screenshots welcome, but not required. Use #DEATHLIST and the number to play.

1. Death by Disease
2. Death by Gunshot
3. Death by Stabbing
4. Death by Strangulation
5. Death by Falling
6. Death by Fire
7. Death by Being Buried Alive
8. Death by Random Makeshift Weapon
9. Death by Animal/Creature
10. Death by Machine
11. Death by Poisoning
12. Death by Drowning
13. Death by Natural Causes

#DEATHLIST

Witness	Deaths Observed
AB537	1
adwest	13
allisoncm	5
blocho	6
blueboybob	2
ChrisReynolds	13
cinephage	11
Daviddoes	11
drayton_cross	13
frbrown	9
kingink	9
Kublai Khan	13
Lonewolf2003	12
maxwelldeux	13
Melvelet	2
mightysparks	8
sol	13
zzzorf	11

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Bonus challenges #4: A Horrific Game of Bingo
Who loves those common horror tropes? If you do, you may want to play a round of bingo with us. We’ll use a 4x4 bingo card – the columns are horror subgenres, the rows are horror clichés. See the table below. Use #BINGO and the cell number to play.

	A. Slashers	B. Vampires	C. Monsters	D. Zombies
1. Human Behaving Irrationally	A1	B1	C1	D1
2. Creepy Basement/Cellar	A2	B2	C2	D2
3. Falling Down While Running	A3	B3	C3	D3
4. Phone Won't Call	A4	B4	C4	D4

#BINGO

Jigsaw Impersonator	Bingo Card
adwest	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 1 2. 1 1 1 1 3. 1 1 1 1 4. 1 1 1 1
ChrisReynolds	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 0 2. 1 1 1 1 3. 1 1 1 1 4. 1 1 1 1
cinephage	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 1 2. 1 0 1 0 3. 0 0 0 0 4. 1 0 1 0
Daviddoes	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 1 2. 1 1 0 1 3. 1 1 1 1 4. 1 0 1 1
drayton_cross	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 1 2. 1 1 0 0 3. 0 1 0 0 4. 1 0 0 0
frbrown	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 0 1 1 2. 0 1 1 0 3. 1 0 1 0 4. 0 0 1 0
kingink	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 0 1 1 2. 0 1 1 0 3. 1 1 0 0 4. 0 0 0 0
Kublai Khan	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 0 0 0 2. 1 1 1 1 3. 1 1 0 0 4. 1 0 0 1
Lonewolf2003	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 0 0 1 2. 1 0 0 0 3. 0 1 0 0 4. 0 0 0 1
maxwelldeux	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 1 2. 1 1 1 1 3. 1 1 1 1 4. 1 1 1 1
mightysparks	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 0 0 0 0 2. 0 0 1 0 3. 0 0 0 0 4. 0 0 0 0
sol	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 1 1 1 1 2. 1 1 1 1 3. 1 1 1 1 4. 1 1 1 1
zzzorf	Spoiler A. B. C. D. 1. 0 1 1 1 2. 1 0 1 0 3. 0 0 0 1 4. 0 0 0 1

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Bonus Challenge #5: Your Personal Halloween Film Festival
I don't know if y'all have noticed, but Halloween this year falls on a Saturday. There's a full moon. It's a blue moon. And we're in the middle of a global pandemic and you shouldn't leave your damn house anyway. So you know what we need? Our own personal film festival.

You were probably going to watch movies anyway, so why not make it a theme? Just title your post-Hallowen post something like "Halloween Film Festival" and tell us about your theme. It can be funny. Scary. Morbid. Whatever you want. Bonus points for creativity. All judged by your devastatingly handsome challenge host.

Simple rules:
- Tell us your theme
- At least two films to qualify for a film festival
- Films must be watched from 12:00am 31 Oct (your local time) to dawn on Nov. 1st.
- All other numbering/rules apply as normal.

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The Possessed.

Rank	Participant	Count
1	flavo5000	298
2	adwest	208
3	blueboybob	153
4	Daviddoes	149
5	psychotronicbeatnik	146
6	1SO	131
7	VincentPrice	120
8	sebby	108
9	OldAle1	104
10	weirdboy	101
11	ororama	97
12	sol	92
13	Leopardi	87
14	Good_Will_Harding	85
15	AssonFire	71
15	vortexsurfer	71
17	filmbantha	65
18	Lonewolf2003	64
18	maxwelldeux	64
20	AB537	62
21	jdidaco	60
22	peeptoad	58
23	DudeLanez	55
24	kingink	52
25	zzzorf	50
26	RogerTheMovieManiac88	49
27	allisoncm	45
28	clemmetarey	42
28	Kublai Khan	42
28	drayton_cross	42
31	cinephage	41
32	mightysparks	39
32	ChrisReynolds	39
34	greenhorg	38
35	klaus78	36
36	outdoorcats	35
37	Harco	34
38	72aicm	32
39	frbrown	31
40	shugs	25
41	morrison-dylan-fan	24
41	GruesomeTwosome	24
43	Onderhond	23
44	India Istanbul	17
45	blocho	16
46	hurluberlu	13
47	Melvelet	9
48	Knaldskalle	8
49	sennaho	7
49	explorer95	7
51	connordenney	6
52	SeVKiTT	1

[psychotronicbeatnik]

I'm drooling already.

[VincentPrice]

The best challenge of the year!

[sol]

Complete that list? Do it again! What else are you going to do - go outside?

Bonus challenges #3: The Deathlist
With oodles of deaths a staple of the horror genre, we should delve deeply into the ways our on-screen actors and actresses may die. Watch films where people die in 13 unique ways. Screenshots welcome, but not required. Use #DEATHLIST and the number to play.

I like it... but what if the deaths are spoilerish?

Rules.
- A feature film (Anything over 40 minutes) counts as one entry
- A total of 60 minutes of short films count as one entry
- For Mini-Series/TV series, the standard 40/60 rule applies.
- Rewatches allowed.

Since you're being super-relaxed on TV, does every episode of The X Files count as one point? I don't know if all of the eps themselves necessarily qualify as horror, but the series on the whole certainly does.

I still haven't decided whether I'm going to rewatch the series. It is something that I have been meaning to do for a while.

[maxwelldeux]

Bonus challenges #3: The Deathlist
With oodles of deaths a staple of the horror genre, we should delve deeply into the ways our on-screen actors and actresses may die. Watch films where people die in 13 unique ways. Screenshots welcome, but not required. Use #DEATHLIST and the number to play.

I like it... but what if the deaths are spoilerish?

Rules.
- A feature film (Anything over 40 minutes) counts as one entry
- A total of 60 minutes of short films count as one entry
- For Mini-Series/TV series, the standard 40/60 rule applies.
- Rewatches allowed.

Since you're being super-relaxed on TV, does every episode of The X Files count as one point? I don't know if all of the eps themselves necessarily qualify as horror, but the series on the whole certainly does.

I still haven't decided whether I'm going to rewatch the series. It is something that I have been meaning to do for a while.

On spoilerish deaths, use your judgment. If it's spoilerish, put it in spoiler tags and/or don't mention who.

On the X-Files, I'd never considered that a horror series, and IMDB doesn't have it tagged as such. I would certainly accept the episodes that quality as horror episodes, but not all on the whole.

[mightysparks]

Not going to get many watched this year because I have a crap-load of massive assessments, but I hope to get 10-20 films in.

[maxwelldeux]

Not going to get many watched this year because I have a crap-load of massive assessments, but I hope to get 10-20 films in.

And here I was hoping you were going to take up a hobby meth-habit and try and beat your record.

[mightysparks]

Not going to get many watched this year because I have a crap-load of massive assessments, but I hope to get 10-20 films in.

And here I was hoping you were going to take up a hobby meth-habit and try and beat your record.

Sadly I don't think I'll ever come close to beating my record. Except maybe when I'm old and have nothing else going on...

[1SO]

I already started

or maybe, I never stopped.

[Daviddoes]

I'm ready also I made a list of all Official Horror that isn't on TSZDT which I thought might come in handy as a reference for some people here https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/non- ... daviddoes/ I don't think it's perfect since I mostly used the horror tag to add everything and that tag is nowhere near perfect either

[hurluberlu]

hello, is it the cute little Amish boy challenge ?

[flavo5000]

YEEEAAAAA BOOOOOIIIIIIIII

[72aicm]

I’m in. Aiming for ten movies or so. Thanks for hosting Max.

[flavo5000]

I'm ready also I made a list of all Official Horror that isn't on TSZDT which I thought might come in handy as a reference for some people here https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/non- ... daviddoes/ I don't think it's perfect since I mostly used the horror tag to add everything and that tag is nowhere near perfect either

I've been digging out a lot of these too but didn't have the foresight to actually create a list for them. One other place I looked was mighty's blep list which has every movie that showed up on a horror list that's a part of TSZDT which dug out a few others.
Here are some others to add to it:
-In addition to Invocation of My Demon Brother, two other Anger shorts Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome and Fireworks also have the horror tag.
-These three on the new Cinema Tropical list have the horror tag on imdb but doesn't show up on the ICM filter tags: Good Manners (2017) [As Boas Maneiras], Hard Labor (2011) [Trabalhar Cansa], La llorona (2019)
-King Kong (1976)
-Outside Satan (2011) [Hors Satan]
-The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
-Gasu ningen dai 1 gô a.k.a. The Human Vapor (1960)
-The Hut (1981) [Pimak]
-Chin gei bin a.k.a. Vampire Effect (2003)

[maxwelldeux]

I'm ready also I made a list of all Official Horror that isn't on TSZDT which I thought might come in handy as a reference for some people here https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/non- ... daviddoes/ I don't think it's perfect since I mostly used the horror tag to add everything and that tag is nowhere near perfect either

Added to OP. Thanks!

[maxwelldeux]

hello, is it the cute little Amish boy challenge ?

If by "cute" you mean creepy and scary and the reason I don't like kids in small towns, then yes.

[hurluberlu]

hello, is it the cute little Amish boy challenge ?

If by "cute" you mean creepy and scary and the reason I don't like kids in small towns, then yes.

Horror is not my thing hence the teasing but I'll catch up with a few

[blocho]

hello, is it the cute little Amish boy challenge ?

If by "cute" you mean creepy and scary and the reason I don't like kids in small towns, then yes.

Don't you live in a small town? Must be tough walking around there.

But yes, I agree. Kids in a city are cool. Adults in a small town are cool. Kids in a small town are terrifying.

[maxwelldeux]

hello, is it the cute little Amish boy challenge ?

If by "cute" you mean creepy and scary and the reason I don't like kids in small towns, then yes.

Don't you live in a small town? Must be tough walking around there.

But yes, I agree. Kids in a city are cool. Adults in a small town are cool. Kids in a small town are terrifying.

Well, yes, but only kinda. Small town of ~10k, but a northern suburb of Seattle, so it doesn't quite have the small town middle-of-nowhere vibe.

I used to live in a small town of ~5k in the middle of nowhere - it was a 2.5 hour drive to an airport that flew to more than one city. It was... scary. Like I was pretty scared to go to a bar in the area wearing a pink shirt, lest someone think I was a British Cigarette and try to physically express their disapproval.

[blocho]

I used to live in a small town of ~5k in the middle of nowhere - it was a 2.5 hour drive to an airport that flew to more than one city. It was... scary. Like I was pretty scared to go to a bar in the area wearing a pink shirt, lest someone think I was a British Cigarette and try to physically express their disapproval.

What about the kids in that tiny town? Scary as hell?

[maxwelldeux]

I used to live in a small town of ~5k in the middle of nowhere - it was a 2.5 hour drive to an airport that flew to more than one city. It was... scary. Like I was pretty scared to go to a bar in the area wearing a pink shirt, lest someone think I was a British Cigarette and try to physically express their disapproval.

What about the kids in that tiny town? Scary as hell?

Yeah, it was hard to tell sometimes if the kids were just "outside playing" or "celebrating killing the last adult to become the leader of the church and we have a few hours to kill until our next human sacrifice to ensure a good corn harvest"

[mightysparks]

And here's a compilation I made from all the films (no TV):

I didn't even remember making this, but it's got me pumped. Also have one I did from 2015:



I'm sure I had another but I can't find it, maybe it got deleted

Found it:

[sennaho]

I’m ready to watch a few! Porbably not gonna get anywhere near my record, but I’ll try to get in a few! I like the challenges as well! This is basically the part of the year when I remember to check this forum!

Haven’t watched many horror movies this year, so hopefully I’ll get in a few this year!

[allisoncm]

I'm in! Dusk Sept. 30th? Okay.

[OldAle1]

I'm in. No idea how many I'll watch but I will definitely be catching a bunch of Indonesian, Filipino and Thai flicks, probably doing another marathon series (I did Elm Street, Crystal Lake, and the Bates motel the last three years), probably finishing off or coming close to finishing off the classic Universal and/or Hammer stuff, maybe getting through the few films from the TSZ top 100 that I haven't seen. Dunno. Certainly not going to make a run for the top but may try to best my personal record which I think might be just over 100.

[Harco]

Going to try and watch the Ju-on/Grudge franchise in October, so count me in.

[maxwelldeux]

I'm in. No idea how many I'll watch but I will definitely be catching a bunch of Indonesian, Filipino and Thai flicks, probably doing another marathon series (I did Elm Street, Crystal Lake, and the Bates motel the last three years), probably finishing off or coming close to finishing off the classic Universal and/or Hammer stuff, maybe getting through the few films from the TSZ top 100 that I haven't seen. Dunno. Certainly not going to make a run for the top but may try to best my personal record which I think might be just over 100.

The Shake, Rattle, and Roll series is Filipino and mostly from the 1990s if you want to kill multiple birds with one stone...

[OldAle1]

I'm in. No idea how many I'll watch but I will definitely be catching a bunch of Indonesian, Filipino and Thai flicks, probably doing another marathon series (I did Elm Street, Crystal Lake, and the Bates motel the last three years), probably finishing off or coming close to finishing off the classic Universal and/or Hammer stuff, maybe getting through the few films from the TSZ top 100 that I haven't seen. Dunno. Certainly not going to make a run for the top but may try to best my personal record which I think might be just over 100.

The Shake, Rattle, and Roll series is Filipino and mostly from the 1990s if you want to kill multiple birds with one stone...

I know about those but don't know how to get them - the first one (from 1984 so no triple) is on YT but unsubbed and pretty bad looking. Second one, same thing. There are a few other things that have been easier to find so I dunno if I'll bother working on those.

[Daviddoes]

I've been digging out a lot of these too but didn't have the foresight to actually create a list for them. One other place I looked was mighty's blep list which has every movie that showed up on a horror list that's a part of TSZDT which dug out a few others.
Here are some others to add to it:
-In addition to Invocation of My Demon Brother, two other Anger shorts Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome and Fireworks also have the horror tag.
-These three on the new Cinema Tropical list have the horror tag on imdb but doesn't show up on the ICM filter tags: Good Manners (2017) [As Boas Maneiras], Hard Labor (2011) [Trabalhar Cansa], La llorona (2019)
-King Kong (1976)
-Outside Satan (2011) [Hors Satan]
-The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
-Gasu ningen dai 1 gô a.k.a. The Human Vapor (1960)
-The Hut (1981) [Pimak]
-Chin gei bin a.k.a. Vampire Effect (2003)

Thanks for the help with those additions . Funnily enough I was going to make it a private list that only had my unchecked films on it, but there was a glitch when I chose to make it a private list and it went public. I didn't realize that it had glitched until I noticed that someone had watchlisted and I realized it would be a good list to add to the community

[maxwelldeux]

I'm in. No idea how many I'll watch but I will definitely be catching a bunch of Indonesian, Filipino and Thai flicks, probably doing another marathon series (I did Elm Street, Crystal Lake, and the Bates motel the last three years), probably finishing off or coming close to finishing off the classic Universal and/or Hammer stuff, maybe getting through the few films from the TSZ top 100 that I haven't seen. Dunno. Certainly not going to make a run for the top but may try to best my personal record which I think might be just over 100.

The Shake, Rattle, and Roll series is Filipino and mostly from the 1990s if you want to kill multiple birds with one stone...

I know about those but don't know how to get them - the first one (from 1984 so no triple) is on YT but unsubbed and pretty bad looking. Second one, same thing. There are a few other things that have been easier to find so I dunno if I'll bother working on those.

Damn - you're right. 3 is on Prime, so I assumed the others were readily available. Alas, I was wrong.

[shugs]

I'm in. Not really in the mood for nasty horror so I'll be focusing on old school Universal movies and other movies from that era.

[sol]

Bonus Challenge #1: Kill the Zombies!
This is a group challenge for survival. We must slay as many zombies as we can! To kill a zombie, all you have to do is watch a film from the They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? official list. The more we kill, the more likely we are to make it to November.

Been thinking about this. Couple of things:

1. Do you need us to indicate that the film is in the TSZDT canon? Might make your life easier.

2. Won't you exceed the character limit if we get to all 1000 titles (or even halfway there) under the spoiler tag?

[sol]

Oh, crap. Eligibility question already.

It seems that the "Horror" tag on IMDb has been removed from the film that I was planning to watch first for the Challenge:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7939766/

However, it is still tagged as Horror on iCM: https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/im+ ... ng+things/

Obviously (?) I haven't seen it to judge. What do you think, max (or anyone else)? Does it count for the challenge?

[mightysparks]

Seems eligible to me. I usually just google the film name + horror and see what the general consensus is if I’m not sure and everyone seems to be discussing it as a psychological horror.

[blueboybob]

Yeah Ive seen it. Horror fits.

[cinephage]

I'd vote for a wide definition of horror, I enjoy a little variety, even on one challenge... After you've seen it, if you really think it couldn't fit any definition of horror, you don't have to include it in the challenge, but if it fits, then that's ok.
There's even a youtube video discussing whether it is horror, or not. That would definitely make it horror in a large meaning in my book.

[maxwelldeux]

Bonus Challenge #1: Kill the Zombies!
This is a group challenge for survival. We must slay as many zombies as we can! To kill a zombie, all you have to do is watch a film from the They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? official list. The more we kill, the more likely we are to make it to November.

Been thinking about this. Couple of things:

1. Do you need us to indicate that the film is in the TSZDT canon? Might make your life easier.

2. Won't you exceed the character limit if we get to all 1000 titles (or even halfway there) under the spoiler tag?

1. That would be helpful, certainly!
2. Maybe/probably. But if we run into that issue, I'll adjust the way I'm presenting results. TBD.

[maxwelldeux]

Oh, crap. Eligibility question already.

It seems that the "Horror" tag on IMDb has been removed from the film that I was planning to watch first for the Challenge:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7939766/

However, it is still tagged as Horror on iCM: https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/im+ ... ng+things/

Obviously (?) I haven't seen it to judge. What do you think, max (or anyone else)? Does it count for the challenge?

Consensus rules - it's in!

[mightysparks]

FYI: the link in the OP for Hidden Horrors points to last year's list, this is the list for this year: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls098757377/ and icm: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tszd ... htysparks/. Also the The 21st Century’s Most Acclaimed Horror Films list: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/the+ ... htysparks/.

[blocho]

I'd like to take this opportunity to promote a ten-minute horror short that a friend of mine made that is called Misguided. You can see it here for free. I'm biased, but I think it's excellent.

If you like Misguided, you can find three more shorts he's made (all 2-6 minutes) on his website here, though none of them are on icm yet. If nothing else, his website is a lot of fun because it contains some tongue-in-cheek reviews he writes about horror movies in the guise of a character called P.G. Hauntedhouse.