Previously watched...
2. Dead Silence (2007) #417 on TSZDT 5/10
3. Critters (1986) #552 on TSZDT 4/10
4. Snowtown / The Snowtown Murders (2011) #787 on TSZDT 6/10
5. Los sin nombre / The Nameless (1999) #831 on TSZDT 3/10
6. Below (2002) #986 on TSZDT 4/10
7. Popcorn (1991) #816 on TSZDT 5/10
8. Scream 3 (2000) #632 on TSZDT 4/10
9. Scream 4 (2011) #865 on TSZDT 4/10
10. Deliria / StageFright: Aquarius (1987) #361 on TSZDT 6/10
11. The Tunnel (2011) #988 on TSZDT 4/10
12. The Sender (1982) #943 on TSZDT 5/10
13. Ugetsu monogatari (1953) #657 on TSZDT 6/10
14. Il rosso segno della follia / Hatchet for the Honeymoon / Blood Brides (1970) #735 on TSZDT 4/10
15. The Grudge (2004) #286 on TSZDT 4/10
16. Nattevagten / Nightwatch (1994) #603 on TSZDT 6/10
17. Slaughter High (1986) #990 on TSZDT 5/10
18. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) #602 on TSZDT 7/10
19. Hardware / M.A.R.K. 13 (1990) #858 on TSZDT 5/10
20. Matka Joanna od aniolów / Joan of the Angels (1961) #725 on TSZDT 4/10
21. Open Water (2003) #655 on TSZDT 5/10
22. Red White & Blue (2010) #908 on TSZDT 6/10
23. Scarecrows (1988) #814 on TSZDT 5/10
24. What Lies Beneath (2000) #404 on TSZDT 4/10
25. Wolf (1994) #692 on TSZDT 5/10
26. House of Wax (2005) #651 on TSZDT 4/10
27. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) #353 on TSZDT 7/10
28. Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) #434 on TSZDT 5/10
29. Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told / Attack of the Liver Eaters (1967) #213 on TSZDT 6/10
30. Cat People (1982) #623 on TSZDT 5/10
31. Images (1972) #482 on TSZDT 6/10
32. Chopping Mall (1986) #862 on TSZDT 4/10
33. I Spit on Your Grave (2010) #923 on TSZDT 5/10
34. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) #488 on TSZDT 4/10
35. Lake Mungo (2008) #363 on TSZDT 5/10
36. Night of the Comet (1984) #311 on TSZDT 6/10
37. La campana del infierno / A Bell from Hell (1973) #894 on TSZDT 5/10
38. The Last House on the Left (2009) #763 on TSZDT 4/10
39. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte / What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte? (1964) #454 on TSZDT 5/10
40. Kansen / Infection (2004) #891 on TSZDT 5/10
41. Home Movie (2008) #842 on TSZDT 3/10
42. The Dark Half (1993) #879 on TSZDT 5/10
43. The Skeleton Key (2005) #626 on TSZDT 4/10
44. The Last Winter (2006) #719 on TSZDT 5/10
45. Quarantine (2008) #497 on TSZDT 4/10
46. Wai dor lei ah yut ho / Dream Home (2010) #878 on TSZDT 6/10
47. The Beast Within (1982) #893 on TSZDT 4/10
48. Wasting Away / Aaah! Zombies!! (2007) #898 on TSZDT 3/10
49. Altered (2006) #873 on TSZDT 5/10
50. The Burrowers (2008) #887 on TSZDT 3/10
51. The Pit / Teddy (1981) #857 on TSZDT 5/10
52. Ghost Story (1981) #866 on TSZDT 4/10
53. The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) #694 on TSZDT 3/10
54-56. Rose Red (2002) #827 on TSZDT 3/10
57. The Raven (1935) #502 on TSZDT 6/10
58. Lovely Molly (2011) #780 on TSZDT 4/10
59. Count Yorga, Vampire / The Loves of Count Iorga, Vampire (1970) #968 on TSZDT 5/10
60. The Signal (2007) #389 on TSZDT 5/10
61. I Sell the Dead (2008) #951 on TSZDT 5/10
62. It Came from Beneath the Sea / Monster from Beneath the Sea (1955) #874 on TSZDT 4/10
63. Phantom of the Opera (1943) #700 on TSZDT 4/10
64. The Car (1977) #855 on TSZDT 3/10
65. Mother's Day (2010) #919 on TSZDT 4/10
66. Fritt vilt II / Cold Prey 2 (2008) #829 on TSZDT 5/10
67. Sien nui yau wan / A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) #702 on TSZDT 6/10
68. The City of the Dead / Horror Hotel (1960) #284 on TSZDT 6/10
69. The Ghost Breakers (1940) #747 on TSZDT 5/10
70. Brainscan (1994) #786 on TSZDT 3/10
71. Terrore nello spazio / Planet of the Vampires (1965) #620 on TSZDT 5/10
72. Tras el cristal / In a Glass Cage (1986) #427 on TSZDT 6/10
73. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) #785 on TSZDT 5/10
74. Monkey Shines / Ella (1988) #848 on TSZDT 4/10
75-78. The Stand (1994) #896 on TSZDT 2/10
79. Firestarter (1984) #899 on TSZDT 4/10
80. Körkarlen / The Phantom Carriage (1921) #245 on TSZDT 7/10
81. Black Water (2007) #963 on TSZDT 3/10
82. The Gate (1987) #579 on TSZDT 5/10
83. Temnye vody / Dark Waters / Dead Waters (1993) #905 on TSZDT 6/10
84. The Haunted House (1921) #944 on TSZDT 6/10
85. Razorback (1984) #418 on TSZDT 4/10
86. Slugs, muerte viscosa / Slugs: The Movie (1988) #931 on TSZDT 5/10
87. Carriers (2009) #932 on TSZDT 3/10
88. Lady in a Cage (1964) #940 on TSZDT 5/10
89. The Penalty (1920) #536 on TSZDT 7/10
90. The Shout (1978) #687 on TSZDT 7/10
91. The Living and the Dead (2006) #850 on TSZDT 6/10
92. The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) #967 on TSZDT 4/10
93. Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal / Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971) #615 on TSZDT 4/10
94. The Reflecting Skin (1990) #861 on TSZDT 5/10
95. Madman (1982) #912 on TSZDT 4/10
96. La setta (1991) #703 on TSZDT 5/10
97. The Unknown (1927) #215 on TSZDT 7/10
98. Il profumo della signora in nero / The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974) #638 on TSZDT 4/10
99. Mute Witness (1994) #859 on TSZDT 5/10
100. Schock / Beyond the Door II (1977) #727 on TSZDT 5/10
101. The Boogey Man (1980) #992 on TSZDT 4/10
102. Mother's Day (1980) #696 on TSZDT 4/10
103. Blood Diner (1987) #970 on TSZDT 4/10
104. Dementia / Daughter of Horror (1955) #853 on TSZDT 5/10
2016 update occurred
105. Dance of the Dead (2008) #556 on TSZDT 4/10
106. Mutants (2009) #976 on TSZDT 4/10
GOLD medal achieved on list
107. Sheitan (2006) #722 on TSZDT 4/10
108. I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale / Torso (1973) #528 on TSZDT 6/10
109. The Bad Seed (1956) #323 on TSZDT 5/10
110. Shiryô no wana / Evil Dead Trap (1988) #659 on TSZDT 5/10
111. Terror Train / Train of Terror (1980) #491 on TSZDT 4/10
112. Le notti del terrore / Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981) #680 on TSZDT 5/10
113. Dolls (1987) #521 on TSZDT 5/10
114. All the Colors of the Dark / Tutti i colori del buio (1972) #721 on TSZDT 5/10
115. Happy Birthday to Me (1981) #562 on TSZDT 5/10
116. Vredens dag / Day of Wrath (1943) #673 on TSZDT 7/10
117. Riget / The Kingdom (1994) Season 2, Episode 1
118. Roadgames (1981) #872 on TSZDT 6.5/10
119. Chakushin ari / One Missed Call (2003) #655 on TSZDT 4/10
120. Angst (1983) #353 on TSZDT 7/10
121. Valkoinen peura (1952) #957 on TSZDT 4/10
122. Body Snatchers (1993) #841 on TSZDT 4/10
123. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) #684 on TSZDT 4/10
124. Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave / Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key / Excite Me (1972) #753 on TSZDT 6/10
125. Raising Cain (1992) #858 on TSZDT 5/10
126. Cosa avete fatto a Solange? / What Have You Done to Solange? / Terror in the Woods (1972) #535 on TSZDT 6/10
127. Squirm (1976) #846 on TSZDT 4/10
128. Los ojos de Julia / Julia's Eyes (2010) #922 on TSZDT 5/10
129. La tarantola dal ventre nero / Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) #975 on TSZDT 5/10
130. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) #610 on TSZDT 2/10
131. Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen / Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) #901 on TSZDT 5/10
132. Just Before Dawn (1981) #640 on TSZDT 5/10
133. Hell Night (1981) #774 on TSZDT 4/10
134. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) #558 on TSZDT 3/10
135. Long Weekend (1978) #510 on TSZDT 5/10
136. The Hamiltons (2006) #897 on TSZDT 3/10
137. Willard (1971) #838 on TSZDT 5/10
138. Alligator (1980) #501 on TSZDT 6/10
139. Dead & Breakfast (2004) #818 on TSZDT 5/10
140. The Watcher in the Woods (1980) #954 on TSZDT 4/10
141. Bloody Birthday (1981) #945 on TSZDT 5/10
142. Alone in the Dark (1982) #662 on TSZDT 6/10
143. The Wizard of Gore (1970) #852 on TSZDT 3/10
144. Shock Waves / Almost Human (1977) #586 on TSZDT 4/10
145. Prom Night (1980) #600 on TSZDT 3/10
146. Yi boh lai beng duk / Ebola Syndrome (1996) #893 on TSZDT 5/10
147. The Last Wave (1977) #805 on TSZDT 6/10
148. Parents (1989) #677 on TSZDT 6/10
149. La frusta e il corpo / The Whip and the Body (1963) #576 on TSZDT 4/10
150. C.H.U.D. (1984) #767 on TSZDT 4/10
151. The Night Stalker (1972) #468 on TSZDT 5/10
152. Burnt Offerings (1976) #461 on TSZDT 3/10
153. Nadja (1994) #992 on TSZDT 5/10
154. Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam / The Golem (1920) #288 on TSZDT 5/10
155. 13 Ghosts / Thirteen Ghosts (1960) #792 on TSZDT 4/10
156. Et mourir de plaisir / Blood and Roses (1960) #607 on TSZDT 6/10
157. La chute de la maison Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) #339 on TSZDT 7/10
158. The Day of the Triffids / Invasion of the Triffids (1963) #679 on TSZDT 4/10
159. Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal / Bedevilled (2010) #785 on TSZDT 6/10
160. Das Wachsfigurenkabinett / Waxworks (1924) #854 on TSZDT 6/10
161. Bijitâ Q / Visitor Q (2001) #758 on TSZDT 7/10
162. La residencia / The Finishing School / The House That Screamed (1970) #515 on TSZDT 4/10
163. Rituals / The Creeper (1977) #880 on TSZDT 5/10
164. The House on Sorority Row / House of Evil (1983) #656 on TSZDT 5/10
165. Riget / The Kingdom (1994) Season 2, Episode 2
166. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) #411 on TSZDT 6/10
167. Rinne / Reincarnation (2005) #717 on TSZDT 4/10
168. Haze (2005) #794 on TSZDT 6/10
169. Il mulino delle donne di pietra / Mill of the Stone Women (1960) #868 on TSZDT 5/10
170. Riget / The Kingdom (1994) Season 2, Episode 3
171. The Cat and the Canary (1927) #396 on TSZDT 6/10
172. Marebito / The Stranger from Afar (2004) #960 on TSZDT 5/10
173. Night of the Dark Full Moon / Silent Night, Bloody Night / Deathouse (1972) #718 on TSZDT 3/10
174. Riget / The Kingdom (1994) Season 2, Episode 4
---. Riget / The Kingdom (1994) #394 on TSZDT
175. Santa's Slay (2005) #811 on TSZDT 4/10
176. La corta notte delle bambole di vetro / Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) #908 on TSZDT 5/10
177. Ganja & Hess / Black Evil (1973) #690 on TSZDT 4/10
178. The Uninvited (2009) #932 on TSZDT 4/10
179. Vierges et vampires / Requiem for a Vampire / Caged Virgins (1971) #929 on TSZDT 4/10
180. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) #692 on TSZDT 5/10
181. Jiao zi / Dumplings (2004) #723 on TSZDT 6/10
182. Fire in the Sky (1993) #946 on TSZDT 4/10
183. La novia ensangrentada / The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) #921 on TSZDT 4/10
184. Curtains (1983) #890 on TSZDT 4/10
185. Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu / Yakuza Horror Theater: Gozu (2003) #545 on TSZDT 5/10
186. La morte vivante / The Living Dead Girl (1982) #827 on TSZDT 4/10
187. Gritos en la noche / The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) #823 on TSZDT 5/10
188. Otesánek / Little Otik / Greedy Guts (2000) #734 on TSZDT 7/10
189. Spalovac mrtvol / The Cremator (1969) #458 on TSZDT 8/10
190. Sílení / Lunacy (2005) #828 on TSZDT 6/10
191. Le frisson des vampires / The Shiver of the Vampires / Strange Things Happen at Night (1971) #867 on TSZDT 3/10
192. Misterios de ultratumba / The Black Pit of Dr. M (1959) #891 on TSZDT 4/10
193. Begotten (1990) #524 on TSZDT 3/10
194. Inland Empire (2006) #459 on TSZDT 6/10
195. Jigoku / The Sinners of Hell (1960) #374 on TSZDT 4/10
196. Cure (1997) #320 on TSZDT 6/10
197. I vampiri / Lust of the Vampire (1957) #701 on TSZDT 5/10
198. Funny Games (2007) #402 on TSZDT 2/10
199. Orlacs Hände / The Hands of Orlac (1924) #719 on TSZDT 5/10
200. De dødes tjern / Lake of the Dead (1958) #952 on TSZDT 3/10
201. Hei tai yang 731 / Squadron 731 / Men Behind the Sun (1988) #727 on TSZDT 5/10
202. Sombre (1998) #951 on TSZDT 5/10
203. Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû / Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) #888 on TSZDT 5/10
204. House of Dark Shadows (1970) #974 on TSZDT 4/10
205. Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan / The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) #999 on TSZDT 5/10
206. Hanyo / The Housemaid (1960) #743 on TSZDT 7/10
207. Panna a netvor / Beauty and the Beast (1978) #817 on TSZDT 6/10
208. Shura / Demons (1971) #997 on TSZDT 7/10
PLATINUM medal achieved on list
209. Figures de cire / The Man with Wax Faces (1914) #1917 on TSZDT 6/10
210. Tusk (2014) #1761 on TSZDT 3/10
211. Wind Chill (2007) #1391 on TSZDT 3/10
212. Evilspeak (1981) #1482 on TSZDT 4/10
213. Night of the Demons 2 / Night of the Demons: Angela's Revenge (1994) #1396 on TSZDT 5/10
214. Mr. Brooks (2007) #1870 on TSZDT 4/10
215. Vinyan (2008) #1299 on TSZDT 3/10
216. Wilderness (2006) #1760 on TSZDT 4/10
217. Strangeland (1998) #1770 on TSZDT 3/10
218. Secret Window (2004) #1027 on TSZDT 5/10
219. Sharknado (2013) #1792 on TSZDT 4/10
220. Resolution (2012) #1236 on TSZDT 3/10
221. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) #1520 on TSZDT 4/10
222. Prison (1987) #1827 on TSZDT 4/10
223. Byt / The Flat (1968) #1652 on TSZDT 7/10
224. The Taking / The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) #1092 on TSZDT 5/10
225. Dark Skies (2013) #1423 on TSZDT 2/10
226. Yeogo goedam / Whispering Corridors (1998) #1230 on TSZDT 3/10
227. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) #1428 on TSZDT 3/10
228. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) #1769 on TSZDT 4/10
229. Tsumetai nettaigyo / Cold Fish (2010) #1158 on TSZDT 5/10
230. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) #1216 on TSZDT 4/10
231. Poltergeist III (1988) #1491 on TSZDT 3/10
232. Gothika (2003) #1177 on TSZDT 3/10
233. 2LDK (2003) #1915 on TSZDT 6/10
234. "The Twilight Zone" It's a Good Life (1961) #1806 on TSZDT 9/10
235. Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989) #1867 on TSZDT 2/10
Slighty spooky, but the flimsiness of the story, the lack of threat and some poor production values (the sound quality is like something from a radio) let it down. On the positive side, Welles' deep tones are effective and make him a good fit to narrate the story, and there's some reasonably effective moody camerawork.
4/10

237. The Ghoul (1933) #1060 on TSZDT
This is a British attempt to cash in on the success of the Universal Horror films, so the writers have taken a traditional English country house mystery with a cast of eccentric characters and grafted on an undead villain, in the shape of Karloff giving a performance that finds a halfway point between Frankenstein's creature and the Mummy. The highlights are beautiful expressionistic cinematography by Gunther Krampf (who also did Pandora's Box, The Hands of Orlac and Nosferatu), some witty lines and, of course, Karloff (though his appearances are limited). However the hackneyed plot and low quality of some of the other performances work against it. Unfortunately the copy on my DVD was a heavily cut poor-quality print so I'm giving it a bit of benefit of the doubt.
5/10

238. La casa sperduta nel parco / House on the Edge of the Park (1980) #1001 on TSZDT
The best films have a good beginning, middle and end. The worst films have none of those. There are plenty of films that have various combinations in between, but this film is unusual in having a weak beginning and end but a very good middle. After suddenly pitching the viewer into a brief scene of rape and murder the film slows down for a long period to establish characters and set-ups. When the action begins, there's a lot of things I like: Deodato's direction is intense and suspenseful; he delivers the exploitative sex and violence but also handles the character moments well. The script is quite interesting, being more interested in the shifting power dynamics than are usually seen in these films, and the characters are more detailed than would be expected for a home invasion and exploitation film. Then the film gets to the end and there's a big twist. I liked that it causes the audience to reassess all the power dynamics of the movie, but it left an unsatisfying, unresolved feeling to the ending.
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239. When a Stranger Calls (2006) #1077 on TSZDT
This isn't so much a remake of When a Stranger Calls (1979) as they are both variations on the Babysitter and the Man Upstairs urban legend. The '79 version got 20 minutes out of this premise, this one stretches to more than three times that amount. That means masses of padding and fake scares before the killer finally reveals himself. There is style and occasionally some suspense, but it fails because it has so little story, so little originality and so little payoff (it's a PG-13 horror so there's only a little mild violence and no blood). Not unwatchable, but this is teen horror at its blandest.
3/10

240. Au secours! / Help! (1924) #1908 on TSZDT
A classic comedy-horror short. Gance is on top inventive form here, orchaestrating a large variety of scary creatures and optical effects. Max Linder is extremely good here: his acting is mostly for humourous effect, and he does well with the slapstick, but towards the end he seems genuinely terrified with tears running down his face. I would have thought more highly of it, but the final twist rather undermines the premise, and the victims are in unlikely good spirits after the terrors they have experienced.
6/10

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