Welcome, fans of the Horror cinema, the month of October is always a cherishing time for any lover of the genre, even though many of us start the countdown as early as August, although like myself everyday is another opportunity to view more treasures and duds in this beloved genre. Therefore, the ground rules, friends and fans of both this site and our podcast shows have submitted movies for me to watch, some do it out of creativity while others enjoy distribution of nightmarish horrific films, sadly often not in the positive, would you let others make choices for your viewing habits. Well would you?
Let’s first take a moment to look back at the previous years concerning this month, regarding the number of horror films seen:
YEAR | FILMS SEEN |
2021 | 218 |
2022 | 152 |
2023 | 133 |
As you can see the number has trickled downward, though noting in 2021 it was nearing the end of Covid, I was still in mourning the loss of two close family members and some dear friends, so the number was high, then last year I was recovering for a medical issue, but this year it was down 19 from 2022 with myself venturing on trips and visiting locations. However, 133 movies still impress, hence a deeper dive is definitely required. The most popular decade was 1980s with 33 flicks, with 2010s following closely behind at 28; the oldest film on this was Nosferatu [1922] at 101-years, as for the oldest anniversary movie that honor goes to The Invisible Man [1933] that celebrated its 90th while Son of Dracula was the second eldest at 80-years-old. There were five made for television movies and three films celebrated their 50th anniversaries and for the curious readers out of the 133-films 56 were reviewed or 42%, so bad too bad, though those that enjoy our Revisiting Horrors column will have 8-flicks to recall, those are the ones celebrating anniversaries and for those most rank in with 5 to 10-year-old movies, but one on that list is unbelievable 35, Friday the 13th: The New Blood [1988].
DATE WATCHED | FILM | COUNT |
10/1/2023 | Night of the Living Dead [1968] | 1 |
10/1/2023 | Dawn of the Dead [1978] | 1 |
10/1/2023 | Day of the Dead [1985] | 1 |
10/1/2023 | Land of the Dead [2005] | 1 |
10/1/2023 | Diary of the Dead [2007] | 1 |
10/1/2023 | Survival of the Dead [2009] | 1 |
10/1/2023 | Zombie [1979] | 1 |
10/2/2023 | The Bermuda Triangle [1978] | 1 |
10/2/2023 | Satan’s Triangle [1975] (TV Movie) | 1 |
10/2/2023 | Strangeland [1998] | 1 |
10/3/2023 | It Came from Beneath the Sea [1955] | 1 |
10/3/2023 | Dawn of the Dead [2004] | 1 |
10/4/2023 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! [1978] | 1 |
10/4/2023 | Return to Horror High [1987] | 1 |
10/4/2023 | The Crawling Eye [1958] | 1 |
10/5/2023 | 20 Million Miles to Earth [1957] | 1 |
10/5/2023 | Natty Knocks [2023] | 1 |
10/6/2023 | Dracula: The Impaler [2013] | 1 |
10/6/2023 | The Screaming Skull [1958] | 1 |
10/7/2023 | 13 Ghosts [1960] | 1 |
10/7/2023 | House on Haunted Hill [1959] | 1 |
10/7/2023 | The Tingler [1959] | 1 |
10/7/2023 | The Pit and the Pendulum [1961] | 1 |
10/7/2023 | The Masque of Red Death [1964] | 1 |
10/8/2023 | Amusement [2008] | 1 |
10/8/2023 | The Thing [1982] | 1 |
10/9/2023 | Universal Horror [1998] (TV Movie) | 1 |
10/10/2023 | Quarantine [2008] | 1 |
10/10/2023 | Sinister [2012] | 1 |
10/10/2023 | Madman [1981] | 1 |
10/11/2023 | Don’t Look Now [1973] | 1 |
10/11/2023 | The Fog [1980] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Pumpkinhead [1988] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Cucuy: The Boogeyman [2018] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Godzilla [1954] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Tarantula [1955] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Them! [1954] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Deadly Eyes [1982] | 1 |
10/12/2023 | Q [1982] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th [1980] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday 13th: Part 2 [1981] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 [1982] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [1984] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning [1985] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [1986] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th: The New Blood [1988] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [1989] | 1 |
10/13/2023 | Jason Goes to Hell [1993] | 1 |
10/14/2023 | The Boston Strangler [1968] | 1 |
10/14/2023 | The Funhouse Massacre [2015] | 1 |
10/15/2023 | Sex of the Witch [1973] | 1 |
10/15/2023 | Haunt [2019] | 1 |
10/16/2023 | The Devil’s Plaything [1973] | 1 |
10/16/2023 | Night of the Eagle [1962] | 1 |
10/16/2023 | Hell Night [1981] | 1 |
10/16/2023 | Prince of Darkness [1987] | 1 |
10/16/2023 | Bay Cove [1987] | 1 |
10/17/2023 | The War of the Worlds [1953] | 1 |
10/17/2023 | Ghostlight [2013] | 1 |
10/17/2023 | Mortal Remains [2013] | 1 |
10/18/2023 | The Returned [2013] | 1 |
10/18/2023 | The Spider [1958] | 1 |
10/18/2023 | Cannibal Ferox [1981] | 1 |
10/19/2023 | Trailer Park of Terror [2008] | 1 |
10/19/2023 | A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984] | 1 |
10/20/2023 | Son of Dracula [1943] | 1 |
10/20/2023 | Killer High [2018] (TV Movie) | 1 |
10/20/2023 | Targets [1968] | 1 |
10/21/2023 | The Dead Zone [1983] | 1 |
10/21/2023 | The Barn [2016] | 1 |
10/21/2023 | The Roost [2005] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell [1978] (TV Movie) | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Final Destination [2000] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Final Destination 2 [2003] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Final Destination 3 [2006] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Final Destination 4 [2009] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Final Destination 5 [2011] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Halloween: The Return of Michael Myers [1988] | 1 |
10/22/2023 | Halloween: The Revenge of Michael Myers [1989] | 1 |
10/23/2023 | Scream [1996] | 1 |
10/23/2023 | Scream 2 [1997] | 1 |
10/23/2023 | Prom Night [1980] | 1 |
10/23/2023 | Halloween II [1981] | 1 |
10/23/2023 | Army of the Dead [2017] | 1 |
10/24/2023 | Candyman [1992] | 1 |
10/24/2023 | Paranormal Activity [2007] | 1 |
10/24/2023 | The Entity [1982] | 1 |
10/25/2023 | The Horror of Dracula [1958] | 1 |
10/25/2023 | Farm House [2008] | 1 |
10/25/2023 | Cabin Fever [2002] | 1 |
10/25/2023 | The Amityville Horror [1979] | 1 |
10/25/2023 | Cargo [2017] | 1 |
10/26/2023 | Dark Mountain [2013] | 1 |
10/26/2023 | Grave Encounters [2011] | 1 |
10/26/2023 | Vampires [1998] | 1 |
10/27/2023 | Zombie Night [2013] (TV Movie) | 1 |
10/27/2023 | Plague Town [2008] | 1 |
10/27/2023 | Eyes of Laura Mars [1978] | 1 |
10/27/2023 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir [1947] | 1 |
10/27/2023 | House of the Damned [1963] | 1 |
10/28/2023 | Music Store Massacre [2013] | 1 |
10/28/2023 | Terrifier [2016] | 1 |
10/28/2023 | Island of Lost Souls [1932] | 1 |
10/28/2023 | Black Sabbath [1963] | 1 |
10/28/2023 | Dead & Buried [1981] | 1 |
10/28/2023 | Dead & Breakfast [2004] | 1 |
10/29/2023 | An American Werewolf in London [1981] | 1 |
10/29/2023 | The Howling [1981] | 1 |
10/29/2023 | Wolfen [1981] | 1 |
10/29/2023 | Werewolf: The Beast Among Us [2012] | 1 |
10/29/2023 | Five Nights at Freddy’s [2023] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | All Hallows’ Eve [2013] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Mischief Night [2013] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Keeping Watching [2017] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Hell Fest [2018] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Hell House LLC [2015] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel [2018] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire [2019] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | Night of the Demons [1988] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | The Wolf Man [1941] | 1 |
10/30/2023 | The Invisible Man [1933] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Dracula [1931] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Frankenstein [1931] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | 10/31 [2017] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Spirit Halloween [2022] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Tales of Halloween [2015] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Trick r Treat [2007] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Halloween [1978] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | The Thing from Another World [1951] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Forbidden Planet [1956] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Nosferatu [1922] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954] | 1 |
10/31/2023 | The Changeling [1980] | 1 |
TOTAL | 133 |